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The Socio-Cultural Analysis of India Culture is defined as “The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and other products of human work and thought considered as a unit, especially with regard to a particular time or social group” by American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (2011). Also, the Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (2005) defines culture as “A feature of the terrain that has been constructed by man. Included are such items as roads, buildings, and canals; boundary

Trechelle Monroe Final Project: Art Timeline Sculptures from the 18th-20th Century February 23, 2012 Fig 1 1905 Mediterrane Aristide Maillo, French Sculpture Musee d’Orsay, Paris This sculpture falls in the modern art category and the style is abstract expressionism. This sculpture is very large it is actually 110cm. The artist that created this sculpture was one of the many fine French Sculptors, he was one of the younger generation who started out as a Symbolist painter as well as

looking at is how photographers use formal elements to objectify the subjects in their photographs. The formal elements of a photograph are line, shape, colour, texture, form and pattern. Formalism is the study of art by analysing and comparing form and style. In painting and photography, formalism emphasises compositional elements such as colour, line and texture, as opposed to the historical and social content. The information such as the

According to the legend, Rome was founded by two brothers, and also known as demi-gods, Romulus and Remus. The legend claims that, they had a disagreement over who would rule the city and where the city would be located. Romulus killed Remus and named the city after himself. This story of the founding of Rome is the most known but it is not the only one. Other legends claimed that the city was named after a woman, Roma, who traveled with Aeneas and the other fighters from Troy after that city had

modern world, however, Athens had the greatest impact. Unlike Sparta, Athens valued being well-rounded, skilled at many things. We are thanking them for the luxury, comfort, intellect, art, literature, medicine, mathematics, protection, economy, architectural ideas, sciences, music, engineering, philosophies, and more. Their navy outranked every other city-state’s navy. Although sparta adapts easily to all conditions, and has a very simple lifestyle, Athens was more powerful. I agree,

automatic fire of a sub machine gun. This lead to a hybrid being created, in the form of the assault rifle (Poyer, Joe 2004). In the years around 1944 a handful of assault rifles were created, such as the Sturmgewehr 44 or StG44 (German), The M1 Grand (American) and The SKS (Russian). But the most memorable and arguably the best is the AK-47 or Kalashnikov. The AK-47

There is little doubt that anyone in the world of architecture will not be aware of Tadao Ando 's work. That work, primarily in reinforced concrete, defines spaces in unique new ways that allow constantly changing patterns of light and wind in all his structures, from homes and apartment complexes to places of worship, public museums and commercial shopping centers. “In all my works, light is an important controlling factor,” says Ando. “I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete

as if formed of ether, perfectly rational and at the same time entirely decorative (Taj Mahal, 2008).Keyserling went on to say, “It is perhaps the greatest art work which the forming spirit of mankind has ever brought forth (Taj Mahal, 2008)." An American novelist, Bayard Taylor referred to this structure as a castle in the air (Taj Mahal, 2008). Constructed as a tomb for the emperor’s deceased wife, the Taj Mahal stands as one of the greatest manmade creations in the history of the world. The travel

Kensley Rasbornik Mrs. Schroeder Photography I 4 May 2017 Clarence John Laughlin The American photographer, Clarence John Laughlin, was best known for his surrealist photographs in the southern parts of the United States. Laughlin was born near Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1905 and died on January 2, 1985. Laughlin’s in the middle social class with a rocky childhood. Clarence’s southern ancestry peaked his interest in literature which helped influence his work greatly. His family owned a rice farm

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin. As a child, Wright was far closer to his mother than his father and it was reported that after his parents divorced in 1881, Frank Lloyd Wright never laid eyes on his father again. The premier male influence on Wright in his teen years was a maternal uncle who got Wright into a prodigious school and encouraged him intellectually. Within the immediate household, Frank became the primary caregiver for his