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    The War of 1812 was finally over‚ Britain and America had signed the treaty of Ghent to end this long and taxing war. Yet for many of the soldiers‚ far in the southwest‚ the war was about to take an astounding turn. The Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24‚ 1814‚ but the news of it did not reach either the British or the American troops in the Louisiana southwest. General Major Andrew Jackson had the entire battle thought and planned out‚ it was all ready for action‚ and the soldiers all waited

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    Enthroned Duccio di Buoninsegna Duccio’s Virgin and Child Enthroned was commissioned in 1285‚ and is found in Florence‚ Italy. It is made of the typical material of European art‚ Tempera‚ along with gold on a wood panel. Duccio painted this large altarpiece for the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. It uses hierarchical scale to show a monumental Virgin and Child on an elaborate throne‚ flanked by angels. The figural composition foregrounds gracefulness of pose and gesture. He uses a color

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    the moral of the painting is to remember the basic Christian values‚ to do charity through religion and to accept really over piety. The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch‚ c. 1505-1510 use a misleading format which was not a necessary altarpiece painting intended for

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    The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons‚ including trade restrictions because of Britain’s ongoing war with France‚ impressments of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy‚ British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion westward and over national honor after humiliations on the high seas. Jefferson sought to take advantage of Britain

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    took in the language and culture‚ and he exhibited extraordinary learning and imagination. This is the reason behind why historians believe he competes with the best Italian artists. He’s realm is of his paintings specifically his portraits and altarpieces. However‚ when browsing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ one comes across this breathtaking painting with much substance; Venus is accidently struck by the child‚ cupid‚ and falls in love with

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    face. Further down the diagonal‚ shirtless men’s muscles ripple as they struggle to lift the weight of the burden of Christ’s’ cross‚ their arms and bodies stretching past the canvas and bursting into the viewer’s space. Although many triptych altarpieces often involve three separate scenes as seen in the Mérode Triptych‚ Rubens The Raising of the Cross‚ has a unified narrative across all three panels. By making the scene (i.e. the raising of the cross) unified across all three panels‚ Rubens adheres

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    Exploring the painting and drawing inspiration for the pattern I chose a painting called The temptation of Saint Anthony (1510-1515) by Matthias Grunewald. The painting is a third wing of Isenheim altarpiece‚ best known piece of art by Matthias Grunewald and Nikolaus Hagenauer. Matthias Grunewald was a German Renaissance painter who differed from painters in his time as he ignored classical renaissance style by continuing to use expressive and intense style of late medieval Central European art

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    Operations Management II Assignment 2 Total (115) Marks Weightage 15% |Q1 |Q2 |Q3 |Q4 | |Milling |1 |3 |2259.72 | |Painting |2 |2 |3756.92 | |Riveting‚ inserting studs |2 |1 |712

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    battle of the War of 1812‚ the Battle of New Orleans‚ the Americans were able to take advantage of the British army’s poor tactics of war and completely eliminate the British force by killing 2000 soldiers compared to 70 Americans killed. The Treaty of Ghent‚ which was signed before the Battle of New Orleans‚ official ended the war and would establish the status quo antebellum‚ with no loss of territory either way. Although the Americans weren’t able to gain any lands from the war they were able to gain

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