Category: Art

  • Frame 4c from Zhang Yimou’s “Red Sorghum”

    Red Sorghum (1987) is a very symbolic presentation of the past, the present, and the future. Each scene is full of symbols, and each frame has a particular meaning. Frame 4c is no exception. The frame depicts the protagonist of the film who has prepared food for the men before the attack. The frame reveals…

  • “Drop Squad” by David C. Johnson

    Table of Contents Assimilation and Originality Things Destroying the African American Community Mutual Exclusiveness Advertisement Campaigns Assimilation and Originality Culture is an acquired compliment of a long interactive process. It depends on the period of time in which an individual is exposed to the interactive process and level of internalization of the subculture. Reflectively, culture…

  • Media Arts: Char Davies’ Osmose Virtual Environment

    Char Davies is among of unique artists who represent the virtual spaces in their works. Osmose by Davies is an effective example of the modern concept of hypermedia and representation of the unrealistic world based on the human’s breathing, feeling, and perceiving. The features of the modern media include interactivity, immersion, integration, hypermedia, and narrativity…

  • “Christ before Pilate” by Luca Giordano

    Table of Contents Introduction Meaning of the Painting Examination and Setting of the Painting Subject Matter Formal Properties of the Painting Conclusion Works Cited Introduction During the Renaissance period, scholars and theologians used various strategies to emphasize the importance of Christ’s life. Most of the artists at the time presented different paintings and images aimed…

  • “Voyage to the Moon”: The Fantastic Dream of Georges Méliès

    The silent film Voyage to the Moon directed by Georges Méliès represents an important landmark in the development of cinematography since it incorporates a variety of techniques that were revolutionary by the standards of the early twentieth century. For a long time, the color version of the film was believed to be irretrievably lost. However,…

  • “Devil in a Blue Dress” By Carl Franklin

    “Devil in a Blue Dress” is a movie produced in 1995 depicting the dramatic experiences of an African American novice private eye in 1948 Los Angeles. The movie falls under the Neo-noir category as it is set in the classic era between 1940 and 1950 and has the characteristic neo-noir theme of a major African…

  • Borromeo String Quartet’s Masterclass

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion References Introduction The chamber music masterclass with the Borromeo Quartet lasted two hours. Yeesun Kim, cello, Nicholas Kitchen, violin, Mai Motobuchi, viola, and Kristopher Tong, violin, are the soloists of the quartet who taught and monitored students playing three different pieces of the chamber music during the masterclass…

  • Drawings by John White and Theodore De Bry Comparison

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion References Introduction John White was an English painter and traveler. For the first time, he traveled to America in 1585 as a member of Sir Walter Raleigh’s crew. White created many watercolor drawings of the aboriginals, local flora and fauna at Roanoke Island. His works became the first…

  • Grey Zone by Tim Blake Nelson

    Grey Zone is a film by the director Tim Blake Nelson (2001). The plot of the film is based partially on Miklos Nyiszli’s Auschwitz: a Doctor’s Eyewitness Account (who was a Jew working as a doctor in camp and assisted Mengele during the experiments on cam prisoners) and on diaries found buried in the cam…

  • The Right Way to Negotiate: “The Battle of Algiers”

    Table of Contents The Major Arguments of the Film The historical/social/economic setting of the film Relevance to Contemporary Issues Relevance to Peace and Conflict Studies Works Cited The Major Arguments of the Film Among the major arguments brought forward by the film, “The Battle of Algiers” of 1966 by Gillo Pontecorvo is that winning a…