Walter Gropius Born in Germany Walter Gropius was the third child of Walter Adolph Gropius and Manon Auguste. Walter Gropius served as a sergeant and then as a lieutenant in the signal corps in the First World War. He survived being both buried under rubble and dead bodies, and shot out of the sky with a dead pilot. Like his father and his great-uncle Martin Gropius ,Walter Gropius then became an architect. Gropius's career further emerged in the post war period. He was appointed as master of
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IMPORTANT BOOKS TO READ FOR PREPARATION TO CIVIL SERVICES REFERENCE BOOKS FOR GENERAL STUDIES I. INDIAN ECONOMY: 1. Economic Development of India NCERT XI standard 2. Indian Economy – Mishra and Puri or Dutt and Sundaram 3. Indian Economy – PK Dhar 4. Economics – Samuel Son 5. India Year Book & Economic Survey (Government Pub.) 6. For the current aspects of Indian economy students have to depend on news papers and periodicals. II. INDIAN POLITY: 1. Our
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Running Head: Continuity and Transformation across All Art Periods Final Project: Continuity and Transformation across All Art Periods Ansamma Paul Thomas Edison State College Grade 60% Question: Through the ages, artistic activity has often been focused in particular cities or groups of cities. Three of these concentrations stand out, each representative of a different time and era in the history of Western art:
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textbook. Where one starts amidst the vast sea of our worlds history is a large part of where the coarse or text will go. For a coarse such as this one, based on modern world history with the emphasis on war and environmental and technical change we cannot start too far back on a timeline because otherwise we will never reach the modern history. As a starting point the middle ages works well because it gives us a slight background of the ancient worlds but is a very transitional time. Spending a
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Expository on Change in Communication I often try to comprehend cultural, social, political, moral and other changes that humanity has undergone throughout centuries of its existence and development. To a large extent these changes were caused by technological progress: new inventions often transformed the way of people’s lives and respectively, the norms by which societies lived. Airplanes, cars, computers, mobile communication devices, as well as other technological wonders have reformed the way
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Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈʋɪləm vɑn ˈɣɔχ] ( listen);[note 1] 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was apost-Impressionist painter of Dutch origin whose work—notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold color—had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. After years of painful anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness,[1][2] he died aged 37 from a gunshot wound, generally accepted to be self-inflicted (although no gun was ever found).[3][note 2] His work was then known
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moods or ideas. 4 Modernism Just a new way of looking at art, that lead to pop art 5 Photomantage Took pictures ant photos from other pieces and makes them in to one, with more meaning, over even hidden meanings 6 Futureism Was all about the modern view on things, was tired of the past. 7 Dada A European artistic and literary movement (1916-1923) that flouted conventional aesthetic and cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense, travesty, and incongruity 8 Surrealism Because
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Modernism and the Visual Arts Must Knows I.Jane Avril II.Toulouse Lautrec III.Post Impressionism (France) 1. This artist embraced the concept of the Demi-Monde which was the late night meeting place of the intellectuals and the emotionally troubled and as well upper class social society and lower class social society. 2.Inspired by Japanese print making and Manet’s summery modelling, this artist revolutionized commercial advertising art and brought the common poster into the ranks of high
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I thought the information presented with this dance, as well as the annotations were surprising; I hadn’t thought about the possibility of this technology existing and helping with the viewing of dance. This technology helps brings out some parts of the dance that I couldn’t have noticed before. When dancers are making the same shapes on opposite sides of the room I haven’t been able to tell, but with the alignment annotations it was easily brought to my attention. Of the two types of annotations
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Presentation Summary Dunham’s technique was influenced by Afro-Caribbean dance and the African culture. She fused these cultures and rituals in with European Modern Ballet. Since she is seen bringing elements of African American culture to Modern Ballet, her work is considered primitive. Her technique consists of polyrhythmic dancing. Meaning that her movements consisted of two or more rhythms occurring at the same time and sometimes two or more different body parts doing different things simultaneously
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