Academic papers on Art & Architecture

Comparative Art / Matisse vs. Turner
An 8 page piece on Matisse and Turner that compares the artifice in Odalisque and The Slave Ship. As Matisse's Impressionistic art sought to reflect a lifestyle, so did Turner's Romantic art. The difference being that Matisse was not interested in...
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Comparison / Matisse and Moreau
A 5 page comparison of Gustave Moreau's 'Salome' and Matisse's 'The Painter and His Model.' The writer presents comparisons in terms of balance and other aesthetics, along with some of the artists philosophies, with a concentration on those of...
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Artistic Comparisons / Degas & Canova
A 5 page paper that compares the work of Edgar Degas ("The Little 14 year old Dancer) with that of Antonio Canova (Perseus and the Head of Medea). This comparison focuses on Degas Impressionist considerations and Canova representation as a...
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Art Comparison / "Venus of Urbino" vs. "Entombment"
In this 9 page paper, the writer compares the paintings "Venus of Urbino" by Titian and "Entombment" by Jacopo Pontormo.
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Art Comparison / "Trajan in Armor" vs. "Alexander with the Lance"
A 5 page paper that provides an overview of comparisons that can be made between these two statues. Bibliography lists only a web site used to view these statues.
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Leonardo DaVinci's 'Mona Lisa'
A 4 page research paper on DaVinci's infamous painting 'Mona Lisa' in which the writer presents their own opinion of the work and then complements it with in-depth historical analysis and factual information about the artist, the model, and even the...
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Leonardo DaVinci's 'Mona Lisa' and 'Vitruvian Man'
A 4 page paper that discusses the artistic principles DaVinci developed and applied to his paintings generally, in comparison with other artists of the period, and the application of these techniques to each of these two paintings. The paper...
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Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa
This 5 page paper analyzes that infamous painting in light of the times. The primary themes concern treatment of subject matter and a movement away from religious works in addition to the treatment of women in sixteenth century Europe. Bibliography...
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Garden Of Eden, Garden Of Gethsemane & The Last Supper
10 pages in length. No greater contrarieties could exist than between the Garden of Eden and the Garden of Gethsemane; their drastic differences were as vast as the day is long. Where one represented peace and tranquility, the other symbolized...
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Pablo Picasso's 'Guitar'
A 7 page analytical research paper on Picasso's 'Guitar.' Beginning with a brief introduction to Picasso's life & works, the writer specifically examines how this particular painting does or does not relate to the artist, his other works, and to the...
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Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles' vs. Botticelli's 'Birth of the Virgin'
A 5 page essay that looks at the form of art as a reflection of scientific principles and societal attitudes of the two eras (Renaissance and Early 20th Century (Cubist)). The paper discusses how these two artists' works embody these principles and...
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Picasso / Review of Style and Attitude in the War Years (WWII)
A 5 page essay on the psychology behind the radical change in the art of the war years, with specific focus on Pablo Picasso. The writer reviews the change in Cubist form in 'Guernica,' and describes these changes in terms of realism encroaching...
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Pablo Picasso - 'Au bon marche'
This 5 page report discusses the artist Pablo Picasso and makes specific notice of his 1913 painting. The writer also discusses the painting in the larger context of 'cubism' which Picasso and Braque 'created' in approximately 1910. Picasso's...
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Pablo Picasso Internet Web Site Analysis
This 2 Page Paper Describes And Critiques One Of The Hundreds Of Internet Web Sites Devoted To Picasso And/Or His Work. This Particular Site Offers More Than 80 Hyperlinks To Either Museums Around The World, Each Of Which Displays Images Of...
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Comparisons of Major Artists & Representative Work
Both Rembrandt van Rijn and Pablo Picasso created paintings which represent individuals from their respective societies. Other artists, from Manet to Delacroix, have demonstrated different social, physical and compositional elements that have...
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