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    Raimonda Krasninkeviciute Portrayal of the effects drug abuse has on people in artwork How does artwork portray the destruction of human body‚ mind and relationships due to drug abuse? Introduction I have chosen ‘Effects of drug abuse’ as my theme as I was interested in the changes a human body and mind overtake when influenced by drugs; also the effects it has on a person’s life and their relationships overall. I am mostly interested how artists portray the mental state of a person when

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    Analysis of Art

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    Rather‚ his art work captures the calm and solitary scene in urban areas. In his paintings‚ even though he paints urban scenes‚ dark places in a town or a single person in a plain bedroom dominate most of his paintings. This isolation of his subjects “was heightened by Hopper’s characteristic use of light to insulate persons and objects in space” (“Synopsis”). Hopper then‚ paints a diffent kind of urban scene‚ which usually suggests a

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    Art Therapy: Is It Effective? Georgia O’Keeffe once said‚ “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way. Things I had no words for.” The actual creation of art triggers an unconscious process helping a person connect with his emotions (Kotwas). The process is said to enhance the physical‚ mental‚ and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages and backgrounds. The expressive arts do not discriminate and is an effective alternative to traditional psychotherapy

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    A Story

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    In this very short story‚ Alice Walker tells of a young‚ African American girl who‚ while gathering flowers‚ stumbles quite literally upon the body of a dead man. The atmosphere‚ language and subject matter of the story suggest the southern United States as a setting-sometime in the mid- to late-20th century seems an appropriate time period‚ though this is far less clear. The contrast between the story’s beginning and end is striking. We begin with a light-hearted description of the life of Myop

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    Arts & Crafts of Myanmar Gold Leaf The square gold leaf tissues used for centuries and fragile enough that a breath of the softest wind could crumble them are all hand made in the lovely ancient capital of Mandalay. Only 24 carat gold is used. First‚ about 200 gm is pulled into thin wires‚ and then pulled through a press to form a ribbon 90 cm long and 2 cm wide. This is cut into 200 squares. Each is placed between thin sheets of bamboo paper about 7 cm square and the whole stack wrapped

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    Survival of a Folk Culture: The Old Order Amish by Carol Ann Gillespie Texas State University: San Marcos San Marcos‚ Texas A folk culture is a small‚ self-reliant community that is technologically simple and traditional in nature. The term "folk culture" also refers to the artifacts of this community ’s material culture (such as tools‚ clothing‚ and houses) as well as the nonmaterial culture (traditions and institutions). This essay describes how one folk culture -- the

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    Write about the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in chapter 7 (Page 132 onwards) Chapter 7 mirrors chapter 1 in setting and structure‚ of the travelling to New York and the necessity to pass through ‘The Valley of the Ashes’ symbolic of the mythological River Styx and “The Waste Land” by T.S. Elliot. Also‚ the many separated sections in chapter 7 are reminiscent of the structure of chapter 1‚ used as a key way for Fitzgerald to effectively and emotively convey the story‚ by framing the two chapters

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    World Art

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    Eastern gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York contained a widespread of art pieces that regurgitated reminiscence of materials learned in the early weeks of World Art I. The first art form that I became engrossed by was a stone relief titled Orthostat relief: lion attacking a deer. This relief was said to be accredited to the Hittites culture during the Neo-Hittites Period‚ and dating 19th century. Its precise geographic origin is Syria‚ Tell Halaf. The subject matter of this relief‚

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    Tell ya boy

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    Class Number 13 – 16 IV – St. Hannibal 1. Find m if x3 + 3x2 – mx + 4 leaves a remainder of m when divided by x – 2. 23 + 3(2)2 – m(2) + 4 = m 8 + 12 – 2m +4 = m -3m = -24 -3 -3 m = 8 2. When the expression 6x2 – 2x +3 is divided by x –a‚ the remainder is 3. Find the value of a. 6a2 – 2a + 3 = 3 6a2 – 2a = 0 6a2 = 2a 6a 6a a = 3. The expression x4 + x3 + 2mx2 – 14m4 leaves a remainder of 32 when divided by x + 2m. Find the possible

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    to wonder what the time was really like. Going over chapter three I found that that time period was actually very important in a lot of ways but even more important was their use of art and the forms they used it in‚ all the amazing monuments that were built by them‚ the writings and drawings on the walls full of stories and different interpretations. The time of these great accomplishments span over three millennia. Even years after the pyramids and hieroglyphics were made people coming across them

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