Academic papers on Art & Architecture

The Egyptian Pyramids
This 9 page paper outlines how the Egyptian pyramids were built by credible sources and explores nonconventional theories as well. Information about mathematics used by the Egyptians is included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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John Pawson: The Comfort of Exactness.
(25pp) Is it any wonder that the artist/ architect, who according to legend, claims that there are fifty shades of white, would speak of his own work in crystalline form? The crystal tself, in all its own unique purity could well be a ...
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The "Greek" and "Roman" Parthenon.
(3 pp) The Parthenon, crowing the hill of the Acropolis in Athens, is the greatest symbol of Classical Greece. No other architectural monument of this period has been as admired or so closely studied for it represents the ultimate...
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British Architect Robert Adam
A 4 page paper discussing the work of Robert Adam (1728-1792), the famous Scottish architect and interior designer. The son of a Scottish architect, Robert Adam was able to combine arrogance, social climbing and artistic elegance to become one...
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Donatello: Madonna of the Clouds
(9 pp) We are fortunate to be able to view this unique work of Donatello,(1386-1466), The Madonna of the Clouds (1425-35) at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. This small bas relief was a gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy A. Shaw Jr.,...
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Stonehenges Remains Historically Significant
This ten-page-paper presents an in-depth look at the English Phenomena Stonehenges. Bibliography lists eight sources.
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H.P. Berlage/ The Amsterdam Stock Exchange
A 5 page research paper that examines the architectural details of H.P. Berlage's masterpiece, the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, with its rational mastery of materials and space, has long been recognized as a seminal...
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Faneuil Hill A Historic Place That Changed to Accommodate the Times
This seven-page-paper presents a detailed description of Boston's Faneuil Hall and its historical signifigance for the city as well as the nation. Bibliography lists four sources.
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The Work of Lee Krasner.
(6 pp). "The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about." Lee Krasner (1979). Krasner, like a lot of us has molded her personal history into what she wanted it to be, often for the sake of the...
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The Golden Age Of Greece
This 6 page paper explores the art and architecture of the classical Greek era with an emphasis on the High Classical sculptures and the Acropolis. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Essays on Art, Feminist and Modernism
This 75 page study outlines 9 essays that integrate views on art, art history, socialization, and the development of feminist sensibilities. This paper outlines the central elements related to specific questions on art and social development and...
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The Shield of Athena Parthenos
This 6 page report discusses the shield of the Athena Parthenos, a forty foot ancient statute. The report reviews the work of the sculptor Phidias and his subject Athena, goddess of wisdom and protectress of Athens. Greek art of this period...
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Keith Haring; A Reflection of the Mass Media
This 5 page paper agues that the work of Keith Haring can be seen as both a reflection of and a product of the mass media in more than just its presentation, but though its concept and originating ideology. Th bibliography cites 3 sources.
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The Montreal Olympic Tower
This 5 page paper considers the infamous building of the Montreal Olympic tower, which missed the Olympics by being completed seven years late. The paper considers its conception, symbolic meaning, design and construction. The bibliography cites 3...
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Verbal Elements in Painting
(7pp) Artists working in the early 20th century were engulfed in a tide of uncertainty and change. The outbreak of World War 1 in 1914 resulted in political, economic and social upheaval. Technological advances like the advent of the car,...
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