Modernism is associated with an observance to structural innovation‚ logical use of new materials‚ methodical approach to the function of buildings and the rejection of ornamentation. The Inland Steel Building clearly demonstrated how American architecture had changed during those decades and attested to the influence of both the international style and the work of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe and their basic principals of design. The Inland Steel Building was the first high-rise in the Chicago Loop
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Ethical Issues in the Fashion Industry Introduction This essay reflects on the lecture titled Creative Economy by Martin Bouette. I found this lecture relevant to my final project. My topic is the changing trends in the apparel industry. How Corporate Social Responsibility affects the supply chain‚ going local from global‚ vertical from horizontal. The lecture is relevant in many aspects‚ for example the knowledge society’s changes and ethical issues and responsibility within the apparel industry
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Immigration Movement Back in the 15th century‚ the daring explorer‚ Christopher Columbus sailed across the vast ocean in search for a better world. After a long‚ painful journey‚ he discovered a beautiful land with bountiful food and plentiful resources. Ever since this life changing journey‚ more and more people from other countries have traveled to the New World. Each person who made this journey was an immigrant. Today‚ we know that most of our ancestors were immigrants; however‚ restrictions
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Kandinsky painted in an expressive style in the early 20th century and Jackson Pollock was an abstract expressionist in the mid 20th century in the USA. During this time period society was going through great social and technological change due to two world wars and the development of technology and automation. Thus introducing the idea of the Modern world and the philosophies of Modernism into the art world. This affected the art world as it shaped the ideas‚ attitudes and practices of artists by
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became a pushing point for private business. 1933 Aldo Gucci‚ now working for his father‚ designs the first incarnation of the iconic double-G Gucci logo‚ inspired by his father’s initials and shape of stirrups. At that time a design school Bauhaus‚ which combined the principles of modernism and functionalism‚ influenced many spheres of life. It was a starting point for commercial art and Cucci brand development. 1935 Italian dictator Mussolini orders the invasion of Ethiopia‚ leading the
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John Jamieson Nazi Germany Book Review Professor Gregory Parsons In Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy‚ Eric D. Weitz provides a strong narrative of what life was like immediately following the First World War in the Weimar Republic. Weitz sub title Promise and Tragedy is the most accurate phrase possible to describe Germany at that time in history. This being sad because of how relatively unstable Germany was‚ following the war. Although Weitz’s writing can be very dull and drawn out‚ a reader
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spirituality. Around the 1800s in Architecture‚ but also in every branch of knowledge‚ there is a feeling of chang and a renewal of all the obsolete traditional values. Moreover with the architect Gropius that create the revolutionary school of Bauhaus and furthermore with the first moderns that spread a sense of creating something new‚ starting from zero. As a matter of fact‚ Boullè as Ledoux; worked in years where people as Voltaire‚ Diderot‚ Montesquie and Newton represent a revolution around
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spontaneous‚ automatic and subconscious creations. Abstract Expressionism gets its name from the combining of emotional intensity and self-expression of German Expressionists and the anti-figurative aesthetics of abstract schools where Futurism‚ Bauhaus and Synthetic Cubism came from. The term Abstract Expressionism was applied to any number of the artists in New York who each had quite different styles‚ such as Pollock’s "action paintings" which had a very busy feel to it‚ which was different both
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“To what extent did modernism represent a complete break with the architecture of antiquity?” The ancients found the importance for the physical and symbolic forms of architecture however they were more informed regarding the role in which architecture plays on human behaviour than we would be nowadays. They believed that high quality public architecture created a sense of public pride which created a responsibly for the people to maintain and protect their common spaces. The architecture was used
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“Through migrants‚ expatriates‚ exhibitions and publications‚ Australia first came into contact with Modernism in the mid-1910s. The modernist movement in Australia was at it’s most influential for over five decades‚ including global wars‚ economic depression‚ technological advances and massive social change. (http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/modernism) This article‚ however‚ will be focusing on Australia’s development of Modernity‚ Modernisation and Modernism between the
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