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    Self-Portrait is an acrylic painting on a on canvas. This painting is huge with the dimensions 8 ft 9 in by 6 ft 9 in. The man’s face over powers the viewer with sheer scale as viewers are forced to step back or look up to see him. The canvas portrays a very detailed image of a man in black‚ various shades of gray‚ and white. It can be easily mistaken for a photograph. He has a lit cigarette in the left side of his mouth. The angle perspective is as if the viewer is looking up at him. He does not

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    The Arnolfini Portrait‚ created by Jan van Eyck‚ is a complex oil painting that was created in 1434. It is a representational work because it references real life events‚ which in this case‚ are the marriage rituals of that day in age between husband and wife. For the very first time in history‚ van Eyck became the perfect eye-witness in the truest sense of the term. This portrait is very complex due to the fact of its iconography. It is very symbolic and has been interpreted in several‚ countless

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    leading artists in the world. He is popularly known for his portrait titled “Sugar Shack” which was featured in the 1970s sitcom‚ Good Times. His artistic expressions create uniqueness and imaginative experiences in African American culture. His interest in painting was sparked while browsing through art books when he accompanied his mother to work. He began painting while he attended North Carolina College which is now North Carolina Central University. Aside from being a talented artist‚ he was

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    I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to‚ and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.” Frida Kahlo is one of the most influential artists in this world is known for many pieces of art‚ especially self-portraits‚ expressing herself. And‚ most importantly‚ expressing her reality. All‚ that through definitely many of Kahlo’s paintings‚ she communicated a quite large part of it‚ in itself: Mexico. Of course‚ showing it was a shared

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    “A Hunger Artist” by Franz Kafka is a short story that has a lot more to it than meets the eye. At first glance‚ this story seems to just be about a man obsessed with fasting‚ but this story has more to it; it has character parallels and symbolism. First‚ the hunger that the hunger artist willfully suffers has a double meaning: it refers to his urge of fasting as well as his unquenchable desire to defy human imagination by fasting indefinitely. Driven to relinquish the nourishment that the rest

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    Sociological Portrait: Milestone 2 In reviewing the different functions of education‚ of which there are several. From formal to informal each is important as the next in an individual’s development and future function in society. The function of formal education consists of learning skills and gaining knowledge‚ i.e.‚ reading‚ math‚ history‚ science‚ languages to name just a few. Outside of the more necessary function of education is socialization‚ future preparation‚ and economic functions

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    I Am a Man”: Narrative Essay of a Photograph I am he who walks the earth‚ invisible. I am he who gets knocked down for being me. I am defined by the pigmentation of my skin. I am defined as the victimizer‚ but really the victim. I am he who fights‚ but never wins. I am a Man. I am a black man‚ deprived of my manhood. And yet I stand‚ fighting‚ predisposed to think that one day I too will be seen as who I really am. A Man. How does one evoke the image of manhood? Or in simpler terms‚ what is a

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    Tim O’Brien’s use of imagery in “The Man I Killed” can be compared to that purpose of imagery. In “The Man I Killed” character O’Brien explicitly describes the images that cross his mind as he stares down at the man he might have killed. He goes from describing the man’s injuries with graphic detail to then immediately taking note of a “butterfly making its way along the young man’s forehead” creating a contrast between gore and beauty (121). O’Brien includes

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    the local Malay designers who is part of the design firm named Emobility‚ he mainly caters startegy for his types of design that are mainly on ’mobility’‚ like cars‚ skateboards‚ etc. Streetwave He designed this ’skateboard’ mainly to target on young children age between 6 - 12 years of age‚ from the outlook of the design it meant for them. However‚ it’s design it an alternative to the mainstream skateboard‚ and it has only have 2 wheels compared to 4 on a skateboard‚ and its design gives a

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    The artist and the writer are increasingly seen as ‘the guiding light‚ the revealers of truths.’ (Bunce 1994) Through the study of two pieces of children’s literature‚ demonstrate how the widely acclaimed ‘rural idyll’ comes to be represented. The representation of the ‘countryside’ is one of the most ‘stubbornly resilient and ideologically freighted of ideas’ (Horton 2003: 73) in society today. The conventional rural idyll is often associated with adjectives such as ‘picturesque‚ tranquil‚ and

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