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The Art Of Theater
Number of Words: 409 / Number of Pages: 2
... until the very end. Furthermore, unlike other modes of communication, in theater one cannot go back and see a certain scene. A theatrical act takes place in the present, has an ending, and becomes part of our past.
Theater is a challenge to our mind, for it makes us think and allows us to use our imagination. During a theatrical act, we are projected into a world of fantasy and imagination, a world that only lasts for a certain period of time. A period of time in which one feels pain, joy, hatred, or love. This is reinforced by the direct contact between the actors and the audience stimulating mor ...
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Themes Of Italian Renaissance Art
Number of Words: 854 / Number of Pages: 4
... the concept of space, as well as
anatomy. Lorenzo Ghiberti studied the anatomical
proportions of the body, Filippo Brunelleschi was
interested in mathematics in architecture, Leone Battista
Alberti, who was skilled in painting, sculpture and
architecture, stressed the study of mathematics as the
underlying principle of the arts (Fleming, 285). Leonardo
also looked at the geometric proportions of the human body
(Calder, 197). In painting, but especially in sculpture,
artists were inspired to express the structural forms of
the body beneath its external appearance. Their anatomical ...
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Jim Morrison
Number of Words: 1057 / Number of Pages: 4
... violence but instead used verbal abuse until tear followed.
It was high school where Morrison's writing began its early course. In his spare time Morrison poured his racing mind into the pages of notebooks, stuffing them one by one. The passion of writing was fueled by the world inside his mind in addition to the ideas from books which congested the walls of his room. The authors of these books included Kerouac, Rimbaud, Blake, Camus, Balzac, Joyce, and Baudelaire. Several of Morrison's classmates claim that Morrison would wave his arm around in a room full of books asking them to choose any one o ...
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The Sixth Sense
Number of Words: 924 / Number of Pages: 4
... different from the others. Take as an example the movie directed by M. Night Shyamalan, . involves an intricate plot, great acting, and a truly surprising ending.
The plot of a movie in today's movie market is normally broadcast to the world through an immense amount of advertising. Whether it is through television commercials, radio commercials, or newspaper articles before the movie comes out, one can normally figure out the story before you see it. This does not hold true in the case of . I witnessed nearly all of the various commercials for the movie, and the closest thing to revealing the st ...
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Direct Mail Marketing
Number of Words: 1843 / Number of Pages: 7
... we call it “junk-mail” somehow finds its way to our homes and businesses.
In order to understand direct-mail advertising, I will be discussing this unique form of advertising in a broad area. Among them are: what direct-mail advertising is, the historical development of the direct-mail advertising, different methods and types of mail, the future of direct-mail advertising, and the internet’s use of and impact on direct-mail advertising.
Direct Mail
Direct-mail advertising is a form of medium used by direct marketers, it is the most personal and selective of all media. Also, this hi ...
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Andy Warhol And Pop Art
Number of Words: 1723 / Number of Pages: 7
... as the epicenter of American popular culture, fostered the
growth of many of the most highly regarded pop artists, including Warhol,
Rosenquist, Segal and Lichtenstein. California, namely San Fransisco was
recognized as the Pop Art capital of the west coast (Bourdon, 1989, 12)
Subject
The subject of Warhol's work revolved around various American social
issues of the mid-century. As America exited from World War II and entered the
Baby Boom era, the culture had become decidedly sanitized. Some of this could
be attributed to the Cold War and fear of the "enemy". The flight to suburbia, ...
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The Beatles
Number of Words: 557 / Number of Pages: 3
... "Love Me Do" and
"Please, Please Me." The Beatles starred in two movies, "A
Hard Days Night," and "Help." They also had their own full
length cartoon called "Yellow Submarine." The movie "A Hard
Days Night" earned 1.3 million dollars in its first week.
The Beatles early music was influenced by singers Chuck
Berry and Elvis Presley.
In November of 1963 the Beatles performed in front of
the Queen of England. This was an incredible honor. By the
end of 1963 the Beatles were the biggest music group in
England. The Beatles came to New York City for the first
time in 1964. They were an instant suc ...
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Progression Of Islamic Art
Number of Words: 1298 / Number of Pages: 5
... the Islamic armies came continued to do so. These assimilated artistic styles did utilize figural imagery, yet they still reflected the traditional artistic components of Islam. The introductory plaque at the entrance of the Islamic Art collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art states that Islamic art is characterized by ‘stasis,’ and that even assimilated foreign styles have “always retained its intrinsic quality and unique identity.” The beautifully rendered book miniatures of the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp illustrate this last point wonderfully. The Shahnama, translated as “The Book of Kings ...
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Pythagorean Philosophy And Its Influence On Musical Instrume
Number of Words: 1335 / Number of Pages: 5
... are
numbers. Based on the belief that numbers were the building
blocks of everything, Pythagoras began linking numbers and music.
Revolutionizing music, Pythagoras' findings generated theorems
and standards for musical scales, relationships, instruments, and
creative formation. Musical scales became defined, and
taught. Instrument makers began a precision approach to device
construction. Composers developed new attitudes of composition
that encompassed a foundation of numeric value in addition to
melody. All three approaches were based on Pythagorean
philosophy. Thus, Pythagoras' rela ...
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F.D.R. And The Work Reform Programs
Number of Words: 705 / Number of Pages: 3
... PWA because it didn’t create jobs it was more of a hand out. The federal government gave each state money to help their own state. The head of the state could do with the money as they pleased. When FERA went into play, the states set up their own program. They called it the Civil Works Act, (CWA.) This program told the people to go out and fix things that needed to be fixed around town, and then at the end of the week, they would get paid for it. Since there were no bosses around to enforce the jobs, many people slaked off and didn’t do any work and they were still paid for it. Even though th ...
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