Van Gogh painted this piece in 1889 while he was in Saint Rémy seeking treatment in a mental asylum. Interestingly enough‚ he painted this piece from his memory and it was supposed to have been based on a constellation arrangement he had seen earlier on in the night sky of Provence. Starry Night is perhaps one of his most famous and yet most elusive works. The first thing that I noticed was the overwhelming night sky‚ which takes up most of the background. Its swirling‚ flowing lines appear to
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proved thanks to feminist movements‚ her literary qualities were overlooked at that time. On the opposite‚ Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” wrote in 1819‚ has become a best-seller book that has quickly matched a large audience on the entire eastern coast‚ but also in Great Britain and Deutschland. The main character that Irving has invented for the story‚ Rip Van Winkle‚ has become very famous since‚ and it has inspired numerous artistic works such as movies‚ theatre plays‚ operas and TV shows
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Symbolism and the Multiple Meanings in Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Wedding Portrait Throughout the Renaissance‚ many talented artists tried to express deep symbolism in their paintings‚ but no one came close to the ability of Jan Van Eyck. His paintings were so accurate and realistic that it was necessary for him to paint his miniaturists with a single strand of hair‚ on a brush. Jan’s Arnolfini Wedding Portrait (1434) is so photo-realistic that it has been debated for decades of it’s legality of
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PressReleasePing SleepyPilot Sean Van Dommelen Guitarist Joins Strangely Alright! SleepyPilot lead guitarist/ vocalist/songwriter Sean Van Dommelen has joined forces with Strangely Alright and is in the studio with the band recording the follow up to SA?s critically acclaimed first CD‚ ?The Time Machine Is Broken?. He will also be playing live‚ with his debut performance Aug 5th @ National Night Out‚ followed by an August 23rd show at the 3 day extravaganza‚ Moonfest 2014. Tacoma‚ WA‚ July
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Ichabod Crane and Brom Van Brunt do not like each other because both of them wanted to win over the same girl‚ Katrina Van Tassel. Although‚ they both want the same girl does not mean that have more in common.In fact‚ they are completely different.Ichabod wants to be with at Katrina because he wants love.While‚ Brom wants to be with her because he wants her money and inheritants.Ichabod crane is a clumsy and skinny with big feet.Ichabod was a struggling teacher who always kept his students on good
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In the case of Ex parte die Minister van Justisie: In re S v Van Wyk 1967 1 SA 488 (A) the defendant successfully pleaded private defence where upon the minister put forth the following question: could a person ever be justified in using lethal force to protect their property? The court decided unanimously in the affirmative with judge Steyn stating that “if the use of necessary force is justified ... then it is not clear to me why deadly force must be excluded from that principal…proportionally
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On August 17‚ 1771 Jan Baptist Van Helmont a Dutch scientist did an experiment that he soon discovered how plants grew. Van Helmont used a willow tree for his experiment here are his measures: Hypothesis: If you grow a willow tree and put soil and water in with the tree then it will grow. Independent variable: The soil is the independent variable. Dependent Variable: The plants depend on the water and the soil. Controlled Variable: In this experiment the controlled variable is the soil and the pot
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In The Running Game by Wendelin Van Draanen‚ Jessica‚ the main character‚ is hospitalized after an accident. A vehicle crashed into her bus after a track meet and she is now missing one of her legs below the knee. She ran a 400 meter race in 55 seconds flat during her last meet‚ but now it takes her five minutes to move 20 feet. She heals quickly and her doctor is pleased with her progress‚ but her mental state isn’t doing so well. She slips into depression. She is frustrated because she knows that
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AN INTERPRETIVE ESSAY OF DIRK VAN DER ELST’S‚ CULTURE AS GIVEN‚ CULTURE AS CHOICE In this text‚ anthropologists Dirk Van Der Elst and Paul Bohanan discuss the concept of multiculturalism. The text states that an entirely different view of culture is needed in the intellectual discourse of society. Elst analyzes culture using the example of analyzing sex. Elst makes it clear in his analysis that pluralities of identity are the norm‚ that everyone is multi-ethnic and multi-racial in some fashion
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The war‚ which have already been the third world war‚ is finally over. What was left behind is our fallen world‚ nothing but ruined cities‚ crops burned to ashes‚ and pain in the living. In an old museum‚ there are two people wandering around to find a place to pass the night‚ that is me and a 5-year-old girl. After the war‚ as a consequence of deadly weapon and bomb‚ weather becomes extremely severe‚ which causes the temperature falls sharply when the night comes. I can still bear this cold but
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