The San Jose Museum of Art is nicely decorated and furnished museum with many different types of art. I decided to start out by looking at some of the various paintings. There were many different kinds‚ including traditional oil paintings on canvas as well as ordinary paper. One that stood out in my mind was "Desert Restaurant" by John Register. It’s a painting of the inside of a diner sitting in the middle of an open desert. The picture gives an eerie sense of isolation. One sculpture that
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The Life of José Clemente Orozco José Clemente Orozco was born on November 23rd‚ 1883 in Ciudad Guzman‚ Mexico to Maria Rosa and father Ireneo. Clemente led a life full of many outstanding achievements‚ but came from a not-so ideal childhood and had to overcome many obstacles that stood in his way. The following is a synopsis of how he grew from a passionate teenager into a respected‚ talented artist. As a young child‚ José Orozco struggled to find ways to express his spirit for the arts‚ while
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Anabella Morabito 03/21/2015 During our spring break‚ two weeks ago‚ I had the privilege of going to El Salvador as part of a delegation to participate in a “reverse mission”. Part of our work in El Salvador revolved around being keepers of narratives‚ to listen‚ to validate‚ affirm and respect the life stories of different people. Among the people we met were myriads of women‚ who still now‚ as I process the experience‚ leave me breathless. Heroines‚ silent and pushed aside. Wo/men who resist
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EL BULLI STUDY CASE 1.-What factors made el Bulli the best restaurant in the world? Which elements of the elBulli experience create value for customers? There is no doubt that what Ferran Adriá create to it’s customer‚ is on the same concept as going to a big concert or visit a cultural attractive experience‚ been attracted for what it is next. The exclusivity of El Bulli‚ the only access to enter and been accepted a reservation entourages a whole reserved and luxury event that only few can have
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with abandoned dogs‚ doing a job as a hired killer. While the life of a dog is precious to him‚ the person’s life is nothing to him. One day‚ a business man hands money to El Chivo to kill his half-brother. El Chivo takes the money as usual‚ but he does not do his job. Instead‚ he hands the gun to half-brothers. To put it easily‚ El Chivo promised to kill somebody after he receives the money‚ but rather he betrayed the business man who hired him by handing the gun to half-brothers‚ and thus this story
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On February 28‚ 1888‚ a year after the publication of Noli Me Tangere‚ and six months after his arrival in the Philippines‚ José Rizal sailed from Manila again‚ by "advice" of the government. The letters he wrote back home show how his heart ached at going‚ yet his judgment told him that it was best for him to go. The phenomenal effect of Noli Me Tangere made it clear that Rizal could wield a mighty influence through his pen‚ but to write the truth he would have to go to some country where he would
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Italo Perez ID: 4016758 Essay #1- Draft- How does the building perform socially? Giuseppe Terragni Casa del Fascio‚ Como‚ 1932-6 The design of Casa del Fascio (House of the Fascism) is a metaphorical representation of the authoritarian order of the Fascist party. It consists of a perfect grid organization with an orthogonal geometry. In fact‚ it is a compact structure‚ squared in plan‚ and rectangular in elevation. The main façade is composed by a grid of open squares of the same size linked to
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Jose Clemente Orozco was a famous Mexican Social Realist who specialized in bold murals that established Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros‚ and others. Orozco was the most complex of the Mexican muralists‚ fond of the theme of human suffering‚ and realist. Mostly influenced by symbolism‚ he was also a genre painter between 1922 and 1948. Orozco’s painting Hidalgo was painted in 1949 at the governor’s palace in Guadalajara. The ceiling painted
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Del Monte Foods Co. Capstone 4 Report By Abdullah Ghazali Executive Summary Del Monte Foods is an American food production‚ distribution company and marketer of packaged fruits and vegetables. The company is headquartered in San Francisco‚ California. It is one of the leading producers‚ distributors and marketers of premium quality‚ branded food and pet products in the US. The company generated revenue of $3.7 billion in 2010‚ 94 percent of the sales was from North American operations.
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1 Dilemma with Opportunity Presented to F´enix del Sur F´enix del Sur‚ an antique and artifact brokerage firm specialized in authentic African‚ South and Native American decorative artifacts. It started in the early 1900s but has continued to grow and become known as one of the best in authentic pieces. Problems the company is facing is contenting in a hyper competitive environment with mass merchandisers‚ internet dealers‚ cheap imitators and government export regulations. Supply has become
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