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    The Small Boats‚ Houses oil painting art piece was painted by Jennifer Bartlet on 1987 (B.1941). The original painting Is 118 in. x 168 in. x 2 in. and is currently being displayed as part of the Contemporary Art Collection in the Orlando Museum of Art. The artist uses several interesting art elements in this two dimensional piece. To begin with‚ the space within this painting plays a major role when visualizing both pieces of the painting. For instance‚ on your left side the viewer is allowed

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    ENGLISH DRAMA: AT PRESENT TIME Drama is a literary composition‚ which is performed by professional actors on stage (or theatre)‚ before an audience. It involves conflicts‚ actions and a particular theme. Drama was introduced to England from Europe by the Romans‚ and auditoriums were constructed across the country for this purpose. At a very early time the people of England began to act and the earliest plays were acted by monks and took place in church. In this way the people were taught the Bible

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    Individual Project 1 Cross Cultural Relations Cross cultural communications requires not only knowledge of another language but also familiarity with nonverbal behavior and cultural practices‚ values‚ and customs. Nonverbal communications or body language is communication by facial expression‚ head or eye movements‚ hand signals‚ and body postures. It can be just as important to understanding as words are‚ because they may mean something very different from what they mean in your own culture

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    Alex Montalbano Vincent van Gogh 1 In the painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh‚ you see two prominent swirls in the background in the sky. One swirl flows into the second‚ smaller swirl. Both light blue swirls are flowing to the right through a dark blue night sky. In the upper right hand corner is a yellow-orange crescent moon surrounded by a yellow glow. Also in the background are eleven variously sized yellow-orange stars scattered amongst the blue sky. At the bottom of the background‚ right

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    At the turn of the century‚ life drastically changed for Americans‚ especially in the 1920’s where new social developments extremely affected their lives. During this time period‚ America transformed into a consumer society that contrasted with the production of primary industrial goods and an ethic of scarcity‚ restraint‚ sacrifice‚ and frugality of the 19th century. The 20th century was now known for leisure‚ relative affluence‚ and an emphasis on consumer goods and personal satisfaction. Things

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    Sleep is a painting done by an artist named David Hockey in 1972. Hockey was born in Braford‚ England in 1939 and was an English painter‚ printmaker‚ stage designer and photographer. He was also involved in pop art movement in the 1960’s. Most of Hockey’s works were prints‚ portraits of his friends‚ and stage designs in New York City. He is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. David Hockey began this painting in 1972 and then abandoning the painting a year later

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    What was the effect of photography on painting in the nineteenth century? The photograph was developed in 1839 simultaneously in England and France by Talbot and Daguerre. That is the technique of chemically fixing of an image produced by exposure to rays of sun. William Fox Talbot was an English scholar and scientist who developed the negative and positive process. He used sensitive paper soaked in sodium hyposulphite called calotype. This became the basis for all subsequent photography. Photography

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    Martin Luther King once said “We are not makers of history. We are made by history‚" which interprets how the surrounding events played a big role in my great grandfather’s life. At the age of 103‚ T.W. Cooper‚ my great grandfather witnessed plenty of extravagant events. Some of these events include: The Waco Horror‚ KKK‚ Emmett Till case‚ The Watergate scandal‚ O.J. Simpson trial‚ and the Trayvon Martin Trial. The Waco horror took a great toll on the African American community in 1916. Jesse

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    The dominant event that is related to the Taliban’s is the 9/11. In 2001‚ United States faced a horrific terrorist attack that left many Americans devastated‚ traumatized and scarred. “Airlines Boeing 767 left from Boston’s Logan International Airport to Los Angeles and was loaded with 20‚000 gallons of jet fuel.The plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Approximately two hours later‚ American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into floors 93-99 of the North Tower

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    Look carefully at Plate 1.3.32‚ Paul Cezanne’s painting Still Life with Plaster Cast‚ c. 1894. How do the form and content of this painting contribute to our understanding of it as a modern work? According to art critic Clive Wilson‚ writing in 1914‚ Cézanne was ‘the Christopher Columbus of a new continent of form (Harrison‚ C‚ 2008‚ p.63). Considered a revolutionist‚ Cézanne helped pave the way for other modern artists and his abstract tendencies contributed to the Cubist Movement. Robert Cumming

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