.: Home .: Favorite Things Famous Thoughts "Live as you were to die tomorrow. Learn as you were to live forever." M. Gandhi ____________________ Only the knowledge that makes us better is useful" Sócrates ____________________ "What does it matter to know what is right when one doesn’t know what righteousness is?" Séneca ____________________ The problem of Man is complex: He cannot understand the complicated truths‚ neither remember the simple ones R. West ____________________
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Napoleon and the pieces of iconography are a focal point while being well balanced in the picture. Some of these formal elements are carried over in Impressionist pieces while some are highly different. For example‚ The Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir speaks of the Impressionist era. Impressionist’s paintings spoke of moments in time‚ the fun‚ the pleasures‚ care-free impressions or memories of a person’s life through an artist’s vantage point. The technique of painting was quite
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Laplace Transformation Laplace transformation is a Mathematical tool which can be used to solve several problems in science and engineering. The transformed was first introduced by Pierre-Simon Laplace a French Mathematician‚ in the year 1790 in his work on probability theorem. Application of Laplace Transform The Laplace transform technique is applicable in many fields of science and technology such as: Control Engineering Communication Signal Analysis and Design Image Processing System
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com/arts-culture/Renoirs-Controversial-Second-Act.html?c=y&page=2#ixzz0fgzIUShl In October 1881‚ not long after he finished his joyous Luncheon of the Boating Party‚ probably his best-known work and certainly one of the most admired paintings of the past 150 years‚ Pierre-Auguste Renoir left Paris for Italy to fulfill a long-standing ambition. He was 40 and already acclaimed as a pioneer of Impressionism‚ the movement that had challenged French academic painting with its daring attempts to capture light in outdoor
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abandoned it after four years and returned to Paris in 1861. From 1862‚ he studied at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts within the atelier of Swiss artist Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre‚ where he became acquainted with Frédéric Bazille‚ Claude Monet‚ and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Together they would paint landscapes en plein air rather than in the studio‚ in order to realistically capture the transient effects of sunlight. This approach‚ innovative at the time‚ resulted in paintings more colorful and more broadly
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The Modern Olympics were shaped in different ways that include many social‚ economic‚ and political factors. These factors over time changed the games from what they were in 1892 to what they were in 2002. Based on the documents the games have been changing not only the games themselves but also the countries that participate and human rights however these can be positive changes or negative changes. The Social factors changing the games include those of Sybil Newall and Hassiba Boulemerka who
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Olympic Game is the world’s biggest festival of sport and are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of atheletes will take part in a variety competitions. Pierre De Coubertin‚ founder of modern Olympic Game said that “The important thing is not so much winning as taking part.”This has showed that the spirit of sportsmanship of an athelete who take part in the Olympic Game is important than any prizes or medals of the game. So
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made this statement because she saw the women’s rights movement and wanted to keep inspiring women so that more of the Olympics could be shaped by women. Wars during this period rocked the world and everyone in it. In the first modern Olympics‚ Pierre de Coubertin‚ the founder of the movement‚ made a statement saying that with the addition of the modern Olympics‚ the world would become a utopian place where every country was an ally of every country because the games would provide international
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Pierre Cartier purchased the Hope Diamond from Rosenau in 1910. The diamond then made its journey back to the United States on November 23‚ 1910. Cartier was well versed in the art of storytelling in order to sell gems. If the jewel had an interesting background story‚ it was more likely to sell. The story that was woven especially for the Hope Diamond‚ was that of a curse. He told any potential buyer about the bad luck that befallen those who had owned the stone previously (Kurin 2006). Cartier
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Specifically‚ they made these games because women were forbidden to watch the games. Modern Olympics began on April 6‚ 1986 in Athens‚ Greece. It was held in the Panathenean Stadium. Furthermore‚ because of the huge success of the modern Olympics‚ Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France emphasized to the organizers that the Olympics be attended by the different nations of the world. On 1924‚ the International Winter Sports Week was confirmed and was held at Chamonix‚ France. The winter Olympics started
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