Arts Essays
Comparing Medieval and Rennaisance Paintings
Comparing Medieval and Rennaisance Paintings In the following essay I shall compare and contrast paintings from the medieval and renaissance period. Medieval paintings were very realistic and precise. The king in the painting is in the middle, and anything painted in the middle is the center of attraction or the important object in the painting. To prove this theory, I looked at the painting and the first thing that caught my eye is the king. The human body is not too detaile...
Comparison of Baroque Flute and Modern Flute
Comparison of Baroque Flute and Modern Flute A comparative study of the use of the baroque and modern flutes in composition, with specific reference to - Sonata IV for flute and continuo by J.S Bach, and Sonata for flute by Hindemith The baroque, or transverse flute is of great interest to me, mainly because of my own flute playing experience. I have always considered the baroque flute a much softer and more beautiful instrument, and it is because of this interest that I have ...
Creativity and Madness
Creativity and Madness Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence-whether all that is profound-does not spring from disease of thought-from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.” (Edgar Allan Poe, Qtd. in Jamison, 62) Throughout the years, many people have shared Edgar Allan Poe’s skepticism about a correlation between creativity and madness. Glancing back through history, evid...
Dead Man Walking Analysis of the Movie
Dead Man Walking - Analysis of the Movie People in society today have changed their feelings towards humanity and religious practises. This change is seen clearly in the movie “Dead Man Walking.” The characters go through changes in their view of religion and their feelings about human morality and humanity towards each other. The characters of Sister Helen, Matthew, and the victims parents all went through these changes during the movie for different reasons. These emoti...
Elvis Presley Biography
Elvis Presley Biography Elvis Aaron Presley was born January 8, 1938 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Elvis sang in the Assembly of God choir. At age ten, Elvis won a school singing contest and he taught himself the principles of the guitar. Elvis’ family is very interesting. His parents are Gladys and Vernon. Jesse Garon, Elvis’ twin brother, was stillborn. The Presley family is extremely poor. All of his family is extremely religious. The church rejoiced in African-American songs. ...
Existentialism and Theatre
Existentialism and Theatre Existentialism is a concept that became popular during the second World War in France, and just after it. French playrights have often used the stage to express their views, and these views came to surface even during a Nazi occupation. Bernard Shaw got his play “Saint Joan” past the German censors because it appeared to be very Anti-British. French audiences however immediately understood the real meaning of the play, and replaced the Brit...
Face Off Movie
Face Off Movie In all good movies there are conflicts between two characters. Occasionally this conflict is between a good person and a bad person. A excellent example of a situation between good and evil is the main characters in the movie Face/Off. The evil person, Castor Troy, is played by Nicolas Cage and the good character, Sean Archer, is played by John Travolta. Castor Troy is a well known felon who has hidden a bomb that will release deadly poison. Sean Archer is a...
2001 The Dawn of Man
2001 The Dawn of Man In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, created by Dr. Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick, the plot sequences that are symbolic. The section of the movie called “The Dawn of Man” has many examples of symbolism. First, there are five things in “The Dawn of Man” that show the endangerment of a species. Bones, the search for food, a leopard easily killing an ape, the frightened eyes of an ape during the night, and the first invasion at the waterhole s...
A Clockwork Orange Theme
A Clockwork Orange Theme A Clockwork Orange In the novel A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess suggests that a controlling government will cause a dark, turbulent, gloomy future using music, using violence, and using language. I. Burgess’s use of music A. music as emotional heightener B. music to calm C. music to harm II. Burgess’s use of violence A. use of rape B. use of fighting C. use of blood III. Burgess’s use of language A. language as social identifier B...