Humanities 108

I found this play very interesting because of the story line and how they used shadows as a form of German Expressionism. Without using any subtitles and sounds the story is told through shadows which is fascinating and eery. Some background information I gathered up in this 1923 film by Author Robison is he uses shadows to create a morality play for a gathering of rich friends. The play acts as warning about the consequences of adultery and possessiveness. The shadows depict what might happen if the baron stays jealous and suitors don't not reduce their advances towards his wife. The theme is that the truth is found within the darkness. I think I would add this to my cultural diet because it makes sense in a way that although this couldn't really happen where shadows move and tell a story but in the real world the shadows can be seen as a persons morals. That everyone should see things in other perspectives and think about what their actions could cause, such as adultery. i...

While looking at this painting my first impression is that it looks very cluttered and it makes me feel overwhelmed. Like I don't know what to focus on or what the main focus is exactly. Mainly because I'm seeing so many weird faces, shapes, movement and objects it's a bit confusing. Even though there is a lot going on I can make out that it looks like there are a bunch of people in some sort of room fighting, because I see people on the floor and someone with a knife. Also there is someone or something coming through the door. It looks rather chaotic. I did research on the painting and found it that at the time Picasso made this painting the Nazi’s did a bombing practice on the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. And this painting shows the emotion of the war and the people who suffered. It is said that this painting is a reminder of a tragedy. After reading this I started to see the war in the painting. It started to make more sense and I wasn't seei...