Helen Gardner/Art Through the Ages
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A 5 page analysis of Gardner's comprehensive survey of art that literally covers the entire course of human history, as well as samplings of art from practically every culture that produced an art history that has been documented. It begins in the Paleolithic and ends with twentieth-century modern art. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 90arthis.rtf

“The Quiet American : National Projection” or Work of Art?
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A 5 page paper examining a number of contrasting critical views of this novel by British author Graham Greene. The paper concludes that The Quiet American is neither nationalistic or slight, but is a beautifully-crafted and enduring work of art. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Ggreene.wps

Images Of Alexander the Great—A View To The Past
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A 5 page essay which examines 2 pictures of Alexander the Great--a fourteenth-century painting entitled ‘‘Alexander Battling the Fur of Hind'' and a sixteenth-century woodcut print entitled ‘‘The Three Good Pagans.'' The paper describes the two works of art in detail and explores what may be surmised from a close examination of these two works. No bibliography.
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Leonardo Da Vinci And Raphael Santi
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Art in the Western World has a tendency to be defined by the Masters of the Renaissance. Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Botticelli, Titian, Tintoretto, and Raphael are names that stand for an era unsurpassed for vitality and skill, as well as innovation and depth of meaning. This 6 page paper asserts that Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is an icon of global understanding and exhibits many of the techniques that Da Vinci instituted. Raphael's The Nymph of Galatea is a symbol of the changing of era; from the medieval emphasis on Christian doctrine to the acceptance of pagan images. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Influence Of Francisco de Goya
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A 15 page paper analyzing the effect the late eighteenth-century painter Francisco de Goya had on the Impressionists of the late nineteenth century and the Expressionists of the early twentieth. The writer concludes that the Impressionists primarily gained from Goya a fresh way of looking at light; the Expressionists gained from his darker period a more direct way of depicting the human soul. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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