身披狮皮 (In the Skin of a Lion) by Michael Ondaatje (英国病人作者) The joyful will stoop with sorrow‚ and when you have gone to the earth I will let my hair grow long for your sake‚ I will wander through the wilderness in the skin of a lion. THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH Never again will a single story be told as though it were the only one. JOHN BERGER This is a story a young girl gathers in a car during the early hours of the morning. She listens and asks questions as the vehicle travels through darkness. Outside
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Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter‚ http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html THE ENGLISH PATIENT a novel by MICHAEL ONDAATJE Michael Ondaatje is a novelist and poet who lives in Toronto‚ Canada. He is the author ofIn the Skin of a Lion‚ Coming Through Slaughter‚ andThe Collected Works of Billy the Kid; three collections of poems‚The Cinnamon Peeler‚ Secular Love‚ andThere’s a Trick‚ with a Knife I’m Learning to Do; and a memoir‚Running in the Family. He received the Booker Prize forThe English
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Cited: Eltis‚ Sos. "Corruption of the Blood and Degeneration of the Race: Dracula and Policing the Borders of Gender." Dracula. Ed. John Paul Riquelme. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin ’s‚ 2002. 450-65. Print. Gardiner‚ Judith Kegan.‚ ed. Masculinity Studies & Feminist Theory: New Directions. New York: Columbia UP‚ 2002. Print. Ojeda‚ Auriana‚ ed. Male/Female Roles. Michigan: Greenhaven‚ 2005. Print. Signorotti‚ Elizabeth. "Repossessing the Body: Transgressive Desire
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Notes - Sept 15‚ 2013 The Art Institute of Chicago Building was 1893 structure built as the World’s Congress Auxiliary Building and was built for the Columbian Expo. 5The Art Institute of Chicago opened as the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts on May 24‚ 1879. Chicago is a young city. 1577 painting… Artist moves with color El Greko‚ born Doménikos Theotokópoulos‚ was a painter‚ sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname‚ a reference to his national Greek
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Baroque Art and Architecture I INTRODUCTION Baroque Art and Architecture‚ the style dominating the art and architecture of Europe and certain European colonies in the Americas throughout the 1600s‚ and in some places‚ until 1750. A number of its characteristics continue in the art and architecture of the first half of the 18th century‚ although this period is generally termed rococo (see Rococo Style) and corresponds roughly with King Louis XV of France. Manifestations of baroque art appear
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ISIS By: Eriq DiBenedetto ISIS is a terrorist group that uses brutal techniques as a form of intimidation; such as beheadings‚ terrorist attacks‚ and suicide bombings . They are located in Iraq‚ Syria and Northern Africa . They want to control the Middle East to make money from oil and want to have their own government . They also steal money to fund their organization . They have allies such as Boko Haram‚ Al Qaeda‚ and the Taliban (other terrorist organizations) to increase land gained in
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background(Sewter9). This technique became well known through a popular Italian Baroque painter named Caravaggio [Michelangelo Merisi]. Francessco Furini was born in 1603 to a large poor family; his father trained him in drawing as a young child forever inspiring him to create art. Furini traveled to Rome in 1619 to study art. During his time in Rome he was introduced to the works of Caravaggio (his most well known works included the calling of St. Mathew and David with the head of Goliath) and
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influential member of Louis XIV’s court at Versailles Page ref: 263 5. In carrying the technique of chiaroscuro (dramatic light and shadow) to the cities of Florence and Naples‚ Artemisia Gentileschi spread the influence of what artist? a. Caravaggio b. Gianlorenzo Bernini c. Nicolas Poussin d. Johannes Vermeer Page ref: 264 6. What would one expect to hear during a performance of Monteverdi’s Orfeo? a. a concerto grosso b. a hymn c. a recitative and aria d. a prelude and fugue
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by the Pearl Poet‚ Gawain quests for the chapel of the Green Knight whom he has promised to meet to complete his challenge a year and a day after the New Year. Throughout his journey‚ Gawain faces challenges‚ including the test of temptation‚ the beheading game‚ and the exchange game‚ each testing his mind and his moral standards. As a knight of the round table‚ Gawain is bound to the code of Chivalry‚ a code of conduct for knights. With the challenges he faces‚ Gawain employs many tactics to succeed
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person may have been one of Jesus’ twelve disciples. All characters are full of intensity except Jesus‚ who knows he will be crucified. This painting was sold in the 1800s accredited to a Dutch artist‚ but in 1990 this painting was rediscovered as a Caravaggio. Many recreations of Jesus’ arrest have been observed‚ however‚ between Caravaggio’s and Gerard Douffet’s (1620) “Taking of Christ”‚ I find both most
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