Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

The earliest computers never used the mouse technology. This is because their applications were based on command prompt. Some common types of mouse include mechanical, optical and wireless. The first mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1968 after completing his research concerning studies about the human interpretation with computers.

This paper will juxtapose two very popular TV analyzing the gender roles presented in them. Friends is an incredibly popular TV show, it is watched by millions all across the globe. It is one of a kind of Sitcom which is well appreciated and followed by countless people.

Written in 1987, M. Butterfly is a play that is loosely grounded on an actual affiliation amid Shi Pei-Pu and Bernard Bouriscot. Shi Pei-Pu is a character in the play posing as a male vocalist of the Peking masque and Bouriscot is another character posing as a French ambassador.

Along with his brother and younger sister, Bronislava, Nijinsky toured the dance circuit with his parents, performing at opera houses, concert halls, summer theaters, and circuses. His professional debut was at a circus in Vilno, as a chimney sweep who rescued a piglet, a rabbit, a monkey, and a dog from a burning house and then extinguished the fire (Acocella).

Museums have been facing several changes inside and out of the country due to the new expectations of the audience such as students, tourists, donors. As a result this has caused challenges to the museum management.

Benedick and Beatrice are like male and female versions of the same character type. They predictably get into arguments with each other, partly to amuse their friends, but partly also because they have so much in common with each other, and make such equal and entertaining sparring partners.

Agora has recently been exhibited in 2006. It has become the center of attraction for thousands of people. All around the globe people especially come to Chicago to see these exceptional art works that are located in the Grant Park in Chicago. The thing which differentiates Agora from all other conventional sculptures is that they are a completely new type of statues with an entirely unusual look.

According to the report parthenon has a historical setting in which in represented the Athenian Empire, which was at the statue of its power. Now as its work on construction continued to take place, it later represented the physical and visible efflorescence of the Athenian imperial power. It symbolizes the power and influence of the Athenian politician.

From the screened texts of weeks four, the relationship between gender, sexuality, and power has been intertwined within the constraints of cultural diversity. The TV and film industry portray Australia as a nation where all the people are immigrants from foreign nations and hence share a rich heritage of cultural diversity.

He took up to 70 photographs in just two days after the civil war took place. It was the first time that photographs of dead people were taken in the American history. He got his interest in the field of photography in 1851 after seeing the photographs of American Mathew Brady in Hyde Park London, during his visit.

In trying to elaborate on these feelings, which an artist cannot possibly put in words, a new channel of expressing oneself emerges in the form of art, where the artist can then express all his/her emotions well without any hindrances, like the one existing when the expression has to be done through a word of mouth (Collingwood, 110).

The researcher of this explores the land-art object of Robert Smithson. In 1970, Robert Smithson created what is known as the Spiral Jetty. The Spiral Jetty was completed in 1970 and is located in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Museums around the world show pictures of the earthworks created by Robert Smithson.

The company is based in the UK and thus faces numerous problems such as tax matters and instability among others. Therefore, it is highly suggestible for the British Airways Holidays to expand its place of operation to other countries as well where it can acquire better scope to gain higher revenues.

Generally, it is essential to state that I believe that Jahangir had a grandiose vision by which he wanted to be remembered as an emperor who not only ruled well but kept an interest in acquiring whatever beautiful and rare things available on earth, for increasing the ‘wealth’ of his kingdom (97-99).

The sculpture has many idealistic qualities to it that aid in celebrating the royal image of the king. For example, the piece shows Louis XIV as a Roman emperor, calling on the authority of the ancients to equate him with the heroes of the ages. He is shown wearing a contemporary curly wig and sitting atop a strong steed, further demonstrating his ties to authority and nobility.

At the start of his career as a photographer, Louis Carlos Bernal did not know what to expect from the path he had chosen. The path came about as a result of an exhibition he was meant to head. It was about this time that his fascination and intrigue for his culture grew. During the exhibition, the passion he had for his roots was fuelled.

The paper will analyze the surrealism movement and its influence on fashion. Surrealism is literature and an artistic revolution that emerged in the beginning of the twentieth. The main aim was to transform the world’s perception through expression of creative aspirations and imaginations free from conscious logical direction.

The author explains that the four designs are a representative of four significant concerns: the state of food security when the globe is overpopulated as represented by Foragers, dilemma of insecurity posed by terrorism as represented by Stop and Scan and EM Listeners. Finally, Afterlife is meant to be used domestically.

Location and culture is another important factor in the film. The setting is a location that is far from the urban area. The roads leading to the house are abandoned and dark without lighting or street lights. This, by all means, causes a chill to the audience and leaves a thought that something ought to happen.  

When the storm is taking so long that food is running out, the three draw lots for who will have to go out into the blizzard to obtain something to eat. Larsen loses and leaves the cabin. While outside looking for food, he encounters Jim's gold deposit and decides to ambush him there when Jim returns.

An amazing exhibit of the Psychedelic experience was opened this week at Denver Art Museum and it featured rock posters from San Francisco in the peak of Bill Graham as well as an electric Kool-Aid. There was an amazing and glamorous second smaller room that was known as Side Trip which was near the poster show.

The author states that the language used by Walt goes ahead to describe Asians and African American, as well Caucasian Americans per brutally racist terms, although this racism is done all so tastefully that it is difficult to term the film as fully racist in its communicative language. In addition to this tastefully crafted racist language.

In the light of the above analysis, it is clear and accurate to conclude that violence can be used as a media spectacle. How media present violent situation and most specifically domestic violence can largely influence people perception of conflict. In addition to assisting in dealing with high standards crimes.

It is the inter-textuality among these movies which this piece seeks to establish, as well as the use of the melodramatic genre to tackle adult themes of this type. The all-encompassing theme that is predominantly palpable in the three above films is the love element between the lead characters, and the use of the melodramatic genre.

The researcher of this paper aims to analyze the classical mythology concept in art.The concepts which are developed as well as the philosophies that have been created with the techniques have led to a different approach and understanding of the art work as well as how it is able to build a specific statement about the mythology.

The paper goes on to highlight the oppositional use of appropriation in the contrast that is created between old and new elements, and pinpoints the element of cultural questioning that the artist provokes in the viewer. In this particular instance the most striking element which the artist has “borrowed” from the past is the phrase “I … therefore I am.” In the original version, which was in Latin and written by French philosopher Rene Descartes (1596-1650), the full phrase was “cogito ergo sum” which translates into English as “I think therefore I am.” There is a very large amount of philosophy behind this statement, relating to the early efforts of European thinkers to wo

The editing uses some jump cuts, although they were used sparingly in the scenes that will be analyzed. In this essay, the scenes that will be explicated will be the scene in Rush Hour when Carter and Lee meet for the first time. In Rush Hour 2, the scene will be the scene in the massage parlor, right before Carter and Lee get into a fight with the Chinese men in the parlor.

‘The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey’ is a National Geographic documentary made on the book with the same title, and hosted by the author of that book, Spencer Wells. The main theory implied by this documentary is that the whole of mankind originated from a single man who lived in Africa around 60,000 years ago.

The author of the paper argues in a well-organized manner that film remaking is both an elastic concept and a complex situation especially because the interrelated roles and practices of the industry, critics, and audiences both enable and limit it, thus, to try and understand film remakes, it has been broken down into three major tiers. 

We find in the life example of Ibrahim the bringing to life of the concepts and discussions on Sufism presented in Ernst. Sufi's brand of Islam is not based on dogma. It is based instead on a lived and vibrant experience of a divine self. To paraphrase Ibrahim describing the Sufi dance to Moises, God dwells inside.

To describe the movie “The Insider” as a good versus evil parable is perhaps not the most accurate way to describe the compelling drama that looks into the concentric spheres of media, big business and the law and how it impacts on corporate America and the right of the public to information.

He gets famous for founding the circus and promoting celebrated hoaxes (Cottrell 14). He gets referred to as the most influential American showman of the nineteenth century. He started out as a businessman early in his life, but later upon moving to New York, began his journey as an entertainer.

Ciki is a Bosniak soldier who finds himself in a trench with a Bosnian Serb during the height of the Bosnian war. He finds himself in an absurd situation with Nino, the Bosnian Serb, as they confront each other while under threat of an exploding land mine but stop short of killing each other.  

The historical perspective of human nature presents all human beings as being either subjects or objects. The contemporary argument on objectification is that it reduces people to the level of objects. Nonetheless it is further argued that objectification cannot be described as necessarily being a problem.

Directed by Kimberly Peirce and co-written by Andy Bienen, the film stars Hilary Swank in the role of Brandon Teena whose powerful acting paved the way for her receiving Best Actress in the Academy Awards. Brandon Teena was a transsexual man who was allegedly beaten up brutally, raped and tortured by his male partners after they discovered that Teena had a female by body.

Exit Through The Gift  Shop is indeed part of Banksy's overall self-promotion strategy that is based on his mysterious anonymity which he uses to promote himself and his art. However, Banksy can't be accused of seeking the limelight or for wanting to be a star, as he still remains anonymous and doesn't live the life of a celebrity.

This is a collection of some of the most iconic images in history, analyzing how they influenced people in their particular social, cultural and political context. The images chosen represent the strength and courage of human beings even in the worst of circumstances.

The sopranos a television series that has the theme of gangsters in diverse ways. The series has multiple conscious and some allusions to James Cagney, Edward Robinson, and The Godfather trilogy. For instance, Tony soprano the psychologically disturbed leader of northern New Jersey arranged crime, observes a scene of Tommy's powers together with his mother in the public enemy”.

Like the canvas that had taken place several centuries before, it was symbolic of culture, and it appealed to many Romans due to the sense of attachment they drew from it. In totality, the two paintings have differences that are evident from physical examination, their history, their uses, and their relevance in both their times and even currently.  

Walter Mosley, the author of the story, reflects a special tie to what Anna Deavere Smith considers as the greatest lost that could possibly arise in an artistic work: that is, reducing the reality in how a story is being transferred from the actual to the duplicative form.

However, when one takes a look at the details of the architectural elements and form, guests would revel at the intricate art forms that encompass different styles and functions. Despite the historical underpinnings, the structure remains strong and pristine in its original form.

The paper will compare the two movies in relation to cinematography, lighting, use of sound and the editing styles respectively used by each movie. This analysis will be done with the overall aim of determining whether either industry is better than the other in terms of the movies produced or whether the differences complement the industry and its techniques.

An analysis of Die Hard 2 highlights that movie directors focus on physicality in such action heroes as John McLane, and the way they display their bodies forms a vital ingredient of the visual effects. Several suggestions are that American action films strive, frequently at the expense of developing the narrative, to contrive situations or instances for displaying the body of an action hero.

Since the commencement of the play Chekov divides the responsibility of each character’s introduction amongst the fellow characters as it is also apparent from the fact that rather than using stage directions or any other technique he utilizes dialogues as a mode for explaining the characters of Lemov and Natalia.

Contemporary designs of the Persian carpets encapsulate centuries of ingenuity and creativity that characterize the history of Iran. Carpets provide weavers with a forum to exquisitely express their wildest fantasies of art in the most organized manner. Some of the best specimens of Persian carpets in the modern age are referred to as the most intricate designs of art in the history of mankind.

In all his films, Quentin Tarantino has made a mark that can only be associated to him when watching his movies. One of the unique styles of Quentin Tarantino is the use of camera angles and shots. Tarantino is known for his trunk shots wherein the characters are viewed from the outside or a shot from the point of view of the character inside the trunk.

Generally, Elizabeth Murray was transformative in the sense that she flared up the good gains of deviating from the traditional way of producing visual arts in painting, which is through the use of new concepts, materials, and methods that significantly re-stimulated the world’s inclination to paint.

This creativity was developed during a time when there was no verbal communication. The symbols that tell the tale of primitive times represent the culture, people and trend of the society. The symbols were all about colours, patterns and designs which represent certain aspects of life and convey meanings.

A number of comic celebrities like James Marsters, Billy Dee Williams, Adam West, Burt Ward, Claudia Christian, and Walter Koening attended the event and made it enthusiastic enough for the general public as well. This paper helps to provide insight into the entire two days at the Comic Convention and includes a number of aspects like a descriptive analysis of the event.

Western world is rich in music and culture ranging from antiquity to the present day. Survey and a close analysis of the characteristics of Western Arts, Antiquity, culture of the prehistoric times, reconnaissance and Baroque are well documented in the Adventures in the human spirit by Phillip Bishop particularly in the sixth edition of the book.