CULTURE AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SPEAKING
COMMUNITIES
PROJECT
SECOND BIMESTER
INDEX OF CONTENTS
Selections and Reasons ........................................................................................... 2
Famous Art – Paintings ........................................................................................... 3
Famous Song ........................................................................................................... 5
Famous Sculpture .................................................................................................... 7
Famous Cultural Icon .............................................................................................. 9
Famous Person ...................................................................................................... 10
Famous Place ........................................................................................................ 11
Selections and Reasons
English culture has been enriching by much time because each society is joined to
language evolution. So, some factors such as popular creation, art, asocial action
are transmitted by five ways I think these had fundamental and significance in a
cultural change. First, Shipwreck of the Minotaur is a wonderful and renaissance
painting, and I selected this because it demonstrates the impotence and suffer of
people in front of natural tragedy. Second, Lemon Tree is a song that shows patient
and inpatient of young people to wait in love relationship and I chose this because
it shown imaginary events around closed person when looking for answers in a
creative and funny way. Third, Angel of the North sculpture is an emblematic
sculpture and I selected this because it reveals hope and fears states over people.
Fourth, Batman logo is the most shape iconic of the comics, and I select this
because it shows human attitudes and aptitudes in order to help other people of
injustices. Fifth, Barack Obama is a great politic person very admired in the world.
I selected him for her efforts of join politics with common people without prejudices
multiracialism through love and peace in all over world. Sixth, Sidney Opera
House is a fabulous place for people with abstract and artistic art and I chose this
because it develops many artistic multicultural events in all expressions of music
and art. Finally, each personage, place, song, sculpture and symbol has increased
the English Culture through of time around the world.
Famous Art – Paintings
Shipwreck of the Minotaur is the better painting with visual impact and attraction
upon adversity on sea. This was painted by Joseph Mallord William Turner, more
called as JMWT, in 1810 and it is exhibited in Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in
Lisbon in England. This has landscape and contemporaneous style. This canvas is
very interesting, unique and famous for many reason: first, it displays catastrophes
provokes by nature; second, it shows the tragic moments of a shipwreck when ship
is being shaken by big waves in the sea; third, it exhibits effect both of tragedy and
violence by its night lighting and its contrast with the foam; and fourth, it
demonstrates the impotence’s people in front of nature greatness.
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Author’s Biography
Jose Mallord William Turner was born 1775 in Covent Garden in London in
England and he died in 1851 in Cheyne Walk in Chelsea in London in Englad. He
studied at Roya Academy of Arts from 1789 to 1793. Among his job are: Dido
Building Carthage in 1815, The Grand Canal in 1885, Peace - Burial at Sea in 1842,
and Rain, Steam and Speed in 1844.
Famous Song
Lemon Tree is wonderful and patient song about teenagers when they is loved in
fall. This was published as musical simple in 1995 and it becomes very successful
in international way in 1996. Besides, this was written by Peter Freudenthaler and
Volker Hinkel, and sung by German band Fool’s Garden. This is very popular
because it belongs to English rock pop genre, commonly called Britpop and it is
very predominant in young people. This song characterizes for two reason: first, it
uses mainly metaphors, the sky with the hope and the lemon tree with bitterness;
second this song is fresh, simple and catchy for all people for being a classic over
English language school, because its lyrics and melody are followed with facility
by permitting learned the language in musical way. Many versions are given upon
creation of song: first, some people affirmed that his song is aspiration when guys
was waiting for his girlfriend for much time and they feel emotions, and second,
there is urban legend where the girlfriend of one composer died after crashing her
car in front of a lemon tree.
Lyrics
I'm sitting here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time
I got nothing to do
I'm hanging around
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder
I'm driving around in my car
I'm driving too fast
I'm driving too far
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I'm sitting here
I miss the power
I'd like to go out taking a shower
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired
Put myself into bed
While nothing ever happens and I wonder
Isolation is not good for me
Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree
I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy
Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
And everything will happen and you wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
And I wonder, wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon-tree
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Famous Sculpture
Angel of the North is one the most emblematic and contemporary monument
around England. This was built by Antony Gormley in 1998, but the project was
data from 1979. Angel is majestic and giant sculpture that was completely made of
steel, it has 20 meters tall and 54 meters wide. Its wings are to 3,5° of its body,
become to create an idea of arms. This is stood on the Birtley hill that located in
Gateshead in Tyne and Wear in England. Finally, it is very famous because its three
creation purposes: first, construction site of coal miner for many two centuries;
second, transition from industrial to information age; and third, evolution’s focus
between hope and fears. Furthermore, this sculpture has increased English Culture
because it has unique design that counteracts the gravity inside the Earth and it
demonstrates two human feelings through of the universality.
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Author’s Biography
Antony Gormley was born in London in 1950. He has degree in Archeology,
Anthropology and Arts History at Central Art School Trinity and Goldsmith School
in Cambridge. He has won many prices such as the Turner in 1994, the South Bank
in 1999, and the Bernhard Heiliger Sculture in 2007. Others her creation are
Another Place, Event Horizon, Stone Man, Broken Col and Horizon Field.
Famous Cultural Icon
Batman logo is the mythic emblem older around the world. Its creators were Bob
Kane in 1939 which first publication was on Detective Comics. This is a silhouette
of a black bat over yellow background that represents a fighter with superpowers.
This shape shows human attributes and states, so the black illustrates silence,
elegance and power, while the yellow illustrates intelligence, caution, mental
stimulation.
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Author’s Biography
Bob Kane was born in 1915 in New York city and he died in 1998 in Los Angeles
in California. He was an American cartoonist and writer. Also, he was created new
personages as Birdman, Courageous Cat and Cool McCool.
Famous Person
Barack Hussein Obama became the first black presidents in United States. He was
born in August 4, 1961 in Honolulu in Hawaii. Her parents were Barack Obama Sr.
and Shirley Durham who was economist and doctor respectively. After he married
with Michelle Robinson and he had two daughters. Her primary education was in
Indonesia, her high school was in Occidental College and he finish her career at
Columbia University as Attorney. He governed United States from 2009 and 2017
because he won the United States’ elections in 2008 and 2012. He was president
for eight years. Finally, he impacted to English culture because his free community
and charity jobs in many cities, her written books when was professor at Harvard
University upon politic visions, her liberal convictions with love and peace to avoid
civil wars did he won Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
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Famous Place
Sidney Opera House is an antonomasia and rhetoric places from Australia. This is
amazing and expressionist building that was designed and built by Jorn Utzon from
1957 and it was inaugurated in 1973 by Elizabeth II, Australia’s Queen. It is located
in Sidney city in New South Wales state in Australia. This is a structure that is
formed by big concrete shells in spheres 72.5 meters’ radius become roof’s structure
and its extension is near 185 meters long and 120 meters wide. Also, it contains five
theaters, five essay studies, two main rooms and four restaurants, six bars and many
souvenirs stores. Finally, this is an important place by three reason: first, art in great
scale by its abstract reality; second, touristic reference’s point; and third,
combination of engineer, architecture and cultural art.
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Author’s Biography
Jorn Utzon was born in 1918 in Copenhagen and he grown in Aalborg in Denmark.
He studied in Royal Academy of Arts in the same country and he obtained her
degree in 1942. He admired many buildings in Morocco, México, and United
States. Among famous constructions were urban Farum Centre, Municipal Theater
of Zurich, Silkerbog Museum, and Bagsvaard Church. He won Pritzker Price in
2003.
