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- 4281: The Self Portraits Of Gertrude Stein And Pablo Picaso
- ... model in years. Rodenbeck in her essay entitled “Insistent Presence in Picasso’s Portrait of Gertrude Stein” observed that, Stein was upper middle class, a trained scientist, a non-practicing Jew, a lesbian, over-educated, American and, in 1905, shy with accented French; Picasso, by contrast, was bohemian, a lapsed but highly superstitious Catholic, vigorously heterosexual, self-education, and a Spaniard with accented French. But their attraction was immediate. (4) Hobhouse ... or mysticism not to believe in reality as all the world knows it, not even when they see it. In fact, reality for them is not real and that is why there are skyscrapers and American literature and Spanish painting and literature” (18). This perfectly sets the stage for her double feature. In her descriptions of his cubist movement, Stein describes her forging of a new style of writing; in her ...
- 4282: The Movie Bugsy
- ... World War II era, a time when America was experiencing national unity. The world war was in the back of everyone’s mind. In the middle of all this madness the daily trials of being American were harder than the easier times of today. Benjamin Seigal was a big part of the mob. He was the mastermind behind the great town of Las Vegas. His borderline genius was shown throughout the ... would be his vision of the desert oasis. Ben has a vision while returning from what was a run down shack of a casino. He envisioned a paradise. It was an escape for the average American who longed to gamble and enjoy the sinful delights of the times. The woman that he adored and trusted with all he had betrayed him during the construction of his dream. Virginia Hill embezzled two ...
- 4283: History Of Jazz And Classical Music
- ... were European. Vivaldi was Italian, Bach was German, Mozart and Beethoven were Austrian; they are some of the more prominent composers. Not until the twentieth century with Gershwin and a few others do we find American composers writing this kind of art music. For the sake of convention, we can refer to Western Art Music as Classical music. Jazz is a distinctively American form of music, and it's history occupies a much smaller span of time. Its origins are found in the early 1900s as some dance band leaders in the southern U.S. began playing music ...
- 4284: Ideal Nude
- How does the Photographers attitude of an ideal nude compare with those before the industrial revolution?, (has the perception of the nude changed since the invention of the camera). Pablo Picasso was born in spain, however he lived most of his life in france. Picasso was a Genius, he was a ... camera followed pornography, (although over the years some highly explicit paintings have existed), this well and truelly crosses the line between nude and naked. Have the photographers attitude towards the nude evolved since the industrial revolution? Manuel Aluarez Bravo was born in 1902 in Mexico City, Mexico. Bravo bought his first camera in 1924 and by 1930 he was teaching photography at the Academy of San Carlos. In 1959 Bravo became ...
- 4285: GI JANE
- ... corps jobs are off-limits because women are barred from the ground infantry armor and artillery units (USA Today, 1998) . In the closing scenes, the recruits final training exercise is diverted to aid in extracting American troops from the Middle East, the Master Chief was critically wounded. O’Neil gathered all her leadership experience and courage to save him and the mission, even at the cost of risking her own life. Demi Moore’s portrayal of strong determined women should come as no surprise. Sampson Deborb (1760-1827) was the first women to enlist in the American armed forces under the name Robert Shurhlieff. She disguised herself as a man t serve in the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment in 1782 during the Revolutionary War. She was twice wounded first by a Saber in ...
- 4286: Funeral Blues
- W.H. Auden wrote “Funeral Blues” the poem. Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) was born in York, England, and later became and American citizen. Auden was the founder for a generation of English poets, such as C. Day Lewis, and Stephen Spender. Auden’s earlier works were composed of a Marxist outlook with a knowledge of Freudian Psychology. Later works consisted of professing Christianity, and what he considered “increasing conservatism”. In 1946 Auden emigrated and became an American citizen. While in America he composed many verse plays, travel memoirs, and Opera lyrics. His last years of life were spent traveling and collaborating works of influential criticism. “Funeral Blues” Stop all the clocks, cut ...
- 4287: Film Review Of Do The Right Thing
- ... is not just a struggle between races, but racial tension and miscommunication. Lee’s point is to show the way race affects the lives of those in America. He has focused his story on African-American characters, and how they relate to each other. Its central main character is Mookie, played by Lee himself, a friendly, yet irresponsible pizza delivery man and part-time father who is too immature to accept ... noted throughout the film as the depression of the neighborhood set in. Almost all of Spike Lee’s films have to do with a play on black morality. He tells the truth to the African-American audience, but doing it in his flashy style. He wants people to face things as they are and defeat the monsters that scare them. In other such films as Malcolm X, Mo’ Better Blues, and ...
- 4288: Existentialism In Film
- ... popularity of existentialist philosophy in America. Film noir does, however, represent some of the first serious confrontation with truly dark subject matter, much of which was provoked more by film makers' insight into the contemporary American scene than by their third reading of Being and Nothingness. Film noir does not treat existentialism per se, but it does concern itself with the dark, the absurd and disturbing, the amoral and the severe ... bomb had been dropped. There was a growing awareness of racial inequality while women remained in the work force. Film noir would be driven by a concern for the dark shadow cast behind the new American dream. The quintessential film noir was one that had the brooding and shaded atmospheric look. The film noir directors learned to be innovative with limited resources and so set the mood using minimal lighting, bare ...
- 4289: Demystifying The A-Team Formula
- ... t always mix too well. Thes e subtle character levels helps add to the show. The A-Team is not only a story about escaped soldiers of fortune, but it is a story on contemporary American stereotypes. Having examined the stereotypes that proliferated TAT, and explored their roots in American society, I can now move into the cross genres that The A-Team employed to make the show so successful. The first and foremost genre that is most notably used by The A-Team is ...
- 4290: Breakdancing
- Breakdancing a form of African American dance that emerged from the hip hop culture of the South Bronx, New York, during the mid-1970s. Drawing upon several African American dance forms, break dancing coalesced in the 1970s and reached its peak in popularity during the 1980s. Breakdancing developed out of the Bronx, New York, disco scene. When disco DJs changed records, dancers would fill ...
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