Essays on Armchair

Bauhaus and Vkhutemas: The Two Schools of Radical Design

The Modern period began in in the late 1900s with the spur of rapid industrialization that continued to swept West from its traditional labor force to a giant super power economy fueled by capitalist merchants who popularized the use of machines in order to produce more goods for the public. The term modernization has been coined throughout history to mark the beginning of the society's grand transition into highly globalized economy providing equal opportunities for the people. In this age, the Modern artists tried to create new architectural styles that abandoned the traditional notion of hierarchy especially the favor ...

Michael was doing what he was always doing on a Thursday night. He was seated comfortably in his armchair in the living room watching his favourite TV show, is home-made spaghetti Bolognese on his lap, and a cold beer on the table next to him. Mike was one of those guys, a creature of habit. Living alone for 3 years does that to you, I guess. Every weekday evening he would come home from work at somewhere between 5:30 and 6 pm, say hello to his cat Pontius, who didn’t seem to care whether he came home or ...

Question 1: Gramsci: Some Preliminary Points of Reference

Philosophy has had a long history in which it has been viewed as an ‘ivory tower’ pursuit – a subject which is to be studied by those who have either too much time or money on their hands. Through this view philosophy had no practical applicability and was simply a pass time for those who could afford it. Contrary to this view, Gramsci argued that not only is philosophy a practical subject of study – one which embodies the idea of ‘praxis’ but that every individual is a philosopher. This (somewhat deterministic) standpoint claims that all people are, in ...

All the houses on Maple Street were lulled into the night’s repose, amalgamating with darkness, which was interrupted only by a small string of lights leading to the very end of the street. It was a small house which inhabited Maple Street number 73, with an equally petite garden of white and dark pink primroses, adorning the entrance to the porch, right after the small pebble covered, granular pavement leading towards the house. Of all the seven windows, only the small one on the right was illuminated, but the thick, heavy curtains of a marine shade refused to reveal its interior ...

Introduction

William Jordan says, “Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom.” His quote reflects the wisdom and growth that Alice goes through in wonderland. The novel follows the story about a seven-year-old who is bored by her sister’s constant reading of childish stories. Alice is in search of adventure, and one of her exploits leads her to Wonderland, where the adventure begins. The story is about maturity in a world where reasoning does not apply. In wonderland, as it will be discussed, Alice is seen to grow in terms of her thinking about the world. There are specific events that contribute ...

The relationship of Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein has to be understood in this study and Gertrude Stein’s friendship with Picasso and her influence in his artwork and development of career. Pablo Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain and later, he has been associated with a large group of writers and artists in early stage of career. In 1904, Pablo Picasso settled in Paris and got friendly with artist named Georges Braque. Later, Picasso and Braque have developed Cubism (Baldassari, 2006). The painting style of Picasso has been changed many a times in his overall career and then ...

Response Paper

In his paper, Notes of a Painter, Henri Matisse presents the idea that art should be able to speak for itself and should present itself, in a way, that a context is not mandatory to appreciate the art piece. He says that expression does not lie in passionate human face or violent movements. He believes the entire setting in a picture is expressive and everything plays its role in projecting the image of the artwork. So if something is not useful in a picture, it obviously means that it is harmful. He believes that expression lies in the very composition of the picture too, ...

Introduction

An ‘armchair tourist’ is a term that refers to an individual that travels to different places and experiences people and culture in other countries in the comfort of his or her own home. The armchair tourist lives vicariously through the hosts that travel around the world for a living and share their experiences in the media. The travel series genre feature these kinds of shows where hosts travel and experience local culture to inform the audience but mostly to entertain viewers and communicate underlying messages to them. Often, the message of travel shows exemplifies the consumer culture, that is, travel shows ...

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is a short story that begins and ends with heartbreak. The story begins with the news that Mrs. Louise Mallard's husband, Mr. Brently Mallard has died. Mrs. Mallard, who suffers from heart trouble, reacts to this news rather unusually, unlike how a normal woman would, and secludes herself in her room. What follows are some vague descriptions and Mrs. Mallard’s frequently joyful exclamations of finally being free and being able to live herself for herself. Naturally, this makes readers wonder whether Mrs. Mallard was even happy with her marriage. However, before they ...

Critical Approach of the Scottish football

Richard Giulinastion The study was conducted on Between March 20032 and the month of October 2004.It majorly involved the interviews in the Scotland , Englands and the others overseas supporters of the football.In greater extent football officials ,and most o0f the journalist that are associated with the Scottish football were also interviewed.The interest was majorly based on five question that were majorly pointing toward the supporters and there commodification toward football.The first question was how the game”s contemporaries and there political economy and how these responds were construct to the sense of the supporters and there identities.The second ...

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Probably one of the most popular artists in the modernist, circuit, Mel Ramos surely has a style which is infectious and has a lot going for it. He bases his art on several of the most popular advertising messages of the iconic 1950’s and 1960’s with particular reference to the Coca Cola advert. His use of nude women in suggestive and erotic poses demonstrates that he is very much au courant with what was going on in the hearts and minds of adults and young people. His style was very much influenced by the heady imagery of women especially ...

In “The Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin strongly employs symbolism throughout the story to intensify the drama. The symbols fit the subject matter of the story perfectly. The short story contains several symbols that make the readers feel a sense of comfort, wellness, and wonderfulness in their mind, somewhat the same feelings that overcome Mrs. Mallard when she learns of the “news of her husband's death.” The symbols in the short story embody Mrs. Mallard’s sense of freedom from the moment she murmurs “free” to herself and intensify the story’s twist ending. The very first symbol ...

Research Analysis-Compliments

Andreas Jucker’s utilizes a rational approach and strategies to explore successfully idea of speech compliments. The author applies pragmatic research strategy, thus analyzing the subject of study in a systematic and acceptable manner. The selection of the armchair research method is a calculative strategy because studying the language of a community is hard. This strategy provided the researcher an opportunity of exploring the subject from diverse perspectives (Jucker 1). Initially, intuition enabled one to imagine the language people use in different contexts while evaluating whether it is natural and appropriate. Experimentation required people to visit the laboratory and speak, as they would ...

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Monopolistic and oligopolistic competition: theory and examples

Introduction One of the most important characteristics of an industry is its competitiveness. It often determines how profitable the businesses within this industry are or potentially can be, whether they have incentives to provide quality products and happy the customers are purchasing the products. In microeconomics, three types of market competition are usually being considered: monopoly, oligopoly and perfect competition. Monopoly implies that there is sole supplier of a good or service in the market who is a price setter and most often exploits its monopolistic power to derive excessive profits. The opposite to it is perfect ...

Why should we not obtain our goal, which is good, by any means whatsoever, even by using violence?

According to Mahatma Gandhi, the idea that the English obtained what they desired by the use of force is not an appropriate reality to be followed. He maintains that what the English gained in their pursuit was useless and anyone who intends to follow this ideology will attain the same useless goals. He further explains that nobody would wish to have useless gains after a struggle. With reference to the greater voting power obtained by the English in 1833, he insists that real rights are obtained by performance of duty and the English did not enjoy the ends since the ...

Ava stared down at the man’s body, lying twisted on the road. She swallowed, trying not to be repulsed by the blood seeping from underneath his head. She looked up at Max. He was holding his hair with his hands and shaking his head in disbelief.

“I think he’s dead, Ava.”

Ava nodded and returned her gaze to the man. His eyes were open; they still held the same look of shock that they’d had the second before their car had hit him. His brown corduroy trousers and tatty green coat looked like the impact hadn’ ...