Early Modern English

It is undeniable that culture impacts art. When it comes to modern art, some of the most notable causes of changing are the World Wars, the corrupted society, and polluted environment. A lot of modern art paintings are abstract, which helps deepen the understanding and interpretation. Besides, it does not matter where it is in the world, art takes the same drive for innovating. This analysis will talk about two paintings in two different countries: “Dancing Mutants” by the Filipino artist Ocampo…

Modernism, a revolution movement started in the 20th century, is a style when “form follows function”, as quoted from Louis Sullivan, the famous Frank Llyod Wright’s mentor. Wright was one of the pioneers of Modern Architecture and his masterpiece, the Fallingwater, was perhaps his best interpretation of Modernism. Located in rural Southwestern of Pennsylvania, the Fallingwater is so popular that it is often mentioned in many architecture books regarding its application to the site. B.B.…

Dance plays an extremely large part in Irish culture. It serves as a basis for Irish ritual, as it has not only been used in courtly ceremonies but has also been seen in funeral rituals throughout Irish history. Today, Irish step dancing is an extremely serious and competitive sport. Although traditional Irish dance has undergone many changes to reach its current grandeur, Irish dance has a humble beginning as a social activity designed to bring people together. The first mention of Irish dance…

summer of 2014 to observe and photograph the frescoes of my study and related artworks around the city—therefore immersing myself in this research for over a year. This initial foray into serious art historical scholarship solidified my passion for early modern art and the status of contemporary viewer engagement therein, and has allowed me to confidently assert that I enjoy the challenge of long-term, in-depth research. Though I cannot know precisely where my graduate studies will take me, I…

secular fundamentalism associated with the Revolution is still echoed today, as exemplified in the New Atheist Movement and the ever-increasing emphasis on laïcité (secularism) in modern France. There are two questions that must be addressed concerning the secular values of the Revolution in order to understand its modern day implications: What were the origins of the violence, terror, and fundamentalism used to combat orthodox religion and values during the French Revolution, and how can…

Abstract art is also known as non objective art or non representational art, painting, sculpture or graphic art in which the portrayal of things from the visible world plays no part. Abstraction was one of the mostsignificant developments in the story of 20th century arts. It consists largely of elements like form, color, line, tone and texture. It has its origin in 19th century. The period characterized by so vast a body of elaborately representational art produced for the sake of illustrating…

Martha was inspired by St. Denis performance at the Mason Opera House and enrolled in an arts oriented junior college and later at the Denishawn School, which was founded by Ruth St. Denis and her husband Ted Shawn to teach techniques world dance. She worked a period of time with Ted Shawn and Martha improved her dancing skills. She is recognized for her first role of an attacked Aztec maiden, “Xochital” and a dance made for her by Shawn. By 1923, eight years after entering Denishawn, she found…

and agility of an acrobat in her work, paired with the long legs of a thoroughbred dancer. Eleanor Torrey Powell, born November 21, 1912 in Springfield, Massachusetts comes from very humble beginnings. A shy Eleanor got her start in dance at the early age of 11 in an attempt by her parents to make her more sociable. She trained in only acrobatics and ballet initially, which many believe led to her specific grace and style. Her life changed drastically when visiting her relatives in Atlantic…

We sometimes find ourselves stereotyping a large group of people. When we start stereotyping the certain group we then start labeling the certain group of people. Those stereotypes will affect the person's emotionally, physically, mentally. Many young Latinas are judged if they do not have perfect figure like shown in the media. For many years Latinas have been known for their body, attitude, sexuality. Our media can be accountable for this stereotype of a Latin woman. They create an image many…

the body and the soul,” says Ruth St. Denis, Oriental-modern dancer and mentor of Martha Graham. Throughout the widespread genres of dance, there is always a rich background and purpose. Modern dance, one of the most recently recognized genres, can take many forms, while Dance du Ventre, or belly dancing, has a more narrow variety of moves. However, both have a deep rooting in women’s history and represent the value of a woman and her body. Modern dance stems from the revolution against ballet…