Spanish Golden Age Literature: Picaresque Novels, Baroque, and Renaissance
Spanish Golden Age Literature
Novel idealistic abstract, artificial style, with a tendency to hyperbole. The issues most commonly used are: love, heroism, courtesy, loyalty, justice …
Picaresque Novel
Features: The central character is an antihero. The autobiographical narrative recounts the protagonist’s pilgrimage to various masters, learning and evolving from successive defeats and failures, improving the use of deception.
The objectives of the rogue are to secure food, shelter from the cold, and
Read MoreUnderstanding Consumer Motivation: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Consumer Motivation
- Abraham Maslow originally developed his influential hierarchy of needs to understand personal growth and how people attain spiritual “peak experiences”.
- Marketers later adapted his work to understand consumer motivations.
We must first satisfy basic needs before we progress up the ladder. For example, a starving man is not interested in status symbols.
Physiological Needs
- At the bottom of the pyramid are physiological needs. They are the basic needs
Film Editing and Production: Techniques and Elements
Film Editing Techniques
Transitions: Narrative scoring elements operating inside the assembly.
- The Cut: Direct transition between shots, the most common way to link maps. It gives momentum to the story, removing the unnecessary, and the *raccord* needs to maintain continuity.
- The Fade: The image gradually disappears and goes to black or another narrative color. Used to mark the passage of time, indicate the end of a block, or the start of a new situation.
- The Dissolve: One image gradually disappears
Cinquecento Art and Architecture: Renaissance to Mannerism
Cinquecento Art and Architecture
The Rise of Rome
Since 1500, the artistic significance of Rome grew, almost entirely unseating Florence. Popes now exercised patronage of the arts. Pope Julius II called upon Bramante to design the new St. Peter’s Basilica. Bramante had previously worked in the decorative style of the Quattrocento, but in Rome, he was captivated by the majesty of Roman ruins. He decided on an art in which the architectural structure was the only dominant element, as seen in the circular
Read MoreHenri Matisse’s The Green Stripe: A Fauvist Portrait
Henri Matisse’s *The Green Stripe*
Author
Henri Matisse (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869 – Nice, 1954)
Work
The Green Stripe or Madame Matisse
Technique
Oil and tempera on canvas
Style
Fauvism
Colors are the most important theme of the work. The origin of the word “Fauvism” is a phrase from the French critic Louis Vauxcelles. This style introduced a divisive, flat, and free treatment with bold colors. In this composition, Matisse matched the first German expressionists. The movement was formally presented as
Read MoreRomanesque Sculpture: Characteristics and Themes
General Characteristics of Romanesque Sculpture
Stylistic Evolution of the Relief
- During the Romanesque period, sculptors were primarily interested in the intellectual aspect and the message, rather than a natural, faithful representation of reality.
- Figures are simple, with very flat relief. They wear tight clothes, and their bodies have simple, parallel folds. They are often disproportionate, artificially lengthened, and lack volume.
- Compositions are simple, often juxtaposed, with no perspective,