Ruben Studdard

Goliath” by Peter Paul Rubens is an example of Renaissance art. This painting depicts a well-known Bible story of a young Israelite boy named David who kills the giant, Goliath, with a slingshot, and chops off his head with a sword. Rubens has chosen to illustrate this Bible story at the moment when David is about to hack off Goliath’s head with the giant’s sword. In addition, we see armor-clad soldiers rushing into battle in the background. In “David Slaying Goliath,” Peter Paul Rubens uses color, value

I visited the Legion of Honors on February 20th, 2016, and there are many spectacular Dutch 17th century still life painting at the Legion of Honor Fine Arts Museum. But at the corner of the gallery, a specific painting, one of the Legion of Honors noteworthy additions, captivates the museum goers. William Claesz Heda (1594-1680), a Dutch painter presents Glasses and Tobacco, painted during 1633. Using oil and a panel as a canvas, Heda uses the elements of design such as value, the importance in

Peter Paul Ruben had about 388 paintings and drawings all together? He painted and drew pictures of queens and kings, self portraits, family portraits, and even religious thing. But at the start he wasn’t thinking of making this a successful career. He was a Flemish man, known for his astonishing paintings and printmaking. Peters father, Jan Rubens was married to a woman named Maria Pypelincks. Maria gave birth to Peters older sister Christine rubens in 1571. Then six years later Jan Rubens had an affair

Abigail is one of the most well known pieces by Rubens. He painted it in the mid-1600s after he studied the works of Titian and Veronese in Madrid and London . As he commonly did, Rubens represents a biblical story. His rich colors and fluid brushstrokes show how well he could paint the moment of greatest feeling in his paintings. Through this piece Rubens wants to show the viewers how talented he is and how important this biblical story is. Rubens is known for painting murals that show the moment

Baroque art encompasses a broad range of art from Dutch genre paintings to dramatic and theatrical Italian pieces. Because of the religious, socio-economic, and political events of the time, Baroque art can hardly been contained into one description. Politically, the rulers and monarchies used commissioned art to emphasize assert their authority, power and right to rule. Religiously, the Reformation caused the Catholic Church to commission provoking pieces of piety and devotion. And Socio-economically

concepts in Wolfflin’s “Principles of Art History” to compare and contrast two artworks: “Delivery of the Keys” (about 1481-1482) by Pietro Perugino, which is created with high Renaissance style, and “Raising of the Cross” (about 1610-1611) by Peter Paul Rubens is created with Baroque style. Although “Delivery of the keys” and “Raising of the Cross” are more than 100-year apart, they both succeed in holding the values of art and religion. Besides, “Delivery of the Keys” by Perugino is landscape of oil painting

On June 11, 2002, the world watched as a new leader in the genre of reality TV was born. American Idol was something fresh and exciting, the opportunity of a lifetime for many. On American Idol, contestants from all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds auditioned for a chance to “Go to Hollywood!” This audition would not be a small feat though; they were up against serious talent from across the country and around the world and critiqued by music industry savvy, seriously sarcastic judges like Simon

In our mind, we consider those who make a living out of crushing dreams of others as monsters, yet Simon Cowell just does that. This unit is about someone who is leaving a legacy and this paper’s purpose is to prove that Simon Cowell is indeed leaving a legacy. Cowell is well known for his brutally honest personality and bringing many contestants to tears after auditioning for him as well as partnering up and creating American Idol, and Pop Idol. Cowell struggled throughout most of his early career

One of the most influential television programs was American Idol. When it first came out, people were mesmerized by the new program. Local news outlets that would come on after the show would discuss the results of the show on-air, people would call in after the show to participate in the voting process. When it first came out, my family and I were hooked on American Idol. The television program, American Idol, and its appeal to consumers and advertisers is the relationship that’s studied in Chapter

Music has come a long way and everybody dances, listens, and sings to what we call music. In the past few years mainstream music has been overtaken by hip-hop and rap music. Although they have been criticized a lot for its sexual lyrics and violent themes. People feel that that hip-hop music has a focus on sexually-based themes and others feel that rap promotes violence against police officers and innocent citizens. Artists are still making music that promotes neither of these ideas, but more neutral