Illustrator Andy Warhol was one of the most prolific and popular artists of his time‚ using both avant-garde and highly commercial sensibilities. Born on August 6‚ 1928‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop art movements. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms‚ including performance art‚ filmmaking‚ video installations and writing‚ and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream
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The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner was born November 14‚ 1861 in Portage‚ Wisconsin. He is well recognized for writing the paper “The Significance of the Frontier in American History.” It is considered an influential and impacting piece of work because of the proposition he states within the thesis. Turner’s reasoning for scripting the paper was to present the issue of the dissolving American frontier. He released his disquieting thoughts about how
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Knight of the Order of St. The second was the father of Maréchal de Camp Monsieur Dessalines‚ created 1st Baron de Joseph Dessalines in 1816‚ Chamberlain to Prince Jacques-Victor Henry‚ the Prince Royal of Haiti‚ and Major of the Grenadiers de la Garde‚ who received the degree of Knight of the Order of St. Dessalines was a slave on a plantation in the Plaine-du-Nord in Cormiers now known as Cormier‚ near the town of Grande-Rivière-du-Nord‚ where he was born as Jean-Jacques Duclos‚ the name of his
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as one of the ten best galleries in Sydney. 1988 Changing exhibitions of contemporary Australian artists Many of these exhibitions were shown on National Television The Jan Taylor Gallery secured a reputation for exhibiting art of the Avant Garde 1987
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My interest in traveling to and participating in a study tour of Germany stems most currently from my fervent study and passionate teaching of Advanced Placement (AP) European History; yet the genesis of this interest began decades earlier. In the 1950s my mother grew up in Munich as an Army brat while my grandfather was a full Colonel of the United States Army stationed at U.S. Army Garrison Munich after World War II. The images of my mother ice skating on frozen ponds and my grandfather’s collection
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until 1904. His early works were landscapes and impressionism‚ but around 1905‚ he adopted a Fauvist style. In 1907‚ after the death of his colleague‚ Paul Cézanne‚ his works were exhibited at the Salon d’Automne‚ which greatly affected the avant-garde artists of Paris and later resulted in Cubism. Cubist art is abstract and focuses on the effects of light and perspective‚ and geometric forms. Though Georges Braque main field of art was painting‚ his other fields included drawing‚ sculpture‚ and
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and sound do not require meaning to be memorable and bring pleasure. Although I personally disagree with this philosophy‚ I believe his unorthodox point of view to be worth researching. John Milton Cage Jr.‚ one of the most renowned American avant-garde composers‚ was born in Los Angeles‚ California on September 5‚ 1912. His father‚ John Milton Cage Sr. was a scientific inventor and electrical
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The quality of MTR services under the current Fare Adjustment Mechanism (FAM) Lo Ka Fai‚ Andrew The University of Hong Kong UID: 3035066182 2014-05-02 1. Introduction The appearance of Fare Adjustment Mechanism When the merger of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) and Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) was conducted in 2007‚ MTR became the only service provider in the railway market. At that moment‚ MTR implemented the fare adjustment mechanism (FAM)‚ which allows the company to
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Abstract Organizational authority or hierarchy is used in many organizations to help benefit a company and its employees. It is important to maintain a level of authority so the company can succeed and continue to grow with upper management. Organizational authority is also used to maintain managerial accountability. If someone becomes a manager‚ they must prove to be proficient‚ or else they will experience disrespect within employees‚ employee turnover‚ poor communication problems and guidance
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techniques are introduced to organizations. This creates different problems to the managers. A decision-making is a key to the survival to an organization. Mangers are needed to make sure the organization to modernize and making improvement in order to achieve the goals. Decisions are important in both managerial and organizational actions. Mangers need to consider about the uncertain environment and have to critically make decisions on new business opportunities‚ products‚ customers‚ suppliers‚ markets
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