Essay Topic #1 Identify define or describe, and finally compare and contrast two of the Expressionists groups of the early 20th century. Refer to specific artists and works to illustrate your points. “Expressionism is a tendency of an artist to distort reality for an emotional effect; its subjective art form.” (1) Expressionism was seen in many different kinds of forms which included literature, theater art, paintings, music and architecture. Expressionism developed in the late 19th centuries and in the early 20th centuries and they were academic standards which were overcome in Europe since the Renaissance which were between 1300 and 1600. (2) An artist tries to see the most compelling form in the piece of art.
The list includes: radio, newspapers, films, textbooks, novels, the educational system, the KKK, the jugend, the workforce, the trade unions, culture, art and a list of state rules and regulations longer then our arm Nazi culture art Art was a favourite passion of Hitler. He was a frustrated artist and fancied himself a good architect. Remember his expereicne at the Vienna Academy Of Arts. Adolf Zigler a favourite of Hitler became the director of nazi art, museums and artifacts Ziegler and Nazi art: Paintings: favoured strength and family values which complimented the KKK programme, the Aryan Race, and all of Hitlers ideas. State approved artists only.
• The amygdala is an almond-shaped structure in the brain What it does? • amygdalae are essential to your ability to feel certain emotions and to perceive them in other people. • The amygdala is our internal guardian angel • Physical respond associated with fear is often called the "fight or flight" reaction • amygdala is the source of all emotions both pleasant and unpleasant, • The amygdala is designed to help us to make efficient decisions in keeping with our purpose. • The way our brains are wired makes it virtually impossible to reach decisions without emotions. What happens if it gets damage?
Harrison Reddy Coach Hansen Honors British Literature March 29, 2013 The Hero’s Journey in Bram Stoker’s Dracula Many influential works of art and literature follow a basic pattern: the hero’s journey. The Odyssey, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and The Wizard of Oz all imitate the same archetype that philosopher Joseph Campbell first described as the hero’s journey, and christened it as the monomyth. Campbell asserts that in the monomyth, “a hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won” (23). Peter Stillman correlates Campbell’s claims by elucidating that “the hero must leave behind her, or overcome, the weaknesses and temptations that we get into; must be totally committed to her heroic role; and must suffer dangers and agonies...even if she suffers them in a basically meaningless contest” (42). Customarily, one champion saunters through the stages monomyth alone.
Discuss the impact of Post Modernism upon the contemporary crafts. ‘Knitting has become dangerously cool’ To fully explore how the contemporary crafts responded to Post Modernism, it is first necessary to examine the key movements previous to and during this time. How have crafts developed and been perceived over the last two centuries? What movements and schools of thought have been instrumental in the progression and definition of the crafts? What were the political and social states in the country and what effect has this had upon the status of contemporary crafts?
Creating a form of art portraying instant meaning was the motif behind Pop-art, directly contrasting with the super-intellectualism required of Abstract Expressionism. Pop art was established on the materialistic, technologically advanced society, and was a response to Abstract Expressionism in the USA in post-World War II. The general public were able to recognise and appreciate works of painting and sculpture of everyday images, hence were able to relate to the works. Originally named Andrew Warhola, Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1928 to Slovakian parents. He suffered a rare neurological disorder from an early age and as a young boy, finding solace and escape in popular celebrity magazines and DC comic books which clearly influenced his later works.
Conclusion: Ashley Glaze Mrs. Putman English 12- 7th period 1 October 2012 Imagery in Beowulf The most memorable stories have the most vivid descriptions. These word pictures help bring the story to life. The author of one of the greatest epic tales. Beowulf, effectively
When Newt asks these questions it asks the reader also is this truth to chase after or run from. The narrator has to make big decisions throughout the book and he has to think if there’s a cat or cradle or if it it’s just a bunch of x’s. The function of these questions is to remind the reader that book is making a point to say that some things in life don’t always have a meaning, and it’s your decision to chase the truth and try and pick out the cat and cradle in the strings, or to believe there is no cat and cradle. The image of the cat’s cradle string game is important in this novel. The game cat’s cradle is almost thought to be a lie by Newt.
In 1932 it made another forced move to Berlin, where it was closed by the Nazis the following year. In spite of its short life and troubled existence, the Bauhaus is regarded as the most important art school of the 20th century, and it exercised a huge influence on the world of design: its art education system was adopted by the rest of the art world. The teachers at the school included some of the outstanding artists of the time, among them the painters Paul Klee and Vasily Kandinsky and the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Some of the most revolutionary, and now familiar, designs of the 20th century came out of the Bauhaus, including buildings constructed from steel and glass, and tubular steel furniture. Features of Bauhaus-style architecture, also known as the International style, include glass curtain walls, cubic blocks, and unsupported corners.
“A new architecture, the great building – these were the goals of Bauhaus education as formulated by Gropius in the Manifesto” (Droste, 2002, p.40). Geometric shapes and functional style the Bauhaus heralded the modern age of architecture and design. Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius and directed afterwards by Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe, the Bauhaus is today considered to be the most important schools of art, design, and architecture of the 20th century. Dessau in Germany, a two hour train ride from Berlin; there in 1926 Walter Gropius built his higher academy for the arts “The Bauhaus”. For the inhabitance of Dessau, the building that rose up before the rise was a peculiar thing with its glass walls, right angles, and flat roofs.