means "to furnish". Just like everything in the world‚ furniture – the way it looks‚ its usage‚ prices‚ purpose‚ and materials used to make it – changes… it evolves. Furniture is an art form that can be used to decorate any living space and can be used to stimulate human activity; it has changed over the centuries to become more and more functional for our daily lives and for multi purposes. Back in the Neolithic period furniture was made out of stone which in our current lives is completely impractical
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story or has some type of personal meaning to the artist. One of the most important figures in modern art is Pablo Picasso. Not only was Pablo Picasso a genius in the field of abstract art‚ but he also experimented with sculpting and ceramics. Pablo Picasso has taken the world to many places with his unique style of work which is why I believe he is considered to be a genius of the 20th century. Background Pablo Picasso‚ born Pablo Ruiz‚ was destined to become an artist at a very young age. Born
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Prior the 20th century‚ women’s and men’s roles were completely separate. During the 19th century women were not allowed to work‚ vote‚ or use birth control and they were not seen equal to men in society‚ even at home women were expected to cook‚ clean and look after the children while their husbands were out working to support the family. All that began to slowly change throughout the 20th century. When the college ‘Vassar’ opened in 1865‚ it aimed at educating women‚ and that is where the idea
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ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES MAY – 2013 APPENDIX – I Examination Centres CENTRE CODE CENTRE NAME CENTRE CODE CENTRE NAME CENTRE CODE CENTRE NAME KERALA KANNUR KASARCODE KOTTAYAM NILESHWAR THIRUVANANTHAPURAM TAMILNADU 001 002 003 137 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 031 032 033 034 138 035 036 037 038 141 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 ANNAMALAINAGAR ARAKKONAM ARIYALUR ATTUR BODINAYAKANUR
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In the modern world disease was a huge thing in the 20th century. There were many diseases that affected many people all around the world.many of them suffered or even died from it. Disease were very serious in the 20th century. The top main disease were HIVs‚ Malaria‚ Tuberculosis‚ Influenza‚ and SARS. One of the disease that started in the 20th century was HIV in the 1980s. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. HIV was discovered by Luc Antoine Montagnier‚ a French virologist and joint
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The main influences of Western art music in the 20th century. Early 20th century art music was some of the first music which explored the idea of dissonance; the idea that music does not require any specific harmony among notes. Throughout the history of classical music‚ up until then‚ dissonance was avoided. The strong influence of African tribal music caused much of early 20th century art music to make the listener dance and move. Igor Stravinsky (17th July 1882 – 6th April 1971) was a ground
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20th Century Philosophy Paper HUM/300 August 15‚ 2011 20th Century Philosophy Paper Philosophy is an activity undertaken by people seeking to understand the fundamental truth about them. It also helps people to understand the world they live in‚ their relationships with the environment and world around them‚ and their relationships with other people. The people who study philosophy take life’s most basic questions and become engaged in asking‚ answering‚ and arguing for their answers
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By the turn of the century and for the next few decades‚ artists of all nationalities were searching for exciting and different modes of expression. Composers such as Arnold Schoenberg explored unusual and unorthodox harmonies and tonal schemes. French composer Claude Debussy was fascinated by Eastern music and the whole-tone scale‚ and created a style of music named after the movement in French painting called Impressionism. Hungarian composer Béla Bartók continued in the traditions
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THE 20th CENTURY In the early 20th century Hendon and Finchley became built up. Growth also spread to Harrow and Wealdstone‚ Twickenham‚ Teddington and Kingston Upon Thames. Wimbledon and Surbiton also became suburbs of London. Furthermore in the early 20th century London County Council began to build estates of council houses on the edge of the city. In 1903 the first ones were built at Tooting. Later estates were built at Norbury‚ Tottenham‚ Roehampton‚ at Downham near Catford and at Becontree
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Over the past century‚ history has shown that the brutal crimes executed to exterminate a particular group of people are considered among the most traumatic human tragedies. The extreme aggression that people are willing to portray‚ with the intent of completely destroying a cultural group‚ is devastating. In 1944‚ the term genocide was introduced to describe the attempt of erasing an entire population through killing. In particular‚ there have been multiple occasions in the 20th century that demonstrate
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