Abstraction

witnessing inhumanely killed soldiers and deadly living conditions, Paul realizes that war is senseless, only causing unnecessary suffering and destruction. When Paul instinctively stabs a French soldier, he mourns for the dying Frenchman, “‘It was that abstraction I stabbed. But now,…

Pacifism is defined as “opposition to war or violence of any kind”. In theory, pacifism is an abstraction that would make the world an idyllic place, but when several parties are on the opposites side of the spectrum and decide to take what they want from others by using brute force, is pacifism plausible if one wants to survive? Over the past nine centuries, empires from all over the world have been invading countries, slaughtering thousands to claim land and anything else that they felt is…

The author of the article Paul Roberts presented many pieces of advice that are very important to writing. It can also be utilized to enhance the writing of others including myself. One of the best pieces of advice from the article is, “To be seeking always for the picture, to be always turning general remarks into seeable examples”. What this statement means, is to explore and hunt for the picture you are trying to display, along with altering general remarks into examples people can visualize…

The Dual Multiplex of the Divided Line Argument, in the conversational Platonic sense, is one possible way to come to accurate conclusions. In an argument, two or more opposing sides all present their evidence, and, upon deliberation, all sides come to a unanimous conclusion, which forms a thesis. In when more evidence is brought forward, the thesis is compared to the antithesis, and synthesis occurs through which a new, more refined thesis is created. In Plato’s Republic, this dialectical…

She was one of the first artists to adapt this method by painting close-ups of uniquely American objects, which were displayed as highly detailed yet abstract. O’Keeffe worked in series, incorporating abstraction and realism to produce artworks that emphasised various forms of nature. While several of her works remain highly detailed, an extensive amount of her works were created by stripping away what was considered ‘inessential’ to focus on the shape and…

be one of Venezuela’s modernist master. He lived in Paris since 1960 studying and understanding concepts of Kinetic and Optical art. Holland Cotter, a writer for the Ney York Times explains, "he turned his attention to new strains of geometric abstraction, including Op art, and to kinetic art." All of his works and his research established him as one of the 20th-century thinkers in the means of color. Jessica Leigh Lebos, a writer for Connect Savannah, illustrates, “[Cruz-Diez is] considered one…

other paintings are more expressive than others and etc. Specifically, Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon by Pablo Picasso. Furthermore, Pablo Picasso has a variety of expressive women paintings. In contrast, women expressionism was prominent and also abstraction of photography and nonobjective art. Nonobjective was an important part of the art movement because, “had all come into contact with the principal art movements of the early twentieth century: Cubism, Futurism, and Fauvism. In contrast,…

1. This is sexist because it refers to the person only by their sexual identity and not by any other aspects the person may have. It uses totalizing to represent the person. "Totalizing is responding to a person as if one label totally represents that person" (Wood 76). Instead the person could use person centered communication. 2. This would be difficult to find an alternative because as stated in the book, "African American emphasizes cultural heritage..." (Wood 77). To me Asian here is used…

Growing up, I remember always looking out the car window and staring at all the tall buildings. I’ve always been fascinated by the little things in life. This artwork instantly reminded me of how I looked at buildings myself as a child. I wondered if Hugh Mackenzie and I had something in common. When I came across this painting I actually stopped and stared, acknowledged and appreciated the hard work of etching. In pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a…

Enrich Maria Remarque’s book ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ features Paul Bäumer, a 20-year old German soldier who represents a whole generation of men that history refers to as the ‘Lost Generation.’ Through his character, the author tells a story of men who were destroyed by what is referred to as ‘The Great War.’ For instance, in chapter 2, Paul attempts to describe the difference between his generation and that of the older soldiers and notes that the older soldiers had a life before the…