Category: Art

  • Tracing the Development of Verdi’s Opera through his Three Periods: What Changed and What Remained the Same?

    Music is described as a form of art, which uses sound and silence as media. Some of the most common elements of music include pitch and rhythm.1 Opera is one of the forms of art, which involves an artist performing a dramatic piece by combining text and musical elements.2 Opera is part and parcel of…

  • I can do bad all by myself by Tyler Perry

    Table of Contents Introduction Descriptive criticism Interpretive Criticism Evaluative criticism Conclusion Introduction In this essay I have chosen to review the drama I can do bad all by myself which was released on September 11, 2009. This paper seeks to present a multi-focal criticism of the film. To this end three modes of criticism shall…

  • Niccolo Paganini and Karol Lipinski: The greatest Violinists of all times

    Table of Contents Introduction Life and Work of Niccolo Paganini Life and Work of Karol Lipinski Why Paganini was more famous than Lipinski Introduction The violin is a musical instrument that is considered as one of perfect. It is indeed perfect due to its versatility and attractive musicality. The violin has been described as a…

  • General History of Graphic Design: Arts and Crafts Movement

    The so-called Arts and Crafts Movement appeared in Britain at the turn of the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. It was inspired by John Ruskin’s works. This movement romanticized the image of craftsman, who takes pride in his work and does not perform it as some soulless robot. They believed that dehumanization of work and…

  • “Death Takes the Children” by Käthe Kollwitz

    “I want to show Death. Death swings the lash of feminine – people, men, women, and children, bowed low, screaming and groaning, file past him.” The prominence and predominance of death in Kollwitz’s thought process is clear from this diary entry of January 4 1920. The diary entry depicts the continuous presence of death and…

  • An analysis of the Luncheon of the boating party

    Table of Contents Introduction Subject matter Visual characteristics Mood Personal involvement with the painting Introduction The painting titled Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre Augusta Renoir was done in the year 1881. This painting was guided by real life models all of whom being Renoir’s friends who had gathered on the balcony of the…

  • Gillian Pears, Tommy Reynolds and Ryan Widger

    This very paper is a response to the three pieces of art of photography, the response to them will include the techniques used by the artists and the major topics they display as well as their correspondence to the modern trends in this art. This paper will focus on the works by Gillian Pears, Tommy…

  • “A Bar at the Folies-Bergère” by Édouard Manet

    Table of Contents Initial Reaction Analysis of the Work Deeper Knowledge Gained From the Artwork Reference List Initial Reaction The painting “A Bar at the Folies-Bergère” is a masterpiece by Édouard Manet. The initial reaction about the painting is that it is full of ambiguity and doubt. It is notable that the painting shows real…

  • X-Men: Days of the Future Past

    Movies can be used by the producers to highlight significant occurrences in society. They can criticize evils in society and the mistakes committed by the government in the process of implementing certain policies. The movie, X-Men: Days of the Future Past, illustrates how issues keenness in the execution of today’s policies can help avoid problems…

  • ATLAS: Matter Structure and Stability

    This movie is a scientific one, concerned with ‘matter’, and the basic particles that may have made up the Earth. The narrator tells us that at the time the Universe was created, it may have been very dense and humid, and we do not know for sure what particles they were, that were created by…