Italian Renaissance Painting: Masters of Quattrocento, Cinquecento, and Mannerism
Quattrocento: 15th Century Italian Painting
The Quattrocento focused on the visual representation of nature based on classical principles. Key concerns included the accurate representation of perspective, specifically Geometry and linear perspective. Artists showed great interest in depicting nature, psychological volumes, and retrospection.
Stylistically, the period featured an idealized classical context (idealized naturalism), emphasizing harmony, clear light, and harmonious colors often seeking
Read MoreEssential Concepts in Scriptwriting, Animation, and Film Theory
Great — I went through all your PPTs and here’s a simple, combined summary in easy language for you:
Part I: Scriptwriting and Narrative Structure
What is a Script?
- A script is the blueprint of a film.
- It tells the story in a way that animators, voice actors, and editors can follow.
- In animation, it’s even more important because everything — characters, settings, movements — must be created from scratch.
- A good script is visual, clear, and expressive, not just dialogue.
Functions and Purpose
Read MoreLiterary Transformation: The Spanish Novel from the 19th Century to the Generation of ’98
The Novel in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Transformation
The nineteenth-century novel responded to a stable conception of the world and aimed to offer an orderly and coherent picture of reality. By contrast, in the twentieth century, man’s insecurity in the world undergoes deep transformations, leading to narratives tinged with anguish and subjectivism.
In the last years of the nineteenth century and the first third of the twentieth, the realistic or naturalistic formulations of the novel continued
Read MoreComprehensive Glossary of Film and Crime Terminology
Filmmaking Terminology Glossary
- Adaptation
- The process of converting literature or other source material into a script or screenplay for a film.
- Art Director
- The person in charge of the film’s overall visual appearance and aesthetic.
- Camera
- A photographic device that shoots film or records video digitally.
- Character
- A person portrayed in a film.
- Cinematographer
- The person responsible for capturing the film on camera, in charge of lighting and camera work. Also known as the Director of Photography (DP).
- Closed
Advertising Communication System: Elements and Functions
Advertising: Social Communication System
Advertising is a social communication system that utilizes all means of mass communication and applies a set of techniques to create messages with the intent to persuade an audience to carry out an action (e.g., purchasing).
Classification of Advertising
Advertising can be classified into three types using similar techniques but with different purposes:
- Commercial advertising
- Publicity
- Constitutional/Political propaganda
Elements of Marketing Communication
The key
Read MoreItalian Renaissance Masterpieces: Architecture and Art Analysis
Analysis of Renaissance and Gothic Masterpieces
San Lorenzo Church (Brunelleschi)
This Quattrocento Renaissance structure belongs to the 15th century. The plan grows from the transept. The church features three naves separated by Corinthian columns, with a dome over the transept. The aisles are covered with hemispherical domes, while the nave has a flat wooden ceiling (tezumbre) decorated with medieval elements (coffers). Lighting is maintained in the side aisles through arches resting on oculi, which
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