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Its no wonder why Tupac Shakur – aka 2Pac sounds so irritated and/or hungry in his second studio album Strictly 4 My N.***.A.Z… released on February 13 1993. The 22-year- old former drug dealer had problems of his own with the law. During the early 90’s Tupac Shakur had been accused of various lawsuits including…

As the scene opens we see Derek s hand on the showerhead and the soundtrack is inspiring us to feel his pain and sorrow with slow whimsical strings and a distant piano. There is diagetic sound of the shower very low and in almost hidden under the score. As the water rushes over Derek s…

According to freedictionary.com, Tarsha Art can be defined as the human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature. It involves arranging sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a way that affects beauty. It encompasses various mediums such as graphics and plastics. Art is a category of objects that are…

Haremhab the Scribe was a statue produced by an unknown artist from the Egyptian area ca. 1323–1295 B.C.   It depicts the historical figure of the scribe Haremhab, who was prominent during the time of King Tutankhamun.  The medium of Haremhab the Scribe is of a durable stone that appears to be granite.  The life-sized stone…

Tang dynasty is considered to be the second great dynasty of Chinese history. It had a very strong political system and a great economical background. During Tang Dynasty, noticeable improvements and developments were made in the areas of both art and technology. It was the first time in the history of China that the foreign…

Andy Goldsworthy, a famous British sculptor, finds inspiration from the environment and the connection between society and nature. He creates sculptures using only materials found in the specific environment he is working in. His goal is for his artwork to harmoniously blend into its surroundings, evoking both discord and harmony. Goldsworthy’s strong bond with nature…

Astronomer by Candlelight is an oil-on-panel painting by the Dutch master artist, Gerrit Dou. It was painted circa the late 1650s and is currently on view at the Getty Center Los Angeles. It is measured at 12 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches and pictures a scholar sitting in an arched niche. He appears to be…

The Artist Background A Norwegian painter and printmaker, Edvard Munch is most famous for his work ‘The Scream’, also known as the ‘The Cry’, and for his expressionist themes of anguish, despair and alienation. He carved for himself a place in the history of art through his contributions to the development of German expressionism in…

The present term paper provides a comparative and critical analysis of Schiller’s, Kant’s, and Hegel’s aesthetics, particularly concerning the unity of the universal and the particular. The paper will address basic concepts and theories from these philosophies, such as Kant’s doctrine of the free play of imagination, Schiller’s doctrine of the play drive, Hegel’s doctrine…

In this postmodern moment, the significance of debate for art education rests on what particular interpretation that provides the basis for an art program. Art educators have continually recognized the need for an aesthetic component in their teaching. “Aesthetic experience” continually crops up in art education ever since Dewey’s (1934) mention of its necessity for…