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Nottingham contemporary Gallery and Gentrification Introduction For our group project, the issue of gentrification was explored.... This issue was explored by looking at the neighborhood of Nottingham, and examining how the Nottingham contemporary Gallery has improved the overall class of the neighborhood.... This project examines whether this was the case with Nottingham after the Nottingham contemporary Gallery came into the area, which had the aim of transitioning the neighborhood from the industry of lace to an area that is more based upon innovation....
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hellip; This paper explores Marcel Duchamp in the context of walter benjamin's thesis.... Overview of walter benjamin's Thesis The major thesis of walter benjamin's essay touches on the conceptualization that the form of technical reproduction of works of art that takes place today are not a modern phenomenon but that modernity has played a contributing factor in ensuring and enhancing much accuracy in the course of mass production4.... The purpose of this essay is to analyze in what ways did the work of Marcel Duchamp prefigure walter benjamin's thesis in The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction....
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Although the arcades diminished, they did not die, as the writings of walter Benjamin revived interest in them.... arcades: From Conception to Modern Day Introduction An arcade is basically two side by side buildings with a glass roof above them.... Dangerous city streets made arcades necessary.... Before the arcades were built, commerce was moving out of the urban core and into the outskirts, where there was less danger and traffic....
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alter Benjamin's position is reflected in his main works The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and arcades project.... They both contributed a lot in philosophical and sociological approaches concerning urban culture and the human position in contemporary economical, political and cultural conditions.... hellip; Georg Simmel and walter Benjamin were famous and interesting German philosophers who lived at the end of the 19th and in the beginning of the 20th centuries....
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The essay "comparison of Tate Modern and Saatchi Gallery" compares two galleries and analyzes success and failure of them.... As Sabbagh points out, the project appeared to be doomed.... The essay compares Tate Modern and the Saatchi Art gallery.... They are both examples of industrial buildings that were converted into edifices that served as a venue to display works of art....
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The researcher of this essay explores in what ways did the work of Marcel Duchamp prefigure walter benjamin's thesis in The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.... … The essay analyzes walter benjamin's thesis and the role of Marcel Duchamp in this context.... The essay "Duchamp prefigure walter benjamin's thesis" examines in what ways did the work of Marcel Duchamp prefigure walter benjamin's thesis.... In this paper, the ways in which the work of Marcel Duchamp prefigures walter benjamin's thesis in his essay shall be analyzed....
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At the same time, the Galleria became a social core of the city of Milan and became an alternative to the contemporary street that is overflowed with traffic.... "The Importance of an Arcade as Urban and Socio-Political form within a City" paper aims to identify the relevance of Benjamin's analysis to the project of galleria vittorio Emanuele II in Milan and reveal its social and political implications of today.... hellip; The galleria vittorio Emanuele II, as an architectural form of the nineteenth century, has remained critical of consumerist culture revealing the importance of commerce in collective lives....
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The author of the paper "The National Gallery of Victoria and Gertrude contemporary in Melbourne" begins with the statement that Melbourne is one of the famous and populated cities in Australia.... The city is known for its extensive contemporary spaces occupying the interior and exterior art scenes.... One of the famous artistic figures in this city is Melissa Pearce that looks at the top ten contemporary art galleries.... his piece of study endeavors towards exploring two main contemporary spaces in Australia; the national gallery of Victoria and Gertrude contemporary....
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