Chengbin "Michael" Zhou

Architectural Analysis of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (March 19, 2022) The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, designed by architects Vilhelm Wohlert and Jørgen Bo, exemplified the mixture of post-war modernism with nature. The museum is located in Humlebæk, some forty kilometers north of Copenhagen, Denmark. With its extensive collection of modern and contemporary art since World War II, the museum is perfect for a day trip from the vibrant Nordic capital. It offers a Walden-ish refuge for art lovers and urbanites alike. It is a balancing act between architecture, art, and nature, juxtaposing all three in just one concrete building. Here, architecture is nature, nature is art, and art is architecture. Having followed Scandinavian modernists in the 1940s and ‘50s, Danish architects Vilhelm Wohlert and his partner Jørgen Bo were commissioned by Knud W. Jensen to build a museum to home for modern Danish art in his property (Skjøth, 1989). In 1958, the two architects embar...

  Is it accurate to label Franco’s regime in Spain as fascist? (March 24, 2022) Francisco Franco, the general who ruled Spain for almost forty years from 1936 to 1975, is a controversial figure to this day. People debate whether he is just a fascist like Mussolini or Hitler. From my perspective, if we outrightly reject him as another fascist, we would lose a number of other elements specific to his rule of Spain. For the purpose of this essay, we will press Franco’s policies against characteristics of fascism, to assess whether it is accurate to label Franco’s regime as fascist or not. As we shall see, his regime can be distinguished to form its term: Francoism. There are three aspects we can approach Franco’s regime: politically, economically, and culturally. These are the three pillars of any country in the world. Every ideology has its strategy in these aspects: liberal democracies put faith in politics, let the free market decide for their economy, and have a flourishing cul...

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