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- 5511: The Avant-Garde Architecture O
- ... the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. When French President Francois Mitterand “personally selected Mr. Pei in 1983 to design the Grand Louvre to give air, space, and light to one of the world’s most congested museums,” (Markham, 1989) there were many critics. The press “lambasted the idea of shattering the harmony of the Louvre’s courtyard with a glass iceberg” (Markham, 1989). But Pei proceeded as planned, taking a major risk in creating a glass pyramid structure at the entrance. He did not focus on what the critics would say about his plans, but hoped that the world would see, upon completion, that his vision of a contemporary, functional entrance would not clash with the Baroque style of the Louvre itself. When the pyramid was completed in 1989, Pei’s expression of avant ... Bauhaus: “We want to create . . . an architecture whose function is clearly recognizable in the relation of its form. . . . At the same time the symmetrical relationship of parts of the building . . . is being replaced by a new conception of equilibrium which transmutes this dead symmetry of similar parts into an asymmetrical but rhythmical balance” (Gardner 1996, p. 1029). The “new conception of equilibrium” can be considered as the fusion of the ...
- 5512: John Dryden
- ... it s indecency because the Restoration was a time of change. He was also a master of writing the heroic rhymed couplets. They were extravagant and full of pageantry. One of his later tragedies, the World Well Lost, was written in blank verse and was considered one of his greatest plays and one of the masterpieces of the Restoration tragedy. Throughout his career he wrote several occasional poems, which celebrated particular ... that accused him of opportunism. As a result of he was to lose his offices and their much needed stipends. He then wrote The Hind and the Panther, a metrical allegory in defense of his new faith, in 1687. After the succession of the Protestant King William III, Dryden did not change his religious views. As a result he lost his laureteship and his pension. He then returned to writing plays, but this was quickly proved unsuccessful. Nearing the end of his career he began a new career as a translator. His most important translation was The Works of Virgil. During this same period he wrote his greatest ode, Alexander s Feast, which was written for a London musical society and ...
- 5513: John F. Kennedy 2
- ... was on a navy boat when it was detroyed by the Japnese. He was thrown from the boat, and forced to swim the seas for a rescue ship. He received a Purple Heart for his brave actions. He also recieved a Navy and Marine Corps. medal. But after having more problems with his back and operation he was discharged in 1945. Kennedy had many jobs after he was discharged from the ... was unsure of the career he wanted to pursue. He worked as a reporter for Hearst Newspapers, which he covered a conference that established the United Nations. He then returned to Boston to pursue his new career as a polititian. In early 1946, Kennedy announced his cadidacy. Some of his rivals called him a "carpetbagger", a person who traveled south for reconstruction. These comments did not bother Mr. Kennedy, he campaigned ... lovely children. Although he did live a great life, in the peak of his presidency his life was put to an end. As the nation joined and mourned his death, people from all over the world gathered at the funeral in Washington D.C. to pay their respects. Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin expressed the world's sense of loss when he said that "a flame went out for ...
- 5514: Genetic Cloning
- Genetic Cloning A man is driving late at night and gets into a car accident. He loses both of his arms. Instead of going the rest of his life he has new arms attached to his body. Sounds like something that could only be true in a science fiction novel, right. Wrong. This is something that could be quite possible in the near future. It can all ... Cloning could massively improve the agricultural industry. You could clone the traits you want into your livestock (Hawley). You would be able to produce livestock with the best characteristics. Super sized vegetables could feed the world. Biological products could be manufactured such as proteins for humans. Would any species truly be endangered if we could just clone more? There are some scientific problems with cloning. Cloning on a large-scale can ... into our own hands.” Religious groups also consider cloning to cause men to be “reproductively obsolete”. Cloning requires only a single cell, and a woman to develop in. Actually there are already clones in the world. Identical twins are clones of each other. There are currently 8 Million identical twins alive in this world. Cloning occurs naturally in nature all the time. It occurs with some plants and even some ...
- 5515: Boston Tea Party
- ... were treated wrong by the British government. It was an important step towards the independence dream, which was resting in the head of each colonist. They all flew from their mother country to start a new life in a new world, but the British government didn't gine them the possibility by controlling them. The causes for the Boston Tea Party The events leading to the Boston Tea Party began already ten years before ( 1763 ), ...
- 5516: Joseph Haydn
- ... Haydn's birthday, but official records disprove this. It is rumored that his brother, Michael, was the source of this inaccuracy. Supposedly, Michael didn't want it said that his big brother came into this world as an April Fool. At age seven, young Joseph entered the choir school at St. Steven's Cathedral in Vienna, where he was to remain for the next nine years. During his early years, he ... highly talented, younger assistant. The orchestra was expanded, and Haydn composed four to five symphonies a year. He also continued to compose operas. In 1768, Haydn and the Esterhazy orchestra moved to Eszterhaza, a beautiful new palace built by Prince Nicholas. During this time, Haydn did not maintain his usual volume of symphony production, as he composed less than ten between 1766 and 1770. However, Haydn experienced a renewed interest in ... as "Sturm und Drang", or "Storm and Stress", where emotional themes became increasingly important in literature. This movement had an effect on Haydn and his music, and he was particularly inventive in his search for new styles and forms. There are emotional and tragic elements in several of the symphonies that he wrote during this period, the most widely known of these being symphony No. 45, named Abschiedssinfonie (Farewell Symphony). ...
- 5517: Heart Of Darkness
- ... all they have. Marlow, however, sees it differently. He is now in Africa where reality broods. It's lurking everywhere. The only thing one has to do to find it is open his mind to new and previously 'unheard' of ideas. He looks at this event and reduces it from the European's image of a supposedly intense battle, with smoke and enemies everywhere, to a futile firing of "tiny projectiles ... From that point on, Marlow is looking to corroborate if in actuality, the mentality instilled upon him in Europe is similar to this, or if those are atypical Europeans who are living in a dream world. As the novel continues, Marlow recognizes that this flaw of not being able to see something for what it is, and in turn, not being able to give it an accurate "label", is indeed "the ... torch. This is Kurtz's role. Unlike Europe, which imposes their principles upon others, he is merely there to "illuminate"(79). Kurtz is there to expand the peoples minds, to introduce them to a broad new spectrum of reality. However, he does not impose his own reality upon them. Hence, he is blindfolded in the picture. To him, they make a subjective decision and they find their own truth, regardless ...
- 5518: History Of Music
- ... would be a soldier that would be holding a drum or a flute. When this was a common act the instruments would be spread around to different cultures after a battle. This brought on a new way of looking at music. Around the 16th century people started to collect instead of play music. A persons hands and feet were the first of all the instruments and is still the most common ... composers in England had stopped composing and singing their music. Her death caused a great slump in England’s music. After the death of Queen Elizabeth when King James II came into power the music world changed forever. His rule over England made the music world come alive with new songs and old songs. The reason why is because the composer just as much as everyone else hated the king so they wrote about that. A French man by the ...
- 5519: Cloning
- Cloning A man is driving late at night and gets into a car accident. He loses both of his arms. Instead of going the rest of his life he has new arms attached to his body. Sounds like something that could only be true in a science fiction novel, right. Wrong, This is something that could be quite possible in the near future. It can all ... Cloning could massively improve the agricultural industry. You could clone the traits you want into your livestock (Hawley). You would be able to produce livestock with the best characteristics. Super sized vegetables could feed the world. Biological products could be manufactured such as proteins for humans. Would any species truly be endangered if we could just clone more? There are some scientific problems with cloning. Cloning on a large-scale can ... into our own hands.” Religious groups also consider cloning to cause men to be “reproductively obsolete”. Cloning requires only a single cell, and a woman to develop in. Actually there are already clones in the world. Identical twins are clones of each other. There are currently 8 Million identical twins alive in this world. Cloning occurs naturally in nature all the time. It occurs with some plants and even some ...
- 5520: Beethoven
- ... 17. He was not the only child in this family though. He had 2 brothers and 1 sister, both to which were disorganized and unruly. His family was always in constant need of funds. (The World--1963) Beethoven showed his extraordinary musical talent at an early age. His father hoped he could induce his child’s development and make him more like Mozart, and possibly bring in some money for the family which was desperately in need. (The World-1963) As a child, Beethoven never was too interested in music even though he had the talents. Both his father and grandfather were experienced musicians and wanted him to be one also. At the age ... taught him until he resigned in 1781 and Beethoven’s tuition was taken over by Van der Eeden’s successor, Christian Neefe. This man was not only a good teacher, but also a friend. (The World-1963; Sally Patton-pg.73) Beethoven’s first composition was published in 1783. Then, in 1784 he attained his first independent position of a court organist and violinist, and in 1787 he was sent ...
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