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    Immanuel Kant Sublime

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    As Michael K. Hayes comments in Architecture Theory since 1968‚ a typology to emerge in the mid eighteenth century was a return of architecture to its natural origins‚ an example of the primitive shelter. This return and respect of nature was interestingly enough occurring across art‚ literature and landscape design simultaneously and internationally. It was as if people were warily eyeing the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution and entered into a love-hate tolerance of the machine age with

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    Visual Art Essay - The Body Analyse how artworks represent and document cultural histories Renowned art curator and critic David Elliot states “art reflects our time‚ it is about our culture.” By studying throughout time artist’s material and conceptual practice it is clear how artworks represent and document cultural histories. These practices are affected by the culture at the world of the time. The oxford dictionary defines culture as “The ideas‚ customs‚ and social behaviour of a particular

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    Zeitgeism In Catch-22

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    Matz 1 Carly Matz Mrs. Kabboord AP Literature Period 6 5 February 2014 Catch-22: A Zeitgeist of World War II World War II was one of the most widespread wars ever conducted. Over 100 million people‚ coming from about 30 different countries‚ participated in total war (Connaughton 41). As the violent and passionate war went on‚ there was barely any distinction between civilians and soldiers as the war affected everyone so much. The airmen of World War II were treated unfairly and put through

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    [pic] Generally‚ to some extent‚ it had been considered a given until a few years ago that when one talked about psychology‚ one meant the psychology of Americans. Asian psychology had been unrecognized‚ or at least‚ unacknowledged worldwide. The Zeitgeist in Asian Psychology Through the years‚ however‚ there was an awakening‚ a realization‚ by Asian psychologists that western concepts and theories were irrelevant and inapplicable when applied in the Asian context. They began to question the appropriateness

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    investment in art epitomising Warhol’s phrase‚ “Art is what you can get away with”. This lack of seriousness exhibited highlights this shift from high to mass art‚ illuminating an argument that there is no end to art‚ only works that exist within the zeitgeist. As the manifestation of the ideologies of modernism‚ the white cube gallery design facilitates the enduarance of a academic‚ high art hierarchy. As proposed by O’Doherty the white cube

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    Lyndal Roper adduces an appropriate amount of evidence to substantiate the claim that the advent of child-witches was due to a shift in the cultural zeitgeist. Specifically‚ this shift in public opinion moved away from the notion that adolescent dreams were innocuous‚ and towards the idea that they were evil. Roper suggest that this evolution of reasoning symbolized a newfound cultural understanding of where evil originated. Imaginings‚ or dreams‚ as it happens‚ was now the provenance of evil. Children

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    From the Charleston to the Twist‚ dance crazes have continuously served to characterize their era. One of the most scandalous dance fads to date is twerking. According to the Oxford Dictionary‚ twerking is “to dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low squatting stance”. Evidently‚ this is not something you would want to do in front of your relatives at your next family reunion. Though its history is quite short‚ twerking has only recently

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    Barbara Bergmann

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    Barbara Bergmann Barbara Bergmann is a forerunner in feminist economics with a passion for social policy and equality‚ especially relating to discrimination on account of race or sex. Barbara R. Bergmann writes on economic and social policy‚ with recent works on Social Security‚ child care‚ poverty‚ women’s place in the economy and the family‚ and the labor market problems of women and African Americans. She is Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Maryland and at American University

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    Money Is the Root of Evil

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    All the Yes points 1. The greed caused by pursuit of money is damaging. 2. spiritual damage 3. there are alternatives to money 4. Family damage 5. MONEY CAUSES 90% OF CRIME 6. If money was such a good thing then IT would serve the people. Instead people serve IT. 7. Money equals a social status 8. money causes interest 9. money can be good and bad All the No points 1. Money can be donated to a good cause.

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    by its very nature is transformative. An object never stands alone. At the very least‚ an object of art represents or documents an artist’s process‚ skill‚ growth‚ and‚ consciously or not‚ the artist’s interaction with and representation of the zeitgeist. Once a piece of art is released into the world‚ the viewer transforms the art by his or her own perception and attempts to find meaning. The art market transforms an object by assigning ever-changing values to an individual piece and the artist’s

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