War; a state of armed conflict between different nations or states. World War I, commonly known as “The Great War”, took the meaning of the word ‘war’ to a whole new level. The War destroyed a generation of men, physically and mentally, through it’s barbarity and failure to acknowledge the similarities between “enemies”. New technologies, nationalism, and militarism introduced an uprising of not only violence but a response in literature. Authors such as Keith Douglas and Erich Maria Remarque…
Internet piracy is a controversial issue when it comes to whether or not it affects the entertainment industries since the start of twenty-first century. The scholarly article, written by Koster, called “Fighting Internet Piracy: The French Experience With The Hadopi Law”, is about internet piracy cause a decrease the revenue in music industry and the French decided to create a law in order to help music industry’s revenue from decline any further. The law is called Hadopi and its objectives…
Introduction I have been asked to provide a legal opinion for Tony in regards to copyright infringement. The issues are whether there can be any actions taken against, Alice, James, Local Political Candidate, or the Television Station. To assess Tony 's likelihood of success against these individuals and organisations we need to consider the relevant authorities and their application to each case at hand. Once this has occurred any defenses will be raised and assessed in turn to each individual.…
Another example, in California, a capitated program (set price per person) named STRIDES (Steps Towards Recovery, Independence, Dignity, Empowerment, and Success), is a close replica to the ACTS model. There is a low caseloads, 24 hour availability, weekly meetings, and medication monitoring. In addition, there are substance abuse counselors and employment specialists available to clients (Chandler, Spicer, Wagner, & Hargreaves, 1999). Chandler et al., 1999, conducted a study of 60…
approach to their artmaking decisions and actions. Two such visionaries are the conceptual artists Marcel Duchamp and Antony Gormley who have successfully experimented with both the form and philosophy of art. Marcel duchamp defied the traditionalist movement, through challenging the conventional styles which have been around for centuries. Nevertheless, becoming the founding father of one of the most recognised forms of art, known as conceptual art of which Gormley later became a renowned…
and what key events took place to influence the start of abstract expressionism and its impact on postmodernism and contemporary art practices and how it developed over the years. I will explore artists who belonged to the abstract expressionism movement; Pollock, De Kooning, Twombly. I think knowing the history of abstract expressionism and these artists will help me understand my own practice. This will then lead to action painting in depth and…
However when everyday life became the fear and destruction that was war, artists began to introduce new styles of art that used different medias and inspirations. Dada and Cubism were some of the movements that inspired this. Auto-destructive Art follows these techniques by taking everyday objects and damaging or destroying them, generally by causing damage, and then letting it destroy or damage itself the rest of the way using corrosion, stress or…
“supreme law of the land” that offered liberties only provided in the United States of America. After the creation of the constitution, in order for it to replace the current regime, it needed to be ratified by at least nine states, this lead to the Anti-Federalist papers and Federalist papers, one advocating for the…
Together, this paints a picture of the contemporary religious setting. Shakespeare’s piece is predominantly Reformation, as it mainly ignores Catholic ideals and goes against them. This is no surprise, though, as plays were looked down upon by the Catholic church. According to Jensen, “To play and to put on plays were equally idolatrous” (Jensen 283). She continues, “Plays, even if they did not originate in the Catholic liturgical year, were still labeled by these writers as idolatrous—partly…
Contemporary art is the successor to modern art and is taking place now. Because there is such a large quantity and vastly different artists today, contemporary art cannot be summarized under one or two styles. The simplest way to classify each movement is to designate each their own time period. Modern art started in the late 1800’s and ended sometime in the 1970’s. Where, contemporary art started in the 1970’s and has yet to end. One thing is for certain; both contemporary and modern art…