Kristen French

Robert E. Kelsey Jr. Doc. Gregory Caicco ART1030 P01 11/6/2017 Style Guide for Futurism and Purism. Futurism In a contemporaneous era of the early 1900’s with modernistic art movements, “Futurism” redefined a well social-political agenda. This inauguration was named by the “charismatic Italian poet as well playwriter Filippo Tommaso Marinetti” (1876-1944). 1909 was the creation “Futurism” movement, but soon encompassed the visual arts and cinemas, music and architecture. “Futurists” were…

Essay Part One Question: Was Napoleon a revolutionary or a military dictator? To understand the question one must understand the meaning of a revolutionary and a military dictator. A revolutionary is someone who brings about change to set of laws in a country or state. Where as a military dictator is someone who rules through fear and force. Napoleon’s actions rendered many views of him, leading people to believe whether he was a revolutionary or a military dictator. However, to decide the…

Universally, bilingualism is know as the speaking of two or more languages fluently. However, bilingualism has a far deeper meaning. I believe that bilingualism is the combination of two or more cultures and their languages into one’s life, and that it is the ability to communicate with a variety of people, not just people from one’s own countries. Throughout their essays, essayists Rodriguez and Espada develop different definitions of bilingualism. Espada believes that bilingualism is the…

In this essay, I will be discussing Michel Foucault “The Birth of Biopolitics”. These lectures took place at the college de France in 1978-1979. I will be answering the question ‘What does Michel Foucault understand to be specific differences between the liberalism of the eighteenth century England and the Neo-liberalism of twentieth century United States insofar as both are modes of governmentality?’ I will analyze the differences between liberalism and neo-liberalism. In addition, I will also…

The presentation of imagination accounts for the way a vast amount of advertisements are used to manipulate people. Whether it's drinking with the most interesting man in the world, to eating a huge burger with one of the hottest women there are, or using a body spray that will make women flock to you, imagery in advertisements have a heavy impact on viewers because the main purpose is to create awareness for a product or idea. Advertisers play on emotions and our desire to be part of the…

revealed and pushed during this time period. Indeed, Hunt explores the nature of these pamphlets by using a different method of interpreting history: through analyzing the French Revolution in terms of cultural history— “high and popular culture—and gender history— “power relations”—and how they provide a different analysis of the French Revolution. Through these pamphlets, Hunt illustrates the perspective from which the representation of Antoinette and thus women in general is offered:…

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Europe experienced a number of revolutions that greatly affected the political and social landscapes of Europe for centuries. This time period saw the rise of several theories that focused mainly on the relationship between the government and the citizens. Often, these theories would differ, but remain similar in nature, with an emphasis on the citizens having the natural rights to change the government if needed. However, the political theories of John Locke…

Date: November/3/2017 Absolutism is a form of government in which it is based on a monarchy which bares control over the kingdom as well as its population. Absolutism was not an uncommon thing in the eighteenth century, but became prevalent by the French king Louis XIV between 1643 and 1715 (Absolutism, 1998). Rulers and kings have always tried to centralize their powers at the expense of the nobles and the catholic church. In the sixteenth century and early seventeenth century religious…

Juan Luis Vives wrote ‘De Institutione Feminae Christianae’ in 1524 to impart his, arguably modern, views on the education of Christian women onto his audience. Born in Valencia in 1492, Vives was a Spaniard and as member of a Jewish family he was well educated. He attended the University of Valencia before moving to Paris where he gave private lectures and began writing Treatise of his own. This particular source was written for Catherine of Aragon, and was the first of its kind to address…

CPE Bach’s Fantasia in F Sharp Minor and the 18th Century Sublime This is going to be an essay about how CPE Bach’s Fantasia in F Sharp Minor could relate to some of the 18th century ideas of the sublime. In the eighteenth century, there were a lot of differing ideas as to what, exactly, the sublime entailed. I shall mostly be concerning myself with those of Edmund Burke, as written in “A Philosophical Inquiry Into The Origin Of Our Ideas Of The Sublime And Beautiful”, though many of the other…