Essays on Translucent

I. Introduction The Incredibles is a 2004 Superhero computer animation film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was based on comic books and spy films from the director Brad Bird’s childhood. It tells the story of a superhero family forced to hide within society and try to blend in. Led by an altruistic father, they end up in a battle with the antagonist of the story, Syndrome, who appears at first as Mr. Incredible’s number one fan. The overall theme of the movie revolves around unity and family as being the two ...

The essay discusses three artworks by a contemporary artist who is living today and compares them to classic Surrealist artworks. The contemporary artist chosen for this essay and carrying elements of the surreal in his work is Mohammad Zaza, who is a Syrian artist. Three artworks of Zaza are chosen for analysis in the paper, namely, “The shell”, “Face of the Machine” and “Mind”. Surrealism as another art form that embraced chaos and the irrational. The Surrealists tried to unlock the imagination of the mind, rejecting rationalism and realism. The focus here was to tap the unconscious mind. It ...

Porcelain is a compound material, ceramic in nature which is made by heating clay with some other raw materials in a kiln to temperature of about 12000C. Porcelain is translucent in nature and it name is derived from the Italian language. Due to the translucent nature of the material, it has gained widespread use in the pottery industry to make kitchen ware and some other materials mainly of prestige 1.

The use of porcelain can be traced back to the 4th century in China and Japan. It started off as just pottery but with time, it gained popularity to a point that ...