Category: Art
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American Psycho by Mary Harron
What type of psychology do you see? As a horror film created in 2000, American Psycho reflects mental health psychology and raise issues from its perspective. In it, the main character, Patrick Bateman, is presented as a successful investment banker who has a second life of a serial killer. Thus, the film depicts a severe…
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Visual Research on the Art Nouveau Style
Introduction The Art Nouveau style was popular at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. It originated in Europe and challenged the Victorian style with its austerity and restraint of colors and shapes (“Ashby, C. (2021). Art Nouveau: Art, architecture and design in transformation. London, England: Bloomsbury Publishing”). Art Nouveau…
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A View Worth a Million Words: “A Story of Canadian Art as Told by the Hart House Art Collection”
Table of Contents Introduction: Taking a Time Travel The Curators’ Objectives: Thirty Years After the WWI Organization: From Less Abstract to More Abstract Design: Shifting the Emphasis to the Pictures Themes: A Room with a View Selection of Artworks: Well Known in In-groups The Issues Raised: Time to Reconcile with Nature Conclusion: Dissolving in the…
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Cimabue’s “Madonna Enthroned”
Table of Contents Introduction The Focus of the Work Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The artwork in question is entitled Madonna Enthroned. It was created between 1280 and 1290 by Cimabue of Florence (Davies et al. 283). It is tempera on panel and the dimensions of the artwork are 3.9 x 2.2 m (Davies et al.…
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Living with Art Summary: Sculpture
There are three spatial dimensions in the world such as height, width and length. Such art as sculpture or architecture operates with all three spaces, but in drawing, it is two-dimensional. In order to come to such a perfect way to convey space in the picture, it took an evolutionary process to go through. Contemporary…
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Exploration: “Camelot” by Morgan O’Sullivan, Graham King, and Michael Hirst
Introduction Camelot is one of the most popular films about the great King Arthur of Britain. The film- directed by Morgan O’Sullivan, Graham King, and Michael Hirst- is about a kingdom that is faced by numerous challenges after the death of King Uther. The ascent to power by the little known King Arthur through the…
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Bonnie and Clyde at Shotgun Players in Berkeley
Table of Contents Introduction Performance Analysis Conclusion Works Cited Introduction In some way, it appears entirely appropriate that Berkeley’s Shotgun players revived the legend of criminals Bonnie and Clyde. The renowned gangsters stormed the Ashby podium. While there, they ran from the law and got close to their gory and well-chronicled trail of robberies and…
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Ambiguity of Unicorn Rests in a Garden Tapestry by Jane Beal
Table of Contents Introduction The Description of the Art Object The Iconography of the Tapestry The Context of Creation Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Introduction The Unicorn Rests in a Garden is an excellent example of medieval art, being an embroidered tapestry. The date of its production has been determined around the end of the fifteenth and…
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“Mother Dao – the Turtle-like” by Vincent Monnikendam
Table of Contents Introduction The Film’s representation of Indonesia Conditions of Life in Indonesia and the Overall Message of the Film The relationship between the sound and the Film Spiritual Justification of Colonial Exploitation Conclusion Works Cited Introduction This paper analyzes the film, “Mother Dao – the Turtle-like.” The film depicts life in colonial Indonesia…
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Sculptors Contrast: Christo and Andy Goldsworthy
The art of installation may be very difficult to percept and understand (Understanding Installation Art, par. 1). This kind of art can be very mobile, very changeable, or very abstract and silent. In most cases, the artworks made in this genre have more than one purpose or goal; they are designed to be multi-layered and…