… This is the impression one has when one sounds out the literature in both fields. Therefore it is with some surprise that one reads that Ludwig Wittgenstein, the renowned Austrian philosopher, was an avid viewer of cowboy movies (Carver, 1995). However,…

… is one of the most celebrated Shakespearean plays. However, whether or not its title is equally matched is a question that has left many divided. The first and most obvious flaw with the title is the reference to a 'Merchant of Venice' while…

… art originating from India more than six thousand years ago. This ancient art of movement is a low intensity non-competitive form of exercise that can be safely practiced by children at any level of physical fitness. Yoga is derived from Sanskrit,…

… order to fully understand the art of Kandinsky, it is important to start with a definition of the word ‘Abstract’ (for it is not really a concept that we have come across, before in this course). Abstract art does not depict recognizable scenes…

… in Budapest during the 1930s, this gem of a musical is based on the film, The Shop Around the Corner, starring Jimmy Stewart and Maureen Sullivan. The delightful premise playwright Miklos Laszlo puts to words in this work never fails to appeal to the…

… Ida's shady brow, Or in the chambers of the East, The chambers of the sun, that now From antient melody have ceas'd; Whether in Heav'n ye wander fair, Or the green corners of the earth, Or the blue regions of the air, Where the melodious winds…

… and stock characters (Brockett 150). Stock characters were so important that usually one actor played the same role throughout his career. Commedia dell’Arte was created for the common people since most earlier Italian shows were put on for an…

… biblical events or depicted saints and other religious imagery. There were also several different styles of Romanesque art. The development of these styles can be credited to the geographic area in which the art was made, the audience that the…

… by Pierre Corneille on 27 of September. Pierre Corneille wrote that play on 17th century so at first thought it is kind of hard for me to understand the whole play. It was played at Russell H. Miller theatre. Actually Tony Kushner adapted the play. It…

… twelfth century, we find that we must study it outside the confines of time and learn of its surface area as well. Gothic art began with architecture approximately 1140 A.D. in a province known as the Ile-de-France which consisted of Paris and its…