Creator Title Emotional Sum (Sense of Life or emotional World View) Theme
Myron? Riace Bronze A Man is strong and indomitable

Intelligence, Pride, Strength = Man
Writer: Coward, Noel Design for Living Life can be giddy and bright. Facing up to one's anti-conventional values is important. Conventional morality must be questioned if it causes suffering and conflict.

You should follow your deepest values and accept them no matter how unconventional the outcome.

A rare combination of the wittiest, lightest of Noel Coward's style, along with deeper themes of romantic love, proper morality and how should one live.
Maugham, W. Somerset Of Human Bondage Life is a fearful gray spread of actions and in-actions without genuine values. We are all deformed in mind or spirit and should accept convention as demanded by those around us.

Man's life is outside his control. Conventionality is the final ideal.
Playwright: Shakespeare, William Othello: the Moor of Venice Malevolence and horrible tragedy is unrelieved.  Evil is potent.

A great man can be gullible and controlled by an evil character.&nbsp; Or, an evil character can have potency in the world, because of the weakness of a good man.<br>
Shute, Nevil Landfall Heroes and Heroines are self-made, by anyone at any level of intelligence who seriously pursues what is important in their lives.

Truth will triumph -- with perseverance.
Painter: Mondrian, Piet Composition with Red Yellow Blue and Black [Seems mute]
Composer: Catalani, Alfredo Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (aria from La Wally)

Longing is the overall emotional tone of the music. The lyric gives reason to this overall tone.

Sadness at having to leave forever the place where you were happy once.
Painter: Koyo Omura Blue Phoenix A pleasing and lush, possibly claustrophobic, world.
Director: Hudson, Hugh Chariots of Fire A complete feeling of openness of the world to greatness of your own choosing.

Life is achievement.
Playwright: Rostand, Edmond Cyrano de Bergerac Life can be exciting. Life can be grand, literally.
There is also some great sadness about consummated love, since it is portrayed as unreachable.

The importance of independence and independent thought. Compromise is deadly to one's soul.
Sub-themes: a) Doubt of one's goodness because of an incidental fact (physical feature) is terribly damaging and tragic. b) Helping someone by faking reality is damaging and can come to no good.
Director: McCarey, Leo Ruggles of Red Gap Happiness and fulfillment is in yourself.

Personal declaration of independence from servitude
Painter: Leyendecker, J.C. Day at the Beach Fun and cuteness.
Creator: Nix, Matt Burn Notice Anything can be done if you are smart and motivated enough.
Sculptor: unknown Niobe Human action is beautiful.

Life is movement.
Director: Ardolino, Emile Dirty Dancing Life is passionate and meaningful.

The joy and passion of love and life and dancing, while learning integrity and independence.
Director: De Felitta, Raymond Two Family House Feelings of benevolence and optimism about life. Happiness comes from making choices for your own good.

Going after what you want in life; Don't be stopped by conventional standards of the people around you. It takes courage to be selfish.
Sculptor: Tuby, Jean Baptiste (1630-1700) Chariot of Apollo The world has thrilling powerful men of action.  There are no limits to what can be achieved.

Elegant, physical power.&nbsp; The fantasy ability to fly through water and air with grace and ease.<br>
Author: Webster, Henry Kitchell Real Adventure, The Life is wonderful as long as you realize that life has to be earned the hard way.

Creating your *self* is the only way to live.
Director: Korda Alexander Rembrandt Life is hard as an independent spirit, and wealth will elude you, but you will be happy, after a fashion.
Author: Rand, Ayn Atlas Shrugged Life can be good; Men are competent to live happily; The world can be a shining, happy place to exist, if one is free. But novel also presents a dark, dystopian world to help make real that positive view.

The crucial value of the human mind.
Director: Stanton, Andrew Wall-E The world is garbage, and more garbage and humans have destroyed the earth, because of their wanton consumerism.

Mankind is a blight on the universe, and only cute robots (as opposed to evil robots) can save the earth from human degradation.
Designer: Otar, John Covered Box Fun; complexity made from simplicity
Sculptor: Fedi, Pio Rape of Polyxena, The Strength and complex beauty are central.
Vitality, passion and action are hallmarks of this work.

Life is complex strife, entwined with strong god-like characters.
Villeroy & Boch Chocolate Pitcher and Butter Dish Friendly warmth (arising from the simple graceful lines, and the unadorned simplicity of the colors without ornament)
Rodin, Auguste Shade, The Life is a gruesome trial. There is no hope.

The world destroys man. (Some unknown evil force is destroying this young strong man.) Given that the sculpture is titled as a "Shade" and is related to the Group sculpture "Gates of Hell", one can presume the evil is some unnamed condition that can overpower life and cause destruction of the good.