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Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus Movement, 2007.
This paper studies Walter Gropius and looks at the role and significance of the Bauhaus Movement.
2,071 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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In this article, the writer presents a brief biography of Walter Gropius's early life, including education and influences. The writer discusses the role played by the Bauhaus Movement in the Imperial Germany of the 19th and 20th centuries in addition to describing the contribution made by the Bauhaus style of Architecture in the United States. The writer concludes that Walter Gropius was without doubt one of the most important architects of the previous century. The writer maintains that his significance lies in having realized the necessity of combining the previously separate fields of art and craft early in his career and in bringing the art of designing closer to the realities of the industrial age.
Outline:
Walter Gropius's Life
Early Influences and Work
The First World War and Marriage
Weimer and Dessau
Exile, Harvard and Death
The Role of the Bauhaus Movement in 19th and 20th Century Germany
Background
Influence of the Bauhaus Movement in Germany
Bauhaus Style Contribution in the United States
Conclusion
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"Even before of the end of World War I, Walter Gropius was invited to become the director of the School of Arts and Craft and the Academy of Fine Arts in Weimer. Walter accepted the position and took over as the director of the institutions in 1919 after the end of the War. It was a time of artistic confusion and architects and designers, as well as painters and sculptors who were mostly individual romantics seemed to be drifting directionless with their art. Amidst such confusion, Gropius knew exactly what to do: he was convinced that no distinction could be made between fine arts and practical crafts and immediately proceeded to unify the two schools, re-naming it the Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar. The move proved to be a pivotal moment in Gropius's life and modern architecture as it signaled the start of the Bauhaus movement. It was at Bauhaus, Weimer that Gropius introduced his new approach to design education that emphasized the principal of uniting art and technology that revolutionized modern design."
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Walter Gropius And The Bauhaus, 2002.
Discusses the history and aims of this movement.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, $ 79.95
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Discusses the history and aims of this movement. The Bauhaus and work of architect Gropius as a response to German industrialization and commerical standardization. Ideology of this New Architecture. Need for artists or architects to recognize their obligation to the community. The German Craft Association. Life, work and influence of Gropius.
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"Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus
In the first decade of the twentieth century, the Deutscher Werkbund or "German Craft Association" was formed with the expressed aim of improving the aesthetic quality of manufactured goods and industrial architecture while producing both less expensively (Adams, p. 477). The creation of this Association was very much a response to two complementary pressures. On the one hand, Germany was undergoing a period of rapid industrial development in which the factory and the machine were replacing the cottage and the craftsman's hands as the locus and source of production. On the other hand, a sense that many of the machine-made products and machine-serving buildings and other structures were of less aesthetic quality (and greater cost) than was desirable was also emerging."
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Walter Gropius, 2004.
Biographical account of German-American architect, Walter Gropius.
2,336 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper looks at the life and architectural career of Walter Gropius, as well as German architecture and Gropius's contribution to architecture during his lifetime. The paper looks at Gropius's contribution to functionalism and abstraction and Germany's rejection of these schools of art.
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"Germany?s high culture of the late medieval period was followed by a slow decline. In the seventeenth century the Thirty Year's War wrecked her material and political potential for more than a century. In the late eighteenth century, during a period of political importance, classic German literature was produced in the small princely courts. In the early nineteenth century, a thin layer of highly cultivated individuals began to produce Romantic poetry and music, at a time when Germany as a whole was pervaded by a depressing political reaction, which expressed itself in bitter opposition to economic freedom in the development of commerce and industry."
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Bauhaus, 2004.
This paper discusses the design movement called Bauhaus, which was initiated by German architect Walter Gropius in Wiemar, Germany, in 1919.
940 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper explains that Walter Gropius applied classical architectural techniques to design theory, believing that there is no essential difference between the artist and the craftsman. Thereby, he introduced a completely new set of design principles called Bauhaus to art and crafts. The author points out that, though the Bauhaus movement was inspired by Cubism and Minimalism in design, it was still a unique, revolutionary movement. Some of the key features of this movement included less emphasis on detail and more on economic use of space. The paper relates that Bauhaus popularized functional design, a technique that focused specifically on the major functions of everything, including buildings, textiles, tables, and lamps to make them more easily accessible and usable. Color illustrations.
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"Bauhaus artists included such prominent names as Mies van der Rohe, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Oskar Schlemmer, who are responsible for bringing dramatic changes in the field of art and design. It is commonly believed that every change in design after the Bauhaus movement is inspired by the principles and techniques of this style. It can be rightly called the mother of all design movements in 20th century because till this day, we can see the impact of Bauhaus in the field of arts, architecture and crafts."
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The International Style of Architectural Design, 2002.
Examines how architects Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier helped shape the modern city with their innovative styles .
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What now seems repetitive was once radically innovative when architects, such as Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier, attempted to reshape the urban metropolis in order to reflect the aesthetic principles of an industrial, democratic age. This paper will examine the achievements of the three architects noted above. Their works will be examined with respect to both theory and practice. It will be argued that, while their legacy in the field of architecture remains controversial to this day, their contributions to the establishment of the International Style fundamentally altered the landscape of the modern city.
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"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", 2002.
This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," by James Thurber. It specifically summarizes the critical essay "Taking Care of Walter Mitty," by Ann Ferguson Mann.
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"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" has become a comic American classic, full of humor and pathos. Walter is the classic henpecked husband who hides from the realities of his real world by devising elaborate and whimsical fantasies in his head. Throughout the story, he becomes a doctor, a fighter pilot, a naval commander, and a hero about to be executed, all to escape his continually nagging wife. Mann's essay sheds light on why Walter and his fantasy worlds are still so popular, along with some interesting theories about the cause of Mitty's daydreams
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"Mann's essay claims Mitty does not fantasize as a result of his wife's nagging, but totally the opposite, his wife is driven to her constant nagging by his continuous inattention to her. "Nevertheless, a close examination of the structure of the story suggests that Mitty's problems with his wife and with the rest of the outside world could just as easily be the result and not the cause of his fantasies" (Mann 352). This is an interesting and novel look at a story that has been interpreted in many ways for decades."
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IKEA vs. Bauhaus, 2005.
An argument against the idea that IKEA bases its products on the Bauhaus movement.
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This paper explains the view of IKEA's inheritance of the Bauhaus movement in functional, minimalist design that is affordable by the masses. It explains that IKEA, however much it refers in advertising and promotion to the Bauhaus and Bauhaus ideals, is rather opposite, due to their sparse, attractive design, appealing to a fairly prosperous consumer market, their corporate agenda and the non-functionality of items in terms of limited durability, assembly design difficulties and cheap finishes.
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"IKEA vs. the Reform Ideals of the Bauhaus. Introduction The design purchased, now globally, from IKEA stores is popularly said to approximate Bauhaus furniture and philosophy of the early 20th century. This paper explores the degree to which this is so, finding an important difference in the overall concept of the Bauhaus and a pioneering design concept put into practical use, and the corporate agenda of IKEA, as it delivers sparsely designed, usually functional products whose clean lines appeal to many kinds of consumers. In the 21st century's hyper-consumerism that both drives and results from Globalization, the involvement of art and design in ordinary, strategic business activities is not new. (Darso & Dawids:2002)"
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The Bauhaus School of Architecture: A Critical Study, 2002.
This essay examines the Bauhaus school of architecture which originated in Germany in the 1920 and remains the most influential architectural movement.
1,290 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper looks at the Bauhaus architectural movement and its relationship to the massive technological advances of the early twentieth century. It examines the philosophical beliefs of the Bauhaus founders and evaluates their finest achievement, the Dessau Bauhaus, which was completed in 1925. It explains how the Dessau Bauhaus achieved its celebrated status in the world of architecture.
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"In the late the 19th and early twentieth century technological advances swept across the world with an undreamed of speed. The pace at which technology reinvented culture seemed almost preternatural, and amounted to the greatest alteration in man?s view of the universe since Isaac Newton (Hughes 15). The study of the modern age (1880-present) and how artistic developments viewed cultural change would not be complete without a look at architecture?s role. The work of an architect will by its nature influence society more than a painting and sculpture; its size and usefulness to poeple make that a certainty. Buildings surround us, we move through them, and they are part of our everyday life."
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Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado, 2002.
This paper emphasizes Sir Walter Raleigh's saga - from growing up in a poor home to winning the heart of Queen Elizabeth I.
1,622 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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7A valiant, charismatic and strikingly handsome explorer named Sir Walter Raleigh was doomed to spend his life chasing after glory, plunging into a great adventure and coming hauntingly close to dazzling success, only to flee for his life. This paper shows the strife and hardship Raleigh went through to find El Dorado, (the city of gold) for his queen.
Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado
I. Origin of El Dorado
II. Quixotic Doradism
III. Who is Walter Raleigh?
A. Brief History
B. Early years
IV. The Quest to Win Back the Queen
V. A Long Treacherous Voyage
A. The Journey Begins
B. Unlike the Spanish
C. Getting Closer to Victory
D. More Proof, or so it Seemed
E. The Good Times; the Bad Times
VI. The Unjust Death
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"The myth of El Dorado, the richest place on earth originated in 1541 from the Chibcha or Muiscas people. They had a sophisticated civilization in what is known today as Colombia. To celebrate a deceased Chibcha monarch, he was first greased with a sticky resin, and then gold was blown onto his naked body through mouth pipes similar to blowguns. The golden sovereign was then taken to the sacred Lake Guatavita, (known for its creation by a meteorite) where he was dipped into the water, releasing the glittering paint. Taken literally, El Dorado means ?the golden man.? The conquerors were on a quest not only to find the El Dorado, but the kingdom that was copious enough to use the precious ore as a sacred paint. "
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Thurber's 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", 2002.
This paper discusses the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," James Thurber's humorous classic about a man who fantasizes himself as a hero.
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The paper states that Thurber's 1947 story 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty? was put in a British medical journal as a clinical condition, which manifested itself in compulsive fantasizing. The paper discusses that in his "real" life, Walter Mitty lives an ordinary, plain life under the control of an overbearing, critical wife. This paper concludes that story shows that fantasy is often a good alternative to reality.
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"Walter is both fun and entertaining, he's easy to like and he lives in every one of us. Compared with Walter Mitty, his wife is more realistic. Unlike the female characters in much of literature, she is an independent lady and to some extent, controls Walter Mitty's life. She is no longer an oppressed figure. By creating an oppressed husband and a domineering wife, Thurber humorously and ironically criticizes the social system (under) which women should obediently do as men tell them."
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Art, Aura, and the Work of Walter Benjamin, 2002.
This paper examines Samuel Weber's essay, "Art, Aura, and the Work of Walter Benjamin."
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This paper looks at the effect that the printing press had in the spread of art and culture through the eyes of Walter Benjamin in Samuel Weber's essay, "Art, Aura and the Work of Walter Benjamin." Whereas Benjamin felt that mass reproduction was bad for the art world, he argues that the invention of the printing press allowed books to be read all over the world thereby changing the uniqueness of each painting. This paper also takes a look at the Mona Lisa, and explains that the ability to reproduce it is a positive thing, that, even though it's "aura," is no longer unique, many more people are now able to experience art.
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"With the invention of the printing press, however, books could be manufactured quickly and cheaply, and were available to great number of people. Two people living hundreds of miles apart could read the same book and find the same words, the same illustrations on the same page. However, the printing press also took something away from books - the originality and artistry that the monks had poured into each unique volume. Walter Benjamin would say that the aura of the monks' volumes was withering away, while the aura of the mass reproduced books was flourishing."
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Walter Payton, 2003.
A biography of football player Walter Payton.
1,955 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper examines how Walter Payton worked his whole life to be the best he could be. He broke records, overcame obstacles and accomplished many things in his life. It looks at how his achievements and ideals on and off the field have impacted Americans and the game of football forever. It also discusses how he showed his generosity through the Walter Payton Foundation and his support for other charities.
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"Walter Payton has affected many children through his Walter Payton Foundation. He organized the Foundation in 1989. This organization working together with the Alliance for Children Foundation were able to do many generous things in 1998. They promoted adoptions by cosponsoring the Chances for Children Adoption Fair, with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services(IDCFS). This directly led to the adoption of over fifty children(www.Payton34.com). They established a job training and placement program for children, aged eighteen to twenty-one, who are graduating from the IDCFS system. His organization also provided Christmas presents for over thirty-five thousand children who are wards of the state. They established College Scholarship funds for children who have been wards of the state. "
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Walter Benjamin and Tragedy, 2002.
Discusses "The Good Soldier" by Ford in relation to Walter Benjamin's theory of tragedy.
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This paper uses Walter Benjamin's analysis of modern versus ancient tragedies to analyze Ford Maddox Ford's novel "The Good Soldier".
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Walter Mosley's Novel "Devil in a Blue Dress", 2000.
A comparison and contrast of the literary and film elements in Walter Mosely's novel and the film "Devil in a Blue Dress".
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This paper compares of the film version and the literary version of Walter Mosley's novel "Devil in a Blue Dress" to show the differences and similarities between the story elements in "Devil in a Blue Dress", the book and the movie.
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"Walter Mosley?s book Devil in a Blue Dress and the movie by the same name share some similar literary elements, but there are several vital situations and parts of the book?s story that are not present in the film. Yet the movie downplays some of the more brutal parts of the book. "
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Walter Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz", 2006.
A summary and analysis of Walter Miller's science fiction novel, "A Canticle for Leibowitz".
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This paper summarizes, discusses, and analyzes the plot, characters and message of Walter Miller's science fiction novel about life after a nuclear war that destroyed all of civilization in America. After summarizing the book's plot, the paper explains that "A Canticle for Leibowitz" makes use of many literary devices that unite the book, in spite of the fact that it is separated into three parts, and uses the characters in the book to convey its message about good and evil.
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"The reader is told that the Leibowitz of this novel's title was a technician engaged in weapons development at the time of the nuclear war which destroyed all civilization in America and in the rest of the world. A natural reaction of the survivors of this holocaust was to turn on all scientists, on all fragments of science, and to destroy them for being in some degree responsible for the devastation that had taken place. Leibowitz, however, though repentant of his past, received permission from the pope to form a new monastic order of Albertus Magnus, whose role would be to save books and manuscripts from the "simpleton" mobs. The order's formation was successful, but Leibowitz himself was caught in the act of "booklegging" and was martyred by simultaneous strangulation and burning. "
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