Category: Art

For my essay, I took a trip to the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas. The museum was full of many beautiful pieces of art and sculptures. The museum had such a wide variety that I did not know where to begin and choose my piece. After touring the museum, I came upon a…

Hip hop continues to be a significant change to the music industry. Every wonder where it started? Who started it and where? Here is a famous quote from a rapper who does hip hop “I need drama in my life to keep making music”. Can you guess who’s quote this is? It is the king…

Many games have opinions said about them, split opinions more-so due to different tastes of gamers across the gaming community as a whole. Final Fantasy XIII is certainly a game and series that has split opinions, especially in the game community. Opinions like these can lead to the question, is it worth your time and…

One piece of art that has always captivated me is the famous “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh. Despite its popularity, I had always been content to simply admire it rather than formally deconstruct the techniques and meanings embedded in the piece. “Starry Night” possesses a unique charm, drawing me into the intricate details and…

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him” (Machiavelli). The company a man keeps determines his success. From 1700 BCE to the present day, all powerful rulers have had a group of advisors they meet with, or associated themselves with, for higher status.…

People with mental illness, such as Vincent Van Gogh, are usually sent to an asylum for treatment. Vincent’s unstable mental state often prompted people to avoid him. Theo, Vincent’s brother, found that his friend stopped visiting due to Vincent’s unpredictable behavior. Gauguin left Vincent alone after being threatened by him with a razor, at which…

At first glance, it may seem that the only thing Charles Baudelaire and Emily Dickinson had in common was that they were both poets. Even in their personal lives, they seemed to be polar opposites. She has been labeled as very reclusive, whereas he was described as an adventurer and rule breaker. After reading “The…

The ancient Greeks built the first theaters, invented and mostly wrote two types of drama; tragedy and comedy. A tragedy is a serious drama about common themes, such as betrayal or love. In ancient times, Greece had three notable dramatists who wrote tragedies, one of whom was Sophocles. Sophocles was an ancient Greek playwright from…

Emily Dickinson wrote My Life Had Stood- a Loaded Gun in the early 1860s. The poem details the thoughts of a woman whose job in life is to be the wife of her husband. The narrator describes her life as one devoted to the master’s protection. This led Raymond P. Tripp Jr., an English Professor…

Have you ever experienced something out of the ordinary that brought out your true self? The side of you, you had a feeling was there but never allowed it to show? “The Hellhole” written by Annie Proulx and “ The story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin both have main characters who go throughout…