Cézanne became a more solitary person. His wife and son lived mostly in Paris whilst he remained in Aix‚ thinking only of his work and failing health. Cézanne had had virtually no public life of career as recognition of his greatness came too late. In 1906 he was caught in a storm when he was out painting
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Describe your perfect day 9. Something you like about the person sitting across from you 10. An embarrassing moment 11. What would you buy with a million dollars? 12. What do you love about your home? 13. Tell about a “brush of greatness” that you have experienced 14. What is your favorite animal? Use three adjectives to explain your choice 15. What did you consider to be the most valuable thing you owned as a child? 16. You win a pet monkey‚ and it can be trained
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We’ve all been touched by grief. Some completely engulfed in its darkness‚ while others simply brush against it. Nonetheless everyone has experienced the loss of a loved one. Grief is a powerful emotion that can remain for endless amounts of time‚ if we allow it. But we can take that grief‚ sorrow‚ and pain and turn it into joy in a remembrance for that person. On the day of September 6th 1997 Earl Spencer took all grief and sorrow aside‚ to speak a powerful message of his elder sister Diana Princess
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figures‚ and its exceptional balance throughout the piece. Though the Mona Lisa was an excellent piece for its time the School of Athens trumps its with its balance‚ perspective‚ attention to detail‚ and its ability to gain recognition through the greatness portrayed through its
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genius‚ the splendor of the country. (Good‚ very good; applause.) “In effect‚ I shall state the reason why we are gathered. In the history of nations there are names that by themselves signify an achievement‚ that bring to mind affections and greatness. Names which‚ like magic formulas‚ evoke pleasant and smiling ideas; names which become something like a pact‚ a symbol of peace‚ a bond of love between nations. The names of Luna and Hidalgo belong among them...-their glories illuminate two ends
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Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh has risen to the peak of artistic achievements. Although Van Gogh sold only one painting in his life‚ the aftermath of his work is enormous. Starry Night is one of the most well known images in modern culture as well as being one of the most replicated and sought after prints. From Don McLean’s song ’Starry‚ Starry Night’ (Based on the Painting)‚ to the endless number of merchandise products sporting this image‚ it is nearly impossible to shy away from this amazing
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FAREWELL TO 1883 I will avail myself of your invitation to speak. Your rare and hard attention is not to be wasted and what I have to tell you is worth very little. Benevolence will favor goodwill. ’83 deserves a fond farewell‚ a smile of gratitude‚ from us. It is a friend that is bidding us farewell; a peaceful and calm day that slips away at the nightfall; a beautiful and rich page of the variegated book of our existence. With it have gone many of our ideals‚ sweet affections
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Philosophy Socrates a sophist? Or just sophisticated? Plato goes a long way in attempting to distinguish Socrates from the likes of Protagoras‚ a self admitted sophist. In Protagoras‚ Socrates is depicted as a street smart‚ wisdom dispensing young man‚ brash with confidence and a bit of arrogance that goes a long way when confronted with the old school rhetoric of Protagoras. Plato begins to separate the two at the hip right from the get go. The dialogue between Socrates and his inquisitive friend
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Thoreau begins by matter-of-factly outlining his two-year project at Walden Pond‚ near Concord‚ Massachusetts (on land owned by his spiritual mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ although Thoreau does not mention this detail). He says he lived there for two years and two months‚ and then moved back to “civilized society”—thus acknowledging right away‚ and quite honestly‚ that this was not a permanent lifestyle choice‚ but only an experiment in living. He describes the reactions of people to news of his project
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Psychology and Author’s Purpose in The Great Gatsby It was 1931‚ six years after the publication of The Great Gatsby‚ when historian James Truslow Adams coined the term The American Dream (“The Epic of America”‚ 415). Yet‚ his was a new take on an old concept. F. Scott Fitzgerald did not have to wait for Adams to brilliantly propose that the ideal of social equality and the pursuit of Happiness is a dream like enterprise‚ which has little to do with reality (US 1776). In the 1920’s
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