Iconography

Propaganda is used all over the world, it is a way of spreading word to promote a cause. It is frequently used to sell a belief system and is ideological. In "Brave New World," the World State uses propaganda to equalize the society no matter the consequence. On the other hand, the Nazi party used it to acquire and maintain power, they also used it to implement Nazi policies. Many different techniques of propaganda are used by these two "worlds," but there are three major techniques used in…

The Renaissance Art Movement began in Italy and means rebirth. The Renaissance Art Movement was in the late 13th and early 14th century. This was a time when individual expression and worldly expression became two of the main themes. This movement had a lot of economic growth. Education blossomed in this time period. New technology was born in this time period, like the printing press. Most of the art in this period was commissioned by wealthy merchant families, mostly the Medici. Much of the…

(I) Introduction Cultural Revolution poster is a special product of a special era in Chinese history with distinctive characteristics of the times. This article will look back from the perspective of the Cultural Revolution of Modern Art Design posters to explain the background and current situation, extraction and analysis of the Cultural Revolution, which constitutes its elemental composition and artistic design features a poster value. Posters and advertising art at the time as an important…

Ed Ruscha is an American artist whose oeuvre joins parts of the dialect and iconography of Pop Art with deft Reasonable execution. With a practice that traverses drawing, painting, photography, film, printmaking, and distributing, Ruscha's experience as a visual creator is obvious in his excellent eye for typography and design. He is maybe best known for his craftsman's books, for example, Twentysix Gas Stations (1963)— a pictorial investigation of the fuel stations he experienced on an…

Madonna is among the greatest piece of art in history, to an extent that Raphael was inspired by earlier pieces of Madonna done Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Raphael short art career lasted for just 20 years. He who was a long-term admirer of Leonardo’s was inspired by his earlier version of Madonna and Child with Saint Anne piece and Michelangelo. Although his own style can be recognized. For instance, in Madonna of the Meadow by Raphael, he absorbed the pyramidal grouping which was so…

The subject of this assignment is Pulp Fiction, a 1994 gangster American comedy about blood, guts, violence, strange sex, drugs, fixed fights and a dead body disposal written and directed by the Oscar winner Quentin Tarantino. One of the most influential films of the 1990s, a delirious post-modern mix of neo-noir thrills, pitch-black humour and pop-culture touchstones. Gangster Films are developed around the sinister actions of criminals or gangsters, particularly bank robbers, underworld…

Cosmetics very quickly became known as the brand that filled the gap for women of colour. The strategy of the company first of all starts with the marketing game plan. Iman believes that first and foremost the marketing team has to be ethnically diverse and if it is then they will be able to strike a resounding chord with the different ethnic groups they are targeting. Next the marketing team is told to spend a lot of time on the streets and talk to real people about their beauty issues. This…

Use of new media in my life is pretty light. Compared to others around me it’s almost as if I live in the dark ages. Now, I’m nowhere near that level of hermit. I have my vices; particularly with my smart phone. My iPhone lives in my front left pocket and I do have a propensity towards its use. I have a girlfriend with a schedule busier than my own so non-face to face communication between us has become key. It also holds my music. Visiting the gym daily, at least two hours of my day is spent…

When first opened in 1994, it was intended as a skate shop. It very quickly became something else. “The store was able to become the holy grail of high youth street culture by curating a mix of the city’s iconography – fashion, music, celebrity and politics” (Hagwood, 2012). This quote shows what the hypebeasts are into. They clearly love fashion, but the fashion is motivated by other current things going on, such as politics. A large portion of hypebeast…

1. How did Masaccio impact 15th century Florence? ANSWER: Masaccio became known as the best painter of his time. He was known for his ability to depicting nature in a realistic manner and recreating lifelike figures. He was also able to depict movement in his art as seen in his piece, The Tribute Money. Masaccio was also well known for his ability to create three dimensional figures by casting shadows and other various art techniques that reflected three dimensionality. Masaccio was also…