Category: Art

The premiere of Mikhail Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila took place in 1842. Still, in 1995, Kirov Orchestra, Opera Chorus, and Ballet in association with San Francisco Opera presented their new version with Anna Netrebko as Lyudmila, Vladimir Ognovenko as Ruslan, and Larissa Diadkova as Ratmir (“Glinka: Rouslan et Ludmila”). The musical performance can be viewed…

Lauren Mabry is one of the most prominent contemporary artists specializing in creating ceramics. This field appears to be less prominent than painting among the mainstream arts. However, ceramics is, perhaps, the most understandable form of contemporary art when it comes to the ordinary viewer. Examples come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, require…

Stan Kenton led a remarkably creative life: he was a composer and a pianist, and he formed several of the most forward-thinking jazz ensembles of his time. Many jazz lovers of the 1960s first learned to appreciate this genre through the works of Stan Kenton, and his contributions undoubtedly made him one of jazz’s top…

Mikhail Glinka is one of the most renowned Russian composers, and his opera A Life for the Tsar is regarded as one of the milestones of Russian opera. One of its major peculiarities is linked to the use of folk music. It is necessary to note that nationalism became the central paradigm for all spheres…

Introduction The experience that people receive by visiting art museums may differ from one person to another. Some visitors prefer to engage with an exhibit without any help, while other individuals want to gather more information with the aid of additional devices. For that purpose, people started to create interactive exhibitions which allow visitors to…

Table of Contents Musical Background of Russian Music Critics Dargomyzhsky’s and Musorgsky’s Approaches to Realism in Music Musorgsky’s Boris Godunov References Musical Background of Russian Music Critics Vladimir Stasov was a great music critic of the 19th century who became an outstanding representative of his profession of that time. He had rather conservative views on…

Table of Contents Introduction Main Body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction An American in Paris is one of the greatest and most celebrated musicals in the world today. This musical was inspired by George Gershwin. It has lavish sets and costumes and a romantic love story set with music and dance. It is an integrated musical…

Raphael’s Saint Michael Overwhelming the Demon: renaissance conventions Raphael’s Saint Michael Overwhelming the Demon is one of his works which is a part of the Louvre’s collection. This artwork can be regarded as a conventional example of Renaissance painting. This work is also known as The Small Saint Michael. It was painted circa 1505, allegedly,…

Table of Contents Musical Instruments in a Piece Style and Form Conclusions Works Cited Musical Instruments in a Piece “Also Sprach Zarathustra” by Richard Strauss can be acclaimed as an excellent piece of music which occupies its dignified place among the other works of the world’s music classic. Its many parts are known all over…

Table of Contents Introduction Visit Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Exhibitions Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Humanities involve the study of intellectual as well as artistic creations. It also involves the determination of how such artifacts influence their thinking. In this regard, we decided to visit one of the three chosen museums. These were the…