Greek Sculpture and Painting: Archaic to Hellenistic Periods
Greek Sculpture: From Archaic to Hellenistic Periods
Sculpture representation often focused on the human figure, reflecting a humanistic approach. There was a significant influence from Egyptian and Oriental art. The Greeks sought to sculpt noble bodies, mastering anatomy and spatial arrangement. They applied the laws of proportion and, after mastering these techniques, pursued abstract beauty.
Archaic Period (8th-6th Century BC)
- Characterized by hieratic figures (rigid, with arms close to the body)
Front and Rear Projection in Filmmaking: Techniques and History
Front and Rear Projection in Filmmaking
Digital Light Processing (DLP) Projectors
They are made with single-chip projectors (using a rotating wheel that divides the colors) and three-chip DMD projectors. The operation of a 3-chip projector is basically the following:
a) A digital projector based on DLP technology transfers the digitized image file to three optical semiconductors known as Digital Micromirror Devices, or DMDs. Each of these chips is dedicated to one of the primary colors: red, green,
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Francisco de Goya
From Wikipedia
Francisco de Goya (Fuendetodos, Zaragoza, 30 March 1746 – Bordeaux, France, 15 April 1828)[1] was an Aragonese painter and engraver. His work includes easel and mural painting, printmaking, and drawing. In all these facets, he developed a style that opens into Romanticism.[2] His contribution also represents the beginning of contemporary painting and is considered a precursor of the avant-garde painting of the twentieth century.
After training
Read MorePinter’s ‘The Caretaker’ & Churchill’s Feminist Plays: Themes & Analysis
Harold Pinter’s ‘The Caretaker’ (1960)
A highly successful and well-known comedy of menace, ‘The Caretaker’ marked a shift from overt symbolism and supernatural elements in Pinter’s earlier works. The play explores the complex relationship between three men sharing a room in London. Echoing Waiting for Godot, it delves into themes of communication and the limitations of language. The naturalistic dialogue highlights the tension and potential for violence arising from the characters’ roles of domination
Read MoreNietzsche’s Philosophy: A 19th-Century Context
Nietzsche’s Philosophy in the Second Half of the 19th Century
A Period of Revolutions
The latter part of the 19th century in Europe was a period of revolutions. The dislocated rights and freedoms brought about by continued socialism had special importance in the revolutions of 1848, which were suppressed, repressed, and persecuted. Nationalist movements emerged, such as those that undertook the unification of Germany and the creation of a hegemonic state under Prussia. Bismarck led this movement.
Read MoreArtistic Shifts: Body, Identity, and the AIDS Crisis
The Reintroduction of the Image in Contemporary Art
The change in the practice and theory of art that has occurred in recent years has been a reintroduction of the image in the forms produced. Robert Gober noted that an effective way to reach the concept of narrative is through sensitivity and the image of the gay community. Between 1982 and 1984, the flowering of a feminized postmodernity and the emancipation of homosexual consciousness took place, changing political relations in art. AIDS ravaged
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