Visual Basic Essay

not art because they can be won and have objectives you must accomplish to move on to what is next. In novels or movies, you cannot win, you can only experience. The article then takes a turn to define video games as being wrapped in a package of visuals, music and poetry. Mario 64 is compared to the Godfather, with the ability to explore everything at your own will adding to the games artistic attributes. The article combats the problem of winning and going to the next level as simple…

lupus. The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the side effects that can damage the visual system. Even though the side effects cover a broad range, the results on the illness that Plaquenil is prescribed for outweigh the side effects. The side effects will impact individuals in different ways, depending on the dosage and the length of time that the medicine is prescribed. Effects on the visual system include reactions on the cornea, the retina, and the macula. Effects could also…

Vyse Tom Bowling In 1936, Vyse developed a new and complementary figurative work titled Tom Bowling. This is a construct of the well-known Staffordshire Toby Philpots Jug form. For some, the name Tom Bowling may conjure up a scene from the old sea shanty and the death of a sailor lad. Vyse however, takes the opportunity to make a pun of the name, and instead of a sailor, he presents a figure of an unknown subject when playing a game of bowls. The composition encapsulates the spirit of this…

Character Analysis Let’s throw an idea out there. Art isn’t a character. How can the author not be a character in a book that draws on his own life, you ask? We’re not suggesting that Art Spiegelman doesn’t exist. But just for kicks, let’s play around with the idea that Maus is about a character called Art who is looking for… something. A self. An identity. A voice. In the opening scene, we get a flashback to Art’s childhood. He’s eleven. He trips and falls. His friends abandon him. He goes…

Monali Joshi, Group 8. Human Visual System Eyes are the entry purposes of the light that conveys the visual data about the onlooker's surroundings into the human visual system. The approaching light is consumed by the photoreceptors in the retina and changed over to electrochemical signs, and these signs are transferred to the resulting systems of the visual pipeline. The photoreceptor cells change over light into electrochemical signals, and are separated into two sorts, rods and cones, named…

Ethics is a much-debated issue in American society. Often people are led to question the decisions, actions, behaviors, and even the structure of a company or business at some point in time. After all, the constant stream of reports on corruption, greed, and bribery are headlines the public is all too familiar with. It sounds cynical, however, we live in a society where ethics plays an important role and is heavily weighted. Meaning companies and organizations, whether small or large; public or…

I love how involved, free, and undefined sculpture can be. Before this class I felt a well done piece of sculpture was clearcut, realistic, and perfect. I’m glad that throughout this class my view has morphed into something much extensive. Life is not perfect so why do people try so hard to hide from the truth. It’s great how out there and chaotic a sculpture and look at first. But when you truly look and embrace what is or trying to said, you start to see a whole new piece of art. When…

Art is gives its creator (or commissioner) an outlet to express their feelings or emotions. The message behind certain art pieces may be bold and obvious, others more downplayed and debatable. Different artworks can be used for different things, some may be used for the function of remembering and honoring a fallen hero, some may solemnly depict a period of darkness and sadness, others can be made purely for aesthetic purposes and to display the creator's style or craft. The different uses of…

The career of Robert Smithson resists categorization. Although he is arguably best known for Spiral Jetty (1970), his writings, photography, drawings, architectural work, and other earthworks have each played an important role in art history, particularly since his 1973 death in an airplane crash while photographing his earthwork Amarillo Ramp. The inability to easily define and understand the work of Robert Smithson extends, on a smaller scale, to the complexities of some of his individual…

I chose Jenni Saville as my artist because I liked the rawness of her drawings. She is known for her drawings of nude women without editing their imperfections; she draws them in their true form. Jenny Saville is a female contemporary artist. Saville was born in Cambridge, England in 1970. She attended the Glasgow School of Art in 1988 and graduated in 1992. She also attended the University of Cincinnati Ohio and Slade School of Art. During her portfolio show, she was lucky enough to have an…