Minimalism

poem. The most unique aspect of the poem relates to the perspective from which the scene is displayed. There is a type of panoramic quality of the images which alludes that the scene is from a distance. E.E. Cummings’ poem’s structure combines minimalism and intricacy, and is meant to be seen, rather than to be heard. His use of typography greatly impacts the way the reader reads the poem. The poem employs literary devices such as pause and emphasis, which gives a greater significance to the…

Written in 1959 Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "We Real Cool", was during the height of Civil Rights Movement. It took a long time for desegregation to fully integrate and caused many youths to doubt their life purpose. It epitomizes what many youths faced if they chose to forgo school. Many youths gave up on any hope for the future. Why try when they are constantly told they have no future. The start of the poem there are seven boys at a pool hall named the Golden Shovel. Seven is the number normally…

of six men known as the Harlem Six were wrongly sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Jewish man. For Come Out, Reich looped one of the mistakenly suspected Harlem Six, Daniel Hamm, saying, “Come out to show them” ("A Brief History of Minimalism"). Once again, Reich took a current event and used his methods of looping and phasing to create a masterpiece that changed…

first album in 1981, called MKWAJU, and recorded it from a live performance at the Haiyuu Zagekijoo theater in Tokyo. (Donelson) The album was written for a percussion ensemble with keyboard and computer programming. His compositions still showed minimalism characteristics but also reflected his interest in electronic, new age and melodic percussion. A year later, he collaborated with the Wonder City Orchestra and made a second album called Information while still in college. (Donelson) After…

Stella started out in Abstract Expressionism focusing of the formal elements of art. His efforts eventually shifted to more vibrant and complicated painting like the painting I chose “Flin Flon VIII”. His efforts in American Modernism helped develop Minimalism, Painterly Abstraction and Color Field Painting. Though he would never truly identify as a minimalist he was rewarded for his work in 2009 with the National Medal of Arts by Barrack Obama. Frank Stella continues to work as an artist and…

relationship to life and when there is a need for words, it allows the two actors to say the lines with gusto and emotion that can sometimes get lost in a "talky" screenplay. The performances by the two actors are all the more powerful because of the minimalism. Eelco Venema as Maarten and Henk Donselaar as Nando are beyond superb in their roles. At one point in the film, Maarten, having danced to the point of exhaustion, looks at his father, whom he suspects disapproves of his behavior, but…

writers to use the style of Hemingway. Ernest Hemingway influenced American literature through his writing style, use of character, and his symbolism. Ernest Hemingway is widely recognized as one of the most skillful authors of literary minimalism. Literary minimalism focuses mainly on the surface description of a topic and avoids the use of adverbs, thus allowing the context contained in a writing to dictate meaning. Hemingway started this minimalist style early in his career as a journalist…

gist’s on the topic of World war 1, they left a different impression on soldier’s, as a whole, and how they believed war effected the life of them and what they call their “home”. Mutually, Paul Baumer and Krebs ensured the yearning of peace and minimalism, wanting the opposite of all they knew for 3+ years. When they came home, having both experienced the horrors of World War I, they began to realize that they will never be comfortable in a normal society, restraining them from “going…

Both written and directed by Babak Anvari, 2+2=5 (2011) is a short film which highlights important social notions like human rights, natural freedoms, societal order and violent promotion of certain behavioral norms. In 2012, it was nominated under Best Short Film category for the Bafta Film Awards but never won, unfortunately. Anvari’s narration implicitly gives a hint to certain negative historical events of the humanity which should be avoided from repeating in the future. Namely, it reminds…

The organization I looked into is Target.com. Target are relative late comers to the online business, in the past couple of years Target has begin getting serious about there web based business due to failing profit margin and the selling of their drug store to CVS. Target store has had a tremendous drop in revenue. Since, They're late comers to the e-commerce business they have paid a powerful cost for that lateness, like losing a big piece of the pie to online retailers like Amazon.com and…