Category: Art
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The Discourse of New Musicology
Musicology refers to the scholarly study of music. At the narrowest level, musicology refers to the music history of Western cultural elites. In a slightly wider lever, it includes all styles, genres, and traditions of music. In the broadest sense, it includes all musically relevant disciplines and all manifestations of music in all cultures. The…
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Compare GUDEA with Amenemhat II
Guedea like Amenemhat II the 10′ Pharaoh was carved in honor of a leader and king who ruled in the early 2144-2124 BC. By the inscriptions that were found on it, the sculpture forms part of a collection of the pieces in the temples built by the Guedea in Ur Nippur, Asdab Uruk and Bad-Tibira.…
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“Requiem for a Dream” by Darren Aronofsky Review
Table of Contents Introduction Anomie Theory Conflict Theory Discussion (Anomie Theory) References Introduction Criminal and deviant behavior is characterized by socially undesirable behavior patterns and actions that threaten other individuals and social morals. The film selected for analysis, ‘Requiem for a Dream by Darren Aronofsky, depicts the deviant behavior of four protagonists faced with difficult…
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Gone with the Wind (1939) and Dr. Zhivago (2002)
Table of Contents Introduction Romance Nature of Relationships Revolutions Slavery Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Conventionally, movies underscore common issues that touch on the society and thus they share common themes because they present issues that affect people in society. For instance, romance movies integrate several other themes into the romantic scenes, which allows them to focus…
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“Venus and Adonis” by Peter Paul Rubens
Table of Contents Introducion Baroque art What the Venus and Adonis Show? Features of drawing Ruben Conclusion Works Cited Introducion Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was the greatest exponent of the baroque paintings and the most renowned painter of the Northern Europe. By mixing the realistic tradition of Flemish paintings with the imaginative thoughts and classical…
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Krysten Cunningham and Mary Weatherford: Overview
Table of Contents Krysten Cunningham Mary Weatherford Works Cited Krysten Cunningham Krysten Cunningham works in physics laboratory but does other tasks. For example, Giattino reports her saying that “For instance I am working on a video project called ‘3 to 4’ that uses color as way to expand out notions of dimension”. The lecturer’s work…
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Real America in the “Coming Home” Movie
Introduction Vietnam was a hot topic for Hollywood in 1978 when the movie Coming Home was made in showing the plight of wounded soldiers who were making efforts to adjust with life back in the USA, many of who were unable to lead a normal physical life, and more importantly unable to reconcile themselves to…
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Dubbing in France: 1920’s To Date
Table of Contents Introduction The 1920’s Market Dominance The Invention of Sound Importation versus Local Conclusion References Introduction Agreementwith other film industries to open the markets for films placed France within the major risk of foreign interference. Subtitling was also not allowed per se leaving dubbing as the solitaryoption of domesticating foreign films. The 1920’s…
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You Were My Everything
Table of Contents Overview Theme Point of View Cultural-context Conclusion Works Cited Overview You Were My Everything was among the top songs in the American Music Chart in year 2004. On a literature perspective, Aviation song was and is still successful because of the extensive use of literary elements. The most eminent literary elements include…
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The ‘American Horror Story’
The ‘American Horror Story’ (AHS) is a horror anthology that was launched in 2011 to shatter the modern limits of what is acceptable. ‘Depraved’, as they claim, AHS brought along the classical horror themes (mental disorders, physical deformity, extreme violence) in the quantities that, according to reviewers, have ‘completely destroyed any remaining limitations that television…