The Art of War

Unlike the Western tradition point of view towards arts and museums, museums developed in the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey did not only play the role of place for displaying and reserving visual arts, but more associated with narratives of territoriality, ethnicity and nationhood. Many arts works in those museums were not form of art, but more like an ideology that the Ottoman Empire tried to deliver to its citizens and aliens. In the Imperial Palace, several treasury collections…

“Art completes what nature can not finish.”- Aristotle. Greek art influenced the entire ancient world and a little bit of our world today. Greek art is not only split up by form, but also by era: Classic, Classical, and Classicism. Ancient Greece began what is known as modern day literature, art, music, drama, and other kinds of arts. Greek literature was developed as a national expression with little influence until the Hellenistic period and had a formative effect on succeeding European…

together find their way back. They may take a few detours, but they’re never lost” --Anonymous The worst time in history were the years of 1933-1945. A time where people were ashamed of their region and god. Authors Elie Wiesel, author of night, and Art Spiegelman, author of Maus, Write and share the true horrors of the holocaust and share people's stories. Looking at the qoute, powerful words fit right in with the way both authors use foreshadowing and figurative language to portray the…

Thiebaud started his career in art as a commercial animation painter at Walt Disney Studios, drawing “in-betweener” on characters such as Goofy, Pinocchio, and Jimmy Cricket (Hurwitz). It wasn’t until the 1960’s, during the Pop era of Warhol, where Thiebaud started gaining prominence in the fine art field. Thiebaud has had numerous solo exhibitions including shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City in 1971, Arizona's Phoenix Art Museum in 1976, the Walker Art Center in…

seventies saw a revival of fifties styled rock, simply because the kids of the time grew into adults. Like many genres, there was several pioneers of the style, such as Rick Nelson. The early seventies was when the Vietnam war ended, because protesters referred to it as “The unwinnable war”. In the same decade, Terrorists attacked the Olympic games, which in that year was in Munich. Richard Nixon was almost impeached for the Watergate Scandal, several men broke into the Watergate Complex in…

Two of the most unique and influential new art movements of the twentieth century were pop art and abstract expressionism. While they both emerged roughly ten years apart, in the 1950’s and the 1940’s respectively; on the surface they’re two vastly different though, in reality they are more alike than they may seem. Abstract expressionism is what most would think of when they hear the words “abstract art.” When you first look at a work of abstract expressionism there seems to be no…

3.2 In war, it is better to go for swift victories rather than engage in prolonged military campaigns. （兵贵胜，不贵久） “To rely on rustics and not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.” (Sunzi, n.d.) In the case of Nike, the company should tailor its product according to the current immediate trend, such as colour trend of the season and choice of pattern of product prints. By doing so, the company should not forget the vital…

being read. Stephen Crane implements symbolism in, An Episode of War and Red Badge of Courage, through the use of color, nature and wounds. Through the use of color as a symbol, Stephen Crane was able to convey different emotions in Red Badge of Courage. Colors have been used throughout history to convey different meanings. Paintings and other forms of visual art, depend deeply upon the emotions a certain color can…

Unfortunelly, this act was only the beginning of Hitler’s terror, it was the early 1930s but there was more challenging events to come. In 1937, Hitler gain power in Germany but his attraction for art was still prevalent. He took a trip to Italy, Florence, and France to see the different paintings that so many people spoke about, during his visit he was deeply inspired. There was 400,000 artworks at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Hitler wanted…

History of Film Although, technically the history of film begins in Europe in the 1890’s with the first motion picture, every innovation in the art world from the beginning of time played a part in getting there. From cave drawings, to oil paintings, to photography, to stroboscopic toys; elements of film can be found in nearly every form of art. When the first motion picture was invented filmmakers were only able to make their films 50 seconds long, there was no camera movement, and no…