Iconography

Mulholland Drive conveys the illusion projected by the glamour of Hollywood and its adopted capitalist pre-war ideologies. Through a pastiche of sounds, styles and references to the iconography of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’ such as the poster of Rita Hayworth and surrealist vintage soundtrack, Lynch effectively alludes to Hollywood’s exploitative past, denoting the fragmentation that alienates Betty and illustrates her paranoia as she delves…

Until this unique and historical find, researchers only had ceramic, iconography, and ancient texts to study the mysterious gladiator. This article was directed toward fellow bioarchaeologists and students in the field of anthropology, especially for those that had previous knowledge of gladiator history. They did a great job…

As Muhammad Ali said, “Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams- they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do- they all contain truths.” I have known the various types of religions that we have in our planet since I started getting to know this world. Even though the numbers of religions are being increased, I strongly agree that all religions have their own truth for their followers. Christianity is the largest religion having over 2.4 billon followers in this world.…

In Sippar, Mesopotamia, there laid a temple of the sun god, Shamash. Within the courtyard of this temple, there stood a six-foot six-inch piece of Royal Art. On display for the generations of that era, and many eras after, many are able to awe in the narration of a victorious event. This art displays the triumph of Naram-Sin, and his Military, conquering the Lullabi people of Zargos mountains; habitants of Eastern Mesopotamia. In r. 2254-2218 BCE, Naram-Sin was inspired to leave an imprint of…

After reading several parts of a book, named Launching the Imagination, fifth edition (Mary Stewart, 2015), I do believe that I have some new ideas about my major, graphic design. In this book, I mainly read about part three, Concepts and Critical Thinking, which is a requirement, and part two, Two-dimensional Design, which personally I believe is much more related to graphic design for the reason that I think graphic design is much more an activity of ‘decorating’ simple model more attractive,…

Psychoanalytic criticism explores the relationship between culture and the personal identity of a character and a text. It attends to the role of the subconscious in the author, reader, and characters in a text. The concept of psychoanalytic criticism identifies the state of internal experience meaning it explores how the different states may affect the external experience either positively or negatively. In basic terms, psychoanalytic criticism is the application of the ideas of psychology to…

wreath’s wiring and attention to details were meant to imitate its ephemeral counterpart. This wreath is an object of true beauty. It would have been seen as an attempt to attain everlasting beauty through fine craftsmanship. By discussing the iconography of laurel wreaths, it is clear that the object communicated a variety of messages about the wearer. As the representation of the laurel wreath is discussed in sculpture and pottery, it is essential to understand that wreaths not only showcased…

Bruce Conner is a post-war artist who began his career in San Francisco and became renowned for his works in diverse fields of film, photography, assemblages, painting, and sculpture. He was born in 1933 and passed away 2008. Nearing the end of his career in 2003, Bruce revisited collages from his earlier works and with the help of digital technology, he translated them into tapestries (Frieling and Garrels 12). One of these resulting pieces is Mary Anointing Jesus with the Precious Oils of…

Napoleon Bonaparte. Historically, a portrait composition favours representing the white body. Even on the rare occasion, the model was a person of colour, the aspects of the paintings continued to favour whiteness. Christian and European cultural iconography was still overwhelmingly apparent in these portraits, and the subjects were lit in ways that favoured the lighter complexion. When black bodies are included in portraits of white models, they are used as decorative objects; adornments to the…

or change in some fashion once that year ended. Of all the actions generated by the aforementioned mentality, this prophecy was perhaps the most ridiculous considering how obviously wrong it was and how little we really know about Mayan culture, iconography, and language. The Mayan Apocalypse of 2012 was the belief that either cataclysmic or transformative events would occur that year on December 21st. These ideas…