Iconography

Professor Spyridon Marinatos excavated the Bronze Age site of Akrotiri, Thera. It is believed that Thera established itself as a flourishing centre of trade in the Mediterranean, and as a result has formed the basis of the subject of some frescoes. Doctor N Marinatos summarises the purpose of the frescoes excavated in Akrotiri as much more than works of aesthetic worth, and argues that the frescoes had a specific connection to the function of the room in which they were painted. Furthermore,…

I am not a creative person. Some individuals are born to be poets, actor and artist because they seem to have creativity and imagination infused into them. However, I am an accounting major who accepted a long time ago that I have logic and organization infused into me. I am wired to approach everything in steps, similar to solving a math problem. This is why I think of writing as a step-by-step process. This semester I focused on how to take a chaotic mess of information and techniques and…

One of the main focuses of an advertisement is to sell a product. As explained by James Twitchell, the primary focus of advertisements is, "... not to just to brand parity objects but also to brand consumers as they move these various communities. ... Hence, at the macro level the task of advertising is to convince different sets of consumers - target groups - that the quarter they observe is somehow different in meaning and value than the same quarter seen by their ... neighbors." (Twitchell,…

legislative issues into the pieces in the artwork. Mr. Brainwash Mr. Brainwash condition is a French videographer and street artist whose huge scale establishments have pulled in worldwide approval. His artwork with regards to subverting social iconography acquires from the pop artists Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, and contemporary street artist…

Frida Kahlo, a Mexican artist born in 1907 is best known and remembered for her self-portraits that were brilliantly vibrant coloured and bold, along with her passion and pain. Kahlo started painting mostly self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident, as she was slowly recovering in a body cast. During this time, she taught herself to read and paint often, while studying the art of the Old Masters. Common themes that were in Kahlo’s approx. 200 paintings, sketches and…

In 2013, Colin Kaepernick was on the cover of this magazine because he was one of the best football players in the world. In 2017, Colin Kaepernick is on GQ's cover once again—but this time it is because he isn't playing football. And it's not because he's hurt, or because he's broken any rules, or because he's not good enough. Approximately 90 men are currently employed as quarterbacks in the NFL, as either starters or reserves, and Colin Kaepernick is better—indisputably, undeniably, flat-out…

painted a century apart, the way in which society views gender roles of what a man and women should do/be, has not changed. Through the use of iconography and feminism it is easier to see how the figures in the foreground, the lighting and the symbolism within both paintings help further depict this perpetual way in which society defines gender roles. Iconography is the use of images…

careful and thoughtful consideration of our surrounding world is increasingly important. As we've discussed, Michael Salter views his world in a way that incredibly unique to him and him alone. For example, if he sees some discarded form of iconography, he…

Introduction Being able to utilize the full potential of screen medium matters as our society uses the form of films to relate and tell stories about our society and who we are, they portrays us in a way that the film shows the society the humanity of this society and the concerns in our everyday life. With the ever changing technologies of new media, it has changed the way on how we watch films, for example, be it watching at home or watching it online, films are still part of the media…

Theories of a “third gender” have become prominent in New Kingdom Egypt case studies in the last few decades. However, Matić argues otherwise on any evidence for ambiguous genders outside the dichotomy. From the New Kingdom ancient Egyptian era comes the Tale of Two Brothers (Matić 2016, 177). The story explicates how a figurehead named Bata describes himself as a woman after cutting off his own penis after having been accused of adultery (Matić 2016, 177). Matić concludes that binary gender…