Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

Marshal McLuhan’s The Gutenberg Galaxy, originally published in 1962 (republished in 1995), explores the transition of human civilisation from being an oral to a writing society, where the media have become increasingly diverse and prevalent in affecting the shape and direction of human communication.

Cinematic Experience. The simple or layman's definition of cinematic experience is the collective and tactile but often very short collective experience when a person watches a film production that depict the modern world and the many situations in which life itself is experienced by use of film.

Abstract This investigation explores the connections in tessellation and architecture focused upon the construction markets in Australia. The history and concept of tessellation is described including historic applications as well as present, modern usages.

Visual analysis may be effectively defined as scrutiny by the apparent exterior characteristics to arrive at a general estimate, also known as the inspection. This process involves various visual analysis techniques which enable one to categorically identify a photograph as well as categorize it accordingly. Visual analysis it’s effective. Though, its validity and level of details are dependent on the individual conducting it.

These internal and external forces constantly reshape each other in a never-ending cycle of change to the point that the identity is always redefining itself. The philosophers and scientists of the modern age have come up with a number of theories and models of how this process works, but it is still difficult for women.

The mode of presenting information in this article is via sections whereby the author outlines what the interpreter of any artwork ought to look for when analyzing. This is from the year of completion, principles used to relay information, and materials to the period from which the artist belonged. This source is helpful in highlighting varied aspects.

The Big Tease is an oil on canvas painting done by Ventrriano that depicts the position of women in society. In the painting of a couple, the man sits in higher positions than the lady who looks back at him as if asking a question. Interaction between men and women has attracted a lot of attention from artists since this is mainly defined by culture.

Thomas Edison invented the Kinetoscope, a box with a hand crank with which to run film over a lamp, similar to a “peep show”. Its limitations were obvious; the design limited the audience to one viewer.

The film opens with her monologue on a defensive play in American football. However, as early as the end of the monologue, one has the feeling that unlike other sports films, this one will not concentrate on the sport itself but how it plays up in real life.

One implicit argument that the filmmaker quite substantiates the motion picture with is the fact of life regarding ordinary decisions a person makes. When a person chooses to proceed with ways that are marked by her rebellious state of being, as in Dorothy’s case, the consequences of the choice become means for one to realize any shortcomings.

The author of the essay draws the difference between Superman and Batman. For example, Superman can fly, has herculean strength, is bullet proof, can shoot laser beams out of his eyes, and has x-ray vision, while Batman uses his clever mind (as a scientific genius) and gadgets to defeat criminals, along with his robust human strength, martial arts skills.

Frequently, it is important to distract oneself from routine errands and switch to cultural events that are able to stimulate own brain activity to reflection, learning process and obtaining of wisdom. Culture is not a mere interest in art, theatre or cinematography.

Hence although the protagonist in the film is firmly seated in one place, we are able to see multiple views through his eyes—or the eyes of the camera.  This Hitchcock has executed to perfection with close-up shots, tracking shots, and film montages. For example, when Jeffries is talking on the phone to the magazine editor he is looking outside into each of the windows where each neighbor is engaged in an activity.

The media is a very powerful tool that has a lot of influence all the world over. It is on record how the use of the media has been used to propagate various acts of evil including genocide and civil war in Rwanda and other parts of the world (Gellately and Stoltzfus, 2001, p.74). Equally disturbing is how the media has been so powerful in bringing about ethnic and religious conflicts in other parts of the world.

1Fine arts comprise of performing and visual art forms such as collage, assemblage, music, dance, theatre, sculpture, painting, calligraphy, film, photography, installation and conceptual art. Art, therefore, combines both purity of work and the level of refining to fulfill a given intended function and desire (Miller 3).1 In both film and visual arts, the development of creative thinking and imagination is crucial for ease of assembling reflections and developing new work.

The Greek sculpture embodied the ideal man. What was the peculiarity of this ideal? Greeks always believed that the beautiful soul can only live in the beautiful body. Therefore, the harmony of the body and the external perfection is a precondition and basis of the ideal man.

However, there is an equally large number of books and movies that depict the attitudes that people take towards gender in a satiric manner. Some also criticize them through techniques other than humour. Such texts often are able to understand the insidious ways in which patriarchy as a social system works and are able to look at the performative.

‘Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder’ is a famous saying and what better way to see beauty than in pieces of art? From my childhood, I had always been attracted to beautiful things and therefore pursued the same academically. In this visual report, I would be comparing and contrasting 2 ancient vases to learn about them and get a better understanding of the same.

‘The Gulf Stream’1 (1899) is a spectacular painting by one of the greatest American artists named Winslow Homer.2 (1836 – 1910) This painting, which is an oil on canvas 3 one, depicts a rough sea with a boat that is tossed about its waters during dusk.

The common factors about his films are his themes of love, religion, fate, alienation, compassion and interconnectedness. He has directed some of the best films ever seen in the industry with his unique style of storytelling evidently seen in his films. The main difference between the two films has been the chronology of the storytelling.

The Japanese filmmaking agency is also a victim of this trend in which entertainment is provided by using bold content. It is quite astonishing that such content is appealing to the masses who prefer movies that contain sexual activities or violence, especially the youngster who is more inclined towards movies that portray exploitation.

Analyze the relationship between the two art periods. Explain similarities or differences between the two art periods. Explain the purpose for continuing the tradition of the earlier art period or deviating from it. The ‘Medieval Art’ or the art of the Middle Ages is attributed to as that which largely comprised the earlier historical art period (A.D.

This paper is focused on the analysis of the first scene of the film and its association with the power which each character contains. It also presents the description of the scene along with the selection of Williamson as the most powerful character in the scene among all of the other characters.

In this case, the Georges Seurat's "A Sunday on La Grande gatte" was chosen and its implicit and explicit features are critically discussed in line with the concepts of Visual arts and film studies (Seurat and Hajo 35). The global history is composed of various cultural beliefs which in turned is characterized by diverse artistic works.

This paper focuses upon the article entitled “Hollywood's irrational allergy to 'black' films” written by Roland Martin and published in the CNN International Edition on January 14, 2012 proffered pertinent issues relative to Hollywood’s alleged barring of selecting and showing films with predominantly black casts.

Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple" and afterwards its film adaptation by Steven Spielberg's have raised gigantic and hot debate between media and African-American community.

This is particularly true for few ancient structures on our planet that are there for centuries and have got a touch of major civilizations while somehow avoiding a distortions and deformations of basic architecture on which they were perceived and built.

He is able to think ahead of his opposition and his victims. He keeps himself calm, cool and collected and seems to be unruffled by even the most drastic scenarios. Chigurh’s facial expressions have been of paramount importance. He keeps a rigid face and shows little or no feelings.

This film -- which is said to be not Orson Welles’ best film, but definitely his most financially successful film (Eggert) -- was released in 1946, where Welles directs himself, and in which he also plays the villain, and assumes the title role. The Stranger is one of the films of the “noir” type.

The reason for selecting this occupation is that it is my area of interest though I am specializing in third modeling. The company’s reputation in quality of service delivery and its popularity are the factors for its identification for this paper. I also happen to know the CEO of the company from my senior thesis project review where he is one of the comers and he gave me his business card after the review.

I have labored a lot in the gardens, and I sincerely feel the need to take a break. Life in London is busy and expensive. It differs from many places I have lived before. The size of my money bag constrains my expenditure. It is not an easy city to live in especially when for is a young lad belonging to my social class.

In effect, these city dwellers were really “exiles in their own city” and only became homeless by choice opting to have “gaily decorated carts” as a means of transport and home than the established facility of the city due to the harsh condition impose to them by the institution that made it a penitentiary. 

This term came be to be known as a kind of dream where the dreamer knows that he is a dream. It has also been termed as “Awake in Sleep.” Lucid dreaming has been associated with a fantasy world where the dreamer enters a totally different space and time, and at that time he is still awake along with the perception of the real world.

Many film studios in the golden age of Hollywood made very extensive use of sexuality in their marketing and in the mise-en-scène of their films. One theory that helps to illuminate how exactly this was achieved, despite some very draconian rules and regulations regarding nudity and suggestible postures, costumes, and symbols, is that of Laura Mulvey.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) is the third film of the Batman series directed by Christopher Nolan featuring the Dc comic character Batman. The trilogy revolves around a city named Gotham, from which the crime had been eradicated with help of the police department and Batman the super hero of the city.

One of the realities that currently constrains and directs the world in which we live is with regards to the impact that globalization has had in achieving something of a uniformity and/or singularity with regard to the way in which diverse regions and peoples interact with many of the same realities. Evidence of this is not particularly constrained to film.

The two artists produced very fine arts than any other artist during the renaissance period. In fact, there has been a strong debate as to who between the two artists was the greatest master. However, what many people agree about is the fact that the tow artists had many things in common.

Throughout the history of humans, culture has remained a basic concept but has exhibited dynamism an integral feature of all the cultures. As people interact with one another, they continually abandon old cultural practices that they consider redundant thus adopting new cultural features.

Most of the artists were elites and scholars from Europe. Some of the known artists in the era are Leonardo Da Vinci and Andreas Vesalius (Rifkin, 20). They used paintings and other artistic works to come up with an overview of the human anatomy. The studies depended on dissections and surgery that was carried out on dead people and animals.

It is important to note that Art serves to give a cultural identity to a given community. Art theory is a factor that is very relevant to this country since the interpretation is not uniform and there is a need to evaluate the relevance of each work presented in the museum to form part of the cultural heritage.

By making this decision, the band has generated an impulse of doom that echoes in the whole industry of classical music in America. The long cultivated controversy was silenced as the Philadelphia Orchestra staged a show on the Tuesday night in Carnegie Hall with Charles Dutoit, being the chief conductor.

On the contrary, the written statement is a presence to the reader by virtue of its having excluded, displaced, made supererogatory any such real thing as “the Orient”... that Orientalism makes sense at all, depends more on the West than on the Orient, and this sense is directly indebted to various Western techniques of representation”.

Every institution wants to fit in with the changing world. Each day, there are new inventions in almost all fields from medicine, to media to even the military. Researchers have taken a new dimension in the way they conduct their studies to produce the best. Cyborg technology is one of the fields that have received greater attention.

The artwork that is available in this region is not only associated with the recognition among the area but also is in strong demand from African – Americans. Many that are associated with this artwork are also noting that the demand to appreciate the cultural value among other sectors of the globe could create better alternatives for those living in society.

The first Weld County Courthouse made of logs, was built in the 1860s, on a farm near Platteville. The building of the second one occurred in 1883, in the same location before the present one, which begun in 1915 and completed in 1917. According to Bowman Creations (1), the Weld County Courthouse is an extraordinary illustration of the Beaux-Arts architectural style designed by William N.

It is imperative to realize that, as it appears in the movie “With Honors” that it is not only socially correct but economically beneficial as well, to prepare efficiently for adulthood life by learning the basics. Graduating with honors alone by submitting a thesis in time is not a sufficient milestone in the course of life.

In 1949, the Chinese civil war erupted and put an abrupt end to the Republican Era of Chinese history, and ushered in a new age where the government would play an even greater role in shaping China’s artistic production than it did in the history preceding it.  Suddenly all aspects of life were strictly under government control, and art was no exception.

Rembrandt has put the canvas in the painting, as the most important part of the painting. It is slightly off to the right making it even bigger than it is. The size of the canvas dominates the painting. As he is standing far from the painting, one would assume it is not a portrait painting. It could be a composition of people or a scenic theme. 

The survey was conducted by the institution in 2009, on the top one hundred highest earning movies of that year. Less than thirty five percent of the talking characters were women while the rest were men. This huge gap in the number of movie roles has been in existence for centuries, despite the feminist movement, and advancement in the movement for gender equality.

This researcher of this paper aims to analyze Herbert Boeckl, the modern art painter. He began the study of architecture at Vienna’s Technical University after he failed in the admission into the Fine Arts Academy in Vienna. After an initial period of study, he turned self skilled, to painting in 1914 exercising a lifelong weight on Austrian art.