Marking The Streets By Frank Gallucci

According to Castiglione, it is absolutely necessary for a courtier to embody this trait. He repeatedly commands that the perfect courtier must be able to "play very lightly with our words, and avoid those that make the sally flat or that seem forced" (133) and to "mingle good sense with what he says and does" (80). Castiglione claims that the way to achieve sprezzatura is through "observ[ing] different men of the same calling…our Courtier must steal this grace from all who seem to possess it, taking from each that part which shall most be worthy praise" (34). In a sense, imitatio, a Latin term meaning to imitate a style but improve upon it (or "do it better"), can be used to create the image of sprezzatura. By taking the best qualities of the most dignified and high-ranking of men and applying them to his own life, a courtier can achieve this sought-after nonchalance. We still use sprezzatura today; many people seem to be born with the ability to look effortless in all that they do, and even more

Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco, California on December 14th 1916. From an early age she was at odds with her parents expectations. Within these expectations her mother had an obsession with appearance that put her further away from her. Jackson began writing in 1930 as a teenager and grew up in a suburban atmosphere; this later became the subject of her first novel “The Road through the Wall” in 1948. From California she moved cross country to Rochester, New York in 1934. Her university education began at the University of Rochester in 1936 but withdrew that same year. Jackson reentered the following year, 1937, to Syracuse University. This is where her writing blossomed. As an undergraduate her story “Janice” was published in the Syracuse University magazine in 1938 and the following year won second prize in a poetry contest. Jackson began a literary journey, Spectre, with Stanley Edgar Hyman and was in a romantic relationship with him as well. In 1940, the same year she graduated, with a dual major in English and speech, she married Stanley Hyman.

Donald Miller was born in August 1971 in America. Miller is one of the best-selling American author and some other books he has written include: Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance, Blue Like Jazz, Searching for God knows What, amongst others. Most of Miller’s books are based on Christian spirituality and history. Supreme City is a book that basically explains the growth of New York City from early 1920’s and all the people behind the growth. Miller categorically insists that most of the people who contributed to the growth of the Manhattan came from other places (Miller 12). Such notable names are: Florenz Ziegfeld who invested on entertainment, William Paley and David Sarnoff who both founded radio networks in New York, Elizabeth Arden, and Helena Rubenstein who both were dealing with fashion and cosmetics. Other exciting characters in the text are Fred F- the real estate investor, Tex Rickard who had specialized on fights and in fact built Madison Square Garden where large crowds of people used to converge to watch boxing and Jimmy Walker who was the mayor (his name was essential in defining the era). It is important to note that the book has very vast number of characters who the author tries to explain how they contributed to the growth of the city.

His works demonstrated a very exceptional and notable way of expressing one’s thoughts. Not only expressing his opinions directly through the Maxims, Guicciardini influenced people indirectly through works such as Storia d’Italia. In this work, in addition to emphasizing the history of the Renaissance, he inserts his vision into the calamity and the treachery of human nature in general. For instance, he focused on human cleverness: “Duke of Milan was committed to give him. All the same, Lodovico with his usual cunning still went on assuring the Pope and Piero de’ Medici of his desire for peace and quiet in Italy” (Guicciardini 136). Guicciardini also commented on Maestro Mariano da Genazzano’s treachery in his preaching “Genazzano came to preach under color of opposing Girolamo; but hinted cleverly from the pulpit that the city should come to agreement with the league, and in private he negotiated with Pierro’s friends” (Guicciardini 63). Throughout Guicciardini’s works, he made tireless efforts to teach the readers about humans’

However, street art predecessor, graffiti, is less well-liked. With its history of being rooted in gang activity and vandalism, it is not hard to see why. As pointed out by student writer Matthew Powers, “Because graffiti is vandalism at its core, it quickly became popular with New York City’s gangs, and in turn became associated with crime…” (Powers). People often see the names scrawled on trains and park benches and only see the vandalism and gang activity, not the effort behind the writing and style. Despite this, there are still those who see graffiti and street art as a new form of art to capitalize upon. In the eighties documentary Style Wars, there were already investors in canvas graffiti. It seems that there is a sort of allure to the illegal nature street art and graffiti. Still, there are people who love the commissioned murals, but refuse to acknowledge that without graffiti, what is known as the legal “urban art” wouldn’t be the same. Artist Peter Ferrari put it into words the best, saying in an interview, “‘People hate the tags, but they want the murals,’…’I think there is a misunderstanding, and people don’t realize that it is all connected and all related. You can’t have the mural without the tag’” (Imam). On the opposite side,

It gives people judgment on others and also has an impact on a career level as well. But if we teach people as well as the industry to change their perception and depiction regarding fashion harmful effect on either may be avoided.

His works became a riveting voice that announces how street fashion is also another powerful arena where trendy people can be spotted on. He’s known to be cheerful, with much passion towards his work. A true man of lens, his decades of career has mapped the other facet of fashion that involves real people in which those that are seen in the runway are truly catering to.

Opening: Agnolo di Cosimo, better known as Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572), was a 16th century Florentine painter of the mannerist movement. Bronzino was trained in the arts by Jacopo da Pontormo, and indeed, adapted many of his skills from his master. Eventually, Bronzino developed an avant garde style that would define the mannerist movement over the century. Bronzino was, and still remains today, renowned for his enigmatic courtly portraiture and allegorical narratives. For a good portion of his career he remained under the employment of Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (r. 1537–1569) [see Fig. 1]. Bronzino was first and foremost a portraitist, though, his allegorical art can by no means be discredited. In fact, his narrative artworks displayed

People might have different opinions on what these street artists do. However they should look past the stereotype on street artists. They should instead look on why these street artists do these pieces of

I have considered different ways to approach my idea in order to develop a question and have deliberated some other questions to narrow it down. Questions like “How has the fashion of the Art Deco movement influenced modern day society?”, “Where are features of 1920’s fashion still seen today?” and “How accurate are modern day representations of Art Deco fashion?”. I found that representations of fashion are frequently seen in movies. So I chose to narrow my topic down to women’s fashion and then more specifically to women’s formal dresses. I then decided to focus on Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 rendition of The Great Gatsby as a source of representations fashion during the Art Deco era. I have refined my ideas and decided to base my research on the question, “To what extent do the formal women’s dresses from Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 film ‘The Great Gatsby’ accurately represent the

Many Paris males have actually proceeded from the beret and pencil-thin moustache, however some classics like the Breton tee, rollnecks and well-cut blazers continue to be. Not forgetting the improved bohemian who still roams the cobble-stone streets

Throughout fashion history, certain sartorial and manufacturing trends that eventually spread like wildfire can be traced back to a particular designer. Think of Christian Dior’s silhouette defining New Look or Yves Saint-Laurent’s radical push towards prêt-à-porter. Streetwear, the ever-popular genre of high-end casual wear, is not one of them. Instead, the style is something of a chimera, growing out of several different subcultures and geographic sources. Starting in the late 70s with the rise of skateboarding and surfing culture and their associated fashion trends, streetwear has grown to encompass a wide range of stylistic origins ranging from hip-hop culture to Japanese street fashion. Looking at where current trends and styles are going,

“Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.” (Self-Reliance; Ralph Waldo Emerson) Being a nonconformist is a good thing. Before a new fashion trend is set, there are those who oppose it and think that the ones wearing it look “tacky,” but later on, when the new trend is set, those who are not wearing the “trendy” outfit are the ones who look “tacky.” This is the endless cycle of how new trends are set. Someone wears something new, and the others follow. Without the “tackys” who do not conform and wear what they like, even if others do not like it, there would be no new trends. Style is a very important factor in our society. It lets you know what a person is

Fashion has always been an international tool for self-expression by designers and creators all across the world. The way each society’s trends change is due to the individuality of its history and culture. In many cases, often due to societal differences, what seems to be unfamiliar to one culture, is deemed different, weird, or even abnormal. However, in the opposing side, what we lack to understand, it is their world and who they express themselves as. In modern day Japan, the Japanese society has been quickly adapting to the differences in self-expression and identity in comparison to American society have been able to adapt. This includes the extremity of fashion and how it has been evolving over centuries within the cities of Japan. Regardless of how eccentric each style and trend may be, it ultimately can go to these extremes because of a historical context of uniformity. These subculture of street fashion grow within subgroups through the acceptance versus rejection because they develop within groups.

Rather than representing a set of brands or clothes, streetwear represents a lifestyle. Streetwear is more than just clothes; it is an expression of the wearer’s identity. It is an expression of a culture that cannot be taken down, or trashed upon. Streetwear is a philosophy espousing a “do-it-yourself” spirit that once emerged from an urging urban youth culture, which wanted something different and unique.