Isamu Noguchi Essays

  • King Lear's Self Discovery

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    Its Double. Grove Press Inc. New York. 1958 Billington, Michael. Gielgud: His Greatest Triumphs. "The Age." May 24, 2000. Brook, Peter. The Empty Space. 1st Touchstone edition. Simon and Schuster Inc. 1996. Noguchi, Isamu. Isamu Noguchi On the Dance. "Texts by Isamu Noguchi." Partee, Dr. Morriss  Henry. Shakespeare Improved. University of Utah English Dept. Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of King Lear. Jay L. Halio. Ed. The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Cambridge University Press. New

  • Otori Shigeru

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    He also pursues to make the area of Hagi a peaceful place (Evident). It is clear that he wants to kill the leader of the Tohan to avenge his brother's death, also for the war which he started with the Noguchi clan against the Otori clan. Also, the Noguchi clan is against the Seishu clan which then created the reason for an alliance between the Tohan and the Seishu clan. The book doesn't give the backstory of his brother's death since it starts straight from Takeo's perspective

  • Martha Graham

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    Martha Graham Martha Graham is one of the most well-known pioneers of modern dance. Modern dance wouldn't be what it is today without her and her teachings. She had a very different approach to movement and dance. “I wanted to begin not with characters or ideas, but with movements.... I wanted significant movement. I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge.” Martha Graham was born in 1894 in Pennsylvania. Her father was

  • Garrett Eckbo Essay

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    As there was a lot of modern thinkers, y were also many modernisms. To reaffirm what distinguishes the modernist in the modern was a new spatial sensitivity often influenced by modernist architecture and/or of a vocabulary, which has drawn in recent surveys in the field of plastic arts. to a gross level the distinction could also be made between a classic modernism which transforms and supplied a spatial structure classic, and the other more rigorously applied the liberalization of the spatial structure

  • Frida Kahlo: The Mexican Mural Movement

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    Frida Kahlo was born in “The Blue House” in Coyocan, Mexico, which was in the outskirts of Mexico, on July, 6, 1907. Frida is the 3rd of 4 daughters to be born in her family. Frida grew up a very hard life. At the age of six, Frida was diagnosed with Polio disease. This made using her right leg very difficult. Her leg became very skinny and her foot stopped growing. She does many exercises to help make her leg stronger but none of them help to much. When she begins school she is bullied and made

  • Land Art

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    away from cities. The land art is the extended part of conceptual art. It is encouraged by many art movements of that time such as minimalism, cubism etc. The best example of early land art is the bronze model of Contoured Playground created by Isamu Noguchi (American-Japanese designer) in New York in 1941. He never agreed ... ... middle of paper ... ...d landscape materials in the galleries. Some of the large land art works can only be accurately enjoyed from some height by a plane or so. According

  • Martha Graham Research Paper

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    She would relate the dances very closely to them. She worked with many composers to create these works, giving her many opportunities for networking which is how she met Isamu Noguchi, whom did the large majority of her set designs. Her costuming would vary from era to era, but it often involved long flowy ankle length skirts or gauchos for the women with leotard like tops to the costumes, depending on the piece. Men would

  • Martha Graham Research Paper

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    Martha Graham, a standout amongst the most praised trend-setters of modern dance, is less known for her unique commitment to modern interpretation of Greek Myth and Greek Tragedy. Martha was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on May 11, 1894. Her father was a doctor that specialized in nervous disorders, he utilized physical development to improve or even cure this disorder, which influenced Graham as a child and brought an interest of dance at a very young age. Graham’s family decided to move to California

  • Modern House Architecture Essay

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    Ideas and inspirations for modern houses Nearly all of us secretly harbour a dream of building a home for ourselves. Some us may buy an old structure and renovate it into a style suited for modern time. Others invest in a plot to build from a scratch. Every era has its own distinctive style that reflects in art, architecture and design. A variety of reasons, including changing socio-economic conditions, can be identified behind this unceasing evolution in tastes and design. The magnificent structures

  • Good Design: The Eames

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    The study selected the Eames famous design to talk about the impact of the social. Firstly, I will introduce the Eames’ background. Secondly, I will introduce some of their futures. Thirdly, I will talk more about the Eames house. Finally, I will talk about what I had inspired from them. If good design is the collision of creativity, hard work and a bit of serendipity, then the Eames' design can proudly bear the title. Charles and Ray Eames are well-known for their assistance to furnishings and