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    stereotyping

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    Stereotypes is defined as ‘A fixed impression which conforms very little to the facts it pretends to represent and results from our defining first and observing second’ (katz & Braly 1935‚ cited in Schneider 2004‚ p. 16). ‘American journalist Walter Lippmann introduced the concept “stereotyping” in his 1922 book Public Opinion as a means of describing the way society set about categorizing people –“stamping” human beings with set of characteristics’ ( Nachbar & Lause 1992‚ n.p). Stereotypes as

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    Often in political campaigns‚ political scientists wonder and theorize factors that allow certain individuals to win and become president. Political scientists over several decades and a few centuries completed thought experiments and research subjects that large influence on the election process. Marty Cohen‚ David Karol‚ Hans Noel‚ and John Zaller‚ writers of The Party Decides‚ believed that high ranking officials inside each party decide which candidate represent their party in the presidential

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    Many people died young in the Renaissance era‚ including: Sir Thomas Wyatt who died of fever at age 39‚ Henry Howard the Earl of Surrey who was beheaded at age 30‚ Sir Francis Bacon who died of bronchitis at age 65‚ Sir Walter Raleigh who was beheaded at age 66‚ Christopher Marlowe who died in a bar fight at age 29‚ Edmund Spenser who died at age 47‚ Sir Philip Sydney who died from an old battle wound at age 32‚ and William Shakespeare who died at age 52 (Metaphysical). With the short life span

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    What Is Modernism?

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    Zipper Graphic Design for Advertising‚ Visual Culture & Theory What is Modernism? Historically Modernism describes that period between 1900 and 1950 when Artists‚ Architects‚ Designers and Writers radically re-assessed the direction of their disciplines. Spurred on by radical thinkers like Marx‚ Sartre‚ Freud‚ and Jung; inspired by the possibilities of new economic processes and materials‚ Art‚ Architecture and Design set out to redefine the world in which we live. These arts flourished

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    In the poem “ The Nymph’s reply to the Shepherd”1 Sir Walter Raleigh’s nymph believes the shepherd only wants her for her physical beauty‚ and as her beauty fades his shallowness will be revealed. Raleigh proves this intent by contrasting the idealistic world the shepherd offers with the reality they live in‚ and by criticizing the things the shepherd would her. This viewpoint is important because it highlights Raleighs willingness to highlight a point of view usually not heard in sonnets.

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    but have proportional planes. This contemporary style portrays nature through its open plan. The Bauhaus Walter Gropius developed a particular vision of “total architecture”. He made this concept the key to his work and the work of others who studied under him at a school called‚ The Bauhaus. It taught that all art forms‚ from simple to complex should be designed as a unit. WALTER GROPIUS‚ Shop Block‚ the Bauhaus‚ Dessau‚ Germany‚ 1925-1926. In 1924 a new government was elected who forced

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    Love as an Entity

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    varieties of love‚ each with its own capabilities to invoke powerful emotions. An idealistic love is a form of love which in many ways is quixotic and lacking essential attributes‚ proof of which can be found in the works of Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Ralegh. Another potent form of love is pure love which is unconditional and timeless as expressed by Shakespeare and Elizabeth Berrett Browning. On a different note‚ a twisted love is flawed and bound to fail as revealed by Robert Browning. In Marlowe’s

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    James I Religion and Foreign policy RT revision notes. -Religious dissension was the basis of an event that confirmed and fueled James’ paranoia: the Gunpowder Plot of November 5‚ 1605. Guy Fawkes and four other Catholic dissenters were caught attempting to blow up the House of Lords on a day in which the king was to open the session. The conspirators were executed‚ but a fresh wave of anti-Catholic sentiments washed across England. James also disliked the Puritans who became excessive in their

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    Mateo Falcone Prosper Mérimée’s "Mateo Falcone" (1829)‚ originally subtitled "Les moeurs de Corse" ("The Ways of Corsica")‚ chronicles the killing of a ten-year-old boy by his father. Such contemporaries as Stendhal (Henri Beyle)‚ Henry James‚ and Walter Pater admired Mérimée and praised him for his craft. Pater called "Mateo Falcone" "the cruellest story in the world." "Mateo Falcone" is a brief‚ but complex story. It features at least five points of view and at least four "ways of life" (the "moeurs"

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    Bauhaus Still Felt Today

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    Is Bauhaus’s influence still felt today? In 1919‚ architect Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus in Weimar‚ Germany‚ a school of craft and fine arts. The aim of Gropius was to reimagine the material world and reflect the unity of all arts (Bergdoll‚ 2009). Only active for a mere 14 years‚ this essay will consider whether the Bauhaus’s influence is still felt today by looking at the links between Ikea and Bauhaus. This essay will also look at the influence in teaching within art courses today with

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