While many readers of the short story‚ “And of Clay We Are Created‚” written by Isabel Allende‚ find their emotions draw towards Azucena‚ Rolf Carle’s presents an equally fascinating character. Allende focuses her story around Azucena‚ a young girl who is trapped in a layer of mud from a catastrophic‚ volcanic explosion‚ and cannot free herself. As Azucena suffers in the mud‚ numerous reporters ask her questions and broadcast her story to the world. Because of her situation mixed with media‚ the
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Out of all the artists of the Baroque era Rembrandt is by far the easiest to recognize. Understandably he is known for his countess paintings and etchings. A large part of his works consisted of biblical characters and sense which indicates that he was a Christian and that his faith influenced his work. However‚ what truly motivated him and why he painted and etched is still not known. Despite many claims that he visited many countries throughout Europe it is most likely that he stayed in his own
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Neil Shigley‚ born on January 7th‚ 1955‚ Columbus‚ Ohio‚ to a military family. Shigley’s father was a soldier in a regiment which was sent to Europe which is where Shigley spent most a majority of his childhood. The family travelled quite often to many different countries in Asia and North America growing up. Eventually‚ the family moved back the United States and settled in San Francisco‚ CA. Shigley now lives in San Diego‚ CA. Shigley was greatly inspired by Art while on his travels between different
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Henri Matisse is a French artist who had a six-decade career in being an artist. His artworks were traditional‚ however; his usage of different exaggerated emotion and brilliant colours made him an artist who became very influential in the 20th century. Matisse born and raised in France‚ as his family worked in the grain business. When Matisse was around his 20’s or so‚ he had taken up working as a legal clerk‚ and after that he had studied for a law degree. He then began working in a law office
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We use names simply as a way to organize and differentiate people. However‚ in Two Words by Isabel Allende‚ names symbolize more than individuality and instead represent power‚ strength‚ and courage. Allende uses names to convey a message and even in the first sentence she shows us an example‚ "She went by the name of Belisa Crepusculario‚ not because she had been baptized with that name or given it by her mother‚ but because she herself had searched until she found the poetry of ’beauty’ and ’twilight’
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Name 3simplicity of an African ritual mask. The gaze of the black deformed eyes is directed into the distance or deeply inside of herself. The strange asymmetry of her eyes hints to some painful disharmony in her soul. The sharp geometry of the eyes‚ nose‚ mouth‚ and the unrefined ear iscontrasted with a more rounded outline of her broad body that leans forward. The bulkiness of her silhouette is emphasized with a loose coat and the large hands that rest heavily on the folds of her baggy skirt. The
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The artwork known as The Picnic created by passionate African American artist Archibald Motley Jr in 1936‚ is one of the many of his art pieces that displays African American culture in a stereotypical way. However‚ through his artistic creativity he is able to put a positive spin on the stereotype to give a more uplifting message. Motley is commended for his vibrant palette‚ through vibrant color and flowing shapes‚ along with his dazzling effects of the skin tones and apparel‚ his art is able to
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In Isabel Allende’s story “And of Clay We Are Created” she speaks of a woman who is telling the story of a man who is a news reporter and is covering the footage of a volcanic explosion. When he first heads out to the site he happens across a young girl stuck in a mud pit and desperately attempts to save her life. In the beginning of this story‚ we start out in the first person point of view from the woman’s perspective speaking in past tense‚ but by the end of the story the woman is speaking in
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Paul Cézanne was one of the most important painters of the 19th century‚ influencing and inspiring other artists who would change the course of art history in the following 20th century. His masterpiece The Large Bathers (1906) served as the base both for Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre (1905-06) and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Despite taking a few fundamental ideas from Cézanne’s work‚ as well as competing fiercely competing with each other‚ Matisse and Picasso took completely different
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Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premontion of Civil War) was painted by Salvador Dali in 1936 in Spanish. The type of the painting is oil on canvas. The dimensions are 100cm x 99cm.The location of the painting is Philadelphia Musesum of Art‚ Philadelphia. The painting was a surrealist art work.This art work was one of the most radical of Salvador Dali art career.It showed the outbreak of the Spanish civil war was caused by fear.This painting was to predict the unrest erupted in Spain.It was
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