Les Demoiselles d’Avignon Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon‚ and originally titled The Brothel of Avignon) is a large oil painting of 1907 by the Spanish artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881–1973). The work portrays five nude female prostitutes from a brothel on Avinyó Street in Barcelona. Each figure is depicted in a disconcerting confrontational manner and none are conventionally feminine. The women appear as slightly menacing and rendered with angular and disjointed body shapes
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND 036 ADVANCED PLA CEMENT COMPOSITION 5 CREDITS GRADE 11 Prerequisites: Recommendation of an English teacher and a timed writing sample. Upon commitment to the course‚ students will complete an intensive summer AP preparation project. It is mandatory to take the AP Language and Composition Examination when it is offered in order to receive AP course credit for work done during this academic year. Students who do not take
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT ESSAY QUESTIONS RENAISSANCE 1. ’77: To what extent and in what ways may the Renaissance be regarded as a turning point in the Western intellectual and cultural tradition? 2. ’81: Compare the ways in which two works of art reproduced below express the artistic‚ philosophical and cultural values of their times. (Pictures of Michelangelo ’s David and Giacometti ’s Man Pointing 1947). 3. ’82: Compare and contrast the cultural
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How to Write References Library and Learning Resources Table of Contents Section 1. Preface 2. 3. Introduction – why‚ when & what? The Harvard Referencing System 3.1 How do I cite the item in the text of my assignment? 3.2 General Rules Authors‚ Dates‚ Titles‚ Edition‚ Place‚ Publisher‚ Other information‚ Transliteration of Non-Western Alphabets 3.3 Detailed Examples i. Books (including Electronic Books) ii Journal Articles (including Electronic Journal Articles) iii. Newspaper Articles (including
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1.0 Introduction As we all know‚ Surrealism is alike and correlate to abstract art. Indeed‚ they shared similar foundations with DaDa‚ but they separated on the explanation of their meaning to the aesthetic of art. In this essay‚ the researcher will give a better understanding and explain how he applied and combine the Surrealism movement and the Dada movement into his artwork to form a new movement. The researcher will explain the inspiration from the case studies and journal in the following
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Debate: The bombing of Hiroshima‚ Nagasaki was an unnecessary war crime. Human civilization 2 4/9/2014 The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki involved two nuclear attacks against the Empire of Japan by the United States of America (USA) under USA President Harry S. Truman. On August 6‚ 1945‚ the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima‚ followed on August 9‚ 1945 by the detonation of the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki‚ for the first and only time
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are actively involved in persuasion. a. Over theories and paradigms b. Over methodologies and research findings c. Over grants and funding v. Persuasion in Arts 1. Artists seek to shape public opinion in and through their work. a. Picasso’s Guernica (1937) offers a moral indictment of war b. Movies can change attitudes‚ alter beliefs‚ increase awareness. 2. Uber influencers a. Mavens- try out new things first b. Connectors- spread the word about new things c. Salespeople- try to get you
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World War II (WWII or WW2)‚ also known as the Second World War‚ was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world’s nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history‚ with more than 100 million people serving in military units from over 30 different countries. In a state of "total war"‚ the major participants placed their entire economic‚ industrial
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- No solid political system - While China rose to power they did not believe in a certain god while India believed in many gods. - Male dominated society‚ women had virtually no rights Mauryan/Gupta India Political – Caste System‚ Regionalism + diversity‚ Ashoka (grandson of Chandra Gupta‚ led military‚ converted to Buddhism and the promoted peace throughout India‚ wrote on rocks all through India encouraging peace and unification throughout India) Economics – traded + merchants (lots
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