Madonna
There can be only one Madonna. Her public identity as an artist is well established; in performance, her many-sided and changing image fascinates and energizes our cultural moment. Madonna is not the product of some music industry idea, but her own woman. She is still driven to achieve: "Even though I've become Somebody, I still have to prove that I'm Somebody. My struggle has never ended and it probably never will." From the first, Madonna herself has created her own image, expressing in her music a compelling emotional life. That seems to resonate with the audience. She's been the soundtrack for their lives and the queen of an entertainment culture where visual image reigns. "My sister is her own masterpiece," her brother Christopher says. "Is there any other way to do it right?"
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And the feminists have taken Madonna severely to task, not just for the Sex book, but for her entire sexual persona, seeing her as endorsing woman-as-sex-object and slave to men. They say her sexually saturated image, her sexual shock tactics, and her display of her body make her an antifeminist, inviting the male gaze and endorsing the same old patriarchal codes of woman as seductress. Yet while feminism itself is split into various camps and the word "feminist" has acquired negative connotations (man-hating, radical, shrewish), scholars like Camille Paglia see Madonna's pleasure in her own sexuality and her seeming independence from men as signs of "the future of feminism." Playing with the outlaw personae of prostitute and dominatrix, Madonna has made a major contribution to the history of
Ariana Grande is an influential person because of her caring personality, her roles in many movies, shows, and plays, starting her singing and acting career at a young age, and one of her many mature albums, Yours Truly. Through Ariana Grande’s life she has matured and helped so many people and everybody in Grande’s family has become famous in one way or another. The first part of her life started on June 26 of 1993. She was born to her father and mother, Edward Butera and Joan Grande who are both of Italian descent. Her father owned a graphic design firm while her mother was the CEO of Horse-McCann Communications.
Diana Ross is internationally known. With a career spanning for over 40 years, Ross is by far one of the best female entertainers of all time. Diana Ross began her career as a singer that evolved as an actress. She began as a member of a famous singing group, which grew into world-wide fame, riches, and family. Diana has led a rags-to-riches life that is one to be admired.
Lady Gaga Pop icon Lady Gaga is known all around the world for her catchy music and crazy fashion, but she overcame many obstacles to become the eccentric superstar that she is today. Lady Gaga is a singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, philanthropist and fashion designer from New York. She is most famous for her music such as her debut album ‘ The Fame’, which includes the hit songs ‘Just Dance’, and ‘Poker Face’. From the front page of a magazine, to the lead role on a television show, Lady Gaga achieved the popworld domination and was once the most exciting entertainer around the globe. Lady Gaga was born on March 28, 1986 in Yonkers, New York.
The music artist Demi Lovato needs further investigation in the areas of defining, evaluating, and improving. Demi Lovato is one of the most famous music artists in American pop culture nowadays. Her album “Confident” was nominated as Best Pop Vocal Album in 2017 Grammy. She was also the youngest judge on X Factor 2014. Demi has such great influence to her audience, especially to younger generations.
Portraits of the Madonna and Child depicting Mary holding the infant Christ provide a recurrent image in art throughout the ages. In prevalent portrayals over the span of centuries, artists reflect a wide diversity in their representations of the iconic duo. In particular, two works found in the National Gallery of Ireland in the early Italian Renaissance gallery, The Virgin and Child, Saint John the Baptist and Prophets by an unknown artist (1325-1450) and The Virgin and Child by Paolo Uccello (1435-1440), highlight the transition between Byzantine and early Renaissance paintings of the Madonna and Child, particularly in relation to subject matter, composition, material, style and meaning. Although each of these paintings of the Madonna and Child depicts the same Christian iconography of Mary and Jesus, their differences in composition and style influence their meaning, with each painting reflecting the individual artist who painted it and the different time period during which it was created.
The upcoming fifth season of the FX American Horror Story: Hotel will kick start on October 7. However, new details are beginning to pop out about many twisted characters who occupied the most recent, disturbing and horrific field of the American film and television screenwriter Ryan Murphy. The Countess role of Lady Gaga as described by Ryan Murphy, is a bisexual "wealthy social doyenne" who is "consumed with art and fashion and people, and she has a nefarious plan that is revealed in the first episode."
Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician and activist, known not for her own works and career, but for her relationships with prominent men. She is an extremely contentious figure in popular culture and is thought of as the woman who “broke up The Beatles”, due to her passionate relationship with John Lennon. Yoko Ono is victim to many different interpretations, most related to her personal attributes. Her relationship to John Lennon is seen by critics and even Beatles fans as a ploy to financially, physically and psychologically manipulate Lennon. This essay will argue that the reason for Yoko Ono’s perception as an ‘acquisitive homewrecker’ is a direct result of the social commentary on Ono reflected in American media.
Madonna is a seven-time grammy award winner and she has 37 number one hits on the top Billboard 200, according to Rolling Stone Magazine. She has influenced many other artists too through her music. Her many number one hits and awards have made her even more famous with an everlasting legacy. Madonna has contributed to the music industry and has had a very successful musical career that has a legacy with many top hits despite her tragic childhood and her struggles as an artist. From the things that Madonna said as an early artist, to who she is now, she has always had great potential that has led her to being the successful artist that she is today.
From doing this short period of transcendentalism in her life, she has achieved being known as a unique song writer and person as a whole. She has and was once
She is one of the most few people in that world of fame and celebrity who is not all about herself. She’ll give a real part of herself to an ordinary person she meets. She is an actress, model, and a singer, she has dedicated most of her life composing songs for her audience. That is what Rihanna is most known for her successful songs. Rihanna is impacting woman around the world with her cosmetics and designs.
Lady Gaga has become the most influential Pop music artist of our time. An artist's job is to take an image, be it through words or sound, lyrics or song; that explains what it's like to be alive at that time. What makes Lady Gaga's art so unique is that it captures the period we're in right now. Lady Gaga has in the last year and a half become a household name. Maybe you have heard one of her catchy tunes on the radio, and have had the lyrics stuck in your head all day. Perhaps you have seen one of her crazy outfits on TV. Whatever the case Lady Gaga has proven whether it be through music, or fashion that
Mariah Carey (b. 1970) is one of the most worldwide famous and best-selling female singers in pop music industry who has been on stage since the early 1990s. As a pop diva Mariah has earned a contrasting reputation. The pop star can be considered as an extraordinarily talented person who with the power of her voice can "convey the emotional nuances of the music to her audience" (Moohan, 2008, 163) and has extravagantly behavior and claims.
Although Jan Van Eyck was one of the most influential artists during his time period, his work, Lucca Madonna is fairly unknown. Whilst researching Jan Van Eyck the work rarely appeared unless one research specifically the name.
Adele, formally known as Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, is a well-known British pop singer. Throughout the last 10 years, Adele's number of award winning albums, overall presence, and fan base have grown significantly. Her spirited collection of classic yet sophisticated renderings about her life attract those who like to bask in their own feelings and venture into another world that connects them to Adele and her journey in this world. Although extremely outgoing and bubbly in general, Adele can be often seen in her music as a very deep and emotional person. This is what tugs at her fans hearts; her passion for music and the incorporation of emotion really draws in a crowd, and she does it quite well.
Even thought numerous rights been inplaced for the LGBT community, equality is still a prevalent issue in our country. Furthermore, there seems to still be a great power disparity from the males and females of the world. A theorist that delves deeper into the topic is James Lull and his theory is discussed in “Hegemony”. The men are still power hungry people who are controlling over others around them. With the control of the media, numerous females and other groups who are not white educated males are going to be oppressed (Lull).