Alexander Calder

Nicknamed the father of wire, Alexander Calder, was a modernists, a realists, but overall, an artist. During the time, many artists made silhouette line drawings on paper, but Calder was the original artist to use wire to fashion three-D line "sketches" of people, animals, and objects. He then moved from metaphorical linear sculptures in wire to random forms in motion by creating the first mobiles. Composed of whirling sizes of wire offset with thin metallic plates, the presence of the whole part was abstractly organized and reshuffled in place by chance merely by the air stirring the separate parts. Calder had done something never before done; he introduced the wittiness into stern art. This new knowledge had spread among many artists throughout the years, and to this day it remains a key component in art. From his…

I saw these yellow poles because they all look exactly identical and appear to be evenly spaced apart as well. According to Davies et al. (2011), “Judd’s work was constructed by serial repetition of elements so there is no hierarchy of composition and no evocation of emotion” (p. 1057), and that is exactly what came to my mind when I came across these poles on the side of the road. While looking for objects or buildings that I could potentially connect with real art I decided to go to the kid’s…

meaning and the way names are spelled changes over time and across the world. Our names, meanings, nicknames, and why we were named what we were, are just a few ways that shape are uniqueness. Originating from the Greek name Alexandros, Alexander signified "shielding men" from the Greek word alexo, which means "to guard. Help" and the Greek word aner, which means "man". The name Alexander additionally has a place with a legend of Paris in Greek mythology and has a place with a few characters in…

It was agreed upon in the Constitution that “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed” (Jefferson). By stating this it was absolute that those who were in a position of power are there because the people they over-see. Some of the men behind the support for the Constitution were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Although the Federalist strongly supported this change there were many disagreements from the Anti-Federalist…

Federalists, who were mostly high-class businesspersons, slave owners, and bankers; and anti-Federalists, who were mostly lower-class businesspersons and farmers. The Federalists believed in a strong national government and were in support of the constitution. The anti-Federalists believe that the new government would have too much power and would tread on people’s liberties. Anti-Federalists fear that in giving too much power to the central government; States’ rights would be over looked and…

The author of Founding Brothers, Joseph Ellis argues many points throughout the assigned reading. He argued that the new nation surviving its infancy stage was “bleak in the extreme.”(Ellis, 8) The adolescent nation faced many challenges both home and abroad during the revolutionary generation as they attempted to fashion an independent viable republic such as the dinner which Thomas Jefferson held to decide the issues of the early nation’s deficit and the location of its new capitol, the…

influential “founding fathers”, as they are known today, was a remarkable yet flawed individual. This group of men consisted of John Adams, the first Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr, Vice President under Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, who is widely regarded as one of the most influential of the group, Alexander Hamilton, the author of The Federalist papers, Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, James Madison, the father of the Constitution, and…

for new independent countries forming from there on out. Although rather bright and happy, the United States government has had its fair share of dark stories. One of the most known dark secret is the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. This duel was planned to resolve problems between the two, and possibly fix any political issues between their parties. Hamilton seemed to truly want to resolve any situations, but according to history, Burr had other ideas. The two men were supposed…

In American history, few ideological disagreements have been as important as the divide between Alexander Hamilton 's Federalist Party and Thomas Jefferson 's Democrat-Republicans. Both parties were led by brilliant men whose political arguments would lay the foundation for debates on the nature of government in America that are ever present in our national discourse. Hamilton thought America should drive ahead into the future as an industrial and mercantile powerhouse, whereas Thomas Jefferson…

Alexander III of Macedon more commonly referred to by many as Alexander the great, is one of history’s more famous leaders for his brilliance and military genius having conquered the known world of his time. Alexander’s brilliance is attributed by many historians to Aristotle, his tutor in the more philosophical subjects of the time. “The Golden Mean” by Annabel Lyon captures Aristotle’s first person view of Alexander during his time as his tutor as well as some of Aristotle’s own upbringing.…