Looking at Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas‚ the artist depicted the royal family of Philip IV in 1656. This oil painting has a sophisticated composition‚ which contains six layers in positioning all objective content in complex but explicit silhouettes. The front most stands the enormous canvas‚ a mighty hound resting on the floor‚ and a playmate stepping on its back. The second layer is the spotlight‚ where the young princess stands in the center surrounded by two maids of honor and a governess; then
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Diego Velazquez painted a piece of work that was admired by art lovers all over the world (Brown & Velázquez‚ 2008). His painting “Las Meninas”‚ translated to simply mean maids of honor is a painting that gives the viewers a glimpse into the lives of the royal family. Velazquez had worked closely with the royal family at the court of Philip IV. This was the center of power during the time of the artist worked on his painting (Stratton-Pruitt‚ 2003). The painting was hailed by many as a masterpiece
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1. Shangri-La Background: Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is a deluxe Asian hotel chain‚ founded in 1971 in Singapore by the Malaysian-Chinese tycoon Robert Kuok. The company quickly differentiated itself from the competition and provided distinctive Asian standards of hospitality and service. As of 2006‚ Shangri-La was the largest Asian-based deluxe hotel group in Southeast Asia. The company managed a total of 50 hotels under two brands: the five-star Shangri-La and the four-star Traders- a sister
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In the case “Viva Las Vegas‚” is shown how the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority completely changed the type and quality of Las Vegas’ entertainment in order to match‚ at its best‚ anyone’s tastes. Due to cyclical demand in the travel industry‚ the hotel/casino movement was suffering a crisis which pushed LVCVA to make an extended research in 2001 that helped in targeting their markets. Data were able to show which type of ethnicity and household economy situation in order to plan at best
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Leaving Las Vegas‚ directed by Mike Figgis and based on the autobiographical novel by John O’Brien‚ is an emotional story about an alcoholic who rejects life and wants to drink himself to death in Las Vegas‚ and an unselfish prostitute who loves him the way he is. Ben‚ played by Nicholas Cage‚ was a former movie producer in Los Angeles and has obviously crumbled in the glamour world of Hollywood which is shown in the opening scene. Here Ben is already an alcoholic when he disturbs former colleagues
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Philip IV and He was kind of a lonely artist of the contemporary Baroque period.he painted different portraits for the Spanish royal families. ‚velazquez did a lot of paintings but he did a phenomenal paint which is Las Meninas (1656). And this is what am I going to talk about now Las Meninas was made in 1656‚ The work is complex ‚ the composition give us a questions about reality and illusion‚ and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted. The painting is a large
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for the social life of the people. It is where people are baptized‚ married‚ and received final blessings for the dead. A fieldwork on the Ilocos with the same topic prompted the researcher to pursue a study on the changing roles of the churches in La Union. Four churches were studied during
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Federico Fellini’s masterpiece‚ “La Dolce Vita”‚ is a comedy-drama film produced in 1960‚ which comments on how new‚ modern society has been built upon and replaced the tradition and culture of Rome. The distractions and superficialities of this newly constructed reality are exemplified by the love life of the protagonist‚ Marcello. All of the women with whom Marcello has affairs (Maddelena‚ Sylvia‚ etc.) represent the young‚ unstable reality created in the Italian postwar period. These women are
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Veneration Without Understanding is an article written by Renato Constantino who expresses and states what a real hero possess. It is not Dr. Jose Rizal who is the leader of our revolution but Bonifacio who thought of starting the KKK to fight for the real freedom. In no uncertain terms he placed himself against Bonifacio and those Filipinos who were fighting for the country’s liberty. The Philippine Revolution has always been overshadowed by the omnipresent figure and the towering reputation of
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excitement builds for the MHA 2017 business summit at the Bellagio in Las Vegas‚ you may need some help choosing which fun activities to partake in before and after the conference. After all‚ there is a myriad of happenings and events in the city of lights. You can start your pre or post conference adventure at the Bellagio‚ which lies along the midpoint of the famous Las Vegas strip. Here are five of the top attractions in Las Vegas. The Bellagio The first thing most visitors notice about the Bellagio
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