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- 4291: Austin Museum Of Art
- ... pictures, I found myself more drawn to a corner of the gallery that did not have anything to do with the exhibit. The were beautiful non-ferrous sculptures of feathers, headdresses, spears, and other Native American art. These were all done by a man named Daryl Colburn, who has been a recognized Native American artist. After a quick look in the gallery, the students got a quick tour of the colony and the projects that each artist was undertaking. The people in the colony teach classes to make money ...
- 4292: A Post-Modern Age
- ... Gutenberg's adoption of moveable type; or in 1520, and Luther's rebellion against Church authority; or 1648, and the end of the Thirty Years' War; while even still, it could have begun during the American or French Revolutions of 1776 or 1789; or even the rise of "Modernism" in fine arts and literature. How we ourselves are to feel about the prospects of Modernity depends on what we see as ... Latin America remained at least in theory the monopolized preserve of Spain and Portugal; however, that monopoly could not survive the expansion of the British economy and the determination of Britain to enter the Latin American market. At the same time, British forces established control in mid-eighteenth-century India that would last almost two centuries. Seen in this world context, European society stood on the brink of a new era ...
- 4293: A History Of The Beatles
- ... a comedy film, “A Hard Days Night”, which, surprisingly, earned good reviews and, not surprisingly, produced a hit soundtrack album. Following the release of the movie in July, the band left for their first North American tour, performing 25 stadium dates in the U.S. and Canada. By the end of the year Beatles For Sale was in British stores, part of EMI's plan to have a new Beatles album ... their studio, their last public appearance ever. While preparing the album, the group began to fight over creative issues, and the project was shelved, while the group continued to deteriorate. On March 12, McCartney married American photographer Linda Eastman; several days later Lennon formally married Yoko Ono. By May the Beatles' situation worsened when the group appointed Allen Klein as their new business manager, despite objections by Paul McCartney, who wanted ...
- 4294: The Avant-Garde Architecture O
- The Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei (I.M) is known as one of the greatest architects of the Twentieth Century. His long, brilliant career was highlighted by several internationally famous structures. While many of Pei’s buildings ... inhumane devotion to geometry. Others have felt that he has diluted his art through service to the rich and powerful. . . . but there is no question that Pei has emerged as the most durably creative of American architects working at the grand scale” (Wiseman 1990, p. 12). Since creativity is one of the main components of the avant-garde, it is evident that Pei’s work questions what architecture truly is. Upon ...
- 4295: Eugene Ritchards
- ... best documentary photographers for his hard hitting explorations of our society. Richards currently works with Time Life, national history and the New York Times and is the author of nine books including “below the line”, “American we” and “the knife and gun club”. All in which he uses a combination of photograph and elegantly written narrative to show an idiosyncratic portrait of the American people. Richards focus is that of the ignored; a people that otherwise have been forgotten. It’s his compassion to his subjects and his commitment to them that surpasses the act of making a pretty ...
- 4296: Catcher In The Rye: Holden A Victim of Society
- ... he repudiates the "phony", Holden delivers a sequence of harsh accusations; but, a cigarette replaces each discard. This attitude largely indicates a superiority complex among his self-dignified mannerism. Holden greatly degrades patrons of the American movie, yet he acquires the time to view a motion picture. He concludes "...a people stupefied by the fugitive, epidermal pleasures of the movie, obtained without the slightest intellectual or aesthetic effort, will one day ... him will appear evident. Many acquaintances accommodate most contemporary urban citizens such as Holden Caulfield. In The Catcher in the Rye, New York City depicts a central character and companion to Holden. Central Park, The American Museum of Natural History, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art represent three of Holden's most cherished friends. They comfort him when sorrowful; and, their relaxing atmosphere provide Holden with a sense of release. These ...
- 4297: Warriors Don’t Cry: Integration In Little Rock's Central High School
- ... Pattillo Beals. In this book Melba experiences the integration in Little Rock’s Central High School during the 1950s. Warriors Don’t Cry is about a first hand experience in Little Rock, Arkansas. Nine African-American children were integrated into Central High School in 1947. It was very difficult for Melba to live through the school year because people kept on abusing her, including needing a bodyguard at times. Melba’s mother and grandma raised her in an African-American neighborhood. As a child, Melba’s parents separated. Melba experienced a lot of racial differences as a child. In fact, a white man even raped her when she was little. She never really understood why ...
- 4298: The Ambivalent Relationship of Nick and Gatsby
- ... and intensity of Gatsby’s dream (Donaldson 138). Gatsby belongs to a vanished past (Ornstein 64). He is set apart by his “ heightened sensitivity.” (6) (Searles 1) Jimmy Gatz inherited a diluted version of the American Dream of success, a more moral and elegant dream fit for a country arriving at the respectability of established wealth and class (Ornstein 64). Compared to the Buchanans, the respectable corruptors of the American Dream, Gatsby’s “sensitivity to the promises of life,” and his capacity for hope and innocent wonder make him a moral angle by Nick’s perception(Bicknell 71). Gatsby is a lone dreamer, full of ...
- 4299: To Be A Slave: Analysis
- ... he remained a farmhand and never really went anywhere. He remained a petty slave for his entire life until eventually he ran away from his plantation. Resistance to slavery was becoming a factor in African-American’s lives as well. They started to rebel against their masters in trivial ways. Their main goal became not to work hard, but to sabotage the plantations and the crops since either way, they were ... Since then, he has released twenty-five nonfiction, fiction, children’s books, and poetry. Many awards have drifted his way over the course of his authoring career. He has received the Newberry Honor Medal, the American Library Association Notable Book award, was a National Jewish Book Award finalist, and many other outstanding awards like this. He has published hundreds of essays in newspapers and magazines over the years. When he got ...
- 4300: Essay on Romanticism in Frankenstein
- ... author can not help to include some aspects of the time period in which they are in. The Romantic Period had a tremendous influence on Marry Shelly's writing of the novel, Frankenstein. The Industrial Revolution in England during the late 1700's was a time of great change. The populace was moving into cities, and people were disillusioned by the destruction of nature and the living conditions in the cities ... to help society, but it turns out to be the undoing of society and himself is an example of Victors self-centeredness. His life degenerates from here on. Victor is a product of the Industrial Revolution. In reaction to people with Victor's characteristics, the Romantic Period is born. His beliefs are in science and the known world, which is the opposite of the Romantic ideal. He believes that he can ...
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