From:
Edward Rod Larse
Sent:
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 1:07 PM
To:
Jeffrey Epstein
Subject:
Re: Essays
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:18 AM J <
[email protected] <mailto:jeevacation@gma=l.com> wrote:
essay 1. change next to the last sentence.= Similarly.
to I look forward to accessing the cultur=l resources
in New York in order that I may continue my cultural journey.
On Tue, Oct=30, 2018 at 7:00 AM Edward Rod Larsen
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Essay 1.
Coming from an international background, and having lived i= Oslo, Tel Aviv, New York and London by
the age of eighteen, I believe tha= the international profile of NYU will provide the best environment for my=college
education, with the added benefit of returning to the place where r've spent most of my childhood and where my
mother will be posted =s Norwegian Ambassador to the UN in January 2019.
NYU's Art History depar=ment appeals to me because of its wide range of courses, from the global a=t of
antiquity to the contemporary. My passion is the Italian Renaissance =nd the rich history behind it, especially the wor=s
of 15th century masters such as Masaccio and Bellini. Some of the course= that NYU offers such as "Early masters of
Italian Renaissance pai=ting" and "Florentine Villas: An Interpretation Based on H=storical, Social Factors" are, therefore
appealing to me. What I f=nd exciting, is not only the visual aesthetics and analysis of these maste=pieces, but also the
manner in which the Renaissance emphasised scientific=span class="m_-
2991885270172827506m_6126472144677859388gmail-Apple-converted-space"> and economic innovation, areas of
study the Globa= Liberal Arts programme would offer. NYU's unique campus in Floren=e would give me a once in
lifetime opportunity to spend a year immersing m=self in the art, culture and history of Italy. This would be an exciting
e=perience to have while studying for a Bachelor's degree in Art His=ory, and would compliment my main interests in
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As one of the prime cultural ce=tres in the world, NYU's location in NYC is the perfect place to b=oaden
knowledge within contemporary art. I am very much looking forward to=visiting the Whitney Biennia this May. In
addition the New museum, which s=ows a lot of the kind of work I find interesting is a short walk away from=campus.
Taking advantage of being based=in central London for the past year, I have completed the
Chairman0=99s Programme at Christies, work experience at the Courtauld Gallery and l=will be working at Maddox
Gallery in the near fut=re. Similarly, I want to take advantage of being based in NYC to gain as m=ch 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
is no b=tter place to obtain experience of the contemporary art world than New Yor= City.
Essay 2.
From the age of extremes=to the age of bewilderment
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What captivates me more than anything else is the different ideol=gical phases of the 20th century and
how art can be used as a tool of adva=cement and reflection on ideological and political developments.
My fascination began when I read; Eric Hobsbawm0=8GOs "Age Of Extremes" and has since developed
through b=oks such as Benjamin Carter Hetes "The Death Of Democrac-y=E2.4> and Yuval Harari "A Brief History Of
Tomorrow" an= "21 Lessons For The 21st Century".
In the years after the First World War,=until the end of the Second World War, three political models for
shaping =he future of nation states emerged; Fascism, Communism and liberal democra=y. These all offered great ideas
for the future of the world. Fascism and =ommunism shared some common features: authoritarian, strong4,=A0 leaders
and a belief that their revolutions had to be carried th=ough with violence. This led to the mass murders in the Nazi
concentration=camps and in the Soviet Gulags.
In the mid war periods, the "Litfass columns4>=9D that were originally designed to carry advertising,
became the outdoor =alleries for the war of ideologies. The political poster was born. High qu=lity posters from every
political party in Germany popped up on the column=. Hitler's propaganda chief Goebels stated that the Nazi elec=ion
campaign should be run through speeches and posters. The other parties=responded in kind. An art form thus became
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an essential political tool in =he battle for votes. The 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 was critical of these movement= was
suppressed or censored and "subversive" artists cowed= in some cases imprisoned or even worse. <1=>
The liberal democratic model departed sharply from=these authoritarian perspectives by presenting the
alternative of free and=transparent elections, the rule of law and freedom of speech. In the mid-w=r period the three
narratives were competing to be the conceptual frame fo= society. After the Second World War fascism was crushed
leaving the two c=mpeting ideologies of communism and liberal democracy. aspan>After the demise of communism in
1989, through to the late 19900=99s, liberal democracy was victorious in the idealogical battlefield. Some=historians,
like Francis Fukuyama, went so far as to proclaim this period =s "the end of history".
A key piece of art that championed this kind of=ideology was Sheppard Fairey's campaign poster for
Barack Obama. 1= this poster, Fairey, a well established graffiti artist uses urban colour= and stencilling techniques
combined with the message "HOPE0=9D to promote the incoming presidents positive values and popularity with =he
young. It is notable that Fairey's most recent political poster=protests the Trump presidency rather than promote it.
With the rise of so called "illiberal democracy0=800, with strong parties standing for populist
ideologies, we have now m=ved into what can be described as the age of bewilderment. We were not in =act at the "end
of history". Once again the future looks u=predictable and insecure and artists are responding in different ways.
Jeremy Deller, a British Turner prize winning=artist created a work which features a car damaged in the
bombing of the h=storic Mutanabbi Street book market, which resulted in the deaths of 38 pe=ple. Here, an art work has
been used to show the aftermath of an event. Th=s event was the result of the Iraq war, which was seen as a way to
spread =emocracy. Here Art is used as a means by which to explore the effects of i=eology rather than promote it,
another really interesting area in the stud= of the intersections between ideology and art.
Exploring how art reflects the his=orical and ideological contexts of the world around it is fascinating to
m= and I would love to study these ideas in more depth at undergraduate leve=.
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