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Theoretically, the term 'Public Art ' (municipal or community art) signifies any work of art which is designed for and located in a space available to the general populace, from a public square to a enclosure within a building freely accessible to the general public. In practice, however, a significant amount of such works of art end up tucked away in storage, or in private governmental workplaces. A lot of the public art, which has fortunately evaded being classified as antiquity, contains a…

The rise of industrial capitalism proved that American was advancing both in resources and profit. Captains of industry controlled large monopolies who sought out to destroy smaller competition. The American economy was reshaped by these larger enterprises which corrupted the system and made living as a lower classman more of a punishment than a reward. Immigrants who fled their previous countries where on a search for prosperity, large monopolies took advantage of their desperation to make a…

The Aztecs were a very important civilization with new rich ideas and new ways of life. They had a new system of government which was close to democracy. They gave women more rights than most other civilizations and their creative ideas such as the tumpline strap and the source of money provided an influence to our time. Even before they started the conquests to build their empire, the Aztecs built one of the most prosperous Mesoamerican cities for that time. All of these innovations and new…

Maria Vasileia (Amaryllis) Zerva ID#: 110000909 Professor: Mallory Catlett THR 105 11 December 2014 Viewpoints: An Uninterrupted Lesson in Sustained, Holistic Awareness Leading to Improvisation Reading through the plethora of information on Anne Bogart’s actor training method, Viewpoints, sweeps the reader away into a maze of experiences, much like the method itself. Floating between the historical background of how the company came into being, inspired by the original idea conceived by…

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by American journalist Sheri Fink is a very inspirational book because it focused on the events that happened in Memorial Medical Center when the hospital was flooded and had no electricity after Hurricane Katrina struck the city. Time, space, communication, and identity are portrayed throughout the book. These four factors are important in inter-ethnic relationships between patients and health care providers. Being able to…

Heavy metal music is and always will be one of the most polarising and controversial music genres in the world. While it is not without controversy, many fans of metal praise it as being the greatest musical style in the world. With the legions of fans it has, it is easy to see why metal has become such a massive phenomenon. The history of metal, staying true to the themes of it, is a dark grueling path of drugs, fights, brotherhood, and death. Metal has a very rich history full of culture…

popular shops are located on or close to this street with favorites such as the original Starbucks, the Pike Place Fish Market, and Pike Place Chowder. Floors 1-6 of the main arcade are comprised of retail shops and restaurants. Floor 1 leads to a stairway towards the waterfront overlooking Elliot Bay. The bulk of my observations was on Pike Street because it had the most activity and was most pertinent to the assignment. 1.2. Site visits Throughout my time in Seattle, I visited Pike Place…

INT. STAIRWAY - NIGHT Yaffna stands with her arms folded across her chest at the bottom of the steps. Sandy pulls Morris’s wheelchair up the stairs. Sandy struggles, sweat drips down her face. Her face is beet red, and she looks exhausted. She is close to the top of the stairs, just two steps away. She pulls with all her strength -- but her hands slip and she drops the wheelchair. Morris’s wheelchair goes flying down the stairs. Yaffna sprints into action running up the stairs, skipping two…

Chapter Nine Mystery is Our Middle Name Sunday, 9:20 a.m. I pumped my pedals hard up Willaston’s narrow pebbled driveway and stopped next to a squad car parked in front of the house. “I already told your pals, and now I’m going to tell you,” said the police officer sitting behind the wheel. “This is no place for kids.” She climbed out and made a dismissive gesture with her baton. “Scram.” “But—” “Now,” she ordered in a tone that warned me it was time to go. “Come on,” I told my associates.…

Introduction Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier were two of the world's leading pioneers in architecture and the most influential European theorists and critics of Modern architecture. Loos' most known writing was "Ornament and Crime," which encouraged the removal of decoration and the use of smooth and clear surfaces, in contrast to the lavish decorations that appeared at that time. His white stripped-down buildings influenced minimal massing in modern architecture and expressed lack of ornamentation…