Social Context: Pop Art
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A 6 page paper which examines the social context of Pop Art. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RApp.rtf

Strategic Planning for the National Endowment for the Arts
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12 pages in length. The National Endowment for the Arts is a non-profit organization established to further the promotion of art and artists for the general public. Their strategic planning for funding could use some improvement, and two texts which are extremely helpful in this area are Strategic Management for Non-Profit Organizations: Theory and Cases, by Sharon M. Oster and Strategic Planning for Public and Non-Profit Organizations by John M. Bryson. These are two of the best books for insight to the strategic planning and funding for non-profit organizations and this paper discusses these methods. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JGAneart.wps

Structuralism in the Study of Media and Culture
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This is a 6 page paper discussing structuralism in the study of media and culture. Structuralism is based on the premise that “societies and sociological or cultural practices can be analyzed, along the lines of language, as signifying systems [and within] structuralism the subject is decentered, in other words the central focus on the individual in much social analysis is replaced by the focus on the structures, of which the individual is just another element”. Structuralist methods apply to various divisions within the social sciences such as the linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure, the cultural critical of Roland Barthes, the anthropology of Claude Levi-Strauss and the psychoanalysis of Jacques Lacan. Structuralism plays a large part in the presentation and perception of the media as some critics believe that viewers can look beyond media reports by perceiving the signs throughout the text while other researchers, such as Barthes in his post-structural phase, believed that language was not transparent by in fact most communication was distorted and could not be presented otherwise. Structuralism overall, tends to assume that there is a structure or a “depth model” in which researchers can find the “truth” and in so doing are able to “stand outside language using the meta-languages of linguistic, sociological or philosophical analysis. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TJstruct1.rtf

Studying The Arts: The Relationship To Understanding Europe and North America
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5 pages in length. The social, political and economical impact of the arts has been vast and encompassing to understanding Europe and North America. Throughout the Baroque, Enlightenment and Romantic Periods, the world was changing in leaps and bounds; indeed, those within artistic circles were not to be left behind. Particularly influential to this cultural understanding were Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi, French artists Francois Boucher and Jacques-Louis David, as well as author Walt Whitman. The functions these artisans had upon the European and North American landscape was to demonstrate society's progressive nature as it related to each region's individual growth, which included – but was not limited to – feminism, politics and environment. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCarts.wps

Susan Hiller’s Art -- Theory into Practice
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This 6 page report discusses the work and thought of artist Susan Hiller. Her art installations are as varied and multi-dimensional as she herself is. For example, her education and experience is based in anthropology and archaeology and are the fields in which she worked while still in the U.S. She began her work as an artist in 1973 when she moved to London. She does not limit herself to one form of expression but throughout her work, her understanding of human consciousness and the role it plays and has played in culture is clear. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWhiller.rtf

Susan Sontag’s Notes on “Camp”
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A 3 page paper which examines the relationship between Susan Sontag’s Notes on “Camp” and Pop Art. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAsscamp.rtf

Symmetry in Islamic Art
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This 5 page paper considers how we see symmetry in Islamic art. The paper concentrates on the mathematical aspects of the symmetry and also considers why this is so apparent in this cultural art form. The writer includes consideration of tessellation and rugs. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEislart.rtf

Terrorism and Verbal Art; The Impact of the Destruction of the World Trade Towers
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This 10 page paper consider what we mean by verbal art, and how the destruction of this well known land mark and symbols of capitalism may be seen in the postmodernism school of thought. The writer considers how we perceive art and actions in order to demonstrates that although despicable the terrorist actions after September 11th 2001 may be seen as a form of verbal art. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEverart.rtf

The Agenda of the Far Right / A Future Without Arts or Humanities
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A 5 page essay based on the essay, ‘‘Pulling the Fuse on Culture,'' by Robert Hughes. (Time Magazine, 8/7/95) The writer explores the ramifications of the far-right Republican agenda and what that could mean to the America of the future. No Bibliography.
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