Creator Title Emotional Sum (Sense of Life or emotional World View) Theme
Painter: Mondrian, Piet Composition with Red Yellow Blue and Black [Seems mute]
Author: Webster, Henry Kitchell King in Khaki, A Honesty is a noble and practical way of life.

Business acumen produces both material wealth and moral right.

The success of the entrepreneur in this story, along with his relation to all his staff and secondary and tertiary folks on the island who work for him -- makes him into a "king" based on important human relations and the rightness of his decisions that result in a successful business enterprise.

A subsidiary theme might be termed the power of morality over physical power or economic "power".
Miron - Parish Tzena Tzena Tzena Joyous celebration

Joyous celebration
Designer: Unknown Rose Window - La Sainte-Chapelle (aka The Holy Chapel The world is open and bright and colorful and gay.
De Felitta, Raymond City Island Anxiety and pain from all the lies and mistaken motives. Catharsis from the climax, leading to feelings of wanting to be truthful in life!

Lying is not the way to live.
White, James Terry Hyacinths to feed thy soul Hopeful. Even in poverty one can have beauty.

Beauty is a form of sustenance
Painter: Dewing, Thomas Wilmer Comedia Life is sumptuous and beautiful and alive.

Feminine vivacity and gaiety
Director: Ballard, Carroll Black Stallion Everything is possible between boy and beast, between an innocent human and mother nature.

Man and nature in harmony.
At least this is the theme of the first half of the movie. See "Description" and "Context" info below for more on this comment.
Director: Zinnemann, Fred High Noon There is palpable evil in the world. There is heroism in the face of evil in the world. The movie is full of fear and foreboding and betrayal.

Civil Society is the ideal, and worth fighting for. Doing what is right is the right way to live. Don't let the evil bastards win. The theme is expressed repeatedly in the movie via the contrast of the Marshall who grimly faces the need to do what he lives for, despite the death facing him, vs. the mealy mouthed town folk, many of which who won't fight for their civil society, and vs. the deputy marshall who portrays the sellout who will give into evil force in order to "get along".
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.
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.
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.
Painter: Van Rijn, Rembrandt Feast of Belshazzar 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.
Director: Stone, Oliver Wall Street

There are bad people in power who use ordinary people as pawns in their endless pursuit of money.  Those who are not ruthless are sheep to be slaughtered by the rich and powerful.  Greed is bad.
Sculptor: Saint-Gaudens, Auguste Diana Serenity in action. But not a strong world view in any case, quite placid.
Myron? Riace Bronze A Man is strong and indomitable

Intelligence, Pride, Strength = Man
Domenichino Head of a Bearded Man Pensive, worried, detached qualities of humanity

Worry is the way of the world.
Architect: Guarini, Guarino Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo (Royal Church of St. Lawrence) The world is perfected. The joy of seeing complexity that is simplicity, i.e., that the rich complex vision arises from simple elements which because of their arrangement provide layers of visual thrills.

Complex, soaring geometric order.
Director: Daldry, Stephen Billy Elliot Life is dirty but one can clean up.

Go after what you love.
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.
Director: Coppola Francis Ford Godfather Life demands death; life is a horror of killing and retribution. Life is tragedy and malevolence

Behind beauty and success lies corruption and death.
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.
Alexander, John Trees A sense of the world as dynamic and strong.

Nature is wild and dynamic.
Screenwriter: Coward, Noel Brief Encounter Passionate love. Tragic choices.

High romance is possible. Such love is unlikely to survive.
This film manages to embrace two contradictory themes, leading to a major bittersweet outcome.
Sculptor: Buonarotti, Michelangelo Pieta Resignation in the face of tragedy.

Recognition and acceptance of a great personal loss.