Hence, fortune and opportunity significant assisted Speer’s rise. Speer’s subsequent design of the Nuremberg rally and his trademark Cathedral of Light formed the basis of Speer’s initial international prominence. On 30th of January 1937 Speer was officially commissioned as Inspector General of Buildings for the Renovation of the Federal Capital (GBI). Speer’s power grew, leaping prominent figures such as Goebbel’s as he became answerable only to Hitler for the ‘Germania’ project to refurbish Berlin and 40 “Fuhrer cities”. Speer’s successes constructing the
Kyle Cooper Kyle Cooper is a title designer, which means he designs the opening credits to TV and Cinema. He has designed over 150 movie titles and it had been said that he has single handily made title deign into an art form. Cooper has said it is his job to make people in the theatre feel like they don't want to be anywhere else, by this he means from the beginning of the film to the final few remaining seconds. His work includes looking into the brain of a serial killer in Seven, also the memorial opening web sequence in Spiderman, also the hilarious closing credits to Tropic Thunder where Tom Cruse busts a move like a hip-hop star. Due to his outstanding talent Cooper has been asked to try his hand at a middle of a film.
Frank Shepard Fairey a contemporary artist whose art is currently on an exhibition at the ICA, in Boston and is gaining a great amount of attention due to his art and other media issues surrounding him. Shepard Fairey was born February on 15, 1970, in Charleston, South Carolina. (“Shepard Fairey: Bio...”, par.1) Mr. Fairey is the son of a physician; he fell in love with making art at age 14(Essaak, par.5). Fairey attended Rhode Island School Design; he majored in illustration during his years in RISD. During his time there he created the original ‘Andre the Giant posses’ sticker (“Shepard Fairey: Bio...”,par.5).
Thomas studied music, law, science, and philosophy, knew six different languages, and was self taught architecture. He was also famous for a expedition that was for religious freedom and public education, to discover the natural wonders of the continent and pioneered neoclassical architecture in the United States. Monticello was his won designed home inspired by a 16th century Italian architect Andrea Palladio and The University of Virginia was one of his proudest achievements he recruited teachers, planned the curriculum,
At age seventeen, he started studying music at Harvard University where he published his first known musical score for the play “The Birds” by Aristophanes (Leonard Berstein, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). While at Harvard, Leonard met Dimitri Mitropoulos who greatly influenced Leonard, helping him to become a great conductor. At a party, Leonard met another great musician Aaron Copland while playing Copland’s own “Piano Variations.” He had no idea that Copland was there until Copland introduced himself to Leonard, they hit it off, and Copland became another one of
Describe the life of the personality you have studied (2010 HSC) Born in Mannheim, Germany in 1905, Albert Speer was persuaded to take up architecture by his father who made a significant impact on Speer’s life. He pursued his architecture studies at the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe in 1923 and graduated in four years later, two years before the Great Depression. He became Professor Tessenow’s assistant, a supporter of the Nazi Party in the same year, opening the door for Speer. It must be noted that Speer and his family were an apolitical family. Speer’s first introduction to Nazism was in 1930 where he attended a meeting which Hitler spoke at.
Monique Pimienta English 111 11 April 2011 Nuestro Pueblo The Watts Towers have been a prominent symbol of Los Angeles culture since there construction in 1954. At first glace the towers are impressive mosaic structures made of steel and covered in mortar. Within the mortar are several thousands pieces of recycled glass and tile. Each piece seems to tell a story of dedication, hard work, and desire. A story told by the architect and builder Simon Rodia.
He was born near the French-German border and lived a childhood of privilege and material affluence. Speer had great sporting skills as a teenager as well as excelling in his studies. Whilst Speer was being educated in a public high school he came to learn of his love for Mathematics, he wished to fulfil this passion, however decided to continue the family tradition and become an architect. It was in 1922 when Speer met his first wife Margret Weber. He began studying architecture at the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, and in 1924 transferred to the Institute of Technology in Munich.
Albrecht Durer was born in Germany on May 21, 1471. The son of a goldsmith, Durer was trained as a metalworker at a young age. Later, he applied the same meticulous, exacting methods he learned in his apprenticeship to his woodcuts and engravings, notably the Four Horsemen of his Apocalypse series (1498), and his Knight, Death and Devil (1513). As a result, Durer was renowned for his detail and precision, and became one of the most influential painters of his time. Durer frequently traveled to Italy; most of his works were inspired by Italian artists such as Leonardo da Vinci.
Marc Quinn is one of the most interesting and compelling artists working today. He was born in London in 1964, graduated from Cambridge University and started working as a sculptor from 1984. The British artist was part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs (Young British Artists). Quinn is famous for his "discussion-generating" artworks using both innovative materials, like blood, ice or excrement and scientific developments to make art. His work refers to traditional genres of art such as portraiture, landscape and still life however he uses new techniques and methods to represent it for example refrigeration.