“Christ Preaching” By: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn [pic] The artist of “Christ Preaching” is Rembradnt Harmensz van Rijn. Christ Preaching is an etching and dry point on laid paper. This artwork is one of the finest examples of Rembrandts baroque style. This picture is worthy of very special study because it is reckoned by critics as one of the best of Rembrandt ’s etchings. Rembradnt Harmensz van Rijn was born on July 15‚ 1606‚ and he died on October 4‚ 1669. He was considered
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The Last Samuri Movie Review The Last Samurai‚ directed by Edward Zwick‚ starring actor Tom Cruise is based on the Japanese history during the end of the 18th century and the start of the 19th. The main focus of the movie is the transformation between a thousand year old tradition of a samurai soldier using a sword as his weapon‚ with the introduction of modern day weapons. During this time period‚ the Japanese communicated with various other cultures such as those of the French‚ English‚ German
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Romancing the Brick wall in Pausch’s Heart When I read the pages 57 – 79 in Pausch’s (2008) The Last Lecture‚ I was surprised and impressed by his expression to his great wife. Even though he continued to love his wife‚ Jai‚ he sometimes felt her to get over such obstructions as a big wall and formidable things. He wrote‚ “The most formidable brick wall I ever upon in my life was just five feet‚ six inches tall‚ and was absolutely beautiful. But it reduced me to tears‚ made me reevaluate my entire
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national hero‚ Dr. Jose Rizal on the eve of his execution on Dec. 30‚ 1896. When Jose Rizal walked from his prison to the place of his execution‚ he not only walked proudly for himself‚ but he planted the seeds of pride for his people. His last words written in his cell “My Final Farewell” were an enduring life giving breath from a man who was about to breath no more. The poem was Jose Rizal’s goodbyes‚ first to his country‚ to his family‚ friends and loved ones. To his country he said in
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The Last Lecture Whenever you hear about a tragedy that happened like a car crash‚ someone getting cancer‚ a mass shooting‚ someone catching a simple disease and dying. You think to yourself for a second and say‚ “that’s terrible‚ why does stuff like that happen in this world. Then you think to yourself of course that would never happen to me. Reading this book and watching the video makes you think that stuff like this happens to ordinary people just like me. Randy Pausch was a very smart man
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A Family Supper "A Family Supper‚" by Kazuo Ishiguro‚ is a story of uncertainty‚ nervousness‚ emotions‚ and loss of love in the family. The narrator‚ Ishiguro‚ is a Protagonist‚ was born in the Tokyo‚ Japan. He is returning home from California some two years after the death of his mother. After the WWII‚ Watanabe’s despondency of the loss of the company leads him to take his life and his family members. The Protagonist’s mother‚ who is believed by her husband to have lost hope in her life‚ commits
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Part 1 Childhood Dreams Looking back on my childhood‚ I tend to go negative. We moved so much. My parents were not educated enough to help me with my homework. I felt lonely. My mom suffered from manic depression‚ and it sucked. We were so poor. But when I think about actual moments of my childhood‚ specific‚ tiny‚ day-to-day moments‚ I know I was lucky: in many ways‚ I had won the parent lottery. My parents somehow innately knew that part of the reason for their misfortune was their current lack
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land which becomes a deer hunter’s church in November and a snowmobiler’s paradise during the snowy winters. While there have been changes over the years‚ climate change threatens our experience at this small A-Frame in the woods. Figure 1 A-Frame in the woods. Photograph by author Increasing temperatures as the result of climate change will have great negative impacts on the biodiversity of the surrounding area. There will be increased stress on trees‚ with periods of drought
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Last Breath Ever since my daughter Rachel’s death‚ I feel as if it has been drifting away my 30 year marriage with Franklin. I have myself to blame because‚ a week after her funeral I ordered a gravestone with mine and Franklins names and birthdays next to hers without discussing it with him first. At first I thought Rachel was just depressed like any other teenager at her age; however‚ I was unaware that the boy Rachel was talking to for the past months she met online. It all began
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1) Japan. The end of XIX century‚ Capt. Nathan Algren(main character)‚ an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country’s first army of the rising sun to contemporary art of warfare. The Emperor is trying to eradicate the ancient Imperial warrior class of samurai‚ in preparation for a more pro-Western government policies supporting foreign trade. Meanwhile‚ as a result of collisions with the samurai‚ Algren finds himself in the center of the confrontation of two worlds
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