Rhetorical Analysis: Stephen Gould
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(5 pp) In this paper we will be examining a short piece of text (Chauvet Cave: The Discovery of the World's Oldest Paintings - 1996) by Stephen Gould which involves both science and technology, yet we will examine this work from a rhetorical perspective, first as a singularity, then in light of a broader context. Bibliography lists 3 sources. The student should note that the text used is included after the bibliography.
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Romanticism In Twenty-First Century America
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5 pages in length. Amidst the troubling and often fatalistic attitude of the twenty-first century, the concept of Romanticism is still alive and well and living in the most developed country in the world. That there still exist artistic and cultural free spirits who embody the self-centered search for authenticity that J.L. Talmon describes for the nineteenth century speak volumes about the human spirit and its incessant quest for "the triumph of the values of imaginative spontaneity, visionary originality, wonder and emotional self-expression over the classical standards of balance, order, restraint, proportion and objectivity" (Drabble PG). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Russes Ballet
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A 14 page paper which discusses how the Russes Ballet influenced the society of the times. During the first decade of the 1900s fashion for women was incredibly conservative, leaving almost nothing on the human body showing. With the Russes Ballet came very risqué costumes that flowed with the body, and costumes that often revealed a great deal of the body, if not complete nudity occasionally. The paper discusses the society of the time, the fashions of the time, and the changes that were soon seen in the fashion industry due to the revealing nature of the costumes seen in the Russes Ballet. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Salvador Dali: The Struggle Between Religion and Science
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A 5 page discussion of the influence of God and religion on the surrealistic art of Salvador Dali. Contends that Dali struggled to integrate his spiritual beliefs with his ever-growing interests in sciences. Contrasts his efforts with those of Sigmund Freud and artist like Fyodor Dostoevsky who seemed intent of proving that God did not exist. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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See Ya in the Funnies!
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(6 pp) Newsflash! Holy high heels Batman! We have new neighbors in Gotham City. DC Comics to Include Homosexual Couple! The comic book company that gave us Superman will now give us the first super heroes that will fight crime as a couple--not as in Batman and Robin ? but as a cohabiting homosexual couple? Have we progressed that much, or has this couple, somehow eluded the comic police? Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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