Elegance

His mother, a retiring Geisha, looked forward to the prospect of carrying the tradition of women in her family by having her future daughter take up the reins in the Okiya. What she wasn’t prepared for was having two sons, twin’s to be exact. Tadashi and Masashi, it’s that order of birth that would decide the two boys fates. The older by a few minutes would become an educated young man that would carry on the family’s name, while Masashi was left to take up the family tradition. He had been…

Color Impact in Marketing and Web Design Color is a significant component of visual communication. While impacting our mood, color assists us make a distinction between different elements. All things considered, the impact of color should never undervalued by companies when coming up with modern design solutions, regardless of the goal. When considering web design, color combinations are vital as they would create an impact in the customer’s subconscious. Color attracts, changes moods and…

All the techniques the artist used made a great painting of the Greek creature Medusa. The artist did a great job at contrasting evil with elegance in this painting. It adds to the shock of this painting and gets viewers really interesting in his piece of artwork. The artist clearly thought about how he wanted his viewers to see his version of Medusa. He helped us to see his version of Medusa…

girls are pictured wearing elegant dresses. In John Singleton Copley’s The Copley Family (1776), the woman and the young girls are each wearing long dresses, headpieces, and jewels on various piece of their apparel. The elegance of their clothing, I believe, represents the elegance and beauty of…

Although neither the Cabinet des modes nor the Magasin des modes nouvelles françaises et anglaises exclusively appealed to women, the editor of the Magasin des modes nouvelles françaises et anglaises admitted that the periodical needed “to be more specifically intended for [women]” and that “[they] had to think of satisfying [women] first.” Oftentimes, two of the three plates in an issue represented female fashions. Moreover, the first plate that the Cabinet des modes published depicted a woman…

The first description of Hester paints her in a glowing style, “The young woman was tall, with a figure of perfect elegance… She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam, and a face which, besides being beautiful from regularity of feature and richness of complexion… She was ladylike... “ (Hawthorne 51). Preceding this portrait…

The American Dream vs Gatsby The American Dream, that vision varies between each individual who interprets it, is a emblem that consistently occurs throughout the novel known as the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The American Dream is often described as wealth, property and happiness. The brilliant author includes numerous elements from life in America after the first World War to convey the message of how artificial and unrealistic the American Dream is presented. He achieve in doing so…

In scene 5 of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth alludes to the established motif that “fair is foul and foul is fair.” (1.1.12) when she says, “Look like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under ’t.”(1.5.56-57) and, “to alter favor ever is to fear.” (1.5.64). With both of these sentences Lady Macbeth is telling her husband to conceal his foul intentions with the look of innocents. Shakespeare chose to have her repeat this motif to connect her to the witches, which consequently, ties her to evil and…

1.Who was Johann Winckelmann, and what was his importance in the history of art? Johann Winckelmann was a German scholar who believed classical art triumphed over “natural” art that was popular in his time (Kleiner 784). He published works like History of Ancient Art (1764) which details different classical art works. However, the thing that set this piece apart from those before him is the fact that he organized less by biography and more by subject, style, and period (Kleiner 784) .…

quite elegant and flowy. Within the piece the movements are complimented by the dancer’s intentions making each turn and leap into something greater and remembered. For example, the pique turns done by Princess Florine when she enters brings the elegance of her character and shows her pride through the movements which leaves an everlasting impression on the audience. Another example is the way the Bluebird entrances the audience with his jumps throughout the piece bringing birdlike qualities to…