During his life long career‚ Jasper Johns artist contributed more than 225 unique and challenged artworks that has set the standard for American art in general and for Pop art in particular. Among Johns’ artwork‚ the “Flag” (1954-55) is the painting that raised the very first wave in Pop Art world and remained to be one of the most influential artworks of its time . Jasper Johns was born in Augusta‚ Georgia on May 15‚ 1930 to William Jasper Johns and Jean Riley. After his parents’ divorce‚ he
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Name: Ryma Kadhi Writing project #1: final draft “Let Me See the Pleasure of Life” "Hidden Intellectualism" is an article written by Gerald Graff in his book‚ How Schooling obscures the life of the mind. In this article‚ the author exposes how schools and colleges neglect intellectual side of nonacademic subjects‚ like sports and fashion‚ that interest students . He assures that students should discuss and write about subjects that interest them by including nonacademic readings in the school
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As one of the most influential poets of his time‚ John Donne set the bar high for aspiring poets in many decades to come. Donne was born in London‚ England in 1572 into a devout Roman Catholic family. Donne was born during a time when practicing religion was illegal in England‚ but his family practiced anyway and avoided attention to be able to do so. Donne’s prominence in the Church of England was likely influenced by his upbringing‚ which in return highly influenced his poetry. Depictions of British
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Paper John Wallis 1616 – 1703 John Wallis was born November 23‚ 1616 and lived till the old age of 87 until October 28‚ 1703 where he passed away in Oxford. He was born of Reverend John Wallis and Joanna Chapman in Ashford‚ Kent‚ England (O’Connor & Robertson‚ 2002). He was the third of five children in his English family‚ unfortunately losing his father at the very young age of 6. Wallis is known for introducing series systematically in his work and paving the way for his great contemporary
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Let the Circle Be Unbroken‚ is an informational text‚ written by Marimba Ani which‚ recognizes spirituality as a necessity in maintenance and progression of African culture throughout the African Diaspora. Throughout the reading she emphasizes the importance of spirituality to the preservation of African culture. Marimba Ani argues that our African ethos and heritage survives through our spiritual make-up. It is the strength and depth of this spirituality that allows the survival of African Americans
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John Proctor is a local farmer who lives just outside of town. He is stern and harsh- tongued and hates hypocrisy. He initially was a sinful man who had an affair with Abigail. He was dishonest to Elizabeth and he had been felt guilty. Elizabeth hadn’t forgiven him easily. He hesitated to expose Abigail as a fraud because he worried that his secret which was to having an affair would be revealed. Because of the affair he admitted he was a witch. He decided against the admission because it would dishonor
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Revolutionary John Adams Many people around the world have accomplished something to make them revolutionary. Some use this magic in ways to help the world‚ but others do not. The second president of the United States‚ John Adams‚ is one of these figures that helped the world. When England was taking advantage of the United States‚ Mr. Adams found ways to help the colonies break away and to become a separate country. John Adams was a delegate from Massachusetts who convinced representatives
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John Dickinson “Penman of the Revolution” 1732-1808 1768- Excerpt from Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer defending rights of free-born Englishmen There is [a] late act of Parliament‚ which seems to me to be . . . destructive to the liberty of these colonies‚ . . . that is the act for granting duties on paper‚ glass‚ etc. It appears to me to be unconstitutional. The Parliament unquestionably possesses a legal authority to regulate the trade of Great Britain and all its colonies. Such an authority
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Don’t Let the Scissors Cut You The tone of the memoir Running with Scissors is best epitomized by a single quote from the book: “The problem with not having anybody to tell you what to do‚ I understood‚ is that there was nobody to tell you what not to do.” (264) The author‚ Augusten Burroughs‚ throughout the novel‚ wasn’t sure if his life was the one he wanted‚ which he expressed through his persistently negative and casual diction‚ his hard to follow chronological organization‚ and his highly expressive
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track and it discusses killing Jay-Z’s ego. This track was written by Shawn Carter known as Jay-Z‚ Producer No I.D.‚ Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. No I.D. was also a producer in this single. This single samples Alan Parsons Project’s song "Don’t Let It Show". In this track‚ Jay-Z discusses important events that have affected his life and were highly publicized. The first occurrence was the shooting of his crack addicted brother when he was twelve years old. Although‚ Jay Z was never prosecuted
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