Victorian Era. Noelle Huang Contents INTRODUCTION:Queen Victoria SOCIETY CONDITION Social Behaviour Views on Different Classes and Races Gender Expectation Literature Reglious View Working Condition Crime Dress Decor LIFE Scientific Discovery Leisure Transportation Trends Architecture Unique custume TECHNOLOGY Health/Medcine Food Events STYLE Queen Victoria The Victorian Era could be broken down into two phases: early era(1837~1860) and Mid-to-late era (1860~1901). In the early
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Doug Aitken was a Multimedia artist who born in 1968 in Redondo Beach‚ California. He graduated from Pasadena Design Art Center at 1991. Doug Aitken moved to New York at 1994 and held his first exhibition at the 303 gallery there. Aitken’s work forms are widely from photography‚ sculpture‚ architectural and all the way to narrative films and sound works. Among them‚ most of his image works are related to several places and the local culture in those places‚ such as Guyana’s Jones Town‚ Africa’s diamond
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a metaphor in itself of the oppression of women and domestic violence in the Victorian Era. My Last Duchess was written in 1842‚ around this time the Industrial Revolution was booming‚ the British economy was thriving because of trade and Queen Victoria was ruler of Britain and all of her colonies. It was a truly glorious era of British History in terms of power and financial prosperity. However‚ it was also a time of poverty and repression‚ although the reigning monarch was female it was very much
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Imperial Britain in the Victorian Era: A Time of Change During the Victorian era‚ the British Empire thrived as the most powerful imperial force in the world. It was a time of great change: in addition to continued expansion of the empire‚ there were also many advances in science‚ as well as the start of an industrial revolution. According to Eric Hobsbawm‚ there are three primary demands a state makes in terms of public art and architecture: “the first is to glorify power itself‚ which in the European
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English 2323 25 July 2011 Religion of the Victorian Era: Faith in Crisis “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was the age of wisdom‚ it was the age of foolishness … it was the spring of hope‚ it was the winter of despair.”(Charles Dickens‚ A Tale of Two Cities) The Victorians had a society comparable to ours with an explosion of ideas and innovation. Today our American society is famous for being a “melting pot.” Each individual has a different background where they
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bad where empires fell and rose as senseless wars were fought‚ people dominated‚ and advancements of culture and technology were made throughout. The Victorian era is called the Victorian era because England was currently being ruled over by Queen Victoria. The British Empire reached its greatest size under her reign. The greatest country she conquered was India‚ it was known as the jewel of the British Empire because it brought England so many natural resources‚ and effects of Victorian rule can still
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The Industrial Revolution in Victorian England was a period of time in history when new inventions and technology changed the way people lived and worked. It impacted how they communicated‚ the way products were manufactured‚ and created new forms of cheaper and faster transportation. Innovations resulted in changes that were previously unheard of. The invention of the steam engine revolutionized the way people and things were transported. Manufacturers were able to ship their goods more quickly
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20th century. It was a “nervous illness” that interfered with the body and the mental state of women. There were a wide range of symptoms associated with Hysteria and it was found to be the second most common diagnosis of sickness in women in the Victoria Era. Women living during this time period were considered to be the weaker and the more easily influenced sex and were thus thought to pose a greater risk of developing hysteria. It was only in the late 1900s (around 1970) that hysteria was proven
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GUEST EDITORIAL Communication: why is this such an emotive subject? Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender‚ a message and an intended recipient‚ although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender’s intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality
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the world. The consciousness of society in the Victorian age is an interesting factor that greatly changed and evolved during the time period. The era’s beginning and end is marked by the birth and death of the reigning monarch of the time‚ Queen Victoria‚ spanning from 1837 to the early 1900s. With the effects of the Industrial Revolution distinctly felt by all classes within society‚ it was a time of significant social reformation and drastic change in all aspects of life‚ and in short was a diverse
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