Literary Cubism: Exploring the Modernist Movement Through Virginia Woolf
She was born into a wealthy family, surrounded by books; she was intellectual.
Her maiden name was Stephen, and she became ‘Wolf’ after she married Leonard Wolf. She had childhood traumas that led to depression (death of her mother when she was 13).
She moved with her sister to Bloomsbury, where there was an avant-garde group of modernists. She worked as a novelist, essayist, critic, and activist; she fought for women’s lives.
World War I increased her depression and anxiety, and she decided
The History and Evolution of Television
1. History of television
1.1 Mechanical television
1876. Telephone. Sound= electrical signal
1878. Muybridge sequence. Cinema.
1884. Nipkow disk. Television
1886. Hertzian waves. Radio.
Scottish inventor John Logie Baird
employed the Nipkow disk in his prototype video systems (30 holes).
On 25 March 1925, Baird gave the first public demonstration of televised silhouette images in motion.
• In 1927, Baird transmitted a signal over 438 miles (705 km) of telephone line between London and Glasgow.
Mechanical
Read MoreA Comparative Analysis of The Last of the Mohicans: Novel vs. Film Adaptation
1. Differences Between Novel and Film: Cora vs. Alice
While in James F. Cooper’s novel The Last of the Mohicans the heroine of the novel, Cora Munro, is killed near the end of the story, in the filmed version (Dir. Michael Mann) it is her sister, Alice, who dies. Alice dies jumping off a cliff after Uncas in the Michael Mann film.
2. Magua’s Death: Film vs. Novel
In the film version, Magua, the Huron chief (and villain), is killed by Chingachgook, who thus becomes at the end of the story the last
Read MoreItalian Renaissance Art: Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting
Architecture in Italy
Brunelleschi
A pioneer of Renaissance architecture, Brunelleschi reintroduced the classical architectural orders and utilized the vanishing point to create the optical effect of the visual pyramid. His notable works include:
- The dome of Florence Cathedral, consisting of two shells, one internal and one external.
- The Pazzi Chapel, based on the Greco-Roman square, featuring scallops and rhythmic interior spaces.
- The Loggia of the Hospital of the Innocents.
- The Churches of San Lorenzo
The Enemy: Exploring Dr. Sadao Hoki’s Character & Moral Dilemmas
Q. Write a character sketch of Dr. Sadao Hoki as depicted in “The Enemy”.
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Dr. Sadao Hoki, the protagonist in “The Enemy,” is a complex and multifaceted character. As the only son of his father, he was deeply influenced by his father’s emphasis on education. This led him to America at the age of twenty-two to pursue studies in surgery and medicine. It was in America that he met Hana at a professor’s house. He married her only after ensuring she was Japanese, demonstrating his strong sense
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Italian Quattrocento
The early fifteenth century in Florence produced a radical transformation of formal and thematic aspects, as well as the role of art and the artist.
Architecture in the Quattrocento
In this first Renaissance, architecture marks a break with the Middle Ages.
Two fundamental principles emerge: constructive elements borrowed from classical antiquity and the search for spatial unity. Thus, the arch, columns, and pilasters with the classical orders, entablatures, and lacunar decorations
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