Abstract

The birth of art had served humanity in a variety of purposes. And this purpose has changed throughout the course of human history. Humans use art to showcase their religious belief, to express emotions, to depict the beauty of an individual or a particular landscape, to record a significant event and for propaganda. Moreover, the way humans perceive art are constantly changing. Cultural art arises from the need to express emotions and the different aspects of cultures. On the other hand, modern-day contemporary art is inclined to make use of various objects and to combine genres which make the ...

Book report

The considered book to be analyzed is Blink: The power of thinking without thinking. The first to consider is the word title blink which is the action to shut and open the eye in an instant. The Author develops the idea that it is possible for humans to train the brain with experience and techniques to give a response to an external stimulus in a short time. The subtitle "thinking without thinking", from my point of view is a words play that gives the idea of the reader of the instantly of the process. It is possible to have ...

The Beauty of David

Introduction People are always interested in everything that surrounds them, from the colossal facts and innovations to each insignificant phenomenon and datum. The desire to find answers to all mysteries and secrets of the world is, perhaps, laid in humans’ nature. There is nothing more interesting than the exploration of the ancient history and finding out the culture and walks of life of the distant ancestors. Italy as home of the Roman Empire and the main center of the Renaissance, presents the perfect example of the unique culture that has flourished for centuries. It got the status of the ...

Question 1

The case of Taj Mahal and its popularity as the most recognized work of art is also explainable through this context. Taj Mahal is widely recognized as a symbol of love. The emperor Shah Jahan constructed this Tomb (Mausoleum) in memory of his late wife Mumtaz Mahal who died while giving birth to their 14th child. But unlike the Great Wall of China or the Pyramids of Egypt that too is overloaded with stories of griefs (such as the death of Pharaohs and thousands of slaves) there is something about Taj Mahal that makes it more appealing than everything ...

English literature

The 19th and early 20th century had to face a reality characterized by social, political and economic issues. Furthermore the World War One dramatically changed the already complex and troubled frame which gave birth to the Modernism. Indeed during the 19th century the traditional Victorian society turned itself into a modern and industrialized society, where cities were growing fast and the old ethical and religious values were rejected. This massive change also involved all the traditional forms of art, literature, architecture, philosophy, science and even all the aspects of the everyday lives. Salient of the Modernism Era is the ...

“I Have a Dream” is a public speech which was delivered by Martin Luther King, an American activist struggling for civil rights, on the afternoon of the 28th of August, 1963. His speech is devoted to racism and civil and economic rights in the USA. The delivery of the speech took place in Washington, D.C., on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. His target audience was represented by 250,000 followers in front of the Lincoln Memorial and millions of people of the nation and the world via radio and television. The actual listeners of the speech were civil ...

For an ordinary person a poem is just a literary work written with the help of rhyme and rhythm. But how do the poets see it? With the help of irony, style and tone Billy Collins, Marilyn Nelson, Ruth Forman, Gary Snyder, Bob Hicok and William Carlos Williams try to acquaint the reader with their own vision of poetry, because for them it is more than an art of rhythmical composition. In the poem Introduction to Poetry Billy Collins encourages the reader to treat every piece of poetry as a unique and precious thing. The poem is written in ...

CRITICAL REFLECTION ESSAY

The art of writing a successful essay is referring to the ability to analyze, evaluate and synthesize. All mentioned above thinking skills are related to the higher order thinking abilities, whereas, recalling, understanding and applying are connected with the lower order thinking skills according to the taxonomy of Bloom. It is always a challenge to gather all parts of the information in order to answer the target question and stick to the point. Therefore, if people are skilled in essay writing they can think critically because the critical thinking is an ability to analyze, evaluate a lot of resources ...

A visual expression of human imagination or skills through painting or sculptures that are used to convey an idea is considered art. Every form of art can be explained to be a creation of materials, themes and results. As a product of its context, art involves the reflection of culture and time. The individuals and diverse people value these contexts, by which both have different notions of its significance depending on what they deem to be an aesthetic value to their culture. This essay is going to discuss how art is used to portray power, lamentation, and dependency on ...

Concert Hall

Walt Disney Concert Hall is not only a home for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles, but also the pearl of this city. The building project was created and financed with the participation of wife of the world famous animator Walt Disney. The architect of Walt Disney Concert Hall was Frank Owen Gehry - one of the main ideologists of modern deconstructivism. It is worth noting that deconstruction is a style, which is characterized by a complete repudiation of the typical geometry of living space. This architectural style denies monotonous lines and boring multistory office buildings. Architects of this ...

Bicycle Thieves, also referred to as The Bicycle Thief is a film that tells the story of a father seeking to find a bike that has been stolen throughout Rome. The film has often been considered to be one of the most well-respected in the neorealism genre. Specifically, because of its depiction of harsh realities of life post World War II, and its effects on the conditions and psyche of individuals. A horror thriller masterpiece, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is noted for its distinctive subject matter and for spawning what is considered to be an extremely successful subgenre of the ...

1. The calculation of the true value of the Tri Star program is developed using the Net Present Value concept which depends on of the future net cash flows of a project or company. The Tri-Star Program started in 1967 with the pre-production phase until 1971. After 1971 until 1977 is the production phase of the L-1011 Tri-Star program (HARRINGTON-CRESSMAN, 2015). The true value of the program is the net present value that includes all the net cash flows in all the periods of the program, project or enterprise. Assuming a plan of 210 aircraft for the production phase, ...

The Chinese epic “Farewell My Concubine” by Chen Kaige is a cinematic masterpiece. It is a spectacle of action, history, culture, views of social and political landscapes that all intertwine in a love story that spans 52 years. It won the top prize in the 1993 Cannes International Film Festival and several other accolades in its time (Canby). The movie is vastly entertaining and enthralling. It is easy to get lost in the richness of the story – consider it a cultural achievement. This is an epic that covers years 1925 through 1977 in Beijing (formerly Peking), China. It showcases ...

Analysis of the novel

“Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” is an outstanding work by Mary Shelley who focuses on the deep exploration of various feelings, emotions, motives, and actions pervading the human mind. At first glance, the book appears quite simple, and the characters are easy to criticize and judge. However, by the end of “Frankenstein,” I was impressed by its depth and major topics covered by the writer. The style of this masterpiece also impressed me. Besides, Mary Shelley has a great ability to present details and depicts the Swiss scenery in a highly vivid manner. In my opinion, with the achievements ...

Art is primarily seen as a depiction of the current on goings of people or what they face in their daily lives. Renaissance art is, therefore, a typical representation of the Renaissance period. During this period, European art was revived against a backdrop of economic growth. In this period, there was development of new technologies that steered various forms of art like philosophy, literature and much more. In this case, the art of painting seems to draw so much of our attention since it gives a more vivid picture of this particular period. Most forms of art were used ...

Chartres, France

The monuments and architecture in ancient times allow talking and narrating about the historical background from the angle of time in which they were built. Through various signs, they inform us about the prosperity, decline of the reigns and empires as well. Thus, they are the major means of communication. They can tell us a lot about the economic, political and religious circumstances of the specific region. They also narrate the contemporary architectural trend. In medieval Europe, especially in France, the Gothic architecture was at its pinnacle. Cathedral Notre-Dame de Chartres is one of the Gothic architecture examples in ...

Every nation has some sort of historical trauma. The creepy and full of horror twentieth century did not miss anyone generously awarding each with a bouquet of mass psychosis caused terrible events. However, among the many big and not very countries most of all has gotten to China: war, revolution, famine, the occupation in the first half of the century and the severity of the second one. Mainland China having suffered under Comrade Mao with his Cultural Revolution, Hong Kong remembers the bloody riots of the 1960s, and Taiwan has gone through a difficult period of "White Terror." This ...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the most famous abolitionists who fought for women’s rights and again slavery. She was among the founders of the National Woman Suffrage Association and first Woman’s Rights Convention. Her Keynote Address at the First Woman’s Rights Convention, proving that women should have the same rights as men, is a great example of a strong, effective argument. In this masterpiece, Stanton protests against the discriminative laws which determine the submissive role of women in mid-nineteenth century society. She objects to treatment of women as the inferior race and argues for the ...

Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist, was born on in the house of her parents, known as Casa Azul – the Blue House – in town Coyoacan, the suburb of Mexico City. Her father - Wilhelm Kahlo – had German roots, moved to Mexico in his early age. Her mother, Matilde Calderon y Gonzalez had mixed Spanish and Indian roots. At the age of six, she has contracted the polio, which has made her to stay in bed for nine months. This disease has made her right leg and foot grow much thinner than her left one. She had to limp after the ...

Each and every period in the Art history has its own significant masterpiece, which is a distinguishing mark of its time. For the Renaissance such masterpiece is the “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci, for the Impressionism it is the “Impression, Sunrise” by Claude Monet. For the Rococo, unmistakably, it is the “Beautiful Country Woman”, created by François Boucher circa 1732. It is well – known fact that the Rococo style was the following period of the Baroque age. From the historical point of view, it is the era, which started from the Regency of the reign of Louis ...

The Icebergs is the name of a famous painting made by Fredrick Edwin Church, a renowned American artist, in 1861 (Avery 12). As described by the Dallas Museum of Art, the painting was originally referred as “The North” but unfortunately it did not attract the attention of art enthusiasts. Church added some details to the painting’s foreground including a broken ship mast, and changed its name to the now famous title, The Icebergs. The painting was later shipped to London where it was sold at an exhibition in 1863 to Sir William Edward Watkin, an English tycoon (Spiegelman ...

English

Thesis Statement: The story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a story about the desire to use of modern industrial techno-science to create a new discovery may result to more harm than good. Just like the ancient Greek Prometheus, Shelley’s novel represents a modern industrial techno-science to create the character of Frankenstein. Compared to the story of Greek Prometheus, it sought to free his people by separating mortals from immortals, only to be reunited again in a festive, religious ritual (Jager 1). By contrast, Shelley’s novel explained that the combination of modern human science and scientific psychology ...

The history of one of the most famous people in the World War I, namely Theodore Lawrence, better known as the leader of the Arab people has been full of events and turning points. Early in his life, very few people liked or even respected him. The habits, which were too unusual for an Englishman, were ridiculed and regarded by the senior management as a sign of incompetent. To somehow involve a not disciplined expert in Arab culture, the generals sent Lawrence to Arabia, where he was instructed to get in touch with the local prince and an overall ...

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Heavy event experience, causing mental suffering. B. Thesis Statement: Solid and distinct line running through the entire film, at times, with the elements of this drama. Not much, but catchy. The first fact is the use of people as objects evoke disgust and aversion. The second - the main characters were both prisoners now run, coupled with rebellion against the system makes the experience for them. The third death of a pregnant woman - it was a pity, she is very strong and brave. Hooked. Then move "Man Zombie" from fanaticism to Joe to ...

Report:

Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Nationality: EnglishDate: 1563 Title: Tower of Babel Genre: Religious Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 114 x 155 cm (Tower of Babel, 2016). Pieter Bruegel Pieter Bruegel I, referred to as Pieter Bruegel the Elder is a notable artist from the southern Netherlandish family of artists that were active during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Bruegel, the astoundingly inventive painter, ushered in a humanizing spirit with his works. He was born between 1525 and 1530 in or near Breda. His compositions were sophisticated and brilliantly organized . There is very little known bout Bruegel as the ...

This review is devoted to the French film “Ménilmontant”. It is truly a pearl of avant-garde culture, which will definitely touch your heart with its sensible characters’ stories. Directed by Dmitri Kirsnoff (Russian by his origin) in 1926, this is a beautiful example of the combination of pure French romanticism and sensitiveness with Russian rapidness and assertiveness. One can find “Ménilmontant” just another story about a broken-hearted girl, but if one looks deeper into her story, tries to see the situation with her eyes, it appears, that her character has some kind of evolution. This evolution ends ...

The aesthetics of the Baroque era and it's addiction to motion and scale was reflected not only in architecture, sculpture and painting, but it has mainly become obvious in the music. The world of contrasts, contradictions and passion was expressed by major and minor keys. The meaning of the major key is joy, the slightest nuances from tenderness to exultant. The minor key means sadness in melancholy and tragic desperation.

RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE

Musical culture in the XVII and the beginning of the XVIII century has been developed in the frame of Baroque style (Claude 3). It has created new art principles ...

“The cup of tea” is an “oil on canvas” painting by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), an American artist born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The painting was created between 1880 and 1881. The painting represents Mary’s sister Lydia Simpson, but the picture is not about the portrait rather the cultural activity represented by the cup of tea,. The activity played a major role in the impressionist imagery, a mainstay of Cassatt in her contemporary life. Cassatt had good knowledge of color, and her impressionist imagery was greatly displayed by this fine piece of art. The artist was keen not to make ...

History is a ‘process of interaction between historian and his facts, an unending dialogue between the present and the past’ (Carr 1) this statement may be supported with the different types of evidence – from literature, sculptures, paintings etc. In the scope of this paper, three following paintings (from V&A Museum in London (vam.ac.uk 1)) - as they represent the contemporary historical periods, would be assessed and their link to the historical background would be provided. The first one is ‘The Death of Ananias’ – Raphael’s Cartoon and Tapestry; the second one is the ‘The Industrial Arts Applied to War’ ...

The cinematography is one of the greatest arts. It combines the elements of literature, theater, music, painting, architecture, ballet, etc. As a result of the synthesis of the traditional arts appears a new type of the art - film. Despite the fact that the cinematography is a relatively young kind of the art, it has already become extremely valuable for us. Moreover, it is simply impossible to imagine our lives without movies! After all, we are accompanied by them from the early childhood. Of course, cinematic preferences of a person may change, but it is also worth noting that ...

Appreciating culture is one of the most difficult yet rewarding experiences. There are so many pieces of art across so many decades that one does not know where to start unless given some kind of guidance. I chose J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury and Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs in order to evaluate culture and its values. One of the greatest composers of all time was Johann Sebastian Bach. His music is greatly revered as some of the best even to this day. I listened to his ...

Divine Comedy of Dante is the greatest monument of Italian literature, real medieval scientific encyclopedia of political, philosophical, moral and theological knowledge. This is allegorical description of the human soul with its vices, passions, joys and virtues. This is live human characters and vivid psychological situations. According to Virgil, Dante will have to learn in “Hell” not in words but in reality all human evil, fallen away from God, and to see the futility of earthly grandeur and ambition (Heather et al., 2005). For this poet shows in the Divine Comedy underground kingdom, where he connects everything he knows ...

It was perfectly normal for Gustav Klimt to work in his study the whole day, without taking any break. It was in the year 1907 that he began work on one of the most famous pictures in the history of art-“The Kiss.” Österreichische Galerie Belvedere museum in the Belvedere, Vienna displays the painting, which is considered a masterpiece of the early modern period (Der Kuss 1908 2016). The theme of the artwork was two lovers united through a kiss. Many people wonder about the identity of the woman portrayed in “The Kiss” (Gustav Klimt -The Kiss2016). The artwork ...

Frankenstein is one of the most successful stories that Mary Shelley wrote, and it has remained to become a legend to her writing and literary works. While this story was published in 1816, the inception of its story line began way before this date, and its eventual writing was a manifestation of life espionages that Mary endured. In fact, this story was written as a lamentation to the life’s discourse that Mary had experienced, especially after people she so much loved faced the cruelty in the hands of gruesome death. Therefore, the life discourse that Mary had experienced ...

The Modern Period in art is set at the period between 1870-1970. No distinct style could be established or described during this period. Yet, at the same time, one would know during which period a particular artist was known for his artworks. Such artists under discussion here would be Jean-Francois Millet. Two others that could be grouped into this period (specifically the French artists) are Georges Seurat, and Paul Gauguin. These three artists are isolated here, specific to the discussion their representations of the working class in modern art. More so, the shift of this representation is discussed here. ...

Wilson explains that the relationship between technology and science is a perception of knowing how and why respectively. The relationship shows that high-tech art does not always indulge in science. Rather, it helps in understanding the various forms of art that relate to research (Wilson 13). A review of insights by Kranzberg and Pursell defines technology as the means by which human beings can cope with their physical environment in natural and artificial forms. Additionally, the authors suggest it is how man uses his imagination and resourcefulness in making use of the available resources (Wilson 13). In the modern-day, ...

People of Renaissance had a fully-fledged and multi-faceted life and attained a high degree of perfection at the same time in different areas of knowledge and art. The aim of this paper is to review the life of one of Italy’s Renaissance men, Benvenuto Cellini and a review of his early work. The best prime years of his work as an artist were the years in which he sculpted the colossal bronze statue of Perseus. According to ancient Greek mythology, Perseus was the son of Zeus, Lord of the Olympian gods, who was attracted by the beauty of ...

When one reads a tale, he or she hardly takes it seriously. No surprise! First of all, everyone expects a fairy tale to entertain describing an unreal world with where happens an unreal story. Secondly, nobody seeks for a deep sense in a fair tale, especially if it is a pure nonsense like in case with “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Caroll. However, there’s definitely a certain sense in this nonsense. It won't be the exaggeration to say that this tale is full of sense, symbols, allusions or metaphors. The world described in “Alice in Wonderland” tale reflects ...

Twentieth century art, which is also known as modern art, started long time ago, namely, in the late 19th century. There were four main movements, or artistic styles, which existed in the early twentieth century. They are Fauvism (named “les Fauves” which is translated from French as "the wild beasts"), Expressionism (initiated in poetry and painting), Futurism (which was practiced almost in all arts) and Cubism. Human body, especially female nude, has been usually one of the most popular objects depicted by almost all artists. Female nude was actively depicted by the artists in the Arts of Classical Antiquity, ...

Historic arts are a representation of complex civilization. Islamic art creates an immediate visual impact through its strong aesthetic appeal that transcends distances and space. Since art is a representation of culture, it is influenced by Islamic religion. In this paper, I will describe the basic elements of a particular Islamic art, and see how these elements merge to create such a masterpiece. Islamic art fosters a distinctive culture with its own unique language reflected in art. The piece of art is a glazed fritware bottle (Inv. no. LNS 327 C) from the golden age of the Turkish Empire.

The art is a long necked flask/ ...

The work of Art, which is discussed in this essay, is a painting of Emile Jean Horace Vernet – “The Scene from the French Campaign of 1814”, created in the 1826. Now, this masterpiece is located in the Legion of HonorGallery 16. This picture was created with oil on canvas.(Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.Emile Jean Horace Vernet › Scene from the French Campaign of 1814.(n.d.)) This work is truly considered to be a piece of World Art: as it may be seen, all objects, depicted on it, are quite realistic. On this point it is appropriate to go to the ...

Monteverdi is one of the famous Italian composer, singer and musician. The audience regards his compositions as revolutionary composing in the Baroque Period. He created two new styles of composing, Polyphony and Basso Continuo technique of baroque. He was a renowned composition and enjoyed a lot of fame and popularity in his life. He has written many compositions, and most of them are revolutionary compositions. He faced a lot of criticism on his compositions throughout his life but still he is one of the most popular composers of his term.

Madrigal

A madrigal is a secular music composition, a part-song of the early baroque period. ...

Introduction

In his book the jungle, Sinclair’s s main concern was not to the meat but to the workers who produced. It was then that he said that. ‘I aimed at the public’s heart and by accident hit its stomach’. He attempted to make the public aware that the life of an immigrant was very hard in the 1800s. In real sense, he did not actually assist people to know the harsh condition s but the bad meat that they were eating. This is what hit their metaphorical stomachs (Sinclair, 2006 p. 18).

He describes with many ...

Philosophy is a broad field that groups many of the greatest minds that have ever lived. One of the most important of these in the twentieth century was Martin Heidegger. A disciple of Husserl, he also developed phenomenology, but in a different way than his master. Instead of being preoccupied by conscience, he believed what was important was Being itself. He believed that this was the true object of philosophy and that the best way to approach it was through the analysis of man’s existence. He attempted to characterize what is unique about man, describing his Being-in-the-world as anxiety-inducing because ...

Essay on Pink Floyd’s Meddle

Pink Floyd, one of the most popular and progressive rock music groups in the history of music, achieved its popularity because of the psychedelic musical pieces they created. The characteristics of Pink Floyd music are the meaningful lyrics, experimentation with sound and the wonderful live shows they conducted. Meddle is the sixth album by the group, and released in the year 1971. It gained immense popularity, and is in fact, one of the most popular music albums ever. Etched in the minds of the listeners, Meddle has a quality of experimenting with various sounds and creating a new effect altogether. The ...

Introduction

This paper focuses on a critical evaluation and analysis of the artworks of three artists, who lived between the Baroque periods through the postmodern era. The three selected artists and their respective pieces are; Giotto Di Bondone "Lamentation", Sandro Botticelli "Birth of Venus", and Leonardo Da Vinci "The Last Supper." The style and theme depicted by the three artworks will also be covered in this paper. The artist perspectives when creating the pieces in respect to the prevailing conditions that surround the artworks are also covered. We will begin with a critical evaluation. During that period, Leonardo da Vinci worked ...

The renowned Steel Bridge is a double deck structure that has a vertical-lift and is also known as through-truss. It goes across the Willamette River in the city of Portland in the United States and was opened in 1912, so it recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The bridge has the dual function of carrying rail and bicycle traffic on its lower deck whilst the upper deck is dedicated to road traffic. This innovative arrangement makes the bridge extremely innovative and the fact that it has an independent lift continues to emphasise its prominence as the second oldest vertical lift bridge in ...

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is the reward of the civic, social, and business activities of the Cummer family. The Cummers came from a long line of lumber dealers. They started in Canada before expanding their business to Michigan, Virginia, and Florida. Wellington Willson Cummer (1846-1909) went on to found the Cummer Lumber Company in 1896. After the death of Wellington, Arthur Cummer and Waldo Cummer, along with his son-in-law, John L. Roe, all of them had ranks in the family business inherited the company. Nina May Holden (1875-1958) a young lady from Michigan City, Indiana married Arthur ...

Is Swift a Misogynist? Discuss the Representation of Women in “The Travels”

Introduction “Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift is one of the greatest satirical works that had ever been composed. Swift satirized his contemporary politics, religion, and Western Culture through strange people whom Gulliver had met up with during his voyages. He satirized politics through Lilliputians, religion through big and little endians, and Western Culture through Brobdingnagians. He also satirized the status of women in society who were considered as mere objects and he never failed to express his own view about women and their rights and duties. He gave less importance to feminine characters in his masterpiece, which ...

Movie review of “2001: A Space Odyssey”

Majestic “Space Odyssey” (the genre precisely defined already in the name of the movie) directed by the then only 39-year-old Kubrick acquires over time even larger importance. None of the experienced fans of cinema has got doubt that this film – is not just an outstanding creation, but also a genuine milestone in the science fiction genre, and in the history of world cinema. Kubrick's achievement is unique because he managed in one theatrical film to capture considerable number of key problems of human civilization – ranging from the distant past up to the XXI century, which seemed to be so fantastic ...

Alban Berg was an Austrian composer, teacher and one of the most prominent representatives of the Second Viennese musical expressionism and composer school. Alan Berg was a student and a follower of A. Schoenberg, who was Alban Berg’s teacher in years 1904 - 1911. One of the most prominent representatives of expressionism in music, Berg expressed in his works characteristic of expressionist artists thoughts, feelings and images: dissatisfaction with the social life, feelings of helplessness and loneliness. The hero of his works can be expressed asa little man, driven to despair by a hostile environment of bourgeois society. Ground for ...

Essay #2: IMAGERY

The Wasteland is presumably the most scholarly rich work of T S Eliot; it teems with literary references, symbolism, and imagery, and it has enormously impacted the English poetry of its time as well. Wasteland is the manifestation and interpretation of the disenchantment the writer encountered about the modern world after the World War I. Eliot communicated his sentiments about the debasement of human qualities and disgraceful state of the civilized world in the post-World War I period. Characteristically, the tone and the subject of the Wasteland are filled with desolate and frightful imagery. Eliot has utilized the literary ...

Born in 1969, Ernesto Quiñonez received an unparalleled acclaim as an American novelist with his very first novel, Bodega Dreams published in 2000. The novel received several awards including the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers designation and the Borders Bookstore Original New Voice selection. Furthermore, Bodega Dreams was declared “Best Book” and “Notable book” by the Nation’s leading newspapers, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. Bodega Dream by Ernesto Quinonez, as a novel in 2004, was proclaimed the “New immigrant Classic” and “a stark evocation of life in the projects of El Barriothe story ...

Summary

The book, “Adam Smith in Beijing,” was written by Giovanni Arrighi. In his work, Giovanni portrays how China has extraordinarily risen over the years hence inviting the reassessment of the concept of “The Wealth of Nations”. In the eighteenth century, Adam Smith made predictions that eventually there would be equalization of power existing between the West and the territories conquered by the West. The book vividly explains the growth of capitalism from the days of Iberian Peninsula, Genoa, Venice, the Dutch Empire, the Spanish empire to today’s United States. Thus, the book provides a detailed explanation of the interconnections ...

Introduction Begun with the cathedral complex at Pisa and expanded upon in the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, Italian architects of the 11th century were not only able to glorify their own Christian God and saints, but also asserted their dominance over eastern ‘heretics’ through the adaptation and outright theft of eastern architectural influences. These influences can be seen in everything from the bulbous form of the domes to the minor adornments of the cathedrals. The earliest Italian architects were priest and monks who used skilled craftsmen to carry out their ideas of communal Christian living. Italian buildings ...

(WRITER)

Introduction

The early 1900s were a period of significant change – aircraft, cars, transatlantic ocean liners – all these were coming into mainstream use, and owe their emergence to this period of technical advancement. Another lesser-remembered innovation of the time that captured the imagination of the people was the automat. The first example of automated fast food at a low price, the system consisted of a number of windows in which food was displayed. You put in a coin (initially a nickel or 5 cents later revised to a dime or 10 cents) and the window could be opened and the food taken. There were no waiters ...

Monday, the morning lecture covers concentration. The music director provides lengthy music tracks. I do a report on the day’s exercise, and it gets a recommendation. I understand that the mastering of concentration can reveal the hidden elements in music that makes it melodious. Tuesday, I polish on the learned piano chords. The music director demands that no reference should be in any learning materials. I confidently play the pieces of music. My music director is surprised by how well I combine both the simple and complex chords. I enjoy the presentation and feel my confidence well built. Wednesday, cripples ...

Theodore Gericault’s The Raft of Medusa is a canonical piece of art created in the early 19th century – in the wake of Romanticism in France. Romanticism was not a style, nor was it a manifestation of a singular idea. Instead, Romanticism was a movement, characterized by artists’ transfer of personality and mind onto their painting, including social criticism in the best way it could be presented in an art work. French Romanticism closely followed the Neoclassical movement, which explains Gericault’s being strongly influenced by Michelangelo’s work (Durbin). Many critics also stated that the painting was influenced by the work of ...

Federico Fellini’s La Strada (1954): The Components of a Critical Essay on Film Federico Fellini’s La Strada (1954): The Components of a Critical Essay on Film The goal of a filmmaker is to make use of narrative to match well with cinema’s natural formalistic techniques. Cinema, as André Bazin has noted has its own ontology of being both an objective representation of reality seeing through the subjective lens of the preserved image. It has a unique way of both representing reality, by preserving life through a representation of life (Bazin 2004, p. 10). Filmmakers not only communicate ...

The statue of Nude Descending a Staircase is regarded as one of the noble yet classic status of the Philadelphia Museum of art. The painting was made in 1912 by one of the renowned painter Marcel Duchamp. His sculpture portrays a discernable body part of a figure in the form of nested, conical and cylindrical elements assembled together in a moving figure. The authenticity of the Nude Dancing in a Staircase statue is complicated as it reveals socio-economic or political aspects thus provide a combination of anomalous features (Pells 6). As documented by the literary reviews, the nude Descending statue is a looming predecessor to represent ...