Futurism

Marinetti challenges the longstanding traditions of Italian life by constructing provoking manifestos that undermine customary syntax and rationality; because much of his writing comprises the use of subtle and contradictory nuances, Marinetti’s ideas appear to display a more fascist and misogynist organization. He does not want men and women to be equal, but he wants to empower women to enhance the races. However, Marinetti is not a misogynist; he actually displays more of a quasi-feminist…

With political discourse taking center stage in Russia during the early 20th century, the atmosphere surrounding the beliefs of the working class switched from the oppression of autocracy towards a communist state. The effects surrounding the societal switch was sparking new ideas and viewpoints in the world of art. Russian avant-garde artist, Kazimir Malevich, the inventor and pioneer of Suprematism, was a driving force in the development of today’s modern art community. His views and messages…

epic affair with fiction, I've always been motivated to explore the intermingling of both. At the bookstore, I'm faced with a decision of whether to dive into the oceans of science fiction, or to explore the narrow caverns and the vast sights of futurism. I gaze at the stars, wondering how long until we begin travelling through space, a new frontier for humanity. I also look at the research bringing us closer to that point, and the interdisciplinary thinkers leading those…

1. Fender scoops on the Strat, including pickup and bridge configurations. In addition to these design improvements, the new model had several new features that its predecessor, Telecaster, lacked. The Stratocaster came with three pickups (the Telecaster had two) and featured a bridge with a pitch change, a vibrato bar to bend strings, a key point in one of the first printed advertisements. 2. When CBS bought Fender, the Strat changed, and not for the better, in the eyes of certain collectors.…

"When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, 'Come!' 4Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword." (Revelation 6.9-15) Few concepts are better known to humanity than war. With the destruction and suffering that ensues, it is thought by many to be the end of mankind; yet this knowledge does little to prevent history from repeating itself.…

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE: RESEARCH CULTURE Student name: Tuan Anh Tran Student ID: 12660054 Tutor: Dr. Emma Rowden Studio: Rituals of Resistance CONTENT Aims and objectives of studio Method of studio Role in studio This report will discover how the studio Rituals of Resistance led by Tom Rivard investigates processes of city-making and urban design in the contrary to rising tides of neoliberal regulation and environmental transformation, searching for genuine urban resilience. I. Aims and…

Abstract Expressionism is like nonrepresentational art in that did not portray a clear defined picture. This type of art was made popular by Jackson Pollock; One example of his art is, “number 1” made in 1949. This type of art used heavy brush strokes or a drip technique used by Jackson Pollock. This movement was a rebellion against cubism, nonrepresentational, surrealism, and dada. It started in New York in the early 1900’s after world war 2 as a new way to look art. Bauhaus…

Fulton, K. and the Global Business Network community, 2004, p.3) Benjamin Franklin once remarked thus, "Only three things are certain in life, birth, death and taxes." To add to that, I say change. Bruce Sterling a science fiction writer argues, "Futurism is the art of reperception. It means recognizing that life will change, must change, and has changed, and it suggests how and why. It shows that old perception have lost their validity while new ones are possible." Scenario thinking at a…

He also drew inspiration from Orphism (a type of cubism but pure abstraction and brighter colours), Futurism and Purism (emphasis on the purity of form and rejection of cubism by returning to representing recognisable object), his most common subject in this period was the female nude. His biggest source of inspiration was the influence of Giorgio de Chirico…

Jan Tschichold is from Leipzig Germany and is a typography and author. Born in 1902, Tschichold trained as a calligrapher and designer at the Leipzig Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Production from the ages of 17 and 19 then began freelancing as a lettering artist and designer. He was hired at a printing firm to draw page layouts for the typesetters. While working there, he visited a Bauhaus exhibition that drew him into the new Modernist movement. A couple of years later, Tschichold joined…