taxidermist (2 July 1835 – 21 May 1918). Walter Potter distinguished himself by creating miniature scenarios of human life represented by stuffed animal bodies. One of his most famous works was “The Kittens Wedding” which featured kittens standing as if they were participating in a wedding ceremony‚ and dressed in proper
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Rome Life in ancient Rome was a lot different from life now. They did not have the technology we do today. By technology I don’t just mean computers‚ I mean every innovation we are used to now. This is the story of Vera Audaculus Valenziano’s wedding. She lived from 41 BCE to 13 BCE. Vera was of the middle class; her father was a fine baker and cook who prepared food for the emperor of Rome. In the year 27 BCE Augustus came to power as the Roman Emperor. Augustus‚ at the time‚ was looking
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through literature. Literary fiction takes concepts of the universe and turns them into tales – perhaps even with touches of fact – that attempt to explain or argue about life and its many complications. One such piece of fiction‚ The Member of the Wedding by Carson
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And of course the ever present Shasta (their fur baby)‚ who was also on display at their engagement session! Oh‚ and there was not one‚ but two dresses. The timeline made a first look a necessity for the wedding; but‚ Jen wanted to surprise Chris with a different dress for the actual ceremony. I don’t think he even noticed until after the ceremony as he couldn’t take her eyes off of hers the entire time. I don’t blame
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huge fan of making self portraits. It wasn’t because I had trouble with shading‚ value or drawing faces‚ it was more of an issue that I had to draw myself. Taking pictures of myself is one of my least favorite things to do‚ so this project just seemed to be a cumulation of this But in the end‚ I did complete the art assignment‚ so I managed to overcome those challenges. I suppose at some point I dissociated myself with the picture‚ and permitted myself to approach this portrait in the same way I would
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This portrait of the Afghan Girl is perhaps one of the most iconic images of this age and is without a doubt‚ McCurry’s most celebrated photograph. This image was published on the cover of the National Geographic Magazine‚ June 1985 issue and within a very short
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English Skills Level 1 Unit 307: Using grammar‚ punctuation and spelling in writing Task 1 Part A Carefully read the magazine article below and check it for mistakes. Then‚ complete the task on the following page. YET ANOTHER CELEBRITY WEDDING
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School class of 2012‚ for the privilege of speaking to you this afternoon‚ I am honored and grateful. Thank you. So here we are… commencement… life’s great forward-looking ceremony. (And don’t say‚ "What about weddings?" Weddings are one-sided and insufficiently effective. Weddings are bride-centric pageantry. Other than conceding to a list of unreasonable demands‚ the groom just stands there. No stately‚ hey-everybody-look-at-me
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One of the most notable features of James Joyce ’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the use of Stephen as the main character‚ as well as a sort of literary device. Joyce‚ whose life so acutely resembles Stephen ’s‚ gives the character the surname "Dedalus‚" after the fabulous artificer of Greek mythology. As Stephen tires of his "borrowed" Irish culture‚ he starts to compare himself to the original Daedalus‚ who built wings for himself to escape the prison of King Minos of Crete. Like
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The Portrait concentrated on stating themes‚ arranging apparently transparent words into configuration of utmost symbolic density. For example during the passage where the director proposes Stephen to enter priesthood ‚ words like "the looped cord"‚ "the shadow"‚" the skull ‚ twice emphasized waning daylight ‚ "cross blind‚ "blind to the cross"‚"blinded by the cross" all convey the denial of nature and entrapment for Stephen which the Priest’s office represent for Stephen. The central image‚ the
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