Frida is a children’s picture book published in 2008 by Jonah Winter that is a playful, insightful tribute to one of the twentieth century’s most influential artists. Artists have the ability to perceive life in a deeper sense than what is being physically being presented in their artwork. Frida Kahlo went through life challenges that […]
Throughout the twentieth century and the twenty-first century, the female artist was considered new woman due to the fact they were independent and were able to dress how they wished. Both Frida Kahlo and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith were two artists who embraced their sense of self and cultural heritage depicted throughout their artwork. They used […]
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Get startedMusical and artistic geniuses may have successful careers, but not all of them could balance out their work alongside their lives. Success comes with a price and that often results in the lack of relationships of the artists. The careers famous artist face create a hard life for themselves to live because of the popularity […]
Frida Kahlo, born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón, was a Mexican artist. She has been described as a surrealist, painting many portraits of herself. She describes herself as a painter of her own reality, painting herself because she is alone and is the subject she knows best. She was born on July 6, 1907 […]
Although it is fair to consider Frida Kahlo, both in terms of her personal life and her art, as a mystery, there is something about how her work and her life were seamlessly integrated. Especially from the viewpoint of the work selfie art, her self-portrayed pieces were so relevant with the reality around her life. […]
Filmmaking, at its core, is a storytelling medium. Whether it is fiction, non-fiction, linear, non-linear, feature or documentary film, the goal with film is to tell a compelling story of an intriguing subject. That subject is often a person, event, place, or place in time. The amazing thing about the film medium, if executed properly, […]
In respect of the Surrealist movement and the works it produced throughout its era, women were always participants, nevertheless, they were not active ones until the group’s latter days. Surrealism was an artistic movement which Breton construed as the “psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express the actual functioning of […]
Black History month is very important when it comes to honoring African Americans who have made a difference in society and in history. There are many African Americans that have played a major role in making a difference. Many have also influenced and encouraged others to speak up for what they believe in and what […]
Ernest Hemingway is one great writer who typified and helped define what it meant to be an American author in the 20th century. During his life, he became what would be considered a modern day celebrity. He was and continues to be a household name, and his writing is recognized as an integral part of […]
Homosexuality has always been an issue of heated debate for a long time. The concept even dating back to Ancient Greece, albeit Greeks did not have official terms corresponding to ‘heterosexual’ and ‘homosexual.’ In contrast to the modern era, there are now terms including the words heterosexuality and homosexuality, and names to classify individuals who […]
Bhattacharya is really a very powerful writer who writes with sincerity and dedication to his art. His theory of novel is applicable to his own fictional and non-fictional writings. His greatness as a writer rests on his neat narrative designs, his portrayal of fully realized characters, his humanism and his masterly handling of language. A […]
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is admired because of the harmony represented in linking humanity and nature. This portrait expresses the ideas of the Renaissance and humanism. Humanism is the cultural and intellectual movement during the Renaissance that rediscovers the art and literature techniques used in ancient Greece and Rome. Humanism focuses on the self […]
‘I wandered as a lonely cloud’ also known as ‘Daffodils’ is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. Romanticism and Liberal Humanism – Tenet 1 are the theoretical frameworks which is chosen to apply for the text. Romanticism was ‘an artistic, literary and intellectual movement which originated at Europe towards the end of Eighteenth Century’ . […]
Kemp House, Jamestown, 1638-39. Representative’s Councilor and settlement secretary Richard Kemp outperformed the case of before timber-outline houses loaded up with block nogging by building this 11/2-story lobby and parlor living arrangement of a block. Gov. John Harvey was impressed to the point that he called it ‘the most attractive that at any point was […]
“Jurassic Park” is a book filled with epic creatures and action-packed scenes. On an island filled with larger than life dinosaurs, they can seem like the main attraction. However, the people in the book also play a huge role in the drama and suspense of the story. With most of them being scientists or investors, […]
Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci are known to be; without doubt the father of western art, greatest artist of thier lifetimes and most prominently greatest artist of all time. Michelangelo an Italian sculptor painter,architect and poet of high renaissance who was given birth in the ancient city of Florence. Born to Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti […]
The ideal male body is what all men have strived for throughout the ages, we want to be the best looking, have the best symmetry, because that is what makes you as a man stand out, to be the ideal of beauty is what will make you a greater man, and will allow you to […]
Michelangelo’s Pieta is a beautiful marble statue of Mary holding Jesus. You can immediately see when looking at the statue that Mary is much larger than Jesus and her body isn’t in proportion with the rest of this statue. Michelangelo accomplished this by using scale, emphasizing the mother and son relation Jesus and Mary shared. […]
Michelangelo Merisi was born in Milan, year 1571. He was born on the 29th of September, the feast day of his “name saint”, the Archangel, Michael, and was also christened the following day at the parish church of S. Stefano in Brolo, Milan. His father, Fermo Merisi, was an architect and/or “magister” for the Marchese […]
In the earlier centuries, females did not have the same access to art education as men. A lot of the female artist never had an opportunity to become a great artist, unlike males ( Linda Noclin, Why Have There Been no Great Women. Males throughout history had always had more rights and more privileges compared […]
Wolfgang Mozart was born in seventeen fifty-six in Salzburg, Austria. Around this time, music was developing from the music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras into more complete works with a more sophisticated development of instrumentation. In this time Mozart would come to be known as one of the most talented musical composers. When he […]
After watching the movie ‘Amadeus,’ I was in a sad mood with excitement. This Mozart biographical film is a record of the devastation of a great musician in the world, and a microcosm of a class of people. Mozart’s genius and achievements need not be repeated. His 35-year short life is a pity. Whether it […]
Born in the same continent, but almost a century apart, it is a wonder that the works of Antonin Leopold Dvorak and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are often placed in the same musical umbrella known as classical music. A century holds a surprising amount of change, whether it be spurred on by politics, culture, or innovation, […]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was one of the greatest composers in history. He was born in Salzburg Austria in 1756. Although he only lived to be 35 years old his contribution to musical history is almost unparallel to anybody else’s. Mozart was a child prodigy that started composing music at the young age of 5. As […]
Each person has their own version of who the best is and what it takes. For some people, it’s about how far one capable is to push boundaries. How competent and efficient someone is in completing a given task or one they concocted for themselves. The composer, Ludwig Van Beethoven, was the perfect example of […]
I attended the Clemson University Symphony Orchestra on November 17th, 2018. The concert was extremely diverse, and I gained a new appreciation for listening to a live symphony orchestra. Due to my background in ballet, the first piece that attracted my attention was Tchaikovsky’s “Elegy” from Serenade for Strings. This is the third out of […]
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ Napoleon on His Imperial Throne (1806) and Andy Warhol’s Mao Tse Tung (1972) are two political portraits created in two different geographical regions, made in very different art styles, with more than one hundred fifty years apart. Still, both paintings played major propaganda roles for the socio political scenario of their times. In […]
By 1500s, Christianity had immensely been developing in Europe. Therefore, Baroque religious arts played a key role in spreading the power of the Catholic Church for propagandistic purposes. Besides, the Catholic Church embraced the religious power of art to appeal piety and devotion. As a result, the role of the Pope was reinforced as the […]
Throughout my writing and literature education, my classes were filled with what Freire would describe as “banking” education and less of “problem-posing” education. This is surprising because writing and literature are creative and typically open-ended. Freire believed that “banking” education “attempts to control thinking and action… and inhibits [the students’] creativity.” Looking back at high […]
This weeks film the Truman show, was very interesting. I did not know anything about the film before watching it. I was a bit confused in the beginning but overall I really enjoyed this film. The Truman Show was unlike any other movie I have seen because I was a show within a movie. Truman […]
