Category: Art 2722
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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Performance: Cultural Experience
For this assignment, I have chosen to examine the 2014 York College theatre’s rendition of a classic Shakespearian piece, Midsummer Night’s Dream. The performance took place in Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center, in Jamaica, Queens. This particular facility is affiliated with the York College and works with the aim of providing an opportunity to…
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“She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms” by Nguyen
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought many issues to the world, while the theatre industry has demonstrated that it is possible to overcome every challenge with the help of creative decisions. Baylor University’s production of the play She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms that have been staged in 2020 is a suitable example. The anti-coronavirus measures resulted…
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Edvard Munch’s Biography
According to research Edvard Munch was born on 12 December 1863 in a town known as Loten found in Norway. He was the son of a military doctor who was well known as Christian Munch. Edverd did spend most of his life time in Kristiana or Oslo, the capital city of Norway. Edvard started attending…
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Black Mirror’s “White Bear” and Cancel Culture
Introduction Short Summary of the Episode Black Mirror is a dystopian Netflix anthology with strong social messages, mostly related to technology. “White Bear,” an episode from season two of the series, is arguably one of the most disturbing episodes of the series. Victoria, who wakes up with no memory of who or where she is,…
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The Painting “Toy Pieta” by Scott Avett
Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The painting Toy Pieta by Scott Avett was one of the first ones I saw after entering the website of the North Carolina Museum of Art. It grabbed my attention from the first second, and even though I spend a considerable amount of time exploring…
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Impact of “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, Art and Learning on Professional Skills and Personality
Table of Contents The Instructive Component of The Scream The Influence of Art The Potential Impact of the Class Conclusion References It can be said that art is the result of the human mind’s influence on reality, and art affects the human mind in response. It is the ouroboros of human beings and nature. The…
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Mondrian’s “Composition With Yellow, Blue and Red”
For the purposes of this assignment, I have chosen Piet Mondrian’s “Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red.” The artist painted the picture between 1937 and 1942, and, according to Composition with yellow, blue and red (n.d.), it reflected the progression in his search for “the abstract quality of the line.” The picture is currently displayed…
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“The Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo
Table of Contents Introduction Socio-historical Context of the Painting Analysis: Meaning and Composition Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Introduction The Creation of Adam is a chef-d’oeuvre fresco painting by the famous Michelangelo, an Italian artist who was among the promoters of Renaissance arts in Europe in the 16th century. The painting was done between 1508 and 1512,…
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“Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog” by Friedrich
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is an oil painting by a German artist, Caspar David Friedrich, created in 1818. It depicts a young man standing back to the viewer at the precipice, observing mountain ranges that extend in front of him (Friedrich, 1818). He is wearing a long overcoat and holds a walking stick.…
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Development of the Museum as an Institution
Table of Contents Marcel Duchamp The International Surrealist Exhibition of 1938 The Role of the “Context as Content” The “White Cube” Effect Conclusion Closing Words References The concept of an institution requires that there is a mutual agreement on what kind of solutions are used to respond to the problems that arise as a part…