Category: Art

The age of Renaissance was a pivotal moment in the history of the world, comprising arts, in general, and music, in particular. During this important period, humanity saw a quality transition from the Medieval stage to the next era of profound cultural development. The greatest artists, composers, and musicians of that time had an important…

Of all satirical plays with a dystopian streak, The Pain and the Itch is, perhaps, the hardest to adapt into a staged performance. Even though the work itself was designed to be seen in a theater instead of perceived as a reading material, it is too complicated to pull off – the success of the…

Alfred Jarry’s absurd comic play Ubu Roi is rather provocative because it breaks all the drama norms while acquiring the features of a parody. It is possible to assume that the play’s main message is dependent on the fact that the play is the parody of William Shakespeare’s works, and the playwright intends to discuss…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Rococo is a style in art and architecture that is characterized by the reign of ornaments and décor. After the grandness of the baroque style, people were looking for intimacy, which resulted in the rise of Parisian salons. French elite gathered in private homes, usually…

Little Shop of Horrors, the comedy horror musical was written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, was first produced in 1982. The ASUSF College Players’ adaptation is one more interpretation of the musical’s theme and idea which can be discussed as the struggle with the enemy and negative consequences of the attempts to put one…

Nathaniel Carr makes a strong case in his speech “Music is the Highest Form of Art” for the dominance of music as an artistic medium over other forms of creative expression. Carr’s speech is well-structured, enthusiastically delivered, and uses rhetorical devices to captivate the audience. He could, however, still stand to work on a few…

The Enron scandal involved the energy company Enron and its executives engaging in dishonest accounting procedures to conceal the company’s financial losses and inflate its stock price at the beginning of the 2000s. The scandal’s origins and fallout are covered in the documentary “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”. Andrew Fastow, the chief financial…

The present paper focuses on three works by Audrey Fox. The first work is Ribbons of Light in the Night (Fig. 1). The medium is gouache on board. The second work is entitled An Ending in Wishbones and Sea Clams (Fig. 2). The medium is oil on canvas. The third work goes under the title…

Table of Contents Introduction War Communism Songs for Politics Patriotism Conclusion Reference Introduction Pete Seeger is a legendary folk singer with controversial political views. His undoubted merit is the inseparableness of music and politics. Seeger managed to make folk music a fundamental civic unifying force. The harshness and uncompromising nature of his position made him…

The play Sh** & Champaign by D’Arcy Drollinger can be viewed as comedy which contains main unexpected twists of the plot. Moreover, this play includes many engaging and captivating characters. Its theatrical adaptation was staged by the performing group called Rebel on March 23, 2014. This literary work is aimed at showing that person should…