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Sturman’s Findings Regarding “Auspicious Cranes”

In this article, the author wishes to discover, whether the artist aimed to describe a real event in "Auspicious Cranes" or whether he tried to depict a concealed phenomenon in the political life of China [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 835

“Water Lilies” by Claude Monet Analysis

Speaking about the range of colour which can be seen in this painting, it should be said that it is rather varied and features basic colours such as blue as the main colour for the [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 860

Religion and Marxism in Metropolis

Speaking about the way the film addresses religious topics the characters of Maria and John Frederson, the story of Babylon, and the idea of Mediator is to be mentioned.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1143

“Skyspace” by James Turrell

Created by the space and light artist, this is one of those exhibitions that make you rethink your being and understanding of the environment. The perimeter-type bench is a wonderful installation for the visitors to [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

American Art of the 20th Century

A vibrant urban lifestyle emerged because of this convergence of People from different ethnic, social and economic backgrounds; it also led to social tensions and the establishment of social class structure, the very wealthy and [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 865

Specifics of Jazz Music Analysis

This essay gives the most distinct characteristics and elements of Jazz that distinguish it from other forms of art, in addition to the differences between Jazz and the other musical arts.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 844

Venus de Milo and Winged Victory of Samothrace

Marquand noted that Hellenistic sculptures admired the beauty of the female body; it is noticeable in the sculptures of Venus de Milo and Winged Victory of Samothrace, the most popular works belonging to this period.
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

Art Gallery: Metropolitan Museum

Metropolitan Museum is one of the most famous and the richest art galleries located in New York. This sculpture of a stranger shows the international and worldwide spirit of the departed inhabitant in the furnished [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 549

Rudolf Nureyev as a Choreographer

With the start of his career in The Royal Ballet, Nureyev pointed out the male roles through and through up to the end of his life.
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 943

Music in the Film “Dracula” directed by F. F. Coppola

Therefore, the synchronization of the musical accompaniment with the drama which is developing on the screen in general and with the defining moment of the revelation of the woman's suicide, in particular, is highly important.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1574

Sophocles’ “Ajax” Performance Analysis

The analysis of the performance will be based on the investigation of three main issues to be properly developed in the play, which are acting, design and dramaturgy The effectiveness of performance is closely dependant [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1702

Photograph Works by Laura McPhee

This particular feature in the works of Laura McPhee impresses the viewer owing to the mastership of the photographer in playing with the background and foreground.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 897

Comparison of Religious Motifs in Hollywood Works

Thus religions, a variety of religions, different beliefs, various interpretations of the contradictory facts of various religions are very popular from the point of view of screening. The role of Barnes in "Platoon" is in [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 2277

Analisis of work “American Gothic”

According to reports, the artist was inspired to create the painting when he saw the farmhouse from the window of a car in his home state of Iowa."He decided to paint the house built in [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 974

McDonaldization in the Music Industry

Generally speaking, McDonaldization is a term used to refer to "the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of [...]
  • Subjects: Music Industry
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1122

Song Cycle: Term Definition

The Lieder cycle - presenting a dramatic episode in verse set to music- was considered a reflection of the Romantic penchant for merging of the classic forms of epic, lyric and drama.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 605

Bridget Jones’s Diary: Human Relationships

Our main task is to show how this aspect of human psychology and communication, is reflected in the film. Thus, we can conclude that the presence of mass media is very noticeable in this film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1382

New Approaches to Music Marketing

While this transition sounds a delightful one, the music industry is finding it increasingly difficult to adapt to the evolutionary changes in the way music is being streamed, stored, listened and propagated, creating problems for [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3729

Liberal Arts. L’Absinthe Painting by Edgar Degas

The word painting will also make us wonder whether the painting was done during the Renaissance period, the Middle Ages, or another period. Edgar Degas' was influenced by the painting of famous painters.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1150

The Sculptures from the Nepal

The sculptures worked in stone, metal wood and terracotta Many prominent pieces of art during the malla period were made by different artists one is the Achalla Destroyer of Evil made in the period early [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 843

Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Book vs. Film

By investigating shifts in story, tone, and characters between the book and the film, it can be discovered that the film significantly changes the themes of the original written version.
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2826

Imogen Cunningham, an American Female Photographer

The high contrast and neutral tones of the image bring to the viewer's attention a variety of details, including the woman's hair, her wrinkles, and the unevenness of her skin.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 930

The Christ as the Good Shepherd

The purpose of this essay is both a description and analysis of this work of art and its place in the culture of the ancient world.
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 661

Disney’s Remaking of Classics into Live-Action Films

Disney's world of magic earned popularity in 1937 with the theatrical premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The main reason why Disney's idea of remaking the good old classical animated films is not [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1668

Batman Film Trilogy by Christopher Nolan

The topic of the essay will be focused on the aspects of the plot, character, and cinematography that differed from previous comic films and will seek to explain the effect that the Dark Knight trilogy [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 559

“Malcolm X” (1992) by Spike Lee

The movie tells the story of Malcolm Little, also known as Malcolm X, - the Afro-American spiritual leader and a fighter for human rights who lived in the USA in the 1960s. Washington's talent is [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 299

Art Exhibition in Contemporary Society

One of the key roles and benefits of the art exhibition is that it helps to advance and promote the value of different aspects of art, thus enabling artists to achieve their goals in those [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2242

Film Analysis: “City of Life” by Ali Mostafa

This article focuses on how the film portrays the diverse nationalities of Dubai and illustrates how the common stereotypes about the people of Dubai have been challenged and confirmed by the film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

“Race” Biographical Movie: Jesse Owens’ Motif

Therefore, the main motif of the movie is the internal and external struggle of the African-American male with the existing biases. The first scene in the movie immediately introduces the motif of struggle to the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1200

Music Concrete and Post-War Technology Development

The conjectural and artistic aspect of music concrete was created by Pierre Schaeffer in the early 1940s. The growth of music concrete was promoted by the emerging technologies in the post-world war II era.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1439

Interactive Design of Museum Exhibitions

Furthermore, the process of learning is also at the core of every exhibition as museums usually provide much information about the authors of art pieces and the history of art itself.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2302

Reality in Paintings of 16th-21st Centuries

Raphael's Saint Michael Overwhelming the Demon is one of his works which is a part of the Louvre's collection. The work is a great representative of the art of the nineteenth century's realism.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1173

Sioux Culture in the “Dances with Wolves” Film

In "Dances with Wolves", one of the most obvious non-verbal cues that occurred in the communication between the American soldier, Lieutenant Dunbar, and the representatives of the Sioux tribe was the greeting.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 674

Ethical Dilemmas in the “21” Movie

At the beginning of the movie, we mistakenly take his attitude for granted, but the development of the plot discloses the negative consequences of the Professor's actions.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1178

Western Films Influence on Youth

However, there is a concern that its contents may have negative implications on teenagers in the developing countries because of the fundamental differences between the environment presented in the films and what they have in [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2224

Inas El Degheidi’s Life History and Impact on Art

This paper makes a retrospective study on the life, background, and lifestyle of this filmmaker as well as her contributions to the advancements of performance arts and to the fight against gender discrimination and sexual [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2043

Planet B-Girl: Community Building and Feminism in Hip-Hop

The main idea of the article under analysis is the intentions of female hip-hop artists to prove their choices and demonstrate their abilities by using the same rights male hip-hop artists have already got.
  • Subjects: Music Industry
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

The Movie “Ashes of Time” by Wong Kar Wai

Perhaps, the most controversial aspect of the movie, the editing style of the director sparked a number of heated discussions because of its ostensible lack of focus.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 920

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

By integrating the tropes of New Comedy with the atmosphere of ancient Rome and American contemporary culture, the film A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum appealed to the American audience of [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1395

“Forrest Gump” Movie by Robert Zemeckis

The main focus of the movie is the life of Forrest Gump, a simple man with low IQ and good intentions who goes through many significant events of the second half of the twentieth century.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 323

Renaissance Art Works’ Comparison

The chapel is located in the Vatican and is one of the most illustrious artworks in the western world. The entrance to the chapel is marked by two frescoes which symbolize the last episodes of [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 862

The Film “Boyz N the Hood” Analysis

The film is a clear depiction of a life in the hood and the plight of young boys with a dream to attain liberation from the curse of poverty that is cast by racism.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1113

American Civil War in “Glory” and “Lincoln” Films

The movie Glory is a biography drama film reflecting the events during the Civil War between 1861 and 1865, as well as the contribution of the Captain Robert Gould Shaw to the abolition of slavery [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Drama
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

Enlightenment Art and Humanistic Thinking

Issues to do with religion, especially the grip of the Catholic church on society, formed the basis of the French Enlightenment thinkers.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 571

“Crimson Tide” by Tony Scott

The captain chooses to ignore the command while the executive officer thinks that they should first evaluate the message and decide what to do after through evaluation.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 624

Franz Kafka’s and Vincent van Gogh’s Connection

Although van Gogh and Kafka realized their creative intentions in different areas of art, they had the remarkable connection in terms of sharing problems in family relations; having problems in personal relations; struggling to find [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1475

“12 Angry Men” by Sidney Lumet Film Analysis

Referring to the topic of the juror system in the USA, Lumet discusses such problems as the personal responsibility, fair trial, justice, and reasonable doubt; and the director emphasizes the importance and controversy of the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1665

Islamic Art in Africa

The question of what it entails to be Hausa is briefly addressed to uncover the dynamic nature of Hausa culture and the religion that plays the main role. The study of the Hausa art offers [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2286

The Great Exhibition of 1851

The main of them had to do with the ideas of: The presumed natural dominance of the West over the rest of the world.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1407

“Embrace” a Painting by Pablo Picasso

This particular painting stays true to Picasso's motif of incorporating sexuality into his works as it can be seen by the obvious representation of male and female genetalia in the work itself.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2050

Ancient Chinese Arts Comparison

On the right is The Seated Buddha, a sandstone carving from the Northern Wei Dynasty obtained from a cave along the Silk Road in China.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1632

The Film “The Company Men” Analysis

First of all, the director relies on camera work and editing at the beginning of the film in order to show that the main characters enjoy prosperity. This is one of the main points that [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 837

“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”

Bruno speculates the striped uniform that Shmuel is wearing to resemble pajamas, thus hinting to the viewers about the origin of the film's title.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1403

The Silk Road’s Impact on Chinese Art

Nevertheless, the most important impact of the Silk Road system experienced in China is the art culture. Arguably, the Chinese art and architecture borrow a lot from the other cultures involved in the Silk Road [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1069

“Yeong-ja’s Heydays” Film Analysis

The war between the South and the North that happened in the 1950s was exhausting for South Korean people. First of all, many men were sent to the front during the war between the North [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1408

Personality and Music Preferences

Kopacz's article is relevant to the current study because it helps the readers in the evaluation of music structure with respect to the set rules, which are known to composers and listeners.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2058

Leadership Approach in “The Devil Wears Prada”

The first point is personal characteristics that can be considered on the example of the film. Thus, whether it is the latest edition of a Harry Potter book that she manages to find or her [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1285

Disorder in “As Good as it Gets”

The author of the current paper explored the depiction of this phenomenon in a popular movie. The author showed how the main character in the movie is affected by the condition.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2778

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”

The film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind explores the nature of people's memories and romantic relationships. The film makes the viewer understand that memories are pieces of people's lives and it is impossible to [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

There was also a distinction in age of the painters whereby, impressionism painters were generally older as compared to post impressionism painters.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 831

Illuminated Manuscripts – History of Graphic Art

However, those people who can be even not interested in art easily imagine illuminated manuscripts because the elements of this art tradition are still used in decorating the books for children and some of the [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1222

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop

The early life of Michael Jackson as a part of The Jackson 5 team started with the family music project where Michael Jackson performed the role of a singer and dancer.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 854

The Sistine Chapel Painting by Buonarroti Michelangelo

One of the most peculiar things about the narrative framework of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling is the order of the frescoes, with the final one referring the viewer to the beginning of time and the [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1696

Raphael: A Renaissance Master

Although the style that Rafael developed over the course of his evolution as an artist was influenced greatly by the works of Leonardo da Vinci in terms of composition and technical expression and Michelangelo in [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1651

“The Vow”

Paige's nurses and doctors failed to support her needs after she was discharged from the hospital. He also uses the best caring practices in order to support Paige's needs.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

Modern Art: A Cultural-Aesthetic Movement

The problem of defining of the term Modernism created much difficulty for artists, philosophers and writers of the 20th century. In the course of time, the aspect of realism came into consideration to change a [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1375

The Language of Art

The implication is that the language of images in art is grounded on the underlying interactions between an individual's perception of information, and their sociological bias.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 599

Chicano Music in American-Mexican Culture

Some great musicians such as Jeffrey Pierce used their cultural heritage to produce the best Chicano songs. Their songs highlighted the experiences and hopes of many Latinos in the country.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

“Black Robe” by Bruce Beresford

The movie was captured in the Canadian wilderness with the main character who is a priest by the name of Father Laforgue taking up the work of spreading the gospel among the Indians in a [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 565

Music in Saudi Arabia

Music related to pearling and seafaring is part of the classical music in this region, and this is as a direct result of the sailing history of the people.
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1956

Problems of the Movie Industry

Control over product One of the major business issues regarding the movie sphere concerns the uncontrollability of the product or, to be more exact, the effect that the product is going to have on the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1143

Melancholy Objects in Photography

The purpose of this paper is to develop a critical evaluation of Sontag's claim of melancholy and Photography, with reference to a photograph taken for a tombstone in a cemetery. In fact, the grave looks [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 571

Little Buddha: The Path of the Enlightenment

Eventually, the movie unwraps the secret of the Fourth Truth, which is the path to the cessation of dukkha, as the leading character fights his personal demons to become the Enlightened One.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 1779

The Movie “12 Years a Slave”

The denial of such needs will eventually result in violence. This development will continue to affect the lives of many Americans.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1103

The Railway Station Sequence from Casablanca

Although the music is dramatized during the scene when Rick the letter, the focus is made on the letter but not on the hero's emotional expression.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1127

Cultural Revolution in China in “Hibiscus Town”

The social environment: semblance of equality While the issue concerning the unfair treatment of the owners of small business, as well as the dictatorship of Mao Zedong and his party might be too on the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1421