Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud was born in Purmerend‚ North Holland in 1890. He began his education at Amsterdam’s Quellinus School of Decorative Arts and later began working with the architectural firm of Jeseph Cuypers and Jan Stuyt in 1907. Oud was interested in architectural theory‚ and found his lack of knowledge in that area frustrating. He left the firm after only six months to study at the National School for Art Education in Amsterdam. He had high expectations for the education he would
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to refute the European view that Americans lacked a sense of civic duty and appreciation for cultural refinement and instead possessed an unhealthy and individualistic materialism that precluded interest in the common good’ (Waxman. 1994) Olmsted and Vaux combined there interest in ‘rural life with a sense of democratic idealism to create a new kind of civil engineering that synthesized function and beauty’ (lbid). There vision for Central Park proved to be extremely time consuming with ‘topsoil
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Explore how Conrad presents the ‘State of Mankind’ in Heart of Darkness Perhaps Joseph Conrad’s central thematic interest in his most famous novella‚ Heart of Darkness‚ is that of the condition of humanity‚ elements of which he believed to be inherent to mankind and others that he believed to be unusually prevalent in his contemporary society. I believe that his most interesting technique is the use of allegories‚ that become representative of groups within his society and which take on a symbolic
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darkness.” This introduction to Gatsby already indicates his close link with the theme of the Death of the American Dream; Gatsby’s characterisation is a constant reminder of the falseness of the American Dream and how it cannot be achieved. Gatsby’s idealism and unrealistic dream of Daisy is revealed to be a fantasy and doomed to failure. We sense this in the tone of this passage where Gatsby is seen reaching out for his green light (a symbolic representation of Daisy). The bleak truth held within
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are people that I have to make sure that I reach; students‚ parents‚ the Physical Education department‚ and the school systems. The two philosophies that first come to mind when thinking about physical education are idealism and realism. The philosophers that created idealism are Socrates‚ Aristotle‚ and Plato along with the creators of realism whose founders are John Locke‚ Herbert Spencer‚ among others. These philosophers were the founding men of philosophy and have created a theory that other
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Linking Sonnets From The Portuguese to The Great Gatsby 1. The Theme of Love Sonnet 1. Love enters and transforms our life as totally‚ as unanswerably as Death. Like Death it is a presence we have almost no say in. In Fitzgerald’s novel how does love transform Gatsby? But does it transform Daisy? Does it enter into the loves of Nick or Jordan Baker? Sonnet XIV “If thou must love me‚ let it be for nought Except for love’s sake only. Do not say I love her for her smile – her look – her
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Idealism‚ Logic‚ and Puritanism in the Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ is about the struggle three people face while trying to live their lives and find happiness in a Puritan society. In the early 1640s‚ Hester comes to the small town of Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ while her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ settles business in Great Britain. Hester and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ the town ’s priest‚ engage in the act of adultery and produce a baby girl named Pearl; though
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IDEALIST VS MATERIALIST ’S CONCEPT OF CULTURE Culture is complex and can be defined in various ways. The difficulty in defining the term ‘culture’ can be seen from the problem and the interest of sociology of culture (Williams‚ 1981). Culture can be said as problematic as the term ‘culture’ cannot be used to define everything that the society do. The difficulty. Despite the complexity of the term‚ it can be most usefully seen from two positions; the idealist and materialist‚ which are the results
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This connection made the bond between George (Sinise) and Lenny (Malkovich) heartwarming and believable to viewers. Sinise‚ who was also the director‚ does a great job in portraying the naturalism in Steinbeck’s novella by creating a strong sense of idealism throughout the movie‚ while adding the hint of realism to bring the audience back to reality. The movie opens up with an intense chase scene with George and Lenny running away from their troubles yet again. Lenny‚ who has special needs‚ does not
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If works of art mirror their societies‚ they reflect the burning issues of their societies. The historical backgrounds of the two selected texts: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and Othello by William Shakespeare are key to the task at hand. In short‚ setting both in place and time plays a very significant role in answering this question. So the task at hand is to situate the selected texts within the context of their history‚ geography‚ intellectual and cultural struggles and then compare
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