The aim is to examine Madonna’s revolution regarding gender,sexuality,politics,and religion with the focus on her songs,videos,and live performances.The main argument indicates that Madonna has used postmodern strate...The aim is to examine Madonna’s revolution regarding gender,sexuality,politics,and religion with the focus on her songs,videos,and live performances.The main argument indicates that Madonna has used postmodern strategies of representation to challenge the foundational truths of sex and gender,promote gender deconstruction and sexual multiplicity,create political sites of resistance,question the Catholic dissociation between the physical and the divine,and bring visual and musical influences from multiple cultures and marginalized identities.展开更多
The theory of motion is the important section of Mr. Arne Heim＇s theory of visual perception. In this paper, the author focus- es on his stroboscopic theory, and at the same time, according to the motion theory of Mr...The theory of motion is the important section of Mr. Arne Heim＇s theory of visual perception. In this paper, the author focus- es on his stroboscopic theory, and at the same time, according to the motion theory of Mr. Arne Heim, the ＂Sistine Madonna＂ is analyzed.展开更多
In 1569,Giorgio Vasari(1511-1574)completed painting an altarpiece of the Madonna of the Rosary and a Tondo of angels dispersing roses.The commission was for the private chapel of the Capponi family in the church of Sa...In 1569,Giorgio Vasari(1511-1574)completed painting an altarpiece of the Madonna of the Rosary and a Tondo of angels dispersing roses.The commission was for the private chapel of the Capponi family in the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.In his Ricordanze(Book of Records),Vasari explained the commission as well as documenting the assistance of his favorite Florentine pupil,Jacopo Zucchi(1541-1590),in the completion of the commission.This essay focusses on Vasari’s design,location,and meaning of the Tondo and its emblematic symbolism of love through the rose motif.展开更多
Post-colonialist criticism can be traced in many works of the famous British female writer Doris Lessing."The Black Madonna"is one of them. This essay, through the analysis of metaphor, contrast and symbolis...Post-colonialist criticism can be traced in many works of the famous British female writer Doris Lessing."The Black Madonna"is one of them. This essay, through the analysis of metaphor, contrast and symbolism used in the novel, is an attempt to reveal its post-colonialist theme from the perspective of writing techniques. It also aims to lead people to ponder on the hidden theme of the novel—humanity.展开更多
Using films by Patricia Rozema and Igmar Bergman,“Lowering Human Hubris into the Sublime”reminds the reader that the particular in our lives is where the sublime performs.While we multitask and take for granted the ...Using films by Patricia Rozema and Igmar Bergman,“Lowering Human Hubris into the Sublime”reminds the reader that the particular in our lives is where the sublime performs.While we multitask and take for granted the world around us that supports our mythic assumptions,the particular objects and lives are actively present.In the two movies,the particular functions as a source of the sublime reminder and source of metaphor for stability and atrophy in everyday living.In one film an artist focuses the ordinary objects in everyday life while being disregarded by artists involved in the abstract.In the second film the particular behind the scenes works quietly to dismantle cultural beliefs for the people living the soon to be dated beliefs where opportunities for more inclusive community reside.展开更多
The 16th-century Protestant Reformation shattered the foundations of faith and art. As traditional theology was both besieged and defended, art had to adapt. Of course, a new theology needed new kinds of pictorial ext...The 16th-century Protestant Reformation shattered the foundations of faith and art. As traditional theology was both besieged and defended, art had to adapt. Of course, a new theology needed new kinds of pictorial extrapolations. But truly, the most interesting change was hidden in plain sight. Subjects that may have looked familiar were in fact utterly new, because subversive ideas and contexts uprooted older meanings. The painting Madonna with Parrots （1533）, by Hans Baldung Grien demoted the chaste protectress by transforming her into a flawed, even dangerous, human mother. In the painting, an oddly sultry Virgin shows off her breast, her shoulder, and her chest as a parrot nibbles her neck. The complexities of Baldung＇s painting underpin debates about the status of the Virgin during the Reformation and the freedom of an artist to tamper with sacred subject matter.展开更多
文摘The aim is to examine Madonna’s revolution regarding gender,sexuality,politics,and religion with the focus on her songs,videos,and live performances.The main argument indicates that Madonna has used postmodern strategies of representation to challenge the foundational truths of sex and gender,promote gender deconstruction and sexual multiplicity,create political sites of resistance,question the Catholic dissociation between the physical and the divine,and bring visual and musical influences from multiple cultures and marginalized identities.
文摘The theory of motion is the important section of Mr. Arne Heim＇s theory of visual perception. In this paper, the author focus- es on his stroboscopic theory, and at the same time, according to the motion theory of Mr. Arne Heim, the ＂Sistine Madonna＂ is analyzed.
文摘In 1569,Giorgio Vasari(1511-1574)completed painting an altarpiece of the Madonna of the Rosary and a Tondo of angels dispersing roses.The commission was for the private chapel of the Capponi family in the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.In his Ricordanze(Book of Records),Vasari explained the commission as well as documenting the assistance of his favorite Florentine pupil,Jacopo Zucchi(1541-1590),in the completion of the commission.This essay focusses on Vasari’s design,location,and meaning of the Tondo and its emblematic symbolism of love through the rose motif.
文摘Post-colonialist criticism can be traced in many works of the famous British female writer Doris Lessing."The Black Madonna"is one of them. This essay, through the analysis of metaphor, contrast and symbolism used in the novel, is an attempt to reveal its post-colonialist theme from the perspective of writing techniques. It also aims to lead people to ponder on the hidden theme of the novel—humanity.
文摘Using films by Patricia Rozema and Igmar Bergman,“Lowering Human Hubris into the Sublime”reminds the reader that the particular in our lives is where the sublime performs.While we multitask and take for granted the world around us that supports our mythic assumptions,the particular objects and lives are actively present.In the two movies,the particular functions as a source of the sublime reminder and source of metaphor for stability and atrophy in everyday living.In one film an artist focuses the ordinary objects in everyday life while being disregarded by artists involved in the abstract.In the second film the particular behind the scenes works quietly to dismantle cultural beliefs for the people living the soon to be dated beliefs where opportunities for more inclusive community reside.
文摘The 16th-century Protestant Reformation shattered the foundations of faith and art. As traditional theology was both besieged and defended, art had to adapt. Of course, a new theology needed new kinds of pictorial extrapolations. But truly, the most interesting change was hidden in plain sight. Subjects that may have looked familiar were in fact utterly new, because subversive ideas and contexts uprooted older meanings. The painting Madonna with Parrots （1533）, by Hans Baldung Grien demoted the chaste protectress by transforming her into a flawed, even dangerous, human mother. In the painting, an oddly sultry Virgin shows off her breast, her shoulder, and her chest as a parrot nibbles her neck. The complexities of Baldung＇s painting underpin debates about the status of the Virgin during the Reformation and the freedom of an artist to tamper with sacred subject matter.
