The 21st century culture, however, is at its early stage of development, and society has yet to see what would be the future of technology-driven culture. Possibly, the thousands-to-millions of global villages created through Internet technology would converge to create a cultural explosion that would be the biggest mark of the 21st century. It is also possible that the free, expansive knowledge acquired through the Internet would lead to new schools of thought that will redefine and change the way humans pursue knowledge and truth. The author talks about the lack of discipline in the words and images that proliferate in the media age. It is important for the author to understand, though, that poststructuralism and postmodernism emanates mostly from words and images created by the technology-driven culture. The discipline Paglia talks about in her essay is still there, although this discipline is not spent on understanding art works from the Stone Age or Byzantine era. Instead, this discipline is spent in creating codes or...
This discipline can also be found in the voracious reader and receiver of random information, who could possibly create and develop a process through which users of information can easily and quickly access very specific information, information that they truly need. Indeed, there remains a lot to be seen in the future of 21st century culture and society. Perhaps, towards the mid-21st century, society and culture will be more ready for another assessment, similar to Paglia's The Magic of Images.
Art The Painting Techniques of the Impressionists, Cubists, and Fauvists During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries art styles were changing rapidly in France. Impressionism, Cubism, and Fauvism were three of the styles developed during this time. The painters involved were using new techniques with oil paint to change what was accepted as fine art. Their new techniques reflected societal changes happening all around them. The Age of Industrialization, economic fears,
Exoticism in 19th & 20th Century Opera Exoticism in 19th and 20th Century Opera Exoticism was a cultural invention of the 17th Century, enjoying resurgence in the 19th and 20th Centuries due to increased travel and trade by Europeans in foreign, intriguing continents. The "West," eventually including the United States, adapted and recreated elements of those alluring cultures according to Western bias, creating escapist art forms that blended fantasy with reality. Two
IKEA Family OwnershipIntroductionIKEA is a family-owned business with a complex corporate ownership structure that somewhat masks the fact that the company is essentially controlled by the Kamprad family. Founded in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad as a mail-order business that transitioned into furniture retail, IKEA morphed from a small Swedish company to an international corporation by the 1970s. This paper will present the history and description of the family business, provide
SCIENCE FICTION & FEMINISM Sci-Fi & Feminism Origins & Evolution of Science Fiction As with most things including literature, science fiction has progressed and changed a lot over the years. Many works of science fiction were simply rough copies and following the altready-established patterns of prior authors. However, there has always been authors and creators that push the envelope and forge new questions and storylines that have not been realized or conceptualized before.
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