Artists Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

Almost all classic songs are about love. Since ancient times, artists have endeavored to write songs of love to stir the heart. Their works have ranged from the saccharine and sappy to the truly moving. In spite of the artists’ varied levels of accomplishment and artistic merits, each of these songs relies on certain tropes and exhibits certain qualities that are endemic to the “love song” genre. In all quintessential love songs, three tenets (common qualities) have stood out; simple lyrics delivered with sincerity, use of a saxophone and they are sung in moderately slow tempos.

Quintessential love songs ...

Introduction

The invention of the camera in the latter part of the 18th century became the pathway to create a new style of art called photography. Photography is the art of drawing using the light, a scientific process that relies in lenses to create a reflection of the images onto the paper. Since the invention of the camera, photography became even more popular because it is versatile and fast compared to painting. Photography became the avant-garde of the early twentieth century art not only in the United States but to the whole world as well. Photographers and artists often incorporate several themes inspired ...

The art market in china is full of too many forgeries. Original art produced has become a way of making more money through manufacturing replicas of the original works. It has led to many fake artists using this as a source of livelihood. The art market eventually becomes a place that’s only breeding corruption. It happens when executive business people bride others with the forged art for favors. The market is in a very hesitant stage since most people are reluctant to buy art because they fear buying the forged ones rather than the original ones. The primary aim of this is ...

One of the writers whose name is William Faulkner said: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” As he said, past is still going. His quote is similar to the history of art. Throughout art history, we learn and imagine about our past and how people used art to represent their lives on their period. One of the artworks that people used to represent their lives is vase. People used vase both, as art work and as household item. It was used to store water or wine in it or something else. As the time passes ...

Hiroshige's Woodblock Print of a Sudden Shower over Ohashi and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

The ideals and concepts of Chinese art today rely on the foundation of the country’s rich history and more importantly on two early artists, Hokusai and Hiroshige. Each of these artists has a different perspective in the way they view art and its design. Hiroshige views art as a replica of the environs that surround an individual. For Hiroshige, art should be a virtual display of our surroundings, and it should capture in detail every aspect that comprises of the environment. In order to translate the feeling of reality resorts to employing different colors in his artwork. Hokusai on the other ...

The pop culture is what has been introduced by music lifestyles into the world. Pop culture influences the way we talk the way we dress and act among other activities. Its influence is undeniable as such is evident in our daily lives amongst not just rappers but also their audiences. Most rap music contains a lot of ambition to be great and wealthy at a point in a person’s life, even to be extravagant. This has influenced the society significantly where more young people are interested in becoming successful without working hard. This has lead to market crowding where there are ...

Response to Did rock and roll unfairly rob black artists of their music, credit for their contribution, and their just due?
Indeed, no one ought to view rock and roll musicians as perpetrators who robbed the black artists of their music. Though black artists invented rock and roll, they did not market it well. It is sad to hear that some people accuse artists like Elvis of stealing the black’s music yet his intention he had good intention. Elvis and other white artists decided to help the black artists by listening to their songs and re-recording them. ...

Abstract

A cover song refers to a subsequent recording or a new performance by artists of a previously composed material recorded and released commercially by an original artist. The term cover implies that the subsequent releases of the original song are alternatives or tributes. Therefore, the original recording is the authentic, and the definitive version if copyrighted. In the United States of America, playing cover songs is not illegal, but persons are required to remit licensing fees to the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and relevant publishers who own the tune in question (Harrower, 2005). The practice of covering songs ...

Music as art is a combination of vocals and instruments designed to yield a harmonious emotional expression. It is a form of creativity and has extended to cover records released earlier. It is a modern form of music, where the originality of the old song disappears, and the newer version is more improved but primarily to make more profit as or more than the earlier song produced.
Covering records include tracing the original song aired by the new upcoming artists to change the originality of a song and incorporate their treatments (Eddy, 12). Recently, Kelly Clarkson was caught in ...

Compare James Baldwin's view of personal liberation with Jamaica Kincaid's

Compare James Baldwin's view of personal liberation with Jamaica Kincaid's

Introduction

In this paper, the ideas of liberation have been discussed from the perspective of James Baldwin and Jamaica Kincaid. The ideas of both these authors have been derived from their writings. The writings of James Baldwin, which have been used to understand his point of view, include, going to meet the Man, This Morning, This Evening, So Soon, and others. The movie of James Baldwin i.e. the Price of the Ticket has also been analyzed. On the other side, Jamaica Kincaid’s book Lucy has been used for this ...

Book X. The Republic.

The philosopher, Plato, wrote The Republic in dialogue form using the Socratic method of questioning. Book 10 is about aesthetics; one of the branches of philosophy which is similar to the philosophy of art. Socrates, the narrator and his companion explore the meaning of imitation poetry from the beginning (Plato 658).

That is because true art is from the very soul of the creator not from making an imitation. So the artist must create from the soul to make true art. But Plato does not seem to think it is possible for a human to create from the soul. Only ...

Movie Piracy: Ethical Crisis and Economic Impact

Though movie piracy may seem an ordinary part of the modern reality that the counter-piracy advocates need to put up with, the act of stealing someone’s artwork is still illegal, unethical and economically detrimental. The pro-piracy fighters argue that the increasing access to Internet naturally nurtures the open access to all its content, including the one that is protected by numerous intellectual property laws. Thus, it would be logical to lift the ban on the piracy, which is supposedly helping the movie industry live and prosper, while helping the artists promote themselves within the growing audience. The piracy ...

Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin (1957)
“Sonny's Blues” by James Baldwin is a popular story, in which are metaphorically emphasized musical elements. Closer consideration of blues and jazz forms application and use of musicians such as Creole, Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong by Baldwin shows that the basic motives of the story are supported by these themes. The blues, as music and state of being, can be considered as basic to story’s structure. Richard N. Albert says, “In this story, content (message) of the blues is all important,” because by a number of blacks they are considered to ...

In this essay, three artists - Bruce Nauman, Alexis Smith and Do-ho Suh - are going to be described with the aim to understand what the common denominator of their art is. There seems to be little common ground, actually the three artists share many characteristics of their creation. While Nauman studied art as well as mathematics thereafter learning in the arts and can be considered and abstract painter, who was influenced by Dada movement, who refuses to be confined to particular class of art, Do-ho Suh was influenced by traditional painting of Korean tradition and although he grew ...

Introduction

According to Kim (2007), the Korean Wave can be applied to many aspects, aside from making a more profitable economy for the country. The term Korean Wave gives it a generic definition which symbolized the “Korean-ness” of their cultural products, but more importantly, the nationalistic sentiment that made Korea a big hit not just in Asia, but the rest of the world. Aside from the popularity of the K-pop groups, the Korean cultural products became global success due to their uniqueness and fame (Kim, 2007). Hyun-key Kim (2013, p.135) stated that the term “Korean Wave” or otherwise known as “hallyu” in Korean ...

The musical drama Tristan und Isolde is Richard Wagner’s testament to his power to impart musical dominance. Regarded as one of the best musical dramas in history, Tristan und Isolde has imparted deep influence and inspiration due to its eclectic amalgamation of ideas circling on the realm of metaphysics. Musical aestheticism is the overriding force in the entire drama, the illustration of its overall poeticism being highly reliant on the way its musical scores are composed. The drama imparts its messages through Wagner’s emphasis on the drama’s entire musical agglomeration. Music strongly portrays various character emotions ...

In an average week, I spend far more time consuming media labeled as popular culture than I do things considered high art—and I am not alone in this. Recent reports show that the average American watches more than five hours of television a day, in addition to time spent consuming other media through the internet or radio (Hinckley). Those who bemoan these types of statistics as a sign of society’s downward spiral fail to consider the possibility that the narratives taking place on the small screen of today are just as artistic as those that took place ...

Introduction

It is not a secret that school curriculum is literally the issue of wide all-national discussion. No wonder, the effectiveness of students’ education is the main prerequisite of human future.
However, very frequently one allegedly insignificant detail is not taken into account: in particular, the spectrum of skills, on which the main emphasis is made. No doubt, there would be many people, who would fervently defense the opposite position, insisting on the fact that children do obtain all necessary skills.
Nevertheless, this paper is aimed at the proving of simple statement that any curriculum, which considers art education as ...

Some women think that marriage and giving birth to children demand significant sacrifices. They assume that after getting married and giving birth to kids, young mothers should forget about themselves and take care of kids and husband only. Women sacrifice their dreams and things they like doing and as a result feel themselves miserable. This approach is absolutely wrong. Life does not end on the wedding day it is just getting more settled and busy, woman have a chance to become a mother and beloved wife which is just wonderful. Starting the family is fantastic, but woman should not ...

Identity Politics in the Visible World: Race, Anonymity, and Human Rights

The name Noam Galai is more than just a buzzword in all debates and topics related to privacy, secrecy, digital data and social media in the contemporary world. Rachel Kadish, who is a cousin to Noam Galai, tells the heartbreaking story of how his supposedly shy cousin becomes a victim of the greatest vice in the world internet today – theft of digital property. In her article "Who Is This Man and Why He is screaming?” Kadish narrates how the now international picture of her cousin robbed him of his privacy and the right to consent. Galai, who posted his controversial picture on ...

Gustav Klimt was an important painter in the history of art, and one of the few artists appreciated in their own lifetimes. His portrait of Adele Bach Bauer I in particular illustrates how the flow of his life’s work ran through the Victorian Age, into the Edwardian era and influenced the genres that followed. In part, due to the times in which he lived he was exposed to a world in transition. Born on July 14, 1862 in the Austrian-Hungarian city of Baumgarten during the Victorian era he studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts until 1883. ...

Introduction

The question, whether art influences life or life influences art has been a much debated. While many state that art is the representation of human life and nature, many others argue that artistic depictions result in trends that have the ability to influence the human mind. It definitely seems as if “art” has influenced the society if popular culture is considered. (D) Popular culture, or as it is otherwise known, “pop” culture, is the body of ideas propounded by the majority of a society through various artistic means, such as television and cinema, and it has a impactful influence on the actions, ...

The human beings are considered as the most intelligent creature in this universe. It is hard to measure the capability and brilliance of the human mind (Voronin et al. 1139-1146). The optimistic factor in human intelligence and brilliance is increasing with the passage of time, and this eventually results in different kinds of innovations around the world. Philosophers and scientists around the globe are making different kinds of claims regarding the development of human intelligence and their claims revolve around different kinds of theories. Due to the complexity in the theories, it is always difficult to believe in one ...

Documentary film is one of the most difficult genres of cinematography, firstly, because of its structure as well as due to the large number of approaches to the implementation of the idea. This genre originated over a century ago and nowadays it is undoubtedly one of the most difficult genres, since it is necessary to analyze a huge amount of material to identify the authenticity of historical facts in order to create a professional documentary film. The advent of documentary films made the cinematography a more profound art form, which became a part of the scientific world too.
Documentary film was the beginning ...

In the Book X of „The Republic“, Plato asks Socrates to explain why philosophy and poetry are opposed. They seem to be on different sides of the same issue. According to Plato, philosophy teaches people the way they should conduct their lives and how to be moral and poetry and art, such as painting, only corrupts people. Plato believes that art „is at the third remove from reality, nothing more than semblances, easy to produce with no knowledge of the truth“ (Plato, 2011, p. 25).
Philosophers offer „moral and religious guides to the conduct of life“ (Plato, 2011, ...

Movie piracy is the unlawful copying and circulation of movies in print, videos, DVDs or electronic files; it is also the illegitimate accessing, showing, and selling of copyright guarded material such as movies and TV shows. Recent developments in digital machinery make server-based or peer-to-peer (P2P) folder sharing on the Internet suitable and comparatively quick (Johns 350). A pessimistic result of this new technology, though, is online larceny of copyrighted substance. This paper seeks to establish the predicaments of movie piracy, centring particularly the consequences of movie piracy, both negative and positive, on all the stakeholders, and the counter ...

Islamic Architecture in India

The diversity has always been a distinguishing cross-cutting feature of the whole mankind. Consequently, the modern world has always been a multicultural one since the dawn of times and it is absolutely impossible to establish particular borders between the cultures, as such phenomena as cross-cultural communication has existed during the whole timeline. On this point, it is important to mention that the emerging of any culture first of all depends on the location of its carriers. In other words, it strongly depends on the geographical matters. That is why such rapid cultural differentiation appeared, which has manifested, first of ...

Roads are generally made for the purpose of having an easier access of different places and in order for the different modes of transportation to have a smooter flow of traffic and a quicker time to reach their destination. These maybe the meaning of roads for engineers, architects, and other people who view roads based on the functions and benefits. However, for other people with multiple views upon things, a road is more than its functions and benefits. For them, roads are not just a result of a construction project nor a huge infrastructure. Roads may symbolize something depending ...

Meet me at The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) is a monthly museum program for people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers (Chancellor et al., 2014). In this program, curators from the museum lead discussions about a handful of artworks from the museum’s collections. This encourages people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers to interact with each other and share their opinions with art experts about the artwork in the galleries. Rosenberg (2009) stated that the MoMA program improved the mood of people with Alzheimer’s disease during and after the visit, decreased social isolation ...

A remix refers to a derivative work made by combining or modifying existing media. Adam Smith in his article Emergent Remix Culture in an Anonymous Collaborative Art System describes remix as a product of process of taking elements from existing artifacts and changing or recombining these elements to create something new. In the modern society, the remixing concept is prevalent touching on the art and technology fields. Additionally, there are various examples of remixing namely folklore, sampling, graffiti, Wikipedia and film remixing. The internet has been highly effective platform for the “remixing process”-remixes of photos, songs and videos are easily ...

LA GRANDE JATTE

La Grande Jatte is a spectacular piece of art to say the least. This is a piece of art by Georges Pierre Surat and focuses primarily on the leisure activities that would take place on a normal Sunday afternoon. The fact that this piece of art is remarkable and very impressive has raised an array of mixed reactions the world over. Authors and analysts as well as art enthusiasts in the world over have expressed their opinion on this piece of art. This is with regard to the stylistic expertise employed by the artist to the psychological disposition of the artist at ...

The book, the Picture of Dorian Gray by is an interesting piece of innovation in the literary field. The story dwells around the protagonist who is Dorian Gray in London. The usage of descriptive images reveals Gray as an ambitious, wealthy, and handsome young man with the ability to capture a woman’s attention. He unconsciously does so to Lady Brandon who is an artist of great reputation. The different attempts to portray Gray in many mythological aspects disappoint him. The claim of the young man is that the portrait displays a variance of the artist’s feelings as subjective to ...

Introduction

Michael Jackson is one of the world’s most famous singers and artist. Starting off as an ordinary American recording artist, he had a couple of breaks. He was later on discovered as the world’s King of Pop because of the genre of songs he usually composed in his music albums. His fans often refer Michael Jackson as MJ. Jackson did not become famous just because he has a relatively good or unique singing voice. His unique and usually hard-to-copy dance moves were actually equally contributory to his success as an entertainer, a recording artist, and even a businessperson. This man certainly ...

When one talks about teenage pregnancy, there is a possibility that abortion would enter the discussion. With many teenagers slowly getting pregnant in a young age, many young couples opt to undertake abortion to get away from the responsibilities attached in being a young parent. Arguments have already dominated various discussion forums and mediums in allowing young couples to abort their babies legally. Many groups have vehemently argued against the legalization of Abortion as this is against the moral teachings of the Church, and it would also affect the young mother in the long run. Others believe legalization would reduce the number ...

One of the most controversial topics in terms of ethics is the issue on abortion, whether it is valid or illegal. In one definition, abortion is considered the premature termination or forced elimination of the pregnancy. This can be done through the use of pills or physical means. This is usually done intentionally . Many arguments have been raised regarding the legalities of such act, and why it is a continuously growing trend in many countries both developed and developing. Most of the cases of abortion are due to unwanted pregnancies, teenage pregnancy and due to the hardships the parents are ...

Cultural appropriation has been subject to debate in the American music industry for several years. While it remains debatable as to whether there is a need for serious actions to be taken to provide justice to the members of the original cultures when it is evident there is an incident of misappropriation, how such cultural appropriation occurs still elicits debate. It is critical to understand that certain actions of the singers can be considered culturally offensive while others can be accommodated despite the cultural debate it brings. It is thus important that artists show appreciation to another culture by ...

It was a perfect moment in time. To witness someone so comfortable in their own skin and so confident in who they are, and to watch this congeal into a glow that emanated through television screens around the world. Beyoncé Knowles Carter stood proudly, strongly. She stood in front of a luminescent backdrop with the word “FEMININST” displayed prominently, with only the light of Beyoncé herself shining brighter in the venue that night. During a time when many were much more enamored with the idea of feminism than any actual real life application of it, when the word was ...

“Literature goes beyond life. It is art; it is an imaginative creation that can tell truths gracefully, subtly through narrative, poetry and the movement of characters on a stage. Any imaginative act suggests possibility, and this is another reason to continue studying literature” (Boodakian).
Literature is a separate independent world charming the people within the centuries for its unique reflection of truth. It is impossible to define whether literature reflects the life as it is happening or hints at the tendencies in the society that are going to happen soon. The fact that stays constant is that literature is ...

David L. Smith states that Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the story of slavery and freedom, death and rebirth (to escape from his father, Huck cleverly faked his own death) has not only specific, but also a symbolic meaning. This novel is not only about the legalized slavery of black Americans, but also about the lack of freedom of the white man, enslaved by social conventions and prejudices of the environment, not only about the "revival" of the hero after his supposed death, but also about the actual birth of his personality, which gained emotional breadth. Huck’s and ...

Introduction

The French law is classified as either private or public law with the first dealing with the relationships between individuals and the latter managing the relationships between the state and the individual. The private law is either civil, commercial or employment law whereas the public law is either criminal, administrative or constitutional law. Of interest, however, is the constitutional law which refers to the section of the public law that encompasses the imperative and universal rules. The constitutional law implies the principles through which the government can exercise its authority and includes the customary laws and the international rules ...

Argumentative Essay: Idealism versus Realism

Introduction
The philosophy is the basis of human intellectual development because the knowledge provides mental infrastructure that operates in order to assist the humans in terms of understanding the world that exists around them. However, there are marked differences between the two leading schools of thought in this regard. According to Augustine, idealism is conventional approach towards gaining knowledge (Barnes, 237). The basic strings of idealism go back to the era of ancient Greeks who thought that their intellectual capacity was sufficient regarding accumulation of knowledge in the world (Page 116). Realism on the other side argues that ...

Orwell’s essay ‘England Your England’ written in 1941 is typical of the confusion that is felt by individuals and the whole of the country in uncertain political times. George Orwell attempts to set some kind of direction for the country amongst all the confusion of war. England was being bombed by the Germans in WWII at the time. This paper will argue that the central thesis of the essay was that English patriotism and loyalty exists in different forms depending on class in normal circumstances. As a collective idea, it is far more complex and is undergoing transition. For ...

Michelangelo has been studied as a think tank of art ever since he painted master illustrations that nurtured the style of renaissance period. It should be noted that he brought the concept of man as a subject of art work that generated a lot of debate during the era of renaissance period. Sistine Chapel Ceiling includes illustrations shows mere interest in men as Michelangelo claimed that men brought the beauty of world together. Sistine Chapel Ceiling is the art work that has been selected for the purpose of evaluation in this paper. In addition, a discussion will be carried out in accordance to ...

Introduction

Through the inspirations derived from the study of optical and colour theory, Seurat was able to present his painting's work that took him 2 years to complete. Ensuing the fact that people perceive the work differently, varied perceptions regarding the work have since been formulated. From a personal point of view, the painting works by Seurat work to present not only the culture of 18th century, but also the relationships that existed among individuals in the society. Apparent from the picture is the fact that there is a greater bond between women and children essentially because children are seen to stay ...

Automation is a technology that entails the use of sophisticated machines in performing tasks .In this regard, the tasks may be those that are fundamental in the manufacturing industries, production industries, processing and attributed to other instances that largely recognize the use of skilled labor. Examples of automation in industries include the use of computers. On the same note, some countries recognize the use of robots as a substitute to human labor. In these cases, technology can be defined as a tool that has resulted in schisms in as far as the world job market is concerned. In the nineteen twenties, most ...

Italian futurism was a movement launched in Milan the capital of Italy by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909 and its main aim was to capture and embrace the idea of modernity, the sensations and the aesthetics of movement, speed and industrial development. It had a manifesto, dubbed as the futurist manifesto and published on the front of a French newspaper le Figaro.
In the futurist manifesto, Marinetti criticized passatismo, the cultural tradition in Italy. It further called for the destruction of libraries, feminism and museums. Sooner than could be thought, futurism had expanded into an international movement. Its participants gave additional ...

The modern Gothic subculture has emerged in the time period between the late seventies and the early eighties as a new medium for self-expression through the new genre of music, art, fashion and literature. The term “gothic” was initially used to describe the mysterious and dark literature that used the medieval gothic setting for the horror story-telling (Online Etymology Dictionary). Today the gothic subculture does not have a particular set of prerequisites for their members to be considered Goths. As “gothic” can be referred to the style of music, art, literature and fashion, high chances are that the members of the ...

Introduction

In the 20th century, probably under the influence of the industrial revolution, artists used manufactured objects as subjects of art. These objects were extracted from the artificial environment and converted into art. An example of this is Marcel Duchamp’s piece known as the ReadyMades (1915). More recently, Rachel Whiteread made use of this trend in some of her last works of art. Over time, her works have been the subject of inquiry. Her earlier works underlined an interest in absence and shadow of things. She made sculptures by creating casts of the space around objects. In recent works, ...

The Vietnam War is widely acknowledged as one of the most contradictory wars in American and worldwide history. It has been a historical incident whose causes, effects, interpretation and role in the evolution of world affairs has never stopped causing heated debates, still leaving lots of questions unanswered or half-answered. Like any contradictory event, the Vietnam War hurt lots of people, destroyed numerous human lives, tore America apart in terms of its heated supporters standing against its heated opponents and brought nations on the front step of dealing with one of the world’s worst historical pages. If history is ...

Society is dependent upon government to maintain order. Without government, society would easily crumble into anarchy; however, there remains a question about how much governmental interference is necessary in issues of free speech in the United States. The United States Constitution stipulates that every American citizen has the right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but the Supreme Court has ruled that these rights are not absolute. In the same way that an individual does not have the right to falsely yell “fire” in a crowded theater, so too is that individual restricted when it comes to obscene or ...

In Charles W. Mills’ book The Racial Contract, the author challenges the idea of the social contract, wherein John Locke, Immanuel Kant and others stated that people are kept in line and socially equalized by the creation of government and the need to maintain peace with each other through the restriction of certain individual freedoms for the greater whole. Mills’ perspective on this is much different; Mills does not believe that the social contract applies to everyone, if it existed at all. Understanding the Racial Contract is vital to comprehending the way our world works now, particularly in the ‘ ...

Apparently, social media sites such as face book, twitter and YouTube define the social life of young person today. Contrary to common misconception, social media is not a thing of the developed country any more. It is becoming a global phenomenon as technology is gradually becoming commonplace even in the third world nations. Today, social media sites are accessible by mobile phones, and getting registered is hassle free. While social media have been identified as being top among the most powerful tools of global communication and expansion of personal networks of friends, they have various demerits. Such demerits define the dark ...

Aspiring musicians have their choice of thousands of music programs across the United States where they could spend four yours and tens of thousands of dollars to position themselves to become a professional musician. Or they could just, learn everything that will be taught in the expensive classroom and learn everything they will get from college online and then use the money saved from college to record an album and market it in an increasingly friendly market to musicians releasing and promoting records without the need for a music education or a record label to sign them.
This essay profiles several ...

Modern fiction has often been marked by experts as being defined by the rise of first-person narration. First-person narration offers a variety of advantages to the author, but in addition to having advantages, it also offers unique pitfalls for writers who are utilizing it when they are creating fiction. The problem with the first-person narrative is that the “I”-- the speaker, the narrator of the piece-- must be compelling and believable, even if he or she is unreliable as a narrator. Everyone has an internal monologue, and if the narrator’s internal monologue strays too far from what is believable ...

We went to a concert, Olivia and the Santa Barbara Boys on last Monday, March 25th at Lawrence & Alma Berk Recital Hall, which is located in 1140 Boylston Street, Boston, MA. It was the third concert to have attended during this course. Jazz is a music genre that is of interest to many people. There should be effort to ensure that this interest is maintained by improvising it so that people will still like it. Compared to the last two concerts we went, this concert was presented in a university hall which made people feel casual. The audience was more relaxed and ...

One of the popular practices in the contemporary technological world is file sharing. The process entails accessing and distributing different forms of information in their digital formats. Some of the widely shared information includes multimedia files, e-books, programs and computer softwares. Various contemporary and conservative methods are used in file sharing. The traditional methods are largely manual, and they include use of CD’s and floppy disks. Contrary, modern methods of file sharing are largely digitized, for example, peer-to-peer sharing and World Wide Web hyperlinking (Oberholzer & Strumpf). This practice has generated heated debate across the world, with one school ...

Leonardo Da Vinci was an Italian painter who was born on 1452 and passed on in 1519. Da Vinci is often described as the face of a renaissance man. He is most famous for the painting Monalisa and the Last Supper. As famous as he was as an artist, Leonardo Di Vinci was also famed in the areas of science, philosophy, and literature. Contemporarily, Leonardo Da Vinci’s has been a subject of debate among scholars. Leonardo was born as an illegitimate son in a north Italian village to a successful Florentine and a peasant woman. Leonardo grew up with both his father and ...

Introduction and thesis statement:

One may see beauty in several forms but essentially this is how we perceive others in our own light. McCuen Metherell and Winkler advise that one can take a story regarding a film as a typical example and look at the diverse aspects of beauty as perceived here (McCuen Metherell, Winkler Ch 10). Although American Beauty is a film which may perhaps not fit the bill perfectly in this respect, the authors in the book will most certainly appreciate the techniques and skills which are used to focus on beauty as an intrinsic natural issue.

A typical example would be when one person ...

There are some who may believe that the Middle Ages was severely lacking in cultural expression - that "There was no creative thinking and writing, no artistic expression, and no developments in science and technology" during that period. This can be attributed to the perspective that the Middle Ages consisted primarily of a feudal system that put down the poor at the expense of the rich; also, events such as the Black Plague tore a hole through Europe so wide that it is thought people simply did not have the time or the education to engage in artistic or creative endeavors. ...

INTRODUCTION

Wong Kar-Wai is a director based from Hong Kong, who is hugely respected as not only a director, but an artist who is constantly mentioned by critics and film enthusiasts alike. Although many of his films did not go on to become big as other major films in the Box Office, Wong Kar-Wai's films have begun to be well known for breaking the contemporary style of Hong Kong cinema.

For many years, Hong Kong filmmakers followed a set system of rules in the genre and narrative forms to fit their own personal style; still, they were considered as being nothing more than a ...