The Secrets of Mona Lisa ‘s Popularity (Based on Becoming Mona Lisa by Donald Sassoon Mona Lisa may or may not be the best painting in the world but it is definitely the most famous one . There are a lot of mysteries , guesses and interpretations of both – Leonardo da Vinchi , who …

A Comparative Essay on Carravagio ‘s and Mantegna ‘s Death of the Virgin The Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio and the other painting with the same name by Mantegna , both depict the death of Virgin Mary . Both artists imbue their subject with life and vitality through different means , one through naturalism …

Tommaso do Folco Portinari by Hans Memling Late Middle ages and Renaissance have revived the art of portrait . The main object of upraising humanism was man , and the genre of portrait being earlier virtually forgotten , now attracted standing interest of artists and their customers . Hans Memling (ca .1435-1494 ) was among …

The Work of Art in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction In Walter Benjamin ‘s classic essay , The Work of Art in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction , he famously defined aura as that which is lost in mechanical production , a thesis consonant with wide range of discourses defending traditions (of various sorts ) …

Using Literature as a Gateway to Critical Thinking Sometimes , the groans can be heard clear across a campus , and they resonate in memory for years . When a professor assigns a text for reading , anything from the poem Just to say ‘ by William Carlos Williams to Herman Melville ‘s Moby Dick …

ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS AND VINCENT VAN GOGH The Enlightenment outlook embraced freedom and progress , viewing humanity with optimism – guarded optimism , but optimism theless The era ‘s thinkers believed that humanity was essential good but flawed though with the proper guidance and environment it could be improved , if not perfected . Condorcet saw …

ROMANTIC POETS AND VINCENT VAN GOGH Nature is a formidable presence in the work of Romantic poets , who considered it a force for renewal , inspiration , destruction , and transcendence . William Wordsworth considered nature a vehicle for inspiration . I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ‘ demonstrates his ability to derive deep …

Political situation in Portugal in the movie `Fatima` This movie recreates the event happened in the 1917 , when three shepherd children living just outside Fatima , Portugal had the vision of a lovely lady floating in the cloud . The anticlerical government wished to stifle the church for they feared that they lady in …

Stylistic Analysis page 1 Stylistic Analysis Introduction In the field of art , several styles of forming the expression of a painter ‘s idea of a certain thee is present through the history arts Several painters have been involved in presenting their ideas through the utilization of many artistic styles . Among the artistic styles …

Chartres and Rheims Cathedrals Chartres and Rheims cathedrals mark the apogee of Gothic building . The plan is magnificent . The choir with ambulatory surrounded by a corona of chapels is separated from the nave by a vast aisled transept . Towers frame the principal fazade and sometimes those of the transepts . The length …