Essays on Art Movements

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An Exploration into The Postmodern in The Unbearable Lightness of Being

3 pages / 1528 words

Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being outlines a richly detailed world of philosophical and metaphysical exploration. The novel projects and addresses a variety of sociocultural, political and ideological issues of the period of publication, with many of the events serving to draw parallels between...

Postmodernism

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The Revelation of Mr. Stevens as Modern Tragic Hero

2 pages / 1037 words

The most crucial moment in the text of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, The Remains of the Day, does not occur until almost the very end of the book. The tragic implications of everything that has taken place before can only be put into the proper context...

Modernism Revelation Tragic Hero

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Baroque Painting

2 pages / 757 words

Baroque Art The baroque painting consists of a range of styles varying from Classical Religious Grandeur, Realism and Easel Art maturing during the beginning of 1600 and continuing throughout the mid 18th century. Therefore this new movement saw the proliferation of major themes of Baroque...

Painting Realism

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Critique of "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield

2 pages / 881 words

Kathleen Mansfield Murry is known to be a prominent New Zealand Modernist short story writer who wrote stories under the pen name Katherine Mansfield. Miss Brill was published in the 1920’s and is set in post-World War I in France. In “Miss Brill,” Katherine Mansfield...

Modernism Short Story

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A Comparison of The Art Styles of Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo

3 pages / 1848 words

Introduction Without a doubt, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo are two of the most influential artists in the history of modern civilizations. With their array of detailed and accurate works, both da Vinci and Michelangelo are both regarded as two of the best artists ever....

Italian Renaissance Leonardo Da Vinci Michelangelo

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Orientalism and The Postcolonial Predicament: Perspectives on South Asia New Cultural Studies

2 pages / 727 words

Orientalism and the Postcolonial Predicament: Perspectives on South Asia New Cultural Studies, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 1993 is a collection of articles. Most of these articles were originally delivered at the University of Pennsylvania’s 1988-1989 Annual South Asia Seminar, as papers...

Orientalism

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Orientalism

3 pages / 1325 words

In the prologue and introduction to “Orientalism” the following clarifications are made: “Orientalism isn’t an insignificant topic or field that has not been given the attention it needs by the culture, institution, or scholarship; and neither is it a vast and diverse collection of writings...

Orientalism

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Modernism and Realism in Dani Cavallaro's "The Aesthetics"

3 pages / 1189 words

Expression and Imitation are one of the three concepts that I have selected to discuss its importance in the text and my justification of why. Expression and Imitation are two concepts that have dictated theories about the Aesthetics in the realm of Western Philosophy (Cavallaro...

Modernism Realism

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The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

3 pages / 1364 words

Designed in 1825 by William Burn, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art was originally known as the John Watson School. It was intended to function as an institution for fatherless children. However it was opened as the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in...

Art History Artwork Contemporary Art

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Art from The Middle Ages to The Renaissance

5 pages / 2341 words

The transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance reflects a time of great change in the way of life at the time. During the Middle Ages life was in constant turmoil and bleak. After the Fall of the fall of the Roman Empire Europe...

Art History Italian Renaissance

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White Flight: The Graying of Suburbia in Delillo’s White Noise

6 pages / 2811 words

In addition to addressing the premonitory electricity of death, the title of Don DeLillo’s White Noise alludes to another, subtler, sort of white noise the muted death of suburban white identity. College-on-the-Hill is not only an elite academic promontory, but also a bastion for white...

Novel Postmodernism White Noise

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Originality and The Literary ‘readymade’ in Don Delillo’s White Noise

5 pages / 2079 words

‘Toyota Celica / A long moment passed before I realized this was the name of an automobile…The utterance was beautiful and mysterious, gold-shot with looming wonder. It was like the name of an ancient power in the sky.’ Made-to-order essay as fast as you need...

Novel Postmodernism White Noise

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The Postmodern World of White Noise

4 pages / 2003 words

Paula Geyh writes that “the term [postmodernism] is used by so many people in so many disparate ways, that it seems almost to mean or describe everything–and therefore, some of the critics of postmodernism would say, it means nothing” (1-2). Although the postmodern perspective is,...

Novel Postmodernism White Noise

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Reproduction and The Shattered Aura in Don Delillo’s White Noise

9 pages / 4292 words

Walter Benjamin’s work as a philosopher and theorist speaks at length of mechanical reproduction and the impact it has on society. Benjamin’s work can therefore be applied to the society depicted in Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise, illuminating it as one of reproduction illustrated in...

Novel Postmodernism White Noise

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Delillo’s White Noise and The Family

2 pages / 1092 words

Don Dellilo’s protagonist in his novel “White Noise,” Jack Gladney, has a “nuclear family” that is, ostensibly, a prime example of the disjointed nature way of the “family” of the 80’s and 90’s — what with Jack’s multiple past marriages and the fact that his...

Novel Postmodernism White Noise

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The Fragmented American Family in "White Noise"

6 pages / 2800 words

The family is the strongest where objective reality is most likely to be misinterpreted. (82) Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay Delillo’s portrayal of the American family...

Novel Postmodernism White Noise

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Doctors as Authority Figures in White Noise

4 pages / 1636 words

In the novel White Noise, written by Don DeLillo, the Gladney family often succumbs to the supposed authority and superior knowledge of doctors. The Gladneys are extremely intimidated by the doctors and they feel as though the physicians are all-knowing and hold some kind of...

Novel Postmodernism White Noise

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Poetry Elements Come to Life

2 pages / 1033 words

In Thomas Gray’s poem, “Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes,” he shares a story about a cat named Selima while also teaching a lesson to readers. Even though the poem is amusing, it is written and...

Poetry Romantic Era

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The Immortality of a Dead Cat

2 pages / 1102 words

Her beauty defied comparison. Her joy in life’s simplest pleasures endeared her to all who knew her. Her insatiable curiosity drove her to constantly explore, examine, and engage in the world around her. All these qualities make her loss seem all the more tragic. She...

Poetry Romantic Era