Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

Disney princess stories have been an iconic part of the growing up years of little girls.That is why it came as such a surprise to me to discover that all the time Disney was filling the heads of little girls with cotton candy dreams of their prince charming, there is actually heavy sexual content to be found in every Disney cartoon. This paper looks into the sexualization of Disney characters over time and begs to ask the question “Are Disney Princesses bad role models?”.

Introduction The Jungle is a big painting with a very complicated, complex composition. In it are four female figures in a line across the canvas. Tricky to make out, the figures seem interwoven in all sugarcane stalks, and their twisted extensive, straight limbs mix with the uniformly shaped plants.

The introduction of sound not only added an important dimension to filmic expression but also enacted a structural shift in the medium. Increasingly filmmakers built on earlier editing tendencies established by D.W. Griffith and Sergei Eisenstein, evolving the very formal and technical fabric of the cinema.

The author states that South Eastern art and architecture was heavily influenced by India as well as China. Cambodia was home to the Khmer art which based the temples on Indian architecture but gave them its unique style of sculptures with voluptuous figures and serene faces. Most of SEA art forms were influenced by Indian Hinduism earlier.

The premise of Mike Judge's film Idiocracy is that uneducated and foolish people are out-breeding educated and intelligent people. Although the reason for this is not explored, the idea is that natural selection does not care about intelligence, it only cares about reproduction; the result is that idiots have taken over the world of the future.

From the images presented by various artists, scholars are able to understand how European invaders viewed Tasmanians at the time of their invasion of the island. Trucanini was the most famous Tasmanian Aborigine and this was a result of her association with George Augustus Robinson a Methodist bricklayer who later began to protect the natives.

The period post World War II witnessed the emergence of a large number of political and social movements in America. Besides, during post World War II, America became a major political and economic leader, and there evolved a new sense of patriotism, which brought about a significant cultural change in American society.

Indeed, the majority of commercial ERP packages are designed for large a scaled business that is why it is hard to enforce a marginable ERP package in scenario of small and medium-size businesses. Thus, it is indispensable for a small and medium-size business to look for accurate mode for the ERP technologies.

Second, bearing in mind the specificity of a female nature, the novel gets its fabulous and fantastic look on the screen. Third, as might be seen, the life of a woman in a conservative Victorian period is well highlighted as the core idea of the series starting from June 1842 through August 1844 (Birtwistle and Conklin).

While I loved the theme of the movie, it had some shortcomings too. They did not characterize Leigh Ann deeply. It was never made clear what her motivations were. What was she feeling guilty about? For being so rich or for Michael being so unlucky?  Was it guilt over her being white and Michael being black? He goes on to become a player in the NFL.

As the cinematic theories developed over the time, there had been various new experiments and innovations in cinematic techniques that gave ways to new ideas about cinema, its effect and implementations to generate various artistic, emotional and creative belongings.One of the most important filmmaker of early era, Russian filmmakers Sergei Eisenstein had belonged to Russian opinion of cinema which termed cinema as a mean of provoking the people to think (Shaw 2011). This view, however, had a contrasting stand with many American filmmakers who used to derive the idea of filmmaking from its ability to provide entertainment to public.

The author states that compared with the first series of Die Hard, Die Hard 2 does not show a lot of his bodily physical beauty. There is some different approach for presenting the masculinity. Furthermore, his speaking style is marginal at best as a gentleman. The action films commonly present how the masculinity has been emphasized and displayed.

Even the filmmaking sphere is heavily inspired by the work of Shakespeare and filmmakers have made their niche with their own versions and interpretations of Shakespearean texts that has amazed audiences and critics. Akira Kurosawa is one filmmaker, who has given new light to the plots and themes discussed in Shakespeare’s works.

This was demonstrated during the entire duration of the film where Elizabeth had to contend with the various schemes and advances of Spain to remove her from the throne and install either her catholic sister Mary of Scots or Isabella, daughter of Philip II which is receptive to catholic Spain’s interest to restore Catholicism in England.

This essay explores fashion and its role. Therefore, fashion could be regarded as a non-verbal communication system that represents and expresses who we are as individuals. The non-verbal communication is based on semiotics. Actions create the meaning, value, and characteristics within a culture. There are two levels of the meaning of fashion.

The debut of Japanese art and civilization in the West led to the coining of the term “Japonism,” which recognizes the influences of the Japanese art in the Western society. Genova indicates that Japonism was mainly promoted by the ukiyo-e form of art (453).

The boy finds himself befriended by a mob boss, Sonny, who becomes a second father to him.  As the young man enters high school he is attracted to an African American girl, Jane, who causes conflict both internally and externally for him as he deals with peer pressure, personal angst, and family expectations.

It has contributed to people being able to think critically in order to give ideas in an artistic way. Art is among the first method used for communication and has grown over the years as better artwork has been seen over the years. Several pieces of arts have been created in all the decades only that they improve with the era when we look from the ancient artists.

The category under which it was nominated was for the best foreign language piece. The title of the movie is symbolic to the creation of a perfect sibling relationship that exists between its two lead characters. Living in very deplorable conditions, Ali and his little sister, Zara, are very comfortable and love each other affectionately (Rochefort 2).

The creative process has long been associated with irrationality, or “madness” to use an old-fashioned term. In previous ages, this has been conceived of romantically, as the inspiration of a supernatural dimension on an ordinary mortal, or as the curse of some evil inheritance, enhanced by drink, drugs, or mental illness.

Mel Gibson won various acclaims for portraying the role of Benjamin Martin realistically. The plot of the film revolves around an ex war veteran who had fought for the French Government.

The preliminary section of the movie is a crazy joke. At some point, Wei-Tung parents get a rendezvous service, Simon and Tung make respond by making up unfeasible requirements. In the culture of the Chinese, the musicians of opera are at all times men. The gay couple demanded for a female musician, who should have been extraordinarily tall.

Many designers capitalized on the mass production of new goods by enriching their designs. At the same time, the architecture of the church was rapidly revolutionized since people would learn how to read, ending the need to have the religious structures designed in such a manner to depict reliefs of the religious narratives.

This implies that different people visit museums for different purposes, which are dictated by their preference of features that are availed for viewing. Throughout time, different artists have been involved in the production of works of art and donating them to the different museums so that they can be put on exhibitions for viewing by as many people as those who visit them.

The author of the paper argues in a well-organized manner that the new artistic integration was born out of a primal fear that the simple and, at that time, increasingly popular interpretations of Protestantism that were exhibiting themselves posed a fundamental threat to the survival and existence of the world’s oldest form of Christianity.

Sick of the neglect he receives from his mom and dad, a young boy leaves home and travels the world in search of new parents. Sick of the neglect he receives from his mom and dad, a young boy leaves home and travels the world in search of new parents.

The art of the 20th century embraced the newness of a new era. Rejecting realistic representation and traditional aesthetics, various styles of Abstract Expressionism arose, the most prominent and influential of which was Cubism.

Venus Compared Whether art began as a magical means of controlling the external world as some archaeologists believe (Gombrich, 1995) or for some other reason, by the time civilization took hold in ancient Egypt, art was already an important means of commemorating important people and cultural symbols.

This paper analyzes modern and postmodern art. The Elk painted by the man of the Stone Age on the walls of his cave was not meant for exhibition. It was an instrument for his magic and ritual. He did expose it to his fellow men. But it was basically meant for the spirits who guided his life. The access to the God was the special privilege.

Inception is an interesting and attention gripping science fiction action heist film that was co-produced and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film comprised of an international star cast, which included some reputed names like Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Caine, Ken Watanbe, Tom Berenger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page and Tom Hardy.

It is with this idea that Galt and schoonover try to relate the Global art cinema to Global Hollywood. The global art cinema is an elastically hybrid category whereby there is a lack of strict procedures that surround the art cinema. This lack of strict measures is what makes this unique from global Hollywood.

Moisés Kaufman, director of The Laramie Project, has done a brilliant job in ensuring the realism of the Matthew Shepard Story. Throughout the movie, your emotions are on the surface, as you get to see the hate of people towards homosexuals, their denial that their town was actually home to villains like Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson.

The current film industry uses a combination of visual effects, films and media varieties in various contexts to produce visual and audio effects such as digital interfaces, web design, audio effects, and mobile content, as well as interactive toys. Consequently, it has mobilized flexibility in the film industry employing competent design and development of quality films.

This analysis will briefly analyze the way in which the stolen bicycle serves as a powerful yet muted allegory for the way in which the Second World War had effectively destroyed the traditional culture as well as the formerly proud infrastructure and institutions that had defined the Italian nation up until the outbreak of war.

In the Time of the Butterflies, which was released in 2001, directed by Mariano Barroso, is a movie based on the book by Julia Alvarez. The movie’s genre is a political drama and romantic drama. It focuses on the resistance of three Mirabal sisters to the dictatorship of General Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic during the 1950s.

Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 courtroom drama movie directed by Otto Preminger starring James Stewart, Lee Remick, George Scott, Eve Arden, and Ben Gazzara. The film is about a murder committed by Frederick Manion (played by Ben Gazzara), a US army lieutenant, after finding out that his wife, Laura Manion (played by Lee Remick) was raped by their acquaintance and bar owner Barney Quill.

The cinematic effects of Pearl Harbor (2001) mirror the historical and political significance of the movie. The narrative structure of the film contributes to the development of the film as a commemorative memorial of WWII although it is portrayed, subjectively, from the perspective of an American soldier.

As such, this brief essay will utilize Alexander Doty’s article to attempt to “queer” the film Hotel Transylvania. This process will help to educate the reader in to the many nuances that such a “queering” process can entail and with any luck also help to broaden the perspective and identification of such a reader with a broader understanding of queer topics, queer identification as well as queer lifestyle.

The story is written in a unique style. The story starts at the railway station where the two characters are seen waiting to departure to Madrid using a train. As the characters wait for the train, a disagreement arises amid them. Surprisingly, the argument takes on until the story ends.

The film depicts the lives of three young boys who struggle to lead a normal life in the banlieues of Paris, which fostered crime and poverty under the French government which ruled people with iron hands. La Haine is a film which shows how poverty and crime nourish each other.

The art of block printing dates back to the ninth century. The first block prints were used in game cards in Europe, which printed images from manuscripts (Smith, n.d.; James, Corrigan, Enshian, & Greca, 1997). b. In which country was this method of printing first used?

What is Black Dance? Black Dance baffles definition. Each one sees a new horizon. “In place of a thoughtful, thorough, and intelligent definition, we are given a glib grocery list of characteristics (or stereotypes). Black Dance consists of two words.

Children, being young and frail as they are cannot improve the system yet. Such, it would be necessary for few individuals in the persons of Ms. Rhee and Mr. Canada to stand up against the odds and fight the status quo that brings about mediocrity.

Individuals who can assimilate into a given culture, even while maintaining strong ties to their own language and culture group, can be seen to have a distinct advantage. Bilingualism is more common than we think, particularly in California.

The author explains that her husband and she are both working and also attending higher education. Therefore, a daily experience would involve waking at about 6 in the morning to prepare breakfast for the family; prior to going to their respective routines: children go to school, while her husband and she goes to their respective places of work.

The storyline is surrounded around prisoners at a Jewish concentration who are assigned a common task of herding their colleague Jews to execution. This means that the movie takes a look at genocide as a subject matter and uses a series of inner built themes to condemn acts that took place during the uprising (Macleans, 2010).

So far we have not studied a single artifact that can act as a ‘one-stop-shop’ for art. For this case, I read and researched about a unique artifact, actually an architectural city that is a one-stop-shop for artifacts. This historical architectural artifact is called the ancient city of Petra or “the city on stone” (Paradise 40). 

To convey the intended messages, symmetry is heavily employed. Images, events, and characters in the film appear in twins and doubles. Additionally, in both scene-to-scene and person-to-person dialogue is increasingly repeated throughout the film. During the caretaker interview, Stuart Ullman, the manager of Overlook hotel informs Jack Torrance of the probability of contacting cabin fever and that his family would be snowbound throughout winter.

He was a founding member of the realist movement and used it overtly in his style. While the rest of Europe was still enthralled by the classical and famous themes in their paintings, instead of focusing on their surrounding environment, Courbet and other realist pioneers countered this style with accurate portrayals of the working class and their lifestyles.

This essay analyzes Edvard Munch's life and art. He was remarkable for communicating most of these feelings, perceptions and ideas through painting. Munch was a symbolist artist. The symbolist artists used to communicate ideas and perspectives through paintings. The era of symbolic art lasted between the late 19th century and the 20th century.