… of the most influential artistic movements of any ancient culture. Even though Greece itself was influenced visibly in the beginning by strong trade routes, especially with Persia to the East and Egypt to the south, they quickly gathered these methods…

… Williams uses many symbols, which represent many different things. Many of the symbols used in the play try to symbolize some form or type of escape or the difference between reality and illusion. The first symbol, presented in the first…

… realization had hit me. It was as if this unknown force, which I could not escape or hide from, struck my whole body. The smell of the air became faint like the times when you become cold. Could this really be true? The liver transplant is…

… the history of man, there have been many prosperous empires that ruled in different parts of the world. Babylon and Egypt are two of these empires that ruled almost 500 years apart, but had one thing in common, great artistic works. Wall paintings…

… the development of art in Europe between 1900-1939? Between 1900-1939 there were many different movements in art mainly due to two reasons, modernisation and the First World War. The term ‘avant-garde’ does not have one single meaning and has become…

… ‘problem plays’; the character of Isabella is a focal point of arguments. In the play she is faced with a decision: either to lose her virginity and save her brother’s life, or to stay chaste, get admitted to the convent, but sealing her brother’s…

… 1933-) Oil on canvas Purchase, anonymous gift; 1984 20th Century Art; Modern Art Blanche and A.L. Levine Court “Merengue en Boca Chica,” reveals a bright and moving piece of work that makes native Puerto Rican music come to mind. In the…

… people of his time. Michelangelo attended a school set up by Lorenzo the Magnificent in the gardens of the Palazzo Medici. There he would have had access to the Medici collection of antiques, as well as a certain amount of tuition from the resident…

… Italian Renaissance was called the beginning of the modern age. The word Renaissance itself is derived from the Latin word rinascere, which means to be reborn. Many dramatic changes occurred during this time in the fields of philosophy, art, politics,…

… express important ideas, revealing what is significant to every society. Art is as varied as the life from which it springs and each artist portrays different aspects of the world they know. It may be said that artists do their work to discover truth…