In yielding the name “justice as fairness”, Rawls proposes the concept of “the original position” as the appropriate initial status quo which ensures that fundamental agreements reached in it are fair. This essay aims at examining Rawls’ original position as the central feature of his theory of justice. In examining this concept, the essay will expose the theory, assess how the original position supports justice as fairness, and analyze some criticisms leveled against the concept. The original position is the central feature of Rawls’ theory of justice as fairness. In the theory, the original position of equality corresponds to the state of nature in the traditional theory of the social contract (Feinberg 2005: 600).
It was thinking according to these very ideas that Thomas Cole’s talents as a painter came forth, with paintings that in Europe would be called “picturesque”. With the Romantic ideals such as strong emotion stressed a source of aesthetic experience, and an emphasis on emotions such as awe in confronting sublimity in untamed nature, Thomas Cole brings the qualities of Europe’s Romantic Movement into America’s artistic culture (“Romanticism”). Thomas Cole had not only become an icon of American artistic culture, but had become a conveyer of European artistic culture as well. With his beautiful pieces of art acting as a medium between cultures, and establishing himself as the icon for American landscape painting, Thomas Cole was and is considered the founder of the “Hudson River School”. The term is referring to the foremost representatives of nineteenth century American landscape painting (Avery and Roque).
Explain, with examples, Plato’s theory of the Forms Plato’s theory of the form is based on the idea that there is another world that contains universals such as ‘Good’. He believed our innate knowledge of forms such as ‘Justice’ comes from within our souls and show themselves in our physical world as particulars. We can also identify Forms in everyday objects such as similarity and equality. In this essay I will explain his ideas in more detail: When Plato refers to a Form, he doesn’t mean the word ‘Form’ in the sense of an outline e.g. a mannequin.
Aquinas states that common sense tells us that the universe works in such a way, that one can conclude that is was designed by an intelligent designer, God. In other words, all physical laws and the order of nature and life were designed and ordered by an intelligent designer. The argument links in with Aristotle's cosmological argument. Thomas Aquinas is saying that while human beings do exist and think for themselves, the reason why humans exist is due to an uncaused cause which made the natural laws needed for our existence. To sum it up into easier terms, Aquinas basically said that when you
Instead, they placed more emphasis on the “structure, content, and formal order” ("Impressionism & post-impressionism,"). They liked to use unnatural colors and use geometric shapes, unlike the Impressionist’s use of soft lines and natural colors. Also, instead of painting outdoors to capture the moment, Post-Impressionist painted in a studio, and their paintings were based on the emotion and concept of the artist (Emelda, 2011). Like the Impressionists, however, they believed the originality of the painting was important. Like many artists of the 1880’s, the Post-Impressionist wanted to portray “emotion and intellect as well as the visual imagery” ("Post impressionist,").
Humanities Handout Minimalism - The idea that there is virtue in stripping away, that simplicity can be beautiful, and give rise to its own special kind of complexity, is one that feels as old as the world itself – but it’s relatively new. Art forms: * Sculpture * Painting * Photography Famous Minimalist: * Carl Andre – known for sculpting * Josephine Gail "Jo" Baer – known for painting * Steve Johnson – known for photography Minimalism Title of the work: * Horizontals Flanking, Large, Green LineName of Artist: * Josephine "Jo" Baer Medium: * Oil and acrylic on canvas, two panelsDimension: * 60 x 84 inches (each)Artwork Type: * Painting | Title of the work: * PivotName of Artist: * Carl AndreMedia: * SteelDimension: * 10 cm x 1.05 m x 10 cmArtwork Type: * Scupture
The positive space is less than the amount of negative space and can be represented by the buildings and the ground. Line works well with space in this painting by separating the two with the horizon line. The two visual elements I thought to be the most apparent were balance, and of course scale/proportion. Balance, specifically, asymmetrical balance, is shown and represented by the two groups of structures on either side of the
The writer starts off describing what is seen upon arrival, starting from the meaningful pavemented ground to the impacts of the surrounding environment has to this piece of work while closely analysing the detailed outer facade, the nine-storied twisting tower and the interlocking/creation of space. The article written for the Architectural Review also has a highly positive tone pointing out that although there is no real deconstruction happening on a structural level “very orthogonal and simple box-shaped” it somehow becomes more elegant and that architecture should come back to the fundamental basics of which Herzog & de Meuron has done perfectly. He/She briefly touches the topic of the outer facade, of how it blends in with or rather, uses the environment and the materiality to create an “urban oasis” and then proceeds to explain the complicated internal relationships within the seemingly rectangular and simple plans. The two articles chosen
The artist has read the space as a canvas by physically familiarizing himself with it and the openness created by its delicate glass rectangular arrangement with recurring shades of grey produced by the light replicated from the ground creates more of an architectural center. His surroundings and experiences of Athens are symbolized in the way he drapes soft felts and fabrics with scratchy sacks, rough stone, wood, cotton balls, lead and coal. Kounellis says ‘each material is only worth what we make of it’ and this is shown in his artmaking as he reminds viewers the beauty of small materials by acknowledging the emotional impact of his journey through a critical yet compassionate
Ruskin associated a well-managed and comfortable house with moral correctness. (Towheed, in Watson and Twheed (eds), 2012, p.340) The Victorians had certain beliefs about what home represented. A home was a refuge from the world of work, a heallthy environment for women to bring up children and a place to demonstrate the new goods and values of the middle class. (Towheed, in Watson and Twheed (eds), 2012, p. 465) The major aim of the distribution of space in Victorian residences, is clearly to separate public from private areas, and therefore maintaining the privacy and decency of the