Abstract Expressionism / Art & Architecture Comparison
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A 20 page paper that explores layering, spatial depth, minimalism, combination of materials, objects and colors, and the moralist vein, all of which typify abstract expressionism. The artists and architects reviewed and compared include: Pollock and Richard Gluckman, Helen Frankenthaler and Garth Alexander Oldershaw, Jasper Johns and James Stewart Polshek, and Barnett Newman and Sam Durant. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Art as a Mirror of Society
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This 8 page paper discusses the fact that visual artists attempt to reflect their own complex society as they perceive it. Paeololithic images are considered as well as the works of Camille Pissaro, Marc Chagall, Rene Magritte, and Edvard Munch. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: BBartmir.rtf

Modernist European Art and the Ploitical Scene of Central Europe, 1910-1939
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This 5 page report discusses European art of the years encompassing World War I, post World War and the onset of World War II. It was art filled with contradiction and radical change and served as an appropriate metaphor for the social and political upheaval faced throughout Europe as well. The paper discusses Matisse, Picasso, and Magritte in such a context. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Comparisons of Major Artists & Representative Work
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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 challenged societal norms. This 5 page paper provides a number of comparisons, including a comparison of Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' and Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' as well as a discussion of the social challenges presented in a work of Manet. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Pablo Picasso - 'Au bon marche'
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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 writing is also briefly discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Pablo Picasso Internet Web Site Analysis
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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 Picasso's Paintings, Or To Blurbs About Books About The Artist. Additionally, Two Of The Hyperlinks Offer Articles About The Artist. No Bibliography.
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Pablo Picasso's 'Guitar'
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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 Cubist movement itself. Numerous elements of the painting are analyzed, discussed, and elaborated upon. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Pablo Picasso, Leonardo Da Vinci, Daniel Defoe And Harriet Beecher Stowe: Influences Past And Present
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5 pages in length. Vastly different in their pursuits, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Daniel Defoe and Harriet Beecher Stowe all contributed something unique to the worlds of art and literature. The writer notes that to discuss each individual's influences in both his or her own era as well as in contemporary society requires only that one become a part of the artistic rendering and relish the distinctive singularity enveloped within their respective works. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Picasso / Review of Style and Attitude in the War Years (WWII)
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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 upon Cubist ideals. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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