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The Moral Dilemma in Gone Baby Gone

The maxima of Kant's moral theory are based on the idea of the categorical imperative and the person's duty to act according to the universal moral laws.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

Emperor Xiaowen and His Court

What it means is that, along with referring to the mural 'Emperor Xiaowen and His Court' in terms of art, we can also refer to as the art-related tool of an ideological indoctrination.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 556

Movies in the 1960s

In the view of this retired citizen, action movie was the main center of attraction to movie theatres in the downtown area.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

History of Balinese Dancing Art

As it is a traditional dance of the culture, a lot of Indonesians are well aware of the dance and its importance.
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1088

To be or not to be

Branagh's Hamlet is a version that sets the "to be or not to be" scene in a palace, in a room surrounded by mirrors.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

Art Gallery with Ko-Kutani

The name Ko-Kutani originated from the Japanese area of Kutani, which is situated on the west coast of the main island, Honshu in the region of Kaga.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 542

The Effects of Mozart’s Music on Middle School Age Learning

In spite of the fact that the effect of Mozart's music on learning in general, and on the middle school age learning in particular, is the controversial topic which is actively discussed by psychologists, physiologists, [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 828

Music in the Ancient Greece

The history of music in ancient Greece dates back to the 6th century BCE when the first music lessons were introduced in the learning institutions. The 'clappers' were the other category of music instruments that [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1667

Movie Study: “The Graduate”

Summary of the Movie Mike Nichols is the director of the film "The Graduate". Produced in the 1960s, the film explores most of the issues that affected the society during the time.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1115

Illustration’ Evolution in 20th Century

There was, however, an increase in publications of novels that needed illustrations in form of drawings and paintings. Notable works by Avati are in the field of paperback illustration.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1115

“Annie Hall” by Woody Allen

Assessment of the content of the film reveals that the element of love has been used to highlight the transformative aspect of art.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1079

Reflection on Making a Rindik

The bars of the rindik are adjusted in order to change the sound to the required tone. However, we had a problem because the rindik was out of tune.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1099

Iron Man 3 Movie

The film commences in the wake of the events of The Avengers in which Tony participated to save the New York City from the attack of aliens.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1434

Contemporary Graffiti as Political Art

Banksy's graffiti art work is still considered as one of the best way of protesting against the government in order to remove the CCTV cameras from the cities or to use those cameras in proper [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony

And this can be said to be the third feature that is unique to the seventh symphony. It ought to be noted that the manner the symphony transcends and descends is an ultimate score in [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 886

American Art Creation Importance

If the European and American context are combined to have a hybrid work of art, there will be disjoin in message communicated.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 547

American Art and 1920 Jazz Age

In the height of the industrial revolution in America, the America craft movement which began as a response to the industrial revolution was one of the major developments taking place.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 677

Jean –Michel Basquiat

When his mother realized that his son was a very talented artist he took him into Manhattan to see art and then enrolled him as a junior member of Brooklyn Museum of Art where he [...]
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  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Shelby Lee Adams “The True Meaning of Pictures”

Familiar though he is with the living conditions of the poorest of the poor in Kentucky, Adams nonetheless did not live in that culture, but alongside it, as an observer from a middle class background.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 835

Power Struggle: “Doubt” Movie

The power struggle is between Sister Aloysius; the school principal, and father Flynn, the school's a priest cum games master. This information is very substantial for Sister Aloysius to accuse and expel Father Flynn from [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 592

Film Analysis on Masculinity: Let Me In

The scene is quite cruel and realistic as it discloses typical relations between children under the age of twelve where each one wants to prove he is the leader and that he is much stronger [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1458

Movies in the American Popular Culture and American Society

Economic, social, and political changes played a considerable role in affecting the scope of movies. Changing social and individual preferences helped the integration of the movies with other social features.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 783

World Peace in Music

According to Titze, "all religions over the world have a common belief about world peace"; that through prayer and supplication, people can achieve and foster peace in the world.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1012

Picasso and His Paintings in the Modern World History

This paper will evaluate Pablo Picasso's impact on the cubism sign system, his manner of representation of the surrounding reality and his contribution to the world's history on the example of his painting Guernica.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1110

Thelonious Monk – Unorthodox Pianist

Monk's unorthodox style and his contribution into the development of jazz Admittedly, the role of Thelonious Monk in the history of music is impossible to overestimate.
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2698

Swedish Cinematography: Wild Strawberries

Deemed a classic and one of Bergman's best films, thought-provoking themes such self acceptance and discovery as well as human existence constitute the thematic core of the film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 542

Genre Analysis: Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl's innovative representation of technology as a character, via the faceless narration of the blogger, Gossip Girl herself, and the literal aural depiction of gossip as it goes viral via personal mobile devices in [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1503

Pop Music Nature and History

Classical music was for the high class, the affluent in the society, but the rapid urbanization brought by the industrial revolution came with a type of music popular to the middle and lower classes.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1093

“Ladybird Ladybird” a Film by Ken Loach

True to this observation, Maggie is lost in the family life cycle as she tries to secure custody for her children and a husband to love and cherish her, together with her many children.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 577

Jaws – the shark cage scene

The failure of their plan and its disastrous consequences underscore the characters' woeful underestimation of the intelligence and aggression of the shark.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1060

8 Mile-Working At North Detroit Stamping

Therefore this paper will critically examine one of the areas covered in the film; that is the workplace and the state of the workers especially the working environment and conditions employees conduct their tasks, duties [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1467

Cezanne’s Sense of Color

The purpose of this paper is to analyze some of Cezanne's paintings with an aim of describing his sense of color in painting.
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  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2053

The Art Institute of Chicago

The lions are placed in such a way that one is on the southern side while the other is on the northern side of the gate.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1644

Music Styles: Indie Rock

The Killers is one of the most popular indie rock bands in the USA. The Killers is one of the most popular bands performing the indie rock music.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 541

Django Unchained and social behavior

The essay shall first offer a summary of the film in discussion before its linkage with the topic of discussion is presented.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1624

Jazz concert review

The audience was very impressed by the idea as they were able to enjoy some of the popular pieces of music from other genres. It was interesting to see the diversification in the pieces of [...]
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  • Subjects: Concerts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 816

Edward Albee, His Life and Works

The theater had clearly gotten tired of the mainstream works of arts and therefore was at a stagnated stage both in respect to originality and creativity and therefore when Albee burst into the scene as [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1479

Caught in the Crossfire

If relations in a family are open and positive, based on the mutual understanding, children do not feel that they are betrayed by the fact of the parent's discovered sexuality which is abnormal in relation [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 580

Robert Blackburn: American Printmaking

In his career, Robert worked in several institutions, where he was a founder, teacher, and master printer. At the age of thirteen years, Robert participated in an official art class, which allowed black artists to [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 823

Concepts of How the Blues Music Started In America

The history of blues as a genre of music in America can be traced back to the time when the first African slaves were brought to the United States in 1619 to when the last [...]
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1969

Reformation and Development of the Arts

The reformation occurred as a result of conflicts between the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and the Bible. A major contributor to the spread of reformation was the existence of the printing press that [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 812

Robert Wetzel classical guitar

The sounds that the guitar produces are very melodic and much representative of the classical style. In the beginning of the composition, the melody and rhythms are slow but at the same time are not [...]
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

Jusepe de Ribera’s Paintings

The subject matter is part of a series of portraits of philosophers that Ribera completed for the Prince of Lichtenstein. This painting shows the skill of the artist in portraying a human face and form [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 656

Oppressors in Society: “Soy Cuba” (1964)

Although there are various melodramatic plots in the film that attempt to harmonize the four vignettes together, they are not very instrumental in the overall development of the theme and plot of the film, bearing [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1436

Issues Affecting Urban Planning in “City of God” Film

The author of the movie draws the reader's attention to some of the factors that affect urban planning. Therefore, this call for a combined effort to see that each issues is addressed fully in order [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1244

The Three Best Songs

The instrumentation layers the performance of the song in a manner that displays solid mastery of the instruments in the creation of melody.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1589

Do the right thing

According to the way the concept has been used in the scene, it is definite that there is a true law that distinguishes a right act from a wrong one.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1134

The Use of Fine Art and Architecture in Advertising

However, the advertising industry and the fine arts world have for decades been engaged in a continuing discussion of what constitutes fine art. It is also helpful to know what the place of fine art [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1675

Fine art in advertising

This is meant to make the process of getting art for sets a faster process. In all these uses, art and architecture add a positive and powerful set of signals for the viewer/consumer.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1678

Transformation of the Ancient Greece Art

At first, it is necessary to examine the sculptural works which belong to the archaic period of the Greek culture. The techniques that one can see in the sculptures of the Archaic Period were rejected.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

The Foreign Influences on the Roman Art

In the course of its history, the civilization of Ancient Rome incorporated and modified the elements of those cultures which it dominated. This is one of the main things that should be considered.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 578

Vicente Fernandez and Mariachi

Many Mexicans have been influenced into the mariachi music by the exemplary performance of Vicente in the films, which have made his songs become hits in the whole of Mexico.
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  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1712

Historical Evaluation: Schindler’s List (1993)

The film Schindler's List tells the story of a famous German entrepreneur Oskar Schindler who saved the lives of many Polish Jews during the Holocaust. This is one of the main points that can be [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Drama
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

Kiki Smith’s Life and Artworks

Most of her art work especially in her early years in her career revolved around the topic of death. To her, this is a passion and she gives the best.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 842

Compositions of Candide by Voltaire

This particular piece of work takes the form of a simplified structure which consists of the following parts; a slow movement at the start of the song which forms the introduction to the piece.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1362

The Romeros Return Concert

The fact that the Romeros identify as the masters of the guitar attracted many people to the concert. The orchestra and the performance by the conductor, Jahja Ling moved the crowd.
  • Subjects: Concerts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 811

The History of the Romanticism Period

Romanticism refers to the period of intellectual, artistic and literary movement in Europe in the first half of nineteenth century. The supporters of the Romantic Movement point to the spontaneous and irrational display of powerful [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 847

“Radio” Final Film Critique

Elsewhere, the principal of the school becomes worried and the father of the player Mr. The reason I pick on the youths as the primary target audience by the director is the fact that Radio's [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 3075

Richard Koboyashi: farmer with Cabbages

Koboyashi informed them that he was a good man and that very many people in the country knew him."He was told that I am very good at planting cabbages and he wants to make me [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1081

Interpersonal Conflict in the Film

The film that has been selected for analysis in this essay is the Hitch, which was produced in 2005 by Mordaunt and Tadross and directed by Tennant.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 554

Ethical Appeals: “Harold and Maude”

In this regard, it concerns the author's tone to his audience in the movie. This is viewed in the context of Harold, his mother, and Maude.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1372

Photography Art in 20th Century

In its turn, this reflected the fact that during the course of the 20th century's initial phase, the classical conventions of physics have been thoroughly revised, due to the emergence of the Theory of Relativity.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1094

The Movie: The Iron Lady

A synopsis of The Iron Lady Produced in the year 2011, the movie The Iron Lady is a British biopic based on the life of the longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1406

The Movie Batman Returns and Its Hero

The story is intertwined by a series of distant and close flashbacks which help to provide a background to the goings in the story. At this point, Bruce realizes that he is pertinent to the [...]
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1429

The Artistic Realm of Music Video

Although the public accuses Hip Hop of sexism, propensity for riots and greed, the author believes that the problem is not inside the genre but within society. This multidimensionality is what Beyonce was trying to [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1352

Welcome to The City of God: Rethinking the Movie Experience

Whenever there is a major feature film interpretation of a painfully topical issue, the audience takes the on-coming film with a grain of salt, which is quite understandable there is practically no way in which [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

Segregation and Discrimination in My Left Foot

This is because Christy Brown is given the chance to stay with his family, and in due course, he shows how talented he is by making use of the only part of his body that [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

Packaging Visual Communication

The choice of a color for painting to obtain desired shapes in the image depends on the culture of the target audience and the meaning of the intended message.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 620

Sherlock Holmes Films Analysis

The first episode's title is a variation of A Study in Scarlet, Conan Doyle's 1887 novel that introduced Sherlock Holmes to readers; it is an appropriate choice for the episode that introduces 21st century Sherlock [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 818

Black Expression: African American Music

Religion in the New Orleans is a product of heavy influence by African American expressionism. Beliefs in the death and after life are a product of African influence.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 829

Love in Boys Don’t Cry

In spite of threats from his attackers and warning against reporting the assault to the police, Lana is nevertheless able to persuade the troubled Brandon to file a case.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 1901

Analysis of Legally Blonde play

The script represented an original 'legally blonde' script and therefore the author of the script did a commendable job because he included all the roles in the play and interpreted every scene in the play [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 624

Touki Bouki Film Analysis

It is evident that the well-off Africans emulate the lifestyle of the whites which is contrary to the Senegalese culture. When Anta attends some of the meetings with the revolutionaries, it is evident that they [...]
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1200

Comparison of Renaissance Works of Art

The technique that Leonardo da Vinci used in this painting, therefore, became a trendsetter in the art revolution of the time. The application of a lion in renaissance art is largely associated with Saint Jerome.
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  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1080

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon – Picasso – 1907

From a certain perspective, it can be assumed that the lack the of expression on the face of the subjects of the sculpture is related to their strangely clothed and unclothed state.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1379