Voiles, From Book I Of Preludes By Claude Debussy

The most fascinating art is often the most perplexing. In the case of Giorgio de Chirico, his repressed consciousness manifests itself in the surreal concoction of oil paint on canvas known as The Transformed Dream. At first glance, the viewer might simply see an odd collection of objects composed into an oblong still life. The subject matter in their particular setting are, in this case, bewildering and unsettling. Read from left to right in the western tradition, de Chirico paints a marble sculpture of a man’s face, two pineapples, and two piles of bananas. These objects are placed on a platform in a shadowy plaza,

If someone looked up the Ashley Lieberg born on September 25, 1992, they would not find her. Actually, no one would find any record of her before 2011. The reason for this is simple. Ashley Lieberg is Jordan Lieberg. In 2011, my male cousin Jordan came to the realization that he was a girl in a boy’s body. Through a sex change Jordan became Ashley Lieberg. Now I have a female cousin named Ashley Lieberg. I will never forget the twenty-four hours after I found out.

Abstract art is something that is both renowned and misunderstood around the world, but where does the idea of this idea of an abstract image or meaning come from? This pattern of abstract thought, which can be demonstrated both with words on a page and paint on a canvas, originates from the concept romanticism. This is an idea of individual thought and perceived meaning. One poem that does this really well is William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”. This poem is about the essence of life and death. Etched deep into this poem are clues that were implemented to show how nature gives clues to mysteries of life and death, and these clues are evident because they follow the ideas of romanticism. Before; however, the discussion about how these examples relate to romanticism can begin, the idea of romanticism must be explained further.

The opening of the piece contains several parallel voicing changes as he uses the G major pentatonic scale. He emphasized the use of fourths and fifths among the voicing to create a very open ambient sound world to set up the world around the piece. In measure three he then combines the same scale over F

Another composer who played an important role in the development of the Symphony is no other than Joseph Haydn, the ‘Father of Symphony’. One of his works, Symphony no. 92 in G Major, Hob I:92, composed in 1789, will be reviewed. “Oxford” Symphony was commissioned by Count d’Ogny for the Loge Olympique Concerts in Paris. It is known as “Oxford” because Haydn presented this symphony at the Sheldonian Theater at Oxford University in July 1791, where he was awarded a honorary doctorate degree. This symphony displays Haydn’s mature style of composition, presenting his capability to utilize thematic development, counterpoint and a mixture of distinctive moods. This work calls for flute, pairs of oboes, bassoons, horns in G and trumpets in C, timpani, and strings.

In Robert Frost’s Acquainted With The Night, he uses symbols and images to set a tone of not only seclusion but also silence and loneliness. These tones are induced by the themes of night, rain, and incredible height. However just as these images are representative of these tones, Frost seems to also endorse a feeling of likeness in his fleeing of the city into the silent dimness of the adjacent countryside.

It is a small painting with sizes 55.3 x 46 cm, but it contains explosive and bright colors. Matisse has portrayed the scene in an inviting and light-filled way and with a large variety of tones and colors used to paint the boats floating on the calm sea and the sky during the sunset. The use of such unnatural colors and the presence of revolutionary minimalist strokes represent the key features of the “art of the beasts” and provoked agitation within the critics.

I was so nervous for this morning’s competition. Today was the day that I had the chance to show to a judge what I had to offer into the heat of the KMEA Piano Kansas State Competition. The songs that I had practiced over from June to October were mere children’s play compared to others in the group who played pieces like Claire de Lune and the 12 Variations of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (no one in middle school with common sense would choose repertoire made for high schoolers). “Melody, make sure you go over the spots in your songs that you need to work on”, Mom said, shattering my thought process.

I chose to write about Jim Germaux’s Parallel Play because it evokes beauty in a unique way using pattern, line, and color

Florynce Rae Kennedy, affectionately nicknamed “Flo,” was born on February 11, 1916, to Zella and Wiley Kennedy. Aside from a small encounter with the Ku Klux Klan, Kennedy’s parents were able to provide a safe environment for their family in Kansas City, Missouri. Kennedy attributed a great deal of her self-confidence to her parents, claiming that, “Our parents had us so convinced we were precious that by the time I found out I was nothing, it was already too late. I knew I was something.” (AHA)

How was Abigail Williams and Joseph McCarthy motives alike? What did they believe was right?Abigail Williams from the play The Crucible was an important character. She had many beliefs, motives and a very selfish behavior. On the other hand Joseph McCarthy from Good Night and Good Luck had some similarities with Abigail but not all are the same. His behavior,beliefs and motives were a bit similar.

Imagery is used throughout, in order to engage the reader and assist them in understanding things from Saul’s perspective. For example, the sense of sight was touched on when it describes the string of light bulbs, the shadows of the ice and the rocks and spindly trees. It creates a mental image with the use of sophisticated adjectives such as humped, spindly and eerie. Also, the description of the smell is very detailed by saying that it was a “potent mix” of various unpleasing scents. This proves that imagery is a device that is essential in helping the audience imagine the setting, make connections and hold interest. Moreover, this passage is delicately laced with intricate details of the story, and is a familiar vehicle for conveying the novel’s

At Eternity’s Gate is an Oil Painting created by Van Gogh in a time of deprived health for the artist. This work was created only 2 months before his death. The man, sitting uneasily with his hands on his head clenched, wears only a blue overall. The condition of the work, as most art, has slightly faded, and is no longer densely colored, but mostly faded or worn out.

“Nicholas Cook — Anatomy of an encounter: Debussy and the gamelan, again” highlights the terms influence and representation throughout the article. Nicholas Cook believes that influence “largely revolves around the attempt to draw a highly value-laden distinction between superficial imitation on the one hand…” “….and on the other hand the stylistic assimilation that, for Roy Howat, represents ‘the essence of a really profound and creative influence’”. Representation is when you take different elements that are either suggested by or abstracted from a specific culture. You can use things such as pieces of music, art, or sound recordings, to express the thoughts of the subject. Nicholas Cook said that “…the paradoxical conclusion that the best evidence of influence is when there is no evidence of it.”

Consisting of 38 prose poems and 56 woodcuts, Wassily Kandinsky's book of poetry, Klänge (1912) was conceived as a "musical album" rather than a work of poetry. Combining prose poems, black and white and color woodcuts, typography, and book design, Kandinsky created a total work of art which not only promulgated his seminal philosophical and artistic ideals articulated in his 1910 treatise, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, which cites abstraction as a remedy to spiritual anxiety and a combating force of growing materialism in the early 20th century. Through his work, Kandinsky aimed to engage the sight, sound, and emotion of the viewer in an attempt to create a work that transcended both the cultural and physical boundaries to reveal a sense of universal spirituality through shared experience.