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Migration North Artwork by Elijah Pierce

The figures are schematic, but it is typical of the other works of this artist. The lines of the figures are close to natural but more schematic.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 595

Human Figure in Rembrandt’s and Picasso’s Art

To support the idea that the concept of spring is not central to the work, Flora wears clothing appropriate to the period and the location instead of Roman garb such as a tunic.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1471

Film Music and Its Role in Perception

In scene two, the triumphant nature of the music sets the viewers and listeners in a specific mood. However, in case a new sound series appears, it will influence the overall impression significantly and will [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 353

Live Performance in Today’s Culture

During a live performance, one can see the clear difference between the recording and the actual voice of a singer. A substantial amount of research investigating the effects of live performances on people has found [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 279

Song Composition: Adele’s “Hello”

The mixing in this song is impeccable, and it is a substantial improvement from Adele's other piano-based songs. There is a smooth baseline in the song, and it appears to hold everything else together.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 310

Korean Popular Culture: “California: Tri Star Pictures”

What is the main situation of the movie, and how it is related to the immigration problem? The minister of defense Delacourt makes all the efforts to strengthen the control over the unauthorized attempts of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 651

Irish Tap Dancing in African American Culture

Because of the negative effects of cultural appropriation and the continuous influences of other cultures, the African American dance has been affected by the borrowings of its key techniques by the Irish culture."Velocity" is a [...]
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1168

Women’s Contribution to Rock Music Development

Joplin was the queen of psychedelic and blues rock, and one of the most influential figures in punk rock was Patti Smith who became the female leader of the punk movement in the 1970s.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 821

Planisperic Astrolabe as an Art Object

This aspect of the object that is reminiscent of modern watches is crucial because it determines the practical purpose that was the primary objective of the astrolabe's creation.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1166

“The Island” Movie from a Sociology View

To establish a fundamental starting in the analysis of the rhetorical function of fantasies in the movie "The Island", directed by Michael Bay, the foundations of structural-functional theory will be described in context.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 654

Songs of Delaware County Youth Orchestra Concert

When listening to this performance in a concert, one is able to appreciate the scenery more. This type of music does not require one to be keen in order to sway in the flow.
  • Subjects: Concerts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

James MacKillop’s Discussion of “The Quiet Man”

The problem of discussing the film "The Quiet Man" directed by John Ford as rather Irish or American can be considered controversial because of the fact the plot of the story is based on the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1623

Inglorious Bastards as a Self-Reflective Film

A film of this sort entails the usage of specific editing to impact the audiences intellectual perception of the movie and call attention to a certain scene in a reflexive manner.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 428

Weird Al’s “Word Crimes” Music Video

Judging by the tone of the music and the pictures emerging on the screen, one can assume that the main idea of the song is to satirize the modern manner of writing.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 564

“Citizen Kane” Drama Film by Orson Welles

Also, it is at the top of the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American Movies. The main goal of this paper is to discuss the importance of Citizen Kane, regarding several aspects [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 637

“Here, But Not Now” by Kaminska and Nesselroth-Woyzbun

The organizers of this event, artists Nicolas Grospierre and Kobas Laksa, were inspired by the idea of crafting Warsaw's portrait in the near future based on the historical tendencies they managed to find observing the [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 427

Jazz and Hip Hop Concerts in Comparison

Two pieces in the second performance, In Germany Before the War and Mysterious Barricades, were well performed during the concert. There was a deejay on the deck and background dancers to back up the performance [...]
  • Subjects: Concerts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 913

Alternative Rock Soothed Millions: Hybrid Theory

The alternative rock scene that emerged in the 1980's and gained further popularity in the 1990's provided the youth of the 2000's with a soundtrack to the emotional struggles that they experienced in the environment [...]
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1919

Sex in Music Compositions and Videos

The music industry presents sex as a commodity to satisfy the ever-growing demand for explicit sexual content fuelled by human fantasy and vanity. The music industry continues to feed society with the fantasy that sex [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

Actors Training: Attitudes and Approaches

It is assumed that the approaches of the three directors to the process of organizing the training of actors and their performance have had a significant impact on theatrical art in general and on the [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1663

“Do the Right Thing” Film by Spike Lee

In his film Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee focuses on stereotypes that exist within a neighborhood, which allows him to show how the representatives of the general public face societal issues, emphasizing that their [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 554

“Crash” (2004) Crime Drama by Paul Haggis

The development of the plot and characters is more pronounced in the film than the effects are. The movie shows that there are positive and negative sides to every person's character, and it depicts the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

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

Ring of Fire Over Mountain Valley: Picture Discussion

In the course of the eclipse, rings of fire appear since the moon silhouette does not completely cover the sun. The appearance of the rings is not witnessed all over the world but in few [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 298

The Art by Picasso

I was embarrassed and I said I was sorry, but what happened next, became a big surprise for me. I told him that I was a student of the University of Art & Design.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 573

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

The last part is a portrayal of Ares. The music in this part is fast and impulsive.
  • Subjects: Concerts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1536

Banksy Exhibition in Toronto: Art Exploration

The purpose of the project is to critically review Banksy's exhibition in Toronto, reveal the artist's messages, specify the public attitudes, and also provide the researcher's opinion on the mentioned pieces of art.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1031

Anglo-American Folk Music Revival

The band managed to keep the public in joyful excitement until the very end of the concert, which testifies to the professionalism of musicians and vocalists.
  • Subjects: Concerts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 629

Modern Art in Actions, Events, Performances

The relationship between the audience and a work of art was drastically transformed from observation to involvement as for the first time the viewer was placed in the art context.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 360

Abstract Expressionism and Post-War Art Movements

He continued the tradition of Abstract Expressionism in its detachment from reality; however, the focus was shifted from subjectivism and emphasis on the ways of communing with the artist.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 340

Video: Rape Joke Supercut

On the other hand, the issue is that many people are not aware of the scope of this issues and why it is so problematic.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

“The Godfather” by Francis Ford Coppola

Although at some points, the main characters of "The Godfather" are represented as honored and fair, the analysis of the events constituting the movie's plot makes it clear that individual criminal behavior can be supported [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 267

“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

The Iktus Percussion Ensemble Concert Critique

The next piece, Alice Shields' The Quartet for Piano and Percussion, was stated to be the world premiere, and the key performance bound to set the mood and outline the intent of this concert.
  • Subjects: Concerts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 921

Islamic Art: Design an Art Exhibition

Artist: Ibrahim and Isma'il Year: Unknown Period: Pre-Islam Culture: Islam The Kaaba is the most significant building in the Islamic culture, being the center and the destination of all Muslim prayers.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 672

Dagger and Its Scabbard Analysis

The information on the label provides that the object is a dagger and its scabbard. The blade of the dagger is made of steel, and the hilt is jade.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 893

Early Modernist Art and Sociopolitical Climate

The political uprising of the 1900s gave the artists of the time room to experiment. For the first time, artists felt that they could break the rigid rules established by the academies without any negative [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 108

Colors and Balance in Baroque Paintings

He ensures that the elements in the background are symmetrically-balanced with those in the foreground to maximize the concentration of the viewer on the main subjects-the three women.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 222

Entomology in Infestation Video

One of the scenes that were reminiscent of an entomological fact was the one where a person was waving his or her hand to chase away mosquitoes.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 320

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

“Canon in D” by Johann Pachelbel

Despite the fact it was composed in the second half of the seventeenth century, it was forgotten and recovered only at the end of the twentieth century.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 441

Longford: British Biographical Crime Drama Film

The director sets an excellent basis for revisiting the Moors Murders, and in his film, he develops a deadlock to the progress of release of the evil lady Hindley.
  • Subjects: Historical Drama
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 781

Films Comparison: First Out of Africa and 12 Years a Slave

In my opinion, the documentary First Out of Africa is rather provocative in terms of revealing the complex questions of the human evolution and origins, as well as the right of people to explore and [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 623

Racism in the “Do the Right Thing” Movie

The lights in the scenes where Buggin' Out confronts Sal about the pictures on the wall through the point where the fight breaks out are dull. The power of lights is used to manipulate the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1330

The Public Artworks: Sculptures

While observing the sculpture at wide spaces of Cottesloe's beach, it is possible to discuss the artwork as the representation of the man's freedom and the general idea of infinity1.
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1018

Science Fiction Films Definition

Furthermore, science fiction films can be considered as the sub-class of horror films because both genres depend on the Discovery Plot which focuses on establishing the presence of the specific monster in the film, and [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1678

Motion Pictures between Old Time and Modern

Ever since the invention of motion pictures, the movie industry has been organized as a business. The first period is known as the silent period, which ran from the year 1895 to the year 1919.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1169

Planning Issues Analysis: the Film “Chinatown”

The planners in this town are not able to balance their personal needs and the growing needs of the town. The politicians were in control of all the resources, and this explains the ordeal of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 637

The Impact of Patron in Art

The work of a patron in painting, sculptures, and architecture is a great function in the development and design of art.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

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

Art-Society Nexus in the Museum of Modern Art

Whether it is in the genesis of individual works, the act of reception, or the course of the history of style, the dialectical development of art does not proceed from the antagonism between social and [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1989

Paintings: Emotional Intensity of Modern Art

Name: Hong Seung-Hye Title: "More Interesting than War" Year: 2008 Gallery: Kukje Hallery Exhibition: Debris Materials: Polyurethane on acrylic Method of construction and dimensions: 14 x 18 x 27 cm, 14 x 20 x [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1231

Europe in “Amnesty” and “The Fifth Estate” Films

The events of the film are set in a poor region, most likely the East, and depict just how poor people in this section of Europe are, despite the continent being referred to as developed [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1179

Richard Avedon’s Photo Portraits of Celebrities

Therefore, I decided to focus on his works and explore their features to understand the topic of photography in detail. Still, instead of selecting fashion photographs by Avedon, I concentrated on his portraits of celebrities.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 245

Performing Arts and Plays Analysis

In turn, the key purpose of this paper is to show how these performances can be related to the coarse goals that had to be attained.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2165

Greek Sculpture in the History of Visual Arts

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Even though the tradition of producing life-sized statues of the deceased was spread over a vast geographic area of the region, the practice of making a representation of only half of the human figure was [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 614

Nature and Animals in Photographs

In the picture, a viewer sees the glassy and smooth water surface, the banks and fir trees covered with snow, and a high dome of the mountain in the center of the photograph.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 676

Chinese Art: The Analects and the Vase of Longevity

This paper juxtaposes one of the objects exhibited at the Vancouver Exhibition, the Vase of Longevity, with the Analects as discussed in class. The vase was specifically meant for the palace, while the Analects was [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Francois Couperin’s Baroque Music

The experience was interesting because I was able to concentrate on listening to concrete compositions and evaluate them in the context of the received knowledge regarding Baroque music.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 200

Running a Museum: Inventories and Documentation

The suggestion of considering the elements borrowed in the long term as a single unit has simplified the process of keeping track of the loans to a considerable extent.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

Impressionist Art for Company Offices

He managed to capture and convey the atmosphere that prevailed at that unique moment in the image of the Japanese bridge and the pond: a static picture seems alive and breathing, the foliage and water [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 892

Photography: Is It Possible to Recapture the Past?

The problem of photography is twofold: the problem of representation, and the presumption of reality that the photographic images elicits in the viewer the pervasive belief that a photograph depicts a referent, a real "how [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 50
  • Words: 13829

The Works of Famous Photographers

Brandt's photographs reflect the controversies of the British and European society in the twentieth century with the help of concentrating on the most provocative aspects and details.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1108

Tile: Design and Architectural Structure

In essence, the tile is painted blue except for the thick contours, the thick lines bordering the contours, and the badge-like shape.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1155

Interactivity in Zoe Beloff’s “Beyond” Web Serial

In this essay, it is important to discuss how Beyond utilizes integration, interactivity, immersion, narrativity, and hypermedia because Beloff unites several artistic forms in her work; she allows the involvement of the viewer in the [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 691

Database Concepts in “Man with a Movie Camera” Film

Manovich's theory about the crucial role of a database in the development of new media finds a direct proof in the famous movie "Man with a movie camera" that amazes the viewer with its innovativeness [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 602

The Best Scenes in the Movies

I believe that the best scene in the movie is the part where Travis confronts the pimp, the gangster and the bouncer in the brothel, shoots them, attempts to commit suicide, yet finds out that [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 880

The Poster of the 2015 Film Trainwreck

The most notable of them is the image of the character of Amy, who drinks some hard liquor straight from the bottle, wrapped in a paper bag in the same way that it is being [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 850

History of Art: Medieval and Renaissance

It would be necessary to investigate the role of these artworks in explaining the revolution of Christianity. Ideally, the relation of these descriptions to the present world is evident.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 814

The Film “Chinatown”: Lawlessness Symbol

Polanski utilizes the city of Los Angeles, particularly the neighborhood of Chinatown, as the symbolic representation of all that is "...unknowable, terrifying..".and beyond the scope of law and order.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1465

Multimedia History: “Beyond” Film by Zoe Beloff

By clicking on various elements of the reality, the viewer has an opportunity to read the important notes, change the images, and move through the different levels of the virtual world by exploring numerous intersections [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 633

New Media in “Man with a Movie Camera” Database Film

In this essay, I will discuss the notions of database and algorithm according to works of Manovich in the connection with Man with a movie Camera film that reveals the usual life of citizens and [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 705

Art History During Twentieth-Century

This approach enables the writer to change the setting of the narrative. This novella implies that such distinctions can be the result of the evolutionary process and class discrepancies.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1025

Renaissance Aspects and Ideas

How can these ideas be used to explain the differences between the art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? The question was "if the universe is a single thing, how are all the diverse [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 864

“Caramel” and “Arranged” Films Comparison

The theme of premarital sex is brought out through dark lighting and the use of hollow space as the hallway of the hospital which Nisrine goes to get her stitches. The theme of the conduct [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1722

“Danny the Dog” a Film by Luc Besson

It is quite possible to find many films that were released in the first half of the twentieth century, and they were affected by stereotypes and prejudices against Chinese people. In particular, the protagonist of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1115

Renaissance and Baroque Periods Comparison

The Italian Baroque and the Italian Renaissance are those periods in the history of art that attract the attention of both artists and representatives of the general public.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 577

Artwork Culture and Values

A representational artwork, in my understanding, is an artwork that aims to present an object, person, or event to a viewer with the preservation of its natural qualities.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 427

Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology

The main goal of this paper is to provide a description of the museum and my personal feelings about the visit. Hall of Footprints has one of the largest collections of the trackway and fossil [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 414

Photography: A Cultural History

In the middle of the 1850s, there were many photographers, whose projects caused people's admiration, and the works of Edouard Baldus, Imperial Library of the Louvre, and Roger Fenton, Rievaulx Abbey, may be considered as [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

Music Business Websites Research

The structure of the site and how the information is provided help a visitor to understand the character of the given website and find the needed information.
  • Subjects: Music Industry
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1005

Korean Popular Culture: “Boomerang Family”

The picture keeps an eye on the steps of the day-to-day existence of a dysfunctional family, where the three brothers and a sister one by one decided to return to their family home and live [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 507

Italian Art in 15th Century

When the sculpture was created, it was meant to become a part of a chain of sculptures of prophets on the top of the Florence cathedral.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3369

A Critique of a Photographer’s Works: Matthew Abbott

Matthew Abbott underlines one simple fact that Istanbul is the only place where East has all chances to meet West, this is why it is hard to predict the traditions and interests of Turkish people, [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 970

Made in China 2017 Exhibition

Regarding the fact that the main aim of Made in China 2017 was to interest potential customers in the offered products, there were numerous media events to highlight particular aspects of the industry and attract [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1413