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    Emile Zola

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    EMILE ZOLA LIFE AND FAMILY: Emile Zola or Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French writer‚ the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. Zola was born in Paris in April 2‚ 1840. His father‚ François Zola (originally Francesco Zolla)‚ was an Italian engineer. His mother is Alexandrine Zola‚ the family moved to Aix-en-Provence in the southeast‚ when Émile was three years old. Four years later in

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    Introduction First introduced by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Vita Merlini (c.1150)‚ Morgan le Fay occupies an ambivalent position within the Arthurian legend‚ where she contradictorily acts both as Arthur’s nemesis and caretaker. Yet‚ she largely disappears from the interim texts until she is “rediscovered” in the late twentieth century‚ where she becomes “the Morgan of fantasy fiction”. This rediscovery of Morgan le Fay is in accordance with a general trend in contemporary fiction to re-establish women

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    Bonheur de Vivre (Joy of Life) is a twentieth century painting by Henri Matisse and is widely considered as one of the trademark paintings of early modernism. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is also a twentieth century painting by Pablo Picasso and it has been said that he produced this controversial painting with intentions of usurping Matisse as the pioneer of the early modernism movement. Both paintings were simultaneously inspired by and‚ also broke free from Paul Cézanne’s famous painting‚ The Large

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    Demoiselles D' Avignon

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    org‚ 2009). He is one of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art. Picasso is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and also for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among his most famous paintings are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937)‚ his portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War (PabloPicasso.org‚ 2009). No painter had been as famous as Picasso leading up to the 20th century. To say that he is one of

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    Although both Sir Thomas Malory in "Sir Launcelot du Lake" and John Steinbeck in "Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights" characterize Sir Launcelot as a mad lover‚ Malory uses tone to characterize Launcelot as trustworthy‚ while Steinbeck uses imagery to characterize him as unloyal. In both stories‚ Sir Launcelot were madly in love with King Arthur’s wife‚ Queen Gwynevere throughout the stories. In Steinbeck’s story‚ Launcelot is constantly drooling over Gwynevere and even ends up having a sexual

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    Cubism Art

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    from the front and back at the same time. Cubism was first introduced to the world in 1907 by Picasso and Braque. Its introduction‚ into the art world‚ changed the viewer ’s visual representation. This was clearly evident with Picasso ’s painting‚ Les Demoiselles d ’ Avignon (1907). Many found this painting very disturbing and ugly‚ but the painting was groundbreaking in the history of modern art. This painting contributes to a general impression of disorientation in space. However‚ the painting

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    Introduction This paper will analyze how both Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre (Joy of Life) and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon can be seen as direct results of inspiration originated from probably the most recognized work painted by Paul Cézanne’s‚ “The Large Bathers”. Analysis The Large Bathers [1] This painting was created by Paul Cézannes and exhibited in 1906 for the first time after Paul Cézannes death. It is considered a masterpiece of modern times furthermore and despite of similar

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    My Ambition

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    Diploma at the French cooking school Le Cordon Bleu in London. And to do so I must provide a high school diploma to attend along with a letter of motivation to qualify for acceptance. Le Cordon Bleu teaches students to master the classic French techniques of Cuisine and Pâtisserie in a systematic manner. I will earn a Diplôme de Cuisine and a Diplôme de Pâtisserie and with diligence and hard work‚ I can obtain the highly acclaimed passport to the Culinary World - Le Grand Diplôme. The inclusive

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    "19th century‚ the developing age of Magic-industrial and the changing of social life in Walpurgis and the neighboring dimensions had begun‚ although the problems with diseases‚ famine and war which were on the mind of people at the time. October the 17th‚ 1837 which marks the end of the first Lunarian civil war which ended in the birth of a much greater technology known to the world as "Mystech‚ headed from the scary yet devastating weapon often called‚ “the mechanical star destroyer Betelgeuse"

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    struggle between men and women. According to the Bible‚ women were made from men‚ and also for men. Some would say that throughout time‚ men have always felt superior to women‚ and that women have assumed more of a subservient role. The woman in Ursula Le Guin’s short story “She Unnames Them” takes the initiative of removing the names of all creatures on earth‚ which were named by man. This effort was to break the barrier‚ create equality‚ and end the power struggle between man and woman.

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