Artistic merit

make more profits. There are several scenes that do an outstanding job of exploring this struggle further and help in breaking down the brilliant mind of an artist skeptical of the acclaim he’s given, as it is unclear whether it is solely for the merits of his work. My favorite scene in the film is when Basquiat is sitting in his apartment…

Pieces of Literature are written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a wonderful novel, receiving high praise from many non-academic organizations including but not limited to The Atlantic, Entertainment Weekly, and Newsweek. While it has received many raving reviews, it is no work of literature. This novel should be taught in school, however, The Hate U Give should, under no circumstances should be taught in English class.…

in his essay, “What I Feel about Walt Whitman,” he said “The vital part of my message, taken from the sap and fibre of America, is the same as his,” (pg. 1600). This means that while he disliked Whitman’s writing style, or “what he viewed as the artistic crudity of Whitman’s poetry,” (pg. 1600), that he acknowledged that they had similar messages. Full Texts • A Pact I make a…

Biography Steven Berkoff, born Leslie Steven Berks in Stepney, London, on 3 August 1937, is arguably the most influential figures in shaping modern theatre. The actor, author, playwright and theatre director belonged to a family of Russian-Jewish background, and therefore added the ‘off’ back to the end of his name and opted to go by his middle name. Berkoff had a troubled childhood and often felt like he didn’t get what he wanted and in 1952 he was sentenced to a stint in borstal for stealing a…

Albert D. Pionke's “Beyond “The Hero as Prophet”: A Survey of Images of Islam,”(2005) is a brief study of Thomas Carlyle’s lecture on Muhammad. The researcher starts his study by describing the significance and influence of Carlyle’s lecture, arguing that Carlyle’s image of Muhammad is a complex one. Accordingly, the author attempts to shed light on this complex image briefly by investigating the works of Carlyle in which he referred to Islam. First, Pionke analyses some parts of Carlyle’s…

With great artistic skill Fitzgerald detailed those who had too much money to spend, and too much time to spend. Fitzgerald passionately hated them for the fact that the wealth allowed them to take any actions to satisfy all their whims. The writer took the mask off…

wanted his unparalleled audience to desire more than just to be entertained. He wanted the world to understand his philosophies. He was also a philosopher and taught his audience his teachings. He took his audiences well beyond the domain of the artistic to those that are a part of the humane and truthful. The author wrote this book to tell about “Sun Ra”- the Jazz Musician, whose…

of the story ("Literature in the 1900s, 1900-1909"). There was also a shift to realism in this evolutionary period. "The attempt to present human life as accurately as possible through the arts began as a movement in the 1700s and was an accepted artistic concept by the mid nineteenth century, but artists'…

Artistic Success As previously noted Vyse had exhibited a figurative group The Kiss (RA1857) at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1911. Again in 1913, he exhibited a bronze version of The Kiss (RA1992) at the R A (Fig. 20). The bronze, signed Charles Vyse on the back is undated. In 1911, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia, purchased an edition. 11 The author, Herbert H Stansfield published a monochrome photograph of The Kiss in his book Sculpture and the Sculptors Art. (1916) He refers…

popularity, the amount of societal violence among youth dropped. Christopher Ferguson said “violent video games are now an established part of our culture”. Games setting sales records topping blockbuster movies and getting reviews for their artistic merits. Ferguson also said,” like anything else, gaming should be enjoyed in moderation, balanced with outdoor activity and allowing enough time for family and schoolwork.” About 3 % of kids have signs of pathological gaming, the need to play more…