CONTEMPORARY AND POST-MODERN ART

Key themes of the book are broken down and extended upon by giving a greater importance to artist's dealing with science and technology.

How the femme fatale character has changed and yet remained the same throughout the history of the crime genre

The Fogg Art Museum holds a diverse collection of both classical and modern art.

This deprivation of Islamic and Arab art influence has produced an absence in the current creation of post-modern or contemporary Islamic and Arab artistic creation styles

The art of the modern era, defined by poets like Ezra Pound and Robert Frost, as well as artists such as Dadaist, Francis Picabia, is a cultural barometer, both informing and reflecting the societal values of the modern world.

In our world, most questions are binary. We are compelled to choose A or B, and seldom encouraged to consider other possibilities.

When art lovers think of the City of Lights, Le Louvre springs instantly to mind. Yet Le Louvre is only the first stop of the city's world-class museums.

Before you make a commitment to a sofa, let's go over some basics and deal with a few issues that are bound to come up.

The endurance of myths in our cultural lives.

Miami and South Beach are known for excitement. Here are three intimate beach resorts where lovers can escape for Valentine's Day or any romantic occasion.

Paris, France is a leader in the art world. No art vacation is complete without a visit to see the world's masterpieces at such notable museums as the Louvre, the Musee d'Orsay and the Pompidou Center.

Discussion question for Survey of Modern and Contemporary Art class.

3 leading art museums in New York City that every art lover should visit while in Manhattan.

An examination of postcolonial rhetoric in post-apartheid South Africa.

A short history of architecture - a beginner's guide to styles and movements, comprehensive in scope but with more emphasis on recent developments.

The Akron Art Museum was more interesting on the inside, yet more of an eye sore to view from across the street. Plus it was hard to find and easy to pass up, neither of which will be the case in 2006!

This piece explains how our personality traits determine the relationship choices we make and outlines the many personality disorders that present as extreme forms of the characteristics we possess.

Japanese architects Tange, Otani and Ebihara were driven to look back to premodern Japanese architecture like that of the eighth century during the postwar years by a desire to recreate and articulate a national identity that was uniquely Japanese.

An exploration of the uncanny effects of cannibalism, sex, and tattoing upon postcolonialism generally, and Melville studies specifically.

If you are an art lover, Paris is the place to be. There are over 130 museums in the city, and many are dedicated to art. This article focuses on some recommended museums to be sure and see.

Terry Gilliam, one of contemporary films' most eccentric directors, continues his infusion of medieval, feudalistc thematics with contemporaneous situations in his film The Fisher KIng.

In the mid 1950's artists began to study painting not just as a two-dimensional surface with color, but as an object that desired recognition for what it represented.