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For Constant, freedom in the sense of the Ancients "consisted of the active and constant participation in the collective power" and consisted in "exercising, collectively, but directly, several parts of the whole sovereignty" and, except in Athens, they thought that this vision of liberty was compatible with "the complete subjection of the individual to the authority of the whole". [1]
The Four Freedoms is a series of four oil paintings made in 1943 by the American artist Norman Rockwell.The paintings—Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear—are each approximately 45.75 by 35.5 inches (116.2 by 90.2 cm), [1] and are now in the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Artistic freedom (or freedom of artistic expression) can be defined as "the freedom to imagine, create and distribute diverse cultural expressions free of governmental censorship, political interference or the pressures of non-state actors." [1] Generally, artistic freedom describes the extent of independence artists obtain to create art freely.
Freedom from Fear is the last of a series of four oil paintings entitled Four Freedoms, painted by Norman Rockwell.The works were inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a State of the Union Address delivered to the 77th United States Congress on January 6, 1941; the speech itself is often called the Four Freedoms. [1]
Philosophical Inquiries into the Essence of Human Freedom (German: Philosophische Untersuchungen über das Wesen der menschlichen Freiheit und die damit zusammenhängenden Gegenstände) is an 1809 work by Friedrich Schelling. It was the last book he finished in his lifetime, running to some 90 pages of a single long essay.
The Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man has been recognised as a wartime treatise. [12] Thomas Mann saw his work as "intellectual military service" in the confrontation between German "culture" and French and British "civilisation". [13] Christopher Beha argues that the central motif of the Reflections is the dichotomy between "civilization" and ...
The Library Company of Philadelphia, a private lending library founded by Benjamin Franklin in the mid-18th century, commissioned Jennings (an ex-Philadelphian relocated to London) to create a work depicting "the figure of Liberty (with her cap and proper Insignia) displaying the arts" as a representation of slavery and a symbol of the abolitionist movement.
The Freedom Sculpture generated significant support on social media, with over 1.1 million fans supporting its creation with over $2.2 million. [3] While crowd-funding played a significant role in raising money for The Freedom Sculpture , a relatively small group of people, comprising the Freedom Sculpture Founders Circle, contributed over 50% ...