scholar and poet Xu Zhimo developed a style that challenged the traditional poetic styles of china but more importantly challenged the ideas of freedom, morality and love. Xu demonstrated a modernity that included the self as the object of poetic wo Continue Reading...
Zapper: Zapping Away the Annoying Sounds of Modernity One of the most annoying aspects of modern life is the inability to find peace and quiet. Our entire lives are filled with noise, and our only respite is often turning up the volume on our own iP Continue Reading...
Rising Sea Levels: Boston Harbor Case The change in the climate of our planet is mainly a result of the increase in the global temperatures and the greenhouse gases. These gases and the rise in temperatures have affected our planet in many different Continue Reading...
Later on, throughout the 1930s, fashion photographs were principally created in studios, to take advantage of being able to carefully control lighting, composition and pose (Grossman 1). However, outdoor photo shoots were not unheard of. It has been Continue Reading...
Chinese calligraphy & Western calligraphy Weather in the East or in the West, calligraphy, the art of writing, is first and foremost an art form, by definition. This art is dedicated to practical purposes, but as any craft, it has taken its own Continue Reading...
d.). A need also frequently serves to answer the question motivational psychologists regularly ask as they explore motives that impel the person people to do what he/she does: "What drives people to do the things they do?" Basic concepts of motive in Continue Reading...
It's well-known that soccer, like religion, can provoke violence like hooliganism and tramplings at overcrowded, large stadiums, and this is what many Americans assume it is all about. "But soccer has also proved unique in its ability to bridge dif Continue Reading...
Gothic Literature Art, as defined by Plato in his paradigmatic work The Republic, serves both as a definition qua definition - a way of telling us what art should be in and of itself - and as an exemplar of other aspects of society. Plato was fundam Continue Reading...
It is hard to imagine (indeed, impossible to imagine) how a large company could not have a web presence as a central part of its marketing campaign. However, this does not that the company's website is as effective as it might be, or even very effec Continue Reading...
Gaze Seeing, Looking, Regarding When Mulvey (1975) wrote about the psychological importance of the male gaze, most women would have recognized in her description of the dynamics of phallocentrism and the male observation of women their own experien Continue Reading...
The sense of comparison is not necessarily explicit but rather implicit. It seems that Fanny is a mere observant to the way in which Mary comes to life her life and to adjust to the requirements of her education, both in a spiritual manner as well a Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Parthenon: A Testament to Ancient Greek Architectural Genius: Explore the architectural features, construction techniques, and cultural significance of the Parthenon, highlighting its role as t Continue Reading...
Where the Twain Meets: Dada and Surrealism Distinct artistic movements, genres, and philosophies, Dada and Surrealism do cross over and share considerable points of reference. Dada made its mark on the art world first, with its genesis in Switzerland Continue Reading...
The broken cycle of make up for people of color Technology has played a significant role in the broken cycle of make up for people of color. The broken cycle of make up is a term reflective of the fact that when the technology for make up was first c Continue Reading...
From this came our insistence on the drama of the doorstep" (cited by Hardy 14-15). Grierson also notes that the early documentary filmmakers were concerned about the way the world was going and wanted to use all the tools at hand to push the publi Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Architectural Legacy of Roman Aqueducts: Explore how Roman aqueducts, masterpieces of engineering that supplied water across the Empire, influenced modern urban water distribution systems. Compare Continue Reading...
Public Art and Public Spaces As long as there has been art there has been public art. But this does not mean that public art has always meant the same thing to the people who made it or the community that it was made for. This paper examines four mo Continue Reading...
Walter Gropius Germany's high culture of the late medieval period was followed by a slow decline. In the seventeenth century the Thirty Year's War wrecked her material and political potential for more than a century. In the late eighteenth century, Continue Reading...
Keats attempted to purify the sublimity in nature -- but it was disconnected from the old world view of sublimity in nature with regard to God. Keats' Romanticism often employed the use of the gods and heroes of antiquity -- what it moved away from Continue Reading...
Staircase ramps which are comprised of steep and narrow steps that lead up one face of the pyramid were more in use at that time with evidence found at the Sinki, Meidum, Giza, Abu Ghurob, and Lisht pyramids respectively (Heizer). A third ramp vari Continue Reading...
To put this in better perspective, the average driveway requires between six and seven meters of concrete, meaning there is well over twelve-thousand driveways' worth of concrete stretching out for two-and-a-half kilometers over the valley of the Ri Continue Reading...
Modern research on the subject shows that "Native photogenic self-portraits of either gender were rare until relatively recently, perhaps even culturally inconceivable before extreme circumstances encouraged this self-inflicted invasion of privacy," Continue Reading...
"(Flaubert, 235) Her spleen seems to spring from an almost metaphysic lassitude with life. Emma is never satisfied, and for her, as Flaubert puts it, no pleasure was good enough, there was always something missing. If Emma cannot kiss her lovers wit Continue Reading...
A person with a deviated septum may benefit from a nose reshaping. Women whose breasts have become enlarged after pregnancy or nursing, patients who have been in car accidents and through other traumatic physical incidents can benefit psychologicall Continue Reading...
Sports Management The subject of sports is today not a method only for individuals to get enjoyment from it, but sports has become an important method for individuals also to maintain fitness and thus contribute to his being able to perform as per r Continue Reading...
Walker Evans The emergence of non-commercial still photography, in the form of an art is comparatively recent that may probably be dated from the 1930s. Just as poets use similar language as journalists, lawyers and curators, in the same manner, the Continue Reading...
There is a kaleidoscopic plurality of symbols and links among them, but it is easier to decipher the central meaning of the whole: the spiritual supremacy of the pope. Thus a political program was transformed into a beautiful masterpiece." (Findlen) Continue Reading...
HopeTree Designing a Website for a Non-Profit Organization Assignments: HopeTree This document includes designing criteria and a proposal for a non-profit website which is offering services to assign volunteers. The suggested name for the website Continue Reading...
It provides a general overview of evolutionary psychology and mate choice, as well as an in-depth focus on physical characteristics such as physical symmetry, body weight and ratios, and youthfulness." (Swami & Furnham, 12) Such features suggest Continue Reading...
Silent Film Melodrama, Race, and the Oppression of Missionary Idealism: "Broken Blossoms" (1919) and "The Color Purple" (1985) Both Steven Spielberg's rendition of Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple" and the 1919 silent film directed by D.W. Gr Continue Reading...
Super Highway 8: A Simple Country Road in Virginia The image shows a charming country road composed of grass and dirt along a homemade wooden fence that is rustic and somewhat shabby, though in an aesthetically pleasing way. The road curves inviting Continue Reading...
" (Fabrikant, 2006) Through having transposed Bach's originally melody to the lower and middle layers "Busoni achieves a vertical layering of melodies from different genres..." (Fabrikant, 2006) The top melodic layer is supplied by Busoni through cr Continue Reading...
Ray also believed that Hollywood presented a world that was completely foreign and at odds with the reality of life in India. Why, then, had so many previous Indian filmmakers attempted to copy the Hollywood style? The result could only be failure. Continue Reading...
However, his work was not always well accepted and the there was a public outcry at the minimalist and bare design of this building. Another aspect of his designs that should be mentioned was his fondness for the use of natural materials in his bui Continue Reading...
It was an overall experience that modern life was more and more broken along the lines of the public and private as also the rising speed of industrial society. Photomontage and photo collage along with their blending of typography and photographic Continue Reading...
Visual Imagery and Qualitative Dimensions of Life & Consciousness in Visual Art Throughout history all cultures have produced works of art. The impulse to create as a means of personal expression and to stimulate the imagination of viewers is un Continue Reading...
......starting around noon, I visited the art gallery at the Woolaroc property. The property itself is a sprawling celebration of the landscape and wildlife unique to this part of North America: there are herds of buffalo on the property although we Continue Reading...
