The New Craftsmanship Iris van Herpen and her Inspiration “With my work I intend to show that fashion can certainly have an added value to the world” In the Centraal Museum of Utrecht‚ Netherlands‚ renowned fashion designer/artist Iris van Herpen (1984) exhibits a highly personal side of her work for the public from 29 June until 9 October 2011. By contrasting her designs with what worked as the inspiration behind them‚ van Herpen’s futuristic approach to fashion is displayed with art dating
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Vincent van Gogh‚ the painter of such works as Irises‚ Wheat Field with Cypresses‚ and The Starry Night is one of the most influential and famous artists of all time. However‚ he suffered greatly with mental illness‚ including bipolar disorder‚ depression‚ and alcoholism. Throughout his life enigmatic life‚ van Gogh suffered with bipolar disorder. He was known to have “horrible fits of anxiety‚ apparently without cause‚ or otherwise a feeling of emptiness and fatigue in the head.…and
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Rip Van Winkle In short story "Rip Van Winkle" is a classic American Romantic tale with a mix of gothic imagery (Dincer‚ 220). While the hero Rip displays the character of fantasy hero‚ the setting and the themes of the story comprise of supernatural elements (Dincer‚ 220). In the story the protagonist Rip lives in a village near the Hudson River at the foot of the Catskill Mountains (FFL‚ 2). While describing the setting of the place Irving uses the mystical elements by showing sensitivity of
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Rip Van Winkle written by Washington Irving‚ Is a story about a man who does good things in his village. The children adore Rip. It takes place starting before the revolutionary war‚ but after a series of events Rip falls asleep for 20 years. When he awakes the revolutionary war is done and America Is Its whole new nation. Rip Van Winkle is a mysterious type of book. The story of “Rip Van Winkle” is set in a remote place during the reign of George the Third. It is set in a small village underlying
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Vincent Van Gogh The Bold Painter The beautiful painting‚ Starry Night is the most popular‚ well known‚ and one of my favorite paintings of Vincent Van Gogh(1853-1890). Some of the other famous paintings of his are Sunflowers‚ Irises‚ and The Potato Eaters. Van Gogh had always said; “There are two ways of thinking about painting‚ how not to do it and how to do it: how to do it - with much drawing and little colour; how not to do it - with much colour and little drawing.”(http://www.vangoghgallery
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Gabriella Vigna Case Study: Vincent Van Gogh Abnormal Psychology Have you ever heard of the painting “The Starry Night?” Well‚ it was created by artist and possible mentally ill Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent Van Gogh was believed to have schizophrenia. But he lived in a time that schizophrenia was not even heard of yet‚ so it could not have been established as schizophrenia or even any mental illness to be exact. Through his very artistic ways and him cutting off his own ear‚ many thought that
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Each piece showcases each artist’s skill. Jan Van Eyck’s painting; “The Arnolfini Portrait” depicts Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife. Arnolfini was a merchant from a city in Tuscany‚ Italy‚ called Lucca. The Arnolfini family was very powerful. People often say that the woman in the painting is pregnant‚ but that is not the case. In fact‚ she is holding her full-skirted dress to her stomach‚ because that was the contemporary fashion. Jan Van Eyck was really interested in the effects of light
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Book Report: Ludwig van Beethoven German composer and pianist‚ Ludwig van Beethoven‚ was born December 1770 and spent most of his life in Vienna‚ Austria. His first teacher was his alcoholic father‚ who worked as a musician at the Court of Bonn. Teaching him day and night‚ Ludwig suffered from his father’s harsh and erratic behavior. For a time‚ he and his father played at the Church. As his father’s alcoholism increased‚ Ludwig became the main musician. Beethoven’s talents were discovered
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Great Expectations‚ Dorothy Van Ghent maintains that there are two kinds of crime that drive the moral plot of the novel: the crime of parent against child and the calculated social crime "of turning the individual into a machine". Thus‚ in the same way that the parent or the parent figure abuses the child‚ social authority also participates in creating parents who participate in the dehumanization of the children. (sons heir of fathers sin‚ repeat in society over n over) Van Ghent puts forward many
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Case Analysis van der Steen Candy Company I. Identification and Explanation of Underlying Problems and/or Issues a) Issues: Running a business‚ like that of van der Steen Candy Company is never a particularly easy task‚ especially when there are external macroenvironmental factors that become issues that impact the success of the company. For instance‚ the fact that van der Steen Candy Company was selling candies to a select group of customers is significant to note. Although van der Steen’s
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