Academic papers on Art & Architecture

The Influence of Religion on Fine Art
This 18 page paper explores the many roles of art through out the centuries, including that of teacher, recorder of history, and the definer of paradox - the ability to make a definitive visual statement about something that is difficult...
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Feminist Perspective On The Postmodern Body In Art
12 pages in length. The female form has long been admired through the painstaking efforts of artist renderings. Historical art has portrayed women as gentle, nurturing entities with a strong yet gentle demeanor. However, in postmodernity all that...
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Wide Angle - The Personalized, Digitized Photography of Tamas Waliczky
A 5 page paper that explores the methods and effects of the interactive computer digital photography of Hungarian-born photographer Tamas Waliczky. Works discussed include "Focus", "Landscape", "Sculptures", "The Garden", "The Forest" and "The...
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The Story of a Romantic Painter
(5 pp) The Pre-Raphaelite movement began as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 19th-century England -- seven young artists protesting against the confining ideals of High Victorian art, as well as the strict, rote methods of painting they were...
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Chinese Art - Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This 5 page paper examines three various historic pieces of Chinese art from LACMA. Many of the fundamental differences between Chinese secular art and the traditional modern art of the West are based on differences between the philosophies of...
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History of Color Photography.
(9pp) Ever since the advent of the daguerreotype and the calotype in 1839, photographers began to search for a way to reproduce their subject matter in color. Indeed, color photographs became available practically as soon as photography itself. But...
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The Art of Christian Boltanski
A 9 page research paper that examines the work of contemporary artist Christian Boltanski. The writer argues that Boltanski's work encompasses the existential conundrums that characterize life in the postmodern world. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Partnerships in Social Housing; Applying the Egan Agenda
This 10 page paper looks at the way in which social housing may benefit if the Egan Agenda was adopted in the construction of this type of property. Short term direct savings are considered as well as longer term indirect savings. The paper also...
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The History Of Color Photography
9 pages in length. Once the staple of photography, black and white images have all but given way to its color counterpart. Indeed, the lure of bright, rich color was, in and of itself, enough of a selling point to draw away from what had...
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Wall Paintings of the Etruscan Tombs
A 6 page discussion of the wall paintings of the Etruscan tombs. References the paintings of Tomb of the Triclinium, the Tomb of the Baron, the Tomb of The Bulls, the Tomb of the Lionesses, the Tomb of Fishing and Hunting, the Tomb of the Augurs,...
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20th Century Computer Graphic Design
30 pages in length. There have been myriad technological advances throughout the past one hundred years. Indeed, the twentieth century turned out to be the springboard for the unprecedented advancement in the graphic design industry, effectively...
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Photography: Creative Use of Artistic Elements
A 5 page discussion of the artistic flexibility of photography. Discusses the use of analogy, metaphor, allusion, authority, alliteration and repetition. Emphasizes that photography can captivate an audience and put them on the edge of their seats...
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The Future of Graphic Design on the Web
This 5 page paper looks at the role of graphic design in the world of the Internet. Firstly it looks to the market and potential market graphic designers may find, and then it goes on to look at alternative companies may find and the pricing...
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Recycling Cities' Industrial Areas
A 5 page paper discussing decay in downtown Detroit, the renovation of the L&N Railroad terminal in Knoxville, Tennessee and the conversion of tobacco warehouses in Durham, North Carolina to a pedestrian shopping mall. These beautiful...
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A comparison of two styles
5 pages in length. When one compares the styles of art from one period to another or from one civilization to another, it is often easy to detect the differences as well as the similarities between cultures and styles. Nowhere are these...
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