Based on a 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis, America Psycho (1999) tells of Patrick Bateman, a New York City banking Executive (Christian Bale) who conceals his psychopathic identity from his friends and colleagues as he ventures deep into violent indulgent fantasies. The young entrepreneur spends most of his time keeping up appearances for his…
A movie so influential that a syndrome has been named after it. The Truman syndrome entails those afflicted with the disorder to believe their lives are reality television shows. The Truman show came out in 1998, starring Truman Burbank, the protagonist of the story who is unaware that his everyday life is being televised continuously…
The movie Samson and Delilah is about two fourteen-year-old indigenous teenagers who steal a car, attempt to escape their bleak life, fail, and eventually return to their tiny outback community. It draws attention to the aboriginal community, reflecting social and economic inequality toward marginalized groups in modern-day society. The rise of Capitalism and economic expansion…
Desplat’s composition, Statues, which is part of the Protecting Hogwarts scene in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II displays several musical elements in action. These elements include the timbre, texture, dynamics, and rhythm of the piece. These elements change throughout the scene, gradually adding or withdrawing each element to suit the needs of…
The film, Invictus, portrays many necessary qualities that attribute to an effective leader. The three main qualities that the film has represented as attributes of an effective leader are being able to forgive and forget, having the courage to speak against the majority, and lastly, having resilience in the face of adversity. The director, Clint Eastwood,…
Part 1 My Cousin Vinny is a film whose events closely compare to the reality of the United States criminal justice system. The movie provides some set-up events that are similar to the actual procedures within the justice system. For instance, before the arrests, investigations were carried out to identify suspects as it usually happens in…
Francois Boucher’s piece, titled Portrait of Madame de Pompadour, is a representation of a woman reclining on her seat’s backrest holding a book in her hand. She is wearing a fancy dress and gazing blankly into the distance. This painting’s focus is on its woman seater with her exceptionally sophisticated dress and hairstyle, which contrasts…
Guava Island is directed by Hiro Murai, and was released in 2019. The film was produced by Donald Glover, Fam Udeorji, Carmen Cuba, and Jennifer Roth. A lot of the music in this movie was written and performed by Donald Glover (his music produced under the alter ego “Childish Gambino”) as well as music also…
Girl With A Pearl Earring, painted in 1665, by Johannes Vermeer. Vermeer (1632-1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in painting domestic interior scenes of middle class life, the Dutch word for which is “tronie”. Girl With A Pearl Earring was painted on canvas using oil paint, with a range of whites, yellows, blues, browns,…
The ancient region of Gandhara was located in what is today northwest Pakistan. It was an astonishingly wealthy area due to its position along the Silk Road that linked it to South Asia and the Mediterranean1. The art of this region fused together foreign styles, like Greco-Roman and Indian styles, to create a visual form…
What is Surrealism Surrealism, is an artistic movement stressing on the artists subconscious, where the artist focuses on their imagination, for imagery or to exploit unexpected juxtapositions. These juxtapositions are unexpected, because the appearance of the forms/subjects don’t look real, and oppose reality. In surrealist artworks, the subjects look like out their out of reality,…
Part of Your World Since November 17, 1989 The Little Mermaid and the song Part of Your World has been a favorite of children and adults. Walt Disney’s The Little Mermaid is based on the Danish fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. While the original has a much more gruesome storyline…
Pablo Picasso was born on October 25th, 1881 in Málaga, Spain to a father who was a professor in a school of arts and crafts (2004, encyclopedia). His father’s last name was Blasco, while his mother’s was Picasso, it was in 1991 when Pablo Picasso decided to go by his mother’s last name (2004, encyclopedia).…
Oenochoai (Oenochoe) may be decorated or undecorated. Oenochoe typically have only one handle at the back and may include a trefoil mouth and pouring spout.Their size also varies considerably; most, at up to 25 cm tall, could be comfortably held and poured with one hand, but there are much larger examples. Alabastron, a small…
Actor – a person who portrays a character in a play Climax – the point in a plot where the interest, tension, and excitement are highest Conflict – the problem or struggle in a story Dialogue – speech between characters in a play Narrator – a person who tells a story; often spoken in the…
William Shakespeare’s renowned play Romeo and Juliet is the quintessential description of infatuation in young people. He proved that young love provides pleasure but seldom lasts by writing this tragic tale. The main characters possess the tragic flaw of rashness in action which leads to their downfall. They are hasty in their actions and cease…
Drama and the Folk Ritual Drama had its earliest beginnings in the corporate life of the village, the predominant form of settlement that took place in England in c.450, with the coming of the Anglo-Saxons. The villagers had to undertake the communal task of plowing, reaping and harvesting, and clearing the wasteland. This pattern of…
What is color? The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the objects reflects or emits light. One, or any mixture, of the constituents into which light can be separated in a spectrum or rainbow. White light The reflection of all wavelengths of visible…
Biography: Martin Johnson Heade was born on the 11th of August, 1819, in Lumberville Pennsylvania. His first art training came from folk artist Edward Hicks and possibly his cousin. Heade is not believed to have any formal training, although this is not certain. By 1839 he was painting his first portraits, with his first exhibition…
A Haiku is a short poem that consists of 17 syllables formed in 3 unrhymed lines. The first and third lines have 5 syllables, and the second line has 7 syllables. This type of poetry usually creates two clear images within the stanza relating to the topic. According to Japanese tradition, each Haiku primarily contains…