Over Thanksgiving break I attended The St. Louis Art Museum‚ or SLAM‚ as it is affectionately known by the locals. I focused on the Later European Art‚ especially from the Netherlands‚ because I find it captivating and unique. The first painting I studied was called Peasants Dancing in a Tavern by Adriaen van Ostade. The artwork was done in 1659 in the Netherlands as a genre scene. It shows a tavern scene in which peasants are dancing‚ drinking‚ singing and playing cards. It is a unique example
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Original Article The anatomy of the luxury fashion brand Received (in revised form): 9th September 2008 Antoinette M. Fionda is a PhD student specialising in Luxury Fashion Marketing at Heriot-Watt University. Previously‚ Antoinette worked in both the Fashion and the Luxury Fashion sectors in a variety of areas from design to management and consultancy. Christopher M. Moore is Chair in Marketing and Head of Fashion‚ Marketing and Retailing at Glasgow Caledonian University. Prior to his
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of art to I chose was from the Baroque period and it is titled‚ The Crucifixion of St Peter and its artist is Caravaggio. The second painting I focused on was‚ Death of Socrates‚ by Jacques-Louis David. These two works of Art can be compared because of their common theme of death. With death as a common theme‚ each artist still portrays different views and emotions that are associated with death. Both Artists’ portrayed an important figure in history standing up for their own beliefs‚ even in the
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¡§Napoleon at St. Bernard¡¨‚ which was painted by artist Jacques-Louis David in 1800‚ was a portrait of Napoleon as he leads his troops through the Swiss Alps. The French Revolution and Napoleon created dramatic events‚ which made a change in time period from Neoclassicism to Romanticism (Smith). There were many ways that Jacques-Louis David organized the painting so that it was considered a Romantic painting. Those ways were that it was a dramatic
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HISTORY OF EAST SAINT LOUIS‚ IL East Saint Louis‚ Illinois is a very small city it has a total of 89 streets as of today. Around in the 1860’s the city used to be called Illinois town. It was the fourth largest city in the state of Illinois. People knew one place they could get a job was in this city. The name East Saint Louis came about because of the terrible reputation it had when it was known as Illinois town so they decided to rename it hoping to overcome all the challenges they were facing
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Its free verse like most of Whiteman’s poems. He used a bit of symbolism in it by using the drums and bugles as symbols of war. The theme of this poem is that war affects everyone and everything. Whitman also used onomatopoeia when he writes about the instruments by using words like whirr‚ pound‚ and thump. He even uses a bit of imagery in the poem by mentioning the dead which invokes
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even has some jazz elements to it. The instruments that are usually involved in Jump Blues are brass instruments‚ electric guitars‚ saxophone‚ piano‚ and the drums. One of the most prominent artist within the Jump Blues genre is a man named Louis Jordan. Louis Jordan‚ in my opinion‚ seemed like he was a very charismatic and a very happy man who loved performing in front of of others. He was also in a popular Rhythm and Blues band called Tympany Five and signed with the record label named‚ Decca. One
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Real Machinery Louis V. Gerstner‚ Jr‚ the chief executive officer of IBM‚ describes how “No machine can replace the human spark of spirit‚ compassion‚ love and understanding”. His words are in agreement with Ray Bradbury’s in his fictional auto-biography titled Dandelion Wine. In the story‚ several machines are described; there are trolleys‚ Green Machines (cars)‚ Happiness Machines‚ lawn mowers‚ and busses throughout the book’s episodes. All of them turn out to be failures. However‚ there is one
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flooded with memories of different spaces and experiences they have had. But for me‚ it is easy. Only one place comes to mind—the Joe Louis Arena. The home of the Detroit Red Wings is a dome rich in history and uniquely located in an American city that sits uncharacteristically north of Canada. Built in 1979‚ The Joe has a personality all of its own. The Joe Louis Arena is my favorite place because of the pre-game experience in the city‚ the historical vibe of the arena‚ and‚ of course‚ the excitement
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7COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE PAGEREF _Toc400385296 \h 7STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES PAGEREF _Toc400385297 \h 8Upstream and Downstream PAGEREF _Toc400385298 \h 10Questions for Business Law PAGEREF _Toc400385299 \h 12 Louis Vuitton INTRODUCTIONThe Louis Vuitton company was originally founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton Malletier in Paris as a company producing trunks. Even in those early beginnings they were able to create their own name by coming up with unique and new design and innovation in materials. This made
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