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Thangka is a Tibetan word signifying and illuminated Buddhist scroll mounted on silk. Every multitudinous detail in such paintings is symbolic a Bodhisattva might be pictured seated in the center of a geometric mandala, concentration on which is used as a meditation aid. When judging prices, take a close look at the quality of execution of…

            The design that was given, the arranged color patterns, and the chosen colors can be compared aesthetically to Focault’s theory concerning his view regarding Discipline and Punishment. It must be realized that without discipline and punishment according to Focault, society would not function accordingly as it is expected to.             Focualt’s view regarding discipline…

Simeon Solomon’s “Toilet of a Roman Lady” is an oil painting featuring the image of a seated woman.  Around the woman are there other women in waiting, two are white and one is black.  One of the white women is fixing the main woman’s hair and the other seems to be hairpiece which is assumedly…

Mary Cassatt was a great painter of the Impressionist Era. Bornon May 22, 1844, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, Mary Stevenson Cassattdefied the social conventions of her day to become one of America’sforemost artists. Growing up in Philadelphia, she was the fifth child ofKatherine Kelso Johnston and Robert Simpson Cassatt, a well-to-do realestate and investment broker….

Roy Lichtenstein, born on October 27th, 1923 in New York City, had a quiet childhood. His father worked as a realtor and his mother was a housewife. Despite attending a school that did not offer art classes, Lichtenstein took up classes at the Parson School of Design when he was fourteen. After graduating from high…

War is hell. Literally. In an instant, in the blink of an eye, the world as we know it is torn apart and shredded. Normality explodes into atrocity as we see the depths of depravity that man can sink to. Even though their reasons for painting the pictures are different, Goya’s Third of May, 1808,…

Those who are struggling with their ability to communicate effectively, struggling socially, or who are having behavioral problems, often find expressive art therapy as an engaging and effective outlet (Malchiodi, 2005). However, this therapy isn’t exclusive to the general public or ‘only’ for those struggling with drug and alcohol addiction; prison populations and juvenile justice…

In the play Othello by William Shakespeare, one of the most important characters of the play is Othello’s lieutenant, Michael Cassio. The protagonist, Cassio, is important to the plot because of the role he plays in Iago’s devious plan towards the other characters in the book. Cassio plays a critical role in the play because…

Art deco a popular international art design motion of the 1920 ‘s to 1940 ‘s influenced the cosmetic humanistic disciplines like architecture, interior design and industrial design along with ocular humanistic disciplines such as manner, pictures, the in writing humanistic disciplines and movies. This manner came across as elegant, glamourous, functional and modern in those…

In the novel Emma by Jane Austen and the film Clueless written and directed by Amy Heckerling, the importance of social status is a value that is represented in both texts. It is represented through a number of techniques which all reflect the changing contexts and values between Jane Austen’s time, and the 20th century….