1599 ‚ Diego Velázquez Rodriguez de Seville. He was baptized in the church of san pedro on june 6 In the Spanish golden age Diego was one of the most important painters and the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and He was kind of a lonely artist of the contemporary Baroque period.he painted different portraits for the Spanish royal families. ‚velazquez did a lot of paintings but he did a phenomenal paint which is Las Meninas (1656). And this is what am I going to talk about now Las Meninas
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1. Distinguishing Different Types of Sources of Information "How Barangay Came to Be” What are considered primary and secondary sources of information? Can you distinguish if a text comes from a primary or from secondary source? Materials that provide direct‚ firsthand information about subjects and events are called primary sources of information. Some examples of this source of information are speeches‚ journals‚ original letters‚ literary works‚ and historical documents such as the Constitution
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Diego Velazquez painted a piece of work that was admired by art lovers all over the world (Brown & Velázquez‚ 2008). His painting “Las Meninas”‚ translated to simply mean maids of honor is a painting that gives the viewers a glimpse into the lives of the royal family. Velazquez had worked closely with the royal family at the court of Philip IV. This was the center of power during the time of the artist worked on his painting (Stratton-Pruitt‚ 2003). The painting was hailed by many as a masterpiece
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Looking at Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas‚ the artist depicted the royal family of Philip IV in 1656. This oil painting has a sophisticated composition‚ which contains six layers in positioning all objective content in complex but explicit silhouettes. The front most stands the enormous canvas‚ a mighty hound resting on the floor‚ and a playmate stepping on its back. The second layer is the spotlight‚ where the young princess stands in the center surrounded by two maids of honor and a governess; then
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In the short story "Tuesday Siesta"‚ Gabriel Garcia Marquez subtly illustrates his tone of the story‚ that tone being respect. Description‚ characterization and straight- forward dialogue are used to portray his seriousness‚ emotion and utter dignified opinion for the mother. It is through the writer’s tone and character portrayal that the theme of the story is presented. Marquez’s attitude towards his topic is clear throughout the story‚ showing his sincerity for people living in poverty‚ and
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documentary. After watching the video‚ I understand more about the reasons why her painting was done this way. Her artworks brought the pieces of her life stories to the audience. Her marriage with Diego Rivera contributes the later works of her. It was the main influence of her life. If she did not meet Diego Rivera‚ we would probably see a total Frida Kahlo. The complicated relationship from inability of reproduction‚ Diego’s unfaithfulness‚ Kahlo’s affairs‚ divorce to remarriage created the Kahlo who
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that this peculiar phenomena is called ’’siesta’’‚ but it somehow appears to be something alien and our of ordinary. However‚ nowadays it is decently hot in Russia and‚ therefore‚ at almost governmental level opinions start to emerge saying that Russian employers should think about changing the working time regulations‚ in order for workers to enter some analogue of ’’a siesta’’. So‚ what is the whole ado about? A short historical reference. The word ’’siesta’’ refers to a brief midday sleep‚ usually
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Formal Analysis of Art Amrita Martin April 25‚ 2010 Art 101 Melissa Ernstes Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez After viewing Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez on page 154 and 155 of A World of Art‚ I found a couple formal qualities in terms of organizing space. The first formal quality is representing a three dimensional space. In this painting Velazquez creates an illusion of deep space because the objects closer to the viewer seems to be larger then the objects beyond it. The second
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Olga Rivera is not just an ordinary mom. She is a hero because she is known as a nurse to a middle son with a hearing loss‚ a third son with a mental condition called Cerebral Palsy‚ and the oldest is an asthmatic son. She takes the complete a total control of her house as a home office manager that takes care of her domicile in an efficient and orderly manner. Olga Rivera said‚ “I struggle every day to plan something for my three sons to able to get through the whole day. I love my three very own
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Hilson Rivera Ela 3 Mr. Graves November 13‚ 2014 A Mystery of Heroism What does it mean to be a hero? Does it mean that the person have to have super human abilities‚ and in return‚ be a hero? In "A Mystery of Heroism‚ by Stephen Crane‚ this question is explored. In this story‚ we read about Fred Collins‚ who is a union solider in the Civil War. He is a simple man who is shameful‚ childish‚ and who is thrown into a war that has no place for him. During the course of the story‚ Collins yearns
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