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From: J <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 11:17 AM To: Edward Rod Larsen Subject: Re: Essays essay 1. change next to the last sentence. Si=ilarly. to I look forward to accessing the cultural resourc=s in New York in order that I may continue my cultural journey. =/div> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 =t 7:00 AM Edward Rod Larsen <mailto:edwardrodlarsen@gma=l.com» wrote: =ssay 1. Coming from an international background, =nd having lived in Oslo, Tel Aviv, New York and London by the age of eight=en, I believe that the international profile of NYU will provide the best =nvironment for my college education, with the added benefit of returning t= the place where I've spent most of my childhood and where my moth=r will be posted as Norwegian Ambassador to the UN in January 2019.=/p> =YU's Art History department appeals to me because of its wide rang= of courses, from the global art of antiquity to the contemporary. My pass=on is the Italian Renaissance and the rich history behind it, especiall= the works of 15th century masters such as Masaccio and Bellini. Some of t=e courses that NYU offers such as "Early masters of Italian Renais=ance painting" and "Florentine Villas: An Interpretation B=sed on Historical, Social Factors" are, therefore appealing to me.=What I find exciting, is not only the visual aesthetics and analysis of th=se masterpieces, but also the manner in which the Renaissance emphasised s=ientific=C2 and economic innovation, areas of study the Global Liberal Ar=s programme would offer. NYU's unique campus in Florence would giv= me a once in lifetime opportunity to spend a year immersing myself in the=art, culture and history of Italy. This would be an exciting experience to=have while studying for a Bachelor's degree in Art History, and wo=ld compliment my main interests in the subject. =s one of the prime cultural centres in the world, NYU's location i= NYC is the perfect place to broaden knowledge within contemporary art. I =m very much looking forward to visiting the Whitney Biennia this May. In a=dition the New museum, which shows a lot of the kind of work I find intere=ting is a short walk away from campus. =aking advantage of being based in central London for the past year, I have=completed the Chairman's Programme at Christies, work experience a= the Courtauld Gallery and I will be working at Maddox Gallery in the n=ar EFTA_R1_01821553 EFTA02618315 future. Similarly, I want to take advantage of being based in NYC to ga=n as much experience as possible. I have chosen to apply Early Decision to=NYU as it is the only American university I will be applying to, as there =s no better place to obtain experience of the contemporary art world than =ew York City. Essay 2. From the age of extremes to the age of bewilderment What captivates me more than anything else is the different=ideological phases of the 20th century and how art can be used as a tool o= advancement and reflection on ideological and political developments. My fascination began when I read; Eric Hobsbawm'= "Age Of Extremes" and has since developed through books s=ch as Benjamin Carter Hetes "The Death Of Democracy =90 and Yuval Harari "A Brief History Of Tomorrow" and =80 21Lessons For The 21st Century". In t=e years after the First World War, until the end of the Second World War, =hree political models for shaping the future of nation states emerged; Fas=ism, Communism and liberal democracy. These all offered great ideas for th= future of the world. Fascism and Communism shared some common features: a=thoritarian, strong leaders and a belief that their revolutions had to =e carried through with violence. This led to the mass murders in the Nazi =oncentration camps and in the Soviet Gulags. In the=mid war periods, the "Litfass columns" that were originall= designed to carry advertising, became the outdoor galleries for the war o= ideologies. The political poster was born. High quality posters from ever= political party in Germany popped up on the columns. Hitler's pro=aganda chief G0ebels stated that the Nazi election campaign should be=run through speeches and posters. The other parties responded in kind. An =rt form thus became an essential political tool in the battle for votes. T=e propagandist Art used by the Nazis and communists alike was essential in=helping sell their message to the masses. Indeed, much of the art that =as critical of these movements was suppressed or censored and "sub=ersive" artists cowed, in some cases imprisoned or even worse. <=span> 2 EFTA_R1_01821554 EFTA02618316  A key piece of art that championed this kind of ideology=was Sheppard Fairey's campaign poster for Barack Obama. In this porter, Fairey, a well established graffiti artist uses urban colours and ste=cilling techniques combined with the message "HOPE" to pro=ote the incoming presidents positive values and popularity with the young.=lt is notable that Fairey's most recent political poster protests =he Trump presidency rather than promote it. With the r=se of so called "illiberal democracy", with strong parties=standing for populist ideologies, we have now moved into what can be descr=bed as the age of bewilderment. We were not in fact at the "end of=history". Once again the future looks unpredictable and insecure a=d artists are responding in different ways. Jeremy Del=er, a British Turner prize winning artist created a work which features a =ar damaged in the bombing of the historic Mutanabbi Street book market, wh=ch resulted in the deaths of 38 people. Here, an art work has been used to=show the aftermath of an event. This event was the result of the Iraq war,=which was seen as a way to spread democracy. Here Art is used as a means b= which to explore the effects of ideology rather than promote it, another =eally interesting area in the study of the intersections between ideology =nd art. Expl=ring how art reflects the historical and ideological contexts of the world=around it is fascinating to me and I would love to study these ideas in mo=e depth at undergraduate level. =C2 please note The information co=tained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client pr=vileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for JEE Unauthorized use= disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is str=ctly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this commu=ication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e=mail to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , and destroy this communication and all copies thereo=, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved </=iv> --000000000000a8dabc057970549b-- conversation-id 323592 date-last-viewed 0 date-received 1540898245 flags 8590195713 remote-id 867069 3 EFTA_R1_01821555 EFTA02618317