...Tyler Davidson Fountain The work of art that I experienced was the Tyler Davidson Fountain, which is a piece of architecture. I viewed this work of art during my fall break week on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 2:00 pm, while with my parents in Cincinnati, Ohio. This piece of art, also known as “The Genius of Water", sits in a public place in Cincinnati, Ohio, home of major league baseball team, The Cincinnati Reds. The first thing that I noticed about this art work was the water streaming from the four bottom drinking fountains. The water on the top fountains run only during the spring and summer months and are turned on in time for the first home baseball game of the Cincinnati Reds, when it is estimated that 500 gallons of water run through...
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...Art ‘I was interested in ideas – not merely in visual products. I wanted to put [art] once again at the service of the mind’ (Marcel Duchamp). Discuss with reference to ONE of Duchamp’s art works. “The readymade can be seen as a sort of irony, because it says here it is, a thing that I call art, I didn’t even make it myself” (Ades and Cox et al., 1999: 151). Most of Marcel Duchamp’s “readymades” are the representatives of this ideology, the most controversial and distinguished one is “Fountain” definitely, which is a urinal in Society of Independents Artists Exhibition in New York in 1917 (Nesbit, 1994). After this exhibition, the debate was initiated to argue what was art and what was not. This essay will first consider how Marcel Duchamp challenged the concept of art with Fountain and secondly, will evaluate the significance of Fountain, to demonstrate the worth of Fountain as one of the most significant art works in 20th century. There are numerous understandings of what art is. The definition of art from Oxford Dictionary is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture” (Oxford Dictionaries). However, this is a traditionary explanation about art. It has no longer apply to the modern art in various aspects. Since the Dadaism movement started in Europe in early 20th century, anti-art works had been prevalent among the modern artists. The art theory had an enormous transformation during...
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...admire him as an entrepreneur. The text defines an entrepreneur as a risk taker and someone who seeks out a profitable opportunity. I find the risk taker portion of this definition to be the true spirit of an entrepreneur and what separates the men from the boys, if you will. I’m sure that people before Howard Johnson or even during his time had similar ideas but he did it. Johnson decided to move forward with his idea, his vision, and make it a reality. I admire entrepreneurs because they can take an idea and make it something more than scribbles on a piece of paper. I find several similarities with Howard Johnson in that we both came from backgrounds of working to help our families as well as restaurant work. I admire the fact that even though he barely had an elementary school education, he was able to be a successful business man. I highly value education so this is the one point where I feel he could have potentially been more successful. In his early twenties, Johnson bought a drugstore soda fountain then followed this with two more stores over the next few years. Ten years after opening his first soda fountain, he launched franchising. I have read several different places that either lists his franchise as the first restaurant franchise or one of the first. Whether it was first or not, he was still able to charge a fee to operators...
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...Ballpoint Pen Guide February 20, 2015/28 Comments/in Accessories, Ballpoint Pen, Fountain Pens, Other Accessories, Pens, Reviews, Savoir Vivre, Wardrobe /by J.A. Shapira Pin It At Gentleman’s Gazette, we have a deep appreciation for all fine accessories. From the neck and bow ties we sell in our online shop, to pocket squares, cufflinks and business card cases; there really is no limit to our love for well crafted, sartorially-savvy products. One accessory that is dear to our hearts are fine writing instruments, and with that said, we are proud to introduce you to our new series on pens. In the past, we’ve discussed fountain pens on occasion, even publishing a very in-depth and comprehensive guide on Pelikan fountain pens. To kick off this new series, we’re going to begin by focusing on ballpoint pens. Something, that many pen aficionados often dismiss as being subpar to that of the other styles including fountain pens and even rollerball. However, I am inclined to disagree with the majority of these critics. While ballpoint pens are certainly not as special as fountain pens, they do have their merits which I’ll discuss in this segment. History I remember as a child thinking to myself that ballpoint pens must be a relatively recent invention. I’m not sure why I thought this, but I’d like to guess it was due to their increased popularity in the Canadian grade school system. While fountain pens continue to be used in parts of Europe; they haven’t been in the North American...
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...Question 1: To begin with, it is important to give a definition of a deadline in order to highlight the concept. Generally, a deadline is “the time by which some task is supposed to be completed”.[1] Thus, a deadline determines a certain amount of time which can be either measured generously or rather strict. Therefore, people use this amount of time as an “indicator of how ambitious a project can be”.[2] Thus, in the usual case, a limitation can lead to a feeling of scarcity of time as a resource. In her article, Connie Gersick states that deadlines are strong psychological boundaries.[3] Since they are a fundamental element of projects, it is important to show their effect on individuals. These effects can vary to a large extend due to differing perceptions of time as a limited resource. Waller et al. highlight this issue by setting up a pattern of two dimensions, namely time urgency and time perspective.[4] Consequently, a time urgent person is someone who sees time as his own enemy and therefore creates own deadlines in order to schedule every activity. Based upon the framework of Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, people can have one of three basic perspectives towards time: past, present or future oriented. Waller et al. concentrate on individuals with a present or a future-orientation while keeping the past-orientation in the background. Figure 1 is the illustration of their pattern, resulting in 4 distinct characters: [pic] People with a high time urgency are usually aware...
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...In the day time condition love joy fountain located in a right place and get maximum amount of light with the slop that place provide, in the night condition this place doesn’t have a right function as the diagram shows they are three entrances to the park which the place doesn’t provide any direction towards entrances for pedestrians, as eye get direction at night this place is doesn’t deliver a focal point to make eyes confortable, also because of the highest amount of light that windows toward the park provide most of the focus is on the building around the place instead of having a right visual view for the neighborhood to experience the function of the pocket park at the same time feeling of in and out as the idea of pocket park provides This place at night can be a romantic place with different light strategies and can have a warm ambiguity for different functions such as dog walker or even some athletic people to enjoy the night condition, for example tanner spring park at night is a place that romance happened and light in the place complete the six sense of experience, the sound of the water and small Wight in the place, the smell of the fresh grasses, the feeling of the earth, vision of leaves that moving with wind into the air and at the end light in the place make it happened Lovejoy fountain because of the water future that provide also the stage can have different function at different times like director park that during the day has option for children to...
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...have left public accounting (pre-Enron, not as a result) and have been on the client side for the last twenty or so years. I’ve witnessed that most people in business do not appear to be creative and, in fact, many seem to be stuck thinking “that’s just the way we do it.” Most companies have a couple of people who do most of the creative thinking and the rest of the people just react…or resist. Over time, I have found it difficult not to slip into that mindset. It is certainly the easiest path to follow. It has the least resistance and is a fairly safe way of doing things. You’re not likely to screw anything up if you simply follow the standard way of doing things. An employee might not be faulted for not coming up with new, creative ideas, but may be criticized or even fired if he...
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...In 2007, people have drink billions of bottled water every day that year and the number of used bottled water is increasing is increasing rapidly since then. The idea of overusing a bottled water is common for a younger generation of kids has come to adapt a lifestyle where using bottled water is the only options out there. It is easy to forget that there are some different alternatives to drinking water, instead of solely relying on bottled water. Examples such as fountain water, tap water, or just a cup of water will do. In the article, Elizabeth Royte criticizes the entire new generation of kids to have come to relied only on bottled water and explores the idea that convenience is a better alternative to the younger generation. The cycle...
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...by Ethan Cain in 1988. The story is about Jack, an almost 18 – year old boy. He is kicked out of his parent`s house, but that was actually one of his own wishes. He works in a small theatre called Able`s where he sells tickets half of the time and works as a projectionist the other half of the time. Able`s is also the place where he meets his girlfriend, Katy. He does not love Katy at the very beginning, but after a couple of dates, he actually begins to fall in love with her. As the time goes by, Katy invites him to her sister`s wedding, and Jack gets the opportunity to meet Katy`s parents. After that, they plan to get married in November. But Jack has a second wish, which is to go up to Fountain Lake with Katy. One day Jack sees Katy in a red Cadillac, and together they go up to the Fountain Lake, and his dream becomes true. Jack is two months away to be 18 years old. He is not a boy no more, but a man who is about to get married. “Some guys my age are kids, but I`m eighteen and getting married that`s a big difference” (P 8, L 4-5). Jack sees himself as a grown man, who can take care of his own life. He feels that he is different than anybody else. I do not think that he had any role models he could look up to, so he decided to take care of his own. “Nobody ever told me they loved me before, except my mother, which is obvious” (P 2, L 1-2). It seems like Jack did not get any support from his family, especially not from his father. His wish was to move out from his parent`s...
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...Various forms of art emerged in the twentieth and twenty first centuries, many of which represented new ideas and attempted to be regarded as different to and better than what was before. These art movements rejected the traditional customs, beliefs, and practices of the art that came before it, cleaning the slate in order to begin again. Many artistic movements undertook this challenge to reinvent the arts, often attempting to reject societal, political, or cultural values, although these values often conflict. The movements of Dada, Punk, and Futurism exhibit similarities in their rejection of past traditions, though they differ in the ways that they express their rejection and their ideals. These similarities can be seen through examples...
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...attention in the early 20’s when World War I began. Notable painters and sculptors from around the world came together to protest against the bourgeois ideologies they believed led to war. Referred to now as the Dadaist Movement, artists organized public gatherings, demonstrations, and publication of art and literary journals to protest the 'reason' and 'logic' of their conservative capitalist society. Marcel Duchamp—a popular multi-media artist, initiated one of the more infamous stories of his time when he submitted a store bought urinal, Fountain, to a annual high-society exhibition for the Society of Independent Artists. Because all artists were commissioned by the society, there was no jury for the work submitted, so it was considered appalling when the show committee insisted that Fountain was not art, and rejected it from the show. Duchamp had hoped for this reaction; only further confirming his objection the ideologies of society. Although Fountain was never displayed, the orthodox subjectivity of the art world in that era lives in infamy. Looking back on Dadaism now, most would...
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...Cassandra Schultz Professor Bodi ENG 112 13 September 2015 Achieving “Flow” []In “Finding Flow” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi explores the idea of what it means “to live” (544). Csikszentmihalyi compares living with his idea to flow. Throughout the “Finding Flow” excerpt, Csikszentmihalyi discusses the idea of flow is to have a clear and concise goal, provide immediate feedback, and to balance skills and action opportunities (548). Csikszentmihalyi discusses a study he and his students conducted on employees of a factory that assembled railroad cars. Csikszentmihalyi goes on to describe the workplace as “a huge dirty hanger where one could hardly hear a word because of the constant noise” (545). The general morale and attitude of the employees were poor and most waited for the end of the day to hurry out of the factory to drown out every day monotony of factory life with other activities. There was one employee in particular, Joe, who Csikszentmihalyi describes as a married, sixty-something year old, almost illiterate man who was self taught to fix everything in that factory. Joe and his wife had a large rock garden filled with misty fountains that Joe built. Even when it was dark out, the fountains made a rainbow. The other factory workers had respect for Joe and would ask for his help to fix things. Csikszentmihalyi asks,“ What makes a life like his serene, useful, and worth living?” (545). Csikszentmihalyi goes on to discuss that often different parts of life do not line up with...
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...First and foremost, I would visit the Statue of Liberty. I would first have to get a ferry to take me to the island that the statue is located on. Once on the island I would start the climb to the crown of the statue. The only way up to the crown of the statue is to start the long climb up the stairs. Once at the top of the statue I would look all over New York. When looking over New York I would admire the city and all that it holds. Looking over the city from the top of Lady Liberty will give me an unforgettable experience. Moreover, I would want to climb to the top of the Empire State Building. I would go to the Empire State Building and start the climb to the top. Once I start the climb to the top I will be looking out all of...
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...Regenerative Therapy Omar Saeed Nicholas Justus Date Due: April 7th, 2013 Stem Cells are specific biological cells found in organisms that contain the ability to divide, differentiate and regenerate to create further stem cells. Stem cells divide through mitosis and differentiate by a specific process, which allows the cell to become a more specific cell type. Stem cells therapy as a whole is a very debated and controversial topic as it brings about ethical and moral dilemmas involving the conception, treatment and fatality of human embryos included in the research of stem cells. This therapy introduces new stem cells into damaged tissues as the cells have the ability to self-renew and in most situations alleviate any disease or damage in the body. Since this subject matter brings about such debate and discussion it is necessary that this topic is addressed and handled. Stem cells relate very intimately with class material as it involves the cells ability to divide and differentiate, both crucial and significant topics in the class because it deals with mitosis, specialization and cell function. With the diverse range of functions stem cell research encompasses, it is only a matter of time before stem cell use, research and therapy can no longer be ignored but used to treat and alleviate distressed patients around the world. The New York Times article “Sickle Cell Transplants Could See Wider Use” expressed how sickle cell disease, a debilitating genetic disorder, could...
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...the best option to prevent the same events that occurred in Charlottesville from happening elsewhere in the country. In Baltimore, shortly after the violence in Virginia, Confederate monuments were removed from areas across the city during the night. This decision was made to alleviate the pain their presence caused in the hearts of the city’s citizens and was done with the best interests of the people at heart. A little closer to home at the University of Texas at Austin, they also supported the removal of Confederate statues across the campus, highlighting that although there is no way to change the history of the country we do choose the people and ideas that we wish to celebrate in America. Furthermore, I do not think just removing monuments is enough to eliminate the sense of glory given to Confederate leaders and their ideas, removing their names from school buildings and street signs should be performed as well. The naming was often done strategically as a form of psychological intimation towards African Americans as a daily reminder of past terror inflicted upon them like in Hollywood, Florida with streets named after Confederate generals such as Nathan Bedford Forrest and Robert E. Lee. The names and monuments have become a symbol of previous instances of hate and the spark prompting protests in the...
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