La Madonna dei Fusi: Two Lenses As any mere mortal gazes upon one of Leonardo Da Vinci’s pieces‚ a sense of divinity and wonder befalls him—visualizing those brush strokes exuding from his paintbrush as he gives life to a blank canvas is mesmerizing. Throughout history‚ this Renaissance man has intrigued many‚ and his legacy has been immortalized by his works and by his many biographers. The earliest Leonardo Da Vinci biographer was Giorgio Vasari‚ a fifteenth-century Italian artist‚ famous for
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Every artist has their own interpretation‚ style‚ and meaning for any subject they paint‚ and as for the Madonna and child‚ Giovanni di Paolo and Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael) have only showed the viewers one of the many depictions of these religious icons. In 1427‚ Giovanni depicted Mary and the child with tempera and gold leaf on a panel known as The Branchini Madonna. In the painting‚ Mary is painted with a gold crown surrounded by wings from angels on her sides as well as holding her off
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1) Why has Madonna been successful? There are main factors‚ which led Madonna to a tremendous success in the industry: • A well-developed strategy • Continuous experimentation with new musical ideas and new images • The personality traits of Madonna also led to the success: she is very hard-working‚ ambitious‚ and tough and knows exactly what she wants. Moreover Madonna is constantly questing for new heights fame and acclaim. • Sex appeal • Skilled support
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performer‚ actress. Born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone in Bay City‚ Michigan‚ on August 16‚ 1958‚ to parents Silvio "Tony" Ciccone and Madonna Fortin. Tony‚ the son of Italian immigrants‚ was the first of his family to go to college‚ where he earned a degree in engineering. Madonna’s mother‚ an x-ray technician and former dancer‚ was of French Canadian descent. After their marriage in 1955‚ the couple moved to Pontiac‚ Michigan‚ to be close to Tony’s job as a defense engineer. Madonna was born three years
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Madonna’s Business Success & her ability to sustain her reign as Queen of Pop’ throughout the last 20 years. 1. Describe & explain the strategy being followed by Madonna in terms of the explanation of competitive strategy given in Chapter 5. Using Bowman’s theory of the Strategy Clock‚ the competitive strategy option Madonna is following is Focused Differentiation’. She has products that are perceived as high quality‚ have a substantial price premium to them and target niche markets:
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CASE 1 MADONNA * Desperately Seeking a Start In July 1977‚ shortly before her nineteenth birthday‚ Madonna Louise Ciccone arrived in New York City with $35 in her pocket. She had left Ann Arbor where she was majoring in dance at the University of Michigan. The third of eight children‚ she was raised in the suburbs of Detroit; her mother had died when she was six years old. Her prospects in the world of show business looked poor. Apart from her training in dance‚ she had little musical background
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maintained a healthy looking image to keep her looking young (Sine). As a performer it is important that Madonna maintain a superb physical shape (1094). Learning new dance moves like “krumping” had allowed the pop star to maintain a healthy lifestyle through the exercise of performing the dance‚ as well as appeal to a younger generation of kids who are into hip hop (Sine). Not only would Madonna spend hours a day perfecting her dance moves‚ but many of her singles have become the soundtrack to a slew
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individualistic ways. While Madonna ruled the roost for several years in the pop music industry‚ without a match against her performance and capabilities‚ yet with the appearance of her major competitor‚ Lady Gaga on the musical stage‚ it appeared that Madonna had a fierce challenge ahead of herself in order to get that edge over Gaga. It is a fact that Lady Gaga as an amateur is one of the top strong singers within the musical industry. During the time‚ when Madonna made an entry into the music
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Oleksandra Sydorenko “The Black Madonna” by M.Spark The extract under analysis is taken from the short story “The Black Madonna” by famous award-winning Scottish novelist Muriel Spark. The Times newspaper named Spark in its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945" The extract is about a Catholic childless couple Raymond and Lou Parker. They live in their three-roomed apartment and try to cultivate their tastes in an aristocratic manner. But in the end of the story they are presented
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The Black Madonna The Black Madonna by Muriel spark is a short story about Racism and religion. It aims to explore the real meanings behind what people say and the actions they do. It deals with happenings that closely reveal people’s reactions to it. Muriel Spark does this through subtle humor by the ironic happenings that take place during the short story. The characters in the short story play a huge role in adding to the dramatic storyline. At first impression the married couple Lou and
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