Essays on Minimalist

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The spread of urbanization and industrialization has widened the bridge between human beings and nature. It is despite numerous studies illustrating that bio-aesthetics; a factor of nature has positive outcomes that include economic, psychological, spiritual, and functional outcomes. It is therefore imperative that targeted efforts be undertaken in order to improve the bio-aesthetics of various public and private spaces. The Mysore City Authority has identified the need to improve bio-aesthetics within the city through the development of parks. However, measures have to be undertaken to improve residential bio-aesthetics as well. It is especially the case considering that the number ...

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Human civilization has come a long way since it first began establishing communities and attempted to establish law and order. The reality is that there have always been criminals; people who for one reason or another break the laws established and require consequences for their actions. One of the most controversial discussions throughout history is what are the best means to admonish the offenders, protect law-abiding citizens and send a message of deterrence to other would-be offenders. That being said many different approaches to addressing offenders who commit crimes have existed throughout the ancient world to present day. One ...

VASCONCELOS LIBRARY BY ALBERTO KALACH

Vasconcelos Library The architect of Vasconcelos Library is Alberto Kalach, who was born in Mexico and established the firm "Taller de Arquitectura X" 1. Kalach is considered one of the most versatile among the architects in Mexico and has worked on a wide range of projects that cover residential areas, civic structures, and contemporary buildings. Jose Vasconcelos Library is considered an award-winning project by him and is the largest public library in Latin America. Around the middle of the 1960’, the architectural profession saw two visions, one was the vision of the modernity, and the other was to achieve ...

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It was clear upon walking into the welcome center that they were aiming for modernization. The lighting was relatively dim, with minimal electrical lighting coming from overhead, and most of the light in the entryway itself being provided by large windows. According to, Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment, lighting is a classic technique to modernize any space. The welcome center was able to do this well by providing adequate light, but also less light in order to make the space less abrasive. Not only is the space not lit with natural light, but the building is also more efficient. ...

In research conducted by Rauscher, Shaw, and Ky (1993), the result of listening to music composed by the musician Mozart was an short-term improvement in tasks associated with spatial-temporal reasoning. The researchers hypothesized that higher brain functions correlate with music cognition. Dubbed the “Mozart Effect” by Dr. Alfred Tomatis, subsequent experiments differed on whether the influence is significant. While some studies support the proposed impact (Ivanov & Geake, 2003; Rauscher, Robinson, and Jens, 1998; Rideout & Laubach, 1996), others do not (Chabris, 1999; Mehr, Schachner, Katz, & Spelke, 2013; Steele, Bass, & Crook, 1999). This paper is an analysis of the research by ...

Trans-World Flight Center, John F. Kennedy Airport (1956-1962)

Opened in 1962, the Trans World Flight Center of the John F. Kennedy Airport is one of the finest structures belonging to the Organic Modern Period that emerged in the mid-20th century.1 What makes this style truly remarkable was the fact that it is based on neo-futuristic designs as well as embodying strict adherence to geometrical proportions, the creation of functional space for the passengers, aircraft, employees, and maintaining harmonious interaction of the structure in its environment.2 The structure was designed by Eero Saarinen, a notable architect and one of the prolific figures that proposed designing the concept of ...

The notion of ‘space’ in art and architecture was a highly debated topic especially since space is a rather abstract and cannot be seen by naked eye alone. However, every place has space for it interacts with every works of art whether it is sculpture, painting, or landscape. Space is a void that revolves around the objects; it cannot be seen yet it can greatly affect the resulting image of the work. Functional space in Tanner and Jamison landscapes mimics the minimalist style. Minimalist style emerged in the first half of the 20th century, its design characterized by limited ...

The Holy Forest is a collection of abstract paintings created by the American artist Stephen Westfall inspired by Robin Blaser’s book Holy Forest. The artist’s adherence to minimalism is what makes the painting truly remarkable and its vivid colors make it noticeable even from a far distance. Westfall was born in 1953 in New York; as a beginning artist, he studied the works of Modernist masters specializing in abstract design. In addition, Westfall also served as an assistant at Rutgers School of Visual Arts. Throughout his career as a painter, he cites the influence of Henri Matisse ...

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Starbucks is inarguably the largest coffee house in the world. The company has had a holiday-themed coffee cup since 1997. The festive cups have had different designs over the years, including snowflakes, reindeer, ornaments and more symbols associated with the Christmas season. However, in 2015, the company opted for a simpler look without the holiday symbols on the cup. The unveiling of these cups is usually a big deal even with countdowns on their website. The design of the 2015 cup in October was described as “a two-toned somber design, with a bright poppy color on top that shades ...

The cultural event features some of the contemporary post-modernism artworks created by various artists. In this exhibit, the pictures present an interesting backdrop that attempts to illustrate the art of the 21st century. The first picture in the exhibit was Amber Garceau’s Dancer (see fig. 1), a photograph that depicts a man in the actual performance of dancing mid-air. The outlines of the right foot indicates the fast movement, the light shining from below creates the chiaroscuro and the shadows that emphasize the dancing male form. The random movement of dancing mid-air is truly a wonderful rendition on ...

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While the political avant-garde of modernist movement had a celebration of dissidence and proceeded to advocate a revolution of art and contemporary life, postmodern art delightfully exist in a world that shows the pluralism of atheistic manner and way of play. Art hardly ever functions on a critical level: the political prospect becomes separate from contemporary art functions. Postmodern art turns to represent not only the consumer society that we live but also a privileged commodity. In the 1960s, "committed" art had turned to be the pillar if artistic postmodernism. Gender issues, class, and race become central particularly following ...

Morality is interwoven in all aspects of teachings, right from school culture to the curriculum and teachers behaviors. In essence, working with moral values is an inherent part of the teaching profession. Educating students to become responsible persons in the society requires them to learn and appreciate how moral values are embedded in people’s thinking, how they themselves can develop moral-based attitudes, and what different cultural traditions, religious doctrines and philosophical theories say about moral development and education. Inevitably, it is the role of the teacher to educate and impart moral knowledge into students. This way, teachers act ...

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Nanotechnology refers to the dimension of technology that deals with tolerances and dimensions of less than 100 nanometers (one billionth of a meter) especially in the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules. Nanobots are part of nanotechnology dealing with very tiny robots whose sizes are in the range of nanometer (10-9M). Although these tiny robots do not exist as yet, research is ongoing in producing these micro machines for among others functions molecular manufacturing and in the medical field.

Ethical dilemma

The major ethical dilemmas with nanobots involve their potential misuse by malicious entities to invade into privacies, potential for use ...

Carlo Scarpa was a prominent Italian architect previously active during the early twentieth century and one of the pioneers of modernism in architectural design. He was born in 1906 in the beautiful city of Venice, a place well-known for its old Renaissance architectures, majestic canals, and gondolas. By the time he was only two years of age, his entire family migrated to Vicenza, a county part situated on the northeastern part of the Italian peninsula. It was here that he spent much of his early childhood to teenage years; he also attended a local high school specializing in technical ...

The research problem will be to investigate whether the patrimonial political systems of Singapore and South Korea are democracies that surpass their liberal Western analogues in terms of national growth and even democratization in some ways. It appears that, contrary to the popular misperception, democracy is not necessarily a lack of restraint and complete discretion or at least a range of freedom like the right to media. Sometimes, states like Singapore being low on resources and facing external threats decide on less liberal norms and behaviors bordering on authoritarianism in specific aspects. Regulated merit-based selection practices and disciplining norms ...

Jonathan Glazer’s 2013 science fiction film Under the Skin is a supremely stylized, innately profound work that utilizes kaleidoscopic visuals and an unsettling performance from Scarlett Johannson to explore issues of the male gaze and take them to their furthest conclusion. Telling the story of an alien (Johansson) who comes to Earth and entices men with sex for her own twisted, mysterious purposes, Under the Skin charts the progression of a woman’s experience by simultaneously giving her a power and a predatory agency that women are not typically afforded, then stripping that agency away bit by bit ...

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Brief Analysis of Restaurants In order to better understand the goal of menu development, it becomes necessary to examine two restaurants operating within Canada. The two restaurants that are in need of examining are Boralia and Temple Mildred’s Kitchen that are located in Toronto. Both restaurants have similar features. Specifically, they both propose authentic Canadian cuisine and have a long history. Also, each of them proposes casual dining experience to their clients. They are particularly popular and highly rated establishments in Toronto. Moreover, both facilities propose unique experience in dining appealing to consumers that want to sit down ...

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Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series has been one of the most popular, long-running and influential fantasy book series of the past 50 years. In addition to its intriguing stories of high fantasy, one of the most integral components to its longevity and popularity are the stylized, intriguing and fascinating cover art that has graced every edition of each of the numerous books in the series. Many artists have worked on the series' cover art for many years, and their varying styles throughout the decades show the differences in fantasy art styles and audience sensibilities in a very ...

Architect Gary Chang’s compact high-rise apartment is an example of very modern and minimalist approach to interior design. By necessity, especially in places like Hong Kong, people need to make the most of very little space. In the video, it is mentioned that Chang’s bachelorhood is a “common problem” in Hong Kong, leading him to focus on practicality and his own needs as opposed to the needs of a family.

The focus of the apartment is a series of sliding walls and compartments that move and open to create 24 different rooms, converting the same space for different purposes. ...

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The Wikipedia Page on composer Steve Reich is factually correct, though some of the information shared is written in deficient manner. This is typified by the shoddy overview in few entries in the page, where his credentials and credited work has been missed out. Though the writer is aware of his achievements and his life work, the superfluous importance to some aspects in the over others is not comprehensible. Despite the quibbles, the writer has included information that is factually true though the manner of interpretation is sloppy that leaves doubts in the mind of the reader. Cross-linking with ...

Law 4900

4:10 pm Introduction In the United States (US), the judiciary holds the authority to conduct constitutional decision-making, in which they interpret the US Constitution accordingly whenever they confront specific cases that involve its provisions. There are at least three approaches to constitutional decision-making: originalism, living constitutionalism and minimalism. Each of the three approaches of constitutional decision-making have different ideological bases – originalism deems the meaning and intent of the framers of the US Constitution as important, living constitutionalism takes into consideration the various societal changes and minimalism emphasizes the importance of case-specific interpretations, being perhaps the most moderate ...

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‘Fences’ is a play full of allegorical allusions and deals with the problems faced by African Americans in society with the production seen at the Duchess Theatre in London particularly enticing and compelling especially with the great Larry Henry in the title role.

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- The full name of the play is ‘Fences’ - The theatre company presenting the production is the London Theatre Company - The physical theatre is the Duchess Theatre in London - I saw the show on the 21st August 2013 at 8pm - The ticket cost GBP 20 and was made online. ...

Analysis of the Underpinnings of the Conceptual Art Movement

Introduction The Conceptual Art Movement challenged prevalent notions of what art should be as exemplified by artists including Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse as well as Richard Irving, and contemporary Conceptual artist Richard Este discussed in this academic evaluation. Conceptual artists originally rebuffed the name given the body of heterogeneous groupings of their work depicting a wide variety of types and styles of art (Green 200l). By 1970, the Conceptual Art Movement rejection of traditional definitions of art set their work apart internationally. Still controversial in the 21st century, this document provides an analysis of the underpinnings of ...

I. Thesis Statement Steppenwolf’s production of Tribes was an incredible, amazing work that deals with the difficulties of deafness, as well as the ways in which family members must learn to communicate. II. Overview: 1. The title of the play is Tribes. 2. Tribes was written by Nina Raine. 3. Tribes was produced by Steppenwolf Theatre Company. 4. I saw Tribes at the Steppenwolf Theatre on Halsted, in Chicago, IL. 5. I saw Tribes on December 29, 2013 at 3PM. 6. The student ticket for Tribes was $15, which I ...

On Rosalind Krauss’ passages on modern culture, The Double Negative: A New Syntax for Sculpture, minimalism is gaining popularity in modern days, changing the syntax for sculpture. Minimalism tends to reduce the idea of art to the point of emptiness (the subject is reduced to its necessary elements), and focuses on the publicness of artworks rather than their privacy. As an artist I believe that less is more, meaning that art needs to have only the necessary elements and in its simplest form, and hence minimalism is the right approach to art. The film “Hand Catching Lead” has ...

Just recently, Samsung unveiled their latest Smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy 5 at the Mobile Wireless Congress in Barcelona. This is its latest model of the Galaxy S series. Watching the video of the unveiling on YouTube, the hype around the phone revolved around a stylish design, simplicity, a good camera, long battery life and fitness features. A year has not gone by since the predecessors; the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 were unveiled to consumers. The differences between the 3 phones are not profound and any of them would serve the main purpose of having a mobile handset. However, ...

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Lars von Trier, a Danish director and screenwriter, is one of the most visually distinctive filmmakers. Lars Trier, which is his real name, started making his own films at the age of 11 when he got his first Super 8 camera. Later on, in the National Film School of Denmark, he shot the films “Nocturne” and “The Last Detail” which became the winners of the Munich International Festival of Film Schools. It was in 1995, when von Trier originated the new cinematic movement, which was called Dogme 95. At the heart of this movement were the rules of creating films ...

1b.The general characteristics in the three categories are quality control, codes of conduct and eco-labelling and certification awards. Quality control. These quality control mechanisms coupled with a continuum ranging from those that are external and compulsory to those that are internal and voluntary ensure a sustainable tourism environment. Mandatory laws and external enforcement may be of great use to ensure a sustainable tourism environment but the face great challenges. This is because external enforcement are hardly disseminated as part of a formal and integrated program aimed at achieving sustainable outcomes in tourism, in collaboration with stakeholders in tourism groups. They are viewed ...

As one of the most important writers of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway provided many innovations in the way poems and prose were written and read. One of the most important theories that have been developed by Hemingway in his writings is the ‘iceberg theory’, or ‘theory of omission,’ which alludes to his minimalist, almost workmanlike prose, which nonetheless manages to obscure a great deal of thematic depth below the surface. The iceberg theory is found throughout his works, as Hemingway’s prose just discusses what is right at the plot surface of the events unfolding in his stories, but ...

The minimalist concept of literature embraces the fact that a work of art is kept simple, clear but efficient with the usage of the right words to bring home the ideas that an artist or author and even poet want to deliver. In poetry, such is the idea and a poet has the freedom to beautifully use less words. It is clear that they embrace poetic aesthetics of sparseness. The bottom line is, minimalist poetry is not clearly defined to belong to a certain definition of poetry. Minimalist poetry is very unique in its own rights. Its major attribute is the ...

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, who used his grandfather’s surname and reinvented himself as Le Corbusier, was born on October 6, 1887 (“Le Corbusier: Biography,” 2013). He was considered as one of the pioneers of the modernist movement in architecture. He was also a designer, writer, urbanist, and painter. Le Corbusier was born in Switzerland and he changed his citizenship into French in 1930 (“Le Corbusier: Biography,” 2013). His architecture career reached fifty years and his buildings and designs were all over Europe, India, and the United States (Sharp, 2002). He initiated the study of modern high design and he was a ...

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Many people have participated in the development of heuristics for systems to check acceptability for the user of system, one of the best source for this purpose is Nielsen’s Heuristics. Rolf Molich and Jakob Nielsen developed heuristics which were mostly used in the field of user interface design. Nielsen in 1994 refined the list by evaluating sets of heuristics. Nielsen’s Heuristics includes ten points to find out acceptability of user interaction of any system. These points are followings

2- Comparison between real world and system 3- User control and freedom to use 4- Consistency and ...

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Apple is a US company whose business is the design, development and marketing of personal computers, portable digital music players, media devices, cellular phones and other personal electronic devices. Apple also develops and markets software, software services, networking services and solutions, peripheral equipment, and internet applications. The company is one of the most recognized consumer brands in the world and is poised to become the first trillion dollar company of the world. The Apple brand is so strong that it already commands a ...

One of the most incredible and prolific art collections in the world resides in Houston, Texas - The Menil Collection. Cubist, Surrealist, Modernist, Abstract Expressionist, Byzantine, Minimalist, Pop Art: all of these styles and more can be found at this art museum, the result of decades of collecting by a fascinating family whose forward thinking and deep connections in the art world led to this incredible collection. Their art collecting was fueled by a deep and powerful philosophy that guided their work, leading to a seemingly random collection that nonetheless carried significant purpose and weight. The Menil Collection currently stands as one ...

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A Self-driven car is a vehicle with an autopilot system fitted to allow it move from one point to another without human operator. This car is automatically driven by computers using a distinct technology designed for driverless cars. The technology is however different from those used in vehicles with remote operators like the Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit Systems (Kingsley, 2009). The big questions are; how does car works? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the car? And how will this invention affect the future technology? This paper highlights some of these issues and tries to give answer to these questions ( ...