After visiting the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts‚ I will write about four art works. The first one is called Salome Receiving the Head of St. John the Baptist by Andrea Solario. The work is very colorful‚ and it shows chiaroscuro with the dark background and light on the faces of Salome and John the Baptist. The focal point is on John’s head. This is one of Solario’s most notable works‚ and the figure style is influenced by Leonardo Da Vinci. The story behind the painting is that Herodias had a quarrel
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Thomas Edison State College Sociology Reaction Report When choosing a partner we are putting ourselves on what would be called a marketplace for relationships. People usually will marry within there ethnic group‚ nationality or social group. This is Endogamy also called in-marriage‚ custom enjoining one to marry within one’s own group. The penalties for transgressing endogamous restrictions have varied greatly among cultures and have ranged
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the industrial department‚ for example the demands of coal industry and steel industry; third‚ bank became a monopolist of the financial capital by practicing the “personal link-up” between bank and industrial capital‚dominating the vast majority of money capital and revenues‚and controlling all of the political and economic institutions; forth‚besides the original motives‚monopoly had added the struggle for the sources of raw materials‚ for export of capital‚ for “sphere of influence”‚even for economic
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already inaugurated as President of the Confederate States of America. Civil War was close to breaking out following the event of Fort Sumter. Since congress was not in session‚ Lincoln had to take immediate action‚ calling up militia and compiling money to be spent; Lincoln just took the necessary actions in a time of emergency. He was "commander-in-chief‚" which granted him some authority; on top of that the limits of execute war power were not clearly defined‚ so Lincoln cannot take full blame.
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The Abyss Like a fish out of water by Jody Lyle from Jump Cut‚ no. 38‚ June 1993‚ pp. 9-13 copyright Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media‚ 1993‚ 2006 Everywhere water. Peaceful water. Then suddenly‚ out of the limitless blue‚ comes a long‚ gray U.S. submarine. Quick cut to inside the vessel to find an exclusively male group of seamen trying to identify an object approaching at an unheard of speed. "I’ll tell you what it’s not‚ it’s not one of ours‚" an officer shouts‚ doing his best to identify
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Anthropology Dr. Jean Marcus November 16‚ 2012 Cobb Museum Paper The Cobb Institute Museum at Mississippi State University displays items from the Old World and the New World. When I visited the museum I noticed a wide variety of artifacts. The Old world side contained pieces from many Old World countries‚ while the New World side featured a lot of pieces that are from local areas. Since there was such a vast number of artifacts at the Cobb Museum‚ I have decided to focus on the clay vessels and
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One rainy night on February 26‚ 2012 a 17 year old African American high school student by the name of Trayvon Martin walked to the store to get a can of tea and a bag of skittles for his brother. Trayvon was spotted by a neighborhood watchman by the name of George Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman called 911 and complained that there was a black male just walking around in the area looking suspicious. The operator took the report and advised Mr. Zimmerman that they were going to send police out to investigate
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July 17‚ 2013 Hotel Planning & Design Architect Felino Palafox Jr. At the corner of Makati Avenue and Pasay road glistens a 30-story floor that is home to two famous brands in the hotel industry‚ Fairmont and Raffles Hotel. There are three distinct properties‚ the Fairmont Hotel Makati that has 280 rooms‚ the 32-suite Raffles Makati‚ and 237 serviced apartments of the Raffles Residences. The Fairmont and Raffles brands may share the same property‚ restaurant outlets and function rooms;
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Reaction about Rizal the movie: First of all‚ I want to criticize the whole movie first‚ the movie was great so is the stars who acted upon the characters who was born on late 1800’s when Dr. Jose Rizal lived as a hero‚ a champion to all Filipino from the Spanish tyranny. This movie really portrays the all the different kinds of emotion exerted by all filipinoes in the hands of the Spanish government. In terms of Rizal’s life‚ although they didn’t exactly tell all of his exploits‚ we can see through
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The mere mention of NFL conjures up images and notions of Sundays on the couch all day on the couch. From September till February every person knows that Sunday is pre-booked for the NFL. All teams play one game every week except for one bye week during the season. The other historical game has been on Thanksgiving day which has always involved the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys playing on that Thursday. The other main game is Monday Night Football. Both television networks and the NFL know that
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