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Ma Yuan/Artist of the Song Dynasty
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A 5 page research paper/essay that analyzes a work by Ma Yuan of the Chinese Song Dynasty period. The art of Ma Yuan (c. 1155-1225), along with that of Xia Gui, represents the highest level of Chinese painting during the Song dynasty (1127-1279) (Ma Yuan). During the Southern Song period (1127-1279), court painters continued to favor landscapes as subject material, as they had in the past, but they also favored smaller formats and more lyrical treatments (Southern Song). This examination of a work, Walking on a Mountain path in Spring by Ma Yuan, concentrates on describing its lyric elements, that is, the features of the poem that are designed to evoke emotion on the part of the viewer. Also, a comparison is made between Ma Yuan and Xia Gui. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Madonna and Child by Fra Fillipo Lippi
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A 3 page analysis of the painting Madonna and Child by Fra Fillipo Lippi. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAlippi.rtf

Magnificent Church Buildings Are Not About Materialism
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This 7 page paper discusses the premise that modern Christians build large and beautiful churches as a reflection of their own materialism. The writer ultimately argues that such is not the case. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Male Pseudonyms and Female Artists
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A 5 page research paper on how and why women used pseudonyms in art and literature. The writer focuses on derogatory reviews, access to the market, financial concerns, and the desire to create political discourse, and includes commentary and empirical analysis by Casey, Lutz, Marshall, Ranaweera, Silverman and Tedlock. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Man Ray -- “The Poet of the Dark Room”
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This 24 page report discusses the photographer Man Ray (1890 - 1976) who Jean Cocteau referred to as the “poet of the darkroom.” He was born Emmanuel Radnitskyi n Philadelphia in 1890. After he became Man Ray, he also became one of the 20th century's most admired and innovative photographers. His work demonstrated the fact that photography truly is an art form and convinced countless critics that it offered a legitimately artistic way to present a unique and personal form of self-expression. He was also a painter and filmmaker and thought of as one of the avant-garde of Paris in the 1920s. However, it is his photography that has remained as the most lasting representation of his view and representation of the world. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Manet’s Olympia and Consciousness
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A 3 page paper which discusses Manet’s focus on consciousness in his painting “Olympia.” The painting is compared to Couture`s “Romans of the Decadence” and Courbet’s “Demoiselles des bords de la Seine.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAmanetO.rtf

Manet, Monet, And Courbet
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A 6 page paper which examines a painting by the artists Manet, Monet, and Courbet. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Manifesto As Art
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In the art world there have been many movements that have aligned themselves with particular philosophies and, or, methods of interpretation for their art. Among these movements are the futurists, the Dada and the (early) surrealist movements that have distinguished themselves with providing a manifesto of their intentions and beliefs. This 6 page paper argues that manifestoes are, in and of themselves, art objects that transcend the merely didactic and enter into the realm of poetry or visual art, as well as providing arguments for their beliefs. The Dadaist Manifesto by Tristan Tzara, Andre Breton's The Manifesto of Surrealism and F. T. Marinetti's, Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism are used as examples. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Marcel Duchamp: Readymades
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An 8 page paper which examines and analyzes the readymade art of Marcel Duchamp. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: RAmduch.rtf

Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971): An Overview
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This is a 12 page paper discussing the life and professional career of Margaret Bourke-White. Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was considered by some to be the most famous photojournalist of her time. Born to open-minded and progressive parents, Bourke-White learned at an early age to be independent with an assertive motto of “you can”. Although she graduated with a degree in the sciences, Bourke-White soon gained a reputation as a competent industrial photographer which attracted the attention of Henry Luce the editor and publisher of Fortune and later Life magazine who hired her as the first female photojournalist. Bourke-White was the war correspondent for Life magazine and the U.S. Air Force and was also the first female journalist allowed in combat. During her war years, she was the first correspondent in the Soviet Union and captured the bombing of the Kremlin by the Nazis on film, was torpedoed in the ship which was taking her to Northern Africa and accompanied Patton and the United States troops on their tour of the concentration camps in Germany. Back home in the United States, in collaboration with her second husband, novelist Erskine Caldwell, on several photo texts on the inequalities of the American social and class system. Bourke-White continued to be an inspiration to feminists and photojournalists during her entire career and in the mid 1950s when she discovered she had Parkinson’s Disease and could no longer take photographs, she wrote her autobiography during over eight years. Margaret Bourke-White died in Connecticut in 1971. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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