Minimalism

Duccio and Giotto paint, arguably, their most influential pieces during the first decade of the twelfth century . Giotto is commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni in Padua to fresco the Arena Chapel to reconcile himself with God over the sins of his father’s usury. In contrast, Duccio is commissioned by the Church fathers of Sienna to paint a panel altarpiece for the Duomo . Giotto utilizes his private patronage to develop new principles of dramatic narrative while Duccio sticks to the Bible stories…

In 2010, Beam Global Sprits and Wine launched an advertising campaign aptly titled “Provocatively Premium” to launch their recently acquired brand Effen Vodka. Being launched in 2003, the brand was relatively young. The campaign had to be align with the bold and risky character of the brand. The campaign was designed and executed by the advertising agency Euro RSCG, Chicago, USA. I will use Semiotic analysis theory which finds it’s first mentions in a the book Course on General Linguistics by…

Discuss Rossetti’s portrayal of death and the afterlife in Remember. Explore language, imagery, verse form and consider how you find it characteristic of Rossetti’s work in the collection. Growing up in an age renowned for its narrow-minded and obsessive behaviour when concering death, Rossetti conscripted her works idolising the methods of grievance and remorse, producing poems that fixate on the idea of death and afterlife. Additionally being heavily insprired by religion, her work shows…

While this homesteading program has ended, the desire to own a piece of land where one could be independent and self-sufficient has not. Today people are digging up their front yards and planting gardens, unplugging from the grid, and striving for a lifestyle and an ideology that is totally different than the one they know. They are the modern homesteader. The term modern homesteader or just simply homesteader is the most common used by researchers to define a group of people “leading a…

Design is born when individuals revolt against the norms and rules placed on them by history, artist, and the want and needs of society in any given time period. Learning about these limitations and their origins in an attempt to change what is already set in stone, this is the life style of a designer; to think outside of the box while considering the parameters onto which one feels comfortable, able, and ready. Often going against rules on purpose to express freedom and demand change, which…

Brave New World, a novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley, published in 1932, is set in London. The year is AD 2540, but referred to in the novel as 632 A.F. – “After Ford.” The work anticipates developments which will combine profoundly in order to change society: sleep-learning, reproductive technology, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning. As the novel’s plot thickens and deepens the further one reads, the discovery of themes and motifs of the work present themselves. The…

Have you ever been generalized as a result of your gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation? Of course, you have. It’s impossible to exist in this world without experiencing some sort of stereotyping. Generalization across generations is another form of categorizing large groups of people. An article from Reutuers titled, “The millennial on your cellphone plan is ruining retirement,” explains how millennials are the worst generation. “Baby boomers are what’s wrong with America’s economy,”…

Alfred of Hitchcock once said, "There is no terror in the bang, only the anticipation of it." Hitchcock was an English and American film director and producer. He was best known as the "Master of Suspense;" and one of his masterpieces, the 1954 film "Rear Window," truly deserved him the title. The film starred James Stewart, who played as the travel photojournalist L.B Jeffries; and Grace Kelley who played as Lisa Carol Freemont, Jeffries' Manhattan socialite girlfriend. The story surrounded…

Blogs 1. Do you have a monkey mind? You may have heard the phrase monkey mind. What does it mean? The monkey mind is constantly busy moving from one idea to another. it is the conversation in our head, the worrying, the judging, the listmaking. there is nothing wrong with having a monkey mind, often we need to assess multiple things at one time. for example reading a person's body language while listening to their words and then flicking back to their powerpoint presentation. However, the…

Introduction The twentieth century’s art had a long and hard period of the development between the two World Wars. The early twentieth century started from the Fauvism movement that was led by Henri Matisse and his coloured way to define the reality. The avant-garde stream brought an art revolution that included Cubism and Dadaism. The Abstract Expressionism emerged in the U.S. after the chaos of the World War II. It became the first American movement that gained an international significance.…