Fantasie Charles Sprague Pearce (1851-1914) ca. 1883 Oil on canvas In a playful gender reversal, which is highlighted by the painting's title, Pearce costumed his androgynous model in a woman's...
Seoul 1994, in the year the Seongsu Bridge collapsed, 14-year-old Eun-hee wanders the city searching for love. The score to House of Hummingbird is getting a vinyl LP release for the first time following a digital release in Korea. Originally from Slovenia, composer Matija Strniša studied music and clarinet at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. After moving to Germany, he studied composition at The Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg. He has worked on feature films, documentaries, theater, art installation and radio plays - encompassing everything from electronic to orchestral music. In describing his work, he says he is \"trying to bring together acoustic and electronic elements and interweave them into one cohesive musical world.\" Regarding his scores, Strniša explains that his compositions strive to reflect basic human emotions, irrespective of people's backgrounds. The film's protagonist Eun-hee's isolation and sense of despair, as well as some excitement and gratefulness - all end up in the music. The final result is an interplay of contradicting emotions while discovering the point of balance between all the emotions. Months of Skype meetings with director Kim Bora went into the film's final score, which followed an ironical path of 'traditional and old future'.
Anxiously awaiting the new season of Downton Abbey? (Us, too.) Get your posh-period-piece fix with this slide show of stately piles and sumptuous interiors from such beloved films as Howards End and Jane Eyre
Today's featured artist is Elena Salnikova. She paints stunning portraits in oil, usually with the subject outdoors amongst nature. Her still lifes are also impressive. You can see a few of my favorites below. They are colorful and playful, but not so much that they appear cartoonish and overly stylized. Her style also seems particularly suited
In the 1950s and '60s, Sidney Poitier won international fame as a film actor and transformed the image of African Americans in the cinema. Although others had enjoyed success in character roles or as musical performers, Poitier won fame as a dramatic actor and romantic leading man, embodying an entire people's struggle for social equality. Sidney Poitier rose to a position of international eminence from a childhood of poverty in the Bahamas, where he spent the first years of his life on a tiny island, without electricity or running water. He arrived in New York City as a teenager, nearly illiterate, but determined to make his mark on the world. In 1964, he won an Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field; he was the first African American to be so honored for a performance in a leading role. His roles in To Sir With Love, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and In the Heat of the Night made him the top-grossing star of the era. He has followed his successes as an actor with impressive accomplishments as a film director, author and diplomat. His rise from poverty and obscurity to the heights of success and acclaim is a great success story in itself, but his application of his renown to the cause of human rights and social justice has made him one of the most universally admired men of our times.
‘Misunderstanding’ FINALLY ITS DONE!!!! T.T I’ve been working on this guy for weeks and I’m honestly really happy with how it came out. I HOPE YA’LL LIKE IT!!!!
‘Misunderstanding’ FINALLY ITS DONE!!!! T.T I’ve been working on this guy for weeks and I’m honestly really happy with how it came out. I HOPE YA’LL LIKE IT!!!!
Relaxing on the sofa and watching others play on YouTube. Germany’s best-known gamers explain the fascination of esports.
