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modernization of the economy and maintenance of a stable economic growth are crucial to all countries around the world. The process of globalization and the development of information technology increase the competition between states and forces national governments to develop strategies that would allow their nations to gain a competitive advantage as a way to ensure the country’s leading position in the world in terms of economic, political and cultural influence. In view of it, one of the…

Ansel Easton Adams (Ansel Adams) April 22nd February 2, 1902 -1984. It was a famous scenery photographer, educator of photograph, and natural environment protector in the United States and the world in the twentieth Century, the founder of the famous "regional exposure law", and one of the f/64 groups who advocated "pure photography". Yunatimes: you may not have heard of this photographer, but you may have heard his famous saying. "We don't take a camera with a camera. We take the books you've…

Dusseldorf, Germany is an extremely successful city that is growing in popularity. Though it may not be discussed with the likes of more noted cities, it does possess many qualities that make it worthy to be my region of choice. Such as a stunning harbor that handles over 3 million tons of goods annually, and its modern industrial architecture which includes the thyssen building to the north of the city Centre (Helicon, 2016). Those examples are few of many that make up the several astonishing…

would be air programming that would come from the outside world, particularly from the western nations. Its foreign relations for the most part, strained because of a few incidents that occurred during Gaddafi rule as its leader. There are few art galleries and museums around the country of a cultural repression that occurred while Gaddafi’s rule. Despite the incidents that occurred, Libya was once a pro-Western country during its time as a monarchy country. The country had more freedom than it…

Museum of Modern Art was offered his pictures and did not accept them, but the George Eastman House did. The Library of Congress holds over 5,000 Hine photographs, including examples of his child labor and Red Cross photographs, his work portraits, and his WPA and TVA images. Other large institutional collections include nearly ten thousand of Hine's photographs and negatives held at the George Eastman House and almost five thousand NCLC photographs at the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery of the…

i was more in shock when I first saw the image, numerous question and red flags came to mind. American photographer Annie Leibovitz was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on October 2nd, 1949. Around the time of 1967 she enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute. Her career began as a staff photographer for the “Rolling Stone” magazine. Only after 3 years she became…

Integrated Learning Assignment: China The integrated learning assignment that we had to focus on was scenario 6. Our group consists of a team that worked for a Non-Government Organization, and our job was to assist the Chen Family. The family is a total of four, Fu Chen and Ling Chen and their two children Kang Chen who is seven years old and will be attending the first grade and ZhenZhen Chen who is still an infant that just turned one.Fu Chen is the main source of income in the household. He…

the styles separate, various paintings of the time reflect an interaction of artistic influences across them. Perhaps one of the most fascinating examples of North and South interplay is Antonello da Messina’s St. Jerome in his Study, 1470’s, National Gallery, London. An analysis of Antonello’s St. Jerome in his Study reveals his interest in the innovative medium and descriptive style of Northern Europe, which he combined with his native Southern interest in light and space – resulting in a…

especially feminine beauty. Renoir was the child of a working class family and worked in a porcelain factory when he was a boy that led him to his talents in drawing. He also painted hangings for overseas missionaries and decorations before enrolling in art school. He often visited The Louvre to study the master painters of France. When he began his study under Charles Gleyre in Paris in 1862 he met Sisley, Bazille, and Monet. Sometimes in the 1860s he didn’t even have enough money to buy paint.…

Researching these photographers’ was hard to pick from until I researched Gordon Parks. There are many reasons why I chose this artist. One because he documented Civil rights movement, did not know of any African American photographers, and his photos were raw. Parks expressed “ the crusade for civil rights with images of demonstrations, brutalities, and racial inequalities. Park’s approach was entirely different, serving a crucial documentation in a prosaic yet profound way. His photographs…