The Art of War

provisions.” – Line 11.89 According to Sun Zi Art of War, a great general must ensure the supply of food to their soldiers should not be delay. He should ensure that the food supply should be continuous. Otherwise all the soldiers will be hungry. Without some meal to refill their energy, the soldiers will have no energy to continue fighting with their general. Their man power will be dramatically reduce. They will start to moving very slow. The percentage to win a war will be reduced as well.…

“Maus” by Art Spiegelman is a compelling and masterful story of survival told by Art’s father, Vladek Spiegelman. A Jew that lived in Poland during World War II. Vladek’s accounts are recorded and published in an odd manner. Instead of the traditional biography of a Holocaust survivor, like the Elle Wiesel’s “Night,” “Maus” was made into a comic book. Not only was “Maus” a comic book, but the characters are rendered very uniquely. The Jews are drawn as mice; the Poles were drawn as pigs,…

Petty and the Heartbreakers, Nirvana, and many more. This music impacted my life and influenced me to be open-minded, care-free, and creative. This anecdote sparks some curiosity; am I the only one affected by music and art? A larger question would be whether or not music and art have affected society as a whole throughout history. Many studies have been conducted by experts and gurus alike regarding the impact of artists and musicians on other specific artists throughout their careers. Most of…

painting, stolen by the Nazis in World War 2. It portrays five dancers, or ballerinas. Edgar Degas was born in Paris, France, to Celestine and Augustin De Gas. Preferring a not so elegant title, the young artist shortened his last name to Degas. His father was a banker, so the family of five children was fairly wealthy. At age eleven, Degas began school and graduated in 1853 with a bachelor’s degree in literature. Upon turning eighteen he had a room dedicated to art in his home. His father…

to this seems to be through art. Art is considered to be the special expression of ideas, feelings, and values in a perceptible form. Essentially, Art is a way for us to be able to realize truths about the world that we would not be able to determine in any other form. Many people have played with this idea of art revealing further truth, like…

Art is a form of expression of historical life events. It can be portrayed in painting and writing in the form of calligraphy on walls, sculptures or steles. Art is interesting to learn and study, especially prehistory arts, which can tell story of history that is thousands of years ago. The story behind each art is fascinating and interesting to compare with other arts in terms of message, purpose and reason. Although arts can be used to replicate or duplicate from one period to the next, with…

Modernism is a broad term which refers to the graphic design style which lasted from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. The Great Depression, World War II, and the Korean War all occurred during this time. Also, color TV was introduced and Disneyland was opened in California. The two main genres of modernism were Swiss Design and the Bauhaus movement. Swiss Design focused on cleanliness and readability while the Bauhaus sought to unite creativity and manufacturing in order to emphasize…

allegorical and mythological nature. However the greater part of his works consisted of religious art, studies of contemporary life and portraiture. The French Revolution made an immense impact on Goya. While he’d supported the French Revolution, he was traumatized by the horrors and enslavement he witnessed during the event. While his works had previously displayed a passion in social and political commentary, art historians have noted that his work grew mournful in both colour and content…

influence on the population over audio cues like speeches as art involves techniques such as colour, the location and many other methods. The article, ‘Influence of Art on American Society’ and the artist Shepard Fairey correspond with this statement through facts and artworks. The ‘Influence of Art on American Society’ article discusses multiple essays related to influences of art and goes into detail about how techniques used in art influence the society of America. According to the article,…

Since the beginning of history, art has been used as a way to express the feelings a nation faces during one of society’s biggest tragedies: war. When the city of Guernica in Spain was mercilessly bombed by the Luftwaffe, Pablo Picasso began working on his painting titled Guernica to show the Spaniard’s disdain for the war. Similarly, Bernie Boston captured his photograph titled Flower Power during a protest for the Vietnam War. These two works of art share many differences, both obvious and…