Category: Art

  • Hogarth’s “Before and After” and Schiele’s “Embrace” Paintings

    Human love is the feeling that inspires one to do numerous deeds. Creative work is one of the kinds. Hundreds of poems, songs, sculptures, and other works of art were created in the name of love. The latter can not only serve as the driving force for this or that work being created but as…

  • Buddy Macmaster, Renowned Cape Breton Fiddler

    The traditional fiddle music is a common folklore performance in Cape Breton. This type of music performance was introduced by Scottish immigrants in North America. The Scottish people who migrated into North America entered the region during the Highland Clearances. The Cape Breton Island has superficially preserved this category of music for a long time.…

  • Spectatorship: The Key Influences

    In this paper, two papers will be discussed. The first is the chapter from “Practice of Looking” by Marita Sturken and Lisa Cartwright. This chapter discusses the control conditions through visual communication analysis of the aspects of authority, power, and knowledge attained. It suggests that to create meaning, a fundamental human function, humans first visually…

  • Goldsworthy’s and Christo Landscape Art Comparison

    Table of Contents Introduction Comparisons Contrast Methods and Means Reaction Introduction Goldsworthy and Christo are two famous landscape artists who are well known for their works. The two artists use their creativity to come up with outdoor artistic impressions which are bold and provocative. As a result, each artist has his own style which he…

  • Oskar Schlemmer’s Exploring Humans in Space

    Table of Contents Introduction The Relationship Between the Human Body and the Environment Conclusion References Introduction Artists are widely known for uniquely perceiving the world, which is often unavailable to other people living in their times, but highly appreciated as a valuable piece of knowledge later. Oskar Schlemmer, a German painter associated with the Bauhaus…

  • Twins in Plautus’ Menaechmi vs. Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Comedy dramas have been a part of human culture for several years. Such an abundant theatrical culture suggests that the history of many diverse works has been composed by playwrights from all over the globe. Consequently, there exist, to a greater or lesser extent, many…

  • Screenwriting and Literary Techniques

    As soon as cinema moved from simply capturing what was happening on film to telling stories that had ever happened in the author’s reality and imagination, it became necessary to record what the director wanted to say. This was done not to get confused in the story and convey to the public what was intended.…

  • The Father by Florian Zeller: A Masterpiece or Poor Adaptation of the Play?

    Anthony (Anthony Hopkins), a privileged London retiree, is in his eighties and, despite being physically alert, he is helpless against dementia. After another nurse abandons him, his daughter Anna (Olivia Colman), the only remaining seemingly close person in his life, informs him that she has fallen in love and is going for Paris, implying that,…

  • X-Men First Class: Evil v. Good

    Directed and produced by Mathew Vaughan and Bryan Singer respectively, X-Men First Class is a 2011 chef-d’oeuvre film drawn from the occurrences of the Second World War and the Cold War. These wars were unfortunate occurrences that could have been avoided if the perpetrators placed humanity before their undying desire to fulfil their conceitedness. The…

  • Film Techniques in “The Hateful Eight”

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction Writing and directing a film while capturing genuine emotions and illuminating events from the best angle and perspective that would make sense and catch the attention of the audience is a form of art. While many might assume that creating a movie is a simplistic process of…