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    Frida Kahlo

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    most of her life in braces and medicated. That was when her father‚ Guillermo‚ encouraged Frida to paint after her accident. She needed to help out financially so went to Diego Rivera who was a commissioned muralist to view her works. Her first painting she took to him was a portrait of her sister Cristina. In 1929 Frida married Diego and they moved to Detroit. She was unhappy to be so far from home‚ she lost her mother‚ and battled between the Mexican culture she knew and loved and her new life in America

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    Hotel Industry

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    Business 599 – Final Project Business Plan “Radhe Palace” Hotel & Suites Southern States University Newport Beach Campus Winter 2012 Kunal S Shah Professor Gary W. Lawson‚ DPA Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreement The undersigned _______________ hereby agrees that all financial and other information that he will receive concerning “Radhe” Hotel & Suites is confidential. The information shall

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    Frida Kahlo's Broken Column

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    Introduction There are few artists whose artistic style is as distinctive or easily recognizable as that of the renowned Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Kahlo had an extraordinarily prolific artistic career‚ producing an insurmountable amount of self-portraits that manage to blend somewhat simplistic compositions and techniques with complex subjects and emotional themes. Much of Kahlo’s work has often been categorized as being surrealist in nature. But while her work may exhibit fantastical

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    St James the Great

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    the first church dedicated to St. James the Apostle. Then in 1521 when Mexico was conquered from the Aztecs‚ Cortes constructed a Church in ruins due to the war with the Aztecs‚ which he dedicated to St. James. This is the Church to which St. Juan Diego was heading on December 9th‚ 1531 to receive religious education classes and participate in the Holy Mass for the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception.  St. James prepared the way for the Blessed Virgin Mary both in Spain and in the ’new world.’

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    Octavio Ocampo

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    Every person has feelings. These feelings are aroused by a catalyst. A touch‚ a smell‚ a sight. When a person does art‚ his or her duty is to titillate the viewer. His or her work must be passionate‚ captivating and able to be thought about. When an artist renders a piece‚ be it a painting‚ water color‚ sculpture‚ dance or poem‚ he or she must inspire the viewer to come back and look at it a second and a third time. The artist must expand his or her mind to engulf others. Octavio Ocampo has accomplished

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    Tate Modern Social Realism

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    As soon as I stepped into the Social Realism exhibition room of Tate Modern‚ I was prompted with paintings of different styles and subjects. This room’s exhibitions’ era stretches from the 1920’s to the 1940’s‚ with artists from celebrated muralist Diego Rivera to controversial surrealist Balthus. This room exhibited works of many different medias from traditional oil-on-canvas works to colour pastel on paper. This room may seem slightly bland at first sights as they’re mainly portraits of plain-looking

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    Frida Kahlo Research Paper

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    years of before the Mexican Revolution‚ Frida Kahlo was the “poster child” for personal pain and tragedy. Her life included a series of illnesses and misfortunes that led to the personality and reflection of the woman in her artwork. Her marriage to Diego Rivera‚ a prominent Mexican muralist‚ was one of the “great tragedies” of her life‚ but also contributed to defining herself as an independent woman who defied all the stereotypes of women as artists that existed. The other tradegy included a very

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    Rebozo Cultural Icon

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    The rebozo is a symbol that connects us to our ancestors and culture. Even though a physical and cultural border may separate the two‚ their histories remain tightly woven together. From an object devoid of history to an object filled with history‚ the rebozo reveals how different strands come together to make a complex web of identity (Cisneros). Originating in Persia and India‚ the Mexican “rebozo” was introduced to the Spanish during the Moorish conquest of Spain‚ and then brought to Mexico

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    Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist who describes the natural culture of Mexico in a style combining Realism‚ Symbolism and Surrealism. An active communist supporter‚ she was the wife of Mexican artist called Diego Rivera. Frida is known for her self-portraits often expressing her illnesses and suffering through her painting. In the last three decades she has gained admiration in Europe and the US resulting in the 2002 movie about her life starring Salma Hayek‚ which sparked even further interest in

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    In San Diego there has recently been a weather event called an El Nino that has been causing San Diego and it’s citizens trouble. What an El Nino does is temporarily changing the climate of an area. For San Diego’s instance‚ it has been creating downpours that have been damaging roadways‚ buildings‚ cars‚ has caused erosion and collapsing of rocks and trees‚ flooding in parking structures and of crops‚ and a multitude more cases of devastation to San Diego. With all of that destruction‚ one can only

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