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Film Studies
The Tom Story in Mudbound and Detroit (2017)
Film Studies
Clint Eastwood as Actor and Director: Career Overview
Film Studies
Black Power Movement and Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s
Film Studies
Film Review: The Maltese Falcon (1941) by John Huston
Art History and Criticism
Edvard Munch's The Kiss: Romanticism and Dread
Film Studies
Music's Role in Forrest Gump: Soundtrack, Scoring & Cueing
Film Analysis
Seven Years in Tibet: Religion, Politics, and Personal Growth
Islamic and Byzantine Art History
Medieval Islamic Art and the Byzantine Transition
Baroque Art History
Caravaggio vs. Rembrandt: Catholic and Protestant Baroque Art
Art History and Criticism
Degas' After the Bath: Style, Symbolism & Formal Elements
African American Art
Kerry James Marshall: Art, Identity, and Black Representation
Film Studies
El Espíritu de la Colmena: Mise-en-Scène and Post-War Spain
Country Music
Clay Walker: Biography, Musical Development, and Style
Film Studies
Chinatown and The Pianist: Roman Polanski's Directorial Style
Architecture
Poetics of Light in Tadao Ando's Architecture
Film Studies
Mel Gibson as Director: Style, Themes, and Epic Films
Prehistoric Art
Woman of Willendorf and Lascaux Cave Paintings Compared
Ancient Art History
Key Techniques in Ancient Near Eastern Art Explained
19th-Century Painting
Elizabeth Gardner: First American Woman at the Paris Salon
Photography
Mario Testino's Portrait of Princess Diana, Vanity Fair 1997
Graphic Design
Graphic Design Comparison: 1876 Handbill vs. Paula Scher
Baroque Art History
Carlo Dolci's Salome: Baroque Allegory and Counter-Reformation
Ancient Greek and Roman Art
Medici Venus: Aphrodite Marble Statue at the Met Analyzed
Film Studies
Cinematography and Mise-en-Scène in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Film Analysis
The Princess Bride: Genre, Satire, and Film Analysis
Architecture
Oscar Niemeyer's Modernist Architecture and Brasília's Identity
Film Studies
Star Wars vs. Lord of the Rings: A Film Analysis
Film Analysis
Hacksaw Ridge: War, Faith, and Pacifism in Mel Gibson's Film
Art History
Mona Lisa: Leonardo da Vinci's Masterpiece Analyzed
Film Analysis
My Neighbor Totoro: Nature, Shinto, and Childhood Wonder
Art History and Movements
Neoclassicism, Impressionism & Abstract Expressionism
Film History
The Missing Reel: Louis Le Prince and the Invention of Film
Film Studies
Wong Kar-Wai's The Grandmaster: Ip Man and Women of Kung Fu
Film Analysis
Jungle Fever (1991): Race, Stereotypes, and Interracial Love
Film Analysis
The Godfather (1972): Tradition vs. Modernity in Coppola's Film
Art History and Criticism
Comparing Rembrandt and Ingres: Two Portrait Masterworks
Film Studies
Feminist Analysis of Gender and Sexuality in Juno (2007)
Architectural Analysis
Broad Street Presbyterian Church: Architecture & Design
Film Studies
Blade Runner: Neo-Noir Genre, Conflict, and Moral Ambiguity
Film Studies
Double Indemnity: Femme Fatale, Film Noir, and the Code
Film Studies
Prejudice and Justice in Lumet's Twelve Angry Men
Contemporary Asian Art
Contemporary Art in the Asia-Pacific Region: Trends & Artists
Fashion and Design
Spring 2017 Fashion Trends: Simplicity, Nature & Comfort
Native American Art History
Woolaroc Gallery and the Colonial Gaze on Native Americans
Classical Music
A Mozart Thanksgiving: Live Concert Review at Jones Hall
Renaissance Art
Leonardo's Last Supper: Composition, Style, and Symbolism
Medieval Art History
Mendicant Orders and Christian Art of the 13th–14th Centuries
Renaissance Architecture
Brunelleschi's Renaissance Architecture and Lasting Legacy