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    Van Gogh Letter

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    can be a creator but looking through the Van Gogh letters I see an ingenious person throughout the letters and the life he lived. An innovative person is “Willing to take a chance- to go out on a limb (S. I. Hayakawa‚ Page 1)” in many aspects of their lives. When taking a look at the Van Gogh letter he writes “I asked M. Peytron point-blank‚ since you are going to Paris‚ what would you say if I suggested that you be kind enough to take me with you (Van Gogh Letter 605‚ page2)” In this statement

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    Rip Van Winkle

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    Rip Van winkle  The story of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving is about a man‚ a country who is longing to be free. Rip Van Winkle also depicts the life of a town before and after "liberty." Rip Van Winkle’s character portrays the society of America as it was seen by England at the time‚ as lazy and unproductive‚ "rather starve on a penny than work for a pound." (128) England is represented by Rip’s wife‚ Dame Van Winkle‚ orderly and productive‚ "Everything she said or did was sure to produce

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    Van Eyck's Annunciation

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    The Annunciation is a particularly good showpiece for van Eyck’s obsession with the texture of fabrics: both the Virgin Mary and Gabriel are swathed in lavish robes that fold and hang with surreal‚ wholly gratuitous complexity. Van Eyck painted clothes‚ a critic once observed‚ the way other artists paint mountain ranges. The problem is‚ once you get past the first wash of amazement the painting becomes reticent and impersonal. The Annunciation is one of the most frequently painted subjects in Christian

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    Rip Van Winkle

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    Rip Van Winkle The “Rip Van Winkle” was written by Washington Irving. This story is set in the past in a very exciting time‚ and also in this story there are many strange and remarkable characters‚ “Rip Van Winkle” features incredible‚ magical‚ and mysterious events‚ and convey a positive message about a nation and its people. “Rip Van Winkle” is set in a time a little bit before and after the revolutionary war in a pleasant village at the foot of New York’s Catskill Mountains. The story

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    Rip Van Winkle

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    Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle‚ which is an author of America’s short story. Who is Washington Irving. And Rip Van Winkle is protagonist of this story. He slept during 20 years‚ when he woke up‚ everything was different. Washington Irving(1783-1859) is typical author of romanticism literature of America. And He is speaker in Rip Van Winkle story. And he liked to write romanticism literature. Romanticism is opposed to classicism literature. This origin is so old with history of human race

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    Seurat and van Gogh

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    Comparison and Contrast Essay: Seurat and van Gogh In the late 1800s‚ when Impressionist movement had lost most of its momentum‚ the Post-Impressionists appeared‚ started to seek for distinguishable styles‚ concentrate on themes and deeper meanings and express strong personalities and emotions rather than just focus on optical impressions. Among them were Georges Seurat and Vincent van Gogh‚ fathers of Pointillism and Expressionism respectively‚ two notable styles in the Post-Impressionism as well

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    Vans Case Study

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    Vans is considered as the largest and most profitable show manufacturer in the world. Vans’s success relies on the network structure that Vans founder and CEO Philip Knight created‚ allowing the company to produce and market shoes. Basically‚ the virtual organizational architecture that would allow Vans to focus on some functions such as design and leave others like manufacturing to keep costs low and to give the company greater flexibility. By far‚ the largest function of Vans Oregon is the design

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    Van Gogh's Accomplishments

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    According To Layman (1984)‚ Vincent van Gogh wrote in an 1888 letter to his sister Willemina (Wil) about the American poet Walt Whitman‚ "He sees in the future‚ and even in the present‚ a world of health‚ of generous‚ frank carnal love — of friendship — of work‚ with the great starry firmament‚ something‚ in short‚ that one could only call God and eternity‚ put back in place above this world." Werness (1985) states these words describing Walt Whitman’s poetry may have served as inspiration for

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    Van Maanen Summary

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    In his article‚ Van Maanen described how police officers classify citizens into three categories-suspicious persons‚ assholes‚ and know nothings-to quickly get control of the situation and do their job more efficiently (Van Maanen‚ 1978‚ p. 147). They created these unauthorized classifications based on preconceived notions and past incidents. It has led to what has been perceived as more encounters with the asshole. Some people have most likely been labelled assholes because they only verbally insulted

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    Van Der Graff

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    GENERADOR DE VAN DE GRAAFF [pic] 1. Generalización El generador de Van der Graaff‚ GVG‚ es un aparato utilizado para crear grandes voltajes. En realidad es un electróforo de funcionamiento continuo. Se basa en los fenómenos de electrización por contacto y en la inducción de carga. Este efecto es creado por un campo intenso y se asocia a la alta densidad de carga en las puntas. A machine‚ first demonstrated in 1929 by the American physicist Robert J. Van der Graaf (1901-1967)‚ which

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