Art Critique
June Morning (1945)
Thomas Hart Benton's June Morning imbues the reader with emotion from first glance to closer inspection. At first, the painting feels a bit dark as a summer storm is rolling out of this rural setting. The sky to the right is still filled with dappled gray clouds that arc in bands to the left. The left sky glows lightly golden behind the arms of clouds stretched across it, giving stark contrast to the their dark forms.
The pastel sun illuminates the balance of the left side of the painting. In the background it lights a sliver of ocean, made of shades of sky blue, and is just barely visible to the viewer. A gentle highlight indicates the swell of the ocean as it comes in to break somewhere on an unseen shore.
This same sunlight dully lights the roof of an old farmhouse with a small stall attached to the side of it, in the background. It appears to be built of dark, weathered wood, with the gray slate of the roof the only portion receiving warmth from the sun. To the right of the barn, lush, bluish-green foliage grows along the gentle, undulating hillside.
The grassy field appears parched in the morning sun as is often seen in coastal depictions. Dry grass blades, whitening from salty sea air, caress the curve of the hill. A small batch of worn earth breaks through grass, in the center, indicating frequent use by someone. To the left of the ruddy brown earth is the skeleton of a long dead tree. Barren of leaves and most branches it may have once had, it juts out angrily from the ground towards the sky.
Someone is using that worn patch of earth this morning. A chestnut, well-fed cow is tied loosely to the skeleton of a tree. The...
Costumes A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most whimsical plays, and therefore this production follows in its spirit. Designing costumes for A Midsummer Night's Dream allows for total creative license, as the play takes place within a fantasy world replete with fairies. The overall impact is captured well by an artist at Duke (image credit: http://sites.duke.edu/midsummer/files/2009/12/Study_for_The_Quarrel_of_Oberon_and_Titania.jpg): This image is a study for what Oberon and Titania might look like. The
Costuming in Shakespeare's Plays In General And Othello In Particular, In Elizabethan Times And Throughout History Costuming has always represented one of the most important -- and expensive -- features in the preparation of theatrical performances. In fact, Grimball and Wells suggest that the success of every period play and pageant depends largely on the effectiveness of the costume design. This paper will provide an analysis of costuming in Shakespeare's plays
Essay Topic Examples 1.The Evolution of Costume Design in Film: This essay would explore the progression of costume design throughout the history of cinema, highlighting key milestones, influential designers, and landmark films that helped shape costume design into a critical aspect of film production. The role of technology and cultural shifts could be examined in relation to their impact on design aesthetics and functionality. 2.Costume Design as a Form of Storytelling: An exploration of
Costumes in Les Miserables (1998) Directed by Bille August 1998's Les Miserables' costumes were designed by Academy Award-winning costume designer Gabriella Pescucci. Pescucci had previously won for The Age of Innocence and been nominated for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1993). While her work for Billie August's Les Mis would go unnominated for any major awards, the costumes are nonetheless on par with her previous work and reflect the authentic style
EXODUS Costume review: Exodus: Gods and Kings It is always challenging to re-create historical costumes of a past era; it is even more challenging to do so when that era is Biblical times, given the religious significance attached to that period. People seeing the film with have strong, established ideas of how characters 'should' look based upon their personal beliefs and the numerous previous depictions of this era. Recreating images which had
Othello Costumes Designing costumes for Othello, in whatever form -- play, ballet or opera, presents a few problems from the outset. First, of course, is the necessity for the costume to enhance the feeling of paranoia of Othello, a Moor in a Caucasian society. Second, Iago needs to be malevolent without being evil personified; he is, perhaps, simply overly worldly and overly ambitious, as is his wife, Emily. And third, Desdemona
Our semester plans gives you unlimited, unrestricted access to our entire library of resources —writing tools, guides, example essays, tutorials, class notes, and more.
Get Started Now