Marcel Breuer

The Circored Project was the beginning of a new technology using the new mini mills. In 1995, Cleveland Cliffs of Cleveland, Ohio partnered with the German Company Lurgi Metallurgie and LTV Steel. The key points to the Circored Project was project managers, changes to the management and design and market turmoil. A project manager must inspire a shared vision, be a good communicator, able to delegate tasks and be great at problem solving skills. Cliff Associates Limited(CAL), Ray von Bitter was the project manager for the entire project. CAL would visit the project site every few weeks, which made their overseeing procedures weak. The two contracting companies was Becthel and Lurgi. Tensions between Becthel and Lurgi started immediately and last through the entire project. The collaboration between these two contractors was difficult because they had different problem-solving styles. Also, there was three different nationalities, American, German and Trinidadians, in which communication issues caused more problems. This project had daily problems and CAL, the project manager would only visit the site every three weeks. Overtime the problems, just continue to build up without a quick solution. This poor leadership caused friction between the project team. Also, Lurgi project manager Peter Weber, was not in controlled but was just there as an advisor according to the contract. As a project manager, you must make sure yourself and the contractors agree to who does what…

The Gift of Mauss is about an economic system based on gifts and reciprocity that was common, under different forms, in many “archaic” societies. The author used various ethnographies to develop a new economic theory different from the barter theory and called gift economy. An important compound of this new theory is the reciprocity, but in order to understand what is it for Mauss, the gift economy need to be explained. First, this new kind of economy is based on the exchange of services. This…

The idea of gift giving in the Antebellum South, symbolized one’s stature in their community as it projected wealth, status, and honor. Furthermore, southern men of honor loved to give gifts as much as they could, even if they could not afford it as it gave the illusion that they were wealthier than they actually were. It was very important to men of honor to keep up an illusion they were more important and powerful than they actually were. These interactions were not just limited between men…

Cultural Frame In 1917, the wealthy male French artist, Marcel Duchamp created the revolutionary masterpiece named Fountain which challenged the meaning of what art is and the necessity of the manual labour required to make art. This masterpiece was influenced by the Dada movement, World War 1 and cubism. The dada movement was a movement which, was launched in 1916 in Zurich, was a direct reaction to the slaughter, propaganda and inanity of World War 1. In 1905, Marcel Duchamp began his…

He first studied in Germany at the School Of Decorative Arts. In New York, he started a studio with Marcel Duchamp and later on met Marcel sister Suzanne Duchamp. He produced on of his best known arts which was a portrait of Thomas Edison . Jean was part of the exposition internationals in pairs. In many years he made so many painting and they were exhibit at major galleries in England, Germany and the United States. Later on when Jean had passed aways he donated all of his persona paper to the…

I just don’t understand why a city or an artist would want to cover up a piece of history. Psychlustro is to graffiti as Banksy is to the Mona Lisa. Banksy took an iconic image and changed it to fit his style and his message. Taking a look at Banksy’s Mona Lisa Shows Her Bum it is a satire of the iconic painting. It shows that every “serious” and “traditional” painting has a fun, possibly crude counterpart. This could also be seen in Marcel Duchamp’s version of the Mona Lisa, which has an…

Post modern society has long been asking what makes an influential artist. And who is the most influential artist of the 20th century. The following is a case for Marcel Duchamp. The Duchampian ideals laid out in the beginning of the 20th century changed what it meant to be an artist for the rest of time, influencing artists of different styles and movements. In 1917, Marcel Duchamp submitted a porcelain urinal turned 90 degrees with the name “R. Mutt” signed on it to the exhibition of the New…

Artist as individuals have the ability to create exciting things using everyday objects. Marcel Duchamp a French member of the dada movement, Rosalie Gascoigne a contemporary Australian (died in1999), El Anatsui a contemporary West African, and Fiona Hall a contemporary Australian, they are all artists who work with mundane materials to create phenomenal pieces of work. Artist create their works within the agencies of the world, their audience and artworks through their practice.We can interpret…

Determining What Comprises Art Art is commonly considered a beautiful painting or sculpture in a gallery for public view. However, not all art fit into the perfect mold of what we imagine. Marcel Duchamp used a urinal to create his artwork "Fountain, with the words "R. Mutt 1917" inscribed (Jacobus and Martin 372). Is Duchamp’s "Fountain" any less art than da Vinci 's "Mona Lisa"? Investigating the composition of art and looking at alternative arts may aid in understanding. To be considered…

Artists might think that It’s improper to depict a flower or an apple. Those artists felt an urge to break miserable situations, and they also changed fixed stereotypes of Easel Art. “ What’s Easel Art ?” The traditional art works were mainly put inside frames or on pedestals, and audiences usually could feel a distance between them and the art work. You can find many examples like “Mona LisaSmile, Leonardo da Vinci, C.1503-06” The way ordinary people usually look up yo these works. Let me…