Art Essay Examples and Topics. Page 46

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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

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

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

First Crusade Art and Architecture

Many Jews were robbed of their property by the crusaders and killed for the simple reason that they were not Christians During the period of the First Crusade, different styles of art were produced by [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1400

Jean –Michel Basquiat

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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 [...]
  • 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

Film Studies Discussing Problems in Northern Ireland

In Patriot Games, the entire thrust of the film is toward the elimination of out-of-control elements who are putting the mainstream IRA in an incredibly difficult position vis-a-vis fundraising in the United States.
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3144

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

The life and Works of Titian

Other exemplary masterpieces of Titian include the "Miracle Of The Speaking Infant" and the "Miracle Of The Irascible Son" in which the latter has a beautiful background landscape which has captured the eyes of many [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2168

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

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

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

The Place of Folk Music in Contemporary Society

The second is the type of music that sprouted from traditional music in the 20th century. The same link extends to folk music and culture given that the former is a genre of folk lore.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2185

Jazz concert review

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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 [...]
  • Subjects: Concerts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 816

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

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

Ray Charles Robinson’s Life and Lessons

After the death of his mother, Ray left school at the age of 15 and relocated to Jacksonville, where he was put up by a family friend."Having friends of the family living in Jacksonville made [...]
  • Subjects: Singers
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2047

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: 2
  • Words: 578

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

Persian Society in Movies

The influence of the regimes and the religious bodies exists today as famous movies have failed to depict the real situation in the country.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2150

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

Gluttony and the Wages of Sin

Therefore, this essay evaluates how gluttony is a 'nightmare vision' as depicted in topic "The Wages of Sin"and the film, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."The Wages of Sin" depicts gluttony as [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2268

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

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

The Movie “Precious”

Perhaps, her most moving experience occurs at the end of the movie when she summons the courage to leave her mother and take care of her children.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 883

How War Is Depicted in Films of Different Generations

The general perception of war has also contributed to this contrast, taking an example of the movies; "Top Gun" a war movie produced in 1960s and released in 1986, and "Taxi to the Dark Side" [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 592

The school of Athens

The ornaments on the floor, the decorations of the walls and the general atmosphere of the place leave no doubt of this setting being in a palace. The royalty of this place and the people [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

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

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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 [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1429

Imaginations, Values, and Emotions

In addition, other art works were as a result of an influence from the features and styles used during previous periods and were a reaction or continuation to the artistic styles.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 816

The Beginnings of Hip-Hop

Within the course of three decades, hip-hop has become a part of the mainstream culture. This is one of the details that should be considered.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 827

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

Michelangelo’s Life and Work

Due to his immense skills and wide collection of artistic works, early museums documented his works and as it turns out, he was the most famous artist of the 16th century.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 610

Greek and Roman Art in the Campus

The absence of emotions is obvious and it is even stressed as the figures are depicted in motion. Therefore, it is possible to state that this work is more Greek in nature as it is [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

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

The Early Forms of African Art

Purpose of the Research Because the African art is mostly premised on representing visual culture of the continent, the main purpose of the research consists in defining the early forms of African art, main materials [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1633

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

Concept of Documentary Photography

The purpose of composition in this case is to bring out a distinction between the different elements of a work that is being portrayed in such a manner that the elements of the work that [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 19
  • Words: 5143

Gordon Parks, an American Photographer

After the death of his mother in 1926, Parks was forced to move to Minneapolis, where he made a living by affiliating himself with a number of odd jobs, such as the job of a [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2226

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

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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 [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1200

Ancient Art of Rome and Greece

The Augustus has a visual texture of smoothness on the body parts, but a rough texture on the clothes adorned on the image.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

Film Analysis: The Shawshank Redemption

The climax that ends the second act is the death of Tommy after he is shot by Captain Hadley and the climax of the entire film is Andy and Red meeting in Zihuatanejo.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 510

Comparison of Renaissance Works of Art

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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.
  • 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

Beethoven’s 5th Symphony

In its original sound, this part is structured and smooth, but listening to the performance of the London Classical Players, it seems that the sound is separated, the lopes of the music notes are heard.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 827

Best Years of Our Lives

This is why after coming back from the war he decides not to carry on with his marriage to Wilma because of his disability.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1088

Blade Runner: Themes & Style Analysis

The acting in the Blade Runner is very satisfying mostly because the film's narration does not dictate the actors. The tough acting that is synonymous with such characters was not used in this film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

The Hurt Locker (2008) by Bigelow Kathryn

The environment used in the film reminded the audience that peace was far-fetched in Iraq and the inhabitants were at the mercy of the tyrants and warlords.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1107

Science and Art: The Math in Music

In order to understand the relationship between tonal quality and mathematics, we can focus on the concept of dissonance and harmony in music.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

The “Pay It Forwards” Film Report

Trevor, a boy of eleven, is obviously a conventional child figure as he is a kid. Arlene, Trevor's mother, is the main mother figure in the film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 354

Film Studies: The Sequences of Camera Movements

The director manages to convey the idea of the woman's passion which is also pure and innocent. This is the symbol of the chaser's passionate desire to kill the fleeing woman.
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1274

Comparison of Two Sequences

The sequences taken from the films To Live and The Road Home can present a different use of formal elements; however, one can argue that both of them eloquently portray the despair of women who [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 811

Picasso’s Blue Period

One of the paintings was that of his friend Casagemas in his coffin. Pink was used to bring a different theme to the great paintings that he had in his gallery.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1360

The “Touki Bouki” Film

Delusion is also portrayed in the soundtrack of the song 'Paris', which seem to capture the mind of the viewer too.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1184

The Comparison and Analysis of Sequences

Thus, the sequence from Red Sorghum is started in red in black colors to reflect the tension of the characters' feelings in the mise-en-scene when the sequence from The Road Home is in vivid and [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1102

American Psycho

Apparently, the director wanted the character of Bateman to be perceived, as such, that allegorizes the very source of the America's prosperity, concerned with the fact that American richest bankers are being in the position [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574