Maude Place Modernism 31C 4/12/13 Reading Response: Week 2 In Clement Greenberg’s essay‚ “Avant Guard and Kitsch‚” he divides art into two different categories: Kitsch and the Avant-Guard (genuine art or inauthentic works). He touches upon the marginalization of the Avant-Guard artists in the modern world because of the irresistible nature of Kitsch. Mass media being an art form developed from the industrial revolution is scrutinized within Greenberg’s essay for being of a lesser value
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States have the most prevailing constitution considering that it has been around for over two centuries. Such a constitution is looked upon for the foundation of other foreign countries constitutional ideas; this is due to the fact that the American constitution is a mixed constitution. Aristotle stated that for a mixed constitution to work‚ the middle class citizens must be stronger in forms of government than to the rich and the poor. The best mixed constitution would be one of oligarchy and democracy
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Policing and the Constitution While police officers are responsible for serving the public‚ responding to crime‚ and keeping communities safe‚ agencies are to uphold the constitutional rights of all citizens. The constitution protects all Americans‚ and also protects and limits law enforcement agencies. The biggest impact the constitution has on police organization is in regards to arrest‚ innocent until proven guilty‚ arrest warrants‚ search and seizures‚ and working within the basic rights the
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Analyze how the U.S. Constitution overcame the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation The article of confederation was intended to create weak federal government; it prompted many issues that inevitably needed to be addressed by the government. That lead to a meeting where the new pan of government called the constitution was writ. Once created‚ that constitution with time resolve some of the issues that under the article of confederation. One thing the constitutional did was to give the leader
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The Constitution of the United States is the most astounding law. It is a definitive power that runs the United States. Additionally‚ it plays a significant role in how American democracy and government works. The founding father wrote the Constitution in 1787. In this time in history‚ the United States had just become an independent nation. The constitution was the answer for the disputes that individuals had for how the nation would be run. The Constitution is outlined to makes and directs our
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to welcome all dancers and parents to the Long Beach Poly 2014-2015 Color Guard season. Our goal this season is to provide an opportunity for students to participate in representing their school. The Color Guard is a group that teaches teamwork and performance skills‚ builds confidence and self-esteem. You will gain experiences in performing in front of many people and lifelong friendships. During this season‚ The Color Guard will perform with the marching band at all home football games; pre-game
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The first constitution in our nation ’s history was the U.S. Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was formed by the Continental Congress on November 15‚ 1777. However‚ sanction of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1‚ 1781. The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government‚ which resulted in most of the power residing with the state governments. The need for a stronger Federal government soon
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Introduction “A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government and a government is only the creature of a constitution.A government without a constitution‚ is power without a right”. A written constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. An important theme in the literature is that the UK lacks a codified. A distinction is drawn between a constitution as the rules determining political conduct‚ which the
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The Constitution has often been called a living tribute to the art of compromise. The delegates of the Constitutional Convention came from all over the country. Each individual came with the intention to keep his interests‚ as well as‚ the interests of the region they represented secure. These were educated men with considerable wealth‚ most of which were involved in politics previously. Several of the Constitutional compromises were made in the area of slavery and the terms used are racist. Slave
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Slavery and the Constitution During the late 1700s and early 1800s‚ the country of America was in for a rude awakening. This was a time for war and change. Most of our American pioneers were fighting for two freedoms. Though many of our founding fathers saw nothing wrong with slavery‚ leaders such as Thomas Jefferson related the incident as immoral. With the Constitution being first drafted‚ slavery still existed and only a few states had exempt been from it. Nonetheless the Constitution still served
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