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The Violette de Mazia Foundation encourages review, research, exploration, and development of objective aesthetic analysis.

The following resources provide examples of: (1) art collections, museums and galleries; (2) organizations involved in compatible endeavors; (3) suggested reading lists; (4) analytical essays written by student participants in our courses.

Title	Type	Description	Date
Landscape, Maurice Denis	Student Essays	The color-ensemble, dominated by cool blue, green, and lavender tones, is richly subtle, ruggedly-surfaced, and softly angular...read more.	03/24/2010
Botticelli's Magdalene Panels: A Plastic Approach	Student Essays	Botticelli's interest in decorative line can be seen primarily in the delicate color lines accenting the architecture and some of the drapery....see more.	03/18/2010
'Torches Mauve' Franz Kline	Student Essays	Franz Kline presents Torches Mauve as a massive, non-representational, vertically rectangular oil painting composed of a highly restrained palette of whites, blacks and blue violets...read more.	03/18/2010
The King and Queen Surrounded by Swift Nudes,	Student Essays	The King and Queen’s velvety surface and elegant warm tones of brown, ochre, oyster-white and coral against a dark background give the work an Old Master flavor...read more.	03/18/2010
Improvisation # 29 (The Swan), Wassily Kandinsky	Student Essays	Kandinsky’s Improvisation (Swan) is a highly decorative non-objective painting composed of vibrant colors, and a variety of shapes and line set in an active swirling space...read more.	03/18/2010
Governor's Park, Edward Loper Sr.	Student Essays	I have studied painting with Edward Loper Sr. for 6 years. I experienced an immediate connection to Loper’s Governor’s Park, Quebec City, an oil painting on canvas...read more.	03/18/2010
Riot, Debra Butterfield	Student Essays	Debra Butterfield created Riot in 1990 using discarded metal from a movie theater marquee. Currently the sculpture is owned and displayed by the Delaware Art Museum...read more.	03/18/2010
Suggested Readings	Reading Lists	If you are enrolled or planning to enroll in a Violette de Mazia Foundation course, consult the following reading lists to learn which texts you will need.	03/17/2010
George Santayana	Organizations	Click here to view additional information on this Hispanic-American philosopher.	03/17/2010
Thomas Munro	Organizations	Click here to visit This Duke University site.	03/17/2010