Category: Art

  • Coming Home again Summary

    A self-portraying article by Korean-American writer Chang-rae Lee, distributed in the New Yorker back in 1995, is the flash for Wayne Wang’s exceptionally close to home mother-child show Coming Home Again. Lee is credited as co-screenwriter of the film, which depicts the manner in which a youthful author named Chang-rae drops his normal everyday employment…

  • Narrative Violence in Italian Renaissance Sculpture

    The Italian Renaissance is often praised for being the period where humanity returned to reason and ideals from classical antiquity. However, there was a dark underbelly that threaded its way into the images that artists’ created: violence. This violence, when depicted in sculpture, used a familiar narrative often depicting the climax of the story, either…

  • Mannerism in the Works of a Greek Painter El Greco

    The three artworks which will be discussed in this paper are The vocational of saint Aloysius Gonzaga by garcinol; Christ healing the blind by Elgreco; Saint Margaret of Cortona by Gaspare Traversi, Geurcino artwork is from the Baroque time period; El Greco work is from Mannerism; and Traversi artwork is from Enlightenment time period. These…

  • Change is Coming Theme

    Charles’ song, “I’ve Got a Woman,” recorded in 1955, is credited to be the first Soul song, starting a craze of Soul that would flourish through the late 1990s. The 1960s, however, were the golden years of Soul, where the genre gave way to the fame of a few notable names like Aretha Franklin, Marvin…

  • Unveiling Emily Dickinson: Life, Poetry, and Legacy

    Emily Dickinson’s Poems Emily Dickinson was an isolated American Poet who was unknown during her time. She was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily’s family had deep roots in New England. Samuel Dickinson was her grandfather. He was a well-known founder of Amherst College. Emily’s Father, Edward Dickinson, worked at Amherst College…

  • The Renaissance – Recognized as being the Core of the Reformation Period

    That is, the Renaissance period is responsible for instigating Reformation, where a cause-and-effect relationship was developed between the two. Renaissance was a period of ideologies which would develop an emergence of rational thinking. In turn, this would cause reformers to begin thinking about hegemony under the church and the potential hazard it was bringing to…

  • Baroque and Renaissance

    The Renaissance and the Baroque Eras have many similarities and differences, especially in the seven elements of music. On of the main movements in the Renaissance Era was “”The Reformation”” while in the Baroque was “”The Florentine Camerata”” (founders of the Opera). Both of these movements had key points in shaping music and the style…

  • Renaissance to the Modern Age

    The modern world is another term for the renaissance period. Between the fourteenth and the 17th centuries, the renaissance occurred in Europe. It was a critical period for human evolution. During this time period, many scientific discoveries were made. There were a significant number of intellectuals exchanging ideas about a multitude of subjects, these subjects…

  • Exploring the Personification of Hope in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson

    Contents 1 Analyzing “Hope” in poetry 2 Work Cited Analyzing “Hope” in poetry I chose to compare and contrast two poems that both addressed the commonly known inspirational idea of hope. The specific poems I focused on were Emily Bronte’s poem titled “Hope” and Emily Dickinson’s poem titled “Hope” is the thing with feathers –…

  • Influential People: from 1100 to Nowadays

    Have you ever seen a shirt, watched a movie, or read a book and thought to yourself, this reminds me of the ’90s, or another time in the past? We can connect to previous and future time periods in many ways. In the following paper, we will go over three different novels and an essay.…