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For this comparative essay, I chose Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Das Veilchen (K. 476), composed in 1785, and Jean-Léon Gérôme’s Pygmalion and Galatea (1890). Firstly, Gérôme’s painting is both dramatic and romantic. This artwork presents an artist’s workshop where the sculptor passionately embraces his marble statue, which is brought to life through divine power or magic. […]

For me, it was a no-brainer to choose Rembrandt as the painter for this museum report. Ever since I first encountered his artwork on the prodigal son and reflected on his life story, I realized that there was something special in him. Not just from an artistic perspective, even though he is one of the

“Coming back home after being in The MET Museum I was so impressed because I found myself contemplating some of the paintings that I had been studying in college, or paintings that I have prayed with. But I hadn’t seen them before personally and one of these is this painting called Christ Carrying the Cross

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Duchess of Alba, 1797. The Hispanic Museum and Library, New York City A universal saying declares with wisdom: “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”. However, what is the price of love? I was overwhelmed by this question during our group visit to

Carlo Cignani, Charity, ca. 1680  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City What is love? Is it a feeling? A physiological reaction? What is love? This question has puzzled poets, philosophers, and artists for centuries. I was overwhelmed by this question while walking through the streets of Manhattan. Nevertheless, I found the answer at the European

For this comparative essay, I chose Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 and Jan Vermeer’s The Art of Painting (c. 1666-1668). Firstly, Vermeer’s painting is meticulous. The artwork presents an artist working in his studio. This piece has some household elements, such as a map of the Netherlands on the

Sandro Botticelli, Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1500.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. At the Renaissance Gallery of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, there is a masterpiece that caught my attention when I visited on September 30th. This marvelous feat was a Madonna painted by the prince of artists, Sandro

This painting “Homage to the Square Yellow Echo” really caught my attention because of its simplicity “like saying: Yes, this is also good art”, but at the same time its capacity of bringing up messages both internal and external. The Josef Albers’ paintings that are regarded «as one of the most iconic series of twentieth-century

The Model of Ballgame with Spectators placed in the ancient Mexican and Mesoamerican culture section at the Yale University Art Gallery is a sculpture piece created in Mexico, West Mexico, Nayarit, between 100 B.C. to A.D. 250; it was made of ceramic with traces of pigment. The person who molded it is unknown, but it

Introduction Is St. John of the Cross one of the most intimidating spiritual authors in the genre of spirituality? His ability to explain the depths of the soul can make people tremble to read his works, like the dark night of the soul. When people hear St. John of the Cross, they get shivers down