This section will look at the history of modernism and modernist theory and will explore how gender affected the story of modernism. ... At the turn of the century Art started to analyse its own forms especially in architecture in response to the collapse of cultural, spiritual and moral order and the increase of science and technology and modernism. ... However Le Corbusier cannot be solely responable for the masculinisation of architecture and design even thou one could say he articulated the principles of modernism Sparke,P (1995). ... His designs for an estate called dominos which was...

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The style of Germanic architecture can best be summarized in one word, modernism. ... Next came along Gothic architecture. ... Dialectic was facilitated by Hitler's dislike for modernism, so the German modernists came over to the United States and America took a lot of credit for these German ideas. ... Talbot's private quarters and is 13 by 50 feet. ... The windows are located around the room so that you can see the entire life of town. ...

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Since the beginning of time humans have toiled to break new boundaries in the field of Architecture. ... The technological/structural advancements can be seen in today's architectural marvels. ... "From 1409 onwards, Filippo Brunelleschi worked on the construction of Santa Maria del Fiore and was immediately attracted by the problem of the cupola (Pic. #1); his design won the competition in 1418 and in 1423 he was put in complete charge of the building construction.""2 The completion of this important construction, carried out with a special technique that made it possible to create the c...

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Rietveld was influenced a lot by his teacher Hendrick Petrus Berlage who was known as the father of modern architecture in Holland. He was the first person in the Netherlands to promulgate ˜the importance of space' as a fundamental quality of architecture. 7 This idea is linked to Rietveld's pursuit of ˜space, which is the reality that architecture can create'. The Schroder House was the key to Rietveld architecture. ... Mrs Schroder wanted to radically reshape her life with something new. ... It creates a sense of continuity between the small intimate spaces, so ...

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Their ideas would change the way of architecture and would have a lasting impression on architecture in the future along with how it was taught. ... Modern architecture has its roots in a number of different origins. ... The Chicago School, an American architectural movement based in late 19th-century Chicago, was the first manifestation of modern architecture. ... After the war Jenney settled in Chicago, where he opened his own architectural office, where many members of the Chicago School served their architectural apprenticeships on his staff, including Louis Sullivan. ... In tha...

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CHRISTIAN ETHICS IN A POSTMODERN WORLD The Rise of Postmodernity Since Federico de Onis's use of the term postmodernismo' to describe the Spanish and Latin-American poetry of 1905-1914 which had reacted against the excess' of modernism in 1934, (Rose 1991: 171) "Postmodernism- became very popular. It has been used in the fields of art (Christo-Bakargiev 1987), architecture (Pevsner 1967), liturature (Hassan 1971), video, economics, films (James 1991), ideology (Larrain 1994: 90-118), theology (Tilley at al 1995), and philosophy (Griffin et al 1993). ... Rose (1991: 1)...

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By the end of the nineteenth century the pre-industrial economy and way of life had almost disappeared. ... Modernism is one of the key words of the first part of the century. ... Against Modernism it was said that it produced chaotic and difficult writing, that it moved beyond the capacity of many readers and became elitist. ... But all through what might be termed the period of Modernism there were writers who kept working away in more traditional modes. ... Late Hardy Few poets better convey the uneasy transition from Victorianism to Modernism than Thomas Hardy. ...

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Wahhabism originated long before the existence of the modern day state "Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia".5 Originating from the Saudi Arabian heartland, Wahhabism is named after an eighteenth century preacher by the name of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792).6 Wahab initiated a movement in the remote desert region of Najd, advocating the cleansing of the faith specifically new innovations that stray away from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad(pbuh).7 Wahab formed a pact with local tribal leader Muhammad bin Saud who's decedents would later come to be the royal family of m...

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is a permanent intergovernmental body of the UN that aims to maximise the trade investment and development opportunities of developing economies and to assist their efforts to integrate into the world economy The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a private not-for-profit foundation that operates conferences for business, political, intellectual and other society leaders. ...

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