On a recent visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ I took a tour of the museum with a lecturer. During the tour‚ the leader lectured on particular paintings. She told the know history behind each shown painting. She also gave the history of the period in which the painting was painted. The lecturer also helped everyone to understand what the colors in the paintings brought to each painting. While viewing the many paintings‚ the first one that caught my eye was Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and
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As one of the most prominent contemporary composers‚ Andrew Lloyd Webber has been an inspirational figure in the world of theatre. His beautiful music and recent musical theatre takes on older films has captured many people’s love. Many‚ many people‚ whether knowingly or unknowingly‚ have heard a version of one of Andrew’s songs. The following is a quick overview of his active life and compositions. Youth and First Creations Born in 1948‚ Webber was raised in South Kensington‚ London‚ England
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Anne Frank “I keep my ideals‚ because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” -Anne Frank In March 1945 about 50‚000 people died at the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen‚ including Anne Frank and her sister Margot. Bergen-Belsen was located near Hanover in northwest Germany. The holocaust was a very mortifying time for many. About 20‚000 camps held over 11 million Jews along with anyone else who didn’t meet Hitler’s expectations. Many of these people were starved
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The Jim crow museum depicts very accurately how racist southern america used to be. It is astonishing how much hatred people can have for something as messily as the color of someone’s skin. Jim Crow was developed as a fictitious character that heavily embellished the negro culture with much mockery. Jim crow became the symbol of how blacks should be treated hence the Jim Crow Laws that were developed. Whites would paint their faces black and perform on stage as bafoons. These shows helped
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Emily Wilson October 10th‚ 2014 Professor Cruz Art into History Greek and Roman Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art has many different exhibits with ancient portraits‚ sculptures‚ steles‚ freezes‚ paintings and many more. The Greek and Roman exhibit was very interesting. The way the Greeks and Romans portrayed their feelings and life experiences through art is very diverse. During my visit to Metropolitan‚ I had gone for a tour of this exhibit and was amazed by the works of art I was seeing. Just
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Anne Frank: Diary of a young Girl “The Diary of a young girl” is an autobiographical novel written Anne Frank which details her experiences during the time of Nazi revolution. The book was conceived right after Anne received a diary as a birthday gift from her father‚ Otto Frank. Being the main character‚ Anne displays a spirit of endurance which is exemplified throughout the text. In deed endurance serves as a unique human spirit as characterized by Anne Frank‚ whereby she is able to endure
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Frank McCourt our narrator through the book describes his life. The story starts in America and when his father can’t keep a job because of his drinking habits and also can’t provide for his family. The reason Frank’s family moved to America from ireland was for job opportunities. Frank’s younger sister Margaret dies his mother fell into a deep depression forcing them to move back to ireland. The family having no other choice but to move back to ireland they move with in frank’s mother’s parents
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During our trip the the Metropolitan Museum‚ our class explored various exhibits‚ including the Greeks‚ early Tribal works‚ Renaissance art‚ and 19th century art. One piece in particular that stood out to me‚ and reminded me of a text we’ve read this semester‚ was Prayer in the Mosque by Jean-Lèon Gèrome in 1871(87.15.130). This oil on canvas depicts the interior of a mosque in seventh century Egypt and reminded me of the readings we had done on Al Andalus from Jarbel Rodriguez‚ where the description
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During Frank Money’s childhood‚ his family was forced out of Bandera County‚ Texas. Consequently‚ the family had to leave their land‚ their livestock and crops. They had to seek refuge from relatives in Georgia. Frank’s father had to work as a sharecropper while his mother “picked cotton during the day and swept lumber shacks during the night” (Morrison chap. 3). Morrison shows that Frank has to live with such harsh experiences and memories of Texas throughout his life. For example‚ Frank recalls
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after Hitler’s reign as Chancellor of Germany. In the play‚ The Diary of Anne Frank‚ written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett‚ Anne Frank’s story of hiding in the Secret Annex is communicated through her father reading her diary and a third person point of view. Anne states in her diary that “in spite of everything‚ I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Anne is correct‚ which is shown through the Franks’ kindness‚ President Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler’s selflessness‚ but proven
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