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Francisco de Goya (1746 – 1828) was one of the famous Spanish court painters. His early artwork belongs to the genre painting, which he mastered through tapestry design for King Charles III. Influenced by the work of Velasquez, Goya developed more spontaneous painting technique. Simultaneously, his portraits became well-known among the Spanish aristocracy facilitating him to become a Court Painter of King Charles IV in the 1789. Goya’s Self-portrait before an Easel (1792-5) depicts him as a…

A cultural encounter is the interaction of one or more culture with another culture. Culture encounter is not only a condition related to nationality or ethnicity, but it could also be an interaction between two members of any two groups with different norms, such as men and women. The interactions of people from different cultures require the understanding and respect of people’s beliefs, the way they live life and to discover new things about their world and cultures. However, culture…

Colonialism is the imperial expansions with political, economic and military forces. Colonialism in 19th century is a period of territorial expansion which mainly led by European powers. In the late 19th century, because of the developed transportation, globalization grew fast. So far, it became a movement of people, information, goods, services, culture, and politics in world wide range. There are lots of similarities and differences between these two terms. While both Colonialism and…

to shop for groceries. Also, a Japanese company bought the stores from Walmart in 2006. For the identical reasons, Carrefour failed to run their business in those two countries. The key points of why these western companies failed to run their business are that they insisted on bringing western culture and management model. In addition, they ignored they way how people do shopping. Eventually, their arrogance and blind insistence led to the…

The identity conflicts in the characters of Santosh (Out of Many by V.S Naipul), Aziz (Perforated Sheet by Salman Rushdie), and Chike (Chike’s School Days by Chinua Achebe) is occasioned many things related to the effects of post-colonialism, essentially the American and European cultural image creating a culture shock as well as an economic factor. Both are uncomfortable in their setting and opt to adopt their new environment (Lacan 54). Although they think their new cultures they have settled…

Cannibal Tours is a film directed by Dennis O’Rourke that follows a group of Western tourists on their vacation in Papua New Guinea. The film represents the contrasting differences between the tourists, who live a modern life, and the locals who appear to live a primitive life. As a result of their differences, Cannibal Tours allowed me to truly comprehend the “The West and the Rest” discourse that shapes cultural encounters in todays world. The tourists in the documentary are a group of…

This is an entirely different style of painting compared with the traditional Western paintings. In the history of Western art, sexuality is usually defined precisely by the portrayal of bodies. For instance, women are often portrayed in various passive positions, in order to cater to male viewer’s satisfaction. The composition of a picture, selection…

effortlessly. In my Rube Goldberg Machine we demonstrated the key aspects, of the ancient Greeks society by focusing on the five different components and representing their advanced technological accomplishments. Ancient Greece the native home of western civilization contrived the most advanced technological features that people have ever seen. As shown in page 5 from the report of (n.d.). L'AnticoPédie .Greeks used a variety of advanced technology such as pulleys,…

Frida Kahlo, being physically handicapped, only produced about 200 paintings and sold a significantly low amount of works during her life. Despite all of this, Kahlo is seen as one of the largest icons in Mexican culture and continues to grow in popularity worldwide. In 1933, a painting appeared on a 34 cent postage stamp, in 2000, one of Frida’s self portraits sold for $5 million, and during November 2002, a biographical movie “Frida” was released (Smithsonian and Art Story). Frida Kahlo was…

How to Be a Good Photographer? “Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art” –Ambrose Bierce. The perception of a beautiful painting is projected from the artist’s mind, feeling and mood; and a major part in completing the artists vision is the way he places the object in his art. Contrary to that some of the most beautiful pictures happen when objects naturally fall into place alas the natural movement of the sun from east to west can create many beautiful versions of…