The company that I am going to discuss in this case study is the IT firm ‘Microsoft’. Microsoft was originally founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. It is a public multinational corporation which is headquartered in Redmond‚ Washington in the USA. Its aims are to develop‚ manufacture‚ license and support a wide range of products and services that are related to computing through its various product divisions. Microsoft is an example of a well-known monopolistic power. A monopoly exists when
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images in Contemporary Art. Originally‚ the word art meant “skill” or “ability”—as in the skill of a craftsman. So we talk about the “art of gardening”. But “art” also describes the many ways in which people try to express their ideas and feelings by creating something. The most important arts are architecture‚ sculpture‚ painting‚ literature‚ and music. The many others include such activities as pottery‚ furniture‚ tapestry‚ metalwork‚ photography‚ filmmaking‚ theater‚ and graphic arts such
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incorporated into his works many different thoughts‚ life experiences‚ as well as themes. Those three things that he used in his works I believe are what made him the awesome author he is today. The main focus of this paper is to inform you of the themes that reoccur in many of his short stories. Some themes that I noticed were: family‚ frustration‚ dreams of escape‚ love infatuations‚ and finally‚ sin. Family is a strong theme in Joyce’s writings for in Araby‚ the young teen finds himself obeying
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the artist seemed to be conveying the grittiness and contrast of everyday life. There is a stark contrast in expression between the woman that is smiling and the woman who is staring off into the distance. The photograph a full year to create. The artist Jeff Wall had an exact replica of a nightclub recreated from the discoloration of the sidewalk to the moss growing on between the cracks. He then took around 300-400 snapshots of the spots on different days and found people he would like to have
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Contemporary Performance Art: How it Varies From the early 1970’s performance art has become one of the most revolutionary ways of public expression. It is what some people would describe as “against the norm” when bringing up the subject of art. These kind of performances are presented to either random or specific audiences‚ where the performer presents and orchestrates scripted or unscripted work‚ or random and spontaneous works of art which include poetry‚ acting‚ dance‚ song‚ and painting
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Introduction Digital art started around 1952 in US when Ben F. Laposky produced Oscillon Number Four. Artist always eager to produce something that beyond limitation of technology and mostly‚ artist at that time is computer programmer because no graphic software was available at that time. Herbert W. Franke‚ John Withney Sr. and Ben F. Laposky are one of the pioneers in digital art. Ben Laposky has created first graphic image generated by an analog machine. A mathematician and artist from Iowa
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The Influence of Art on Common People Art is a medium of self-expression; it can also be a challenge that intimidates people. Art can influence common people in many ways: "It could be a source of inspiration for people with hidden artistic skill; it could ignite the passion to create something of beauty; it could unblock fears and insecurities‚" wrote author Molly Prather in her article‚ "How does art influence people?" Or it could easily be ignored. Dr. Margarita Cole‚ an art appreciation instructor
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architecture falls under the category of art has always been highly debated and argued by academics and philosophers who have contributed valid reasoning as to why architecture is the highest form of art while others provided rational reasoning as to why it is not. In this essay‚ I will aim to construct a logical argument which aims to understand the theories of philosophers who had an significant influence on the subject‚ from the first definitive discourse on ‘fine arts’ by Charles Batteux to the deontological
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is most certainly a valid art form. The question as to whether any forms of graffiti can be considered art is a controversial area. Is it vandalism when it is placed on the side of a building or a car and art when it is on a canvas on someone’s wall or in a gallery- what is the difference? Graffiti‚ in its more complex forms‚ can be considered art because it clearly contains artistic elements‚ it communicates the artist’s expression to the viewer‚ and the traditional art community has already accepted
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Yale University‚ School of Architecture Critical Architecture: Between Culture and Form Author(s): K. Michael Hays Source: Perspecta‚ Vol. 21 (1984)‚ pp. 14-29 Published by: The MIT Press on behalf of Perspecta. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1567078 . Accessed: 07/04/2013 21:18 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that
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