Aesthetics

This is an interesting topic and something I had definitely not considered prior to enrolling in this class. After having read about Bazin and his views on film Realism, it makes sense that he would disagree with directors manipulating the “realness” of a film for the sake of the image (Blakeney, 2009). Bazin was a stickler for the importance of realness for film to be considered art (Blakeney, 2009) so in his opinion films should not have over-the-top editing or manipulation and should rely on…

The treatment of sexuality is commonly used as a source of pleasure for the viewer when portraying the idealized woman. Women are constantly used in art for pleasure and the goddess of love, Venus, is frequently used as the perfect woman to gaze upon. Titian met the viewers’ attention when using Venus in his piece Venus of Urbino, 1538. However, another art painting attracted more attention when depicting a nude woman in a similar style of Venus, Olympia, 1863, by Edouard Manet. Manet’s use of…

My first impression when I viewed Mouth (for L'Oréal), New York, by Irving Penn, was wow, it’s so beautiful and colorful. When you look at this picture, you see a person’s lips with several different lipstick colors on them. The subject of this painting is obviously the lipstick, the colors in the pictures are different shades of red, purple, pink and brown, they are the focus point. The lipstick makes texture on the lips, creating a beautiful three-dimensional effect. I see several lines in…

In Troilus and Criseyde, there is an outgoing conflict regarding the determination of fate. The debate lies on whether the characters’s destiny has been predetermined by divine forces or is, on the other hand, defined by the individual’s decisions. Nonetheless, the characters in the poem appear to be of the belief that their judgment holds no role on the outcome of the events, as these have been already determined by mightier forces. Such is the case of Troilus, who upon being offered Pandare’s…

How far would you go for love? Happiness? Fame?. The pieces of literature I will be analysing for this essay are “The Monkeys Paw”, “The Devil in Tom Walker”, and “The Masque of the Red Death”. I believe that in all romantic literature works, the protagonists has an urge or pull to do something, but gets warned a couple times before something bad happens to stop to walk away. The protagonists doesn’t listen and has to face the consequences(With the exception of “The Monkey's Paw”) The first…

Kiss of Rain Walking through parks and not well-known places was something of a hobby of mine. I drew inspiration from undiscovered side streets and recesses of parks. Sometimes I would even stumble across a moment that deserved to be captured by either my camera around my neck or my phone. I always had one or the other on me for these exact purposes. At a park is where I was at this precise moment. One of my favorites actually. No matter how much I kept coming back here there was always…

Sonnet eighty-seven is regarding a person who is so beautiful that the writer is longing for them again. However, the writer has the understanding that for this person, their beauty was of such high value, that the writer had to release them to share their worth (beauty) with the world. The character’s dynamic is the focus for the assessment of this sonnet, specifically from the intake perceived by Karl Marx and David Schalkwyk. Schalkwyk will take the stance of a service relationship and how it…

Title: Good Will, Duty, and the Categorical Imperative Immanuel Kant Student: Georgiana Puti Course: Introduction to Moral Philosophy Date: 8th November 2014 What is the connection between rationality and morality in Kant’s view? Morality and rationality is depicted by Kant as an action of dignity thus the connection between rationality and morality in Kant’s view is dignity. In the first and second paragraph I will discuss and argue what it morality and rationality and what is a moral and…

The definition and the standard of art may vary depending on the artist’s values. In Joseph Conrad’s Preface to The Nigger of the “Narcissus”, he states that the artist should contemplate on producing a work that is tightly planned and created, being mindful of every single line. An art should contain reflections on “illuminating and convincing” (1887) qualities within sensuously stimulating events, and thus, be “enduring and essential” (1887). The artistic appeal, made to the delicate human…

iii. Make the sector more lovely, start with harmonizing your house and make for yourself a tantric place. iv. Be more aware, start with everyday by being conscious of your respiration. v. Take obligation for your own existence, your moves and your emotions. Take responsibility in your life. Avoid blaming people for your doings or actions. vi. Experience accuracy usually by feeling better. Perceive how you feel. Then receive or accept how you sense. If you want, cross for happiness and trade…