Week 8 Assignment 2: Self Portrait By: James Roppel II Professor Michael Briere HUM 111 September 4‚ 2012 My self portrait would be the combination of Michelangelo (sketch of a male head‚ in two positions)‚ and the abstract self portrait of Stanton MacDonald-Wright (1890-1973). Stanton MacDonald-Wright collaborating with Morgan Russell developed “Synchronism”. An “aesthetic philosophy upon modernist theories of perception“. My portrait would show signs of Synchronism‚ a color based style that
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is a writer who used fantastic dramatic conventions in his plays‚ one of his best plays being Macbeth. The key idea of the first act is greed‚ this is shown when Macbeth’s greed for power becomes apparent to the audience and eventually other characters. A dramatic convention is a technique that is used to signify the nature of a character and depict this to the audience. In Shakespeare’s writing these are a common technique used and are one of the reasons his characters and stories alike are so highly
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Compare and contrast Lisa and Susanna’s characters in the film. How do the film techniques used reflect how they belong (or not belong) in the outside world? Lisa and Susanna’s characters in the film are very different even though some aspects of their personality are slightly similar. The film techniques used give us a better idea of how each of their personality is portrayed. Lisa and Susanna both have a disorder and see the world in a different perspective which highlights what kind of person they
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limited to royal and religious figures‚ nor were they over idealized portrayals. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa exemplifies this trend. Working with the new medium of oil and his mastery of light‚ contrast‚ and sfumato‚ da Vinci created the most famous painting in the world; a work where subject and background compliment each other to form a perfect union. One of the aspects that make the Mona Lisa such a masterpiece is da Vinci’s use of oil as a medium. As the movie The Mystery of Jon van Eyck explains
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Cultural appropriation is a toxin to ethnic communities around and throughout the world. Cultural appropriation has come to the forefront of modern consciousness in recent years‚ mostly because of the age we live in where we are all connected to what’s happening at all times. What is cultural appropriation? Cultural appropriation is the adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of another culture‚ this subsequently robs a cultural group of it’s cultural identity and pride and mocks it
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The book Watched by CJ Lyons is an educational if fictional tale of people being targeted by cappers. Cappers are people who covertly take screenshots to bully‚ blackmail‚ and trade on the internet. This is a serious topic that doesn’t have nearly enough coverage making it the perfect book to be implemented into the school system. It is informative‚ interesting‚ and an inspiring book that draws the reader in while still getting its purpose across. This book explains the dangers of capping and
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Many societies throughout history have had their own distinctive concepts and standards of what is and is not deemed attractive‚ especially when it comes to the physical appearance of one’s self. Judging your own appearance is an inescapable human trait and the way different societies have portrayed the ‘ideal’ individual’s appearance has in fact influenced and altered our appearance. Lisa Kramer‚ Auguste Toulmouche and Pablo Picasso all used the mirror to symbolize a reflection to which figures
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What are the codes and conventions of Cowboys and Aliens The film cowboys and aliens is an adaptation of a comic book of the same name made in the 1990s in the UK. The film is a throwback to the classic cowboys and westerns and general sci-fi films of a classic area. The film is a mixture of two of the most popular genres ever seen in the film industry and includes all of the features you would expect to find in a classic sci-fi or western. In the film Indians also get a brief outing towards the
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Hussein Obama. Her experience in life was difficult. Sonia encountered many life challenges that overturned her. She developed type one diabetes at such a young age. Another Challenge she face was growing up in the public housing‚
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"My Heritage Experience in America. Who Am I and Where Did I Come From?" An Interview of Barbara Lyons In my quest to interview someone for this research‚ I decided to interview Barbara Lyons. Barbara’s heritage is Jamaican. Barbara was aware of her Jamaican heritage in the early stages of her life since her father was born in Jamaica. He came to the U.S. in the early sixties and later joined the U.S. Air Force. Barbara said that she has been to her father’s hometown of Hayes once. There
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