Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

Cornell spent the major part of his life caring for his mother and his brother Robert who suffered from cerebral palsy. He achieved artistic recognition late in life, and led a socially reclusive existence. Cornell was naturally shy and reticent, although he admired Hollywood stars, ballerinas and other surrealists like Marcel Duchamp, Rene Magritte and Max Ernst.

Their works masterly show the two sides of our existence - spirituality and humanity; subtle excellence of works of the High Renaissance places emphasis on the interrelationship of personal world and objective reality.

What coca-cola is trying to do is create a culture, a brand tribe of coca-cola across the world, in all areas where coco-cola is operating. It wants to create the impression that people who drink coca-cola are united by a unique experience that others are far too unlucky to get or understand. (Wolman 2006, p.48-57)

In the movie The Innocents, directed by Jack Clayton, one of the main characters is Mrs. Giddens, an insecure and paranoid woman who in her need of affirmation becomes mentally unstable.  Because of her need for affirmation, she tries desperately to capture the attention of people around her, by making up stories of ghosts.   

The characters are presented in forms that defy the conventional portrayals of humans. Movements are equally dreamlike as the protagonist and the child occasionally float into the air instead of walking in the natural way of humans. The scholarly discussions that are contained in this report are meant to celebrate the essence of life beyond the known by encouraging some form of determined jump into the unknown.

The playwright expose personal mind on Brechtian and neo-Hegelian hallucination of current happenings. Angels in America is an epic meaning a drama whose connive unfold above immense distances of time and position (Kushner, 25). This drama tells a story of two couples whose relationships are disintegrating.

Therefore, matters of race and religion are usually sensitive issues to be directly confronted by the Mainstream media, so it is actually known to shy away from such matters and completely omit them. The Non-Mainstream media, on the other hand, has the liberty to be a bit more open about these issues and further contain the filmmakers.

According to Connors's statement in his 1979 interview, the art world is ineffective in communicating a message over a long period of time. Connor (2006) asserts that art is a largely unprofitable business that serves the interest of the audience for a short time before they lose interest (Conner 2006).

The central theme of the exhibition was Bermuda Inspiration – through the eyes of the artists-a fresh eye-people can see Bermuda. Various sculpture and painting works from various individual artists were presented. There are some artistic pieces that profoundly interested me including K.A.S.E 2012, a painting made of oil on linen, 83 x 56.5., done by Jacqueline Collery.

Ansel Adams is America’s leading landscape photographer and you have probably seen his photographs in a calendar.  Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902, to Charles and Olive Adams in San Francisco, California. He was musically trained, as he studied to become a classical pianist but he would later abandon music for photography, the field on which he will garner fame and respect.

1). At first glance, the film appears to be nothing more than a science fiction fantasy depicting a teenager travelling back in time, resolving issues and ensuring a future to which he happily returns. However, a closer examination reveals that the film is much more than a time travel science fiction tale and does delve into American culture and history.

The attempt to understand the behaviour of states in international politics has been based on the common pillar of politics, which is the struggle for power. Realism theories can be traced back to Thucydides and ancient Greek during the Peloponnesian war in 5th century BC, however, the study of the theory came about 2500 years later.

It was after the Second World War that Rauschenberg found art to be his true calling. He had a great contribution to the field of art. He is most popularly known for his combines- a combination of paintings and sculptures. It was in the 1950s when Rauschenberg started incorporating mass-media images into his art.    

It is very tough for the first generation which migrates to a new country, to adjust, to comply and to understand, follow the new rules of a new society. However it is easier for the second generation as they are born and brought up in the new country as if it is their own.

The idea that the author is most interested of would be the statement of Russell “factuality is already a theory”. In this sense he could say that an auto ethnography or a compilation of events in a person’s life and its effect to himself and to the society could be consider as a theory on how other people would improve their life.

A host of factors affect design and designers today but some factors tend to play a major role. (Dorst and Cross, Creativity in the design process: Co-evolution of problem-solution 2001) The largest and most dominant influence stems from the cultivated desire of commercial need.

She is nothing what Sloper wanted; in fact, she disgusts him with her clumsy behavior and shyness. He is actually embarrassed of her and hates her even more so because her birth caused the death of his wife. Besides, Catherine likes Morris Townsend but her father even disapproves of this and feels that the man is just wooing her for money.

Hayao Miyazaki tells the story through the beauty of the animation.  He uses a design that is phenomenal and constructs mechanical contraptions that fly. The landscapes where the chase occurs have been developed with a magical touch that gives the film beautiful environments where the action occurs.

Film analysis is one of the most common courses that are offered in different matriculation institutions that offer visual arts and film studies, as a faculty itself. It involves the scrutiny on the way various film or video techniques used in a given film.

A video film is a visual model that I have chosen and I particularly believe the gaze is an elaborate theoretical model for analyzing the visual material that I have chosen for a number of reasons. The specific film is Masada, which is an ancient movie that was shot in the Greco-Roman setting in 1981.

The realists’ vs. formalists approach to filming. The film and movie industry have been the major focus in the entertainment industry with the largest number of people attracted to the movies produced herein. However, the work of art has undergone a series of evolutionary stages with remarkable upgrading in its production and performance.

As such, movies like Life is Beautiful and Cinema Paradiso have been known to tell stories with such known plots. However, despite the reality and rich history in each film, both films can still be considered as fantasy. Fantasy is commonly defined as any story with elements that are divorce from what an individual perceives as true or real (Fowkes).

In the current American context, depictions by both Cassat and Manet are varied and might be perhaps similar to the French nineteenth century’s reactions to the paintings. The mother and child are widely respected and to those women who uphold such dignity and love for their children and express the physical bond and pleasure in children.

The whole movie could be an answer to the reason why Saileri tried to kill himself if he really did. According to the film writer, this is a confession from Saileri. The first scene shows a young priest visiting Saileri, seeking to take his confession.

In the late 1980s, he used yam pounders and clay pots, and then afterward, he started designing using milk tins and metal bottle tops, thus infusing his work with myths and symbols. Most of his big compositions comprise of multiple parts (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute 11).

As the author puts it, the movie takes people back to the under land of London that does not involve the English criminals such as Dick Tracy. Admittedly, the plot of the movie becomes very complicated to an extent that it becomes perverse and the titles used in the movie and in the narration mainly to identify the characters and to develop the plot.

Last Tango in Paris does not have a concrete storyline and that is what separates it from other movies. The acting at most of the times was immediate and the use of emotions by Marlon Brando was amazing. The dialogue delivery of the movie was on another level, as at every point in time the characters took a giant leap from their existing roles. 

Significant Aspect in the Painting ‘Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (1944)’ Francis Bacon is one of the artists who exhibited a unique style in his painting. Although the artist exhibited focus on painting at an older age compared to other artists of his time, he made progress and some of his works remain to be highly intriguing1.

The first notion of the elephant in the story is the information that “an elephant was ravaging the bazaar”. After the narrator had started out to see it, various Burmans stopped him on the way and told him about the elephant’s doing. The elephant “was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one which had gone “must".

Before I begin to discuss the specific techniques, Lillian Baseman and Helmut Newton used in their works to reveal feminine nature in their photographs, it is important to provide an overview of some of the most relevant existing studies on photography, media, body image, fashion, and the role of women in the photography.

The movie immortalized the song “As Time Go By”, and melancholic scenes with Ingrid Bergman remain unforgettable to all ages of this ever celebrated and the superb classic story of a battle for love and honor. The film is famously known for its black and white cinematography as established by Arthur Edeson.

This condition along with a decline in the value of money constitutes inflation. Consumer Price Index and Product Price Index are the tools used to measure the inflation rate. The diminution of the purchasing power of money is the most adverse effect of inflation, which prevents customers from acquiring as much goods and services they were able to purchase in the past.

1917 saw the first animated feature film El Apostol by Quirino Cristiani. It was long before Disney would implement Technicolor in the 1932 animated film Flowers and Trees and revolutionize the genre. From these early beginnings animation would take on fantastical proportions in large-scale Disney productions and co-opt digital computer technology in the late 20th century to even more sensational ends.

Within the United States, the film concentrates on a school setting whereas’ in London’ the setting is in two places, the streets of the town and the football pitch. This film review will focus on the cultural setting of the film and its importance in that setting.

The artistic movement in France has a prolonged history. Most of the provinces in France are rich in impressive monuments, art and architecture. The artistic life of France flourished in the 12th century. Right from the school of Fontainebleau to figuration Libre, every period has become rich and given something unique to the respective artistic movement.

Milk was able to bring about profound change for his fellow homosexuals with his wit, charisma and passion.Along the way, the film uses metaphors for the gay rights movement. Milk himself was a metaphor for the gay rights experience. When we meet Milk, he is talking into a microphone, telling his story. He explains into the microphone that he is afraid that he would be murdered, and there was good reason for this – he had had his life threatened numerous times.

WORK EXPERIENCE REFLECTION: VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGNER Name: Task: Tutor: Date: Work Experience Reflection: Visual Communication Designer Company’s purpose and objectives NEC Corporation is an IT firm based in Europe. The Company avails essential solutions to IT challenges facing private and public enterprises.

As a director, Hitchock has greatly transformed the movie making industry. He has substantially affected other film producers and his impact is evident in various present productions (Guilbaut 165).

Biff bullies George and Marty helps him. What happens next is an incredible thing: Marty’s mother falls in love with Marty instead of George. When Marty meets Doc in 1955, he asks to bring him back to 1985. Marty has almost failed to make his parents meet each other and thus their family was in danger.  

In the ancient days, the Chinese community used painting, architecture, and sculpture to promote their religious inclination. The above forms of visual art have been critical in influencing people to adapt a given religious culture. For instance in China, Theravada tradition influenced the Chinese people to use the images of Buddha to reconcile.

Sociologists of culture have long tried to address the way by which the people sanctify creators and attach the attributes of ‘best’ or ‘great’ to their works.  Explanation of these phenomena has been made through the means of various theories and research with respect to the illustrative responsibilities of institutions, agents, and cultural and cognitive meniscus that utilize these.

Such people would certainly try to decry and stop hybridization of art from occurring. This, however, would be a simplistic, uncritical and unproductive view of art. The fact is, that whenever cultures collide they will have to work out a whole host of issues that are brought up by such contact.

This part will define and compare Cubism and Fauvism. Initiated by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, Cubism was the name given to the avant-garde art movement of the early 20th century. It not only revolutionized European sculpture and painting by adding a geometrical aspect, but also stimulated movements in literature and music.

In 1912, Tagore produced one of his impeccable plays of all times, “Post Office” in Bengali, a provincial language of India it is pronounced as ‘Dak Ghar’. The play centers round a story of a small boy suffering from an incurable disease named Amal captivated into one room posited at the house of his uncle.

This paper investigates Young Designers Preference. This dissertation attempts to find out the actual preferences of the young designers of modern times, in other words, what the young fashion designers actually prefer more - the live catwalk fashion shows or the newer concept, visual fashion shows. Visual shows could be categorized into two types.

He intended to go to the United States to achieve his vision in Hollywood, however, prospects were muted. Nonetheless, through the help of his American film art instructor; Douglas Hill, he got accepted into the (UCLA) University of California at Los Angeles.

Captivating messages of their artwork, addressing a myriad of subjects, create an imaginative picture of a world only imaginable to the people; their texts no more than just arousing thoughts. People hold diverse meanings of a single text of their work, while one could have equally conflicting ideas about the same text (Presentation on Text/Image, n.d.).

She was meeting her father who was an ex-GI and could be able to give the child a better life. This can be viewed as a big sacrifice of the mother towards the child. The play shows the desperate situation of the Vietnamese which was brought about in the play by the highlights of an American helicopter evacuating the last Americans from Saigon.

Interior monologue or soliloquy is a technique used by Shakespeare which discloses the cogitations of a character. The bloodbaths enacted by the Macbeths alienate them from normalcy to the point that their dispositions become fickle, indecipherable, and as a result, unstable.

Movies were actually the way by which people received their more intellectually stimulating forms of film entertainment. It was this interest in informative films that led to the rise of “documentary” films whose sole purpose was to expose, immerse, and educate the viewer regarding the theme or topic of the documentary via raw film footage of events or situations that transpired amongst real people.