OF CONTENTS Biographical Essay Further Readings Source Citation Updates BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY The instrumental music of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) forms a peak in the development of tonal music and is one of the crucial evolutionary developments in the history of music as a whole. The early compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven marked the culmination of the 18th-century traditions for which Haydn and Mozart had established the great classical models‚ and his middle-period
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September 9‚ 2012 “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night” was created by Vincent Van Gogh. It is one of the most popular paintings‚ also being one of the most replicated and sought after prints. The “Starry Night” was painted in 1889. The painting is oil on canvas and is 29 x 36 1/4". It is located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City‚ New York. The painting is of the night sky‚ with clouds swirling‚ the stars shining bright‚ a crescent moon glowing above‚ a sleeping town below
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Flipped‚ by Wendelin Van Draanen is a book about a young boy name Bryce Loski moving into a small town and in the process of moving‚ he meets a young girl named Juli Baker. Juli had two brothers who looked like twins‚ a dad and a mother‚ and an Uncle that had disorders. Juli lives across the street from Bryce and she felt like it was love at first sight and she kept gazing into his beautiful‚ dazzling‚ blue eyes. Juli went crazy for Bryce‚ she followed him around at school and went to his house all
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Vincent Van Gogh’s strength as an artist comes from both the relationships with the people that he is close with and the connection that he has to the common man as shown in his many paintings of friends‚ family‚ and strangers‚ and the techniques that he has incorporated into them‚ learned from his many artist acquaintances. When Van Gogh focused on average workers in his early career‚ his drawings represented a side of humanity that no other painter was quite able to achieve. He was born on March
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“Arnolfini Marriage” is a very famous painting by Jan Van Eyck painted in the early 15th century‚ which is in the National Gallery in London. According to the Catalogue of the National Gallery‚ the painting is just a portrait of the couple Arnolfini that is showing their marriage. Waldemar Januszczak‚ an author and presenter‚ believes that this portrait was wrongly named and it should have been called “the Arnolfini Pregnancy”. Januszczak believes that Mrs. Arnolfini is pregnant and she is dead at
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help from friends. With them‚ are the Van Daans‚ Mrs. Van Daan is a person that shows off‚ Mr. Van Daan is a selfish person and doesn’t care about anything else but himself and food. The last person with the Franks is Mr. Dussel‚ a dentist‚ he is a very shy but sometimes gets into his feelings that cause him to be mad at anyone who annoys him. There
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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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Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn‚ Germany‚ and was baptized on Dec. 17‚ 1770. There has never been any type of authentic record or file as to when he was actually born. Ludwig van Beethoven’s grandfather and father functioned as court musicians in Bonn. Beethoven’s father‚ who was a singer‚ provided Beethoven with a lot of his early musical teaching. Beethoven didn’t have the best education‚ but he studied violin‚ French horn‚ and piano‚ and before he was even 12 years old‚ Beethoven became
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Lauren Van Dyk is an exceptionally healthy person with a great sense of drive. Since Lauren could walk she was a sports fanatic and deeply enjoyed participating in sports. Physically wise Lauren is the model individual. Lauren gets 8-9 hours of sleep everyday‚ and has an astounding diet. Monday through Friday she wakes up at 6 and goes to her yoga/spin class‚ then goes and gets a green juice. She is a science professor at her local college. Due to her loose schedule she is found frequently at the
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counterparts‚ and are less likely to do drugs which allows them to get a better job as a result. To understand what it was like to be a teenager in the 1960’s‚ you have to understand what was going on during that time. So just imagine a bunch of hippie vans‚
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