Title | Creator | Date | Era | City | Country | Emotional Sum (Sense of Life or emotional World View) | Theme | |
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American President | Director: Rob Reiner | 1995 | 1991-2010 | Washington, D.C. | United States |
Romance is fun, funny and important. |
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Blue Phoenix | Painter: Koyo Omura | 1921 | 1900s | Chicago | United States |
A pleasing and lush, possibly claustrophobic, world. |
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Burn Notice | Creator: Matt Nix | 2007 | Miami | United States |
Anything can be done if you are smart and motivated enough. |
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Crane Under the Rain | Ohara, Shoson: | 1928 | 1900s | Japan |
Life is difficult. |
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Day at the Beach | Painter: J.C. Leyendecker | 1932 | 1900s | United States |
Fun and cuteness. |
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Diana | Sculptor: Auguste Saint-Gaudens | 1892 | 1900s | New York | United States |
Serenity in action. But not a strong world view in any case, quite placid. |
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Eiffel Tower | Designer: Gustave Eiffel | 1889 | Paris | France |
The works of Man are thrilling. |
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Enemy Below, The | Director: Dick Powell | 1957 | 1951-1970 | United States |
War is deadly and destructive for all parties. |
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Feast of Belshazzar | Painter: Rembrandt Van Rijn | 1635c. | 1600s | London | United Kingdom |
The only way to know the sense of life or world view of the painting is through it's history, since the image is very mixed. Shows an opulent and sumptuous world, but the people are obviously distressed over something. Assuming one knows its history, you could conclude it is an exercise in depicting the dangers of the worldly pursuits and wealth. |
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Horse Seen from Behind | Draftsman: Andrea Boscoli | 1587c | 1500s | United States |
Not much except perhaps stylistic -- confident, strong drafting style, and a vibrant, alive, horse. |
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Mad Men | Creator: Matthew Weiner | 2007 | Los Angeles | United States |
Men must sell their souls in order to live, and they are chauvinist pigs to boot. And women are sluts. Dark. |
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Monster, The | Director: Roberto Benigni | 1994 | 1991-2010 | Italy |
Just laughter and more of the same. |
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Much Ado About Nothing | Playwright: William Shakespeare | 1993 | 1991-2010 |
Sweetness and light and beauty are what the world is made of. |
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Pirelli Calendar Diver | Photographer: Uwe Ommer | 1984 | Italy |
Women can be strong, dynamic and unconsciously beautiful. |
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Rembrandt | Director: Korda Alexander | 1936 | 1931-1950 | United Kingdom |
Life is hard as an independent spirit, and wealth will elude you, but you will be happy, after a fashion. |
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Senso-ju Temple at Asakusa | Hiroshige: | 1840s c | 1800s | Tokyo | Japan |
Pure, simple, quiet tranquility. |
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Staircase Group (aka Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale) | Painter: Charles Wilson Peale | 1795 | Philadelphia | United States |
Perceiving accurately is important and playing with the artistic medium is fun. |
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System of Architectural Ornament, A | Designer: Louis Henri Sullivan | 1922 | 1900s | Chicago | United States |
The world is a place of infinite, ordered, geometric, fluid possibilities. |
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Tell No One (aka Ne le dis à personne) | Director: Guillaume Canet | 2006 | 1991-2010 | France |
Life is sad, and controlled by mysterious corruption. |
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Wisdom and Strength | Painter: Paolo Veronese | 1580c | 1500s | Venice? | Italy |
Sumptuousness is good, and the human form is good. |