(“Origins and Construction of the Eiffel Tower”). Others‚ such as painter Paul Gauguin‚ disagreed and admired the tower’s modernity. Gauguin claimed the‚ “exhibition represents the triumph of iron‚ not only regarding machines but also architecture‚” (Benton 160). The Eiffel Tower with its modern iron design would become a symbol for avant-gardism and was the subject of many artworks including paintings‚ woodcuts‚ and photographs. These artists would use the Tower as an example of popular culture or as
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Sling Blade is‚ if nothing else‚ a movie close to the heart of Pajiba. Billy Bob Thornton filmed his debut in Benton‚ Arkansas‚ a small hub just southwest of Little Rock which sadly conforms to some of the worst southern stereotypes - poverty‚ ignorance‚ and brutality; it’s a town barely removed from the swamp‚ of monstrous heat and lush green overgrowth frilling the edges of rotten automobile innards; its people a bizarre confluence of petty bourgeois lawyers and car magnates ruling over a lower
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Introduction Kramer vs. Kramer (a dramatic film‚ released in 1979 by Robert Benton) focuses on the expressive meaning of testing and reorganising gender roles within a family as a structural institution. Analysing the relationship between the film’s content and form with reference to five film elements being genre‚ narrative‚ mise-en-scène‚ cinematography and acting supports this statement. The film depicts the story of the Kramer family: Ted (Dustin Hoffman)‚ Joanna (Meryl Streep) and their only
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and that “all means necessary” was an accurate statement in the approach against Native Americans. Senator Thomas Hart Benton was a key role in how Americans saw Manifest Destiny and what it meant for them‚ “The White race alone received the divine command to replenish the earth for it is the only race that has obeyed it- the only race that hunts out new and distant lands.” (Benton‚ Manifest Destiny article) He continues saying‚ “the red race has disappeared from the Atlantic coast‚ the tribes that
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After decades of uprise‚ in 1861‚ tensions between the North and South could not be subdued any longer. The cause of these unsettled tensions ultimately contributed to the American Civil War. The Civil War was a brutal‚ bloody war between states involving men and women. Prior to the American Civil War‚ women devoted their lives to service inside the home. However‚ with the beginning of the Civil War‚ the lives of many women changed forever. The role of women drastically changed when women were put
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The film‚ directed by Arthur Penn and produced by Warren Beatty was about the real life depression era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The screenplay was written by David Newman and Robert Benton‚ with additional help from Robert Towne. After Warner watched the film‚ he proceeded to tell Beatty and Penn how much of a failure it
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society and some‚ as did the British writer Mary Wollstonecraft who wrote “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” 1792. She argued that women be have fuller participation in the political process and be better wives and mothers if they were educated (Benton & DiYanni‚ p 420). Although this was only the beginning of the fight for women’s rights‚ literature was‚ like most others forms of art‚ an active participant in the moves as we’ve seen throughout history. As we know‚ women continuously were deemed
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Grant Wood I recently took a trip to the Jocelyn Art Museum. There they had many great painting in the permanent art collection. One that caught my eye‚ which I had seen many times before‚ but never knew any thing about‚ was a painting called Stone City‚ Iowa ‚ which was created by Grant Wood in 1930. This painting is oil on wood panel and is 30 ¼ X 40 inches. Grant Wood is a famous philosopher who was born in February in the year 1891 in Anamosa‚ Iowa. Wood was born to Quaker parents
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Any parents thinking of divorce should be court-ordered to watch "Kramer vs. Kramer." If there is even a slight chance of compromise after seeing it‚ they will stay together rather than inflict their separation upon their children. Everyone should see Kramer vs. Kramer‚ including parents and children of broken families. I first viewed the movie only a short time ago and I was blown away at how pertinent it still is to today’s culture. This is an account of a man who falls in love with his son
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Influences on the Constitution Athena Falconer HIS/301- United States Constitution April 4‚ 2015 University of Phoenix‚ James Newman‚ BSDH1GHGY4 Influences on the Constitution Documents Summary What was its influence on the Constitution? Magna Carta The Magna Carta was a document Issued and signed by Kind John of England in 1215. It was recognized particular natural rights. “The Magna Carta did not declare rights for all Englishmen” (Hall & Feldmeier‚ 2013). The Magna Carta was originally crafted
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