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Heroes and Icons of the 20th century
Pablo Picasso
Picasso’s work spans a variety of styles, genres, art forms and ideas. From drawing to painting, sculpture to poetry, Picasso never allowed himself to be restricted. Rejecting the rules of painters who had gone before him, Picasso’s more abstract work led to him creating a new style of painting, cubism. While some artists can be accused of cutting themselves off from the rest of society, politically-aware Picasso engaged with it. When his home country Spain was torn apart by civil war in the 1930s Picasso painted Guernica. This was in response to the bombing of a civilian population. It has a stark anti-war message – which still resonates today.
Muhammad Ali
Ali was a successful black man living during one of the most turbulent periods for race relations in American history. For some that was a provocation in itself. But Ali was never afraid to speak up, even when his views were controversial – expressing his strong opinions on race, religion and war. Ali fought to live up to the standards he set himself. His impressive fighting style combined with his charismatic personality took boxing to another level. In 1984 Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease but he was determined to carry on making a difference. He made goodwill missions to Afghanistan and North Korea, he brought medical supplies to Cuba and even helped to secure the release of 15 American hostages from Iraq before the 1990 Gulf War; all in spite of his own suffering.
David Bowie
Often adopting a series of personas, and never afraid to reinvent his sound, David Bowie was a constant musical innovator. The characters he created, from Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke, allowed him to inhabit new sonic landscapes. Unlike many other musicians, he remained current for his entire career. An early champion of internet technology, his 1999 album Hours was the first by a major artist to be made available as a download. The announcement of David Bowie’s death on 10 January 2016 shocked the world. It wasn’t just that one of music’s greatest icons had passed, but he had just released a brand-new album the week before. Bowie had turned his own impending death from cancer into the inspiration for this final work: Black Star.
Alan Turing
Turing’s mathematical genius allowed him to foresee the possibility and function of computer like machines before the existence of the necessary technology. Laying out the theory for such devices in an essay in 1936, his revolutionary work provided the foundation for modern computers. At the start of World War Two Turing, along with other mathematicians, was recruited to break enemy codes. Turing built a machine called a Bombe. It sped-up code-cracking efforts from weeks to hours. The information obtained helped the Allies gain an upper hand in the war.
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Who used his own approaching death as an inspiration for art? Blank 1 Вопрос 2 David BowiePablo PicassoMuhammad AliAlan Turing Whose work of art became a statement against war? Blank 2 Вопрос 2 David BowiePablo PicassoMuhammad AliAlan Turing Who did a lot of humanitarian work? Blank 3 Вопрос 2 David BowiePablo PicassoMuhammad AliAlan Turing Whose work had an impact on the results of the World War 2? Blank 4 Вопрос 2 David BowiePablo PicassoMuhammad AliAlan Turing Whose work was distributed in the Internet? Blank 5 Вопрос 2 David BowiePablo PicassoMuhammad AliAlan Turing Who fought against racism? Blank 6 Вопрос 2 David BowiePablo PicassoMuhammad AliAlan Turing Who was the “father” of the computer? Blank 7 Вопрос 2 David BowiePablo PicassoMuhammad AliAlan Turing