The painting “Community Portrait” by Rob Gonsalves depicts a stereotypical community. The style of artwork‚ not particularly prevalent in this painting‚ which Mr. Gonsalves does is magic realism. This work shows the collection of various leaders of the town. Arranged on what appears to be a park or a village green‚ the individuals are deindividualized by the removal of their heads. It does’t matter who they are but rather how they fit into their community. This is evident by the positioning of the
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13‚ 1743 (April 2‚ 1743 O.S.) – July 4‚ 1826) was an American Founding Father‚ the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). At the beginning of the American Revolution‚ he served in the Continental Congress‚ representing Virginia and then served as a wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781). Just after the war ended‚ from mid-1784 Jefferson served as a diplomat‚ stationed in Paris. In May 1785‚ he
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Jan van Eyck was able to create a naturalism and religious feeling in his oil painting‚ which made him one of the most famous painters in fifteenth-century. The “Arnolfini Portrait” was painted in 1434 by van Eyck in the style of oil on panel. This piece has various interpretations because of the different objects and layout in the painting. In this painting there are two main figures of a man and women. “Images represent a man and woman standing in a richly furnished room‚ equipped with a brass
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Thomas Hardy’s life can be divided into three phases. The first phase (1840-1870) embraces childhood‚ adolescence‚ apprenticeship‚ first marriage‚ early poems and his first unpublished novel. The second phase (1871-1897) is marked by intensive writing‚ which resulted in the publication of 14 novels and a number of short stories. In the third phase (1898-1928)‚ the period of the writer’s rising fame‚ he abandoned writing novels and returned to poetry. Thomas Hardy was an English poet and novelist
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Samuel de Champlain the founder of Quebec was a French Explorer and Cartographer best known for establishing and governing the settlement of New France when the British signed the treaty to give it to the French and the city of Quebec to the British. He was married to Helene Boulle (56).He had three daughters Hope‚Charity‚and Faith de Champlain. Samuel de Champlain was born in 1574 in Brouage‚ France. He began exploring North America in 1603. In his exploring he mapped the Atlantic Coast‚and he
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Sarah Barker Wolsey’s Fall Thomas Wolsey fell from his extreme height of power in 1529‚ but how? Wolsey had famously grown from a butchers son to one of the most powerful people in England at that time so what brought him to be accused of treason. Henry VIII trusted Wolsey as his right hand man for a long time and it has been argued that he saw him as his personal trust worthy servant but there have also been different opinions stating
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the viewer‚ the genre and the authority behind what you looking at. Thomas Gainsborough – Mr and Mrs Andrews (1748)‚ oil on canvas‚ 68‚9x119‚4 cm He is 22 and she is 16 and she belongs to the landed gentry. Eye catching character of the painting because of the color of her dress (light blue and reflected in the sky). Gainsborough was influenced by Dutch painters‚ naturalistic paiting. It is a landscape painting and a portrait painting. At the time‚ it was
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Samuel Longhorne Clemens was born two months premature on November 30‚ 1835 in the small town of Florida‚ Missouri. He was the sixth child of John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens. Clemens had three older brothers‚ two older sisters‚ and one younger brother. In 1839‚ when Clemens was about four years old‚ he and his family moved 35 miles east to the growing port city of Hannibal that lies along the Mississippi River. John Clemens worked as a judge while his wife Jane stayed home and took care of
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An Essay on the principle of Population Thomas Malthus‚ in the early 19th century published an essay on the principle of population as it affects the future improvement of the society with remarks on the Speculations of Mr. Godwin‚ M. Condorcet‚ and Other Writers. He criticized the views of the Utopians who believed that life could and would definitely improve for humans on earth. Populations are growing most rapidly where such growth can be afforded the least — where pollution‚ resource shortages
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short story‚ “Samuel‚” by Grace Paley‚ a young boy loses his life while engaging in a risky type of playtime with his pals. Although it is a terrible happening‚ it makes you first ask‚ “Who is to blame?” After reading the story thoroughly‚ it becomes very evident that the boys were taking a risk‚ ignoring authority‚ and acting foolish. These boys couldn’t have known what was going to happen‚ but they also did nothing to prevent this tragedy. The four little boys in the story of “Samuel” are taking
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