Jan van Eyck’s work‚ The Arnolfini Portrait‚ is a famous piece of Flemish portraiture with a lively history of interpretation (Hall xviii). Most interpretations of the work hinge upon the symbolism found in the iconography of the work‚ while others rely upon the presumption that the work is nothing but masterfully rendered naturalism‚ while still others apply various modern art history methodologies. In this paper I will provide a brief survey of the leading interpretations and methods that have
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The novels Every Day is for the Thief by Teju Cole‚ Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche‚ and Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi all exemplify the tumultuous nature of choosing to return to Africa or not. This idea is further expounded upon by its relationship with privilege as an influence on the decision. The problematic essence of this decision lies within the relationship it has to privilege. In all three novels‚ the protagonists only ever want to return home once they have been successful abroad
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Self-Esteem and Self-Concept Self-Esteem is the way we view ourselves‚ and the acceptance of our own worth. It is the reason we compare each other‚ and try to be better than others. We judge every little action we do and thought counts. Self-Esteem is linked to the feelings of pride and discouragement. Self-consciousness is associated with self-esteem as self-consciousness is a sense of awareness. Self-confidence is a feeling of personal capacity and self-respect‚ which is a feeling of personal
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Every end is a new Beginning They say old habits die hard but what if they never died? What if they were buried under our sub-consciousness? It had been a month since I left rehab. I still remember being confined within the cold stone grey concrete walls going through hours of mental and physical therapy. The sessions seemed long‚ painful and torturous but the most devastating ache of all was time. The nights spent were mostly sleepless and uncomfortable and at times the chronic insomnia left
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Constance Whitney Warren’s bronze sculpture entitled‚ Equestrian Portrait of Diego Velazquez 1924 is located between the General Academic Building and the Physics Building at the University of North Texas Denton Campus. Gift of the Harlan crow family in 1994 but the reasons remain in mistery. The composition of the ten foot bronze sculpture was created inspired by the American West and specializing in bronze equestrian statues‚ portrays the famous Spanish painter Diego Velazquez who is riding a horse
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Truly successful author’s have the ability to convey their point without actually saying it to portray a certain situation by describing it in various ways. In the excerpt of the novel “A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man” James Joyce does just this. Through his use of stylistic elements such as selection of diction‚ imagery‚ and syntax‚ Joyce explains the development of the protagonist’s stream of consciousness. In the beginning of the second section of the passage‚ Joyce selects the most
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A Study in Portraits – da Vinci and Van Gogh Two of the greatest artists of all time would have to be Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) and Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890). Da Vinci was an artistic genius‚ as well as an ingenious inventor and scientist‚ while Van Gogh was an artistic savant whose mental instability cut short a career of wonder and enlightenment. Both artists presented works that made people look both outside at the artwork itself as well as inside the individual viewer in order
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Corn plays a enormous role in our daily lives. You might not even realize the things you use on a daily basis have corn in them. From the toothpaste we use in the morning to the books we read at night ‚ corn is in nearly every aspect of our lives. Corn is often thought of as a food but in fact ‚ the bulk of corn that’s produced today does not go to food production. We use corn as an alternative in many things‚ such as plastic ‚ medicine‚ batteries etc. Its amazing how we can use corn not just as
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The adage "All that glitters is not gold" cautions us against forming our opinion about objects on the basis of superficial impressions. It also implies that one should try to ascertain the true nature of things and to understand the reality hidden behind their glittering facade. However‚ love for glamour is deeply embedded in human nature. Taking advantage of this inherent vulnerability of man to glamour‚ cash rich companies rope in glamorous film and sports personalities to advertise their
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tive if there existed a decline in population. Otherwise‚ r can be found as a ratio of the birth rate to the death rate. If we let 1 + r = b‚ the base of the exponential expression‚ the function becomes p = p 0bt. An alternative version of this relation describes the time it would take for the population to reach a given amount p: t = logb( p / p0). Students will use both functions to predict the future global population‚ provided the current growth rate or 1.3% (Abbott‚ 2004). This relation will
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