Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

The assumption of this creation is that these films exist outside of the controlling influences of the established institutional structure and thus are more able to question the established social hierarchies. However, there is something of a misnomer in this assumption in that many of these feature films are actually produced or distributed by smaller subsidiaries of the larger houses, enabling them to be created with smaller budgets, are given lower budget marketing campaigns and smaller releases.

This paper compares a woman in the mirror by Lautrec and the Almeh by Gerome. The portrait allows Gerome to present the sexuality of the woman as she dances to music. The artistic work can be viewed better in the view of a feminist artistic approach that goes deeper to examining and interpretation of the cultural dynamics and political context.

Cubism artists were trying to show their content of the subject substance in the perception of the mind rather than that of the eye.  It adheres to a statement by Paul Cezanne that all the things in nature assume the form of a cone, globe, and cylinder. The three geometries are used to show the object of art.

Pioneer of Artificial Light Art like Zdeněk Pešánek elaborate the colossal connection which artificial light holds for almost a century. There is no possibility for a person to look at Pešánek’s work on display and fail to think of his modern Siegfried Kracauer who envisaged of electricity and light as untainted flows.

Whity (1971) by Rainer Werner. Rainer Werner, a renowned German writer, movie director and actor, wrote the movie known as Whity, in 1971. He is commonly known as Fassbinder and was born in 1945. It is one of Fassbinder's personal and famous developments in his career.

(Mallory) In 1610, he signed a six year contract of apprentice under FRANCISCO PACHECO who also taught him how to read and appreciate literary written works. They became friends and Pacheco allowed Velazquez to marry his daughter. In 1616, he finished his apprentiship after completing his examine and entered the XX where he officially received the title of "artist" During his apprenticeship, he mastered the "tenebrist naturism" of the Italian School.

Adaptation of the Color Purple from Alice Walker and Steven Speilberg's movie Alice Walker is a poet, author and activist of African American heritage. She is an acclaimed writer of both essays and fiction work, in which she talks candidly about gender and race.

This research will begin with the statement that personalities within the society have made grave provision to the development of factors marked as key provisions in achieving development and entertainment. These development attributes have been inputted to offer entertainment that is desired by the majority within the community.

However, all beauties have truth behind them and many historical facts which can defame them. The controversial historical facts and the unmatched architect make the Taj Mahal one of the most famous monuments of all time. The architectural exhibit of Taj Mahal was the mixture of Persian and Hindu cultural and engineering elements (Mobile references, 2007, n.p.).

Realism strongly came out in 19th century art. This can be understood through the stimulating character of realistic art. Realistic art in 19th century should be seen in the perspective of social and political structures, and pictorial and aesthetic conventions1.

In the first-ever conducted international survey on children and media violence, a UNESCO study underlines television’s dominant role in the lives of young people around the world and its impact on the development of aggressive behaviour, paving the way for a stronger debate between politicians, producers, teachers and parents (Goebel).

Warner Bros released the film in October 1973 and, it earned a selection in the US National Film Registry for been the best cultural and aesthetic film of the century (Martin, & Scorsese, 1973). This paper gives a review of the movie mean streets, through an analysis of its plot, themes and cinematography techniques.

The Xia Gui (1195-1224) existed in the early Ming dynasty and was one of the works of Xia. The works of this artist were ordinary, done using ink monochrome and several colours. He was the founder of the Ma-Xia school of landscape painting. His artwork is identified by angular strokes that are sharp and short.

The films on the World War II were usually violent and consisted of suspense and drama. The film makers had faced many of the problems in making such films and only few of them were successfully accepted by the critics and the people. The directors who were successful in their attempts to make war films were Roman Polanski and Steven Spielberg.

X Men First Class has a very thrilling story line with twists and turns keeping the audience on edge throughout the duration of the film. As an action packed fantasy thriller, it performed extremely well at the box office because of it appealed to the minds of most young adults because it falls under the category of a superhero genre mixed with a little bit of science fiction, based on characters that have gene mutations, appearing in Marvel comics.

According to history, Edward Gorey and Aubrey Beardsley were great illustrators in their era. Edward Gorey was born in Chicago in 1925 and he loved drawing and reading English authors when he was young. On the other hand, Aubrey Beardsley was born in 1872 and died from tuberculosis in 1898 as a young and talented illustrator and author.

Generally speaking, Hollywood has widely been regarded as the hub of film production in America, and across the globe. Despite the cultural richness of Great Britain and the superpowers of the nineteenth century, Hollywood became the symbol of exhilaration in the film world (Neale and Smith, 1998, p. 20).

Some of Franco’s most famous film includes Miss Muerte, which was filmed in 1965, Getraumte Sunden, which was filmed in 1967, La Comtesse Noire in 1973 and The Castle of Fu Manchu filmed in 1968. Jess Franco was described by Carlos Aguilar as amazing film producer who has had a significant impact on the history of Spanish cinema.

Art has always been a manner for societies to express their rituals and behavior.In other words, it can be said that art has allowed generations to send out the message of their lifestyle and rich history. With the passage of time,transition which has taken place in the history of mankind within the context of environment has relatively evolved as a newer sub-discipline

With this overview analysis on the articles main aim it will in addition help interpret and analyze the Chinese culture by centralizing mainly on the theme of change in the three movies while also highlighting their similarities and difference of how they are represented in the films.

The art market is importance when it comes to a network of international economic activity. The art market is predominant in cities such as New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Geneva, Milan, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Financial and cultural capital is important for a city in order to have an art market and the above-mentioned cities have it in abundance. 

Advancement of the art of drawing is not a simple task. Often, an artist undergoes several challenges in determining a new course of drawing. In addition to the problems involved in discerning the facets of artwork one needs to change in order to be considered creative, there is the other challenge of condoning censure and criticism.

In the 1930’s, it viewed the camera as an essayist. Using a series of pictures, post war dramatic scenes were published. The pictures with captions were quite effective in letting its readers experience the information presented. In addition, documentary photography became very popular in depicting grotesque and vivid images of the Great Depression.

This essay analyzes Chinese Brushwork in Calligraphy and Painting. The main reason that was behind the use of these materials included that these writings were more enduring in comparison with those written using ink on paper. Calligraphy describes all forms of writing but gives no distinctions between script written with pen stylus or brush.

Erin Brockovich fails a lawsuit which she had filed against a doctor with whom she had a car accident. As a compensation for the loss, she convinces her lawyer to give her a low-level assistant’s job at the Los Angeles law firm who, out of sympathy for her, grants her the job. She was not taken seriously.

The plot of 300 has two main sources – one is the historical battle Thermopylae whilst the other is the comic book based on this historical event, also called 300. The basic plot is that a Persian king, Xerxes I of Persia, who is on the path of world conquest, decides to invade Greece and take over the entire area.

Regnault studied in both Rome and Paris and later went on to win the Prix de Rome and gain notoriety for his painting. He joined the studio of the painter Jean Bardin, and in 1768 accompanied him to Rome where he met with early neoclassical theorists and artists. This influenced his painting of “The Deposition” in ways that Neoclassicists attempted to recreate the Renaissance ideals.

In her determination, Maria accepts to work as a drug mule all in the name of getting money that is enough to care for her, as well as the family members (grandmother, mother, sister, and infant nephew). Her acceptance to act as a drug mule follows total lack of direction for finding a new and better job that can cater for her needs, as well as those of the family members (Snyder 25).

The movie Maria Full of Grace is a remarkable movie that tells of the lives of three drug mules. The main character is Maria. In the movie Frida, Frida remains as the main character. In the movie Like Water for Chocolate, Tita is the main character. These three movies talk about the lives of women that underwent huddles in their lives to reach where they went.

The two had wide spread newspaper article sequence in which Gertrude’s name was showed to public. During the start of summer in 1914, Gertrude purchased three paintings of Juan Gris. Shortly after she bought them from Daniel- Henry Kahnweiler, the grand war started, Kahnweiler’s collection was confiscated, and then he was banned from returning to Paris.

In order to achieve all these effects, different artists adopt different styles of portraying their works. This way, artists are synonymous with a particular style that is prevalent in their pieces. This may range from the use of color, texture, proportion or the subject of concern.

The author of the paper will begin with the statement that cinema is one of the main aspects that have shaped German culture. The history of German cinema dates back to the end of the nineteenth century. However, during this time, it had not gained much prominence in the country and only a few actors participated in it (Reimer et al 16).

People from the Buddhist tradition highly venerated Buddha’s relics. This resulted in the division of the relics among eight territorial clans, to avert conflict among the clans. I have also understood that, in the article, there is an issue regarding the theft of the relics. In essence, justified theft can be committed in the Buddhist tradition, in a specified circumstance.

In Avatar, regarding décor, there is very impressive imagery contained in the setting of the scene. It was perfectly used to greatly amplify the characters' emotions in the heat of the moment of their duel. In the shots, the futuristic mechanization of colonel  Quaritch’s machine and Jakes old fashioned flesh and bones in Avatar, have a good color scheme that stresses the rich personal space station environment.

Thesis American psychedelic posters and conceptual images have made considerable transformations in the recent years. They have made the world of art a more fascinating scenario than it earlier was. The images that remain paramount must be visually deeply genuine, striking and intellectually stimulating.

State legislatures have been deeply involved in the public debates about how to define marriage and whether the official recognition of “marriage” should be limited to relationships involving one man and one woman or that same-sex couples should also be entitled to “marriage.” State legislatures have gone both ways in this debate: either enacting “defense of marriage” laws and constitutional provisions or, going the opposite direction, adopting laws allowing same sex marriage (NCSL, November, 2012).

The art involved engagement in perilous activities and had an unstable future; however, these assertions never materialized with the invention and creation of the new three dimensional stained glass windows. Art thrives through practice, it is an innate energy perfected through constant practice and training, artist better their creation through constant innovation and trying out other alternatives to the conventional artifacts.

Due to the high level of multiculturalism amongst the Chinese, the event is open to people from different parts of the world as well. The event takes place in San Francisco, China town. Families and friends meet in San Francisco and get the chance to purchase different varieties of flowers and fruits.

Following a plot based on real-life occurrences, the play Women of Troy as produced by the UTSC depicts the sufferings of women in the pre-medieval Greek. Coincidentally, the play was produced during the great Peloponnesian war and has thus far been referred to as a commentary on the war. The play opens up with war, mayhem, Troy has come under the greatest attack in the history.

The author states that in the thought of Jones, Yemen would not be worthy to carry out the salmon fish business, as the temperatures were not conducive enough as well as the water levels could not sustain the salmon. In this case, it is also probable that cultural issues will affect the success of the salmon fish industry.

What effect would an Academy winning director Curtis Hanson for the 1997 LA Confidential make by directing a debut movie for the Controversial, Grammy-Award winning rap star Eminem? Well the movie was going to be quite electrifying. This movie, 8 mile,would go on to receive as many as 19 nominations for prestigious awards and win 9 of these awards including an Oscar (IMDb).

Between the sixteenth century and nineteenth century, several European countries colonialized by exertion and established their political entity over another political entity in different geographical location. Portugal, Spain, England and France and Holland were the primary “exporters of control” while America and its neighbouring island.

From this research it is clear that the strong force of transnationalism impacts Asian filmmakers greatly. Globalization and technology has basically leveled boundaries and brought countries together. Hence, it is an exercise in futility to continue to shroud the cinemas with solely nationalistic themes and to try to shun away the influence of the west and of Hollywood.

This paper discovers the phenomenon of knockoffs in the context of fashion. It was greater than art as they provided the reason for living a life you want to live as per your style. With the passage of time, fashion has turned into the form of applied art. In yester years, one was putting the clothes on the body aiming at to cover and keep the body warm.

The objective of this study would be to examine the oppression of widows portrayed in the film “Water”, to demonstrate that it is contrary to the image of oppression of women that was portrayed in post colonial cinema, i.e, as originating from colonial rule.

The author states that the mise en scenes and editing elaborately portray the characters and the brisk and quickening plot toward war. When Tucker listens to the radio show with Foster, he is shown in a medium shot to focus on his bodily actions. His actions confirm what he is saying; he believes that Foster is a complete idiot.

While I had the potential to remain in Kuwait and study, I was thrilled by the opportunity to pursue my education abroad and establish my independence. My upbringing in a Bahai family in the cultural context of Muslim society imbued me with a sense of restriction from an early age.

Name “300” Warner Brothers Pictures 2006. Is “300” Historically Accurate? Zack Snyder's “300” is a dramatic version of the Battle of Thermopylae. The film shows Persia's King Xerxes and his more than 100,000 soldiers battling with Sparta's King Leonidas and his 300-strong army.

In a year, around 600-700 movies are made in Hollywood. These movies are made by different directors, writers, technicians and studios. We have indeed been blessed with a pool of a wide variety of filmmakers and studios. Due to this, almost 90% of these movies will have a different nature when compared to each other.

From Persian tales, Turandot was drawn out by the Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi for his Tales for the Theatre. Translating Gozzi’s play into German, Schiller strengthened its drama, “amplified” the characters, and re-wrote the scene of Turandot’s puzzles. Puccini placed more emphasis on the dramatic atmosphere of the action.