Arts And Humanities Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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A Description of a Visit to an Art Museum in Chicago (1133 words, 2 pages)

Art Museum 1. For this assignment I choose to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. I choose to journey down town to see the so much talked about Vincent Van Gogh exhibit. As a waited in line I meet a student of Colombia College he told me that you do ... Read More

A Critical Study of Four Works of Art (1721 words, 2 pages)

Critical Study When I began thinking about the critical study I was not sure what movement or particular variety of Art to study. I decided a good starting point would be what types of art interest me and what pieces attract me when visiting an art gallery. The first thing ... Read More

A Brief Summary of the Film Armageddon (272 words, 1 pages)

Armageddon The world's foremost deep core oil driller, called upon by NASA to head up a team to thwart an asteroid the size of Texas from casually wiping out every last organism from the face of the earth. With the aid of NASA's best space pilots and his roughneck crew ... Read More

An Analysis of the Play Arsenic and Old Lace (660 words, 2 pages)

1.Arsenic and Old Lace 2.The copy I had did not list the author. 3.66 pages 4.Act 1 Set in late afternoon in the month of September in the present time. Act 2 Later that same night. Act 3 Later that night to early the next morning. 5.The main characters include ... Read More

A Comparison of Punishment of Adam and Eve and of Zeus and Prometheus (392 words, 1 pages)

When I ask this question, I dont mean that Adam and Eve could be the relative of Zeus and Prometheus, what do I mean? I mean, are Adam and Eves version of punishment more related, or more different, than Zeuss punishment on Prometheus? The method you would use to answer ... Read More

A History and Role of Apollo a Greek Deity (663 words, 3 pages)

Apollo Table of Contents 1. Title Page 2. Table of Content 3. Apollo Report 4. Apollo Report 5. Story of apollo 6. Temple of Apollo ( Didyma, Turkey ) 7. Palazzo Corsini ( Florence, Italy ) 8. Ruins at Delphi ( Delphi, Greece ) Son of Zeus and Leto, Brother ... Read More

The Status of Music in the Appalachia Culture (2293 words, 4 pages)

APPALACHIA MUSIC AND THE COAL MINES Appalachia music is not appreciated or respected in todays cultural society like it should be. Many people around the world listen to new forms of the Appalachian music not knowing where or how it was developed. It is the focus of this paper to ... Read More

A Brief History of the Sculpture Aphrodite of Knidos by Sculptor Praxiteles (952 words, 3 pages)

Aphrodite of Knidos The boldest undertaking by the sculptor Praxiteles c. 350-340bc., is Aphrodite of Knidos as opposed to Apollo Saraktonos. It was original and daring, breaking free from the traditional Polykleitan model. Aphrodite of Knidos in the nude is incredibly sensual and erotic. Praxiteles captures Aphrodite in a private ... Read More

A Review of the Apocalypse Now Directed by Coppola (1298 words, 2 pages)

Apocalypse Now Review Vietnam was a war fought by the unwillingly, for the ungrateful, led by the unqualified. Apocalypse Now is Coppola?s film based on Heart of Darkness, but set in the Vietnam jungle. The major theme in the novel is the examination of America?s involvement, militarily, in Vietnam. However, ... Read More

A Review of Aproova’s Work in Animation (286 words, 1 pages)

Apoorva is the lead animator, special effects at PDI and Poorvi art director and web site designer of www.antz.com. Unlike most Walt Disney Productions, Antz is in 3D animation, a computer animated feature film. Apoorva says, "Usually we deal in special effects where for action the scenes are recreated on ... Read More

A Comparison of the View of Animation in the United States and Japan (784 words, 1 pages)

Animation To The Nation Memories of television programming from my youth consists mostly of great educational shows like Sesame Street and The Letter People, but also consists of classic 1980s cartoons like Transformers and Thundercats. Mention these two cartoons to anyone in their late teens or early twenties and their ... Read More

The Accomplishments of Angry Warhol an Artist (1985 words, 2 pages)

Genius of Andy Warhol Never before have I encountered more intriguing works of art than those done by Andy Warhol. I have been curious about his life ever since I saw his work in Milwaukee. I saw his famous work of the Campbell's Soup Can. By viewing this, one can ... Read More

A Biography of Andy Warhol an Artist (1949 words, 3 pages)

Never before have I encountered more intriguing works of art than those done by Andy Warhol. I have been curious about his life ever since I saw his work in Milwaukee. I saw his famous work of the Campbell's Soup Can. By viewing this, one can tell he is not ... Read More

Characteristics of Play Genres in Ancient Greece (1159 words, 2 pages)

The plays in ancient Greece were made up of several genres. One of these genres was comedy. Comedy came from two main factors, the major one being known as the Choral Element which has ceremonies to encourage fertility at the Festival of Dionysus. The second influence was from Sicilian mimes ... Read More

Music and Instruments in Ancient Egypt (517 words, 1 pages)

For many centuries, ancient Egyptian music has been played on a minor pentatonic scale, with five full tones. As time went by however, Egyptian music began to change due to the foreign invasion that brought Egyptians into contact with the Asiatic culture. During the third century BCE, the Greeks settled ... Read More

The Experience of the Art of Sculpture Through All Our Senses (940 words, 2 pages)

Sculpture is one of the few pieces of art that engages our senses differently than with any other type of art. This is because sculpture occupies spaces a three-dimensional mass, compared to paintings that occupy two-dimensional spaces. Paintings and other two- dimensional artwork can suggest density, but sculpture is dense. ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Mona Lisa Smile (521 words, 1 pages)

My Grandma's really into buying bootleg DVD's at the Flea Market and picked up Mona Lisa Smile. I didn't see it in theaters but I heard awful reviews of it. Everything from "this movies doesn't make sense," to "just feminist garbage". Bored off my mind one night, I decided to ... Read More

A Discussion on the Changes in the Structure of the Music Industry (2778 words, 4 pages)

In the recent years there has been a change in the structure of the Music industry and the paths that have been used for creating, promoting and distributing music. Most of these changes have been a result from the advancements in technology, which affected both economical and technological structures of ... Read More

Themes and Music Elements in Del the Funky Homosapien’s Song Followers (306 words, 1 pages)

In this vast genre of rap I have looked past the booty chatter and pointlessly obscene to the artist named Del the Funky Homosapien. His song Followers funky upbeat track is song about one of his favorite topics to preach about, originality. He disapproves of people not being original and ... Read More

The Theme of the Social Stresses of the Black Race in America in the Works of Tupac Amuru Shakur (1038 words, 2 pages)

There are many different kinds of music that exist in the world today, but none that are as controversial as rap music. To date, one artist has stood out above the rest. This man is Tupac Amuru Shakur. By some he is called heretic and accuse him of spreading violent ... Read More

A Critique of the Movie Beloved, an Adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Novel (1450 words, 2 pages)

The film Beloved, an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Toni Morrison of the same title, portrays the life of a slave and provides a realistic look at the horrors of slavery and the effect that it has on an African American that has lived through such an ... Read More

An Analysis of Organ Fugue in G Minor by J. S. Bach (217 words, 1 pages)

ANALYSIS J.S. BACHS ORGAN FUGUE IN G MINOR Bachs Organ Fugue in G Minor contains a six measure subject with a tonal answer. The countersubject first appears in the top voice in the last beat of the sixth measure. However, instead of a total repetition, there are variations of the ... Read More

A Comparison of Sub-Texts in Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine and The Fog of War by Roger Morris (1015 words, 2 pages)

Analysing sub text in "Bowling for Columbine", Michael Moore. The very first shot of the film is that of Charlton Heston promoting it, as a documentary the American Rifle Association would like everyone to see. This we realize, as the film opens, is but a spoof that drips with sarcasm, ... Read More

The Modern Australian Identity in the Films by Teplitsky and Nyst (1194 words, 2 pages)

Johnny 'Spit' Spitieri, a braindead crook, a man who rebels against the establishment, recently released from jail is not having much luck abiding by his self proclaimed goal of gettin' square and staying off "the shit". The 'Spit' settles down in his working class, rundown apartment in a back alley ... Read More

The Summary and an Analysis of the Movie the Breakfast Club (946 words, 2 pages)

FEBRUARY 2004 OUTLINE Summary of the movie Quick definition of interpersonal communication Analysis where interpersonal communication took place in the movie Conclusion FOREWORD The movie "The Breakfast Club" is one of the best movies for teenagers and misunderstood students. It clearly depicts the feeling, emotions and way of thinking of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Citizen Kane (721 words, 1 pages)

In the film, "Citizen Kane", this idea is portrayed through the protagonist, Charles Foster Kane. He cannot change what he has become. He becomes an egotistic, arrogant and unsociable individual and cannot change this. As a result, he remains lonely and dies all alone. In his infancy, Kane enjoys the ... Read More

Rage Against the Machine and the Issue of Censorship in Music (804 words, 1 pages)

Stop Censorship Let It Be Music censorship has been a major problem affecting America since the early nineteen forties. It came to a peak during the nineteen sixties with the Vietnam War and the radical hippie movement. Then, during the nineteen eighties, it was heavy metal and hard rock music ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Gladiator and Its Two Main Characters (1281 words, 2 pages)

World Civilizations- Gladiator Assignment Contrasting Values of Maximus and Commodus and how they reflect characteristics of Rome Gladiator was simply an outstanding movie on ancient Rome, a personal favorite. This Hollywood film took its audience to the end of the Pax Romana around the second-century Rome with the last year ... Read More

The New Concepts of Art Introduced in Romanticism (1281 words, 2 pages)

Romanticism is a movement in art, literature and music of the early 1800's. Romanticism exalted the sublime beauty of nature, the artist's emotional, personal and imaginative faculties and individual genius and subjects that were sublime exotic, transcendental and mysterious. (Schlenoff 51) Ludwig Van Beethoven, John Keats and Theodore Gericault were ... Read More

The Theme of American Dream in Roger and Me by Michael Moore (654 words, 1 pages)

Michael Moore is a writer and film director who stands up for the blue-collar, working class people. In his film, 'Roger and Me', he shows how these groups of people are mistreated and disregarded by the stockholders and the company chairman of General Motors. Moore shows that corporate America is ... Read More

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