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
Halle Pinkney International Expressions of Dance Research Paper 10 December 2014 Katherine Dunham When you hear about famous dancers, you hear of all the accomplishments they have made, all the famous dancers they have danced with, and all of the wonderful things they have done with choreography, and in some cases how their life was cut so short at the peek of their career. This is not the case however with Katherine Dunham. When you hear of her, you do not hear so much of things such as her being
Dance is an art-form that entertains and inspires. Over the years, many dancers who are now seen as the pioneers of modern dance influenced the art-form with their unique ideas and techniques. Dance has changed over time and although the old techniques are still practised and involved Isadora Duncan, Ruth St Denis, Ted Shawn, Doris Humphrey, Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham and Lester Horton have enabled dance to evolve into the largely versatile art-form that we are familiar with today. Isadora
the class to execute. Dance is a way to communicate and exercise. Desmond Richardson is a talented dancer, gifted choreographer, and artistic director. He masters a wide variety of dance genres from Hip Hop to Street Dance to Classical and finally Modern and Contemporary Ballet. Desmond Richardson is a professional dancer who puts all his heart, mind, and soul into every dance performance. Richardson was born on December 15, 1968 in South Carolina.
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
Domingue and slave resistance began to take a more organized form at the end of the 18th century. The Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave revolt in history which resulted in the establishment of the first independent black state in the Modern World. This text will discuss a brief description of the Haitian Revolution and its significance to International Law. In August 1971, an organized slave upheaval broke out, marking the start of a twelve year resistance to obtain human rights. A historical
There are many characteristics and traits which define a great manager in the modern era, but around the turn of the century classical theorists believed that management was a science that had a strict form which should be applied to all working environments. While the traits that make a great manager are somewhat influenced by personal preference for a working environment, they are largely focused around the ability of the manager to perform the four pillars of management: Planning, Organising,