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The outside, west fa?ade of St. John’s Cathedral is extravagantly decorated. From the large sculptures, right down to the sets of doors, the detail of the work is majestic. You feel that you are an insignificant person while admiring all of the years of hard work that was put in to build this cathedral. Many…

AztecArchitectureI picked the Aztec because I wanted to learn why the Aztec people made these great buildings, and what Mexico use to be like. Also how the Aztec came to be this great empire then lost it all when the Spanish conquistadors came and over took the empire. I gathered my research from sources such…

The relationship between language and image provides us with the means to seek the roots of our own ideas. In the essay, When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision, written by Adrienne Rich, she uses varying images in her poetry to describe women and the voice open the window into her self-perception and how cultural…

Gothic cathedralsBetween the years 117 and 1144, a new cathedral style arose that proved important to the Medieval World Gothic. The creator of this new style, Abbot Suger, achieved both spiritual and political goals through his work. The unique style of the Gothic cathedral grew popular and spread throughout Medieval Europe. However, most importantly, the…

Body ImageThin thighs and protruding hip bones are foremost on the minds of women young and old. Add perfectly flat stomachs, visible rib cages, bony upper arms and very little body fat- and we have an ideal body that look like it hasn’t eaten a morsel in over a month. Unfortunately, this is what the…

Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904. He was a leader in the new movement of art in the early 20th century called Surrealism. In 1921, Dali studied at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. Here, he was able to associate with and learn from Spanish modernists such as Federico Garcia…

InternalStructure of the EarthWhat is the evidence for our knowledgeof the internal structure of the Earth?As we enter the twenty first century weare beginning to learn more and more about the composition of the Earth. Early predictions have thrown up some rather strange and peculiar thoughtsas to what is making up our Earth, but now…

DifferenceBetween Italian And French Baroque ArchitectureBaroque is the name given to the art ofthe 17th century. But the baroque style, like all other styles inthe history of art, began gradually. It started in the latterpart of the 16th century and continued to be used well into the 18th century. Baroque can be defied as the…

Pablo picassoAnd his Artistic Life A report byterra hardmanIntroductionPablo Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor, generally considered the greatest artist of the 20th century. He was unique as an inventor of forms, as an innovator of styles and techniques, as a master of various media, and as one of the most prolific artists in…

Some of the portraits that were done by Warhol began with Troy Donahue and Warren Beatty, and Elvis Presley. Then later on came Marilynn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy. There was also a series of car crash pictures done around this time. The Jackie Kennedy portraits were done very shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy….