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None of the characters in The Great Gatsby undergo a change within themselves, that is, except Nick Carraway. He is one of the main characters and influences a lot of the plot. The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is about a man named Nick Carraway who moved from Minnesota to New…

Art Nouveau          There are a great variety of different art movements that are subcategorized under the banner of decorative arts. While there are a great many general categories, there are also sub-divisions that comprise “sub-genres” within the movement. One such “subgenre” is the Art Nouveau movement of the early 20th century. This movement brought…

Francisco Goya and William Hogarth are both artists who were influential and impactful upon their own society and era. Both produced paintings that were rather controversial. Goya’s The Family of Charles IV and Hogarth’s Marriage à-la-mode. The Tête à Tête are paintings that thematically critique the power of the upper class, despite them coming from…

Comparing Venus of Urbino Through inspiration from Giorgiones’ Sleeping Venus, Titian a younger contemporary, developed the standard for the female nude, in his Venus of Urbino. Unlike his predecessor, Giorgione, Titian’s painting is one of the first indoor nudes in the renaissance era. The painting portrays a reclining nude in oil, her body softly rounded…

The Art of Cubism and its Role In this research paper, I have explained the art of cubism and its function. I have chosen the cubit painting “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” painted by Pablo Picasso. He was the celebrated cubist painter. Picasso and Braque were the pioneers of the cubist picture. In this research paper, I…

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, symbolism is the key literary device. Symbolism is when one thing stands for another. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird. This is because mockingbirds do not harm anything, they just sing to you. The mockingbird symbolized both Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. Tom…

Some world famous art galleries are situated in London. Among them we should first mention the National Gallery housing the national collection of European paintings. It was founded in 1824 when the British government bought 38 paintings that had belonged to the recently deceased merchant John Julius Angerstein. Many other important bequests to the collection…

Setting is the most important physical manifestation of theme in the novel. Matching characters and classes to perfectly evoke the new social realities of the 19200s. Each of the four important geographical locations in the novel West Egg. East Egg, the Valley of Ashes and New York City corresponds to a particular theme or type…

The Head, superior, chief or ‘Leader” are amongst the most influential and major person in a team or a group in which its primary role is to – guide, bond together and lead its people towards the precise road to success. In general the role of a leader is to serve and lead its people…

With the onset of the French Revolution came the idea of making artwork for the public. Work was now able to be created as engaging political and social commentaries. For the first time, artwork created an influence rather than simply illustrating a preexisting one. Both Jean Louis David’s work Oath of the Horatii and Theodore…