Abstraction

For my painting series I wanted to explore the Surrealist and Abstract Expressionist mindset of creation in conjunction with my current body of cosmic work. As these two movements are based primarily in the individual experience, I chose to create this series based upon how I experience and process the world as a mentally ill, LGBTQ+ individual. Creating eight acrylic-on-canvas paintings, four resembling Surrealist art and four Abstract Expressionist, I focused on emotions and experiences that…

Descartes has many arguments for mind body dualism one being that when a piece of the body is separated he knows for sure that his mind is still fully intact and has not been separated and supports this notion differentiating parts of the mind willing, conceiving and perceiving are unexpended and indivisible. And extend corporeal objects are divisible and unthinking. This example is used to separate them by category, one element is metaphysical and the other is tangible and has matter.…

Teaching Strategies for Indirect Instruction The indirect instruction model is defined as a teaching strategy that is designed to teach concepts, patterns, and abstractions with emphasis being on concept learning, inquiry, and problem solving. This type of learning approach is based off the constructivism theory. Teachers that use this method do not provide systematic instruction or sequencing that is organized and provided by the teacher. In this method of teaching, students gain…

The basic question that was addressed in Samuel D. Gosling and Oliver P. John’s “Personality Dimensions in Non-Human Animals: A Cross-Species Review” is the thought that whether or not non human animals had any sort of personality. Gosling and John discussed various personality types such as: agreeableness, extraversion, openness, dominance, neuroticism, and consciousness. Another question that was discussed was if they had personalities, and their activity level compared to human beings. The…

achievements of races do not warrant us to assume that one race is more highly gifted than the other” (213). In follow up on this finding Boas argued that the organization of the human mind across all races was dominated by three characteristics abstraction, inhibition, and choice. In Boas’s eyes this was supported by the existence of numerical and grammatical categories, customary control and aesthetic/ethical standards (220). Therefore, Boas was able to advance the field of…

I. INTRODUCTION In Plato’s dialogue, Minos, Socrates identifies weaknesses with each view of legal philosophy in turn - faulting state law for creating “some decisions [that] are unjust, unworthy of law”; social order as law for “bring[ing] in all of social life,” and; law as just or right for ignoring the way in which “opinions differ.” When viewed through Socrates’ criticism, law as ‘state law’ offers the most compelling account for the paradox that is law’s elusive definition. The following…

Career Goals Statement I am applying to the Social and Comparative Analysis in Education (SCAE) Master’s of Arts (M.A.) program at the University of Pittsburgh with the intention of selecting the Social Context in Education specialization option. I believe my academic background analyzing the theories and utilizing the tools of the social sciences, along with my first-hand experience serving in a public school, makes me an ideal candidate for your master’s program. I want to conduct research…

Amidst the turmoil of the first half of the twentieth century Leni Riefenstahl, Nazi sympathiser and one of Hitler’s inner circle, found herself using these contexts to further herself with opportunities never before presented to women before the war (Trimborn 74). Leni showcases the role of film makers during the second world war and displays the importance of the documentation of historical events through art regardless of which side of victory their work falls. Throughout her life and beyond…

Sol LeWitt was a leader of the Conceptual Art Movement. According to page 240 in textbook Sol LeWitt he defined Conceptual Art as that which is made to engage the mind of views rather his eye or emotion. Sol LeWitt was born on September 9th, 1928. He was an American, he studied at Syracuse University, School of Visual Arts. He was known for painting, drawing, and sculpture. He became famous with his art in the late 1960s. He has been in several Museums for his work since 1965. He was born in…

Understanding political economy is an important aspect to consider when looking analyze the connection between cities and government. Political economy is the use of the combination of political science, sociology, history and economic studies in order to understand how politics can control social and economic outcomes. Some of the classical sociologists that used this methodology to observe social change were the very controversial figure Karl Marx, Max Weber and Friedrich Engels. Although…