Culture & Art Essay Samples
[...]Carson original approach to graphics was enchanting and captivating. His works in the beginning of the nineties were chokingly straightforward and communicative. His distinctive handling of typography not only gives a favorable introduction to content, but often communicates more than content itself giving the desirable impression to the reader. It was best illustrated by the attention magazine Ray Gun received, which was more due to the Carson design rather than average content.
The graphical message created for Ray-Ban sunglasses can serve as a good example of Carson approach communication using print graphics. The product was called Ray-Ban Orbs, and he used the sunglasses as the 'O' of the word.
The concept was adopted in all advertising materials accompanying Ray-Ban sunglasses. Ray-Ban graphical ads had Carson's name in a corner. This contributed to his fame, because public was attracted by the images Carson created, and majority of them carried his name. This served as a great advertising tool to the author and his talent. [...]
[...] Just as Brazil has developed music of striking sophistication, quality, and diversity ranging from the classical compositions of Villa-Lobos, to the soft sounds of bossa nova to the driving beat of samba, Cuba can boast about fast and strong music developments that include bolero and son montuno that lead to jazz, and Cuban rhythms in the contemporary popular music.
Cuban folk music, born mainly from the combination of Spanish folk music formulas and African rhythms, is an explosive and energetic musical tapestry. Its melodies and rhythms have produced an incredible collection of easily recognizable patterns that have traveled throughout the world. In turn Brazilian folk music is rich and varied due to Indian reed flutes, Portuguese singers and viola players, and African thrilling rhythms. [...]
[...] The culture industry concept was first proposed by cultural theorists Adorno and Horkheimer. Citing the examples from the Western cultures, they stated that culture industries serve to enforce the capitalist model of society. The culture that we experience today is the sum of by products of capitalist life. How we communicate and what we communicate (via television, advertising, internet, and other mass media) depends on the design of our economic system. The twentieth century has been the time of great increase in the intensity of capitalist economic process. As the resources become scarcer, the need for mass people manipulation becomes more and more apparent to make the distribution of resources more efficient. Cultural industries follow the lead and mold into an instrument for mass propaganda of the capital.
By culture industries we often mean mass media. We easily can discern the most important characteristics of the mass media: it is widely available and the message serves to justify the views of the bulk of the society. The speed at which the message is delivered is almost instantaneous, because the increased pace means increased reliance on timely information. The content is more factual and less opinionated. [...]
[...] The reason for such design is in "the configuration of rock surface and the previous terracing in the area, and in the obvious necessity of building around the various cult spots which make this one of the most sacred places on the Acropolis" (Sacred Places). On the south side of the temple, there are six Ionic order columns, with the barrel of the column presented in the form of a maiden.
The porticoes of the building project on east, north, and south sides. The eastern portico is designed in Ionic hexastyle and leads to the shrine of Athena, separated by a wall from the western cella. The northern portico is designed in Ionic tetrastyle and is located on a lower level. The west end of the building with windows and Ionic columns was reconstructed by the Romans when they renovated the temple. [...]