Arts Essays
Comparing Medieval and Rennais
Comparing Medieval and Rennais In the following essay I shall compare and contrast paintings from the medieval and renaissance period. Medieval paintings were very realistic and precise. The king in the painting is in the middle, and anything painted in the middle is the center of attraction or the important object in the painting. To prove this theory, I looked at the painting and the first thing that caught my eye is the king. The human body is not too detailed but the actions they are d...
Comparing a painting by Fra Filippo Lippi and Dante Gabriel
Comparing a painting by Fra Filippo Lippi and Dante Gabriel Comparing a painting by Fra Filippo Lippi and Dante Gabriel Rossetti The two pictures are Rosetti�s Ecce Ancilla Domini and Lippi�s Annunciation. Both of the artists were influenced by their age. Lippi lived in Italy between 1406 and 1469 and Rosetti from 1828 to 1882. Lippi�s background of Italian Renaissance determined his style to a large extent. In Florence where Lippi lived the economic changes of the time led to an em...
Comparison of Perugino and Caravaggio
Comparison of Perugino and Caravaggio The artists of the Baroque had a remarkably different style than artists of the Renaissance due to their different approach to form, space, and composition. This extreme differentiation in style resulted in a very different treatment of narrative. Perhaps this drastic stylistic difference between the Renaissance and Baroque in their treatment of form, space, and composition and how these characteristics effect the narrative of a painting cannot be seen m...
Comparison of two paintings
Comparison of two paintings Compare and Contrast two paintings. (Somnambulist Mall Walking and Golconda) Somnambulist Mall Walking and Golconda are two paintings that caught my eyes because of the composition and contents in the paintings. Somnambulist Mall Walking was painted in 1995 by Lynn Randolf and Golconda was done in 1953 by Margaritte. Eventhough there is a great difference in the length of time when these two paintings were done, there are some similarities and certainly ...
Critical Analysis of Silence of The Lambs APA format
Critical Analysis of Silence of The Lambs APA format Running Head: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Critical Analysis of Silence of the Lambs Christopher Diffley Introduction to Psychology Critical Analysis of Silence of the Lambs In the book �Silence of the Lambs� (Harris, 1988) the whole plot is based around three main characters. Clarice Starling is a precociously self-disciplined FBI trainee who is put into the position of trying to unravel the mind of an ev...
Cubist Revolution
Cubist Revolution Cubist Revolution Perhaps the beginning of the Modern era could best be marked by the artistic endeavors of Georges Braque and Pablo Piccaso in fostering the creation of cubism. Cubism can best be described as a �new way of seeing� at a time when the �old way� so to speak, was upheld and defended as the only standard. Through the creations of these two men, a new thought, a new way of perception was introduced into the mainstream of society. Today, contem...
Dali
Dali Frank Lloyd Wright's Design The Guggenheim Museum in New York is home of one of the world's greatest collections of modern art. And fittingly, the building itself is a work of modern art. Instead of the traditional rectangular building with various flat floors, architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed the museum as a six-story, circular, glass-domed structure with a spiral ramp surrounding a hollow core. This means art viewers can take the elevator to the top of the building and walk...
Dance 2
Dance 2 1. What are the innovations of Isadora Duncan, Denishawn, Martha Graham, and Cunningham. Discuss these in relation to style, technique and theory. Many Historians say that Isadora Duncan was the first dancer to present �modern dancing� to the public. Duncan felt that the pointe shoes and costumes that ballerinas wore were to restrictive. She began to dance in a way that seemed to be more natural to her. Her inspirations came from the movements of the tress, the ocean ...
Dance and body Expression
Dance and body Expression The video Dance in the Real World expressed the details of dance and body expression. The video stated that sometimes the only way to get to know someone is to watch the way they express themselves through the detail of dance. This video showed many different cultures of dance. Native Americans traditions have suffered for 500 years. When the band was lifted from their dance. The Native Americans had many huge POW wows to keep their dance alive. The Hawaii H...
Dancing and Ballet
Dancing and Ballet DANCING AND BALLET Dancing is the art of moving the body in time to music. Dancing is both an art and a form of recreation. Most people dance to have fun or to entertain others, but dance can also be used for communication. Dancers express feelings of joy without saying a word. Since prehistoric times people have danced, and there are lots of kinds of dancing. There is folk dancing and religious dancing, popular dancing and theatrical dancing, to name a few. Ou...
Capoeira itsnot just a dance
Capoeira-itsnot just a dance Every country has one or more folk dances. Each one is performed differently than the other, although they might have originated from similar backgrounds. One dance that particularly captures my attention is the Capoeira. The Capoeira is a Brazilian folk dance that started out as a fierce form of self-defense and has now become a friendly dance between a circle of people. To better understand and familiarize with the Capoeira we must learn how and where it origin...
Cassablanca
Cassablanca Casablanca 1942, the year of the creation of one of the most historical movies known to date. That movie, Casablanca, based on the play "Everybody Wants to go to Rick's", still captivates audiences around the world. The setting of the movie is Casablanca, Morocco during the second world war. Casablanca is the jump off point to get to Spain and then to America, but refugees must obtain a fairly costly exit Visa to get onto the plane. In the middle of all this is...
Cather in the Ryes vs
Cather in the Ryes vs. Generation X Catcher in the Rye and Generation X: Holden and Andy In the novel,Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden, has very definite views on sexuality, aggression, and death. He is ambivalent towards sex, loathsome of aggression, and fearsome of death. It's this triangle of sin that demonstrates the conflict occurring within Holden's inner monologue. In the novel,Generation X, the main character, Andy, is grappling with many of the same problems that Holde...
Cesar Chavez Mural
Cesar Chavez Mural CESAR CHAVEZ MURAL The artist who painted the Cesar Chavez mural was Emigdio Vazquez. He painted the mural as a tribute to Cesar Chavez, because Emigdio wanted to paint a heroic and poigmant mural taht would celebrate his life and all what Cesar did for the farm workers. On the mural Cesar Chavez is surrounded by some of his compatriots in the farm workers movement, like Dolores Huerta, Luis Valdez, Fred Ross, Sr. and many others. It also includes anonymous im...
Change within Western Society from Roman Times to the Time o
Change within Western Society from Roman Times to the Time o Artists, like writers and social activists, are affected by their surroundings. Therefore, the work that they produce is also extremely affected by the existing society. Political, moral, economical, and religious views of a period are frequently themes in artwork, whether they are symbolic or obvious. The styling and technique that is used depicts and is a result of the ongoing era. When thematic issues and styles undergo drasti...
Charlie Parker at Storyville
Charlie Parker at Storyville Charlie Parker at Storyville The set by Charlie Parker, at Storyville is a perfect example of bop or bebop. It fits almost all of the criteria we use to define bop. These criteria include, but are not limited to: fast tempo, display of instrumental virtuosity, complex melodies and harmonies, an unresolved character, highly syncopated and masterful improvisations. These were all shown throughout this set. The compact disc I chose is actuall...
Chinese Music
Chinese Music Chinese Music, the body of vocal and instrumental music composed and played by the Chinese people. For several thousand years Chinese culture was dominated by the teachings of the philosopher Confucius, who conceived of music in the highest sense as a means of calming the passions and of dispelling unrest and lust, rather than as a form of amusement. The ancient Chinese belief that music is meant not to amuse but to purify one's thoughts finds particular expression in the cult ...
Chinese Pottery
Chinese Pottery Chinese pottery The earliest Chinese pottery of which we have any records is the Neolithic ware from the river plains and loess highlands of north and north-west China. It was made between 5000 and 2000 B.C. and contains bowls, jars, pots and beakers of low-fires earthenware. This pots were not turned on a wheel but were buildt up by what is known as the Coil Method. That is, a long sausage of clay was wound carefully up into a coil shape and this coil was smoothed and p...
Chinese art
Chinese art The dominating feature od Chinese life is a conservatism that has followed certain habits and traditions for 40 centuries. Altthough there was some culture in China five thousand years ago, we shall begin our study with the Chou Dynasty (1125-255 B.C.), during which time China reached its zenith of intellectual and artistic achievement. Confucius (552-479 B.C.) was almost a comtemporary of the Golden Age of Athens. The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 221) marked a great...
Cinema Paradiso
Cinema Paradiso In the film "Cinema Paradiso", Toto, the main character, is a lost child without a father to provide a male role model. The story begins after Toto is informed of the death of his dearest friend, Alfredo. At this point, Toto is a mature man and a successful film director, having long ago left his home town, Giancaldo. Throughout the movie, however, Toto is a young boy with little parental support and direction. The young Toto develops a friendship with Alfredo, the film proje...
Cinematography Everything You Need To Know
Cinematography Everything You Need To Know Cinematography: Everything You Need To Know (sin-uh-muh-tahg'-ruh-fee) Cinematography is the technique and art of making motion pictures, which are a sequence of photographs of a single subject that are taken over time and then projected in the same sequence to create an illusion of motion. Each image of a moving object is slightly different from the preceding one. Projector A motion-picture projector projects the sequence ...
Classification Music
Classification Music Classification Music has always been a part of every culture, big or small. It has been there from the beging of time, and I'm sure it will be there at the end. It has become a part of people, and who they are. Some music represents people, and other music expresses people. Either way, music is around and keeps on growing. Growing to new ideas and feelings that captures it's listeners. I've noticed that my generation judges and categorizes its peers by...
Click vs Brick An exploration of mp3 file sharing and onlin
Click vs Brick: An exploration of mp3 file sharing and onlin Click vs. Brick An exploration of mp3 file sharing and online music piracy, and its ethical implications regarding consumers, musicians, and record companies Background �In traditional ethical studies, the classic problem is the starving man � can a starving man ethically steal a loaf of bread if he has no money. The modern version is evidently, can the person who wants to listen to music steal it if he thinks the price i...
Bladerunner 2
Bladerunner 2 The movie Bladerunner, directed by Ridley Scott, deals with the issues of technology, humanity and identity. What it is to be human, the thin line between humans and Replicants and the advancement of technology are all ideas raised in the movie. In this segment, these issues are highlighted by the filmaker's use of lighting, sound and camera shots. In the shots of the exterior of the Tyrell building and Deckard flying towards it, the music gradually grows louder till it s...
Bladerunner
Bladerunner The Fallen Angel: Analysis of the Final Scenes of Blade Runner. Director Ridley Scott's Postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot be destroyed, because it's destruction leads to silence, must be revisited. So memories and emotions are meaningless without immortality. " Like tears in the rain." Director Scott has a chilling story to tell, and there is a complex web of allegory and meaning lurking in the background. The final scen...