… theatre of the 1960s in Japan with the lighter, fluffy theatre of the 1990s? Is this a fair description of both theatres? Are they part of the same movement? Are they simply a mirror to contemporary Japanese society? Shogeki-Jo, the little theatre…

… may all art (even music) be imitation? Plato's belief was that art is fundamentally based on imitation. It was this imitation which made art inferior, combined with the unsuitable moral content of some art. Plato's condemnation of art is see…

… born in Mexico City. She gave her birth date as July 7, 1910, but her birth certificate shows July 6, 1907. At the age of 18 she was involved in a serious bus accident which left her with a broken spinal column, a broken collar bone, broken ribs,…

… children’s book author that writes and illustrates his own books. Although dePaola has dozens of books written and illustrated by him, many of his books’ illustrations are similar. In a sample of three of his books, Pancakes for Breakfast, Tom,…

… Hall Critique This is a collection of 4 pieces in succession. The first thing that caught my mind about this group of works was the way it was presented. Each piece is presents approximately 2 feet apart from each other. This presentation u…

… through the years. Its roots, however, lay in the Cajun tale of the loup-garou, an eerie werewolf-like creature. In 1984, Rodrigue — then a modestly successful artist — was asked to illustrate a book of Cajun ghost stories. His inspiration came…

… the beauty of the women dressed in their “ao dais”. Girls dressed in white pick their way through muddy streets going home from school or sail by in a graceful chatter on their bikes. Secretaries in delicate pastels greet you at an office door and older…

… in Greek times featured practical knowledge, which include governing and decision making. Sophists were willing to teach anyone who could pay for their services; therefore you had to have been raised in a wealthy family in order to be included.…

… Presented to the People (Ecce Homo) Date: 1477 – 1549 Sodoma was trained in Lombardy, but most of his career was spent in Siena, where he was, together with Beccafumi, the major figure. This work dates from the last decade…

… revolutionized the dance world. Her blend of cultural anthropology with the artistic genre of dance in the early 1930’s, produced groundbreaking forms of movement (known today as the Dunham technique), and established black dance as an…