Das Kapital

Thomas Alva Edison possessed a tremendous amount of skills as an inventor and dedicated a great amount of time and efforts in his laboratory. Edison realized at a young age that creating and inventing intrigued him. He drafted a great amount of notebooks containing sketches, ideas, and explanations for his inventions. His ambitions and aspirations led Edison to own many companies and accumulate over 1,000 patents for his inventions. As an inventor, Thomas grew up with a mindset that he would…

Background/ Early Years Louis “Louie” Zamperini, “the son of Italian immigrants, who had come into the world of Olean, New York on January 26, 1917” was “eleven and a half pounds of baby under black hair as coarse as barbed wire” (5 Hillenbrand). The Zamperinis soon decided to move to Torrance, California when Louie was three for his father’s job as a railroad electrician. Louie grew up in Torrance with his parents, older brother, and two younger sisters. Louie was the second of four…

The rebirth of a society through changing arts and ideas is a rare event, especially at the intensity and thoroughness of the Renaissance. This period of a couple hundred years was able to transform the way people lived, and introduced new art forms, artists and philosophical ideas. Though not apparent at the time, the people who lived during the Renaissance would make a profound impact on “future generations-from art and literature to education, political science, and history.” (The World Book…

One artwork I do not find particularly attractive is the Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro, by Piero Della Francesca. The paintings, in my opinion, are not interesting to look upon. The colors are bland, the exception being the male figure's clothing, which is a red color. Most of the colors fall within a neutral hue. The sky…

Screening: The Third Man (1949): Directed by Carol Reed, this black and white film had exceptionally articulate visuals of landscapes throughout the city of Vienna in 1948. In spite of being for the most part shot around evening time and in the sewers, the director does an incredible job capturing the overall character of the city. The music was fairly interesting, and added a feeling of peculiarity to the film. Although all the actors played their roles, respectively, Orson Welles was my…

M.C. Escher was a Dutch artist who created over 448 original pieces, and spent over thirty years perfecting his techniques. He weaves complicated concepts and images together, creating the style that represents him and his works. Escher uses many techniques like wood cut, transferring, and the use of 2D and 3D ideas, to make his pieces what they are. In Escher’s pieces Metamorphosis I-IV and Day and Night he demonstrates how everything and everyone is connected, and how change is inevitable. Day…

There are many artists well recognized around the world for the marvelous works they have done as individuals. The two artists that caught my eye in the early stages of the course were Tom Otterness and Magdalena Abakanowicz. Their artwork just stood out the most among their colleagues to me. In this essay, I shall speak about their backgrounds and some of their artworks that they have produced throughout the years. Tom Otterness was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1952. He moved to New York City in…

They used different types of tools to study the human body. Art and growing scientific body knowledge One example of the artist who was involved in the art and growing scientific body was Leonardo da Vinci. He was an art during Renaissance period. He was also expert in painting, architecture, and Engineering and scientification investigation. Example of his artwork was that of superficial anatomy of the shoulder and neck, c. 1510, pen and ink over…

patronage during this time of the High Renaissance, therefore at the dawn of the 16th century many well known artists even to this day were in great demand. These key artist, known as the masters of the High Renaissance in Italy, included Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Sanzio, and Michelangelo Buonarroti, as well as Donato Bramante, and Italian architect. Donato is very well known for making the most significant architectural contributions to this period, introducing Renaissance architecture to…

Ramiro Quezada Professor Buhanan Humanities 5 December 2017 Beyond Human Scale While The Fire of Rome (see fig. 1) denotes a clash of two elite forces, community and natural elements, the painting also serves as an introduction for Hubert’s redshifted career. Hubert received influence that drastically shifted his career when he resided in Rome from 1754 to 1766. In this time, Hubert developed a relationship with Panini and more importantly, Piranesi that consequently advanced Hubert’s…