Essays on Mandolin

1. What is the name of the song?

The name of the song - «Before He Cheats».

2. Who is / are the performer (s)? It was performed by Carrie Underwood, a famous American country-style singer, who began to gain her popularity after winning at American Idol in 2005. 3. In what year was this performance recorded or filmed?

This song was released August 19, 2006 as part of the singer's first studio album.

4. What is the genre or style of music called? The genre of this song is country or country-rock, since in addition to country motifs, there is a strong and clear bass rhythm, which is typical in rock. 5. How did this genre start and who were the ...

All art is not created equal. In Pablo Picasso’s piece, Three Women 1909 and Girl with a Mandolin in 1910, striking similarities and differences appear between the two. Both these abstract pieces are similar in their shapes, form and movement, but differ in color, subject and geometric form.. Each of these pieces are instrumental in covering the themes of movement and shape. Although that clearly represent the movement and power of love and closeness. And yet, as much as they are alike, they are equally as different. Upon viewing Three Women, the silhouettes of the three women, entangled ...

Mary Stevenson Cassatt was a prominent American Impressionist and the first female to launch her own exhibit in the Paris Salon. In her time, there few women who managed to succeed in the field of art, especially for a colonial. She was educated by famous French masters such as Degas and spent most of her time copying the artworks of the previous masters. Cassatt first studied arts in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts between 1860 up to 1862. As a woman, her determination is quite remarkable as she managed to successfully persuade her parents to let her ...

“Artists are men who wish to become inhuman. They seek painfully the traces of inhumanity, traces which are never found in nature. These are real truths and beyond them we know no reality.” 1 Art such as paintings and sculptures are man’s way of expressing their thoughts. In the eyes of an artist, they can see the suffering behind the beauty, and this reason allows them to create beautiful artworks. Artists desire to fully express themselves using only their canvass and their brush; hence, they will attempt to construct their masterpiece in the most creative way in ...

Picasso is considered to be among the most influential and innovative artists by historians in the 20th century. Indeed his artistic works inspire so many people during his time even his critics agree to that fact. He has received this magnitude of fame because of the quality and uniqueness with which he presented his work. Picasso brought into the field of art new means of fragmentation of renaissance space or perspective. Several innovations in collage are also accredited to him. He did several unique works in assemblage and found objects of art during his time. In the field ...

Introduction

Croellis Mandolin is both a book and a movie. The book was released in 1994, and serves as the basis for the movie that was released much later in 2001. The book was authored by a British writer and is set in Cephallonia, a Greek Island. The context of the book is during the German and Italian occupation that happened during the Second World War. The main characters of the book and the film adaptation are Antonio Corelli, a captain in the Italian army and Pelagia, the daughter of Dr. Lannis, a local physician. Both the novel and the film adaptation depict the throngs of ...

Introduction

The book Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is a book based on themes surrounding war. Betrayal, separation, heroism and hope are some of the enduring themes throughout the book. The setting of the book, Greek island of Cephalonia, a previously un-adulterated island, primes the book on exposing the atrocities war and tragedy are capable of on the human condition. It soon becomes apparent that in the face of adversity, the human condition is frail and is prone to cave in under pressure. The author exposes these vulnerabilities through some extra-ordinary happenings such as the betrayal of Mandras by Pelagia, the in-expressible love ...