… force that undermines family values? Does it promote indiscretion and total disregard of ethics? Many people tend to enjoy relaxing after a rigorous day by observing the television. Sports, movies and documentaries provide a temporary escape from…

… was a leader of the abstract expressionist movement. He was born in Cody, Wyoming, and studied at the Art Students League in New York City with Thomas Hart Benton. Pollock spent several years traveling around the country and sketching. In the late…

… this man referring to himself as my tour guide, and just what is contemporary art? There I stood that Wednesday afternoon with my college Composition class in the entryway to the Daum Museum. To be honest, I was tired, hungry, and had no desire to…

… person but the human qualities that he perfected; compassion, wisdom, patience, generosity, kindness etc. Buddha images in human form appeared much later than the construction and worship of stupas and other symbols. His presence was originally indicated…

… western literature around the late 1700's, Romanticism was evolving into the next era of literature of this time from Neoclassicism. More and more people would join others, and express their feeling rather than state facts about reason like much of…

… Sisley. It was made in Louvre, Paris in the year 1876. 'The Flood at Port-Marley' places much emphasis on the sky and it is the first feature viewers notice as they look directly at the painting. It is of primary importance in the painting. There is…

… Angry Men, a young man is on trial for stabbing and killing his father. The movie focuses on twelve randomly selected citizens who are assigned the duty of determining the fate of this 19 year old man. The jury is supposed to examine certain …

… to kill an hour ago, was now telling us to relax, and think of lost forgotten time. A tear came to my eye as the thought that I will never see my love again. never to hold, or to praise. As the man sitting on the rock behind me stud to his feet…

… with trying to allow others to see what we see. In other words, art is an attempt to try and re-create what we see with our eyes, as well as our mind. What we see is distorted by everything we see and how our mind perceives it. Therefore, I…

…         The author portrait of Saint Matthew, from the Lindisfarne Gospels and the portrait of Ezra from the Codex Amiatinus can be easily compared since both are of similar nature. They can be compared for similarity…