Cravens World When you first walk into Cravens World Exhibit the walls and floor are painted white, very simplistic in order to avoid overwhelming the observer. The observers eye is automatically drawn to a circular shelving system, which holds many of the aesthetic artifacts. The center piece is transparent to provide the observer the opportunity to examine objects from every side and perspective. There are no distractions in the exhibit, other than the other marvelous artifacts mounted on the
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Architecture as form of Art Abstract Art was always an inspiration to works in architecture. Architects have always rifled around looking for inspiration from art around us and tried to integrate it with building designs. The Husain-Doshi Gufa renamed, as Amdavad Gufa, a unique art gallery was designed by the architect B.V.Doshi and housed works of his friend a famous artist M.F.Husain in city of Ahmedabad, India. It was designed as an underground gallery with structure consisting of domes, curvilinear
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Sciences Anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology are all sub-disciplines within liberal arts. Each of these disciplines contributes to our understanding of the physical and intellectual world. Anthropology contributes to our understanding of human behavior and biology. Economics helps us to make rational decisions about resources while geography explains the earth and its natural phenomenon. History is important because aids in our understanding
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society to make a living. On January 1, 1842, Barnum opened the American Museum on the lower Broadway in New York City. In the beginning, Barnum’s used the museum to showcase the fine arts, including literature, paintings, and music. Initially, Barnum’s museum wasn’t well received by the public. At this time in history, entertainment was confined to whatever was available to the person in their own home and sometimes with neighbors. Entertainment was seen as a private thing for people to enjoy on
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Identify three things you learned in the course that surprised, confused, or intrigued you, and explain why. The first thing that actually surprised me about this course is how much I actually came to enjoy it. I am not a big fan of history but I found that learning about the different early cultures were very interesting. The Tomb of Qin Shihuanghi and the terra-cotta soldiers were very intriguing. The sheer magnitude of work that went into building this tomb is fascinating enough but the fact
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Bahria university Karachi campus Business plan Art on wheel Group members: Anjali Pinjani Aqsa Rajput Hina Kumari Samia Irshad Sumbal Saleem TABLE OF CONTENTS Description of Business: 3 1.0 Executive Summary 3 Business Idea: 6 Type of Organization 7 Marketing and sales strategy 7 Key success factors: 8 Short-term business goals: 8 Long-term business goals: 8 Mission 9 Vision 9 Socially responsible organization. 10 4.0 Opportunity Analysis & Research 10 Target
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THE ART OF FICTION by Henry James [Published in Longman's Magazine 4 (September 1884), and reprinted in Partial Portraits (Macmillan, 1888); paragraphing and capitalization follow the Library of America edition.] I SHOULD not have affixed so comprehensive a title to these few remarks, necessarily wanting in any completeness, upon a subject the full consideration of which would carry us far, did I not seem to discover a pretext for my temerity in the interesting pamphlet lately published under
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richness in its art, culture and other forms of entertainment. Even a visitor who spends less than a day in Kolkata is bound to notice the profusion of art and culture in the city. Kolkata, often regarded as the cultural capital of the country, cannot do without its dose of the arts. People say it’s impossible to get bored in Kolkata. This is mainly due to its rich culture. Culture is everywhere in the city and every evening there used to be a cultural event in the city, be it music, dance, art or poetry
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of history under the scrutiny and debates of many modern historians. The Annale School of history was started by Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre. The name Annale comes from Annales d'histoire économique et sociale, which was a journal Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre founded in 1929. The Annale School emphasized on a comprehensive understanding of history, which requires interdisciplinary study involving sociology and anthropology, demography, geography, economics, psychology, linguistics, and art history
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neighborhood in which he lived. However, by the power of his art, he was able to emerge from being just a graffiti artist to one of the most celebrated artists of this century. Described as Neo-Expressionist, Basquiat’s work is based on American Punk which reflected the emerging “hip-hop” scene of the time. His graffiti and later his paintings reflected his submersion in counter-culture and he described frustrations about the ghettos of New York in his art. His frustration at the narrow streets and their citizens
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