As a young African American woman‚ Nina Simone faced rejection in various aspects of her life. In the article “Nina Simone’s Time Is Now‚ Again” By Salamishah Tillet‚ Tillet goes into depth on Nina’s life and how the interdependent relationship of race‚ politics‚ and music played a role in molding her life and career as a black woman. Nina Simone had a rough childhood that lead her to experience race‚ politics‚ and music differently than from the people around her. Her life experiences caused her
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MUSC137 09/30/2013 Jazz Performance Nina Simone I was not able to attend a live jazz performance due to my work schedule‚ so instead I watched a performance of my favorite jazz artist Nina Simone on Youtube. In this video she performed “Ain’t Got No‚ I Got Life” in London‚ 1968. I chose Nina Simone because I felt that whenever I watch her performances on Youtube I get the feeling that I’m actually there‚ watching her. I’ve never heard this song before watching this video. In this performance
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Formal Analysis I’ve decided to do my formal analysis on an original painting done by Slava Ilyayev titled‚ “Passage to Spring”. I ran across this beautiful work of art at Fascination St. Fine Art north of Cherry Creek in Denver. UNITY: As you take a look at this piece‚ you can notice unity right away. The artist uses color‚ texture‚ and line to interweave this beautiful work of art together. Bright‚ analogous warm colors are unified throughout the piece including the reflection on the pathway
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Sandra Vargas Formal Analysis November 19‚ 2014 Professor Alison Pearlman Exotic Landscape (French 1844-1910) (1910) by Henri Rousseau Oil on canvas Mexican Pictures Henri Rousseau’s piece titled Exotic Landscapes (1910) represents a childhood myth in which he called his “Mexican Pictures”. He cultivated this idea that he served in the Mexican army by creating a multitude of landscapes paintings. Below I will be describing one of his most famous landscape pieces named “Exotic Landscapes”
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THE ANNUNCIATION The Annunciation‚ was the moment in the bible where Virgin Mary finds out from Archangel Gabriel‚ that she will be the mother of God’s son‚ Jesus. This image of the Annunciation was a popular inspiration for artist through Gothic and Renaissance period. A period that that in large was capitalization on Catholicism. A famous interpretation of The Annunciation comes artist‚ Jean Pucelle‚ and is titled Two-Page Opening with The Kiss of Judas and the Annunciation from the Hours of Jeanne
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REVIEW Edgar Rossi has exceptional skills‚ but because of his behavior and association with alcohol he is affecting those he works with and costing the company money in lost production time. Over the last six months I have witnessed Rossi’s behavior become more erratic and I have smelled liquor on his breath more than once. With my coworkers and I covering for his lack of work‚ none of the managers have not noticed Rossi’s inconsistent behavior as of yet. After confronting Rossi about
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BUSINESS PROBLEM-SOLVING CASE CAN J&R ELECTRONICS GROW WITH E-COMMERCE? J&R Electronics is a mom-and-pop shop for the modern age. Joe and Rachelle Friedman started the business as audio equipment store in 1971.They funded the original business‚ a 500-square-foot storefront near New York’s City Hall‚ with the money the received for their wedding. Over 35 years‚ the Friedman expanded the business‚ adding records‚ equipment ‚ cameras‚ computers‚ movies‚ and games. Today‚ J&R Electronics encompasses
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The Annunciation is a particularly good showpiece for van Eyck’s obsession with the texture of fabrics: both the Virgin Mary and Gabriel are swathed in lavish robes that fold and hang with surreal‚ wholly gratuitous complexity. Van Eyck painted clothes‚ a critic once observed‚ the way other artists paint mountain ranges. The problem is‚ once you get past the first wash of amazement the painting becomes reticent and impersonal. The Annunciation is one of the most frequently painted subjects in Christian
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nothing to do with clergy sexual abuse and demonic possession. Detroit writer Ron Teachworth published The Annunciation (WestBow Press‚ 2014)‚ an intriguing and captivating novel that blends elements of mystery and romance against a backdrop of history and culture. A novel about the Catholic Church and its workings necessarily includes lots of clergy and research‚ and in the case of The Annunciation‚ art. (It has been a long time since readers come across with a novel that pays attention to Catholic
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The first lecture that I attended was Brenda Flanagan’s talk about the life of Nina Simone through her memoir and the songs of Simone. Before this talk‚ I had never heard of Nina Simone‚ but I enjoyed getting to learn about her life and experiences through someone who had first-hand experience with her during one of the high points of her career. I really liked that through the presentation‚ Flanagan incorporated some of Simone’s songs in order to frame them within the historical context of the time
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