Ishita Kapur Professor Melissa Ragona Contemporary Art History‚ 60206 15 April‚ 2009 Opera for a Small Room “Opera for a Small Room” is a time-based mixed-media installation by Canadian artists‚ Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. The mixed media includes sound‚ record players‚ records and synchronized lighting. It is exhibited in “a small room”‚ 2.6 x 3 x 4.5m‚ and plays in a 20-minute loop. This piece constructs a hyper realistic narrative centered on the character R. Dennehy. Dennehy
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almost all pieces of literature. However‚ no piece of literature has a confidant character as complex as the Phantom in the musical "The Phantom of the Opera". The Phantom is a turn from the traditional confidant‚ who would be a friend of the heroine‚ or Christine in this case‚ and turns from a confidant to the main antagonist. The Phantom of the Opera used the Phantom as a confidant to add depth to his and Christine’s relationship‚ and also to be able to contrast the different ranges of human emotion
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a taste of real life. There is a big difference between reality and the reality on soap operas. There is always a lot of drama in soap opera’s. Someone is always sleeping with someone that they shouldn’t be sleeping with‚ someone is always dying‚ getting pregnant‚ getting married‚ or getting divorced. While this does‚ of course‚ happen in real life‚ there is never as much drama as there is in a soap opera. If a child were to watch an episode of “Days of Our Lives”‚ for example‚ the child in
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3500 B.C.E. They were both similar intellectually‚ because they both developed written language‚ and a similar alphabet. They were also similar religiously‚ because they both were polytheistic and believed their gods ruled them. Mesopotamia and Egypt were different with their achievements‚ because over time they gained knowledge of things that helped their civilizations‚ and helped them adapt to their environment. Mesopotamia and Egypt were both intellectually similar‚ because they both had a written
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The History of Italian Opera Introduction There are many forms of art such as‚ paintings‚ sculptures‚ buildings‚ etc. Opera is another form of art though it may not seem like art to many people. “Few forms of art… are as overtly involved as opera in the social and historical contexts within which they are created and consumed” (Lindenberger 235). Italian opera which obviously formed in Italy is a form of art in the Italian language. It was introduced in Italy in the 1600s. Ironically many
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Opera and Musicals Opera and musicals are popular performing arts of the world. Since a majority of people think that musicals are a lighter and an easier genre of performing art than opera‚ musicals are more widely appreciated than opera in this century. Opera and musicals both consist of music‚ stage‚ story‚ performer and audience‚ however‚ there are numerous differences among these elements. Opera’s history begins in Italy in late 16th century with a group called Camerata. Camerata was
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the Sphinx and they needed help from him once more. During this plague‚ blight on the crops was present‚ children stillborn‚ women dying after giving birth‚ and cattle were sickened. The main characters in both epic poems were also very similar. Both King Oedipus and
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if viewed or taken from another perspective. The Phantom of the Opera is a classic‚ musical romance film popular because of its emphasis on love‚ constant entertainment‚ and powerfully touching music. The Phantom of the Opera is a popular novel and play which is still determined as one of the longest running show in history‚ and one of the most lucrative entertainment enterprises of all time. Both versions of the Phantom of the Opera movie‚ having radical differences but still being of the same kind
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While opera had been thriving in Europe since its beginnings in the 16th century‚ 19th century America was still a relatively young‚ focusing its growth elsewhere. Musically‚ opera did not appeal to the common American‚ who was much more interested in simpler tastes. Interest in opera was mostly shared among the upper class elite‚ and due to the lack of a middle class‚ wasn’t largely established in the general public until the turn of the 20th century. Socioeconomic limitations reinforced the exclusivity
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