Essay Question: Compare and contrast Lisa and Susanna’s characters in the film. How do the film techniques used reflect how they belong (or not belong) in the outside world? Lisa and Susanna’s characters in the film are very different even though some aspects of their personality are slightly similar. The film techniques used give us a better idea of how each of their personality is portrayed. Lisa and Susanna both have a disorder and see the world in a different perspective which highlights what
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A Portrait of Mona Lisa Courtney Wilder ENG121: English Composition I Prof. Laloni Christenson July 22‚ 2013 A Portrait of Mona Lisa Art is a traditional work that is painted in many different pattern of objects. Many people create portraits of art as an expression of how they feel. In the modern world‚ art is shown in different cities‚ subways‚ parks and etc. The greatest art was created in the early century and was called a masterpiece. This portrait was
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1538‚ February Entry 1 I have been recruited by Hernando de Soto. This could finally be the job my family and I need. However‚ it is not the job that I had been hoping to claim. Nevertheless‚ my family needs the fortunes that we need to keep thriving. My recruiter‚ Hernando de Soto‚ does not have the best looks as his eyes discomfort me. I have high hopes for this expedition as we have well over 700 men‚ 10 ship‚ and enough food to last us through the harshest of winters. I will very much miss
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Mona Lisa Smile December 10th‚ 2012 Part A: Using the movie as a source‚ how have roles changed in respect to how women are viewed in society since the 1950s? How have things not changed? Since the 1950s‚ roles have changed in respect to how women were viewed in society. The film Mona Lisa Smile depicts the traditional ideology of a woman’s role in society as a domestic homemaker as well as the new idea of an educated woman. Education was utilised to teach respectable women how to prepare
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Is It Her Twin or Sister? An art collector in 1913 made a discovery that has baffled many historians for some time now. Huge Blaker‚ an English art collector found the Isleworth Mona Lisa shortly before World War I. The Isleworth Mona Lisa is a painting of‚ what looks to be‚ a young Mona Lisa. This painting has been identified as a Leonardo da Vinci painting‚ but some historians believe that this cannot be true. With some differences in the paintings they believe it may have been another
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The Mystery of the Mona Lisa As Donald Sassoon emphasizes in Becoming Mona Lisa‚ the Mona Lisa has managed to maintain its status as the world’s most recognizable work of art. The author notes that many who visit the portrait find themselves wondering just what makes it so special. The lady in the portrait is not particularly beautiful and the painting itself is beginning to look its age. Yet despite all this‚ art historians continue to write and argue over the painting‚ and tourists continue
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In The Simpson’s episode titled‚ “Lisa the Skeptic‚” there is a dig for archaeological artifacts on the grounds of a future shopping mall. This is prompted by Lisa Simpson‚ who is upset by the excavation of the land‚ as it could be disturbing the potentially historical value of this land in Springfield. Thus‚ she contacts her lawyer and negotiates permission to excavate the site of the future mall with the businessmen. The owners of the land agree to the archaeological dig‚ as it could draw in publicity
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Hernando de Soto was born in Jerez de los Caballeros‚ Spain sometime around the year 1500. He was born to parents who lived in Extremadura‚ an area of great hardship and poverty. Like many young men at the time‚ de Soto longed to escape Extremadura and achieve military fame exploring new lands. In 1514‚ de Soto sailed with the Spanish governor of Panama where he assisted in the conquest of Central America. From an early age‚ de Soto gained a reputation for bravery‚ intellect‚ and brutality
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The Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is perhaps Leonardo Da Vinci’s most famous of paintings. It is an oil painting‚ painted on poplar wood. The painting is most famous for the smile of the woman‚ which people have been trying to decipher for a long time. Many believe that the portrait is that of Da Vinci himself‚ while many also place a lot mystic connections with this painting. The portrait depicts a woman’s bust‚ with a distant landscape that is visible in the backdrop. Leonardo used a pyramid design
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Mona Lisa Smile The movie "Mona Lisa Smile" is set in the 1950s and deals with the starting feminist’s movement against traditional roles. The main character‚ "History of Art" teacher Katherine Watson‚ arrives at the conservative all-women college of Wellesley and tries to teach her really smart students not only art history but also independence. She also wants her students to know that their aim‚ namely getting married‚ does not have to be their only purpose of life‚ but that it is also possible
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