Eduardo Ochoa Art112OL December 10‚ 2012 Research Paper El Anatsui Inspired Artwork El Anatsui is known for his artwork utilizing recycled materials to create a contemporary piece that speaks to African historical traditions and art practices. One common material found in the artwork is aluminum labels of local Nigerian alcohol brands including whiskey‚ rum‚ brandy‚ vodka and others. The labels are then weaved together by copper wires to create a large cloth of aluminum. Anatsui used this
Premium Alcoholic beverage Vodka Africa
El Greco and His Artwork http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:El_Greco_-_Portrait_of_a_Man_-_WGA10554.jpg El Greco was a painter sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. He is one of the few old painters who enjoy widespread popularity. El Greco was a special artist because his works of art rejected the materialist culture of modern life. He was considered to be the quintessential Spaniard and a proto-modern‚ a painter who works through their spirit and feelings. El Greco was born in
Premium
Cast Away is a successful drama film about Federal Express engineer Chuck Nolan (Tom Hanks) who works at FedEx. He returns from work to spend a Christmas holiday with his girlfriend Kelly and proposes marriage to her. Suddenly everything gets interrupted when Chuck’s forced to fly overseas for a quick assignment. Very soon‚ the plane gets caught in the storm and goes off-course‚ which leads the plane to crash in the ocean. Chuck survives the catastrophe and eventually the ocean drops him at the deserted
Premium Emotion Desert island Film editing
All books I read in English class this year all have something in common. After reading the foreword to Cuckoos Nest by Chuck Palahniuk‚ I was able to better connect these three pieces of literature. All these books take place in a society where there is some sort of rebel‚ follower‚ and the witness‚ but even more further there is also the person with the power and the people who have little to no power. To move up the “social ladder”- to go from powerless to powerful- is extremely hard and usually
Premium Literature English-language films Fiction
Looking at how femininity is expressed in Japanese culture from the perspective of the movie Close Knit we are given a specific focus on femininity and gender performance‚ motherhood. This is played out in two main forces in the movie that are in conflict with one another‚ as well as one that is an intersection of the two‚ but also distinct in its’ own way. The first is Rinko‚ who was born male but had completed the transition into female before the beginning of the movie. Rinko participates in many
Premium
Close Reading There are those things in life that hardly take any time to become an expert at. Close Reading is not one of those things. Close reading can most simply be defined as the technique of taking a piece of writing piece by piece and hyper-analyzing every little bit of it. The concept may not seem too difficult and complex‚ however‚ most of the thinking behind it is metacognition. Metacognition is the word for thinking about the way you think. Both of these concepts are incredibly important
Premium Thought Critical thinking
Born to a blacksmith‚ educated by wild animals‚ trained as a killer‚ and derided by rivals as a mystical fanatic‚ Chuck Norris is easily cast as the personification of everything there is to fear about a man. But he may be worse than that- not because of how he looks on the outside‚ but because of how unstable he is emotionally and mentally. On January 19‚ 1952‚ Sue Ellen Norris felt Chuck’s historic first kick after only one month of pregnancy. It was such a well placed kick that it instantly
Premium English-language films Fear Fiction
Analysis of an Artwork: Vanitas Hannah Moran University of Central Missouri Introduction There are many works of art that focus on the materialistic aspect of mankind‚ as well as life and death. However‚ few works merge these themes together seamlessly into one‚ in a way that makes sense and seems effortless. Vanitas by Juan de Valdés Leal (Getlein‚ 15) is a work that achieves the combination of the materialistic theme with the theme of life and death. Leal is able to
Free Light Color Heaven
Plot Development The spillway is set at party at Dana’s house but the spillway is a dangerous narrow path across a waterway and very important part to develop the story line. “The setting is rapidly planned which allows the action of the story to begin. The party throbbed on‚ like a living thing with an existence and momentum all its own” (Kirkwood M‚). More clues are given right through the story about other settings about the spillway such as: “there has been an open dare to walk across the
Premium Fiction Short story Black-and-white films
depicts a theme of spirituality and religion in art and literature. Diego Velazquez was one of the most important painters of this time; he worked for King Philip IV. He was well-known for his detailed portrait paintings and he later influenced the artwork of the realist and the impressionist artists in Europe. “Venus at her Mirror” is a painting created by Diego Velazquez of the goddess Venus. Mainly influenced by the Titian’s “Venus of Urbino”‚ he painted her lying in a bed in a particularly sensual
Premium Pablo Picasso Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres