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National Enndowment for the Arts
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This 9 page paper examines the past history of the NEA; controversial issues which have surrounded federal funding of the arts, including First Amendment issues and censorship; and makes suggestions for some calm resolution. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BBnea.doc

New Thoughts and Ideas of the Renaissance
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(5 pp) Historically the Renaissance connects the middle ages and the modern times; it is that time period from about 1350 to 1650. The ideas and accomplishments of that period were amazing, and still remain astounding when we stop to consider them, for they provided the building blocks of some of the ideas that we hold today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBrentht.doc

Orientalism - then and now.
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(10 pp) In the nineteenth century artists explored the Orient packing brushes and canvases with them. They delivered an exotic view of the Eastern world, often more based on the imagined than what was real. This discussion will look at that period of art history, known as "orientalism," and see if any of those trends or ideas are out and about today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBoriart.doc

Perception, Memory And Time In the Sensual World
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20 pages in length. Art is a language unto itself that speaks to the communal need for expression. Every individual -- no matter their origin or language -- has an inherent desire to express emotions, as well as to have these expressions understood. Art is such a universally recognized method of this statement that there exist no barriers with regard to interpretation. The mere fact that the human element is the primary implication in creating a particular work of art is enough of a connection to render any barrier obsolete; only when the erratic images of fractured time and space are again brought back into the mix are those boundaries erected once more. Clearly, the very essence of art transcends the otherwise finite and restrictive nature of expression; in order to bypass these barriers, one must reach beyond the limited scope of mortal time and space to achieve a more esoteric portrayal of perception, memory and time within the sensual world. Bibliography lists 19 sources.
Filename: TLCsense.wps

Perception, Memory, and Time in the Sensual World
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This 10 page paper has been written to continue an exploration of the influence of Eastern philosophy on the development of my artistic practice. However, it also brings together, my increased artistic fascination with the temporal concepts of the physical body in relationship to ideas about perception, memory and time in an increasing sensual world. As the viewer participates through, or within the art experience, his physical body is defining that new experience, through his own awareness of perception, memory and time, therefore each viewer/participant may receive not only their own sense, or perception of the experience, but the back-loop of memory and time as well. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BBmemart.doc

Peter Blume: The Rock (1948)
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(5 pp) It has been suggested that Peter Blume was one of the first Americans to favor surrealism, in his mature work. He has also been labeled a "magic realist," which has a nice ring to it but doesn't really tell us much. In this discussion we will look at his 1948 painting, "The Rock," a reaction both against the bombing of Hiroshima, and a tribute to the human's tenacity to survive man-made disaster. Bibliography lists 7 sources plus 1 visual (copy of painting discussed.)
Filename: BBblume.doc

Portrayal of Women in European Paintings
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A 5 page research paper exploring how women are portrayed in paintings. The writer describes images of women in a few key 20th century European paintings, and the social and cultural influences on these portrayals. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Artfemi2.wps

Religious Art: Russia & Franc c15th C
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(7 pp) If some one wants to have you "buy something "- whether it is an idea, a belief or an item, there are ways to go about that, that will make you more susceptible to that new thing. Some of these early marketing principles were put into place in both Russia and France to encourage pagan converts, to view the "new ways of the Church more favorably."
Filename: BBeCHart.doc