Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

He was asked to give his opinion but he answered with profound silence. He withstood the pressures from friends, family members and faced ridicule from political foes. The King wanted to have his way, and planned to use him as the lever to push his cause.

Neorealism is more often used in connection with cinema in Europe immediately after the Second World War. Once again it was a reaction against excessive emotion, but in this case it had more to do with political movements such as Fascism in Germany and Italy, and a desire to depict some kind of stable and realistic order in a society that had been morally and economically devastated.

His antidote to the fascist nation state is anarchy, which would lead to the dissolution of the state and the rule of the people. An analysis of such a novel from a historical point of view would be an interesting exercise since it undermines the traditional notions of history as the past.

Laputa itself is an adaptation from Gulliver’s travels by Jonathan Swift. Originally made in Japanese, the film was distributed first by Streamline pictures as an English dub from 1989. Later, Disney produced its own English dub in 1998 as a video release, tentatively slated to be released in 1999.

  The United States is considered to be one of the countries in the world that have been rated with the highest number of prisoners suffering from mental illnesses such as depression and bipolar disorders, which are both chronic and nonchronic (Mays & Winfree, 2009).  

The dragon and its powers of good are held in high esteem and dignity in China. The dragon has been regarded as an auspicious creature which has the power to bless and influence the lives of the primitive people. The dragon was adopted as a national icon when the tribes fought for domination and came under a common banner. 

The paper explains why most of the historical structures people see around reflect the period when the actual civilization began, and the cultural attachment to this. Iowa State University is one of the global institutions of higher learning that boasts different historical structures which represent masterpieces of art. 

The concept of a celebrity loses its significance without its connection with the public as implied by the fundamental definition of the term “celebrity”; “French word célèbre, meaning ‘well known in public’…ties celebrity to a public, and acknowledges the fickle, temporary nature of the market in human sentiments”.

Shinto as a religion evolved from the belief in a deity that is also known as Kami. The Shinto adherents believe that the Kami inhabit the Japanese landscape in the waterfalls, rivers, and mountains. People who are revered in their culture also become Kamis, including their ancestors.

This is as a result of certain aspects on the pieces of art that make them so much recognized. However, some of these pieces of art have become centers of controversy either because of the style that they embrace or as per the societies view of what proper art should be.

Misunderstanding of the film’s central theme may also occur due to incorrect translation or different patterns of audience perception. Hence, some nations may see the problem of racism depicted in the film, while in reality, there is another implication of the filmmakers that can be left unrecognised.

The author states that the two paintings represent polarities in many respects. Mantegna’s work is characterized by a kind of intense realism and faithfulness of composition, there a sense one gets from viewing the work of Jordaens that the latter painter focused on idealizing the painting and incorporating unique perspectives.

Da Vinci broke new ground for a painting technique in many of his paintings. He introduced a color shading technique called "Sfumato". There after he indulged in demonstrating his complete mastery in painting techniques including chiaroscuro and which enabled him in creating extremely realistic three dimension pictures.

The painting named as La Grenouillere by the world renowned painter Claude Monet, displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is symbolic of the artist’s relationship with nature and his role in art history as the mastermind behind Impressionism. Observation: Closely observing the artwork (see appendix-1), it is evident that the main theme is related to human perception of the living world, or the bond between happiness and natural beauty.

The piece starts by stating two important points in film history when sound quality has been important: the star wars trilogy and wolfgang peterson’s ‘das boot’. Stating these two key examples, stilwell argues that most of the work done on the soundtrack in cinema is grossly underappreciated and understudied in the world of cinema, particularly with respect to the fact people purchase soundtracks in the understanding that it refers only to the musical score.

At its core, La Ley del Deseo tells of a gay love triangle but veers off from conventional representations of gay people in the film. La Ley del Deseo is presented in a manner that embraces culturally touchy issues with a hint of humor and comedy. One of the primary issues tackled in the movie is homosexuality, which is a sensitive topic even among the most enlightened people in the society.

The organized and well-established form of gambling or crime is named as Yakuza. The voluntary formulated Yakuza is well recognized for illegal acts related to social, religious, cultural disharmony and significantly controlling the commercial and trade activities of the state. The major purpose of the work is to analyze the problems associated with Yakuza.

This is the use of shades of light in dark areas to function as a visual signpost. This is done by lighting what is important and darkening what is unimportant. In this way, the director will direct the eye of the audience on what is intended. In the movie, an exemplary scene is at the final scene where leaves the car just before they get shot.

Here, an anthropologist goes physically to the field, in which case, is the indigenous community, to study them. In ethnography therefore, the researchers study the various cultural traits of a community. In this case, during the 19th and 20th Centuries, anthropologists involved in ethnographic research considered photography as one of the important methods of their data collection.

While the dramatizations and references of the film are plentiful and interesting, there is so much about photography, setting, costume, lighting and composition that can be realised from it. Most importantly, the film is in French but its director, Carl Dreyer who is Danish did his best to bring out the conspicuously imaginative and fine utilization of the camera.

The individuals interviewed for this study indicated that Armani, as an established luxury brand, the company can sell new product lines based almost solely on their reputation alone. This impacts the small luxury brand as the initial focus needs to be on developing such a loyal customer base that repeat purchases are almost a given.

The site interested me because of various reasons (which will be explained) therefore I will take it under consideration for this assignment. Date: November 19, 2013 Time: 5:00 PM Observation: This place is of a great interest as it attracts people close to the nature.

Some of the factors for consideration in visual analysis include: elements in the image, colors used, main characters in the image, scene of image, context of image and tone of the image. Elements The Batkid picture was taken on 15th November 2013. The picture was taken in San Francisco city and has been organized by a foundation known as Make-a-Wish foundation.

The process of creating a film involves a wide variety of inputs that are integrated to form the final product. For instance, during the process of envisioning and designing a film, the director, production designer, and art director (in collaboration with the cinematographer) are concerned with several major spatial and temporal elements.

This essay discovers the works of Ron Teachworth. Teachworth began his visual arts career in a more representational way, when figures and landscape appeared more realistically as a result of his expertise in drawing. He has also worked as a photographer, finding images of primarily cityscapes, in which patterns play major roles.

The author states that when Harry Mitchell came out of the prison after completion of his sentence, his co-partner in crime, Billy Norton offered him to live in his apartment provided that he had to work for his criminal associates. Mitchell on his way back to welcome party saved a woman named Penny from being mugged.

The movie showed the coping strategies of an autistic person when he is forced into doing something he does not like. This was shown in the scene where Charlie, Raymond’s brother was forcing Raymond to ride an airplane which Raymond has a fear of. He responds by mindlessly screaming in the airport amidst the crowd.

The original French title of the film is ‘La Regle du jeu’ and its director is Jean Renoir who is also its writer and bears a role as well in the movie. The movie was casted as the biggest commercial failure for Renoir at the time of its release and was repeatedly banned due to a number of reasons including its long duration and the eruption of the World War II.

The uniqueness of the description of war comes in the limelight when Joey, the main character of the film acts as the supreme commander of moral conducts. The reason for Joey coming forward is that the officers are too concerned about becoming heroes and the fighting militia is just set up to feed the weapons.

Inevitably, his views on alien life and space exploration exude in his film, “2001: A Space Odyssey” (“Space Odyssey”), which uses rich imagery and innovative visual effects to demonstrate the metaphysical and philosophical implications of outer space exploration and actual alien contact.

That there are many literary devices that literary artistes choose from is not in doubt. Being the assigning of human attributes to non-human entities, anthropomorphism is one of the widest used literary devices. The case remains the same in the epic film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers which had been written by J. R. Tolkien.

Ironically, all the three kids were precious geniuses. As a child investor, Chas (Ben Stiller) made a large profit. Three times US Nationals winner and a junior tennis champion were Richie. The adopted Margot, won a $50000 Braver man Grant while in 9th grade, was a playwright. Suddenly Royal abandons his family.

The spire is made of stainless steel and there are a band of hubcaps on a section of the spire. The top of the building is pyramid shaped with overlapping arches that give the building a taller appearance. The Chrysler is an example of Art Deco Architecture because of its use of angular, symmetrical geometric forms.

Importantly, art has adopted various styles over the history, which has advanced with humanity’s talents, interests and perceptions about the prevailing situations. Indeed, art is a reflection of the state of humanity and culture, hence dynamism presented by these virtues are constantly depicted in it.

The role of the family in the society has not changed so much since the dawn of human civilizations. It is an accepted fact that the family shapes an individual’s overall personality as well as his or her choices, beliefs, values as well as responsibilities to the family and to the state.

It is evident that such crisis will soon reshape our relationship and attitude towards technology. Human identity is the idea that defines the nature and purpose of humanity. Although technology is a scientific field, artistic fields usually have the first encounter with technology (Bostrom 225).

The Aztecs lived in central Mexico from 14th to 15th century. The Aztecs civilization and culture is recognized through archaeological evidence found in archaeological sites such as Templo Mayor. The Aztecs worshipped many deities such as Xipe Totec. Xipe Totec is the oldest Aztec deities. The portrait or picture of Xipe Totec depicts an image.

Famous paintings are often magnified that it could not be avoided that other artists base their artworks from them. For instance, the artwork above is obviously similar to that of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. The subject matter is about a beautiful woman. However, da Vinci’s art will perhaps always hold the characteristic that made it very famous.

Jack Ryan has contributed significantly to modern art, especially following the artistic work that he presented at the unprecedented September 8, 2012, exhibition. Most of his work among other contributors has stimulated intellectual titles including the New Listeners that have featured notable interdisciplinary artists including Jesse Sugarmann (Gablik 456).

The foundation of World War I is persuasive phrases, airy patriotism, and heroics which were quite emotional - but in reality, it was merely a duel among two units of a royal family for the control of Europe. In the end, 20 million people were killed in a gross manner which set the stage for World War II that killed over 50 million people.

Manborg is a movie that adheres to certain norms of movies of the science fiction genre. Owing to the low budget that it was filmed on, however, there are inadequacies in the kinds of effects that it is able to offer its viewers. This was one of the main flaws that were detected in the movie by viewers.

The picture is divided into 3 portions; the upper, middle and the lower portions. The first segment of the art shows wild animals such as buffaloes, wildebeests and zebras grazing at the grasslands of the park. The park has huge fields of the savannah grasslands where the wild animals graze.

The Boiler room has scenes that portray business and ethical issues. Apparently, business should have standards and principles that guide the behavior of all actors including customers, stakeholders, employees and the community. The determination of whether a special business practice is ethical, unethical, accurate.

Osborne’s ‘A Celebration’, The Poetry of life’ makes a true exploration of her own spirituality and transformation through the depiction of the female figure, animals, and nature in her artwork that is well correlated with the artist’s own personal life and the psychological journey she traversed from childhood until the present times.

The stars of the epic films are Evan McGregor, Ian McShane, and Nicholas Hoult. Billy Nighy, StanelyTucci and Eleanor Tomlinson are also stars in the film.The film depicts the yarn of a youthful farmhand and a princess.Jack is the farmhand who rescues the young princess he has fallen in love with from giants.

The children acquire their personalities as they grow and interact with others in their surroundings (Balmès, 2010). The parents and the rest of the community help to shape the personality of the children. In Namibia, the wider community plays a very significant part in shaping the personality of Ponijab as they are all involved in nurturing the child

In conventional films offers entertainment and aesthetic values to the audience. They have a linear dimension where the storyline is pre-determined. The start, climax or middle, and the end are known by the director from the initial stages. They limit the participation of the audiences as well as immersed experiences compared to interactive films.

The sequence starts with the water from the tap dripping in a specific rhythm, followed by the cadence of the guards footsteps, then the cutaway to the face or Roxie, afraid and uncertain as the begging bars of the the song begin to stream in.

The producer experienced difficulties in approving the setting of shooting. The excesses flagged out on the film were entirely genuine. From the scenes of the dances, boxes of cut flowers were delivered from the Sanremo daily. The candles were changed in an hourly basus and the tableware that was lent by Palerno nobility was used.

The film The Gods Must Be Crazy demonstrates the absolute contradiction between the culture of Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert and the modernized society. The cultural difference between the two is clear in values, characters and various world views of the characters in the film. The languages used by the characters in the film differ from each other. The Bushmen used their own language to communicate with other members.