1.The People Sunset Park may be one of Brooklyn’s most diverse neighborhoods. Here you’ll find charming brownstones‚ a thriving Latin American culture‚ Brooklyn’s largest Chinese community‚ and a recent influx of young New Yorkers in search of cheaper rents.Until the early 1980s‚ Sunset Park’s main population was made up of Norwegian Americans‚ who began leaving the neighborhood during the white flight years of the 1970s and 1980s. Sunset Park’s second age began with a wave of immigration from
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In the past‚ there was a great deal of mystery when it came to creativity and creative undertakings (Dickhut‚ 2001‚ p.2). Creativity still has not been correctly defined within the world of science. Creativity can be easily confused with intelligence‚ wisdom‚ ingenuity‚ insight‚ or intuition‚ all of these terms can be found in different dictionaries to define or explain creativity and creative behaviors. There are various components of creativity‚ including abstraction‚ connection‚ perspective‚ curiosity
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Chihuahua‚ Mexico. Much of his artwork reflected the oppression of Chicanos in the United States. The most famous mural he painted was the “America Tropical”. It was 82ft by 18ft and was done in La Placita Olvera. This mural reflected imperialism and the exploitation inflicted on the indigenous people of Latin America by the Spanish/European powers. There was much controversy with the mural and its meaning‚ it was later destroyed. The other person I selected was Andre Laguna‚ a Linotypist for La Opinion
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Analyses and interpretation of 2BRO2B Imagine if you could live in a perfect world. A world where there was no crime‚ no diseases‚ no evil and where people could live eternally. What if you could live in utopia? In Kurt Vonnegut’s short story‚ 2BRO2B‚ people are immortal‚ and the people in this society cannot have all the children they want because of the population control. Is living in this utopia a good thing‚ and is immortality a curse or a blessing? These are just a couple of the questions
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of the artwork‚ allowed its followers to be comfortable worshipping while traveling. The art created by these Buddhist people left the world the most pristine and beautiful monuments‚ which includes Buddha Statues‚ monasteries‚ shrines‚ paintings‚ murals and cave paintings along the Silk Road area. Religion is an important factor of inspiration for designing artwork everywhere‚ and much of the art found along the Silk Road‚ was religious in some shape or form. There were many pieces of artwork that
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Critically examine the claim by states to be the legitimate governing authority in a territory. This essay will first define ’the State ’‚ and then look at evidence to examine the above claim. The state is a set of institutions that possess the authority to make the rules and laws that govern the people within a defined territory. Max Weber‚ cited in “Exploring Social Lives”‚ defined the state as claiming “a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory”‚ (Bromley
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When William Spratling was first invited to teach at the National University of Mexico in the summers of 1926-1928 no one would imagine this man would immigrate to Taxco and have a big impact on silver. Spratling played a big role in development‚ migration‚ and folk Mexican culture. At the time his work may not have seemed like a big deal but its influenced Mexican culture enough to be proudly displayed in the Mexican Cultural Institute 16th St mansion. The name of the event I chose to attend is
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The Life of José Clemente Orozco José Clemente Orozco was born on November 23rd‚ 1883 in Ciudad Guzman‚ Mexico to Maria Rosa and father Ireneo. Clemente led a life full of many outstanding achievements‚ but came from a not-so ideal childhood and had to overcome many obstacles that stood in his way. The following is a synopsis of how he grew from a passionate teenager into a respected‚ talented artist. As a young child‚ José Orozco struggled to find ways to express his spirit for the arts‚ while
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To understand how art has developed throughout the Roman Empire‚ one must first start with history. Before the Romans were in power‚ the Etruscans were the most advanced society within the Italian peninsula. Much of the Etruscan art is influenced by that of the Greeks but they did not copy the Greeks. The Etruscans used mud and wood to build their temples instead of stone like the Greeks. The temples also only had columns on the front of buildings instead of the periphery. Most of the Etruscan works
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Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra‚ India are a Buddhist monastery complex of twenty-nine rock-cut cave monuments containing paintings and sculpture considered to be masterpieces of both "Buddhist religious art"[1] and "universal pictorial art"[2] The caves are located just outside the village of Ajinṭhā in Aurangabad District in the Indian state of Maharashtra (N. lat. 20 deg. 30 ’ by E. long. 75 deg. 40 ’). Since 1983‚ the Ajanta Caves have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Excavation of the caves began
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