Arts and Crafts Movement

have turned the environment of popular culture, into commodities for the global media to satisfy the cultural curiosity and sense of superiority of their audience. The Indian tribal dances, harvest songs, martial art forms of Kerala and other parts of India and innumerable other folk and art forms are picked out of context, enacted in studios and presented to the world as ‘exotic’ and primitive practices. This is how India is presented as mysterious in world fairs and on…

collection of combined different techniques of other dance styles such as ballet, jazz, and modern dance. Its difference with ballet is that this style is not that structured when compared to ballet. There are no specific steps, rather you just create movement with your body. Unlike ballet, contemporary dance can be danced with improvisation. Also, floor works are performed in contemporary ballet. The steps performed in contemporary dance are more athletic because they include more tricks such…

Despite the creative and social innovation of Meadham Kirchhoff, the nature of the capitalist power structure has meant that “Britain is awash in the selling of a venerable old England” (Outka 4), as evidenced by Poundbury and Liberty. The capitalist privatisation of all classes within the 21st century has resulted in people’s ability to seek out a wider range of choices, putting theories of transgressive performance into play, as in Poundbury. As critic John McKenzie says “global forces of…

Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art, cite fear as a factor as important to their process as a passion for truth, particularly fear of revealing the self. Pressfield goes on to state, “Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scare we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it” (Pressfield 89). However, with contemporary establishments of art as product, personal components of…

one to three have an interest in manipulating and problem solving. Toys that encourage this behavior are; push and pull ride on toys, small tricycles and wagons, simple puzzles, movement…

‘proceed from one and the same faculty of understanding’, it is made equally evident – through both his lexical choices and his manifest scorn at the notion that one might consider painting a ‘nobler’ art form than ‘sculpture’ – that the renowned artist still harbours a preference for sculptural art. This,…

1969 was a year with a distinct economic, social, political, and intellectual atmosphere. After the end of World War II in 1945, the US experienced great economic prosperity lasting until the 1970s where sound employment could be obtained relatively easily for both skilled and unskilled work. The affluence this created also caused a baby boom where birth rates temporarily increased, and in 1969, many of those born in the baby boom now made up 8 million young adults going though college. This…

who is gifted in many arts. In several way, this is a true definition of what the ideal man would have been during this time period. Men were raised from infancy to study the “liberal arts,” which contained several different areas of knowledge. “It is, then, of the highest importance that even from infancy…

hobbies require large chunks of time in order to really advance a skill or to see the activity to completion. An example of this sort of hobby is playing golf. There is a wide array of genres that can provide worthwhile hobbies such as sports, art, crafts, gardening, cooking, and music. In the area of music, it’s hard to beat piano playing. It can be started at most any age and once the fundamentals are mastered it can be a very rewarding hobby. It is incredibly beneficial in…

seen as a form of domination and empowerment throughout society. It helps to influence the society around us in a big way and ultimately transcend politics because of that. Avery Brundage proposed a statement that “sport, like music and other fine arts, transcends politics…We are concerned with…