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Amy Tan Cultural Background
1,037 wordsAs I walked up to the future interior designer of the Ahmad family, I wondered the extent to which Nusrat Ahmad had taken her designing career. I saw Nusrat sitting on the lush green sofa in the corner of her family room, thinking that one day she would be strategically placing sofas in other people's houses. Belonging to a Pakistani family, I wanted to question the extent of approval she received from her family and relatives and inquire about other South Asians artists in today's community. Ju...
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Rachel Ruysch Bibliography Floral Still Life Flower
855 wordsIn the early 16 th century the Netherlands experienced what was called "tulip mania" this was the beginning of the nations love for flora and foliage (Taylor 13). The result of this impressive flower invasion was a society that took a historical turn from which the results still remain today. Flower merchants, botanists and floral still life artists, were occupations that were an accurate reflection of the Netherlands demands (Brown). An interesting example of a life that was effected by, and de...
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20 Th Century Van Gogh
1,314 words... d so it speaks of manual labour, and how they have honestly earned their food'. In 1885 van Gogh moved to Antwerp on the advice of Antoine Mauve (a cousin by marriage), and studied for some months at the Academy there. Academic instruction had little to offer such an individualist, however, and in February 1886 he moved to Paris, where he met Pissarro, Degas, Gauguin, Seurat, and Toulouse-Lautrec. At this time his painting underwent a violent metamorphosis under the combined influence of Imp...
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Roseland Ballroom Tragic Overtones Music
713 wordsIn 1997 I've attended the live concert of band Portishead, which was held in Roseland Ballroom, New York. This was the first live musical performance that I have even been to. Partially, because of it, this concert has left me deeply impressed. But it was also the quality of the music and authentic band's style that instantly made a Portishead's fan out of me. The first thing that turned out to be a completely different from my idea of live concert, was the fact the band was playing in the middl...
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Composed Upon Westminster Bridge Mont Blanc
983 wordsRomantic movement in English literature (1785 - 1832) is known for its great novels and poetry works. This was the time of many important activities going on in the world and those events had a great impact upon artistic people. Many great masterpieces of poetry and other kinds of arts were created during that period, that still are popular among people of all ages and social status. In this paper we are going to examine significance of mountains, specifically the Alps, in this Romantic movement...
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Van Gogh Organized Religion
882 wordsIn the 1800 's, scientists made many discoveries about light and its spectrum of colors. The Post-Impressionists were among the first artists in history to apply scientific laws of light and color to their art. They used the discoveries of physicists and chemists in choosing which colors to place side by side to create various artistic effects. For centuries, paints were made from things like ground up beetles, burnt bones, and different kinds of metal and even precious stones. Some of the color...
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Rose For Emily Colonel Sartoris
1,628 wordsA Rose for Emily The Faulkner's short story Rose for Emily rightfully belongs among other classical works of American literature of the beginning of twentieth century. This is largely due to the fact that author was able to introduce the readers to the original spirit of decaying South, while creating an emotional controversy, which makes his story so memorable. It is undoubtedly a love story, which comes to an unexpected conclusion, because of abnormal social circumstances, to which the main ch...
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Works Of Literature Literary Techniques
1,385 wordsLiterature and Rhetoric Overview Paper The role of Arabs in the world civilization is closely related to blossom and spread of Islam. Unfortunately, the data concerning pre-Islamic history of literature in Arabian Peninsula is extremely poor and is rich in gaps. However, Arabian literature (predominantly, the poetry) existed before Muhammad (570 - 632). Bedouins contributed to the development of extremely rich and expressive Arabic language. According to the latest data, there are several sample...
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Van Der Landscape Painting
1,287 wordsMoonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River and Castle Kostverloren Introduction The light in the art is omnipresent and ubiquitous. The light was worshiped by all nations; the Sun, the Moon, the stars, fire and the lightning were personified in mythological images of Mitra, Aton, Brahman, Ishtar, Venus, Prometheus, Zeus and many others. Since it came into existence, the nations tried to find explanation to the mystery of light. The celestial bodies, as well as other earthy bodies and ...
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About The Jolly Pocket Postman
860 wordsAbout The Jolly Pocket Postman Abstract This article highlights the basic features and the themes associated with the book, The Jolly Pocket Postman, written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg in 1995 predominantly for children. The book is a sequel to a series with the first title commencing with The Jolly Postman published in 1986. The extraordinarily high degree of artistic merits of The Jolly Pocket Postman can be gauged from the display of an astounding range of illustrations coupled with rhymed na...
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William James As Most Influential In Psychology
1,703 wordsWilliam James as Most Influential in Psychology This essay is dedicated to famous psychologist and philosopher William James and his contribution in science. I wanted to start this paper from the short biographical introduction because it helps me to understand better his ideas and the way of thinking. Lifestyle in many ways explains the ones ideas and thoughts. William James was born in New York in 1842. His father was a philosopher Henry James, Sr. and novelist Henry James was his brother. Wil...
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The Crucifixion By Cranach Elder
1,077 wordsThe Crucifixion by Cranach, the Elder The Crucifixion by Cranach the Elder is a fine example of symbolical painting, where even seemingly irrelevant details represent a certain semantic meaning. It is being criticized for failing to include the spirit of Renaissance, like the paintings of Cranach's Italian contemporaries, who were promoting the ideas of intellect and physical beauty, while exploiting Christian fable. But, although the artistic value of Cranach's work falls short behind the Renai...
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Good And Evil Groups Of People
736 wordsParting of Lot and Abraham, Mosaic in the Nave Arcade, Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we [be] brethren. [Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me... Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dweller in the land of Canaan, and Lot dweller in the ...
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Career Henry Personality
621 wordsConceptualization of Case Study # 2 According to Hollands theory of vocational personalities and environments, people ten to choose a career that is reflective of their personality. Because people tend to be attracted to certain jobs, the environment then reflects this personality. Holland classified these personality types and work environments into six types which he labeled realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional (RAISEC). He suggests that the closer the mat...
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19 Th Century 18 Th Century
931 wordsWestern art and our consciousness from the Renaissance until today The renaissance in western arts started around the early 14 th century and lasted until the 16 th century. The works of art in sculpture, painting, and poetry that were created during the Renaissance have become timeless masterpieces and the artists, such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Van Eyck, and Raphael are till today looked upon as sources of inspiration. In fact, the styles and techniques followed by these masters and ...
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Works Of Art Twelve Apostles
1,094 wordsThe purpose of this work is to analyze two famous works of art that are the great examples of artistic tendencies in fourth and sixths AD. and were influence and inspiration for many artists. Most of the Christian art dates back not earlier than to the fourth century and the reason for it was the fact, that at that time the Christianity was against the law. Nevertheless, a number art works, frescoes and paintings show the beliefs, customs and traditions of the early Christians. The majority of t...
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Lives Of Earthly People Life Of Mortal People Gods
1,087 wordsAll the Important Decisions in the Iliad are Made by the Gods or under their Influence. In the Ancient Greece people believed in Gods. There were many of them living on the Mount Olympus. The highest of them, the king God was Zeus. The two worlds, the world of Gods and the world of people, met everyday. In such an extent did Greeks believed in their Gods that they created many myths in which those Gods interfered with the lives of earthly people and made all the important decisions for people. T...
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Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
781 wordsBrothers Grimm The popular perception of brothers Grimm describes them as children's entertainers, who strived to instill young kids with the sense of conventional morality. But the truth is that amusing children was the last thing on brothers' mind, when they researched medieval German folklore and decided to use it, as a base for their fairy tales. Their foremost task was to preserve German cultural heritage. The form of fairy tales was chosen because it suited the best for this purpose, as th...
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Los Angeles Ford Foundation
970 words[Course Title] In relevance to print making, what is Tamarind? Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. (TLW) was founded in Los Angeles in 1960 as a means to "rescue" the dying art of lithography. Fully funded by the Ford Foundation until it became affiliated with the University of New Mexico in 1970, founding director June Wayne (right), together with Associate Director Clinton Adams and Technical Director Garo Antreasian, established multiple long-range goals: to create a pool of master artisan-pr...
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Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia
2,056 words... of "being there, " the traditions and shared experiences are sent pulsing along the wires. But I'll still sing you love songs, written in the letters of your name. And brave the storm to come, for it surely looks like rain. -- Bob Weir, Ace, 1972 The end of the tour and dispersion of the group has elicited a variety of responses from within the Deadheads community. They are an artistic, articulate group and have much to say on what the "end of the era" has meant. This response sums it up bes...
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