Pablo Picasso is a very well known artist of the 20th century and his work is still famous today. Picasso went through many time periods‚ but his most famous ones are the blue period‚ the rose period‚ and cubism. Pablo Picasso was born in Màlaga‚ Spain‚ in 1881. Picasso was raised by his mother Doña Maria and his father Don Josè Ruiz Blasco. Picasso’s father was an art teacher and started teaching him how to draw as a child. "By the time he was 13 years old‚ his skill level had surpassed his fathers"
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One of the most famous paintings by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso is a mural-sized oil painting on canvas titled Guernica. The painting is Picasso’s horrified reaction to the aerial bombing of civilians populating the Spanish city of Guernica. The work is a contemporary depiction of overwhelming anguish suffered by innocents at the devastating hand of war. The piece was commissioned in 1937 by the Spanish Republican government for the Spanish Pavilion at the upcoming World’s Fair in Paris‚ and was
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Factory‚ Horta de Ebbo (oil on canvas‚ 1909) Philadelphia Museum of Art Cubism was a truly revolutionary style of modern art developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braques. It was the first style of abstract art which evolved at the beginning of the 20th century in response to a world that was changing with unprecedented speed. In the four decades from 1870-1910‚ western society witnessed more technological progress than in the previous four centuries. Picasso and Braque
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The House of the Spirits incorporates characters of all types and backgrounds. It is a book that is depicted by the clashing personalities of the characters involved. Esteban Trueba is a major character as he takes a foremost function throughout the generations of the Trueba and Garcia families in the book. Esteban is compulsive‚ aggressive‚ and acquisitive. He devotes his life to his business and political calling‚ determined first to become wealthy and then to become authoritative. He owes much
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Allende and the Value of Reading The value of literacy is something that is very important and can be seen in many ways. Reading can be a medium for self expression or a form of personal freedom. It gives us a window into our feelings and can show us a different perspective on life‚ the environment around us‚ and can cause awareness to social change. It can be a driving force for social empowerment‚ and this could be seen through its social & political importance. For Isabel Allende‚ reading is
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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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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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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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Debbie Allen was one of many famous graduates from Howard University. She was the third child of famous poet‚ Vivian Ayers and dentist‚ Arthur Allen. She has always been talented at many things such as dancing and acting. In Mexico‚ at age 12‚ she auditioned for the Houston Ballet School. But‚ even though she did terrific‚ they denied her audition all because of the color of her skin. After the rejection‚ she focused on her studies. As an honor roll student‚ Allen attended Howard University‚ and
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year. Pablo Escobar was born into humble beginnings. His parents were a school teacher and a peasant. As a teen he stole tombstones from gravesites and sold them to smugglers from Panama. Pablo always hustled since he was a young child. Still‚ money was always very limited in the Escobar household however Pablo began to see an alternative to his hopeless financial destiny. Pablo found a way to escape the generational curse of poverty that so many are born into. He began to sell cocaine. Pablo would
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