Land Art of the Twentieth Century
Course material - 5 pages - Art history
The term land art refers to an art movement that was popularized in the 1960s and 1970s. It was popularly associated with Great Britain and the United States, but it included examples from other countries. Land art, also referred to Earth art, environmental art,...
The Big and the Small: The Power of Scale in Walker and Weiwei's art
Essay - 6 pages - Arts and art history
Scale is a deliberate tool artists use in contemporary visual culture to question social norms, evoke strong emotions, and communicate difficult concepts. Artists can challenge binary distinctions, start discussions, and deeply explore human experiences by experimenting with size. Ai Weiwei's...
The Influence of Classical Greece on Modern Western Society and Culture
Case study - 1 pages - Modern history
Classical Greece, known for its profound contributions to philosophy, politics, art, and science, has had a lasting influence on modern Western society and culture. The legacies of Ancient Greece extend beyond historical knowledge, impacting contemporary systems of governance,...
Why Is Liberal Art Important and Necessary?
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Ladies and gentlemen, I am glad to be here this morning to answer your questions about liberal arts and why they are important and necessary in our work setting. The liberal arts are courses in general areas of study such as philosophy, mathematics, art, history, economics,...
The Master Work Museum of Bermudian Art exhibition
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
There are some artistic pieces that profoundly interested me including K.A.S.E 2012, a painting made of oil on linen, 83 x 56.5., done by Jacqueline Collery. This painting illustrated the difficult childhood life of an isolated, young, black, Bermudian male. Another painting, mixed media on...
West African Anglophone Literary Productions
Course material - 21 pages - Literature
By and large, the objective of this course is to get students in the humanities to cast a meaningful glance at the landscape of the aesthetico-social and political realities which have affected the continent, ever since slavery days through colonization up to the contemporary stage, in the...
Biography of Marcel Breuer
Essay - 9 pages - Arts and art history
Marcel Breuer, born May 1902 in Hungary, was a furniture designer, architect, and modernist. Breuer was among the most leading champions of the "International Style". Marcel Breuer concentrated on using new methods and newly advanced technology to generate an expressive art of an...
The representation of the Great War in German Art: Otto Dix (1891-1961)
Thesis - 5 pages - Arts and art history
In August 1914, after months of a prolonging crisis and tension, the Great War broke out, abruptly interrupting any artistic activity in Europe. Indeed, those who had helped launch the first wave of new ideas of the twentieth century by their avant-garde trends were mobilized. It is in the...
Humanistic Ideals in More's Utopia
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Intellectual engrossment and appreciation today resulted from the humanism movement during the Italian Renaissance and progressed into England. Nicolas Mann's “The Origins of Humanism” entails the evidence in which this movement took place and describes what humanism truly is. By...
Shotokan Karate and Leadership Characteristics: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Competencies
Case study - 15 pages - Human resources
Karate as a martial art consists of various components that make it attractive to all age groups and all ability levels: it is a group activity—providing socialization skills, it teaches self-defense skills as well as self-awareness skills, it provides an exciting outlet to...
Gambling Art: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Custom-House Introduction
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
In the preface of the second edition of The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne discusses the “unprecedented excitement” generated by the publication of his novel (5). Ironically, this public excitement, and more importantly, the ensuing public discontent, originated not in the novel...
Governance in the European Union: Policies
Essay - 8 pages - European union
The Common Fisheries Policy is one of the oldest policies entirely delegated to the European Community since it is part of the Common agricultural policy. Indeed, in the Treaty of Rome, agricultural products are defined as “the products of the soil, of stock-farming and of fisheries”...
Ugolino and His Sons - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1870) - Stylistic Analysis
Artwork commentary - 2 pages - Arts and art history
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's "Ugolino and His Sons" is an outstanding artistic representation that reflects the sentiments of unbearable anguish and paternal suffering in the decomposition of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca, who served as a subject for Dante Alighieri's famous "Inferno." This...
Picasso's Demoiselles d`Avignon - The beginnings of Cubism and Picasso's radical vision
Thesis - 6 pages - Arts and art history
This paper will present an examination of Picasso`s painting `Les Demoiselles d`Avignon` (1907). It is considered by many critics to be the first real Cubist, or part-Cubist work in Picasso`s huge body of art works. The paper will examine different critical views and provide a descriptive,...
Southern Methodist University
Essay - 6 pages - Educational studies
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private university founded in 1911 at the heart of Dallas Texas offering undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in its seven schools: humanities and sciences; business; the performing, visual, and communication arts; engineering;...
Governance in the European Union: Policies - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 9 pages - European union
The Common Fisheries Policy is one of the oldest policies entirely delegated to the European Community since it is part of the Common agricultural policy. Indeed, in the Treaty of Rome, agricultural products are defined as “the products of the soil, of stock-farming and of fisheries”...
The school of Athens, Rafael
Thesis - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Rafael's painting The School of Athens is a representation of the bridge between classical and the contemporary thought of the renaissance. The connection is shown by placing the great artists and thinkers of the renaissance in the place of the great philosophers of ancient Greece. This coincides...
Artwork reflection essay
Case study - 2 pages - Arts and art history
Georges Seurat's painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is currently being displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago in The Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection (also called A Sunday on La Grande Jatte). The painting is quite large in size, measuring around 10 x...
Music and politics (2004) - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 13 pages - Arts and art history
Art is often seen as a way to escape from reality, to enter a new universe, and indeed it is. Art has to create emotions, to make people understand how irrational their life can be or sometimes just to make the beauty hidden from their eyes appears. And nobody knows how Art...
"The word and the world: evangelicalism in the Victorian city" - David Englander (1988)
Text commentary - 2 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
The text under consideration is extracted from the book "Religion in Victorian Britain?, published in 1988. It is called "The Word and the World: Evangelicalism in the Victorian City" and was written by David Englander, a Lecturer in European Humanities at the Faculty of Arts at the...
Music and politics (2004)
Essay - 16 pages - Political science
Art is often seen as a way to escape from reality, to enter a new universe, and indeed it is. Art has to create emotions, to make people understand how irrational their life can be or sometimes just to make the beauty hidden from their eyes appears. And nobody knows how Art...
The impact of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy on the nation's capital
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
When John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President in 1960, he was the youngest President in the history of the United States. Deciding to bring a new style, a new look and a new vitality to the White House, he had a major asset: his wife. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was only thirty-one, but she...
Higher educational systems: A Comparative Study between China and UK - publié le 17/05/2009
Tutorials/exercises - 32 pages - Educational studies
Through analyzing and comparing others' research, history of Chinese and British higher educational systems, and the current situation of the two systems, we can find that there are four major parts we can learn from British higher education, including improve transparency, enhance relevant...
Afro-Modernity
Essay - 5 pages - Philosophy
Berger defined photography as “a way of seeing.” A photographer's “lens” represents their way of seeing. An image that is circulated amongst communities that produces a communal way of seeing. Thus, representations of groups of people have come to lie in the hands of those...
The impact of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy on the nation's capital - publié le 29/11/2006
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
When John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected as the President in 1960, he was the youngest President in the history of the United States. Deciding to bring a new style, a new look and a new vitality to the White House, he had a major asset: his wife. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was only thirty-one,...
The struggle for female identity in a male dominated world
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Throughout history, the female has been, at the best of times underappreciated, and at the worst of times, demonized and persecuted. While many Feminist writers believe that this particular brand of prejudice originally stemmed from the story of Eve tempting Adam to fall from grace in the Garden...
Higher educational systems: A Comparative Study between China and UK
Dissertation - 42 pages - Educational studies
Through analyzing and comparing others' research, history of Chinese and British higher educational systems, and the current situation of the two systems, we can find that there are four major parts we can learn from British higher education, including improve transparency, enhance relevant...
'Weaving a Myth': Magnolia and the Psychology of Religion in Film
Essay - 8 pages - Film studies
Imagination is fundamental to human life. Indeed, all the ‘humanities' are manifestations of the creative instinct that finds its origin in imagination. One creative imagination communicates its images to another in an attempt to bridge the perceived space between two minds. Hillman...
Does the EU need a European Identity? Why? Why not? Use concrete examples to support your line of argument - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 5 pages - European union
In a European Union under construction, speaking about European Identity is essential. If it exists, it should be the expression of a dynamic link between Europeans. This identity is or would therefore be the creator of art and culture, a common political ethic, European citizenship, and...
Entrepreneurship Among Young People - How does the Emancipation of Young Graduates Ring a New Dynamic to their Professional Evolution?
Dissertation - 30 pages - Business strategy
Many young people, especially in developing countries, tend to view entrepreneurship as a viable and attractive path. Many young people, especially in developing economies, turn to entrepreneurship because of a lack of employment opportunities. The role of this thesis is to understand the...
