Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

..the social body constrains how the physical body is perceived and experienced’ (Shilling, The Body and Social Theory, 2003, p.65). How far do you agree with the above statement? Choose at least two examples of the body in culture The body could be defined as the constituent of numerous elements making a single component present within a society.

ESSAY; CANTON-MOVIE ARTWORK BY PAUL SAMPLE By Name: Course: Tutor: Institution: Date: Introduction Artwork refers to any type of paintings or drawings on a piece of paper or surface aimed at conveying information about a particular activity or somebody. Artwork can also be a curved image of somebody or something.

As there is a saying “… There is no such thing as a life without any regrets.” The film Magnolia, which was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson in 1991, is also based on regrets to some extent. The plot of the story says that the movie is about nine different people who have faced regrets in their lives.

The subject matter of the painting is the birth of goddess Venus. In this painting Aphrodite emerges upon a shell from the sea as a fully grown-up woman in accordance with Greek mythology which justifies her birth in the same manner. The focal point of the painting is the goddess Venus portrayed in her ideal Renaissance form- pale skinned and red haired.

For example, although Wagner used modern materials throughout his architectural designs, he never distanced himself from traditionism aspects such as the inclusion of ornaments and classical architectural designs. Most of Otto Wagner’s projects were primarily public works structures and buildings and he contributed to a number of landmarks that left a lasting impact particularly on the appearance of Vienna, his home town.

The report would present a reflection from the book on the different concepts, artists, and the major artworks that have been obtained from the book. Also, a few artists have been considered in particular who have been able to touch the minds of the readers more than the others.

One of the most powerful contrasts in the movie is between the beginning when Spartacus, played by Kirk Douglas, is going through the paces in becoming a gladiator, to after he meets Varinia, played by Gene Simmons, through which he begins to feel emotions, leading him to feel rebellion against his oppressed position

From New York, this street aesthetic spread to Los Angeles, and ultimately internationally. In the different regions, different aesthetic approaches developed, with Los Angeles containing one of the most seminal styles. This essay considers graffiti artist with specific reference to Los Angeles artists, and the graffiti artists that influenced them.

College Works of Yoko Ono Vs Feminist art. Art created exclusively by women inevitably takes up the doctrine of women’s liberation. The artists find the women’s liberation as an underlying principle and an inspiration for a new system of aesthetic practice, which is called feminist art.

Its effect is as vast as the universe could defy. With this, it would not be a surprise if even the commerce industry has been affected by such instrument and its art. Media art can go a long way more than we can imagine, especially now that we are in the modern world, where everything is instant, and everything can be achieved more easily and more conveniently than before.

The film has revolved on how the little girl has learned, enhanced and performed her abstract artworks. However, the film failed to show how Marla created her artworks from start to finish. This loophole was observed and criticized by the media which drew the little poor girl into controversy (Ebert, p.1).

Therefore, films have greater influences on people than other means of mass communication. Movie makers consider their product as a source of revenue generation, besides being a platform to express their views and opinions. Thus, to gain mass appeal as well as to achieve realism, they include sex, violence and offensive dialogs in their movies.

It is evident that the ultimate goal of any negotiator is to achieve desired goals and represent their interests. As such, most negotiators play to win although some agree to compromise. Different problems will require different approaches and hence negotiators their most suitable strategies in a negotiation process.

Konstatin Brancusi work of art is a marble sculpturing that depicts two lovers kissing with their lips in full contact unlike in Auguste’s sculpture. The work of art is purely in marble to show Konstantin’s favour of marble to other elements used in sculpturing.

It was later published in 1966 by the Mercier Press. However, a new version of the play with some edited changes was produced almost two decades later. The adaptation of the film was released in 1990 with Sheridan as the director, and Harris Richard taking the lead role.

Examples are numerous and include inventions, works of art, literature, music and even famous orations. Studying such artifacts are important for a student of history because they provide a solid proof which can establish or substantiate a historical and cultural fact.

The author states that the film Blade Runner has Ridley Scott as the director and it is based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, written by Philip K. Dick. The film revolves around the quests of Rick Deckard. He hunts down the androids and replicants, who are his prey.

Throughout the movie, there are signs that James does not look upon his job as something that he has to do or something that he does not enjoy doing. It does not even imply that his job is something that he takes seriously.. Therefore, this points to the job being an addiction – James does it because he gets a thrill out of it.

Homosexuality was strictly prohibited in the military forces and those people caught in homosexual acts or suspected of the same would be removed from the force. Homosexuality in the military forces became an interesting area of discussion considering that the officers have to work under strict surveillance and adhere to strict code of conduct.

From the Ancient Near Eastern Art gallery, “Tribute bearer with an Oryx, a Monkey and a Leopard Skin” is exhibited at the metropolitan Museum of Art. It is a sculpture showing a man holding and pulling with his left hand the horn of an Oryx and holding an animal skin with his other hand while a monkey sits on his shoulder.

This was a reflection of Jesus on the day of his resurrection. He had appeared before Mary Magdalen looking like a gardener. (John 20:14-17 Luke 24:47). This painting is believed to have been painted around the baroque period (1577- 1640 AD). The dimension is 200 ?

Here is a marvel that interests the solider and the artist and that is a strange combination. This 70 meters long wonder of art, just 20 inches high, is a historical document, and reveals more than a war-book for an imaginative and creative mind.

The author states that there is the panoramic view shot where the subjects are shown from a far distance. For instance when the group of people are running toward the train and also the train itself; both are shot from an extremely long shot. There is the dollying where subjects are shot as they are on the move.

While they get entertained and cannot differentiate the theory used in making the movie captivating, the audience mostly appreciates a good work by a particular producer. Unknown to them, the producers have to decide on various elements to use in order to make the movie captivating and interesting.

The artwork can be described as: An angel with yellow wings, revealing the identity of Mary and Jesus, both being Tahitians, to two Tahitian women, wearing pareus, a cotton cloth having flowers prints that someone can drape from the waist. Very mountainous, somber background and flowering trees making appearing in the background.

This is to say that too much television exposure to a child at this age may affect brain development (Datta 119). This is because as the child grows it affects their health and social development. It damages their creativity and the sense of imagination. Parents assume that children will choose good programmes to watch; unfortunately, they spend more time in the television watching unproductive programmes (Voort 32).

The demonstration of this is the cartoon by Raphael called The Death of Ananias. The meaning of this event, according to Henry Fuseli, is made clear through the composition of the piece. It has a clear sense of centrality, yet the wings of the piece are also connected, and these are some of the elements that come together to provide meaning for the work.

This paper compares and contrasts Michelangelo Buonarroti and more modern artists. Considering the key differences in style, it should be emphasized that Renaissance is mainly featured with Manneristic approaches with the known grandeur, while Bouguereau’s realism is full of features that are common for Romanticism.

This essay talks about body images and explores the different formats such as media, fashion and the displays that are showcased in a variety of areas. This particular approach is one that has shaped the concept of body image and continues to create a specific set of beliefs in society and culture about how one should maintain their body.

This paper aims at exploring in depth spectacle blur boundaries between man and machines. The movie contravenes vital movie genre such as cybernetics, biotechnology, ecological apocalypse and virtual consumptions. Introduction According to Özyer (2013), The Matrix is a factious movie which deploys the use of kinetic excitement.

The class that Erin is assigned is known as the class of a group of children who are beyond the control of the school administration.  She is very keen and excited about her job but her enthusiasm does not last long as she discovers the fact that her journey is very difficult and she will have to face many challenges in teaching her students.

The ancient Mesopotamian poem of Gilgamesh has been revered, since its rediscovery in the nineteenth century, as a literary masterpiece. In Tablet I, Enkidu is said to have “a full head of hair like a woman” – a description which, as is clarified later, means that “Enkidu has no father or mother, [therefore] his shaggy hair no one cuts” (Tablet II).

The beautiful, marble statue is situated in Florence, Italy depicting a young and muscular David, holding the sling over his left shoulder (Statue of David). Donatello’s David is an earlier bronze representation of the hero, poised triumphantly over the slain enemy’s head.

” The children come forward and pay respect to him, touch the cutout and one could see the charged emotions on their innocent countenances. After providing such a backdrop, the children are asked to pray and profound vocabulary of Christianity pours out, like flesh and blood, principalities and powers, rulers of the darkness in this world,

During the 1950s and 1960s, Italy underwent drastic social, economic and cultural changes. This paper discusses the formal strategies used by Antonioni to critique these changes, particularly in relation to gender relations within the bourgeoisie.

It is therefore not surprising that the concept of architectural theory has been revealed to be a continuous process. Roth says “architecture is the chambered nautilus shell of the human species; it is the environment we build for ourselves, and which, as we grow in experience and knowledge, we change and adapt to our expanded condition.

The very character in the movie The Hunt for Red October is Jack Ryan. Ryan happens to be a very intelligent person who is confident that he knows the secret behind the renegade Soviet skipper’s attempt to escape with the submarine. Ramius is the skipper and is respected the most in the Soviet underwater navy.

The focus will be upon the problems that were discussed at that time . Firstly motivation – the low levels of motivation among the company’s employees as well as demotivation. This can be linked to the topics of the poor flow of information and the absence of knowledge creation.

In addition to his love for drawing, Warhol was impassioned by Hollywood movies so that he made regular visits to the local cinema to satisfy his admiration of the artists, not only on the screen but also on the creators of movies. By the age of nine, he received his first camera and this was a turn to the discovery of his talent in photography as he developed by himself in their basement (Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh).

The essay dwells upon the topic of the Latin American and African Movies. It is stressed, both Latin American and African Cinema belong to the Third World because of the prior Colonisation of both the countries and due to the fact that most of the cinema produced here is known to be dominated by economical, political, military and cultural factors.

The classic essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” by Laura Mulvey (1975/1985) has been considered as a primary material for feminist film theory, because it deepened film theorization through psychoanalytic spectatorship concepts and arguments.

Their journey was difficult since they travelled from Beirut into Palestine and finally into Egypt without any travel documents. They were permitted to stay by the Egyptian government and they settled in a popular district in Cairo in a one roomed flat. This was a difficult time for them since they were accustomed to living in large, luxurious palaces (IMDB 1990).

The central point of the story was actually the growing love and sexual tension between the leads. Using the murder investigation as to their reason for saying certain things to each other that they normally would not have the courage to say, Beckett and Castle are able to grow their relationship and understanding of one another. 

Portrayal of Women in Iran. Cinematic Portrayal of Women in Iran. Women in Iran The Iranian revolution in the 70’s has not only changed the media-driven image of Iranian society but has had a relatively larger impact on the image of women that depict them as suppressed and shackled by Islamic fundamentalism.

Visual art is one of the important ways of passing some cultural message, form one generation to another. Visual art borrows its ideas and builds on previous arts. In this paper, we are going to see how this applies. We are going to start by introducing an artistic article, which Manet produced in the 17th century.

A report on the topic “scrutiny of “Envirocrime” was set out on April 2003, by the committee made under the British Parliament following the London Act 1999. The committee was prepare to scrutinize the issues that are being the cause of environment hazards and needed to be legally dealt under the ‘envirocimes’.

The building is the oldest surviving pieces of Byzantine architecture and its beauty lies in its transformation and adaption to suit the needs of its occupants. From the exterior, one would envision Hagia Sophia as only a mosque and when I first encountered the building I believed that Christian elements within the original building would have been completely removed due to the Muslim influence.

Generally, Jan Steen’s paintings carry some hidden meaning within the outer layer of humor. Within this context, the work Wine is a Mocker by Jan Steen is with hidden meaning which mocks at the hypocrisy of human beings. For instance, the title of the painting (say, Wine is a Mocker) is comical but one must go beyond the title to understand the hidden meaning.

Introduction Ancient Egyptian art was created as a way of interpreting the perceptions of the Egyptian culture with regard to nature and how the culture interpreted the world around them and the supernatural world. According to Applegate most cultures use art to interpret such aspects such as time, space and death (2001).

In fact, visual media has become so strong that it actually shapes the ‘thinking’ of the people. The influence of the media can be called positive only if it inculcates positive things in the society. However, it has been observed that visual media has been responsible in misrepresenting many elements of the society.