An Ames room is a distorted room that gives an optical illusion. The room was first constructed in 1946 by an American ophthalmologist named Adelbert Ames Jr. and it was invented in 1934. The room is based on a concept invented by Hermann Helmholtz in the late 19th century according to my research. The room has two illusions, one is that the room appears to look squared when you look at it through a small hole in the front of the room but it is not it is actually like a trapezoid. The second illusion is that things appear to change in size when they move from one corner of the room to the other.…
The Cyrus Cylinder, also known as the first human rights declaration, was founded in 539 B.C.E. It is a barrel-shaped baked clay cylinder, which was inscribed in Babylonian Cuneiform. Babylonian Cuneiform is also known as wedge-shaped writing. The text that is written on the Cyrus Cylinder is known to be a declaration about the 539 B.C. Iran and Iraq War.…
Both the back wall and the floor of the stage were technological grids that could light up, creating patterns and images. This stage was very relevant to the play, because it used illustrations to help us visualize what Christopher was experiencing.…
Being the director of “See How They Run” showed me the many characteristics a director must have in mind while thinking of how to present the play. One must have in mind the time and place the play is set in, the main focus and goal of the play, the themes and symbols that are present, and the different ways one can send all of those ideas and concepts to the audience. Summary See How They Run is situated at England in the 1940’s during WWII.…
Located on South campus at the University of Kentucky’s Campus, Lucille Little Library and Learning Center, stands for the students and faculty on campus to study, work, check out books, schedule classes, host events, and hang out. Lucille Little Library, mostly importantly, is a big part of the fine arts community and is dedicated to Lucille Caudill Little and displays the Edward Warder Rannel Art Collection and Adelle G. Dailey Music Collection for anyone to see when you first walk in. This facility is open to the Lexington community, Monday through Friday and Sunday from 7:30am to 10:00pm for anyone who wants to study, learn, perform, or check out a book. Each floor level serves and provides different spaces for different users, which includes…
Differences: The scaenae frons 2nd story was utilized for dramas versus the roof of the Greek scene, which was used for ‘high places’ or for the appearance of Gods. The scaenae frons included two additional doors at each end of the stage versus the Greek skene, which included spaces between the stage and…
The Teapot Dome scandal involved national security, big oil companies, bribery and corruption at the highest level of the United States government. Before Nixon and the Watergate affair, this was the most serious scandal in our country’s history. The affair took its name from Teapot Dome, a rock formation in Wyoming that looked like a teapot and, more importantly, stood atop a large government naval oil reserve. Albert B. Fall, a rancher and New Mexico’s first U.S. Senator, served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding’s cabinet. Fall became the first person ever to be convicted of a crime while serving as a member of a presidential cabinet.…
Most of the first ancient theaters were located around the area of a sanctuary. The Delphic theater is an open air structure that was constructed in the 4th century B.C., northwest of the Sanctuary of Apollo. Musical performances, contests, and dramatic performances took place within these hollowed out slopes of hillsides. The transition from wood to stone seating was made around 160 B.C. It is divided into two uneven sections by paved landings, 28 tiers of seats in the lower section and seven in the upper portion.…
Strathpeffer is a Victorian spa village in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. This place is surrounded by forests, hills and mountains that offers beautiful walks and trails as well as a mountain-bike route. If you're interested to have bike trekking, the bikes can be bought and hired at Square Wheels in Strathpeffer Square. Furthermore, some of interesting places to visit around this area are Strathpeffer Pump Room, Highland Museum of Childhood and Castle Leod. If you want to learn on how the Victorians experienced the Spa treatments and know more about the village's history, Strathpeffer Pump Room is the right place to go.…
While performing a show you have to know what work comes next, exactly what plane your fingertips should be on and how much effort is put into each toss. This memory skill transfers to almost every subject, from math formulas to history dates. The amount of time you spend on a field results in having eminence concentration to do one thing for a long period of time. During one second of a show you have to be focused on multiple things at once, the angle of your chin, the bend in your elbows, and all the way through the tips of your toes. It takes intense and ultimate concentration and determination.…
These new playhouse considerations also allowed for the stage design to be completely reworked for every performance, rather than the different performances having similar staging techniques (Roberts,…
Rem Tluangneh This past week, I observed myself in two different scenarios – at a church and at a tennis court. These two situations required me to differentiate my actions based on each particular setting. The setting of the church contains 500 church pews in a low dim light with various band instruments on the altar.…
The lighting also was a big part of the show. I found that the lighting of the stage made me become amazed to what I was watching. This was a great thing to do because it makes the eyes of the audience focus on the entire stage, and enjoy the entire…
The two largest theatres, the Opera Theatre and Concert Hall reside in the two larger ‘shells’ of the building. The three smaller sized theatres, the Drama Theatre, Playhouse and Studio are located on the western side of the building with the Utzon room on the eastern side. The forecourt, which is used for most community event and large scale outside performances, is located outside the building towards the back. The concert hall is the largest with 2678 seats and is home of the Sydney Symphony. The famous Guillaume at Bennelong restaurant is situated in the outer shells of the building.…
Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram has affected the presentation of self because people tend to not be themselves all the time. In Erving Goffman’s theory of social interaction and the presentation of self is showing how important it is for humans to have some type of social interaction on an everyday basis. Erving Goffman believed in face-to-face interaction. Erving Goffman also believed that when someone came in contact with another person that person will attempt to control and guide a conversation and give off the impression that other people may think of him. That person would do so by altering the setting around them.…