Leah Kadel
Album Art Analysis
1. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the moon.
- “Pink Floyds Dark “Side of the moon” album was released March 1st 1973 and recorded in Abbey Road Studios in London. The album is the 8th album recorded by the English Band and considered one of the best selling albums of all time. The album releases some of Pink Floyd’s more popular singles like “Money & Time”. Personally this is my favorite album written and produced by Pink Floyd because of its authentic artwork. I’ve noticed in that past that many different artist involving different promotional products has redesigned the album to promote their brand. That’s why it has always grabbed my attention. On the album, Pink Floyd’s name and name of the album is no where located on the album giving fans a deeper thought to what the album is going to be about.
There is a triangle in the center, with a reflection going off. Inside the reflection of the light going through the triangle, it slowly turns into a rainbow. Storm Thorgerson designed the album during the 1970’s.( http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/storm-thorgerson-how-i-designed-the-cover-of-dark-side-of-the-moon-20110928) I feel as though this album represents the bands image by its psychedelic features that the band would put on through their performances. People believe that this album has many different meanings and that the color’s in the rainbow mean different things, but I believe that it is just a rainbow reflecting on a light, kind of like the “calm after the storm”.
2. Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy.
- “Houses of the Holy is the 5th album recorded by Led Zeppelin”. The exact date the album was released was March 28th 1973 and released by Atlantic Records. The record released some of L...
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...ike French soldiers referencing their album’s revolutionary themes. The artwork designed on this album shows so much emotion and extremely well painted. The album was designed by Eugène Delacroix. ("Viva La Vida by Coldplay Songfacts", n.d.,)
I love how Coldplay decided to make their album cover look like a battle they were trying to fight. The women on top holding the French Flag looks like it demonstrates victory, which in Coldplay’s position, accomplishment for creating a new album. I feel like the album is a good example that demonstrates what they were going through since they were “fighting” to create an amazing album for fans since before Via La Vida, Coldplay hadn’t created an album with new released songs in almost 3 year. The scrip of “ Viva La Vida” stands out to viewers since its scripted in Bold & White reflecting on the background of the war scene.
The black background contrast with the predominate colors of blue and red gives these colors intensity. The red and green are complementary colors that give the painting visual appeal. The green juxtapose above the blue and red gives the artwork color balance as well as implies a triangular shape. The triangular shape and pattern is repeated throughout the painting by; the bend of the flute player's elbow, the head and shoulders of the guitar player, the head and shoulders of the lady whose back is to the viewer, the body of the guitars and the location of the three right-most musicians
The visual I have created is meant to display how the author Seven Galloway effectively used descriptive language and imagery in the novel The Cellist of Sarajevo to demonstrate character development in Dragan, one of the protagonists. For instance, in the first image moving forward from the 12’oclock section of the clock, we can see an image of Dragan in Sarajevo with the intent of setting the mood of war, where “everything around him is a peculiar shade of grey”. This imagery is meant to display not only the visual cast set upon Sarajevo in a time of war, but also to show Dragan’s internal demeanor and how he initially perceives the world around him, while the idea of a ‘grey’ world surrounding him outlines his pessimistic worldview. These ideas are also manifest in the following image, where we
This art analysis will define the theme of the universality of 20th century modern warfare in the context of modern works of art by David Levinthal and Roger de la Fresnaye. David Levinthal’s “Untitled” (1972) is commentary on the mass killing of modern warfare in the 20th century, which killed many millions of men during Hitler’s invasion of Europe. Levinthal’s childhood imagery of tanks, soldiers, and homes visualize the mass killing of war as a “universal” concept in the depiction of the modern psyche. Roger de la Fresnaye’s “Artillery” (1911) is also a commentary on cubist imagery that projects a military
...t of people around you. The images are really helped clarify what the singer really wants to talk about. Without the images in the video some many things could have been interpreted from the song itself. Before I watched the video I just thought the author was talking about war, and specially the wars America was fighting at the time of the song’s release. The music in combination with the instrumentals and video create a piece of art that enlightens the soul.
When I think about it, the front cover in a sense symbolises Dave’s life. He is the purple bougainvillea hanging on the black and white fence. This could be a way of how they celebrate his life – show how bright he was in a cold world.
...ent ground. the background is bright red and has large graphic circles of yellows, pinks, and blues. They seem to mimic the idea of a musical notes. It is composed of flat figural forms cut from vibrant paper. This was not the only album cover that Romare Bearden ever created. He also did another album cover for Wynton Marsalis called J Mood.
Several even try to connect their music to the feelings of their audience. Some of the songs including, Jailhouse Rock, Good Vibrations, Purple Haze and Stayin’ Alive try to use women as the meaning of their songs. In addition, they are used to clarify the point in films of their time and influence an environmental change. Slowly, building into innovative ways to portray music that fits the era they were in. Each song was able to readjust the perception of war and help those forget the scary outcomes war was bringing. Therefore, music adapted by connecting the people as one to their era and providing them a tune that minimized their
Abbey Road is heralded as one of the greatest rock ‘n roll albums ever. It grinds with hard rock and sways with soft guitar. The variety of the tracks provides something for everyone. It was created in 1969 at the famous Abbey Road studios. George Martin and Geoff Emerick, who had produced many other Beatles’ albums, contributed to this work. This album is one of the more famous albums of the Beatles, who are one of the most popular bands ever. Almost every piece of this album, even the cover, is art works in themselves.
The celebrity who will be the subject of this paper will be Trent Reznor, the widely acclaimed musician and frontman for the band known as Nine Inch Nails. Though it is considered a band, Reznor is the only permanent member, the primary songwriter and performer, and it is widely considered that his “band” is primarily just him mostly alone working under the name Nine Inch Nails.
Springsteen wrote “Devils & Dust” during the Iraq War. He has been openly against the war and has been quoted saying to Rolling Stone, “As the saying goes, "The first casualty of war is truth." I felt that the Bush doctrine of pre-emption was dangerous foreign policy. I don't think it has made America safer.” The song itself could be interpreted as a soldier’s point of view about the war but overall it stands as a critique on our society betraying its own principles. The first couple of verses in the song already evoke the image of a soldier stuck in a war. “I got my finger on the trigger / But I don’t know who to trust” could be understood as a soldier’s experience in war but it could also have a deeper meaning. It could also signify that our society has to make these important choices that will end up affecting people’s lives but it is all too ambiguous, there just isn’t any certainty. We are left with the desperate feeling of not knowing what to do, not knowing wh...
The color variation of this piece embraces a bit of pop art, which indicates the huge influence that Andy Warhol had on Basquiat at the time. A Lot of the clippings are bold but their color schemes are different such as the President Kennedy picture contrast with the superhero clippings contrast within dark red and light red with Kennedy’s picture. The mood of the painting expresses sadness and despair, but eagerness for hope.
Pathos: The emotions that are really being played on the most are anger. People have so much anger when they can not understand the world or what is going on in it. The audience becomes furious to all the killing and death in the world and they need someone there to sympathize with them. Anti-Flag gets the listener angry by exposing the faults of the world. The listener appreciates this because Anti-Flag will not sell into the wrongs of the world. It uses the emotion of finding comfort in that there is someone else out there that has the same views as the listener does. The band uses punk rock music as a common ground with the listeners and expresses their views through their songs. This relates back to the author because this is a great way to protest through music.
The colours used in the artwork are earthy tones with various browns, greens, yellows, blues and some violet. These colours create a sense of harmony on the...
Throughout their career, Coldplay have continued to develop their sound whilst staying grounded and in touch with the world around them. Over almost the past two decades Coldplay has been taking the world by storm with their music reaching all corners of the world, Coldplay have a very diverse range of fans and followers aiding in their ever-increasing involvement in issues affecting a broad majority of the world. Though their journey to fame was a relatively slow burn, Coldplays flare for entertaining, passion for performance, ongoing release of music and constant charity work has kept them in the publics’ line of sight for over 18 years. Coldplay have been nominated for and won a multitude of awards during their career and have been and still
A natural cook of admirable skills, his roguish charm and enthusiasm, Keith Floyd is remembered for his famous television series and the way he changed the style of cooking on TV. On his pathway into the culinary business, he has work many different jobs. Although Keith was successful, he had some trouble along the way. Many famous world-class chefs was sadden by his death. Keith Floyd had a significant impact for having the ability to start inspiring others to cook with his words and the way he did things.