The writer of ’The Luncheon’ William Somerset Maugham‚ in this short story‚relates about a lady who is an admirer of his stories. She wins the author’s favour and expresses her wish to meet him at a high class restaurant.William exposes the false motives of modest eating habits‚ of the middle classes with a touch of humour. Twenty years ago the author was living in Paris‚ when he had met a lady‚ who is an admirer of his stories. She had met him at a play and relates to him the incident during
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So Hee Ko AEAH 4812-001: Modernism and the Visual Arts‚ 1890-1945 October 1‚ 2012 Formal Interpretation Paper on Edouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass Originally titled as Le Bain‚ means the bath; Luncheon on the Grass was exhibited at the Salon de Refuses in 1863. It is painted with oil on a large canvas by Édouard Manet created in between 1862 and 1863. The painting represents the contrast between a female nude with fully clothed men in a rural setting. By that time‚ normally woman
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Auguste Rodin was born in 1840 and died in 1917‚ a year before the end of World War I. He was one of the most illustrious artists of his time‚ and in the eyes of posterity he remains‚ surely‚ the greatest name in Western Sculpture since Michelangelo. His style was both classic and romantic‚ and to his contemporaries it was also revolutionary‚ for although Rodin followed routine closely‚ he presented it exactly as he saw and experienced it‚ and refused to be bound by the artistic conventions of
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A STUDY OF BOATING INDUSTRY IN PAGSANJAN‚ LAGUNA (PAGSANJAN FALLS) PART II 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Background of the Study According to Dr. Gregorio F. Zaide et al. (1975)‚ in his book Pagsanjan‚ In History and in Legend‚ the real history of Pagsanjan began in 1668 when it emerged as a town. Years before that time‚ it was a barrio of Lumban. Across three centuries‚ it has survived all natural and man-made cataclysms‚ including the Philippine Revolution and World War II. During the long interim
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The text I’m going to analyse represents a short-story‚ entitled "THE LUNCHEON"‚ written by a prominent‚ English novelist‚ short-story writer‚ playwright and essayist Somerset Maugham. First of all I’d like to say some words about the title of the text "The Luncheon". The title of the text is rather ironical. If we consult a dictionary‚ we can find out that the word "luncheon" means a "light snack"‚ but as we can see hereinafter a light snack turns to be an abundant and expensive meal. The text
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Clayborn Western Civilization 1 April 10‚ 2008 The Impressionist Movement Impressionism‚ French Impressionnisme‚ is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as “a theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s‚ characterized by concentration on the immediate visual impression produced by a scene and by the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light.” Impressionist painting comprises the works of art produced between
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on had very modern architecture with cream white plaster walls and cement floors with lighting from above. The lighting lit the pieces very well as it should and sort of acted like the sun. The architecture fit most of the art that was on this floor because it was more recently done and looked very modern. The staff and students had many pieces in this section. One piece that got my attention was Lenny
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Introduction to ART 105 Introduction to Term Paper Assignment 1: Main Art Styles: Photocopy Materials 1 20.08.13 STUDIO: Introduction to Studio Assignment 1: Make 2 Samples of Impressionist Art ========================================================================= 2 26.08.13 STUDIO: Hand in Assignment 1: Impressionist Art Briefing on Picture Collections 2 27.08.13 THEORY: Birth of Art [Presentation] TERM PAPER: Assignment 1: Reading Assignment: Topic: Main Art Styles ================
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Auguste Comte Summary: Auguste Comte was very much influenced by science. During his time was the unfolding of the scientific revolution because of the many scientific discoveries. Positivism is the attitude which Auguste Comte pursue in his philosophy‚ which has something to do with science. Positivism claims that science has the answers to every question of any matters. Thus it argues that what science does has no answer does not exist. And thus it disapproves the existence of the Christian God
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AUGUSTE COMTE The purpose of any science is the forecasting. A science is not completely known as long as one does not know its history. Auguste comte (19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857)‚ was a French philosopher‚ a founder of the discipline of sociology and of the doctrine of positivism. He may be regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term. Auguste Comte was the first to develop the concept of "sociology." He defined sociology as a positive science. His major
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