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Arts Study Guides
Film Studies
Spike Lee's Malcolm X: Film Analysis and Historical Accuracy
Japanese Art History
Tawaraya Sotatsu: Life, Work, and Artistic Legacy
Modern Dance
Blood Memory by Martha Graham: Autobiography Review
Modern Art Movements
Dadaism and World War I: Origins, Spread, and Legacy
Film Theory
Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze Theory and Narrative Cinema
Islamic Architecture
Artistic and Allegorical Overview of the Taj Mahal
Renaissance Painting
Fra Filippo Lippi's Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement
Art History
Monet and Seurat: Two Visions of 19th-Century France
Chicano/a and Latino Visual Culture
Chicano/a Art, the Getty, and Pacific Standard Time LA/LA
Art History
Greek Classical Art's Influence on Early Christian Art
Art History
German Expressionism vs. Fauvism: Color and Emotion
Modern Art Movements
Dadaism and Surrealism: Ernst, Dalí, and the Art of Dreams
Film Analysis
The Red Violin (1998): Story, Scenery, and Music Analysis
Popular Music History
Alienation and Unity in The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Album
Photography History
Alfred Stieglitz and the Modernist Vision of Photography
Music Criticism
Punk, Romanticism, and Kant's Aesthetics in Blank Generation
Public Art and Street Art
Street Art in Brooklyn: Agoch and Mandragora's Urban Murals
Film Analysis
Film Techniques in Saving Private Ryan by Spielberg
Film Studies
Deepa Mehta's Fire (1996): Plot, Analysis, and Themes
Renaissance Art History
Raphael's School of Athens: Composition, Figures & Meaning
Film Studies
Racism and Film: Examining Ten Canoes (2006)
Classical Music
Reflections on a Student Piano Recital: Western Classical Music
Dance Performance
Dorrance Dance's ETM: Double Down — A Tap Dance Review
Art History and Criticism
Edvard Munch's The Scream: Expressionism, Symbolism, and Anxiety
Film Analysis
Cast Away: Survival, Hope, and Human Connection
Political Art and Visual Culture
Hong Kong Umbrella Movement: Art as Political Protest
Music Technology
Electronic Music: Instruments, Techniques, and Performers
Film Studies
Film Technology, Culture, and Artistic Vision in Cinema
Aesthetics and Art Theory
Beauty, Truth, and the Grotesque in Art and Philosophy
Photography
Jacques-Henri Lartigue's Photography: Style and Techniques
Musical Theater
Chicago the Musical: A Review of the Ambassador Theater
American Art History
Washington Crossing the Delaware vs. His Resignation: Art Analysis
Photography
Robert Frank's The Americans: Art, Reception, and Legacy
Modern European Art History
Dada and Degenerate Art in Weimar Germany, 1920–1937
Film Analysis
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938): Film Analysis
Russian Art History
Art and Politics in the Russian Revolution Era
Modern Art
Anthony Caro and Walter DeMaria: Two Masters of Modern Art
Music and Dance History
Music and Politics: The Argentine Tango's Cultural Roots
Musical Theater
An American in Paris Broadway Review: Song, Dance & Design
Photography and Modern Art
Irving Penn's Cigarettes Exhibition at MoMA (1975)
Film Studies
Korean Cinema, Nationalism, and Gender Politics: Two Reviews
Expressionist Painting
Van Gogh vs. Munch: Starry Night and The Scream Compared
Dance and Cultural Studies
Dance as Culture: Jonas and Sklar on Movement and Identity
Documentary Film
Exit Through the Gift Shop: Banksy's Documentary Analyzed
Traditional Japanese Theater
Japanese Kabuki Theater: History, Elements, and Performance
Film Studies
Hitchcock's Spy Thrillers: Psychology and Duality
Art History
Raphael's Career: The Quintessential Renaissance Artist
Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright's Organic Design: Fallingwater & Taliesin West