Study Guide Library
Arts Study Guides
Art History and Criticism
Hung Liu's Olympia: Chinese Symbolism and Gender Analysis
Modern American Art
Jackson Pollock's Abstract Expressionism: Style and Significance
Music Analysis
Harmony and Form in Stravinsky and Zimbabwean Folk Music
Historic Theater Architecture
Senator Theater Chico: History, Architecture & Preservation
Art History and Iconography
Iconography of the Halo in Art: History and Meaning
Film Studies
Pan's Labyrinth: Film Analysis of Camera and Technique
Calligraphy and Visual Arts
Chinese vs. Western Calligraphy: Art, Culture, and History
African-American Visual Art
Whitfield Lovell's Art: Race, Individuality, and Black Identity
Opera and Performance
Opera in South Africa: Transformation from Apartheid to Today
Ancient Egyptian Art
Ancient Egyptian Offering Bearer Statue (c. 1985 BC) Analysis
Film Studies
National Cinema: Identity, Genre, and Hollywood's Global Reach
American Landscape Painting
California Landscape Art: From Wilderness to Modern Life
Documentary Photography
Sebastião Salgado's Workers and the Photography of Social Justice
Documentary Film
Paris Is Burning: Race, Gender, and the Director's Gaze
Film and Television Studies
Sound and Madness in American Horror Story and Poe
Design Criticism
Design, Consumerism, and the Everyday: Hunt's Critique
Film Criticism
Maid in Manhattan: Cultural Identity and Class Divide
Art History
French Influence on Catalan Modernist Artists in Early 20th Century
Film Studies
John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Analyzed
Film Criticism
Mystic River (2003): Film Review and Critical Analysis
Film Analysis
One Night the Moon: Land, Racism, and Inner Space
Renaissance Art and Visual Analysis
Titian's Venus and Adonis: Two Types of Passion in Art
Photography and Visual Culture
Carrie Mae Weems: Race, Gender, and Photography
Classical Music
Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata: Structure, Style, and Legacy
Music History
Contemporary Music History: Five Composers Compared
Theater History
Drama's Shift From Court to Common Stage: 17th–18th Century
Print Design & Production
Packaging Print Design: Offset vs. Flexography Methods
Classical Music History
How Environment Shaped the Great Composers and Their Music
Asian Art History
Floral Symbolism in Japanese and Chinese Art Through the Ages
Design History
Raymond Loewy's Design Style and the MAYA Principle
Film Studies
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: Critical Reception Over Time
Architecture and Design
Green Architecture in Japan: Tradition, Culture & Design
Music History
How Technology Transformed Music: From Phonograph to Digital
Film Studies
Psychological Representation in Shadows, Cleo, and Memories
Theatre and Performance
The Actor as Scenographic Instrument: Robert Wilson's Vision
American Art History
Social Realism and Photography in the Great Depression
Art History
Italian Renaissance Artists and Their Lasting Influence
Film Studies
Mythic Biblical Films: Moses, Morality, and Sacred Story
Japanese Buddhist Art
Hōryū-ji Temple: Buddhism's Influence on Japanese Art
Television and Performing Arts
Jim Henson: Career, Legacy, and Influence on Children's TV
Italian Renaissance Art
Michelangelo: Life, Works, and Artistic Legacy
Modernism and 20th-Century Culture
Modernism and Individualism in 20th-Century Arts and Culture
Music Theory
Sonata-Allegro Form: Structure, Sections, and Function
Film Studies
Film Noir Analysis: Double Indemnity and Its Legacy
Art Theory and Communication
How Art Communicates What Words Cannot Express
Dance Theory
Laban Movement Analysis: Philosophy, History, and Dance
Jazz Music Analysis
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet Live in Belgium 1958: A Jazz Analysis
Renaissance Art
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceiling: Art and Meaning