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The peculiarly passive obsession with security as the ultimate happiness, the compulsive conformity of life styles (engenderedat least in part by the virulent anti-communism of McCarthyismin odd combination with the Eisenhower era’s pacifying blandness),and the pervasive apathy of most of the ’50s was replaced in the1960s with an extraordinary and even reckless social energy and…

Last year something amazing took place, but it wasn’t in a laboratory. Itwasn’t under the ocean, and it wasn’t on the land. It was in space. Thedocking of the United States’s Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Russian SpaceStation Mir was an important step towards international cooperation in space. This is not the first time the…

The Ivory CoastThe Ivory Coast is one of Africa’s leading countries in industry andagriculture. This small country is located in West Africa on the Coast ofGuinea where it is bordered by Mali and Burkina Faso on the north and byGuinea and Liberia on the west. The land itself is approximately 322,463sq. kilometers and 124,504 sq….

Breakdancing a form of African American dance that emerged from the hip hop culture of the South Bronx, New York, during the mid-1970s. Drawing upon several African American dance forms, break dancing coalesced in the 1970s and reached its peak in popularity during the 1980s. Breakdancing developed out of the Bronx, New York, disco scene….

Goals: I hope the children develop awareness of colors and shapes through this exercise as well as experience success from creating a piece of artwork that IS their own. Materials Needed: Construction paper, washable paints Of different colors, painting smocks, Departure, disposable plates, lids, foam, sponges, buttons, toilet paper or paper towel rolls and Other…

Art Gallery to view the new Senior Art Exhibit. One piece in particular stood out, impressively. The work is titled Alternate Reality, composed consisting of acrylic on canvas, and done by Becky Lewis. Here, a bicycle is depicted as one looks past the railing of a set of stairs. Found the painting very intriguing because…

Have you ever heard someone complain about their bad credit’some people create their credit problems on their own, by not paying their bills on time, over exceeding credit card limits or bouncing checks. But some of these people are victims of identity theft. Identity theft can occur to almost anyone, especially with the increase in…

Biography Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American architect, born in Wisconsin. He studied civil engineering for a year at the University of Wisconsin, was influenced by the writings of Viollet-le-Duc, then worked in Chicago (1889–93) in the office of Louis Sullivan. Between 1900 and 1910 he designed 50 houses in the ‘Prairie style’, emphasising low, horizontal…

Ray Bradbury BiographyU. S. author, born in Waukegan, Ill. , on Aug. 22, 1920. In his stories, Bradbury wove together the intrigue of changing technology with insightful social commentary. One of his best-known works was ‘The Martian Chronicles’; a collection of interrelated stories concerning colonization of the planet Mars those attracted readers both young and…

An interesting case in point is his earliest known painting, the Doni Tondo. Tondo means round. It was a holy family, painted in tempera on a wooden panel about four feet in diameter with an ornate, deeply carved, gold leaf frame almost as much a work of art in itself as the painting it holds….