Realism Term Papers Samples For Students

Federico Fellini’s La Strada (1954): The Components of a Critical Essay on Film
Federico Fellini’s La Strada (1954): The Components of a Critical Essay on Film
The goal of a filmmaker is to make use of narrative to match well with cinema’s natural formalistic techniques. Cinema, as André Bazin has noted has its own ontology of being both an objective representation of reality seeing through the subjective lens of the preserved image. It has a unique way of both representing reality, by preserving life through a representation of life (Bazin 2004, p. 10). Filmmakers not only communicate ...

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How do Hellenistic sculptors engage the viewer? Compared to Egyptian and early Greek styles of sculpting, Hellenistic sculptures were more naturalistic and anatomically correct in their proportions and facial expressions. Realism is the hallmark of Hellenistic sculptures, as the figures would express more passionate, universal emotional states, including pain and suffering. While religion and morality were often emphasized in these works, they were presented more secularly than in previous eras, which played into the realism much more earnestly. Hellenistic sculptors would engage the viewer by making their sculptures about daily live, and real, nuanced emotion, for the sake of ...

In the text Time Out of Joint by Philip Kindred Dick there is inconvenient truth. The text is a Science Fiction written by a novelist who has written numerous outstanding and influential novels. Dick’s stories habitually dealt-with realism as delusion, Gnosticism, mad people, drugged-up individuals, individuals who seem mad but are in actual fact drugged-up, individuals who appear drugged-up who are actually mad, government schemes, malevolence corporations, eldritch abomination and simulacra. In Dick’s works there are twisted endings and revelations that splinters the world of a reader.

In the text Time Out of Joint, he uses a theme where he compares ...

Introduction

The seagull was first published in March 1986.The seagull is the best play that was written by Chekov. He was inspired by a real life incident of a death of a seagull. This is a poignant love story. The characters are seen suffering in their own realistic ways as they move across the country. The characters are the ones that are analyzed in the play not the plot. The author allows his character reveal the act of devastating dreams. The death of the seagull has been used to symbolize the absence of defeat and that life has a lot of beauty in it.The characters ...

Introduction

Ever since the emergence of theatre as a form of art, it has remained on of the most popular and expressive genres of art that continue to entertain as much as it informs. This is perhaps because for many years, theatre has been used as a social mirror of sorts; one that allows the audience as well as the performers to view the society in which they live for what it is. The ability of playwrights to craft magnificent and compelling theatrical pieces that highlight the plight of the societies in which they live arguably makes playwrights one of ...

Introduction

At the end of the 1970s, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) emerged from the Mao Zedong era and started the process of opening up to the foreign world. As it initiated its reforms in 1978, it has also ventured into the international realms (Bijian, 2005). It pursued a winning policy for economic development, surged its military and political power, and made their nation a formidable player in the international arena. This phenomenon spans almost thirty years. As China’s economic, military and political power has increased over the last three decades, its national leaders also sought to enhance their ...

Just as the Soviet Revolution occurred through several political developments, and just as Stalin made several Five Year Plans to modernize the economy and industry of the Soviet Union, the culture of the Soviet Union underwent many transformations from the days of the October Revolution to the days of the Party cultural commissars. All the various areas of culture developed and changed under Soviet rule, including all kinds of art and performances. Culture in the Soviet Union changed transformed first from the liberatory energy of the Revolution, as the energy and the ideology of the Revolution spread throughout Russian ...

Numerous authors have instigated ideas related to freedom; however, nobody has done it better than Eric Foner. He is a renowned Columbian historian who portrays a different concept in the art of freedom in his book Voices of Freedom. Foner agrees that the freedom in America has a different definition from the world’s views. The use of freedom by the American community has always changed, and it has the best tool in the definition of their identity and history. There are authors claiming that the freedom is a tool used to discover oneself. However, Foner believes that the freedom can be used ...

Reflection on Hotel Rwanda

Film and cinema production has been recently in the rise having improved technology over the years. This has been one of the trending factors in the music industry. Movie production in the 19th century was low and due to the lack of efficient technology to aid in production of films. Many individuals watch films with the main aim of getting entertained but today there are films which are considered to be educative, provide warning, as well as reflecting on what is trending in the society. This paper would focus and look at the film Hotel Rwanda.
The film ...

- Paleolithic cave paintings and the Neolithic Susa vessel have a common subject matter; they both illustrate the animals, hunting scenes and cuneiform writings. The Paleolithic art which was made during the old stone period has two styles: Franco-Cantabrian which was attributed to the Cro-Magnon man whose designs depict horses, bison and cattle for their art subjects. The Neolithic art on the other hand was a new art formed in the new stone period. The style of Neolithic art was portable art is characterized of its ability to be moved from one place to another either by humans or by environment. ...

Abstract

The mission of the United States police force on terrorism and threats from countries in the Middle East such as Afghanistan is to foster peaceful coexistence within states and other nations. Their involvement in the provision of humanitarian support to the civilians in Libya during the military crackdown in 2011for instance was contributed to by the foreign policies that arose after the Second World War (Beasley, 2013).

There are international incidences that have involved operation of the United States police force in the past five years include:

- Provision of humanitarian support to the Libyan civilians during a military crackdown in response to the uprising curfew in Gadhafi’s reign.
- The war and threats against nuclear terrorism in ...

Afro-American History to 1877

“The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics” is a well written book by James Oakes. James Oakes in his book suggests that both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas fought slavery and stood up for the causes of slaves but they had different ways of fighting against slavery. The author presents thorough details of their working and ideas in his book. Oakes recognizes both of these leaders as reformers but portrays both of these leaders in different perspectives. This paper intends to discuss contributions of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas and how their ...

Introduction

Art defines a society and various aspect of an art form can help understand the region or people connected to the art. The paper evaluates popular art pieces found in the Asian Art Museum. The art forms are symbolic and carry significance in the region. The piece will be evaluated about visual and contextual analysis to understand the art forms adequately. The selected sculptures is Camel Identification
The first piece is Camel found in Asian Art Museum, the sculpture is lead glazed earthenware made approximately 670 to 750. The sculpture is part of the average Brundage collection. The artist ...

In the world of art -- especially painting -- the name Salvador Dali is synonymous with surrealism. Dali painted dreams on canvas that gave birth to new vistas -- landscapes of terror and amusement where time stood at a standstill, and viewers are lured into the fantastic, more-than-real world that Dali forged from his daily existence. Dali stood at the vanguard of the Surrealist movement, and his paintings now fetch upwards of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain, Dali exhibited artistic talent -- and notable eccentricities -- from an early age. Dali ...

1970-1980’s (Newman, Parse, Watson, Rogers) iv. Development of the metaparadigm per Fawcett

v. Development of paradigms
1. Simultaneity and Totality
2. Particulate-Deterministic, Interactive -Integrative, Unitary Transformative
III. Discuss knowledge development in nursing (10 points)
a. Carper’s Ways of Knowing
b. Emancipatory Knowing
c. Ways of unknowing
d. Role of research
e. Role of the socio political environment
IV. Application/Synthesis for Advanced Practice (10 points)

Describe how the new advanced knowledge, in the course to date has informed and influenced your own perspective on nursing:

i. Philosophic
a. What philosophy is most congruent with your own personal philosophy and why?
ii. Paradigm of Nursing
a. Discuss the congruence between your nursing philosophy and your nursing paradigm
b. Describe ...

Introduction

This document examines change in a department or unit. The identified change is allowing more autonomy for obstetric nurses to function according to their scope of practice and developed competencies; The unit or department is obstetrics. Kurt Lewin change model along with the Grandfolkie model were used as techiqques for the change development.

Identification of problem/Issue

Experts have contended that in the same way as how World Health Organization described health being not merely the absence of disease, but complete physical, mental and social wellbeing; similarly, healthy work environments mean more than the absence of malfunctions or irregularities, but one in which ...

Photography embraces various aspects of Art, which affirms that it is a form of Art. Artworks virtually develop their ideas through photography. It is apparent that photography employs high levels of Artistic elements and expertise. Furthermore, photograph conforms to the philosophical definitions of the art proposed by popular philosophers such as Socrates, Tolstoy, Wilde and Plato among others. The paper analyzes the concept of photography in line with the argument that photography is an Art.
The philosophical beliefs argued by popular philosophers such as Socrates, Tolstoy and Wilde firm that photography is an Art. Socrates argued that Art is ...

Introduction

There are many approaches and methodologies that can be used to teach English to speakers of foreign language. Each approach and method comes with its own strengths and weaknesses. In this paper, the writer will outline the main approaches and methods that he has adapted to and finds to be the most appropriate for the teaching of English to people who are learning English as a second language. To this end, the paper will provide a reflective analysis of important course readers that have been utilized in the duration of the course and provide an adaptation of what could be the ...

Introduction

John Hubley was an innovative American animator. He worked for Walt Disney and UPA, but his greatest work is seen as an independent filmmaker. He is one of the rare filmmakers who gave the audiences a glimpse into the lives of those that were often ignored by other animation studios. He was born in1914 in Wisconsin, and into an artistic family. His mother attended the Art Institute of Chicago, and his grandfather was a painter. Growing up, he knew that he would be a painter, and studied painting at the Art Center in Los Angeles, California for three years.
Hubley's cartoons ...

Every organization is developed through formulation of a plan. The plan can be either arbitrarily present in the mind of the founder or well documented by a panel of experts after due deliberations. The size and operational level of the organization determine the extent to which expertise are applied for the formulation of the organizational plan. An organizational plan forms the basis of an organization through defining its mission, vision, values, structure, size, type, processes, resources and strategies etc. The organizational plan for a fictional company named zRock Inc. is developed in this paper that requires detailed considerations to be undertaken due ...

Most Americans have no clue whatsoever about what it is to be gay. Mostly, they opposed gay marriages out of darkness and ignorance. The argument is always centered on the belief that the family as understood in the western context consisted of a man and woman. The woman brings the feminine qualities responsible for nurturing, care, and motherhood. The father on the other hand, is in charge security of the family. This role extended to the provision of necessities for the well-being of children and the wife. In conventional understanding, sex is an act that united females and males in ...

• Describe the goals of the team? Were they SMART goals?

In the context of goal, the group was focused toward to meeting specific needs of the children who are being educated in the programme. This team aims at educating the children about the economic factors affecting their nation. The team therefore participates in activities concerning entrepreneurial forces in the society in order to enable children develop the attitude towards the world of business. The team therefore engages in thorough training of the kids on issues like how the government makes money so as to have a general idea concerning the economy of the country. These business goals were also facilitated ...

Introduction

Abstraction in philosophy is the logical understanding process through which concepts are generated as to their form. It is the segregation of everything by which given presentation differ. It is the process of generalizing by reducing information content to retain relevant information for a particular purpose. In the movie, it can be said to be what Cobb does to get the information he wants from his victims.
Three single objects belong to a class that you must experience before you develop an abstraction. These objects are categorization, conceptualization and finally theorization. Categorization involves grouping objects based on their similarities and ...

Module

Response to Reading
For the greatest part of the historic period prior to 1800, visual culture was informed by the Classical traditions of Ancient Greece and Rome. The ideal of Classical antiquity set the norm for how art should be made and how it should be experienced. In this respect, particular evaluative standards about what is appropriate visual culture existed linking it to the Classical ideal and excluding everything else. The modern period saw the re examination of these values and contemporary visual culture specialists have expanded the field in order to include not only the traditional artistic ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s views on naturalism clearly impacted his art. The “Vitruvian Man” combines the natural and scientific knowledge of da Vinci to create a stunning piece of art that has inspired artists, scientists, mathematicians, and naturalists for centuries. By looking at both the aesthetic value and the educational value of Da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” I endeavor to explore why this drawing is considered such an important world.

Background of Renaissance Thought

A combination of political, social, economic, religious, and cultural factors all affected changes occurring in art during the Renaissance (Kleiner). During this time social, economic, and religious discord, came a new ...

What makes this book distinctly American Literature?

Several types of literatures exist in the contemporary world. This includes the different genres. However, most of the literature are classified or grouped together according to their origins and time. In this paper, we will analyze the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in a bid to categorize it as a distinctly American literature.
Before we get to analyze the book, it is paramount we understand the characteristics of American literature. Many writers added in to American literature between 1865 and 1914. Even though these writers came from various parts of the country and had dissimilar life styles, ...

Part I

Opera: Tosca. Premiered on 14 January 1900 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome

Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Italian libretto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Musical styles: melodramatic, verismo (naturalistic, sometimes violent depiction of life), realistic, violent, through-composed (continuous music stream, without division into pieces).

Part II

Tosca is one of the best works of the composer Giacomo Puccini and one of the most brilliant operas of all times. Based on a successful French play by Victorien Sardou, it was converted into an opera to conquer the hearts of many generations all over the world.

In his opera Giacomo Puccini moves away from the ...