view the pieces along with a large portion of the museum with pre-renaissance pieces in them were closed off to the public. Two pieces that really stuck out to me during the trip were: “Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin)” by Dieric Bouts and “Fragment from Christ Carrying the Cross: Mourning Virgin” by Jean Hey who is known as the Master of Moulins. Starting with the first piece‚” Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin)” by Dieric Bouts; this piece was completed around late 1480s early 1500s with oil as
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Write a 450 words essay on Holi festival Holi is known as a festival of colours‚ fun and frolic. It is a festival of the Hindus. It usually comes in March. It is celebrated with gaiety in North India. Of late the South is also catching up with the North in celebrating this festival of colours. There are different stories about the importance of the festival. It is said that at one stage a demon by name Tarakasura conquered all ’Lokas or worlds’ including heaven and was teasing the ’Devas’.
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White sand rolls into the bluish green water‚ creating the peaceful and calming atmosphere that this beach is known for. During the day‚ the sky is a beautiful blue‚ the sun shining through‚ it’s rays beaming down on everyone soaking up it’s environment‚ and the sun’s persistence making it impossible to forget it is there. Not a cloud in the sky‚ the light blue illuminates the sun in the most perfect way‚ reflecting it off the water to bring together the best of both worlds. Standing on that beach
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In John Winthropʼs sermon‚ “Model of Christian Charity‚” Winthrop uses persuasive diction and figures of speech to reinforce his idea of a “city upon a hill‚” which is having absolute unity and conformity in able for the colony to prosper‚ in which others will look to as an example for guidance. His entire sermon is in a first person plural to refer to the Puritans that he is speaking to and saying that they are a group that is not diverse. Winthrop states that they must be “knit together‚ in this
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The Sister of Charity are a group of women that use faith to try and introduce peace into the world. They were created by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in the year 1809. She was also canonized as a saint in the year 1975. She is the main influence in today’s sisters of charity work. She was born in New York. “Early on in her life her mother had passed away so she became extremely attached to her father who was a physician.”(St. Elizabeth Ann Seton) Later on in her life she became a very well-known person
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It was the summer season. We were free from school. We were a party of four friends. We decided to go to Mussourie— a fine health resort in the Himalayas. We went to Dehradun by train. From there we decided to go to Mussourie on foot. A bus could also take us there‚ but we just wanted to have a novel experience of hiking. We reached Rajpur. It is just at the foot of the hills. It was from here that we set out for Mussourie on foot. We hired two coolies at Rajpur to carry outr luggage. Our route
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It began first has a township around 1830 by reassigning lands previously advocated. It received its name from a banking tycoon in the early 1800s by a resident of philadelphia‚ Stephen Girard. For many reasons it was named in honor of him was he owned many of the neighboring townships‚ very admired‚ girard officials has been lobbying with Stephen Girard’s
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how it was going to be like since it was my first time going there. The museum was enormous with lots of art works from different locations around the world. My main focus was the Japanese arts‚ which was very fascinating. As I explored the room with the Japanese arts‚ I’ve stumbled upon a Buddha like figure sitting right beyond the door of the room. It was called Kaikei‚ Fudo Myoo from the early 13th century which was found on the right side of the figure. One thing that stood out to me was its facial
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to observe the vintage filipinana costumes. I haven’t been in a museum since grade-school‚ so I got very excited when I arrived there. Before we went upstairs‚ where the main exhibits are‚ we walked around the lobby area where there are pictures from Cory Aquino’s memorial and articles of bloodstained clothing that Ninoy wore. Also in the ground floor is an exhibit of modern art‚ which I find very interesting. We went to the top floor where The Gold of the Ancestors are displayed. I really liked
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that taught his followers a path of enlightenment from his experiences and values. Buddha’s main teachings were the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. The Four Noble Truths were teachings about suffering‚ pain‚ disease‚ happiness‚ loneliness‚ and aging. It explained why we as humans can overcome certain obstacles in our lives by looking at the more spiritual side of things such as “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” (Dalai Lama). The Eightfold Path
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