Alexey Brodovitch spent over 20 years using original combinations of images and typography for Harper's Bazaar, a popular and innovative fashion magazine. He modernized the look of the magazine in regards to the graphics and brought photography to the forefront. While Brodovitch was most famous for what he did for Harper's Bazaar, I will examine why he should be regarded as one of the most influential figures in the world of graphic design and photography beyond this magazine. In order to understand how Alexey Brodovitch's talent and passion came to be, one must go back to the beginning of his story.…
3. Peter the Great wanted “to transform his country through a process of state imposed Westernization.” He was convinced that Russia could overcome its backwardness only by adopting “the institutions, customs and attitudes of the technologically superior, wealthier and more powerful states of Western Europe.” Many were opposed to his decrees and edicts because they would “mean discarding much of Russia’s distinctive past.” Those “devoted to Russia’s unique Slavic and Orthodox Christian traditions” …” argued that abandonment of Russia’s past was too high a price to pay for Europeanization.”…
Arkady Kirsanov has just graduated from the University of Petersburg and returns with a friend, Bazarov, to his father's modest estate in an outlying province of Russia. The father gladly receives the two young men at his estate, called Marino, but Nikolai's brother, Pavel, soon becomes upset by the strange new philosophy called "nihilism" which the young men advocate. Nikolai feels awkward with his son at home, partially because Arkady's views have dated his own beliefs, and partially because he has taken a servant, Fenichka, into his house to live with him and has already had a son by her. The two young men remain at Marino for a short time, then decide to visit a relative of Arkady's in a neighboring province. There they observe the local…
In the short story Superman and Me, Sherman Alexie states that ¨I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky.¨ This quote is talking about how he refused to stop trying to not stop trying to learning to read.…
Ivan Ilych’s desire for power and high social status drive him toward self-centeredness, which defines him as an antihero. Gleaned from the notion that he deserves to ascend the social hierarchy, “Ivan Ilych became…
Vladek on the other hand was just blunt and spoke to his son as more mature than he really was. Religion also played an important, though subtle role in Vladek and Artie’s…
Many people assume that effective leaders are conceded, and they don not care for others. However, in reality they are kind to the people and are trying to help them in any possible way. Kindness is the most important quality of an effective leader because it demonstrates to the people that the ruler can be trusted and honorable. This leadership quality is shown through Brutus in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and in the historical example of Peter the Great.…
Misha Semynov spends years trying to forgive himself after he has his own chance to experience the evils of power. It is easy to get lost in the allure of absolute control and dominance—to lose the person one had always been and mutate into something recognizable. The night of the execution, the Romanov family stood together in complete powerlessness, and the family’s murder resonated with many individuals because it was evident that the Romanovs had liberated themselves through the abandonment of their thirst for power. On the same night, a man fired a bullet that marked his own grasp at power—and it nearly destroyed him. However, his desire to save Grand Duchess Maria is his own shot at personal redemption.…
The hero, main character, and title character of The Very stupid person, Myshkin is a (child, grandchild, etc.) of an old noble line and a distant relative of Madame Yepanchin. He is a fair-haired, blue-eyed epileptic in his late twenties who comes to Russia after four years in a mental hospital in Switzerland. From the beginning, Myshkin appears to be an outsider in Russian (community of people/all good people in the world): he dresses like a foreigner and acts as if unaware of the (related to social pressure, how people act toward each other, etc.) normal behaviors of the Russian (rich and powerful group of people). In fact, he is different from the other Russian rulers/rich and powerful people in (more than two, but not a lot of)…
Based on the blatant actions and personality traits of Alex in A Clockwork Orange, the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder associated with his deviant behavior would be described as Antisocial Personality disorder; but if analyzed within sub-categories, Alex clearly portrays symptoms of both Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Beginning with the opening scene itself, Alex perceives himself and his “mates” as almost godlike, in a sense that they could do whatever they wanted, to whomever they wanted. The world was their oyster. As Alex calls their actions “ultra-violence”, the vindictive look he gives the camera paired with this stoned narration depicts his exceptionally narcissistic and violent desire…
Although he is in a state of poverty and misfortune, he still offers to help out a friend by cutting his already meager paycheck in half. On the other hand, Raskolnikov has quite the poisonous behavior. He acts in a snarky manner towards everyone. “He threw angry glances at the young man, but covertly, impatiently awaiting his opportunity when this annoying tramp would be gone. It was clear.…
Nicholas was charming and intelligent a man who had the welfare of russia at heart. But Nicholas lacked the necessary characteristics for autocratic rule. He was anxious, distrustful of ministers such as Witte and stolypin, who urged reform. his abilities were undermines by his diffidence and irresolution.…
Alexander Pushkin’s The Captain’s Daughter is a coming of age narrative. Throughout the work, Pushkin illustrates many familial relationships surrounding the protagonist, Petr Andreevich Grinev. These relationships Pushkin creates in The Captain’s Daughter are beyond Petr’s mother and father, stretching into non-biological relationships that mimic the growth-fostering environments and experiences of the nuclear family. When considering Petr’s migration to Fort Belogorsk, these non-biological relationships play a critical role in his maturation process from child to adult.…
No mourning, no visits to monasteries. People never forgave Nicholas II for that.” It also well documented that Nicholas was obliged to attend a ball at the French embassy that night, but Nicholas believed it to be distasteful to attend after the prior events, however, Nicholas was informed that his absence would not go over well with the French, Nicholas attended to appease the French, this supposed side of the Tsar wasn’t obvious to the public who were becoming increasingly irritated by his supposed lack of compassion. This callousness displayed by the Tsar wasn’t a solitary expression in the inner court, grand duke Konstantin was exceptionally loyal to the Tsar, “his face had an expression of piety and supplication,” and “the young Tsarina is the embodiment of kindness and goodness,” this seemed to contradict what some thought of the Tsarina, “What a woman she was, an empress to her fingernails. She had the whip hand all right.…
Revolution according to the Webster Dictionary "is a sudden, extreme or complete change in the way people live work etc". During the World War 1 Russia witnessed the transition to a different and renewed that brought with itself some good and bad consequences; however it is necessary to analyze and understand each phase of the process in order to create a concept and a point of view. The Russian revolution has three main causes: political, social and economics.…