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Processed Art
1400 Words - 6 Pages.... all of the best or worst of the art from these movements, but to provide concrete material for discussions regarding the nature and purpose of art.
Arno Breker, Nazi, was, in a certain sense, both the best and the worst of the Nazi artists. His technique was excellent, and his choice of subjects, poses and theme were outstanding. On the other hand, he was much more directly and effectively a supporter of the Nazi cause. Had his sculpture been ugly, ambiguous in meaning, poorly executed or less directly associated with Nazi militarism, the negative effects on the world of his sculpture would have been considerably lessened. In a certain sense, Breker uses his numerous "n ....
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Civil Rights
4623 Words - 17 Pages.... color, they are also different in other ways, and therefore, not entitled to quite the same rights and privileges. This belief was not limited to just the South. Discrimination has always been pervasive throughout all of Western civilization. This racist ideology has held the African Americans down in America for many years. It was not more than 150 years ago that Blacks were considered so inferior that they were held as slaves. African Americans have fought hard against the overwhelming racist powers to earn the rights that they have now. To say it has been a battle for is an understatement. It has been a hard fought war. A battle implies one fight, one clash. But it has ....
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The Watergate Scandal
1494 Words - 6 Pages.... on June 17, 1972, when seven
employees of the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) were arrested
breaking into the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in the
Watergate Hotel. (Watergate Scandal 1) Immediately following their arrest
many observers thought that these employees of CREEP were breaking into the
Democratic National Committee's headquarters for the first time. In fact
CREEP employees had broken into the Democratic National Committee's
headquarters six times between August 21, 1971 and June 17, 1972. During
their sixth break-in on June 17, they were caught. (Secret Agenda) At
approximately 2:30 in the morning on this date, they were caught by ....
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Generation Ecstacy
682 Words - 3 Pages.... search for gnosis, or spiritual revelation, and the desire to get completely out of it at the weekend. Setting these timeless traits in the context of the up-to-the-minute technology that made rave emblematic of its era—the fragmentary, fast-forward aesthetic, the flexible production and distribution network, the avoidance of personality and narrative in favor of sensation—he comes up with a portrait of hi-tech millennium that resonates well beyond its subculture confines.
There are those who might find a book to analyze music that often aims for the effect of a sledgehammer to the head a mite pretentious. Yet the radicalism of dance music lies precisely in it's "meaning ....
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Andy Warhol
1954 Words - 8 Pages.... his birth certificate). His father died when Andy was at a very young age. Thus, it forced Andy into a deep depression containing lack of self confidence. Much of his young life has been kept secret. However, he did report being very shy and depressed because he never felt comfortable with his homosexuality. His childhood life may have been full of the torture that children threw at him for being the different person he was. He was able to attend college. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in pictorial design from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1949, he went to New York City with Philip Pearlstein, who was a fellow student that later became a well-known rea ....
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Mystical Caves Used Throughout
1680 Words - 7 Pages.... and the escape from bonds held within the cave symbolize transition into
the a world of reality. Comparatively, in the Odyssey, Odysseus must
first break with Kalypso, and set himself free before he can return to
Ithaka, when he will then be prepared to release Penelope from the
bondage of suitors. His experience within the cave is in itself a world
of fantasy, in that Kalypso is a supernatural being, and the only way to
escape her enslavement is to receive assistance from immortals superior
to her.
The philosopher Francis Bacon also theorized about the myth attached to
caves in which he maintained that "idols," meaning prejudices and
preconceived notions p ....
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Causes And Results Of The Crusades
827 Words - 4 Pages.... where they would meet up with
each other along with Byzantine army and their emperor Alexius Comnenus.
From there, they would launch a counterattack against the Seljuk conquerors
of Antolia. Once that religion was under control by the Christians, they
would then attack the Muslims in Syria and Palestine, with capturing
Jerusalem as their main priority.
In May 1097 the Crusaders attacked Antolia Turkish capital at
Nicaea. After their victory they encountered the Seljuk field army. The
crusaders nearly annihilated them. Then they started towards Antioch and
defeated them also. Immediately after their victory they were attacked by
the late reinforcements. After t ....
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The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki
1746 Words - 7 Pages.... were needed to make the atomic bomb.
Therefore, the United States initiated a top secret program called the
Manhattan Project. Even the Vice President didn't know about this project.
The Manhattan Project cost over 2 billion dollars. Yet, Congress never
voted to fund this program (Hoare, 1987, 10-14). Roosevelt authorized
scientists to find out if an atomic bomb could be built. On December 2,
1942, scientists working in a secret laboratory under the bleachers of a
football field in Chicago achieved the first man-made nuclear reaction. An
atomic bomb could now be developed. Many scientists and other skilled
workers participated in the making of the first atomic bom ....
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