Response Paper: The Mona LisaRachel McRill The Mona Lisa; also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde‚ is a famous work of art by Leonardo da Vinci. He created this piece by using the sfumato‚ the technique of blurring sharp outlines by blending‚ chiaroscuro‚ contrasting light and shade boldly‚ and atmospheric‚ the perception of depth in nature enhanced by haze‚ perspective. The subject is a young woman sitting with a half-smile on her face. Painted in 1503‚ her name is Lisa Gheradini‚ and she was
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One positive example of religion is that helps people enforce rules and set regulations. In of Plymouth Plantation and The Scarlet letter‚ which are both texts about colonial America‚ the Puritans have strong ties between their everyday life and their worship of God. In regards to the religion of the Puritans‚ there is a fine line between faith and fear when it comes to the Puritans actions‚ feelings‚ and thoughts. The Puritans’ actions expressed their religion in multiple ways that affected‚ not
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Comparison of Early American Literature The two selections Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford and The General History of Virginia by John Smith are some of the earlier pieces of American literature. Although they were both written in the same time period the style and attitudes vary greatly. William Bradford had a very direct form of writing; commonly known as "plain puritan" style‚ whereas‚ John Smith had a somewhat confusing‚ more elaborate‚ writing style. Bradford’s piece also seemed
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LA Fitness and Goodlife Fitness Strengths and Weaknesses More people are joining gyms to get in shape and stay motivated. LA Fitness and GoodLife Fitness both offer health benefits to their members in facilities where fitness-minded individuals can enjoy improving their overall health. LA Fitness is a fitness club chain that is privately owned. With hundreds of clubs and millions of members across North America. It has increased its presence on focusing on having good health on all its members.
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Early Americans as depicted in William Bradford’s primary source document Of Plymouth Plantation (1640)‚ were God-fearing‚ compassionate‚ christians who traveled from Old England to Early America were faced with disease‚ sickness‚ hunger‚ weather‚ and Indians. The Puritans that traveled there spread the word of god with the Indians and built a place of worship. While‚ The Scarlet Letter (1850)‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays these traditional Puritans as: harsh‚ judgmental‚ religion based‚ do everything
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Examination of Puritan Philosophy in Bradford’s "On Plymouth Plantation" The Puritan people first came to the New World to escape the religious persecution that hounded Non-Anglicans in England. They established the Plymouth Colony in 1620‚ in what is now Massachusetts. The colony was a reflection of the Puritans’ beliefs. These beliefs‚ along with the experience of establishing a colony in "the middle of nowhere"‚ affected the writings of all who were involved with the colony. In this writing
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raised above the base and the dropped. It beheads the victim and they die instantly. This machine was used frequently in The French Revolution. In the novel‚ “Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens‚ this killing machine is compared to a female named La Guillotine. This is shown throughout the novel. The Guillotine has been around for quite a long time. “Inventors were devising beheading machines at least as early as 1300”(Lienhard “On the top of the gallows is fixed the knife‚ blade upwards‚ with
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Compare and Contrast Essay John Sloan’s The Greenwich Village features themes of a rural‚ spacious land and Van Gogh’s Harvest at La Crau reveals themes of a crowded‚ fast pace life; it is apparent by juxtaposing these two art pieces that both paintings create a sense of lifestyle. While observing both pieces of art one can understand that they share a common theme of humanism. Sloan’s The Greenwich Village focuses more on the busy city life of midtown New York. This fulfilling painting illustrates
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ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS 1. What are the key elements of Shangri-La Hotel’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies described in Chapter 5 is the company employing? What is Shangri-La’s strategy for competing internationally? 2. What policies‚ practices‚ support systems‚ and management approaches underlie Shangri-La’s efforts to execute its strategy? 3. How important are the company’s training and Shangri-La Care program to its success? What is your assessment of Shangri-La’s
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Journal of Business Research 62 (2009) 775–781 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Business Research Satisfaction with service recovery: Perceived justice and emotional responses Ana Belén del Río-Lanza a‚⁎‚ Rodolfo Vázquez-Casielles a‚ Ana Ma Díaz-Martín b a Universidad de Oviedo‚ Spain b Universidad Autónoma de Madrid‚ Spain a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 1 November 2006 Received in revised form 1 April
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