Each individual mind sees a piece of art in a completely different way to what someone else envisions through the same piece of art. Art also has meaning to society as a whole; art gives individuals the opportunity to express themselves and provides entertainment and inspiration to people. ... The controversial process to art's creation is what makes the art what it is and helps provide to its final product. In the story, the god's perfect creation turns into chaos and then is eventually reconstructed and reborn into something new. ... Velazquez is a painter who had his own interpret...

• Word Count: 670
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ode on a Grecian Urn When Keats started writing, in the early 19th century, ancient art was in fashion and Greek images were very popular. ... Both the Romantics and Victorians addressed the idea of preserving the perfect moment and Keats' "Ode to a Grecian Urn" is one such perfect moment captured in art. ... In the second stanza Keats embellishes his ideas of anticipation and imagination: "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter;" He describes how although music can be beautiful to listen to, none can be as satisfying as the most perfect piece of music you can compo...

• Word Count: 1153
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He believes that a smart man who understands art and science needs no religion because religion is replaceable by art and science. "He who possesses science and art also has religion; but he who possesses neither of those two, let him have religion!" ... Self-determination and hope will one day lead to a perfect world. ...

• Word Count: 950
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Plato considered shadows, art and poetry, what you see is not necessarily what you get. With poetry and art you may be able to read the words but you may not understand the "real" meaning. ... The Divine Line took us from the ignorance of Imagining to the educated Perfect Intelligence. ...

• Word Count: 1156
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• Grade Level: High School

Friedrich Nietzsche, a unique philosopher had some very interesting ideas about people's human values and personality types. In this essay I will explain what I like and dislike about his "Master Morality" & his antithesis to this, "Slave Morality". According to Nietzche, all morality is a manifesta...

• Word Count: 753
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Tradition has lead us to believe that the art of rational decision making and successfully functioning in a competitive world can't be executed by an adolescent, but every so often tradition is broken. ... It was the perfect moment. ...

• Word Count: 865
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School