… entertainment and as the subject of nightmares. The haunting image of the vampire has changed only subtly with time, however one transformation has been profound: no longer are vampires evil. Neil Jordan’s Interview with the Vampire, in contrast to…

… would in another. A teenager acts differently among their peers at school than they would in a pew at church. A teacher speaks differently to her young students in the classroom than she would at a PTO board meeting to parents. A lawyer’s formal…

… Japan were taken to Europe after the opening of trade with Asia. They created such an intense fashion for fine porcelain with the ruling classes that it was called a "china mania." Kings vied with each other in attempts to discover the secret of true…

… two artists I will be discussing, Pablo Picasso and M.C. Escher, though they have some similarities, are also very different. Though they are from the same general era, the tone of their artwork, their drawing styles, and some of the types of media they…

… was born Claude Gellée who was also known by his fictitious name Le Lorraine or as Claude Lorrain, in the duchy of Lorraine (from which he derived his name) in 1604 (1). He was a French artist in the seventeenth century, who spent most…

… story of the Titan Prometheus who stole fire from the gods to give to mankind.(web 3) This work, which was completed in 1612, has a very interesting and diverse history. Flemish baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens was born June 28, 1577. By…

… The son of poor Russian immigrants, he spent part of his childhood in Philadelphia and then moved with his family to Brooklyn at the age of seven. After Emmanuel's graduation from high school in 1911, his parents changed the family's surname from Radnits…

… evolved from around 1900, culminating in the beginning of the art deco period about 1920. Art Deco is generally considered to be objects produced from around 1925 until about 1939 when World War II engulfed Europe and subsequently the U.S. The stylistic…

… The art of the Romanesque period was characterized by an important revival of monumental forms, notably sculptures and fresco paintings, which develop in close association with architectural decoration and exhibited a forceful…

… Euripides, explores the Greek- barbarian dichotomy through the character of Medea, a princess from the "barbarian", or non-Greek, land of Colchis. Throughout the play, it becomes evident to the reader that Medea is no ordinary woman by Greek standards.…