Iconography

In short, Dave Kehr has written, “Gump, with amazing speed, has become part of America’s iconography” (Scott 2001). An icon may be an overstatement of this case, however Forrest Gump ranks as one of the most successful movies ever produced. “The Academy Award-winning movie counted 78 million moviegoers in the USA and a worldwide box office of…

Section 2B Repression Clergy The Bolsheviks wanted only their own ideology existing in Russia, and so restricted faith by repressing the clergy. In 1918 many leaders of the Russian Orthodox church were brutally murdered - Vladimir of Kiev, who was mutilated, castrated, shot and had his corpse put on display for public, Archbishop Vasily who was crucified and burned. A key strategy of the Bolsheviks was to split the clergy, which they did through introduction of the Living Church in 1922.…

At the end of World War I, Germany was harshly punished in the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and faced a state of disaster. Adolf Hitler gained power and combined his roles of Chancellor and President in the Reichstag into Fuhrer. Hitler had planned for a long time to commence the war of his own volition. Hitler and his fellow Nazis insisted that the eradication of Jews was justified in its response to a war launched against Germany by the Jews. At the core of the Nazi justification for the…

The Secret of Coelho’s Success The figure of the Brazilian Paulo Coelho, who appeared in modern cultural space at the beginning of the 1990s, until now after many years, is located at the intersection of extreme points of view and diametrically opposed opinions. Paulo Coelho is well-known all over the world, and his books are read in over 150 countries. Each new book by Coelho produces a sensation and becomes popular among the readers. Since 1988, when was released his famous "The Alchemist" for…

This review has highlighted the conceptual and thematic concerns presented throughout the films. One very important feature of this movie is that it has multiple genres, as they employ iconography and key conventions. The audience tend to have distinguished terror towards the threat posed by the Alien's mode of being. The reviewer further talks about three important representations in the movie. The birth scene in the beginning of the movie…

The Baroque period is known for some of the greatest advances in the use of tenebrism, painterly techniques, and dynamic expressionism. For this historical study, the main category that will be focused on will be the Italian Baroque, more specifically the work of the artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The Italian Baroque Period lasted from the late 16th century to the early 18th century. Gentileschi was a female artist who worked around the period of 1593 to ca. 1652. In order to narrow down the…

Introduction: Pacquet Congo is a Haitian spiritual object made by Vodou priests, which contains spiritual-charged materials; they are said to have the power of activating the lwas. The origin of Pacquet Congos is commonly perceived to be predominately the Kongo religion and its ritual art. However not only one African culture and religion has made it to the New World, many cultures have influenced New World African traditions. Despite the fact that the Yorubas make up only a very small portion…

within the square and circle, this picture suggests that he now represents the ideal human. Yet, unlike the Vitruvian Man, Dr. Manhattan is not contained within a circle and square, but within a hydrogen symbol and a flag with Soviet and American iconography. This hydrogen symbol not only resembles the circle in the Vitruvian Man, but also represents Dr. Manhattan’s extreme power, suggesting that Dr. Manhattan exists beyond human comparison, making him a god among men. Further, the box…

“A visionary, poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer,” that’s what Bertolt Brecht was known for. Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht, better known as Bertolot Brecht, was born on February 10th, 1898 in Augsburg, Germany. Brecht was born to a Protestant mother and a Catholic father. While his father worked in a paper mill, his mother made sure that he learned that bible, something that would have a lifelong effect on his writing. The break out of World War I occurred when he was only 16, he became…

Vishal Nath Indian Art and Architecture, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Interconnectedness between Lotus, Pillar, Tree and Serpent in early Indian…