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Visiting Eleganza Body Structure Sculpture
490 wordsBefore going to Eleganza, the only sculpture that I had ever seen, besides the small statues in neighbors' yards, was in books that I had looked at. When I entered the museum I noticed the many sculptures that occupied the small space. After walking around, observing the different sculptures and listening to Dr. Roselle speak, I came to a decision that David was my favorite statue in the museum. The complexity, texture, and realistic characteristics of Michelangelo's David made this a beautiful ...
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Washington D C George Washington
657 wordsThere are many choices for a person looking to go on a vacation. Tourists travel for a variety of reasons. Some travel to better educate themselves, others travel for entertainment purposes, then there are those who travel simply to relax and have a good time. What ever the reason, a person looking for any or all of these things can find them in Washington D. C. If one is looking for education, what better place to find it than our nations capital? Washington D. C. has a vast selection of places...
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Motion Picture Sound Quality
983 wordsFor the Tapping into Your Creativity assignment I chose to go to the Minnesota Science Museum in St. Paul. At the museum I saw the Omni Theatre presentation of Dolphins. The Omnitheatre presentation of Dolphins was probably one of the most incredible movies I have ever seen. It was not only incredible due to the content of the movie. It was also incredible because of the way that it was presented. When I first went into the theatre I commented to the woman sitting next to me that we probably wer...
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Museum That One Italian Art Renoir
659 wordsPierre-Auguste Renoir was born in 1841 to a tailor and dressmaker. He attended a Christian Brother's School where he was taught the rudiments of drawing. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to a firm of porcelain painters, Levy Freres et Compagnie, whose workshops were near the Louvre. At the same time, he took drawing lessons from the sculptor Callouette. After serving his apprenticeship as a porcelain painter, he worked for a M. Gilbert, a manufacturer of blinds. In 1860 he became a student of...
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Time Traveler Time Machine
1,130 wordsThe Time Machine Let me start off this essay by saying that I believe H. G. (Herbert George) Wells is one of the most intelligent writers of his time: a true futurist. Obviously, I read The Time Machine by H. G. Wells and I would like to say that it was extremely well written and sounds as though it was written fairly recently. It may just sound this way because the human race has not really tried Time Traveling. The theme of The Time Traveler is, as I see it: Think about what you are doing befo...
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Jean Michel Basquiat Davis Swing Landscape Jazz
1,136 wordsJazz has been an influence in many artists work, from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. The white man began to imitate them in the 1920 s and the music form caught on and became very popular. Two artists that were influenced by jazz were Jean-Michel Basquiat and Stuart Davis. The influence is quite evident in many of their works, such as Horn Players, by Basquiat, and Swing Landscape, by Davis. Stuart Davis was b...
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Museum Of Natural History Catcher In The Rye
782 wordsAll novels contain common elements and qualities. In most cases the plot, conflict, and a narrative voice forms the style of writing. Frequently the incidents told are direct experiences from the narrator himself. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger and Huckleberry Finn by Samuel Clemens employ these characteristics, particularly using a constructive voice, symbolism, and a complex connected sequence of events, dealing with human experiences. There are many instances in The Catcher in the R...
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Lake Michigan Great Lakes
814 wordsChicago Tim SchochChicago is a port and transportation center on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan in the state of Illinois. It has a population of 2, 783, 726 and has been the seat of Cook County since 1931. Long known as the nations second city, Chicago dropped to third place among largest U. S. cities during the 1980 s as its population declined during the decade by 7. 4 %. Its three-state metropolitan area showed a slight increase, totaling 8, 065, 633. Many of Chicagos people are offs...
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H R Giger Giger Interest Movie
745 wordsH. R. Giger was born on February 5, 1940, in Chur, Switzerland. He was raised in a middle class environment, and his dad was a pharmacist. His dad recieved a human skull as a promotional peice from a pharmacy institution when he was very young, and this sparked H. R. Giger's interest in the strange and macabre. His mother encouraged his artistic ability, though she often failed to understand his strange fascinations. In 1953 he attends the cantonal school in Chur (a technical school), and in 195...
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Tells The Audience Sharon Olds
627 wordsComparisons And Contrasts Of Ethics By Linda Comparisons And Contrasts Of Ethics By Linda Pastan, And 35 / 10 By Sharon Olds Comparisons and Contrasts of Ethics by Linda Pastan, and 35 / 10 by Sharon Olds The poems Ethics and 35 / 10 by Linda Pastan and Sharon Olds are surprisingly alike. Each poem tells a story with the speaker being the author. She speaks directly to the audience. Although the number of lines differ, the appearance and length of each line and the appearance of each poem as a w...
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Harley Davidson Capital Expenditures
730 wordsIn 1991 Harley Davidson installed a state of the art paint facility, which cost $ 31 million. The paint facility became fully operational in 1992. The opening of the paint factory in 1991 brought in a low net income ($ 36, 972) for the year. Also, in 1991 Karen Davidson a fashion designer and a 4 th generation of Davidson in the company designed Harleys new Motor Clothes line. This line of clothing was thought to be for on and off the bike. The Motor Clothes took Harley Davidson into a whole new...
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Early 1900 Luxury And Comfort Built
295 wordsThe Hunter art museum was built in 1904. Its original purpose was to be a home for the wealthy insurance broker Ross Fax. Its site was chosen to overlook the Tennesee river. It was sold a to the widow of Benjamin F. Thomas and then to George Thomas Hunter who later left the house to be used for the public after his death. It was then opened as a art museum in 1952. It was completely restored in 1996. Its architectural design is that of the early 1900? s. It was built in the classic revival style...
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Figure Ground Relationship Empire Of Light Ii Painting
559 wordsI tossedMamo MOMAtossed and turned all night with a horrible cold. I awoke with a feeling of This is just not going to be my day. I tortured myself with my eyes wide opened, unable to sleep, before I knew, it was time to wake up Major and begin our journey to the Museum Of Modern Art. As soon as, I walked into the Museum I seem to feel miraculously better. The Museum is a well lit building full of beautiful and tasteful paintings, helicopter, and sculptors. Major and I proceeded to the second fl...
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Question And Answer Concentration Camp
894 wordsMy initial impression of the museum was that they should really invest in more elevators and stairways. There were so many people getting on and off the elevators and getting in each other? s way that I thought I would not have enough time to see all the exhibits. But once on the tour, I was completely focused on the many different exhibits. The many artifacts from the holocaust were amazing. Complete Nazi war uniforms, and weapons, actual concentration camp bunk beds, and many personal effects ...
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Head Of A Woman Pablo Picasso Paintings
764 wordsPicasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain, son of an artist, Jose Ruiz, and Maria Picasso. Pablo decided at a young age to adopt his mother s name Picasso, rather than his father s much more common name, Ruiz. An artistic prodigy, Picasso, at the age of 14, completed the one month qualifying examination of the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona in one day. From there he went to the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, returning in 1900 to Barcelona, where he spent a lot of time in the ...
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Effects Of War Salter Persona Bomb
521 wordsIgnominious Actions Upon the beginning of Mary Jo Salter s Welcome to Hiroshima materializes as a visual holiday to a different country. However, the detail of imagery reveals a different sort of poem. The theme of the poem is a gloomy look at how humans destroy each other. The careful imagery of the lingering effects of war, the devastation of human life and the shadowy unknowns of the future through images of shock, guilt and numbness bring the event to life. The persona recounts the bomb and ...
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Pediment Sculptures Floor Plan Parthenon
626 wordsGreek The Parthenon The Parthenon Greek culture blossomed after the Persian Wars. General Pericles around the 450? s BC led the reconstruction of Athens; which became the most beautiful city in all of Greece. Price? s greatest structure built under his command was the Parthenon. The Parthenon was a temple built for the patron goddess Athena (goddess of wisdom and art). Construction started 447 BC and continued until 432 BC. The structure is located in Athens Greece, on the acropolis. The archite...
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Salvador Dali Surrealist Movement
676 wordsI do not take drugs I am drugs. This statement was made by the great Spanish painter and member of the surrealist movement Salvador Dali. Dali referred to his works as hand-painted dream photographs, and claimed that his imagery often came directly from his own dreams. Although there is no documented evidence that he did experiment with hallucinogenic drugs, his paintings reflect a sort of false reality, showing commonplace objects in strange forms. Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904, in Fig...
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Gods And Goddesses One Hand
1,372 wordsIndian Standing Mahadeva Standing Mahadeva Indian art is based on gods and goddesses of India. The only proof of the existence of the god is the sculptures, which have been carved by the people for thousands of the years. These sculptures tell us the story of the gods and goddesses. The stones are the storytellers, which are now found in temples, caves, monuments, and museums. The Cleveland museum of art includes a remarkable image of standing Mahadeva. It represents Shiva, one of the great Hind...
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Work Can Be Found 2540 2505 Bc Statue
626 wordsThe extraordinary statue of King Chephren is a masterpiece of sculpture in the round. This work is 168 cm tall, 96 cm long and 57 cm wide, which was the approximate size of the king. The artist who created this sculpture is unknown, as it was found when Mariettes workmen were exploring the fassa of Chephren's valley temple in 1860. The statue was built during the reign of King Chephren, which historians estimate lasted from 2540 - 2505 BC. The statue is a cut block of Diorite, a granular crystal...
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