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Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot" seemed to be ahead of its time when published in 1950. The book deals with robots and morality, two topics that are not normally discussed together. In 2004, a movie loosely based on the the novel of stories was produced.
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Pollock, an abstract epressionist, was very influential during this era. He used such techniques as dripping paint and rubbing sand and glass onto the canvas to create interingling lines and a marbled look.
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The work by Wifredo Lam is an example of surrealism.
"He frequently used the device of transmogrification of body parts to suggest magical metamorphosis, inspired by indigenous American and African ritual objects." http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/2403 -
About Moon Cage, Ware was quoted saying the piece is not abstract or representational; it “is not figurative literally. A combination of images is more interesting to me. Ambiguity is important; a confusion of images makes you more conscious of the image you are interested in.”
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The book, written by J.D. Salinger, was the center of contraversy for the psychological and moral issues presented in the text.
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The painting by Willem de Kooning, abstract expressionist, shows a fashionable woman riding a bicycle.
“I’m not interested in ‘abstracting’ or taking things out or reducing painting to design, form, line, and color. I paint this way because I can keep putting more things in it–drama, anger, pain, love, a figure, a horse, my ideas about space. Through your eyes it again becomes an emotion or idea.” —Willem de Kooning http://whitney.org/ForKids/Collection/WillemDeKooning/5535 -
The most reviewed book on political issues and was said to ignite the post war social and political movement.
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It has been noted that Beth Sholom Synagogue shows Frank Lloyd Wright's "unmatched capacity to translate ritual into space and experience." http://www.wrightontheweb.net/flw8-16.htm
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One photo from a book entitled "The Americans". His personal photo documentary on the US was criticized: "During the 1950′s, the tradition and aesthetic of photography championed clean, well-exposed, and sharp photographs...However in Frank’s “The Americans”, he was first harshly criticized by critics saying things like the prints were “Flawed by meaningless blur grain, muddy exposure, drunken horizons, and general sloppiness”.
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The book chronicled the travels of the author and his friends across America. The book was said be the literary definition of the Beat Generation.
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Psycho changed the face of horror when Hitchcock killed his lead character and solidified Janet Leigh as scream queen.
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Rothko was labeled as an abstract expressionist, but denied the title. He's known for his dark colors and strokes.
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Using items from pop culture went against the idea of originality and changed the meaning of what it means to be an artist. With the Campbell's soup can, Andy Warhol's silk screen has been reproduced numerous times for commerical use and was noted as saying he drank or ate the soup very often.
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Carson's book helped begin what was known as the environmental movement with its contraversial look at pesticides
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Example of pop art
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The book was considered revolutionary with the way it criticized the ideas of the stifling role of women as happy housewives.The Feminine Mystique is credited as the launchpad of the second wave feminist movement.
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The event, with the focal point on the delivery of the "I Have A Dream" speech by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, changed the tide in the flood of racism. His speech moved a nation.
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One of the most creative architects of the era, I.M. Pei designed numerous buildings during the 1960s including apartment complexes and museums.
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Two songs by British bands, one that defined a generation, the other dealt with frustration, graced the airwaves and go down in history as two great rock songs
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Another example of Pop Art, as a silkscreen, which serves as a representation to the real object. Here, that object is Marilyn Monroe One site states "Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn reveals very little about who she was and yet it has become ubiquitous, much like her famous film performances."
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Merz was interested in the connection between man and nature, He designed igloos of various materials; his first was made from dried mud and neon lights. "Light is...technological energy in the making, if it is to be controlled by electric light, it is dressed up, where as fire is uncontrollable and naked. Light is a comprehensible representation of the human mind, whereas flame is incomprehensible and hence difficult to represent..."
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"In 1969, a monumental music festival changed our world. More than half a million people came together - united in a message of peace, openness and cultural expression – and demonstrated how a generation could be heard...The original producers of the historic festival continue to carry forward the Woodstock ethos by identifying social, environmental and political causes...and encouraging creative expression."
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One writer says that "The Bluest Eye" is "an inquiry into the reasons why beauty gets wasted in this country" and "Miss Morrison exposes the negative of the Dick-and-Jane-and-Mother-and-Father-and-Dog-and-Cat photograph that appears in our reading primers, and she does it with a prose so precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry."
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1971 brought the world two very socially conscious songs. "Imagine" from John Lennon asks the listener to imagine a world at peace, while "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye seeks an answer for the events that are affecting the world. Both songs gives the listeners a sense of social awareness.
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An example of Cubism from Picasso which is very close to abstract work.
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Upon completion, The Sears Towers was the tallest building in the world and is currently one of the most visited tourist attractions.
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Farmers discovered the clay figures while digging. There were more than 7000 sculpted pieces including wepons, chariots and horses. The over 2000 year old clay army is a life sized replica of the imperial guard of 211-206 BC.
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Donald Judd, miminalist, by his work "Untitled"
