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            In the painting by Jose Clemente Orozco, entitled Cortes y Malinche, a white (or Mexican) man and an Indian woman sit on what appears to be a throne while an Indian man lies, presumably dead, at their feet.  There are several elements at work within this painting, the most obvious of which is that…

After the civil war ended in America, many free African Americans continue to stay under their former owners and a lot of them started to search for a safe place to explore their new lives as a freeman, Liberated African Americans exodus sparked in Harlem, New York from around the south and North and settled…

Paul Klee, born in Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland on December 18, 1879, was a highly influential and uniquely talented artist. He resided mainly in Germany throughout his artistic career and was acknowledged as both Swiss and German. Even from an early age, Klee exhibited a strong fascination with drawing and music but held a negative opinion of…

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…

Krishna is the 8th and most popular incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He was born into a cow herding family, and his childhood playmates were gopas (cowherd boys) and gopis (cowherd girls), who were greatly devoted to him. Of all gopis, Krishna loved Radha the most. Radha was Krishna’s mistress during the period of his life…

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…

Born on October, 15th, 1926, Michael Foucault grew to become one of the 20th century’s most renowned philosophers. He was also a notable historian, sociologist and a notable critic and author who not only criticized social institutions such as; the prison system, or the existing political structures but also served to define human sexuality and…

The Renaissance Period revolutionized Western art by breaking away from the strict and religious themes of the Gothic era. It was characterized by a naturalistic realism that highlighted the human qualities of religious subjects. Duccio di Buoninsegna and Giotto di Bondone were both pioneers of this movement. In this essay, I will compare and contrast…

Pablo Picasso is widely recognized as an exceptionally influential artist of the twentieth century. This study follows the evolution of a young Pablo Ruiz Picasso into the visionary who transformed our understanding of art. We begin with his Blue and Rose periods, progress through the emergence of Cubism, and navigate the obstacles encountered during the…

Cubism New attitudes towards pictorial space and geometric abstraction with geometric planes (but still based on real objects) -Influenced by African tribal masks/ breaking natural objects into planes/shapes. -Figures simultaneously seen from more than one view through relationships of geometric planes. -Analytical cubism based on process of human vision, eyes scan a subject then compile…