On the Mesopotamian side, most art gives thanks to a god, or glorifies the cultures greatness by showing depictions of everlasting peace, or of trouncing enemies, like in the Standard of Ur witch shows peace on one side, and a war that is being won on the other. It is interesting to see how art differs between cultures. It's almost strange to see that many cultures have basically the same stories and they come up with completely different art. ... Unlike the Standard, The Palette Of Narmer depicts traditional Egyptian art. ... Art is no exception. ...

• Word Count: 2959
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

ANCIENT NEAR EAST ART Sumerian Statuettes from Tell Asmar 73 35 Figures of many different heights, hands are folded in gesture of prayer. ... VOCABULARY Apadana: an audience hall in a Persian palace Capital: the top element of a column Cuneiform: a system of writing in which the strokes are formed in a wedge or arrow-head shape Cylinder seal: a round piece of carved stone that when rolled onto clay produces an image Facade: the front of a building Ground plan: the map of a floor of a building Hierarchy of scale: a system of representation that expresses a person's importance by the siz...

• Word Count: 10708
• Approx Pages: 43
• Grade Level: High School

There are five main parts to culture, Language, Marriage, Family, Art, and Religion. ... Art is play with form, producing some aesthetically successful transformation-representation. ... In English our sentences are formed in the order of subject, verb, and object. ... A dialect forms from an array of factors but mostly from natural barriers like mountains and deserts. A dialect is a form of a language that is unique to that particular area or region. ...

• Word Count: 5728
• Approx Pages: 23
• Grade Level: High School

Hairwork Jewelry as Sentimental and Mourning Art Hairwork jewelry was not an invention of the Victorian Age because the art form started being popular in the 1600s but it gained extreme popularity in the 1800s. During the Victorian Age, as a reaction to rapid industrialization, the art form reemerged. ... Artwis.com commented on the art of hairwork, saying The custom of giving and receiving hairwork can be for mourning or sentimental purposes, but its singular theme is love. ... In the United States, the Civil War gave the same impetus to the art of hairwork, particularly memorial lockets...

• Word Count: 3367
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The term art can also be used to designate one of several forms of expression such as filmmaking, painting, music, dance, architecture, sculptures, literature, and many other modes of aesthetic expression. ... It has a rectangular base and four sloping triangular side that meet at an apex or truncated to form a platform. ... The core is formed of yellowish limestone blocks. ... We can see the usage of pyramids in literature, movies, videos, plays and several other forms of aesthetic expression. ... Even within one form of art, motives may vary widely. ...

• Word Count: 4506
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

The history of body modification dates back to when man first started forming tribes. ... Some still call it nothing more then a form of rebellion, and a trend that will die out soon. ... In an interview with a manager of radio shack he stated that "It's not that I mind it at all, but there are a lot of my customers who have somewhat biased opinions about people who have body art"(Body Art). ... One may even be brought to the conclusion that sacrificing their love for body art is the only way to be "accepted" in Corporate America(Body Art). ... Choosing the Pain or Not Whether to s...

• Word Count: 4117
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Marshall describes the kitchen setting she was exposed to as a child: They were women in whom the need for self-expression was strong, and since language was the only vehicle readily available to them they made of it an art form that- in keeping with the African tradition in which art and life are one - was an integral part of their lives (Marshall, 1996: 1948). The ancestry Marshall refers to had the same barriers as Walker expressed that her ancestors had: they had only their voice through which they chose to speak or sin...

• Word Count: 3271
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Art and architecture in Greece during the classical period focused on magnificent statues, structures, and vases. ... As common during this time period, art reflected historical events. ... Greek art was an expression of general life. ... The temple's architecture was simple in structural form. ... Statues are depicted in a naturalistic manner, in a free-flowing form more true to life. ...

• Word Count: 2759
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Gung fu is a special kind of skill, a fine art rather than just a physical exercise. It is a subtle art of matching the essence of the mind to that of the techniques in which it has to work. ... After four years of hard training in the art of gung fu, I began to understand and felt the principle of gentleness - the art of neutralizing the effect of the opponent's effort and minimizing the expenditure of one's energy. ... Above all, learn the art of detachment." ... The second stage, the stage of art, begins when a person starts his training. ...

• Word Count: 3050
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

The Life of Robert Alexander Schumann "As if all mental pictures must be shaped to fit one or two forms! As if each idea did not come into existence with its form ready-made! As if each work of art had not its own meaning and consequently its own form!... Johanna, now without August to encourage Robert, insisted that he go to Leipzig to study law, calling his musical aspiration a "breadless art- (Schauffler, 1945, p. 16). ... Florestan describes the piece by saying: For I know that what he has given us here can no more be called a work of art than can nature without the ennobling hand of ...

• Word Count: 2854
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Furthermore a people's culture is expressed through its works, whether it be in politics, literature, athletics, or art. Art is a unique form of expression because humans can directly play on three of the human senses, sight, taste, and hearing. ... Music is the art of sound that pleasures hearing and it has been in existence since humans have aurally communicated with each other. ... African American music is a style that has always been a popular and respected form of entertainment inside, as well as outside of the culture; so does that just mean that the people have only used their mus...

• Word Count: 4223
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

SEATTLE Welcome to Seattle! This paper will give the reader an detailed look at many important aspects of the city and what its like there. We will be looking at everything from the arts scene to the political structure to economy and current industries, and much more. There's a lot to cover so le...

• Word Count: 2980
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

These methods of tattoo application are the reason for the name of this form of body modification. ... Some ````cultures simply used them to as a permanent decoration, or are simply an art medium. ... I love everything about the art form and I am so blessed to drive to work every morning and be genuinely excited about my day. ... It is about the challenge of the art form. ... The visual aspect to the art is apparently beautiful. ...

• Word Count: 3371
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Cuba is a country in the Caribbean islands which its geography impacts the environment in many different ways. Cuba is the most westward island in the Caribbean with its neighbors such as Dominican Republic and Haiti. Cuba is also listed as the largest country in the Caribbean and has a population ...

• Word Count: 3151
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Music has been a valuable tool of expression and a highly respected form of art since the very beginning of human culture. Artists have created masterpieces to it, people have timelessly used it to evoke their own creativity, whether that is when writing or creating their own works of art. ... The anatomy of an atom is one that has constant movement with its form to how it interacts with other fellow atoms around it. It is in constant motion regardless of whether the form its part of appears to be. ... The suspense created by its build up is what I consider a form of movement. ...

• Word Count: 2695
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He was first published in magazines, and his work was later anthologized into book form. ... Cubism is a modernist form of art pioneered by artists such as Picasso that rejects all the rules and restrictions of formal realistic painting. ... By referencing this style of art and then pointing out this incredible disparity, he is stressing the dual identity of the African American. ... The black subject in the white world of Cubist art is a metaphor for the black people living in the white setting of the Western world. ... It is a school of art that is based on a rejection of the conventions and...

• Word Count: 2547
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His passionate devotion to art arouses our admiration. ... He made enemies rather than friends. (23) There was much in his life which was strange and terrible, in his character something outrageous, and in his fate not a little that was pathetic. (24) It is obvious that there was much in the commonly received account of Strickland's life to embarrass a respectable family. (24) Mr Strickland has drawn the portrait of an excellent husband and father, a man of kindly temper, industrious habits and moral disposition. (24) For there are many who have been attracted to his art by the detestati...

• Word Count: 6573
• Approx Pages: 26
• Grade Level: High School

The art class was one of many activities. ... Stieglitz was the proponent of high modernist art. ... "Art appears in many forms. ... "Art is art," he said, "whether on a canvas, on stone, on a book cover, an advertisement, or a piece of furniture." ... It is one of Man Ray's earliest efforts at updating traditional imagery into more free-flowing form. ...

• Word Count: 3679
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

Nazism and art. ... He therefore formed an alliance with the Nazis to achieve that. ... It is because art has a tremendous influence over society. ... From the ancient time, art had been an inseparable part of human life. ... Till today, the power of art has not diminished yet. ...

• Word Count: 3223
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

The Negro's Contribution to American Art and Literature. ... The Negro and His Music: Negro Art, Past and Present. ... Negro Art: Past and Present. ... The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1979. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The Negro's Contribution to American Art and Literature. ... The Negro and His Music: Negro Art, Past and Present. ... Negro Art: Past and Present. ... The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1979. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The fifth element, power, has many different forms in the movie showing the influence of the hierarchy of command. ... The relationship between Billy and his manager Art, was not a very friendly one. ... During a game, Billy approaches Art and tells him that he can't start Carlos Pena, and to instead start Scott Hatteberg. When the games begins, it turns out that Art had ignored his request and decided to start Carlos Pena anyways. ... Art is upset with Billy's actions and tell him that he is "out of his mind". ...

• Word Count: 2511
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Later, the Virginal was developed in the form of a small harpsichord. ... Recognized as early as the fifteenth century, the harpsichord form, where the keys are in line with the strings, reached its peak in the period of Bach and Handel. ... When German builders tried to apply the traditional rectangular form of the clavichord to the piano-forte, the Square Grand Piano evolved. ... The pyramid piano was the same design of the grand piano copied to vertical form. ...

• Word Count: 3032
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

They opposed the arts, culture, singing, dancing, drama, and any other form of entertainment and pleasure. The followers of Puritan Age were against the English Reformation and advocated the sophisticated form of purity in religion, Church, Dogmas, worship, Doctrines and piety. ... He is famous as: "The father of American History" (Moses Coit Tyler) William Bradford organized the history in the form of various chapters by narrating each event in each chapter. ... They did not support the idea of "arts for art's sake". ... Puritans were completely against the...

• Word Count: 2593
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Tapestry is one of the oldest forms of woven textiles. The word tapestry is defined as a thick textile fabric, in which colored weft threads are woven (originally by hand) into fixed warp threads to form pictures or designs. ... In Medieval Times, Tapestries were one of the most important forms of artistic expressions. ... The nineteenth century saw mainly commissions for civic buildings, hotels, and art galleries. ... Not only are there different types of tapestries, there are different types of wea...

• Word Count: 3570
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School