The dominant figure that steered the course of the Abstract Expressionist movement was the infamous painter Jackson Pollock. He was born Paul Jackson Pollock in Cody‚ Wyoming on January 28‚ 1912. He was the fifth and youngest son and grew up in Arizona and California after his family left him when he was a little over one year old. Pollock’s artistic journey began at the Manual Arts School in Los Angeles‚ California where he joined two of his brothers. From there‚ he went on to New York to attend
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artists such as Jackson Pollock. Critics of Pollock claim that his drip painting style is lazy and uncreative: not art. As a fellow artist I find these claims outrageous and uneducated. I personally believe that Jackson Pollock was an amazing artist and deserved every ounce of fame he got. Art is subjective‚ there is no right or wrong way to make art. Being and artist is about expressing oneself through any medium; whether it be music‚ painting‚ drawing‚ singing‚ etc. Pollock expressed himself through
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When reading the play Hamlet‚ it sometimes seems that everything occurs because of a woman. However‚ there is a problem with that assumption: the women are a little too passive to cause anything. Certainly‚ the men’s feelings towards the women shape the events of the play‚ but that’s not exactly because of the women. Instead‚ it’s the basic relationships between the men and women‚ the relationships of husband and wife‚ of brother and sister‚ father and daughter‚ and especially mother and son‚
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Modernity & Reason modernity What exactly is modernity? Most classical social theorists found themselves engaged in attempts to analyze and critique modern society. But nowhere is such analysis more clear than in the work of Durkheim‚ Marx‚ Weber and Simmel. Indeed‚ through their writings‚ whilst all of them displayed a remarkable awareness of the advantages of modernity‚ what distinguished them from their peers was their critique of the problems posed by modern society. However‚ whereas both
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to be’masculine’ in order to commit violence. I disagree with her because I believe that men and women are both equally capable of committing horrible‚ unspeakable crimes. To start‚ let’s discuss Lady Macbeth and her ideas about masculinity and femininity. On page 35 in Scene 5‚ Lady Macbeth exclaims‚ "Come‚ you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts‚ unsex me here/ And fill me‚ from the crown to the toe‚ top-full/ of direst cruelty!.. Stop the access and passage of remorse!" In this piece‚ we see
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The expressionist artist whose work I admire the most is artist‚ Jackson Pollock. He is an outstanding artist‚ one of the most famous if not the most famous abstract expressionist of his time. Jackson Pollock was born on the 28th of January‚ in Cody‚ Wyoming. Pollock’s childhood was a hard one because his family was always moving‚ his dad was an alcoholic and he was the youngest of all four of his brothers. He discovered his passion for art when he moved to Los Angeles‚ California‚ there he attended
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It was a bit more difficult to leave the actual result up to chance like Pollock‚ but Cage still found ways to let his choices be met by chance. In his music‚ each piece had its own sound. Some pieces were repetitive and used little variation in tone or pitch‚ while others used only the sound of a piano-key cover closing. He has
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Pollock’s drip art became a sensational hit in the mid 1940’s amidst the time of post-Great Depression. Unlike Van Gogh‚ Pollock’s work gained fame for his technique and style with his background life‚ gaining little attention in his pathway to fame. Pollock himself stated that over time‚ his passive nature towards his own art led to the beginning of his numbering of canvases instead of the routine naming of pieces because he wished to stray from the regular style of representational art. From works such
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Macbeth‚ masculinity and femininity are associated more with power and weakness‚ rather than gender. Masculinity is often paired with cruelty and murder while femininity usually renders weakness and occasionally logic. The idea that power rests in men‚ while women are inferior is common throughout Macbeth. Throughout the play‚ Macbeth shifts between femininity and masculinity‚ but in the end‚ it is a combination of power-craving‚ cruel masculinity and overbearing‚ weak femininity that destroys Macbeth
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Whenever authority figures are opposed by someone they see as inferior to them‚ they usually feel obliged to preserve their power through displaying their dominance. Thus‚ when Creon‚ in Sophocles’ Antigone‚ is disobeyed by a woman‚ he feels the need to inflict punishment to not only her‚ but also the people connected to her. Throughout Scene II‚ although Creon is notified that Antigone was the caught trying to bury her brother‚ he seems to be doubtful of the possibility. Even when she is
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