People all around the word are spending more time on social Medias and less time in the real word. The question is, do modern technology really harm us? Moreover, are we losing a lot of important material when we decide to hide us behind our screens and use a mouse as our representative? These are some of the central and important questions that arise from reading Jonathan Franzen’s essay ‘’ Liking is for Cowards. Go for what hurts’’ from 2011. The author is a 51-years-old man who puts our daily
Contemporary architecture basically is known these days as an architecture of the present day, brought alive in the 21st century. Contemporary architects tend to build varies style and design of buildings and approaches, it does not follow any movements and can offer a multitude of architectural choices. The historical background could be rejected or could be involved. However, not deeply according to L.M. Pie ‘Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern
years have the same meaning with different interpretations because of having relations or continuity from the past, since the concept itself cannot enter without being related to the past for the concepts rooted into it. If we are still part of the modern world, notwithstanding the perspective that it is such a merely continuation of the past, why do we even bother the term “postmodern” at all? Such concept as, Political theory in the past and in the present day, the term had been through a different
The world is fast turning to a global village and this is as a result of the introduction of the use of diverse technological tools in carrying functions or activities that originally were done manually. The present age is referred to as the information age or the digital age. The information age today is faced with diverse challenges and issues. Most of these issues are related to the use of information technology tools in carrying out various activities. Library and information services delivery
related diaspora study. The paper traces the theoretical examination of the diasporic concerns and how these issues on socio-political literay grounds affect an individual and entire diaspora community. The term ‘diaspora’ since its use in the post modern era has been proliferated and explored with variety of perspectives. It traces historical, political, social, anthropological and literary aspects of a nation adopted by the diasporic community and the nation they left behind (homeland). The proliferation
edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/9780262731546_sch_0001.pdf).” “It was not until the early 1860s that someone in France added cranks and pedals to the front wheel of a running machine, and another international rush developed. If we define a modern bicycle as a vehicle having two wheels in line connected by a frame on which a rider can sit, pedal and steer so as to maintain balance, then this is the start of its history
Contemporary dance has developed over the centuries into many differing techniques. Each has its own individuality like how one language is from a different language, however just like the romance languages they all portion Latin’s beginnings, these different techniques also come from shared beginnings. The styles of the main dance techniques like tap, jazz, hip-hop and ballet each have their differences, however they all share a common prominence in music: it can be in both situations like rhythmically
Pablo Ruiz was born into an artistic family on October 25, 1881 in an Andalucian city named Malaga. He later adopted his mother’s maiden name “Picasso” and became known as Pablo Picasso ( Fig 1). His father himself was an art teacher and a painter. Picasso officially began learning art when he was 11 years old and soon, at 13 years old, Picasso’s talent surpassed his father’s. He was soon enrolled into Barcelona School of Fine Art. At the age of 14 he painted portraits of his friends’ families but
FIGURE 2 : HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) 'The Open Window, Collioure', 1905 (oil on canvas) CUBISM; was the first style of modern art as cubists paintings ignored the traditions of perspective drawing and show many views of the subject matter, therefore cubists believed that the traditions of the western art had become exhausted as they drew on the expressive energy of art from other cultures, however there are two distinct phases of the cubist style such as Analytical cubism (-pre 1912) and synthetic
Introduction: In modern society, architecture is one of the key elements of contemporary cities. People are fascinated by impressive buildings and the relationship between these objects and their surrounding. Zaha Hadid has been a key contributor to this development and is directly responsible for many inspiring sights. When I experienced her work, I was fascinated by her ability to design a building and how she connected it to the surrounding elements. She used simple figures and fused these forms