Essays on Genius.

The hero of the film A Beautiful Mind is a real person, mathematician John Nash, who became a Nobel Prize winner in his later years for his early work. And this "beautiful mind" is suffering from one of the mental illnesses - namely schizophrenia, which resulted in an aggravation of the disease to the dangerous persecution mania, in a lighter form - to the visions taken for reality. The fate of a talented scientist tracked for half a century - from the second half of the 40s to the late 90s. And, apparently, this movie should be considered as ...

Heroes are central characters. They are time and again protagonists, ‘good guys’ and the chief characters of comic books. They play the role of orienting the audience in the line of the author’s story-telling. Villains are winning over characters who are often antagonists. They have evil motivations and wrong action to rhyme. The difference between the superheroes and the villains is that the heroes feel a sense of responsibility to other people who are not as powerful as them, but for the villains, they use the power to benefit themselves without having compassion on other people (The Write ...

The Lake Ladies was written by Paul Gullen and it is a fiction novel which deals with mystery and crime. It is a detective story involving two main characters, Bates and O’Rourke who belong to different generations of detectives. Captain O’Rourke and Bates team up and to solve crimes, but their personal stories are equally as interesting as their professional life. O’Rourke and Bates meet during a case which could not be solved which happened in Chicago and involved the murder of a female violinist. Bates solves the case because he is a genius as well ...

Aguirre, Stroszek and Fitzcarraldo

Werner Herzog is a genius at directing movies. He has worked with popular actors such as Nicholas Cage and Christian Bale over the years. He is also popularly known for his unorthodox methods in film production. His friend and actor, Klaus Kinski, acted the main role in two films. The film, Stroszec, was debuted in cinemas in 1977; Aguirre was released in 1972 and Fitzcarraldo was released in 1982. The three films by explore a man’s world, how the society views romanticism, use of metaphors and the experiences of a young woman. The discussion in this essay will ...

Picasso lived in Barcelona and Paris in his adolescent period after being born in Malaga in 1881. He was recognized as a great talent and a genius at the Academy in Madrid and in 1904 he moved to Paris temporarily. His talent was fostered by his father who was also a painter of not much ability. Pablo Picasso became a painter because he was encouraged by his family to explore his artistic abilities. Picasso’s early life was unsettled as he moved through Europe. “His gradual transformation from adolescence to adult was manifested in change in his personal and ...

We live in a world where there is good and evil. Since time immemorial, stories told by humans have always had heroes and villains. Human culture has always been rife with tales of heroism, both real and fictional, wherein awe-inspiring individuals faced immense adversity only to overcome it and accomplish good in the end. In the last century, these stories have taken a new turn in introducing fictional characters that are superhuman. The heroes in such storylines who’re more commonly referred to as superheroes are capable of feats that, by any standard, far exceed human capabilities. It is ...

Fryderyk Chopin, also known as the poet of piano, was an amazing composer and virtuoso pianist. He played in various genres and his compositions were music to the ears in both meanings. Even the shortest compositions have people listening to them over and over again. Fryderyk Chopin was born on the 1st of March in 1810 in Warsaw. He mostly wrote for the solo piano and gained popularity throughout the whole world as a leading musician of the Romantic era. Chopin was born and raised in a family of four children, his mother was Polish and his father was ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Birthmark tells the tale of Aylmer and Georgiana. They are husband and wife, but it is not a typical love story. Aylmer is a psychotic scientist, out of his mind on a journey to control those around him. Georgiana, use to men lusting after her beauty and birthmark, is a tender, vulnerable, intelligent woman who only wants to make her husband happy. While they are both technically human, the characters are primarily different for many reasons. Aylmer is perhaps one of the maddest and most complex characters in literary history. While intelligent, he is intellectually ...

The huge ceiling of Palazzo Farnese displays the theme “The Loves of the Gods” and was done in the seventeenth century, and the beautiful masterpiece was to influence generations of young painters. Annibale Carracci renovated the reception room into a collection of framed paintings that depict different scenes and foil the ceiling and the room with color and movement. Carracci gallery ceiling at the Palazzo Farnese is looked upon as one of the most important Renaissance commissions in Rome (Carracci Gallery at the Palazzo Farnese 2016). ” Loves of the Gods” is a pictorial exhibition of love in Greek mythology ...

Everybody knows that the ubiquitous nature of the Internet, the richness true-to-life images, and convenient ways to connect to mass media is here to stay. When Steve Jobs died five years ago, whom many considered the genius and driving force behind Apple, haunting shockwaves of disbelief reverberated worldwide. In his Los Angeles Times article of October 5, 2011, Hiltzik wrote “His legacies include making the human factor,” in terms of the look and feel of computerized communications devices, “an indispensable element of consumer electronics design, refining the distribution and display of digital content” to a level which pushed the ...

Salvador Dali – a man worth remembering

Salvador Dali – a man worth remembering On one sunny mayday in a little town in Catalonia, a man was born who would eventually change the direction of art and reinvent the nature of “enfant terrible”. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marqués de Dalí y de Púbol was the first child after the deceased older brother; this is probably why his parents had high hopes for him. This is probably why he behaved the way he did. As a child, young Salvador was arrogant, uncontrollable and difficult, but at the same time had makings of ...

Descartes, Hume, and the author of Ecclesiastes express some form of skepticism. From their reading and arguments, we understand the extent of their skepticism and how they differ. In this paper, we will express the form of skepticism from Ecclesiastes, Descartes, and Hume. We will proceed ahead to illustrate how their skepticism differs. Moreover, we will provide insight into the different problems that the three philosophers are trying to confront with their respective versions. Furthermore, we will give viable reasons why Descartes version is the most plausible compared to the arguments of other authors. Furthermore, there might be a ...

The first main idea brought forth by Ms. Hill is that innovation is not about the genius of a single person, but it is about the genius of a collective group of people. She gives the example of the production of a successful Pixar movie: that it takes no less than 250 people toiling hard for 4 to 5 years to come up with a blockbuster hit. Therefore it is not enough that the thinking of one person is enough to influence the evolution of innovation in an organization. This then brings one to the second learning: that success ...

The first image that comes to mind when thinking about the ethical implications of defense engineering is the first scene in the movie Real Genius, where several men who represent a counsel of defense are sitting around a table watching video clips of a new weapon that is being developed at Caltech University. This was an idea for the end of the 20th century. The movie was filled with ethical questions and moral imperatives that imply the ideas of ethical technology in the military. Science, University Students, and Engineers make a significant contribution to the advancement of defense technology. ...

Vincent van Gogh was born as the son of a middle class family in 1853; his style of painting created a maelstrom of rejection, panic, and curiosity from the late 19th century public. The famous Van Gogh scholar named Zola previously stated that no other artist had ever exceeded Van Gogh; his immense popularity as a result of his insanely beautiful artworks made him a champion of the rejected artists who crafter genius masterpieces that are all timeless, hysterical, and eccentrically beautiful at the same time. (Naifeh and Smith Ch. 1, n.p.). Throughout history, Van Gogh is probably one ...

The definition of the Western Canon is always changing, according to literary critic and Yale professor Harold Bloom: but is that mutability a good thing? Bloom, a rather conservative literary critic, believes that there should be literary standards that outlive the fashionable theories of the day. In our times, these literary theories include ideas borrow from Marx, Foucault, New Historicism, and ethnocentric and gender perspectives, among other lenses through which to view the production of literature. Amidst these ever-changing standards and definitions of a “classic,” Bloom believes the study of literature and good reading habits—to read well and ...

Beyond doubt, D.W. Griffith is one of the stalwarts in the domain of cinema who has left an immortal mark in the minds of the film critics and the audience with his seminal works of art that have been deemed to be among the best the medium of art has ever seen. The primary importance of Griffith’s cinematic works lies in the use of innovative filmic techniques that went on to define the language of cinema in the future years. A close scrutiny of the films like The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916) would enable ...

Women have always been subjected to the rules and power of men in a patriarchal society. There is a relative inequality in what men and women can enjoy, wherein the men have free pass to almost everything they want and are free to be what they want to be, while the women are only limited to the roles that the society has given them. Although the call for the recognition of the important contribution of women in the society has been resonating loud and clear for so many years now, little has changed to the situation and the place ...

Homework #10: Meditations of First Philosophy by René Descartes (pp. 193) (Print: Last, First)

READING QUESTIONS

1. What sort of opinions does Descartes reject as false? What sort does he accept as true? When there is even a small amount of doubt, the opinion should be rejected entirely. Moreover, when something is based on the perception of senses, its existence should also be questioned. Thus, Descartes rejects the ideas based on the senses. In fact, he doubts everything in the physical world that is not proved rationally. Still, he accepts that simple forms are rational because they are true in their ...

Men have always dominated in the field of mathematical studies, but some women managed to achieve there more success than their male colleagues. One of such outstanding women was Emmy Noether. Amalie Emmy Noether was a Jewish German mathematician and one of the most famous female scholars in the history of mathematics. She made significant contributions to theoretical physics and abstract algebra and established the theories of fields, rings, and algebras and famous Noether’s theorem that demonstrated bindings between conservation laws and symmetry. As Nathan Jacobson said, “Emmy Noether was one of the most influential mathematicians of the ...

The book When genius failed: the rise and fall of long-term capital management created by Roger Lowenstein, popular financial journalist, helps reader to understand the general reasons of economic crisis. It is important to mention that the author had gained great experience in the sphere of fund market analysis before he wrote the book to be discussed. He worked for "Wall Street Journal" and wrote article for well-known magazines and newspapers initiating reports on finance. The analysis of LTCM was conducted by the author. This company had a great impact within the financial market that is why Lowenstein accepted ...

Fish

The four principles of Fish are a) Be There (being emotionally present), b) Play (be sure to have fun and be creative); c) Make Their Day (focus on customer service and altruism), and d) Choose Your Attitude (take responsibility for how you react to things in life) (Lundin, Paul & Christensen). I think Choose Your Attitude is the most important, as our way of going about our work informs everything else about the Fish! Philosophy – without the right attitude, it is impossible to Be There, Play and Make Someone’s Day. Describe your favorite job (or class). What was fun ...

When the Genius Failed-The Rise &Fall of Long Term Capital Management (LTCM) provides in depth insight into the world of hedge funds (Lowenstein, 2001). It outlines useful lessons to investors by illustrating the way capital markets can be severe on individuals and entities that have reduced capital markets to precise mathematical and scientific analysis. The text explores who the leading characters are, how they grew, marketed and managed the long term funds, and the factors that led to their collapse. Ideally, the author attempts to make complex financial concepts and structures easy to understand. The book provides examples suggesting ...

This myth is very popular. It is not surprised that I used to believe in the myth about left and right brains. It seems to me that almost all my friends, relatives, acquaintances believe in the idea that people who have more developed right hemisphere are more talented, creative and even genius. I do not remember when I learned this myth the first time, but I know that even some of my school teachers hold this myth. I used to believe that left-handers are very special or that to be left-hander is better than to be a right-hander. One ...

The book titled “When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management”, written by one of the famous financial journalists, Roger Lowenstein gives an account of how the 1998 collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), a hedge fund panicked the financial markets . The author explains in his book about how banks relied on various brand names that have been established LTCM through its partners and how lenders were ignorant to the assets and strategies of LTCM. He illustrates several examples that suggest the models, strategies and trades used by LTCM, thereby offering valid reasons as to how ...

Every period has its legends, but among those people there can be truly significant characters, who turned the flow of history, created the most notable and useful things, that we use in our life. There are two great examples of the unique mentality, born in different times, Leonardo da Vinci and Bill Gates. These two legends rule different eras with their brilliance, yet their achievements in their time are almost similar. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the period of Renaissance on 15 April 1452 and became one of the greatest artists of that time. He was engaged in ...

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‘Proof’, is a famous play written by David Auburn in 2000. This play won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize. Other awards it gained include “the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Best Play, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and the Tony Award for Best Play” (LeRoux & Paro). The play explores the power of heredity over the power of willpower and questions the significance of proof over trust. The play in detail deals with themes of identity and gender, trust, and relationship. Catherine, the main protagonist in the play, struggles to ...

Introduction

In his book “ When Genius Failed,” Roger Lowenstein`s fundamental argument is that the events and the activities that occurred at the Long Term Capital Management hedge fund ultimately acted as a trigger or precursor to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis that occurred 8 years after the fund`s winding up. Throughout the book, Lowenstein gives a detailed account of the formation, growth, expansion and ultimate fall of the fund which was founded and run successfully for 5 years by John Meriwether. Although Lowenstein does not make any specific reference to the 2008 financial crisis since after the entire ...

The book chosen for review is considered to be one of the most important for understanding the complicated system of derivatives and general reasons of economic crisis. When genius failed: the rise and fall of long-term capital management is the book written by financial journalist Roger Lowenstein who has written articles for the "Wall Street Journal" for more than two years. He has published three books and also initiated various publications for "Smart Money" and "The New York Times". The work When genius failed: the rise and fall of long-term capital management provides readers with fundamental basis for deep ...

INTRODUCTION

Leonardo da Vinci is deservedly considered to be the most well-known art master of the Renaissance. Examining almost all important spheres of human life, from physics to anatomy, Leonardo, however, left a substantial trace in the history of arts. His paintings, all perfectly performed and delivering a deep meaning by every detail, are now the absolute examples as well as the mysterious enigma. In fact, St. John the Baptists is considered by some to be the last work of the master, therefore, it is still considered to be one of the most controversial. Anyway, this painting represents the genius ...

Interview Assignment

Interview Assignment

RE: DECISION FOR HIRING

After a keen analysis of the responses presented by the two applicants in the recently concluded interview, I wish to present the following recommendation. Our organization, Genius Computing, requires the services of an influential marketing support associate. Both applicants have commendable levels of education as they satisfied the minimal requirements for the selection of this post. However, there was a wide difference in the personalities of the two interviewees. Precisely, their communication and evaluation techniques were quite conflicting. For instance, the first applicant seemed quite unsettled during the interview, and he often presented incomplete responses. In some ...

Interview Assignment

Interview Assignment

RE: DECISION FOR HIRING

After a keen analysis of the responses presented by the two applicants in the recently concluded interview, I wish to present the following recommendation. Our organization, Genius Computing, requires the services of an influential marketing support associate. Both applicants have commendable levels of education as they satisfied the minimal requirements for the selection of this post. However, there was a wide difference in the personalities of the two interviewees. Precisely, their communication and evaluation techniques were quite conflicting. For instance, the first applicant seemed quite unsettled during the interview, and he often presented incomplete responses. In some ...

A Performance Feedback Report of Candidates as an interviewer

The report presented below is a performance feedback of two candidates interviewed by the author. The author who is the hiring Manager at Genius computing had posted the advertisement for the position of Marketing Support Associate after preparing the Job Description of the position. Two candidates who fulfilled the requirements were shortlisted and interviewed for the post. Finally a performance feedback report is submitted to the Manager containing recommendations about the candidate.

Job Description

A job description contains detailed information of all components associated with a job of Marketing Support Associate such as Duties and Tasks, Key Responsibilities, Skills and Qualifications ...

“Chateaubriand, intending to only write a memoir, has created the history of the 19th century – no more, no less” – said French writer and critic Jules Janin. I believe that it is impossible to say any better about the genius of Christianity’s great creation. His work has left a significant mark on the history of his homeland. Moreover he not only depicted the past but also left a few lines for the future he has seen. He begins this narrative from his childhood memories, which are highly detailed with descriptions of his lineage. It would be unfair not to ...

Introduction

The American film history is rich with the names of the directors who contributed to the world cinematography by the innovativeness and development of the industry. Depending on the era and the technological possibilities accordingly, the genius directors made the cinema the more and more powerful tool of influence on the society. Becoming more complex and profound, cinema in hand of the creator is a true work of art. The genius of his epoch, Orson Welles contributed not only to the cinema, but also theatre, radio, and even the social life of his country. Not only did Orson Welles ...

“A Beautiful Mind is a great movie that portrays how mental illness can affect a person” . The character John Nash is very intelligent, and a mathematics genius. He was able to go to graduate college due to his Prize mathematics award that he won. His journey in the movie details how mental illness can affect everything you do. The mental problem manifests him into a different mental state than what he was in the beginning. His illness progresses through the movie, and the illness causes complications in his success in life. John Nash’s character is not a social ...

My name is Id Number. The following is a review of an article titled “Making Management Decisions: The Role of Intuition and Emotion” by Herbert A. Simon. In the article, Herbert discusses two forms of decision-making that have been neglected. He illustrates the use of intuition and interpersonal interactions by managers in the decision-making process. The use of intuition in analysis and decision making by managers is particularly interesting, given the fact that intuitive or judgmental decision-making would be considered irrational or unreasonable by most people. According to Herbert (57), executives and other management professionals, unlike scientists, are likely ...

In today’s literary world, Robert Browning belongs to a club of great literary minds and is considered in retrospect to have been “one of the most important poets of Victorian England” (Martin 8). During his lifetime, however, his work received considerable criticism and was often not well-received. Much of the criticism was related to the unconventional form he took. Part of this unconventional form can be seen in Browning’s treatment of the aristocracy of his time. But before this can be discussed in terms of his work, it is first important to understand both Victorian England and ...

Summary

In the essay Prehistoric Eyes, Guy Davenport dwells on the very important subject of creativity of the early years of humanity. The author speculates about the assumptions regarding the simplicity and even backwardness of the primitive art forms and exposes them as ungrounded based on the example of the art produced by the Dogon – the primitive people of Mali and Upper Volta. Davenport emphasizes the ambiguity and complexity of art: even the most simple art forms can bear complex meanings, and a speculation about art will always be nothing more than a speculation in the eyes of the creator ( ...

Of the American Dream

Good Will Hunting is an exercise in the many faces of the American Dream, which is poetic since the faces of the American people are vastly different. In this movie, writers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck combine uncanny insight with the directing prowess of Van Sant to create a complicated look at the American life, success, and happiness. They explore the many variations of the American Dream, and provide a glimpse into the psyches of these characters who, in the movie just as in real life, define and sometimes redefine that dream for themselves with every twist in their ...

It is an age where a person who does not operate a social networking site is seen as uncharacteristic and a mobile device that does not offer facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp seems useless. We are living in a time where the computer has become the middle party in between friends and relationships and so far, it has been handling its job very well. At least, it was not very long ago. People are becoming worried now, about the information that they are sharing online. It is because today, they are dealing with an audience much larger than we are ...

Miles Davis was, arguably, the most influential jazz musician of the modern era. A trumpeter, his varied musical styles influenced a number of musicians. The life of Miles Davis deserves closer attention. The composer's life, musical style, and his influence on musicians of his generation, and those of later generations paint a picture of an extremely gifted and rare musical genius. Born to Miles Davis, Jr. and Cleota Henry in Alton, Illinois on May 25, 1926, the young Miles Dewey Davis III was raised in an upper-middle-class family with all the privileges accorded to a white residential neighborhood, in ...

The court case between the Family Winemakers of California and the Jenkins centered on whether the exportation of grape wine should be through wholesalers or retailers. The other issue present was that the state of California lacked proper laws that would allow the sellers or buyers to conduct interstate trades. The directive made it hard for business owners to rip more profits from exporting their products and had to limit their benefits, as the competition was quite stiff. Hence, the Family Winemakers of California had to contest against the rule as a way of securing their future in the ...

Genius loci literally means the spirit of a place and it is related to a specific feeling and atmosphere that can be felt only in that place. The reasons are architectural and there is also a mixture of architecture and land where the object was built. Two realms that shape a location - physical and spiritual, and genius loci creates the living experience of a certain place. This spirit goes into another sphere which can only be felt and while an architectural structure has a physical dimension to it, there is also the dimension that surpasses the specific time ...

The stories offered for the comparison may seem totally different at first sight. However, the common trait of the two is the motive of empathy, which turns out to be crucial in both. The famous ‘What if Shakespeare had a sister’ is a part of the essay ‘A Room of One's Own’. In its form the essay presents the dialogue since it originates from the lectures Virginia Woolf gave for women in the Newnham College and Girton College (Goodreads). In her work ‘A Room of One's Own’ Virginia Woolf describes the state of the patriarchic oppression of the generations ...

“The Man of the Crowd” and “The Purloined Letter” both are short stories written by famous American author Edgar Allan Poe and published in 1840 and 1844 respectively. In the first story the nameless narrator spent many hours to follow the unknown old man. This person demonstrated strange behavior and narrator figured out at the end that he is “the type and the genius of deep crime. He refuses to be alone. He is the man of the crowd” (Poe, The Man). The second story described on case that was solved by genius amateur detective C. Auguste Dupin. This ...

Albrecht Durer was a versatile and gifted German artist of the Renaissance period. The brilliant painter left a strong impact on the medium of printmaking and commercial centers in Europe. The artist is known to create a number of striking self-portraits that assert his creative genius (Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) 2016). His Self-Portrait wearing a coat with fur collar is done on a wooden panel in 1500. The essay discusses the Self-Portrait as well as the importance of the gaze in the portrait that is considered the most personal and complex. The self-portrait was done in 1500 was ...

Introduction

The paper attempts to provide a brief critique of the movie “the imitation game” in light of the leadership theories. Ahead of it, the RLP and RLR theories are also explained, and both have been related to the movie. The main character of the movie is Alan Turing, who leads a group under the supervision of the United Kingdom’s government. In addition to it, Alan Turing also exhibits some strange attributes which are entirely related to his personal life.

Critique of the Movie

The movie is totally based on the biography of the Alan Turing, who is a gay man by nature. ...

Alexander McQueen’s work in the fashion industry exemplified creativity. It was unconventional, dramatic, and innovative. According to the sources gathered for this literature review, artistic would be the most appropriate word to describe his signature style. This comes from the heavy avant-garde influence on his personal taste. The end result would be a fashion collection that was striking and that caught the attention of the fashion industry. The avant-garde influence on his work began when he started out as a designer creating theatrical costumes for Angels and Bermans, according to his biography. “The dramatic style of the clothing ...

The 1955 short story, “Good Country People”, written by Flannery O’Connor, delves primarily on the human tendency to take advantage of the weaknesses of others, and the perception that everything urban is more superior than its country-style counterpart. This has been achieved through the use of several elements of fiction, obvious of which are the use of symbolism and irony. As such, in the said story urbanism is represented in the characters of Mrs. Hopewell and he children, while the supposed lower or innocent class of country living is seen in Mrs. Freeman and Manley Pointer. More so, ...

Undoubtedly, Oscar Wilde is one of the most prominent figures of the world literature. A number of the writer's publications is huge and continues to grow even today. His plays do not cease to put in the world best theaters. Many people devoted to him researches, novels, movies, and TV shows; moreover, his paradoxes are abundantly quoted in any sections of society. Since Wilde's talent is undeniable, he is known not only for his creativity. The writer is considered a very bright and extraordinary personality that combines an extraordinary charisma and many contradictions. Oscar Wilde is a great playwright, ...

What did you perceive to be the main concepts presented in the book Orbiting the Giant Hairball?

The concepts of the book concentrate around the critical points that kill creativity and innovation and what it might take a leader to achieve innovation. Among the concepts therein include the need for conformity in schools, corporate normalcy and traditional models (MacKenzie, 1996). The need for conformity in schools is branded as creative games in education whereby the most kids in the institutions are forced to conform; thereby killing their innovativeness. In corporate normalcy, the article implicates a top-down command which leaves no room for creativity of the employees. In addition, the article also denotes the negative side of ...

The topic regarding the destiny of a genius occupies a certain niche in cinema, simultaneously appearing neither exclusively rare nor especially popular. This topic, unfortunately, is most likely to be marked with a known moral estimation, including both the cases of positive genii, such as writers, composers, musicians, and the cases of negative genii represented by criminals. In a manner, this topic reminds other thriller movies, with the exception that in the first case the hero has the real life prototype. David Helfgott, the piano virtuoso, is a well known musician whose popularity has spread far beyond his homeland. ...

The twentieth century was as unique and fertile for literary criticism as it was for literature. The common taste saw a general crumbling of moralistic attitudes and a freer tendency towards experimentation. The high moral ground assumed by the Arnoldian school faded into the background, and also, literature ceased to be regarded as a sublimation of genius of the noblest kind. In its place it came to be regarded as an act of neurotic obsession driven by inscrutable impulses. This debasement of literature must have shocked many high priests of classicism and conservatism, but for many it was a ...

Introduction

Domenico Scarlatti is one of the most well known Italian Baroque composers. He is best known for his work on the keyboard sonatas. It is known that most of his life he worked for the royal families in Spain and France. While working for the royal family in Spain, he was able to compose over 500 sonatas. Dominico Scarlatti’s history and time spent in Spain has influenced his famous sonatas compositions that use the Spanish guitar style.

History of Domenico Scarlatti

Domenico Scarlatti was born on October 26, 1685 in Naples and died on July 23, 1757 in Madrid. It is known ...

Abstract

The paper delves deep into the cinematic elements used by the filmmaker in making the film, The Godfather (1972). The specific cinematic elements that have been used adeptly in the course of the aesthetic work have been explored. The ways in which these elements come together to affect the audience is also explicated in the course of the paper. Thus, a formal analysis of the film in context enables one to comprehend the appeal of the film on the minds of the audience, and how the film has been weaved with all the individual aesthetic elements being ...

The name Steve Jobs symbolizes advancement in technology and the greatest achievements in innovation and business management. Born on the 24th of February 1955 at Green Bay, Wisconsin, Steven Paul Jobs lived for 56 years and presented the characteristics of a genius all his life (Hunter 6). He was the man behind one of the world’s most successful electronics, computers and, software company, Apple Inc. which was initially called Apple Computer, Inc. He was also in the founding and leadership of the famous computer animation studio; Pixar as well as NeXT Computers (Imbimbo 90-94).

In terms of success, ...

Introduction

Hip-hop culture has proliferated to the extent that today, one may speak of it as a modern-day cultural phenomenon. Hip-hop emerged from the Bronx ghetto and found its way up to white suburbia in the United States as well as Europe over a period of the last thirty years. Hip-hop has had a socio-cultural impact that is so intense that it has affected youth culture all over the world, especially in the manner of speaking, values, dress codes, etc. Since it was birthed in 1974, it has evolved tremendously. Sociologically, the expressive ways of African Americans, Latinos and Caribbean-Americans has spread to ...

As Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Apple Inc., Jobs met many ups and downs as a good leader. Throughout Apple’s history, such as when they Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne have just started their business in 1976 in the garage of Jobs’ foster parents, years later, they were a success. It only proves that with the right mix of leaders, they can start a company that will later on live with its vision. Apple Company had since then continued to hire many highly talented, creative, and innovative people (e.g., Mike Scott, John Scully).

With Jobs’ leadership and the highly competent ...

Ellis Joseph opens up to his readers through an examination of America’s third president, Jefferson Thomas. As it concentrates on Jefferson’s character, the text gives insight to the ideologies and decisions he made that in turn, led to his different achievements in office. For instance, there was the Louisiana Purchase and the Declaration of Independence, which has shaped the politics of the United States since its drafting. However, there are many more achievements as evidenced by documents passed down through history and his duties whilst serving in different offices, aside from that of the president. In the ...