Bauhaus Dessau‚ Germany Introduction Bauhaus was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 as a union of the Grand Ducal College of Visual Art and the Grand Ducal Arts and Crafts School in the city of Weimar‚ Germany. It was governed by a social-democratic council in that period. However‚ conservative forces compelled the Bauhaus to leave Weimar and move to Dessau‚ Germany in 1925. Therefore‚ Walter Gropius has planned a complex of new buildings in Dessau. The Fact Bauhaus is a design institution
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Art Deco is a movement involving a mix of modern decorative art styles‚ largely of the 1920s and 1930s‚ whose main characteristics were derived from various avant-garde painting styles of the early twentieth century. Art deco uses futurism and constructivism with concept‚ distortion‚ and simplified geometric shapes and intense colors observing the rise of technology‚ and speed. Art Deco‚ sometimes called “The International Style”‚ enjoyed its fame between the years of 1920 and 1939. It was said
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The social gospel movement was a reform movement that was emerged among Protestant Christians to improve the economic‚ moral and social conditions of the urban working class. One prominent leader of the social gospel movement was a New York City pastor and theologian called Walter Rauschenbusch. Protestant leaders followed Rauschenbusch’s idea that social problems were actually just moral problems on a large scale‚ and they were convinced that many social issues could be cured by what they called
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The twentieth century saw an upsurge in a new form of protest movement‚ the anti-globalisation/anti-capitalist social movement‚ which is a branch out of what was known as the New Social Movement. The new social movements were a plethora of informal groups‚ organisations and campaigns that surfaced in the 1960s. These included movements that campaigned for racial equality‚ sexual equality‚ gay rights‚ environmental concerns‚ peace groups‚ prisoners rights‚ human rights‚ among others. Because of
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out of the center or Prague and the Old Parliament building is now under the ownership of the National Museum Bauhaus architecture is a great style of architecture for those who prefer minimalism as well as function or style. Buildings constructed from the Bauhaus design are always cubic in shape. They feature four flat sides as well as flat roof tops. The colors of the typical Bauhaus building are generally black‚ white‚ grey or sometimes beige - however an owner can change the color if desired
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INTRODUCTION The name of the Chipko moment originated from the word ’embrace’ as the villagers used to hug the trees and protect them from wood cutters from cutting them. The movement practiced Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance‚ to protect them from being felled. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the GarhwalHimalayas of Uttarakhand‚ then in Uttar Pradesh with growing awareness of rapid deforestation. It was the strong uprising against those people
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Reform Movements During the 19th Century there were many reform movements that took place. Reform movements were movements that were organized to reform or change the certain way of things. Reform movements did not always work but the ones that did greatly changed the way our nation operates today. There were three major reform movements that have altered the nation; the abolitionist movement‚ the temperance movement and the women ’s suffrage movement. Without these movements‚ and the great leaders
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“Germany experienced a period of political calm‚ economic development and social progress in the mid 1920s.” How far do you agree with this judgement? The Stresemann years of 1924-29 have often been portrayed as the “golden years” of Weimar Germany; however this idea has been challenged my many historians. During this period there was an element of political calm but it was mainly typified by political inaction and a failure of coalition governments to agree on any important issues. Economic development
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caused great resentment amongst the Muslims & so KHilafat movement was founded to save the Caliph. It is also a fact that Khilafat movement was also formed because of deep seated Muslim distrust of British. Afghanistan & persia were ruled by Russia & British according to their will. The MUSlims in the subcontinent feared that the bristish would take over Turkey & thus would rule other Muslim states such as Makkah & Madinah. So this movement was formed as a result. Gandhi along with Congress wanted
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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: WHO GETS INVOLVED? KURTRINA THOMAS OMM 612 DR. OMAR PARKS APRIL 7‚ 2013 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: WHO GETS INVOLVED? “Social movements are basic avenues by which social change takes place in societies like the United States. They are often carriers of innovation‚ particularly in nontechnical realms” (Harper & Leicht‚ 2011‚ p. 134). Movements occur when people come together to create change in society. Social injustice
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