Piece Essays

from the visual elements. On the sliding scale from blandness to chaos, this piece falls in the center of the spectrum. The quadrilaterals and the swath of green keep the painting interesting, and the soothing colors and horizontal lines make sure it doesn’t become too chaotic. The quadrilaterals, horizontal and vertical lines, and the analogous color scheme are the primary visual elements that come together to give this piece a feeling of visual

song I chose for the song explication is “Piece by Piece” by Kelly Clarkson. Kelly’s singing career started when she won American Idol in 2002. Since then Kelly has produced major hits that get stuck in your head and you can’t help but sing along. Though her song “Piece by Piece” is one of my favorite songs she has ever produced. Kelly opens up about her relationship with her father to her fans and the world. With Kelly’s emotional attachment to “Piece by Piece,” it makes a great song with a narrative

This piece resembles an installation because many small, stacked boxes, or cubicles, make up a large, curved wall. Again, each box had variety with different wooden pieces, just as Sky Cathedral. It was originally painted in black so that Nevelson could display the sculpture with a low blue light. Nevelson altered the light to make different shadows appear within the piece because the shadows created were just as important as the sculpture

The poem “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark immediately introduces the concept of an outsider “The Visitor” who comes to the household for a specific time to undertake a specific duty. The poet deftly analyses the themes of music and individual reaction to music in the poem. The visitor who is also the piano tuner is significant in repairing the musical atmosphere in the household such that even the cat evokes a musical response. The poet is set in the narrator’s house during the afternoon of the first

This piece was named “Endgame”. It’s oil on canvas that was created in 1944 and it is 17 inches by 17 inches. This painting is a surrealist style. The painting is a chess board with four rooks displayed in the upper right corner and they are white and light blue. From the rooks, there are faint white lines representing the queens moves on the board. These lines lead up to a satin heeled female shoe that represents the queen. The shoe is crushing a bishops mitre (representing the bishop chess piece)

Chess, a strategic game played between two people, calls for many different pieces that represent people on a battlefield ("Chess Pieces”). The board being played on, which has a checkerboard pattern, is the “battlefield.” Every piece on the board is in the “battle.” The fact that all the pieces on a chessboard are in battle shares a common idea that all the people on the earth are in the battle; one single piece or person does not go into battle by its lonesome self. One metaphor that refers to

When I first came to Georgetown Day School as a recently accepted applicant, I chose to visit the school's chess club. As a chess enthusiast, I expected a group of like-minded individuals peacefully playing chess or attentively watching a friend play. However, instead I witnessed frantic moving, nonsensical yelling, and the constant beeping of chess clocks. Confused but nonetheless intrigued, I tried to join in, and a member explained that they were playing bughouse, a little-known, fast-paced variant

Revised fairy tales are becoming increasingly important in today’s world as there is a great need for producers and writers to alter traditional feminine values viewed in these tales. These alterations are needed in order to correspond to the changing demands and tastes of audiences in today’s society. Original fairy tales tend to perpetuate patriarchal values by placing stereotypical traits on both the male and female roles. “Snow White” has been one of the major fairy tales that have been criticized

The battleground was fierce. The lone soldier faced seemingly insurmountable odds, with drops of sweat trickling down his face and the stain of the coarse earth covering his milky-white skin. As he breathed his last, I gave out my final command, "Knight to E-4." Checkmate. While most kids spent their youth playing board games, I was always bored playing these games. My mind required something more intellectually challenging. I found my match in the game of chess. Unlike other board games, chess forced

“Desiree’s Baby” is a short story written by Kate Chopin. The story is about a girl named Desiree who married Armand Aubigny. They had a child and everything seemed to be fine,as time passed, the baby’s skin color started darkening a little. Armand said it was Desiree’s fault. Since her origin was unknown, Armand came to conclusion that she had black blood. Desiree went to her mother’s home with the child leaving Armand alone. Armand decided to burn all of her belongings. As he was surrounded by

As Richard the Third succumbs to death by the hand of Richmond, the old Queen Margaret and her mirror once again appear in a ghostlike fashion. Richard is forced to look at his reflection one last time. Although it seems like it, this is not Margaret’s last appearance. In the final scene of The Hollow Crown, the newly crowned Henry the Seventh gives an inspiring speech to his kingdom; however, his words of peace and togetherness are ultimately overshadowed by Queen Margaret. The match-dissolve from

Semiotic Analysis of a Dove Advert Focusing on Whether or Not the Advert Re-enforces Hegemonic Views of Race, Gender and Class Essay by Martyn McGrath The study of semiotics dissects an image by looking at various aspects of the image itself, such as lighting, camera angles, and what these things mean to the ideology behind the image. Semiotics is defined as the “The science of signs, or the study of signs and sign systems.” (O’Shaugnessy and Stadler, 2012:131). This essay will be a semiotic analysis

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm popularly known as the “Grimms Brothers”, were characterized as one of the most dramatic writers in the 19th century. They were categorized by their short, simple sentences, colloquial language, and their well-organized approach to craft writings. Their writing was entitled Little Snow White, it was released in 1937 and it was about Snow White, a princess who falls into a deep, death-like rest after taking a bite from a poisoned apple. My impression about this narrative was

If the way to be successful in life is self control and inner invisible strength would you do it ? Amy Tan's Rules of the Game is a short story about Waverly Place Jong , a girl who became a national chess champion at age 10. Invisible strength is the self control of the mind. In the beginning of this short story, Waverly had no clue about chess and its rules, but throughout the story, her mother is constantly teaching her about the "art of invisible strength" with chess rules and knowledge. Waverly's

Óneiro Imagine a world where monsters roamed the land. A world where each day is new and exciting adventure. This world is called Óneiro. Óneiro is a hidden magical world. It’s a world is full of odd creatures, thrilling experiences, and fascinating new magic just waiting to be discovered. In my perfect world you get the chance to live life as if you were in a video game. There would be many different creatures, many different challenges, and most of all there’d be adventure. Anything from

Book of the Month Written by Kaitlin Kim The riveting masterpiece, Girl in Pieces, by Kathleen Glasgow was written about the intensity of survival and the kind of hope that springs up from the most desperate of times. Girl in Pieces focuses on a homeless seventeen-year-old girl named Charlie Davis who struggles with the trauma of abandonment after losing more loved ones than most people lose in a lifetime. She is haunted by the memories of her father and her memories of

The novel Pieces of Us by Margie Gelbwasser is the story of sisters Katie and Julie, and brothers Alex and Kyle. In this book, the two families visit a camp called Catskills every summer. Before the summer starts, Katie is raped by her then-boyfriend and his best friend because she was too drunk to say no. They recorded the whole thing, but kept it a secret from her. But once school is over, both families head out for Catskills. Once there, Katie works to keep what happened hidden while trying to

I read A Piece of Cake: A Memoir. It was written by Cupcake Brown. This book was very inspiring and emotional. The story begins with a memory as to why her mother named her Cupcake. Cupcake 's mother died when she was 11.After that she got taken away from the family she knew. Cupcake found out that the man she has been calling daddy, wasn’t really her father. After a custody battle, the court gave her biological father full custody of her and her brother. But her biological father only wanted custody

The purpose of this paper is to visually analyze the stylistic approach of this “unknown” piece of art. Using this, I will then decide what stylistic period the work of art comes from using techniques and processes learned in art history. The “unknown” piece of art is depicting a naked man falling backwards onto the ground. The ground in this case is a slab of rock, slightly rolling and uneven visually, but nothing more. Both of his feet are still on the ground, however are close to losing all balance;

In the novel A Separate Piece by John Knowles the author creates a main character that forces us to think about how our friends see us and who we really are. Gene, our protagonist is seen as a hard-working nice but quiet guy. He is always associated with his friend phineas little do people know the inside of his head and what he really thinks. Readers usually find themselves sympathizing with Gene because they can relate to his jealousy . In Genes head he is searching for an identity he doesn’t