Visual Arts & Film Studies Essays

Most Americans are not aware of the Korean rice-cake because it is quite off the track on which most of the foods popular amongst the Americans go. To hear the term “rice-cake”, most people would not be sure whether they should think of it as something saltish for the rice in it or sweet for the cake inside it.

The film chronicles the aftermath of rape and attempted rape, discussing the patriarchal society in the face of female rebellion as two women take a journey from middle class obscurity into criminal behaviors forced through their perception of events. The lead actors in the film are Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, two women who created believable, emotional characters for which the audience felt drawn to as their moments of crises and events of chaos supported the overriding sense of oppression and rebellion that the two go through to navigate their circumstances.

Each country possesses their own culture and values this will help to build up the behavior of the peoples in that country. Biutiful (drama) is the drama and the director of this drama is the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Region code is 3 and the language used is the Spanish language.

Introduction The history of the Western art finds its roots in the paintings of Titian and his creative heritage. Titian was a master of portraits and landscapes. In paintings he managed to reflect his deep concerns about color. There is a profound dynamics in his paintings.

The present paper aims to evaluate the various aspects of the Russian movie under the title The Mother. It was the time when Soviet Russia was undergoing turmoil and disintegration, as different factions and groups were at daggers drawn against one another in the name of freedom, justice, and equality.

Chrysler Museum is one of the popular museums that are well known for art collections from different parts of the world. The museum exhibits Egyptian art, Greco-roman art, pre-Columbian art, and American painting and arts. The above is an amphora that has ribbed handles that are decorated in black, white, and red slips with an incised decoration. On one side of the amphora are three major Greek gods.

The film was an adaptation of Hermann Sudermann’s 1914 short story, A Trip to Tilst. The film managed to win one of the first Academy awards at the time when the era of silent films was ending. The depiction of women in films has always been considered an important discourse in the representation of women.

Initially, Polly is analyzed as a male participant who does not just admire the abilities of the curator but also looks at her beauty with desire as an observer of the opposite gender would have towards a beautiful woman. Godwin reiterated in his analysis that the curator, a beautiful woman, is the object in the film just like every woman is to a male spectator.

Vik Muniz intervention in Pollock’s art led to the conception of the processes that Pollock embarked on in painting. The action photo by Muniz and the use of chocolate syrup and sugar led to the development of an edible-like perception for all the audience (Durant 54).

The author states that the artistic works of Aiweiwei tend to challenge viewers because of the wrong impression that they give the art pieces. While the common notion about artistic interpretation tends to bend towards contextual meaning, Aiweiwei art pieces tend to address unique concerns of the society.

Life of Pi is virtually impossible to classify in any given genre. It can be characterized as a postcolonial film because of its setting in post-independence India and its Canadian authorship.

This continued with the ability to link to generations and ancestors that were a part of the rituals. The end of the ritual moved into a favorable position by young women to assist with the different rituals, leading to the finality of the play. The headdress signified adornment that was representative of the play and was also developed specifically with the understanding that this would call in the divine connection to both heart and mind which was a part of the generations that were associated with the play and ritual that was created.

From this research, it is clear that Titanic would not have to become the movie what it is today, without its spectacular music. The background scores, the theme songs, they just increase the beauty of the movie. The soundtrack was beautifully composed by James Horner, and it included the epic song ‘My Heart Will Go On’ by Celine Dion.

This text will use the later definition for consumption in order to analyze if consumption is an active or a passive phenomenon. While consumerism has its roots as far back as ancient Rome and Egypt (where certain classes of people would purchase goods in excess of their needs), the modern turning point for consumerism occurred in the aftermath.

The film won the awards for best director and best art director at the Asia Pacific Film Festival in 1998. The director of the movie also won the Golden Crow Pheasant at the Kerala International Film Festival in 1999. Moreover, the film was also nominated for the Gold Palm awards however the movie did not win this award (Reichert, 2003).

While Del Pollaiyolo’s work was rich in details, Goya’s The Third of May 1808 was intentionally painted with the face of the executioner to be anonymous to highlight the drama of an innocent civilian that was about to be executed. In this particular work, the artistry was better rendered with the anonymity of the executioner.

For instance, the adaption of the album The Wall to the film Pink Floyd-The Wall and the music Quadrophenia to a film bearing a similar name did not bring a change in rock culture but enlivened the performance of rock.Initially, rock artists could record their pieces and performance to their audiences without displaying a movie of the same. The emergence of rock films helped in promoting the rock culture through visual display. While the performance of rock music centred on recording as means of promoting the rock culture, film performance promoted the visual display of the live performance.

The author states that a subjective point of view usually shows the viewer what the main character is experiencing in the story. To create this point of view, Spielberg had to show us shots of Captain Miller looking at something and then shows us how the captain reacts to what the captain witnesses.

The severe critic of the overall idea is the mayor of town Comte De Reynaud who is not enjoying the proceedings as they take place in his community. Being against his nature, and the overall environment of the community, he is hell-bent on curbing its spread since according to him, it stands against religious preaching. 

The artist employed different styles in order to develop an emphasis between vain and actual human images. Within the painting in subject, Pablo adopted cubism styles in an effort to develop a relationship between fantastic and the observed world. In the process, the artist succeeded in depicting the girl’s different images; hence providing the desired meaning supposed to illuminate the world.

Culture is a way of living and therefore there are different views on culture. Traditional practices may be viewed as being appealed to one party and at the same time detested to another one, but that is the essence of customs, that not all of us can like and be adhered to them. Iranian government imposed stricter rules on the female gender.

Lyotard Jean-Francois came up with the theory that was based on the view of postmodern art as a connection between meta-narratives and generality. He strongly rejected the theories that were put forward by Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud. According to Trainer (2010) Karl Marx theory was based on Marxism where he described that humans were driven my material aspects such as survival in the world that they were living in.

The central character is Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro. Travis is a former marine and comes across as lonely and isolated, both physically and emotionally. Travis is suffering from insomnia and copes with it by taking up a job as a night taxi driver in New York City.

Though this object has not much significance in my daily life, it inspires me greatly and reminds me of my grandfather, who has passed away during the spring of 2011. This weapon of considerable elegance and power, with all its meanings, intonations and connotations, still remains with me as one of the most valuable of my possessions.

This film is science fiction and the actions portrayed or impossible to perform in the real world. Constant states of violence are a continuing act throughout the entirety of the film. These constant states of violence produce fear and support the dystopian environment.

The images used to portray such information should be easy to interpret and remain friendly to create no conflict. The novel, Palestine, by Joe Sacco is about the tension and fear that revolved around the Israel and Palestine territories. In the novel, the author used conversations among various characters to portray the kind of political activities that existed between the two groups.

The story of this movie goes beyond the exceptional, well-appreciated success on the box-office to certain critically analyzed negative aspects; such as over saturation with pirate fantasy and role of Captain Jack Sparrow overriding audience` insight on movie`s plot and other characters.

The author states that women in the film industry have often been celebrated more because of their appearance than their ability to act. In addition, irrespective of certain female stars’ legendary statuses, gender roles have been firmly reinforced by the roles these women, who are judged on their appearances, have played.

Their works enriched the world’s cinema treasury. The Latino narrative film was just picking up the steam in the end of the 80’s and at the beginning of the 90’s. From the very beginning Latino cinematography won a number of prized at the leading film festivals of the world.

Some of the artists/artisans show less interest in gaining popularity and fame. But their contributions reveal their dedication to art. Within the scenario of Asian art, the Falconer on Horseback, displayed at the Denver Art Museum, reveals the growth and development of art in China. This artwork is completed by an unknown artist.

it is a good presentation of history for posterity to understand the country’s culture and how Australia in particular present its soldiers wars. the first set of images Sidney Nolan, Ned Kelly, ripolin enamel on composition board, 1946 and Publicity still for the film Mad Max 2, George Miller (Director), 1981 are similar in one way or another.

Honore Daumier was a designer, painter, sculptor, and publisher famous for his satirical caricatures of the French government. He was an instrument of the ordinary people against the government throughout his time. He was more well-liked for his caricatures than his oil works of art, sketch, and watercolor works.

They provide a true picture of great scientists and philosophers in the ancient times using both the high renaissance and impressionist styles. The School of Athens by Raphael highlights some of the greatest philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians that emerged from the classical antiquity (Kleinbub 52).

Several social media networks are related to the concept of home. Social networking refers to the grouping of people into definite groups such as neighborhood subdivisions or small rural communities (Boyd & Ellison 2007, p. 230). In as much as social networking can be conducted in person, it is extremely popular online.

This essay compares Vermeer’s The Music Lesson and Ruben’s The Three Graces. Humanism was the central theory of the period, a sense of reason applied to religion and philosophy that was based upon the classical works from Aristotle and Socrates, with Vitruvius from Rome providing the seminal work on architecture for those of the period.

See Figure 1. Manet's “Race Course at Longchamp” is a modernist painting, because it focuses on specificity, it has a non-traditional subject matter, and it uses color and light to celebrate the wholeness of the subject. Figure 1: Manet's “Race Course at Longchamp” Source: Wikepedia Manet's “Race Course at Longchamp” is a modernist painting, because it emphasizes specificity.

Avatar and Titanic were both directed by James Cameron and were a great success for his career as a film producer. These two movies talk about different issues that affect us as human beings and how we should tackle difficult situations. Titanic was released in 1997 and was a fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

The author of the text comments on the depiction of Abraham Lincoln. Reportedly, whether a comment about his political activity or not, and certainly as a statement about Lincoln’s more than average height, the depictions serve to place him in a hierarchy. Hence, relative heights of figures in visual texts subtly indicate their status relative to the others depicted.

This paper explores the visual culture and the modern art. With this, came the rise of an era of artistic exploration with concerns of human psychology, physiognomy and values upholding natural entitles as well as their significance and causes. This was the period when modern art was introduced with exemplary focus on visual arts.

The term New Queer Cinema was first used by Ruby Rich in a popular magazine in 1992 to define and describe a queer theme movement of film making in early 1990s. The United States’ Hollywood industry, which dealt more openly with parameters of sexuality than the former classical Hollywood cinema, explored largely the rise of New Queer Cinema according to Ehrenstein (1998, 19).

The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most important art pieces that survived from the Middle Age. Though the principle artist of the Tapestry is unknown, it is believed that the style of the art piece relates more to the Anglo Saxon art style than the Norman art style.

Hindu temples display large sculpted figures of the deities and their various incarnations, or scenes from their battles. These are erected in the large niches carved in the three exterior walls of the sanctum house. Various sculptures also highlight important events in Hindu mythology, and whereas the temple may be dedicated to one particular god, other gods are represented by figural sculptures.

The art of the Americas prior to 1300 B.C. reminds us of the culture of the people creating the art masterpieces. Art Culture in the Americas The origins of the people of the Americas are clouded in mystery. One the theories state that the original inhabitants of the Americas crosses into the Americas by walking through a land bridge that connected the Bering Strait and the Americas.

5. Did you have a crush on a particular teen actor? If so, how did it manifest? 6. What were the movie theatres like you attended most of the time? Where these theaters were located (city, downtown/ neighborhood)? 7. Did you have any favorite genres, directors, or stars?

Changing my dressing sense seems almost like changing seasons in my life. When in school, the most lively and active phase of my life, I used to prefer my clothes to be very colorful. In my high school days, I was very much inclined towards games and sports.

Due to the fact that the culture that was represented within the early years of Hollywood was rapidly changing, the differences between silent movies and spoken film took place within a relatively short period of time. The two films which will be analyzed within this brief analysis, “The Thin Man” and “The Maltese Falcon” only share seven years difference.

The film industry experienced a revolution in the 20th and 21st Centuries. The adoption of real-life and historical occurrences has dominated. This is presented as fiction hence the film is considered as an adaptation of an existent literature. The film presents the occurrences in a way that the viewers can easily relate to. This has led to a certain degree of corruption in the original context.

The primary concept that constitutes the avant-garde is having writers, composers, and generally artists whose pieces of art oppose the cultural values of the mainstream society often with a trenchant edge of social or political form. One such artist is Georges Seurat, a Frenchman born in Paris on December 2, 1859 (Gardner and Kleiner 2013: 812).

Hitchcock works with Bernard Herrmann to bring out an authentic score for the film. According to some critics, the use of sound in this film is possibly Bernard Herrmann best work. Psycho is probably one of the few movies where the use of sound receives accolades in equal measure as the director’s work.

Huyssen (1981), on the other hand, stressed that Metropolis should be considered as an “expressionist” production of opposing utopian and dystopian views of technology, but with a greater utopian interpretation (p.223). Rutsky (1993) argued, however, that the opposing views of technology are both “dystopian”, although “mediation” (p.3) is possible.