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Juneburg “June” Iparis, of Marie Lu’s Legend, and Faith Connors, of Mirror’s Edge, share and contrast in many characteristics when you compare their origin and importance to their respective series. The two individuals are inhabiting their own dystopian world which are ruled by powerful regimes. Faith from Mirror’s Edge went through having her mom being killed in a “peaceful protest” gone wrong campaigning to overthrow the looming regime, after the tragedy she ran away and lived her days as a thief on the city streets. On the other side of the spectrum, June was born into her world’s most dominant regime and a well-off family, but when her parents were suddenly killed in a car crash, her brother, Metias took the responsibility of looking after her. However, when Metias is murdered, she then finds a secret behind her brother’s death which leads her to betray her nation.

At the Detroit Institute of Arts, Mexican artist Diego Rivera murals are displayed all over the walls. His brilliance and talent is captured on the east wall of the gallery, where five separate photos hang for all eyes to view. The wall is filled with bright and beautiful photos sharing a unique special story. In the top left and right corner of the east wall, heavier women with big round eyes, sit in the nude with their arms filled with grain and fruits. While in the middle of the wall is a long rectangle painting of a small white baby nestled and cradled in the centre of a plant, being surrounded by two plowshares. Diego Rivera paintings represent beginnings and new life. In addition the sunrise shines on the east wall to help show his

Field sobriety test are an important part in determining whether or not a person has consumed alcohol over the legal amount. Without the use of these test it would be hard to determine if a person is over the legal amount. Field sobriety test is the first step in giving a person a DUI the steps that are taken ensures that a person isn’t being arrested for being under the influence without the evidence to back it up. These test play a huge role in determining and identifying whether or not a person is capable of passing these test.

Finally, the depiction of figure is perhaps the most interesting and intellectually challenging element in this piece. The figure, while emotionally withdrawn from the viewer, is physically imposing. She is looking down and away from the viewer, as if the isn’t aware that she is being watched. Her mask-like facial features also do little in the way of conveying emotion. Her body, however, is quite different. The dark thick lines shaping her muscles and limbs, the detail in the curls of her hair, the placement of her fingers, and her exposed breast all demand the attention of the viewers’ eye. The bold lines that define her legs, waist, and hip, make her seem intrusively part of our space. The awkward placement of her

While physical isolation allows customs and practices that are far more violent and brutal in “Blind Mountain,” in “The Isle of Wang’an,” isolation seems to romanticize and ameliorate every

Apart from assisting in examining the root problem, the theory is also useful in coaching. This is defined as developing a significant relationship between client and consultant personnel who uses a range of behavioral methods and techniques to attain mutually identified goals (Peel, 2005). The goals differ from one client to another depending on factors such as gender, religious identity, ethnic background, and socioeconomic status. Depending on each client's affiliation on different social dynamics, a social worker can identify what to do to develop an effective coaching strategy. For instance, Bandura (2005) suggests that although individuals might be exposed to the same stimulus, they might respond differently. Moreover, their rewards to

Zhang Zeduan’s masterpiece depicts the landscape of his hometown, Kaifeng and the life of its people during the Song dynasty. Nearly 500 years later, Qiu Ying portrayed his hometown Suzhou in a similar way, but in his version, the scenes are different to the original version. Compared to Zhang, Qiu Ying added more blue-and-green landscape patterns, and the feeling of the artisan is not strong in this work. The most important thing is that both artists show different visual perspectives of the culture and customs of the city.

A landscape painter “tended to be a recluse, an individualist, and a Daoist (Morton and Lewis 2005).” These artists thought of landscape painting as the “grandest and most satisfying way to represent nature as a whole, to feel a sense of communion with nature, and to know oneself to be part of an orderly cosmos (Morton and Lewis 2005).” Thus, one can see the implications of landscape painting lay not just in its beauty and simplicity, but also in its spiritual connection with Nature, and thus had wide appeal. The point of view in landscape painting was also of paramount importance. The Chinese artists understood that Western artists took in scenes from five or six feet from the ground. Chinese artists worked from a raised viewpoint, so that they are not bogged done by small details in the front and get a better sense of the whole scene (Morton and Lewis 2005). Every part of the image that is created has its own innate interest, and yet it all comes together and works well as a whole (Morton and Lewis 2005). It is clear that landscape painting was a cherished and important art form in Song Dynasty culture.

The world as it is today places emphasis on accomplishment above all; to be happy is to be busy. In this pursuit of happiness one can easily miss the joy that is present in every moments, moments that pass them by incognito. This statement is reflected in the art of Wolfgang Laib, whose ability to isolate materials that comprise his art allows him to “reduce them to their purest essence”. The human psyche as it is requires context, meaning. When the average person comes across a sheet of pollen, their mind races from pollen to bees, from bees to hive. Laib’s piece Pollen from Hazelnut commands the viewers to simply view the pollen as it, void of context. When one looks at it, they are not made to see “a direct allusion to landscape”, but

Kramer’s influences include Brazilian Popular Arts, woodblock prints and early 20th century German Expressionist painters, which have instilled in him a style with strong lines and stark contrasts, as if the illustrations were prints from woodcuts. His fascination with crowds has resulted in studies of the urban masses in different settings, for which he spent days on public transport, on the street, at popular festivals, protests, and other large gatherings of people. After long periods of scrutiny, he is able to fill large sheets of paper or other surfaces, by what he calls ‘free creation’ or ‘spontaneous art’, unloading all the information he had captured while he was fully immersed in the experience, mixing in his own concoction of humour

Only with such a foundation for their own lives can they then communicate on meaningful terms with one another. Lu Xun envisions a world where people are united in a collective hope (100). By resisting the spiritual poverty of society through hope, alienation can be

Any art medium can be utilized to tell a story or evoke emotion in a viewer. Artistry is unique in that it is purely visual and can be left to interpretation if the artist chooses to stay ambiguous in the message they are trying to convey. As an artist, I am always trying to analyze the meanings behind famous works of art, whether those meanings happen to be incidental or purposeful. So, when contemporary artist, Enrique Chagoya expressed his adoration for the social commentary expressed in Francisco Goya’s Los Caprichos sketches, I was intrigued.

Elise Lai (b.1987) is an artist based in Hong Kong. Her works are about the mode of living, using and embracing the given and the prevailing elements of the surroundings in everyday life in the forms of painting, photography, video and mixed media. In a general sense, they are a kind of distant intimacy in the everyday banal routine of the perceived environment, personal habits and mundane chores. She is interested in the residues of everyday life, always wondering what is left behind after these experiences have taken place — the emotional and physical changes to the perceived environment, the feelings which remain, the material effects like the lingering smells etc., and see what these residues can be, what they can suggest and evoke. She

Yi-Fu Tuan discussed “Place ' as a location created by human experiences (Tuan, 2001). Whereas ‘space’ may have no human connection, a ‘place’ carries meanings given by humans. It can be any size - a city, neighbourhood or a

With a throughout case study of the 11th Shanghai Biennale and the concurrent local project 51 Personae, the main research question is: to what extent does the Shanghai Biennale, as a global contemporary art institution, articulate the sense of place for individuals through its local projects and public programming? To further look at the global-local interconnection, I put the second research question here: What evidence is there of ‘dialogue and collaboration’ between global and local artistic fields in this context, and how does it contribute to the making of local