Velazquez’ Las Meninas is a masterpiece of Spanish Baroque painting‚ meaning irregular. It makes the statement of illusion versus reality. You would have to wonder though‚ if this painting revolves of the life of Velazquez‚ the artist who was an individualist painter of the Baroque‚ in the seventeenth century Counter-Reformation Spain‚ or is this a true family portrait of King Philip IV and Queen Mariana with their child. The portrait Las Meninas has always had questions that surrounded its meaning
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The LA riots were the main theme for this week’s reading. Needless to say‚ it was a mortifying past for both the African Americans and the people of LA. The emotion explosion that accounted for thousands of injuries and billions of dollar worth of damage originated from the discriminatory decision of a court case. Rodney King‚ a middle-aged African American man‚ was pulled over on a highway for drunk speeding. He was brutally beaten by four police officers for no apparent reasons‚ and someone recorded
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“Vive la Divisoria” By: Abraham Floredo Evaluation: “Vive la Divisoria” is an informal or personal essay. As a personal essay it serves well for its purpose‚ to express and to relate author’s personal observation and experience about life and human behavior. It has a very ordinary language‚ colloquial in particular. I see the mood of the essay as a humorous one. He showed his funny attitude towards the subject presented and therefore formulated the tone that has been a comic tone. Informal essay
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UNITED STATES HISTORY OUTLINES These outlines will make up the bulk of your work outside of the classroom. They are organized to cover the major issues of an era or a president’s terms. They take a significant amount of time to finish‚ but are usually the only assignment for a particular week. PROCRASTINATION WILL LEAD TO ALL-NIGHTERS THAT MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THE COURSE REQUIRES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. Word to the wise‚ do a little each night. PURPOSE 1.The seemingly trivial identifications
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La Figlia Che Piange "La Figlia Che Piange" (“young girl weeping”) is the final poem in T.S. Eliot’s Prufrock and Other Observations (1917). This short (24-line) poem describes a lovers’ parting‚ but its speaker plays a curious dual role. He not only describes his lover and the feelings aroused by remembering her‚ but also directs her-- as he would an actress in a film‚ to borrow an analogy from Denis Donoghue:[1] the mood of the first stanza is not indicative but imperative‚ and the first five
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Both Joshua Davis‚ author of “La Vida Robot” and Walter Isaacson‚ author of Steve Jobs have different thoughts on what will build a strong team. Joshua Davis thinks that you need people with different ideas and strong points. You need people to have different strong points to have a complete team of people. Walter Isaacson thinks that you just need ideas and someone to get them to bring them to life. Jobs could supply the products needed and help with ideas. Wozniak merged the ideas with his own
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Focal Points in Diego Velazquez’s “Las Meninas” Diego Velazquez’s painting Las Meninas shows princess Margarita in the court of King Philip IV (Sayre 142). The girl became the major focal point of the work. She is highlighted by color pattern (her figure is lighter than other characters and surroundings) and position (the princess is at the center of the exposition). The child is the major‚ but not the only one focal point. Velazquez created several accents to balance the picture. The work has both
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Torts Outline Exam Analysis Chart out all of the torts that are in the fact pattern. Who are the plaintiffs and defendants? Make the prima facie case. Raise the defenses to the prima facie case. General considerations‚ if any. Vicarious liability Joint tortfeasors Intentional Torts – Attacking the fact pattern Always treat the plaintiff as an average person (no super sensitivities except when D is aware of them.) Everyone is liable for an intentional tort! 1 Torts Outline 1) Introduction
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La Yucamama is a gigantic anaconda with giant scales and eyes glowing like the full moon. I look again at Juanita and see the Yacumama’s body twisting around and around Juanita’s tiny body‚ trying to suffocate her. The “Juanita” is a great idea! !” I
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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte‚ 1884 Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte medium’s is an oil on canvas artwork painted by Georges Seurat for two years. His technique is basically painterly. It depicts realistic experiences of people at that time while having a relaxing Sunday in a suburban park in an island in Seine River. For some‚ it is as if Seurat wanted the ‘characters’ in his work to parade in nature. The elements that are highlighted in the painting are texture‚ value‚ and color. Georges
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