Visit to National Gallery of Modern Art Project Cinema City: Research Arts & Documentary Practices. -By Ashdeep Singh National Gallery of Modern Art‚ New Delhi is the leading Indian Art Gallery. We were quite lucky to have the chance to attend the exhibition “Project Cinema City” there. The exhibition was hosted to commemorate 100 years of Indian Cinema. It sought to enquire into the interfaces between the city of Mumbai and Cinema. The Exhibition excavated the forgotten marks that the cinema
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The term modernism refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature of the post-World War One period. The ordered‚ stable and inherently meaningful worldview of the nineteenth century could not‚ wrote T.S. Eliot‚ accord with "the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history." Modernism thus marks a distinctive break with Victorian bourgeois morality; rejecting nineteenth-century optimism‚ they presented a profoundly pessimistic
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Changing the World With Literature “The world is but canvases to our imaginations (Thoreau‚ 306).” Henry David Thoreau is an American author who made an impact on the world by not being afraid to tell his story. His motivational words over nature‚ philosophy‚ and a few controversial views on the subject of slavery‚ made people look at themselves differently. Not until‚ like many well known authors‚ after he passed his work made an extraordinary impact on the world. A person’s opinions about life
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Sharareh Rafieipour Dr. Agnes Yeow Swee Kim Drama of the Modern Era 2 December. 2012 Modern Drama; The spectacle of language breaking down and the explosion of the hysteria underlying the polite banalities of social intercourse To be modern is to be‚ in many important ways‚ different from anyone who ever lived before. This idea does not mean that human being has undergone a change; man’s nature is always the same‚ but his perception of himself has distorted in a way that is significantly
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A feminist reinterpretation of Richard III She was the epitome of discovering true power of women and how they find personal strength. Queen Elizabeth‚ a minor character in Shakespeare’s eponymous history play Richard III‚ is despite the limitations women faced in her time‚ a true display of power and strength that is still appealing and inspirational today. Whilst Shakespeare’s play was an exploration of the political intrigues associated with the War of the Roses‚ we were captured by Elizabeth’s
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Abstract Writing words is a media‚ a trace reflecting the psychic life and the reproduction by memory of the author; things in the world would affect psychic life. Besides‚ food is a basic need in our living‚ the change of the eating way‚ eating environment‚ cooking methods being a trace of the society. So through text‚ Hong Kong food literature‚ traces of different authors‚ we can have a more consummate understand on the situation of Hong Kong society. Moreover‚ Hong Kong is an international
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Information technologies (IT) are vital to Company operations. They are tools that improve the quality and efficiency of our work. They are the repositories for critical and sometimes highly proprietary corporate information. The improper access to or the destruction of these resources will have serious consequences for the Company. The strategic use of information technology can help organizations increase their competitive advantage and make considerable improvements in operating
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about how modern technology has affected the way we communicate and if it has improved or been detrimental to the art of communication. In the 21st century‚ the human race has more ways to communicate than ever before. This includes the use of the internet‚ the mobile phone‚ television and radio‚ as well as written and spoken communication. With all these methods‚ why do some argue that the art of communication has been lost? This essay will discuss how the internet has affected this art but it has
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LITERATURE AND CINEMA FANTASY IN FILMS Life is a Theme of Literature‚ Literature is the expression of Life. Life fashions Literature and Literature moulds Life. The intimate relation between Literature and Cinema is one of the common place truths which have been illustrated again and again‚ both Social and literary life history. Literature is the most fascinating creation of a literary artist based on the style and stategy of life. Life and reality are the basics
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British Literature 1. the Middle Ages the oldest literature monument of the Anglo – Saxon period is the old Germanic legend called BEOWULF. This heroic poem is about the strong and courageous pagan hero Beowulf John Wycliffe – is a professor of Oxford University. With his students he translated the whole Bible into English - he influenced Master Jan Hus and our Hussite movement very much 2. the renaissance and humanism Geoffrey Chaucer – Canterbury Tales – brilliant portrait of 30 pilgrims
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