Ink

Although most of the movies that came out during the 1930’s are in black in white, this era was labeled “The Golden Age of HollyWood.” This was right after that of the 1920’s silent films. The 1930s were known for their sound and color revolutions. There also became more genres of films such as; musicals, historical biopics, comedies, western films, gangster films, newspaper- reporting films, social realism films, and horror to name a few. The advancements of 1930’s special effects in movies had…

The Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province is a painting in a collection of works titled Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji, by artist Katsushika Hokusai between 1830-1833. However, even though the series is named thirty-six views, Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province is the fifth of an additional ten paintings added onto the original set of thirty-six due to the overall popularity of Katsushika Hokusai’s work. The series, as the title states, contains thirty-six various views of Mt.Fuji and the areas surrounding the…

moving to the left. Leonardo wrote backwards because he was hiding his scientific ideas from the Powerful Roman Catholic Church, whose teaching sometimes disagreed with what Leonardo observed. Writing left handed from left to right was messy because the ink just put down would smear as his hand moved across…

Letters, programs and a Laser “Without change there is no innovation, creativity or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable” (William G Pollard). If we don 't have change in our society we have no creativity and don 't think of improving. When we finally think of change there is a certainty that we can change things. One must think of many things that change by the creation of the laser printer. What would we…

Japanese Edo Period Art The Edo period had a lot of importance & impact on Japan as it helped flourish its culture by cutting off the west and isolating itself, with the help of many Schools of Japan learning new techniques in art which would become the norm for today. A lot of the impact was on the social classes, as artists started to become noticed, and recognised for the art they created. The points to discuss will be on ‘who’ to talk about. First, I’ll look at Hoitsu & Buncho from Edo as…

who tells the story which he confess to having killed an old man because of its “vulture” eye. After the beginning of the story, a piano starts to play as the background music representing a mystery theme while the narrator is writing, with pen and ink, the story which he confess to having killed an old man, finishing with the famous question of the story, “but why will you say that I am mad?” (1:12-1:38). Later on, the viewers of the film can hear different musical instruments as background…

The amino acids in unknown mixture B were Glycine and Leucine. The amino acids in unknown mixture C were Lysine and Prolise. Questions- The markings from a lead/graphite pencil will not enter the mobile phase so it will remain stationary while the ink from a pen will enter the…

From this week’s reading, I’m most interested in the landscape painting of Fan Kuan, TRAVELERS AMONG MOUNTAINS AND STEAMS, from the Song dynasty of China. This is a ink painting on silk that describes the Monumental landscape at that time. Most importantly, Neo-Confucianism coincided with the development of these kind of Monumental landscape painting and played an important role on this kind of art. Neo-Confucianism is a Chinese moral philosophy which rebuilt Confucianism with Buddhism and…

depends on one’s personal values and hobbies. A good decade to live in would be the 1950’s. This is due to the music, propaganda posters, and automobiles. The music of the fifties is remembered for having fantastic artists such as Elvis Presley, The Ink Spots, and The Andrews Sisters. Artists at this time were very proud. Being held as great musicians due to their pronunciation and the clarity of their lyrics. They would also casually sing with ease, and would sometimes spontaneously sing…

Tattoos are one of the most controversial things that we can do to our bodies. Even when the ink going onto somebodies’ skin does not affect us, we still have our opinion on it, and some of us are not afraid to speak up about it. Some people hate them, they think tattoos are trashy or a form of destructive vandalism on the temples that we call our bodies. Other people may be head over heels in love with the idea of being able to adorn our bodies with a permanent picture. With all the controversy…