An artist’s treasure With the auction Howard Hodgkin: Portrait of the Artist‚ Sotheby’s not only unveils the private collection of the late painter and collector Howard Hodgkin‚ but it also reveals how these masterpieces influenced his creations If the past half century has seen an artist whose work embodies the sheer pleasure of being alive‚ then that artist would be the late Howard Hodgkin. Through his works‚ which were misinterpreted as abstract‚ he created a unique pictorial language for places
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young man paints a unique but very vivid image of what James Joyce had on his mind. Joyce’s way of being able to distribute the point of view from the character gave a feeling of existence in the story than telling it in a third person point of view. His multitudinous thoughts and feelings allows the reader to relate to the mind state at which Stephen is in. Stephen’s Intellect is very rudimentary in the beginning. He doesn’t seem to understand most of his feelings or
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Cole was born on February 1‚ 1801 at Bolton‚ Lancashire in Northwestern England and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1818. Throughout the early years‚ Cole lived in Philadelphia‚ Ohio‚ and Pittsburgh where he worked as a traveling portrait artist. Thomas Cole was primarily self-taught‚ however‚ he stilled worked with members of the Philadelphia Academy‚ and his canvases appeared in the Academy’s exhibitions. In 1825‚ Cole’s exhibition of small paintings of landscapes in Catskill came
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Personal Response for "Cast Away" "Cast Away" is a fantastic film that has many hidden meanings beneath the surface. Before being analysed‚ it seems like it’s simply about a man who experiences an adventurous journey after his plane crashes into the Pacific. After more thought was put into it‚ many symbolic meanings that demonstrated his human nature‚ mainly consisting his drive of survival‚ faith‚ hope‚ and morals‚ was revealed. I am able to arrive at the conclusion that yes‚ I do agree with the
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A Report on Adam’s Excellence The lead in our pencil by Phillip Adams Phillip Adam’s opinionative article informs the readers of “The Weekend Australian” about the upcoming Australian elections in September‚ 2013‚ pleading for them to have a somewhat positive outlook on compulsory voting. He also uses many different techniques in the article in order to make it convincing and effective. In the first sentence he uses an analogy “What have the Romans ever done for us?...” to refer to the accomplishments
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“If you change the way you look at things‚ the things you look at change” (Wayne Dyer). The short story‚ “The Glass Rose” by Alden Nowlan‚ unquestionably exhibits these ideas of perception and influence through the protagonist‚ Stephen‚ and his interactions with his father and a foreigner. The relationships and conversations Stephen has with the other characters shifts his perception of those around him‚ as well as himself. Nowlan suggests that outside influences can manipulate an individual’s perception
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what is the meaning of a colored story? the answer is markus zusaks “the book thief” because of all of its imagery that is used. colors can be a great thing when someone is describing a sunset or a beach. it can be a good thing but they can also be a bad thing like when someone describes a concentration camp or a bloody war front. in the book thief it can be seen that colors are a big thing to all of the characters. liesel used the colors to remember max and rudy. when max was in the basement he
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The short story "The scarlet ibis " written by James Hurst foreshadows The death of doodle by the constant use of rhetorical phrases relating to death in the opening of the story with his word choice and dictation. "Summer was dead‚ but autumn had not yet been born the last graveyard flowers were blooming and the smell of them reminded us of the dead" (315). The author conveys death to us by stating the end of summer‚ and the beginning of autumn which brings sadness and death to living things
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“Everyday Use” is told from the perspective of Mama and takes place deep in the South sometime around the 1960’s. It is about a hard-working mother and her two daughters Dee and Maggie‚ and how she had to give each of them different paths to follow in life. Dee is the older sister. These paths both demonstrate how their heritage plays a role in their everyday lives. These routes resulted in Maggie having a better relationship with Mama than Dee had with her. Throughout the short story‚ there are
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The Spinning Wheel A spinning wheel often symbolizes the unstoppable revolutions of the years‚ and in the film it encourages the contemplation of time and how it changes things. Spinning wheels also refer to creation‚ since they’re used to weave yarn or string into cloth. Most simplistically‚ the spinning wheel is a literal manifestation of the old phrase "spinning a spell‚" which means to curse someone. Aurora‚ under Maleficent’s power‚ is made to touch the spindlethe wheel appears precisely at
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