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Music Education: Aesthetic and Paraxial Theories

The change of manners and styles in the world of music provoked such changes in the sphere of education and its further adherence to the contemporary conditions of progressive society.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1455

Charles Ives and His Music

His style of tryouts and use of discord were not welcomed at the time, and most of the performers found his music to have complex rhythms that were discouraging.
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1090

Why Comedy Gets No Respect

The Golden Globe awards, on the other hand, divide the Best Motion Picture category into the sub-categories of drama and musical/comedy, and in that second category, many of the great comedies produced in the past [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2376

“Untraceable” by Gregory Hobbs

Our main task is to analyze this movie in terms of typical genre conventions, namely, we need to focus on such aspects as the development of the plot, the main characters, special effects, and most [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2336

Theory of String Instruments

The human ear has the capability of hearing very low intensities The intensity can also be considered as the pressure wave in which a compression of particles of a medium raise the pressure of the [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1143

“Water Strider” by Michael Heizer

Out of these ideas grew the concept of earthwork art, heavily influenced by the ancient past, strongly associated with the divorce between the academic art of the gallery and the natural art of the time [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2111

Interpersonal Communication in the Zwick’s “Last Samurai”

Thesis: This paper analyzes the film "The Last Samurai" in the context of interpersonal communication and examines how the film expands on the meaning of the terms "high context versus low context communication styles", "ethnocentrism" [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2751

Chinese Culture: Chinese Calligraphy Art

At the same time, the interrelation between the word and image and between the message and the form of the artistic works is rather important in the Chinese culture.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1107

Roles of Women in Hitchcock’s Film

On the other hand, the killer who is featured in Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 movie, Frenzy, is seen to idolize his mother, while at the same time harboring a loathing for the rest of the women.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2220

Art of Baroque Period Through the Romantic Age

The stature of the saint is reclining which actually depicts the saint's passivity. Matthews is marked for its naturalism and is considered a masterpiece of the Baroque period.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 766

Latino Theater as an Extension of Art and Society

One of the aims of the play was the extension of the audience, showing the existing problems in the society and making people think and not forget about what had happened."Zoot Suit" by Luis Valdez [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1666

Antony Gormley’s Recent Art Exhibition

The art division is a great thing which comprises many fields of a man's creative work, so that to ensure others in the beauty of art as a means to make people behave in a [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1100

Ron Meuck’s Postmodern Artworks

The name says it all as the sculpture is the image of a big man seated on the floor. Mueck explains this as being a serendipitous aspect of the piece as it reflects the model [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1071

“The Course of Empire” by Thomas Cole

Each of the paintings surprises with its uniqueness and expressiveness, but the sense of the paintings is even more striking."The Course of the Empire" changes the ideas of American people about other nations and their [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1946

Comparative Analysis of Chopin`s Ballads

The meter of this opus is duple time; it is one of the characteristic features, which all four ballads have in common, but we cannot say that this is the only common denominator.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1620

Race and Gender Representation in Art

While racial and gender connotations may be responsible for cultural trends that commonly give rise to specific flavors of creativity or notions and expressions from within the art world, to take this a step further [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1316

Miles Davis, the Prominent American Jazz Composer

Though critics might argue his best work was earlier in his career, his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, St Louis Walk Hall of Fame and Down Beat's Jazz Hall of Fame [...]
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 872

The Language of Graphics and Visual Art

Bush in the clothes of Roman emperor, standing on the tribune and playing harp so that the music he is making comes into the microphone. The style of the artwork is cartoon or caricature, due [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1426

Edgar Degas: A French Impressionist

The artist was known for his individual style in which he managed to depict the main features of skilled and famous painters.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 588

“Dirty Dancing” the Film by Emile Ardolino

So, let us consider the film "Dirty Dancing" in all its aspects through the prism of arts, including plot, screening techniques, the cast of the actors that played in it, and the influence it had [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1063

Greg Mottola’s Film “Superbad” and Sociology

The film seems to prove one of the principles of the Labeling Theory that states that deviance only exists when members of social groups label the violation of their norms as deviant.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 608

‘Superbad’ the Comedy by Greg Mottola

The socialization process of the youth by way of friendship is depicted in the film, in which case, the agents of socialization are friends and society.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 860

The Importance of Art for People

It is the link between the conscious and subconscious, permitting an exploration of the inner being to satisfy the craving to see beyond the ordinary in an effort to comprehend the ever-changing human body/mind as [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 664

Studies in Contemporary Art and Artists

The paper is claimed to review some of the most known contemporary artists, and define the particularities, that may be regarded as mnemonic traces of their arts.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2273

Cinema of the African Diaspora

The vast majority of African diaspora descended from people who were enslaved and shipped to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade and the largest population are said to be in Brazil.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 13
  • Words: 3353

Origins of Popular Music: Discussion

The organization of listening in the correct room, along with the separation of music from medieval ritual, the development of specialist musicianship, commercial publishing and the invention of synoptic scores enshrined the individual performer or [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1900

Avant-Garde as a Movement in Jazz Music

The release of Ornette Colemans album, Free jazz: A Collective Improvision, in the mid-1950s gave the movement the name free jazz, and the name has been used since then.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 636

Korean Women’s Portrayal in Korean Films

Before discussing the portrayal of Korean women in Korean films it would be pertinent to look at the condition of Korean women in a Confucian society since it will help in understanding the present condition [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2737

Film Sound Design Post Production Overview

It is obvious that a better degree of the use of film sound improved the storytelling in modern cinema. In the "final mix" dialogue, music, and sound effects are brought together to create a complex [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1205

Music and Art in Paris in 1830-50: Frederic Chopin

In the Paris of the 1850s up to the turn of the century, there may be great artists and musicians transforming the artistic and literary landscape of this ancient city but no one was more [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2717

British Theatre. “Cloud 9” Play by Caryl Churchill

In the first act, we are introduced to Clive, the protagonist, a colonial admirer, his wife Betty, and their children Edward and Victoria. The whole aim of my life is to be what he looks [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2254

Modern Drama: Tragedy Versus Comedy

The atmosphere in which the drama breathes appears to be tragic but there are certain elements owing to which the tragic sense does not absolutely dominate the ambiance of the play.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1512

Rap Culture and Music: Critical Thinking

Thanks mainly to the champions of the folk revival of the 1960s and the dynamic African-American musicians leading the Civil Rights Movement, serious - and highly volatile - problems such as social injustice, hypocrisy, war-mongering, [...]
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3125

Musical and Artistic Life in Paris in 1830-1850

The focus of the paper will be personal and professional lives of the prominent artists and musicians who contributed heavily to the development of the musical and artistic tradition of Paris in the period described.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2780

Early Christian & Byzantine Art: Basilica

After the Empire of Roam was Christianized, the basilica contributed to church construction that is currently used by the Pope. The basilica which constituted adverse architectural styles was mostly used in cathedral and church scenarios.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 579

Analysis of William Merritt Chase Art

One of the most brilliant works of Chase was the painting titled Study of Flesh Color and Gold, which was painted in 1888, and was first displayed in 1897 at the Art Institute of Chicago [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 837

“The Shadows of Katrina” by Machyar Gleunta

The art object chosen for this report is the painting titled "The Shadows of Katrina". After one of the exhibitions in the capital of Indonesia, the talent of a young artist was noticed by art [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 852

Analysis of Mozart’s Operas Characters

It was only in 1779 when he was able to work again as court organist in Salzburg, only to be dismissed after commissioning the opera Idomeneo in Munich for the Elector of Bavaria.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1478

“What About Bob” by Frank Oz

To make his way to the bus, to fake his death and to problem-solve scenarios to be with Leo and his family, Bob overcomes his fears or at least uses humor and a sense of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1286

Cultural Forces That Influenced Damien Hirst

The trend, which dominates the globe, is its demonstration of orderliness and maintenance, which display their external mark and at the same time symbolize the inflexible geometry of the cities of the world.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1282

Nationalism and 19th Century Music

It was in the wake of the nationalist revolts that rose out of 1848: the intention to demand freedom from the shackles of the Austrian Empire.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 2888

Film Studies: Subtitles and Dubbing

The training for such programs enable the candidate to become well versed with the different features in regard to handling time and frame based subtitles, checking and fixing of errors in the subtitles, getting frame [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 3902

Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53

This sonata: The first theme - 0:00 This movement begins with a very quick main melody which is punctuated by a counterpoint trill on the upper keys, which repeats on a different set of notes [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 953

Restoration Period and Drama in England

The period of restoration in England not only marked the beginning of the shift in the life of the kingdom in a social and political context, but it also established the beginning of a cultural [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1899

How Writing Is a Form of Art Practice

The concept of writing in expanded sense also extends into visual arts where writing is considered as a verb referring to an activity in the world of arts or writing within arts.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2278

Music: Evolution Factors of Technology and Drugs

The impact of technology on socioeconomic conditions of society was perceived by three competing schools of thought: the subjective preference theory of value, the cost-of-production theory of value, and the abstract labor theory of value.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3351

Bruce Williams and “New Jazz Age”

One of the latest in a cadre of the artist to epitomize the "new jazz age," is young Grammy-nominated, alto saxophonist - Bruce Williams.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

“A Face in the Crowd” by Elia Kazan

The movie provided a sharp critique on the media represented by television in redirecting public focus and opinion as well as on the control and influence of advertisers on political matters.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3396

Propaganda in Art During the Second World War

In the background of the Great Depression, and the Second World War this poster was the embodiment of the unification of generations, which takes place at the feast table."The Four Freedoms" speech, proclaimed by Roosevelt [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1648

History of Film: Erich von Stroheim, a Director

Born in Austria, von Stroheim was considered a military expert, and his popularity was such that he could get away with making long films of up to eight hours duration which remained popular for the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 856

The Visual Arts of the Early Renaissance Period

The modern era brought in the renaissance period, Which was later brought up by Jules Mitchelete of Paris and Jacob Burckhardt of Basle and they go on to describe this period as the discovery of [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1043

Christian Influence on Roman Art

Everything about the art produced during this period was dominated by the ideals of the church in the format, location, and content of the images produced by the artists of the day.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2224

Invention of Photography and Its Social Impact

Although photography was invented in its full form only in 1835, an understanding of the social impact that was a result of the invention of photography is rightly portrayed by Azoulay in his article "The [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1916

Modern Views on Aesthetics and Art

Robert Solomon in his article dedicated to Kitsch, which is often viewed as a degeneration of the present-day culture, states that it also has a right to be called art.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1340

“X-Files” and Post Modernism

Dana Scully, also a special FBI agent and a partner of Mulder, is working together to solve the cases in the movie and the series.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1625

Naturalistic Art Versus Abstract Art

The advent of abstract art is also consequential to the revolutionary discoveries in science and technology, hence this novel served as a medium for theoretical discussions. In addition, naturalistic art gives importance to the natural [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

Nina Simone: An American Singer-Songwriter

The central argument of the present paper is that Simone's music is based greatly on her own experience, in particular on the involvement in the civil rights movement, combined with her African American identity, so [...]
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  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1636

Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci: Two Geniuses

The two implications of these is that mannerisms was used to refer to the actual style of the artist, or to acknowledge that the artist had a unique approach that was beautiful in its own [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2509

Depiction Women in Paintings

This is seen in Sandro Botticelli's painting, "The Birth of Venus" as he completely broke with the habits of tradition and permitted Venus her freedom.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1324

“Flag” the Painting by Jasper Johns

Therefore, in accordance to the grammatical representation of art this painting by Jasper Johns is certainly a work of art as opposed by many.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1421

Critique of the Exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s Works

Speaking on the topic of Arts, it would be relevant to suggest the exhibition of Pablo Picasso's works running at National Gallery of Art, as an object of the discussion and critique.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1259

“Amarcord” the Film by Federico Fellini

In analyzing the characters, it should be mentioned that due to the style of narration of the film which is divided to chapters the cast of characters is very diverse and viewers can decide which [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 636

“Sistine Madonna” by Raphael Sanzio

"Sistine Madonna" by Raphael Sanzio, who is considered to be one of the greatest, the most talented and the most popular artists of all times, is one of the most widely-discussed paintings of the period [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1096

‘Cry Freedom’ and ‘Come See the Paradise’

Cry Freedom is actually the story of how Woods' is influenced by the philosophy of Biko and how he helps for the cause of the black movement until he had to eventually flee from the [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 734

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

Some time Gilmour and Barrett spoke of "Pink Floyd" together, but in 1968 Barrett left the group, and Gilmour was the only guitarist of the group.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2556

Why We Shouldn’t (Don’t) Pay for Online Music

With the start of the IT sector and internet, the basic structures of the social and economic context began to change. This is a commendable aspect of the online stores and it actually helps the [...]
  • Subjects: Music Industry
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1607

Yue Minjun’s Self-Portraits As Modern Art

This paper will try to present the aesthetic as well as commercial interpretation of artist Yue Min Jun as an artist, in the eyes of a westerner but with the consideration of personal history and [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2604

“Inside Man” the Film by Spike Lee

In the current paper I will speak of two of them: the call for actions of the US government concerning the video games and the way the US government reacts to emergency situations.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 628

Dance with Wolves: Film Analysis

In this paper, both of the movies various perspectives would be analyzed and contrasted n order to determine the way they portray relationships and the way people are caught at cross roads.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 1812

Classical Dance: Term Definition

In Plutarch's work, when Theseus and the other Athenian youths escape from the Minotaur, they participate in a dance of celebration."The dances of the ancient times are characterized as dances of war or dances of [...]
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 869

How Tibetan Buddhism Is Represented by Hollywood

LITTLE BUDDHA is a well-represented film by Hollywood that tells the story of Jesse Conrad and has a major parallels story of a prince Siddhartha in which the story talks about the birth of Buddhism.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 663

Eugene Atget: Biography Review

I wanted to show that big city life is often some labyrinth of reflection, and it is often very difficult to distinguish between the imaginary world and reality.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 608

“After This Our Exile” by Patrick Tam

The plot of the film concentrates on the attempts of the person to hold his family together. The father is gradually sinking in the eyes of the public; his wife Ling intends to leave him [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 813

“The Longest Nite” by Tat-Chi Yau

It involves the knowledge of numerous techniques and methods of filming used together with the background of the film and the two contexts the one in which the film was created and another one in [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 860

Hollywood and Technology Relations

In science fiction movies such as The Terminator I and Terminator II and Blade Runner, by creating characters that are half-human and half-machine, the might of technology is explored as something to be both celebrated [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 3046

“Forest Gump” by Robert Zemeckis

The main protagonist of the movie is Forest Gump, whose life has been shown in the movie and the villain is Gump himself.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 695

Don Giovanni Opera at the Cowell Theater Review

The first expression of the opera Don Giovanni was indeed a very good experience as the whole scene was so fulfilling and touching. It brought a lot of exposure in my life and created some [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 615

Painting as the Second of the Classical Art Forms

Here, the paper tries to discuss the evolution of painting and sculpture as important forms of Art, and the reason behind the consideration of painting as the second most classic form of art behind the [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1466

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington

He was recognized as an American musician whose reputation has increased after his death as he was awarded a citation from the Pulitzer Prize Board."American Music" is the style of music that Ellington performed in [...]
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1208

The Music of the 60s and How It Became So Big

Before the end of the century, the electronic and economic world was cast under the clouds of the Y2K bug and the hype-makers on the one hand made fitting tributes such as the musician of [...]
  • Subjects: Music Industry
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2446

Greek Art: Sculpture of Poseidon and Statue of Dionysus

The artistic masterpieces that are being created during the course of this period promote the concept of existential harmony because, in them, the ideals of physical beauty are organically combined with the ideals of intellectual [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 716

“The Breakfast Club“ by John Hughes Review

The point is that at the very beginning of the movie, it seems to them that they will hardly talk to each other when their detention is, however, it happens to be just the opposite [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 747

Comic Books vs. Marvel Movies

The feature is that the story is already fully visualized, and the movie director is both restricted by the fiction images, and on the other hand does not have to bend the fantasy and think [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 538

“The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” by Wes Anderson

The dialogue between the narrative that constitutes the bulk of the movie indicates that expeditions are only a form while human relations are the main focus of this film The main limitation and a negative [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1150

High Renaissance in the 16th Century

The development of the High Renaissance art in the 16th century in the three Italian cities that are rightfully considered to be the places where Renaissance was born Florence, Rome, and Venice is one of [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2369

French Revolution and the European Music

For instance many of the ideas of democracy taken for granted in many parts of the world today like the freedom and impartiality of individuals, the importance of written establishments in supervision of a country, [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1253

Artist Bibliography on Elizabeth Catlett

Although she went to the university to study printing she has stated in her earlier interviews that she changed to painting because of the influence of James A Porter.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1341