Modern Times

are not makers of history; We are made by history.”. By this he means that we are shaped by our past, everything that has happened, has happened because certain people wanted it to. We can't change the past but we can make the future. And throughout time society has continued to change. We strive to create change so the world will become better. Looking at the past there are many great changes that have influenced who we are today as a society. However not all change is good but all change does…

Modern life can be described to originate from the process of modernity. In its broader aspect, modernity arises as a topic in both humanities and natural sciences. Modern era, as well as some socio-cultural norms and practices that took place during early Renaissance, are some of the ideas surrounding modernity. The term defines a generation with its unique technological innovation, political structures, and socioeconomics. The society advances in knowledge to surpass its predecessors.…

Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. Each artist in each of the era’s have their own personal style and remarkable design. Artist strive for a unique style, this is which most do achieve by taking daily items and creating an extraordinary design. I do believe that modern art is consider art due to the unique way they interpret everyday objects into…

During her seven decade long career, her modern dance and choreographies gathered the fame that is today. Martha Graham’s impact on dance was staggering and often compared to that of Picasso’s on painting, Stravinsky’s on music, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s on architecture. Her contributions transformed…

the 1950’s and continues to be a part of the daily routine for a majority. Sitcoms in particular have taken a role in molding and influencing the public. It has greatly impacted our society for decades now. From the air of I Love Lucy to our current Modern Family, the shows have influenced our American society. The perspectives taken into consideration are the following: cultural, historical and psychological. These lenses will debut the manner in which our country has been influenced by…

beginning, people only used writing as an aid to the memory, but as time passed, it became more than a necessity. In the early twentieth century, to be illiterate, meant not to be civilized because a person did not count with the morality or the social appropriateness of a society. As the century progressed, literacy became an important part of many aspects in society, and people were required to read and write in order to survive in the modern world. People had to adapt literacy to their…

societies have experienced change. Change at one time was slow and gradual, like the carving of rock with water. However, science and the application of science-technology has made the changes happen much faster. Since the Industrial Revolution in the 1880's, we've been on a rapid ascent of technological progress. Technology has brought rapid changes that have altered our society for the better. One major change that has benefitted almost all modern mankind is the change in…

realism in modern art as well as answer the question most commonly associated with modern pictures: “What does that represent?” Léger develops his claims on modern art and his response to what he considers a nonsensical question by comparing a work of art’s imitative capabilities with its realistic value, defining as best he can the concept of pictorial realism, and by providing a history on revolutions of art that allowed for modern art’s evolution. The themes Léger discusses pertaining to…

Sonia Delaunay and her husband Robert were at the forefront of style and artistic innovation. It was popular at the time, and continues to be to this day, to create art that does not depict the true nature of reality. As the trends of art were in full swing towards cubism, which tended to utilize a more muted color palette, the Delaunay’s wanted to bring back color in their works while still depicting geometric forms. The new movement used to describe the works of the Delaunay’s was called…

Shakespeare’s most famous play is called Romeo and Juliet, although traditionally a script now has been portrayed as a film various times. Two versions have been broadcasted and presented the most due to popularity, Baz Luhrmann’s 1997 and Franco Zeffirelli 1968. Both films used the same traditional language and actions however set in different eras used different costumes and props. This is a comparison between the two films Act one Scene one. ------ Franco Zeffirelli setting of Romeo and…