Prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre once wrote that the tendency to reduce space ‘to parcels, to images, to facades that are made to be seen and to be seen from’, is a tendency that degrades the very notion of it. Architecture inhabits space, the concept of which, albeit difficult to grasp is made possible through the interpretations of those who populate it. It is even possible to say that there are as many places as people in a space. This concept is central to the discourse of…
Many people felt that Realism was not capable of revealing the whole truth. Realism could only show the physical flesh and blood world, the world of the five senses. Symbolists argued against Realism, saying that more significant aspects of truth are found in mystery and myth rather than reality. They advocated a drama composed of images and symbols, which would become known as Symbolism. Stephane Mallarme is acknowledged as the leader of the Symbolists. He only wrote two plays, but as a critic…
He has been shown to be the master craftsman of events, revelations and teachings to impart the right dharmic values in each of the characters and mold the situations to restore order. Some of the events of war appear to be unethical on the part of Pandavas, like a.) using Shikhandi as…
idea of working for four years to master the necessary skills of these traditional fine arts, was considered retrogressive. Art, it was believed, should be liberated from the elite and opened to the public, so art schools began to turn out a new type of graduate - someone familiar with instant postmodernist-style forms, as well as basic production techniques. In a nutshell, individual "creativity" was considered to be more important than the accumulation of craftsman-like skills.”…
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A woman dressed in a finely, pressed, blue and white, pin striped dress, hair slicked-back in a high ponytail, wearing circular-shaped sunglasses, leather handbag, and walking in high heels on the cobblestone streets of Florence. An old woman sits in front of a shop demonstrating how she sews as she monograms clothes. A man in black, tailored, dress pants, white buttoned down shirt with the top buttons opened, sunglasses reflecting the bright sun, and black leather shoes. These are some examples…
Marx’ in the earliest pieces of human history from all over the world we find complicated arrangements of society of varying ranks. In Rome there were the patricians, knights, plebeians and slaves. In the middle ages feudal lords, vassals, guild-masters, journeymen, apprentices and serfs. In Marx’ view the end of feudal society didn’t end the class struggle it only simplified it. Marx believed that there were two emerging classes forming within society that were opposed and moving farther and…
cultural ethos. One can say that Seth draws his experiences from multiple locations. Anita Desai in a Review, Sitting Pretty, (1993) pertinently comments: Seth belongs to the generation of practitioners of Indian Writing in English, born after Independence who has attracted attention in India and abroad and even made the reading and writing of novels a respectable pursuit. (Anita Desai 26) Due to the diversity of his themes, forms and genres, the literary world wants to study him. Thus,…
man, but learned that no one is going to believe him so he kept to himself, did what they commanded of him and stayed smart. Mr. Solomon, who is named Platt at the time, continued on the slave journey to New Orleans where he was sold to his first master, William Ford. Mr. F was a Baptist preacher who farmed in Bayou Boeup of the red river in Louisianan and was considerate to his slaves. Solomon worked as a carpenter to build looms for Mr. Ford until he was sold in the winter of 1842 to John…
“Icarus in Catechism Class,” a poem written by Dominador Ilio, revolves around the persona wanting to escape the catechism class that he is in. On the other hand, “Musée des Beaux Arts,” a poem written by WH Auden, shows how the “Old Masters” understand suffering as depicted in several artworks, especially Brueghel’s painting of the fall of Icarus, as seen by the persona in a mueseum. This close reading will focus on the importance of Icarus and how suffering is depicted in the poems. Making…