On a recent visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ I took a tour of the museum with a lecturer. During the tour‚ the leader lectured on particular paintings. She told the know history behind each shown painting. She also gave the history of the period in which the painting was painted. The lecturer also helped everyone to understand what the colors in the paintings brought to each painting. While viewing the many paintings‚ the first one that caught my eye was Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and
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Introduction: In the poem ‘manhunt’ written by Simon Armitage‚ the poet uses form‚ structure and linguistic devices to convey the meaning of the poem. As the title of the poem suggests‚ the poem is written from the perspective a woman trying to find the person her husband was once‚ before he got injured. This poem explaines how War can cause Physical‚ emotional and psychological pain and how that can affect an intimate relationship. Structure: 13 stanzas of couplets each with irregular rhyme and
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Simon Bolivar was one of South America’s greatest generals and political leaders. Whose victories over the Spanish empire led to the independence of Bolivia‚ Panamá‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ and Peru. Simon was born on July 25‚ 1783 in Caracas‚ Venezuela. His parents past away when he was but a child‚ only 9 years old. He then moved to Spain at the age of 9 years old‚ where he was raised by his nanny Hipolita and his tutor Simon Rodriguez. As for his education‚ he was homeschooled by a fair
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The Sunflower‚ by Simon Wiesenthal‚ was an intriguing and thought –provoking novel that raised many questions on the theological and moral concept of forgiveness. Furthermore‚ it delved into the matter of whether an individual has the right to forgive in the name of others‚ or whether forgiveness of the perpetrator was even deserved in the first place. The narrative is told from the first person point of view of Simon Wiesenthal‚ a young man in his 30s‚ imprisoned in a work camp. He tells his story
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The Jim crow museum depicts very accurately how racist southern america used to be. It is astonishing how much hatred people can have for something as messily as the color of someone’s skin. Jim Crow was developed as a fictitious character that heavily embellished the negro culture with much mockery. Jim crow became the symbol of how blacks should be treated hence the Jim Crow Laws that were developed. Whites would paint their faces black and perform on stage as bafoons. These shows helped
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Emily Wilson October 10th‚ 2014 Professor Cruz Art into History Greek and Roman Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art has many different exhibits with ancient portraits‚ sculptures‚ steles‚ freezes‚ paintings and many more. The Greek and Roman exhibit was very interesting. The way the Greeks and Romans portrayed their feelings and life experiences through art is very diverse. During my visit to Metropolitan‚ I had gone for a tour of this exhibit and was amazed by the works of art I was seeing. Just
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William Golding portrays many biblical examples through various characters. One character is named Simon which portrays Jesus and another character is named Roger which portrays the devil. One example that I think Simon acts like Jesus is when Simon‚ was sitting between the twins and Piggy‚ he wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy‚ who grabbed it (Golding 74). This shows that Simon gave his food to Piggy who was not able to have any and I related this incident to Jesus because
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Simon Bolivar‚ “Jamaican Letter” Captivation or being restrained due to certain circumstances that prevents free choice is usually one of many great reasons to form revolutionary ideas. To get from captivation to liberation‚ one must consider change‚ a major component needed in order to gain freedom after enslavement. Latin America‚ in the eighteen hundreds‚ sought the need for change due to the resentment of the Spanish rule. Simon Bolivar‚ the revolutionary leader of Latin America‚ will seek
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During our trip the the Metropolitan Museum‚ our class explored various exhibits‚ including the Greeks‚ early Tribal works‚ Renaissance art‚ and 19th century art. One piece in particular that stood out to me‚ and reminded me of a text we’ve read this semester‚ was Prayer in the Mosque by Jean-Lèon Gèrome in 1871(87.15.130). This oil on canvas depicts the interior of a mosque in seventh century Egypt and reminded me of the readings we had done on Al Andalus from Jarbel Rodriguez‚ where the description
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Simon Bolivar After colonization‚ Latin America had a difficult time uniting. Under Spanish rule‚ the people in the New World were in an identity crisis trying to become free from rule and developing a new identity. Simón Bolívar‚ “caudillo de emancipación”‚ liberator of Bolivia‚ Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Perú and Venezuela remains an important figure in the history of Latin America. He has also known as the “George Washington of South America”. One of the greatest goals of Simon Bolivar was to see
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