O Brother, Where Art Thou? Homer in Hollywood: The Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou? Could a Hollywood filmmaker adapt Homer's Odyssey for the screen in the same way that James Joyce did for the Modernist novel? The idea of a high-art film Continue Reading...
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig is perhaps one of the most unusually named works of contemporary philosophical narrative. The book takes the form of a novel in which certain philosophic truths about Zen are revealed. The Continue Reading...
According to Schmutlzer, "The buildings of Horta reveal the full importance of architectural initiative" (114). In his book, a History of Modern Architecture, Joedicke (1959) reports that, "In the nineteenth century a circle of adventurous artists, Continue Reading...
Such a confrontational strategy represents a subversion of the Modernist paradigm that supposedly views the work of art as being separate from the viewing experience. When dealing with a live human being presented as an "object," however, one is for Continue Reading...
religious art. This include: music, dance, The religious piece of artwork that I have chosen to discuss within this document is Murillo Bartolome Esteban's "Crucifixion Paining." This particular work of art was rendered in oil. This work of art is Continue Reading...
Other women, such as this slave girl, do not have any rights. On the grave is only Haegeso's father's name. In fact, this box of jewels probably represents part of the dowry Proxenos gave to his daughter's husband when she left her father's home to Continue Reading...
Crazy Horse and the Western Hero Crazy Horse, believed born sometime in 1838, was a respected member of the Oglala Sioux Native American tribe and is noted for his courage in battle. He was recognized among his own people as a visionary leader commi Continue Reading...
This were then replaced with larger big band orchestras as technology allowed such large groups to be clearly recorded, "As the swing era began, shorts were made of many of the top orchestras," (Yanow 2). Big band orchestras began showing up in all Continue Reading...
e. greed, lust and jealousy). To do this, Qutb advocated using a by any means necessary approach, in preventing the status quo from imposing its will upon everyone. This meant that there will be some kind of armed struggle against these forces. What Continue Reading...
film Lone Star discussing various aspects of the movie. Lone Star" is John Sayles' best movie yet, a richly textured, multi-racial, multi-generational examination of a Texas town. The writer/director Sayles brilliantly combines drama, romance, myst Continue Reading...
Finally, these changes established the practice of deferring to previous decisions issued by courts that in modern times is recognized as the concept of legal precedent that is essential to the American system of justice in both the realm of civil a Continue Reading...
Language Arts There is a trend among some colleges and universities recently to cut back or eliminate their humanities major and courses, which includes language arts as well as history and philosophy. This has created a controversy over the importa Continue Reading...
Ohio Capitol Building Discuss the overall design of the building. Upon what earlier buildings or styles was the design of this structure based? Why is that significant? According to those who helped to construct the building, the Ohio Capitol was i Continue Reading...
Vernacular Rhetoric has an element of discussion which ensures that there is hope of better and newer social circumstances to emerge as the ideologies behind social movements keep changing. The combination of Rhetoric and vernahas yielded the moment Continue Reading...
Healthcare Policy Western Philosophical Thought and the Delivery of the Public Health System Improving healthcare behaviors and access to public healthcare has been a key issue of debate among politicians and officials on all levels of the governme Continue Reading...
Food History There are two liquids especially agreeable to the human body, wine inside and oil outside." Pliny There is an inscription in Egyptian characters on the pyramid which records the quantities of radishes onions and garlic consumed by the Continue Reading...
Talent Management Discuss how the economic environment has influenced the need for talent management practices. The current economic environment is one that is knowledge-based rather than agrarian or industrial (Friedman, 2005); talent management a Continue Reading...
Liturgical Use of Visual Arts and Paganism Christian art's rich history goes as far back as the 3rd century A.D. Ever since the first paintings were done on catacomb walls, Christians have endeavored to use visible means for expressing the invisibl Continue Reading...
Women's Museums The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington is a museum specifically focused on bringing a gender-focused study to the achievements of women in the different artistic fields, whether literature, visual art, or performance Continue Reading...
By the second night, a group of men had mutinied and attempted to kill the officers and destroy the raft, and by the third day, "those whom death had spared in the disastrous night […] fell upon the dead bodies with which the raft was covered, Continue Reading...
Pop is tomorrow's Classical"- Paul McCartney. Discuss this contention within the context of rock/classical music collaborations since the early 1950s. Classical Rock and Popular Prophecy To the average music-listener, musical genres are easily div Continue Reading...
Greek and Roman Empire Influence on Western Civilization Spawning Civilization: From Greece to Rome to Western Civilization It is difficult to find an area of life in contemporary Western Civilization which has not been influenced by the ancient em Continue Reading...
Islamic Technology Cultural and Construction History of the Islamic Golden Age Cultural Environment The Islamic Golden Age is also known as the Caliphate of Islam or the Islamic Renaissance. The term refers to a system of political, cultural, and Continue Reading...
Changing Nature of Warfare According to generals like Rupert Smith and David Petraeus, postmodern conflict is radically different from warfare between industrialized states, such as the American Civil War and the world wars of the 20th Century. It d Continue Reading...
Because is easily shaped, these above-mentioned items were made to form by a skilled craftsman's hammer and by casting; gold was engraved and embossed; gold was used in granule form for decorative purposes; gold was pounded into thin sheets for "cov Continue Reading...
Leaving the bleak Post- Communistic country I lived in and entering the United States has been an experience that managed to change everything, from me beliefs to my perceptions, from the perspective on art to the way I saw art, the art process and a Continue Reading...
It is amazing to find out that the Christians who were conquered by the Muslims were not bitter against those who were once their enemies. Some of them were even Mosarabs, the so called "would be Arabs," who adopted the language and the culture of Continue Reading...
Atahuallpa was the ruler when the conquistadors arrived. The Spanish were under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro. There were a total of 168 Europeans in this group, and they challenged an empire of 6 million people. The Indians were puzzled by t Continue Reading...
Question 2: Astronomy in the News What goes up, must come down. This might seem to be a universal principle of logic, and indeed if you throw your car keys in the air, they will come crashing down to the floor on earth. But nearly a "decade ago, a Continue Reading...
(Marino) Related to the above is the view that the origins and history of the development of Rap music are strongly related to the resistance to various forms of colonialism and oppression that Black people have experienced and which has shaped the Continue Reading...
Aside from the philosophical aspects of the world "their audience will understand some of the technical vocabulary, and will admire and approve" the conduct of those arranging the games. Another major point in Wiedemann's depiction of the Roma worl Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Influence of Mythology on Greek Art: Explore how Greek myths and legends shaped the themes, motifs, and narratives in Greek art, from pottery to sculpture. 2. Architectural Innovations of Ancient Continue Reading...
Instead, for example, the artists who sculptured the tympanum of Beaulieu in the south of France were later asked by Abbot Suger to work on the sculptures of the west front of Saint Denis, in present day northern Paris. Although the latter which was Continue Reading...
Abstract Like most western philosophers, Plato focused a substantial amount of energy on aesthetics. Aesthetics is the philosophical inquiry into beauty. For many philosophers, the concept of beauty was synonymous with the concept o Continue Reading...
tomorrow / Bright before us / Like a flame. (Alain Locke, "Enter the New Negro," 1925) From the 1920's Alain Leroy Locke has been known as a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Through his writings, his actions and his education, Locke work Continue Reading...
The authorities did what they could to maintain their iron control, even if it meant destroying people and families in the process. They were evil, and I can say that now. Later, we found out just how much trouble our exhibition had caused. Today, Continue Reading...
Nils Christie in his book Crime Control as Industry: Towards Gulags, Western Style, a person has difficulty knowing who are the worst criminals -- the men and women prisoners or the individuals who run the penal industry. The book details how the Un Continue Reading...
Cultural and Social Influence of Neoclassical Artist (Antonio Canova) Antonio Canova Culture and social influence of the Neoclassical artists Antonio Canova's life was mainly of sculptor because his father, Pietro Canova, was a stonecutter of Poss Continue Reading...
women artists," feminists have reflexively responded by trying to find great women artists from the past who were undiscovered or to emphasize little-regarded female artists from past artistic movements dominated by men. However, this can create the Continue Reading...
With the sole exception of a permanent exhibition room solely devoted to the work of Joseph Beuys - widely considered to be among the most important German artists of the post-war period - the Hamburger Bahnhof features a fair balance of works by co Continue Reading...
