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following function was an attribute adopted by architectural modernists. As a result of this, modern architecture is no longer ornamentally focused but uses materials such as concrete, glass, steel and wood for functional construction. With reference to Le Corbusier and his architectural masterpiece, Ville Savoye, this essay will discuss and analyze the impact the industrial revolution had on modernism, the influence the Bauhaus had on architectural development, social and economical effects that influenced

In Les Misérables, social class was the main way you either rich or poor and whether or not you had power, the other way you were rich or poor was how you treated others, if you were good or bad. In The Kite Runner, you were either rich or poor and had power or not, by social class, but the main way was the qualities you had towards people. In Les Misérables and The Kite Runner, both books show the many ways you could be rich and poor. I will show you how being rich or poor and having power affects

In Les Miserables and The Kite Runner the relationship between a father and his child is crucial to their development and growth. But their child also has a great effect on their father. In Les Miserables and The Kite Runner a big theme is a feeling of illegitimacy. In Les Miserables Jean rescues Cosette from the Thenardiers and this creates a father daughter bond that neither one questions until Marius comes along. When Marius finds out Jean is an ex-convict his tries to separate Cosette and Jean

words, taking a longer view, so long as ignorance and misery endure on earth, books such as this cannot but be useful” (Hugo, 3). Unfortunately, to this day, societies still need to hear, understand, and implement the morals held within the novel Les Misérables. People are not effectively communicating with one another and not making others presents. Meaning they are not seeing others for who they are, which is as unique individuals that have their own way of viewing and functioning within society

Jean Valjean, the central figure in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, has dual meanings. In real life, he is typical figure who suffers from being oppressed and hurt, and struggle against the society; in the spiritual realm, he is a moralist who has a noble personality and benevolent spirit. His tragic fate has let him experience three stages of development, including the hatred for the human society, the recovery of human nature and finally moral sublimation. In the first stage, he is hatred to

Go online and search the word “light”. What’s seen there? 4,270,000,000 results of a boat-load of definitions and websites and most likely the sun, right? Slightly exciting, but the real magic happens when you click on images. There are dazzling pictures of space, glowing fires, destructing lightning bolts, and vibrant smiles on faces. Instead of asking what is seen, ask what is felt. One may feel many emotions: happiness, amazement, curiosity and much more. Despite the feeling though, it’s impressing

1. Describe the incident at Waterloo. June 18, on the night of the Battle of Waterloo, corpses were lying all around when the English beat the French. One French officer, Pontmercy, was thought to be dead when Officer Thenardier pickpocketed him. Pontmercy turned out to be alive, and Thenardier told him that the English had won when Pontmercy asked. Thenardier then told him to save himself now, now that he had already “saved” him. 2. What is ironic about the incident? Pontmercy thought that Thenardier

A global city becomes the place where the typical project and the so-called objects of international style in architecture are realized when building the main complexes - from flats to trade centres and administrative buildings. The sources of international style in the modern architecture are rooted in the epoch of modernism at the beginning of the 20th century, when the rejection of the old artistic and plastic language was perceived as something new and modern. For example, the Werkbund Theatre

Architecture is more than a compilation of materials assembled to create a building. Rather, architecture is greater than the sum of its individual building components, it is a structural system (Hurrol 2015, Rappaport 2012). The quintessential elements of architecture – masses, frames and planes – provide limitless opportunities for the creation of form and the articulation of space (Eckler 2012). The assembly of the mass, frame and plane uses one of two antithetic construction orders; stereometrics

“There is no way a guitar shop is in these buildings.” I thought to myself. The short stalky buildings are in a perfect line. Each one with their own sign hanging above the door. I’ve heard others mention this shop in east Nashville. After finally peering around I found the shop. The sign read “Eastside Music Supply.” I enter the building and a wall of burning incense consumes me. A running humidifier is trudging along in the corner. A man wearing a beanie is behind a glass table. “Hey man, what’s