Essays on Famous Artists

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Understanding Frida Kahlo’s "The Two Fridas" Through Rhetorical Analysis

3 pages / 1421 words

The dawn of Frida Kahlo’s political activism began when a handrail impaled her during an automobile accident at the age of eighteen. She was left with fractures in both her spine and pelvis. After being bed-ridden for several months, she decided to bring her emotions...

Frida Kahlo Two Fridas

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Pablo Picasso, and Analytical and Synthetic Cubism

2 pages / 933 words

An art style unlike any other. An art style that went on to influence others for generations to come. It was the pathway to century defining art movements, such as: surrealism, abstract expressionism and pop art. It also paved the way for similar movements in...

Art History Pablo Picasso Painting

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Contextual Analysis of The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo

2 pages / 687 words

Las Dos Fridas, which in English translates to The Two Fridas, was painted by the well-known Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. The oil painting displays two versions of Frida, her Mexican background and white background, holding hands and connected by a vein. Still to this day,...

Frida Kahlo Painting Two Fridas

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Analysis of The Two Fridas Painting and Its Historical Context

2 pages / 1044 words

“The Two Fridas” is painted within the year 1939 in oil on canvas with dimensions 173 x 173 cm, it’s located in the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico. The first aspect we see is a double self-portrait, wherein the two Fridas are sitting on...

Frida Kahlo Painting Two Fridas

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Analysis of How Pablo Picasso Pioneered a Revolutionary Style of Modern Art – Cubism

1 page / 468 words

Introduction Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso, also known as Pablo Picasso, was a Spanish sculptor, ceramicist, and painter born in Málaga, Spain, on October 25, 1881. He...

Art History Pablo Picasso Painting

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The Art of William Morris

1 page / 440 words

William Morris was a famous artist who mainly focused on his wallpaper and fabric designs. While he was mainly known for his art, even today, he had many other notable careers and accomplishments, one of them being that he founded the Arts and crafts Movement....

Poetry William Morris

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The Life and Legacy of William Morris

2 pages / 687 words

Although he is primarily known for his elaborate fabric and textile designs, William Morris was also a poet, novelist, illustrator, architect, translator, and social activist. Born in 1834, Morris was alive during the market revolution, during which new technology made mass production possible. Morris challenged...

Poetry William Morris

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William Morris and His Influence on The 19th Century Work Conditions and Art Philosophy

2 pages / 900 words

During the Industrial Revolution, in the middle of the 19th century, different industries were developing, economic growth was impressive and a huge new world of cities was emerging. However, it took its toll on both people’s working conditions and their morale as well as on...

Poetry William Morris

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William Morris: Art and Labour

2 pages / 779 words

Artisan producer of objects of furniture, poet, novelist, affiliated to the pre-Raphaelite artistic brotherhood, utopian and prophetic socialist. Very rarely in the work of an engagé scholar of the end of the 19th century, the juxtapositions and contradictions of the twentieth century workers movement are...

Poetry William Morris

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Analysis of Different Viewpoints on The Bay of Marseilles, Seen from L’estaque by Paul Cezanne

2 pages / 899 words

The painting The Bay of Marseilles, Seen from L’Estaque (1885), by Paul Cezanne is displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago Illinois. This two dimensional, oil on canvas is measured at 80. 2 X 100. 6cm. It is apart of a series of paintings that...

Painting Paul Cezanne

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Biography of Jean-michel Basquiat – a Neo-expressionist Painter and Graffiti Prodigy

2 pages / 1006 words

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American Neo-Expressionist painter of Puerto Rican and Haitian decent. Neo-expressionism is a style of postmodern sculptures and paintings that was extremely popular in the 1970’s. Basquiat was born December 22, 1960, and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Except for a brief...

Biography Jean-Michel Basquiat Painting

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Reflection on The Novel Bonechiller by Graham Mcnamee

2 pages / 855 words

After reading the first two chapters of the novel “Bonechiller”, I decided to read one extra chapter before writing this essay. This is because the first chapter is only one short, vague paragraph about the setting. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each...

Martha Graham Novel

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A Painting I Like: Van Gogh's "Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear"

2 pages / 712 words

Vincent Van Gogh, a luminary of the Impressionist era, has left an indelible mark on the realm of art with his profound ability to convey intense emotions through his paintings. His body of work from the late 19th century encapsulates a tumultuous life, laden with...

Painting Vincent Van Gogh

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The Analysis of The Book "Ways of Seeing" by John Berger

1 page / 605 words

John Berger begins his book “Ways of Seeing” by putting across the idea that words are inadequate when it comes to conveying the way we perceive the world, seeing is habit plus convention. Building upon the German philosopher, Walter Benjamins’ works, he theorizes, with the...

Book Review John Berger

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The Mental Health of Vincent Van Gogh

1 page / 670 words

Vincent Willem Van Gogh was one of the most influential post-impressionist artists of his time. He created a variety of painting in his life, mostly in his last years before he committed suicide following years of mental illness and ill health. From his early days...

Mental Health Vincent Van Gogh

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Critical Analysis of "Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear" by Vincent Van Gogh

2 pages / 806 words

The “Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear”, painted by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh in 1889. The painting captures van Gogh’s self-inflicted wound following his infamous incident of self-mutilation where he intentionally sliced his left ear with a razor blade following a heated argument with...

Artwork Vincent Van Gogh

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Discussion on Artwork Stereotyping with Regard to John Berger’s Views

3 pages / 1383 words

In “Ways of Seeing, ” art critic John Berger discusses different perspectives of how people believe and go on with life. Berger stated, “The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe. ” For purposes of my discussion, I’m...

Artwork John Berger Stereotypes

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The Life Story of Famous Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo

1 page / 466 words

Frida Kahlo is one a famous, mexican artist that has inspired millions with her unique artwork style. But she is also famous of other reasons too. She was influential because of her being proud of her mexican roots, she contracted illnesses, and her views on...

Frida Kahlo Personal Life

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The Life and Legacy of Jean-michel Basquiat: a Compelling Narrative

2 pages / 859 words

According to the New York Times writer Robin Pogrebin and Scott Reyburn, in 2017 Basquiat 1982 painting “untitled” auctioned off for a record breaking $110. 5 million dollars. It set several records when auctioned off, by becoming the highest amount ever paid for an American/African-American...

Biography Jean-Michel Basquiat Personal Life