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In the documentary film In a Brilliant Light: Van Gogh in Arles, produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1984, the life of misunderstood artist Vincent van Gogh is depicted, particularly his works done in Arles, France. The film takes the viewer on an in depth journey of van Gogh’s life highlight points such as his inspirations and specific paintings all the while weaving it into the story that is uniquely the artist’s own. Through the introduction of the artist’s inspirations…

Moshe Pearlman vividly whisks the reader away in a literary time machine, titled In the Footsteps of Moses. This literary time machine is achieved through placing us, the reader right into the years that came before, the years throughout and the time that passed after Moses lifetime including the standing impact that is echoed in Jewish culture today. I especially find that Pearlman’s decision to present the history and vast amount of information upon his subject in the form of a story being…

represented the psychological relation between the passion for fresh roasted coffee, spices, tea and the mythological enchanting character. The Starbucks siren was topless and had a fully visible double fish tail. The material of the logo resembled a brown woodcut with its very visual texture and stated “Starbucks Coffee Tea Spices”. “Terry [Heckler] came up with a logo based on an old…

Aura of Uniqueness in the The Piratebay 2003 In the following essay I will be using Walter Benjamin essay on The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction to discuss ‘uniqueness’ and provide a visual example to explain the concept. Benjamin (1936:790) explains that we live in a world, where traditional viewing of ‘film and television’ is being replaced by the advancement of technologies and how the user/viewer has multiple formats and options for viewing movies and television shows, such…

processes. It features approximately one hundred works dated from 1972 to 2002, Chuck Close Prints shines a light on the artist's range of innovation in etching, aquatint, lithography, handmade paper, direct gravure, silkscreen, traditional Japanese woodcut, and reduction linocut. Drawing attention to Close’s creative processes and collaboration between the artist and master printers, the exhibition testifies to how Close has consistently but variously fought the conventional view of the…

(“Andreas Vesalius:Vesalius’ De Humani Corporis.”) In the summer of 1542, he finished his book and began to concentrate on its publication. He began the publication a couple of months later first by starting to get the pictures printed. He sent his woodcuts to Switzerland and Johannes Oporinus began to print his pictures. While in Basel, Switzerland looking over his printings he began to write Andreae Vesalii suorum de humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome, a summary of all of six chapters…

The meaning of renaissance is “rebirth”. It’s a time where new ideas and creations were born. The first renaissance began in cities throughout Italy. Italy had a strong presence of antiquity than any other part of Europe. Italy began to revive the activity of buying and selling goods and town building. Feudalism had less of an influence towards Italy. Feudalism is where social classes were divided based on their position in the economy. Before the renaissance came into full effect, the…

During this period, more people began advocating for equal rights. The American Revolution greatly impacted the role of women in society. In some cases, women were allowed to assist soldiers and play roles in the war. This can be seen in the “Woodcut of a Patriot Woman” (Doc. A), where a lady is stood holding a rifle near a fort. This image shows that women began to bear the right to perform tasks previously only done by men. For example, Molly Pitcher, a heroine during the revolution, took over…

Josquin des Prez was a French composer of the Renaissance Era. The place and date of his birth is uncertain, and many documents of his life has parts missing. However, what is certain is that he was known by many as one of the greatest composers of the 16th century. Josquin is probably of French and Flemish ethnicity. He sang for the courts of Rene I of Anjou and Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan. Josquin performed for the papal chapel. He was even choirmaster for Duke Ercole I of…

was played grimly and art became sober to say. The artist were surrounded by the horrible black death, but on the other hand some artist started to express how they felt through art and music. Many of those artist left alive created paintings and woodcuts that showed an angry God and sometimes demon-like creatures shooting arrows of plague in…