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    associated group of artists who used explosive colors to portray emotion. They were not constrained by the Realists color palette and used this new found freedom to explore and experiment with other styles‚ helping to cut a path to 20th Century Modernism. Fauvism respected expression on a individual basis. An artists’ emotional response to all things natural‚ or intuition were far more important than classical training or lofty subjects. Another goal of the Fauvist painter was the removal of color

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    Abstract Art & Expressionism in America Abstract art expressionism is mostly known as the experimental‚ free expression‚ nonrepresentational painting marked by spontaneous expressions. Abstract became and intuitive painting technique producing a non-formal work of art characterized by non-symmetrical lines. Abstract Expressionism is not only a term used to describe a form of art; it’s also a New York school of painting recognizable by free spirited created abstractions. Abstract Expressionism later

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    “The importance of Modernism was in its ability to unite the masses by illuminating common feelings of disillusionment and rebellion through artistic forms.” Argue with reference to two poems of T.S Eliot and one additional text of you choosing. Rebellion and Disillusionment were fundamental feelings expressed by Western society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They came about as a result of a myriad of factors including; industrialisation‚ urbanisation‚ technological advances‚ militaristic

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    Views of Modernity Presented in The Metamorphosis and The Convergence of the Twain Kiz F The University of Southern Queensland ENL3000 VIEWS OF MODERNITY PRESENTED IN THE METAMORPHOSIS AND THE CONVERGENCE OF THE TWAIN The Modernist period‚ a period which most literary critics agree began in the late nineteenth century‚ was characterized by a total break from past forms and a constant search for new ideas. It was through this search that surrealism began to emerge‚ and many authors began

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    Modernism • The period was marked by sudden and unexpected breaks with traditional ways of viewing and interacting with the world. Experimentation and individualism became virtues‚ where in the past they were often heartily discouraged. Modernism was set in motion‚ in one sense‚ through a series of cultural shocks. The 1st of these great shocks was WWI • Preoccupation of Modernism is with the inner self and consciousness. • Modernist cares rather little for Nature‚ Being‚ or the overarching structures

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    An analysis of Le Corbusier’s “Le Villa La Roche-Jeanneret” ! Le Corbusier’s modernist residence which was built in Paris‚ 1923‚ has become one of the most widely recognized examples of what could be argued as a residential home‚ a project often considered as the pivotal point of an architect’s career. Designing and building a personal dwelling allows the architects freedom to manifest their sense of individuality‚ and in Corbusier’s case‚ the opportunity to build the ultimate modernist home with

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    Conger Goodyear was invited by Abby Aldrich‚ to become the president of the new museum‚ while Abby became its treasurer. It opened as the first American museum to be exclusively devoted to modern art and the first in Manhattan to feature European modernism. With Goodyear at the helm‚ Paul J. Sachs and Frank Crowninshield were enlisted to become founding trustees. Sachs‚ at that time‚ was associate director and curator of prints in Harvard University’s Fogg Art Museum. It was Sachs who suggested Alfred

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    What is Modernism? This term was usually referred to as the literature era of the 1920’s. During the “Roaring Twenties”‚ as most would say‚ was the time of flappers‚ gangsters‚ and the beginning of some of the most renowned literature known to the United States. One of the famous books written in this time was The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. Included in the Modernism Era were the focus on trends and the extreme effect materialism makes on the society of the 1920’s. With

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    There have been numerous studies regarding how the influence of technology has brought about change to the structure of an organization as well as its processes. Many of the studies have concluded that the organizational structure is strongly affected by the principal technology which the organization uses. (Volti‚ 2005) Technology‚ in simple terms‚ is seen as the conversion of inputs into outputs using machines‚ equipments and processes. It is a system based on the use of knowledge and organization

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    Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog (Yellow) This essay discusses the sculpture Balloon Dog (yellow) (1994-2000) by American artist Jeffrey Lynn Koons (b.1955). I will explain how Koons uses the Balloon Dog (yellow) to talk about both childhood experience and sexuality‚ and uses these ideas to manipulate the viewers’ emotion. [pic] Jeff Koons‚ 1994-2000‚ Balloon Dog (Yellow)‚ [High chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating‚ 121 x 143 x 45 inches‚ 307.3 x 363.2 x 114.3 cm]‚ The Steven and

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