History and Development of Graffiti Art
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This 5 page report discusses the existence of graffiti and the fact that graffiti is an expression of art, whether political, social, or aesthetic, it expresses something that its creator wants to express through the medium of paint and a bare surface that will be viewed by others. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Image Compression Techniques
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This 15 page report discusses the fact that, currently, JPEG is still the most common way of storing and exchanging still-photograph image information. However, fractal compression, wavelets, progressive decompression, bandwidth availability, are considerations, as is the ultimate application of the various image compression tools. The best compression techniques all lessen overall storage density and transmission bandwidth for still and video images, both within a system and between systems. Therefore, new solutions are being (and have been) actively sought. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Important Information for a Career as a Web Developer
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This 8 page study outlines the factors that relate to the occupational strategy for Web developers. The increasing use of the World Wide Web for business operations has determined a need for Web developers. Web developers are responsible for creating Web designs and integrating new technological elements into the development of Web pages. As a result, specific considerations have been developed for their employment. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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INDIVIDUAL INQUIRY THROUGH REFERENCE TO NEW KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
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This 4 page paper is a philosophical treatise on the essence of imagination as it relates to the creation of art. Gaugin, Munch, Picasso, Raschenberg discussed and exampled. MA level paper.Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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John Baskerville: Biography and Works
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A 6 page paper which discusses the professional history, biography, and works of John Baskerville. The paper also discusses what were seen to be his significant contributions to his field of lettering, or type design. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Joost Schmidt/Bauhaus
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A 5 page research paper that discusses the innovations of the Bauhaus, an German art school that spawned a movement in the early part of the twentieth century, and one of its professors, German typographer and artist Joost Schmidt. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Low Budget Graphic Design as Opposed to Big Business
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A 15 page research paper that addresses the revolution that has taken place in recent decades relative to the field of graphic design. The writer argues that the ability to produce quality graphics with a small budget is now available through technological innovation, but that the human elements of creativity and knowledge of graphic art still govern how the technology is utilized. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Mexico/Workers Rights & Urban Modernization
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A 7 page research paper on the Mexican Revolution and the decades afterwards. The Mexican Revolution promised the Mexican people many things--an end to deprivation, poverty and political domination by the elite being among them. The following examination of Mexican history explores how well these promises were fulfilled and whether or not the processes of modernization provided the rights that would improve working class lives. The writer concludes that, in general, the Mexican Revolution did not live up to its promises to the common people. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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MGM Studios and Walt Disney as Foucault’s Fantasy Space
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Michel Foucault discusses modernity along two threaded lines. He posits that modernity begins with a fantasy created space implemented by a subculture that defines itself through a subset of names, places and events. In support of this, the subculture creates within its world a spectacle of heroes in which the icons of the subculture are paraded in front of the culture by performing feats of survival, usually dark, cruel and even gruesome tests. Modernity is a created world, Foucault said, where discipline and punishment are inseparable from display to create the group spirit, or subculture, itself.... jvOrntlm.rtf
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