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    For my first field trip assignment‚ I decided to go to the Philadelphia Art Museum. Believe it or not‚ this was my first time visiting this museum. By walking through the museum I saw some amazing paintings and sculptors. These artists were truly talented in what they were able to create. It was extremely difficult to choose a single piece of art and categorize it as my favorite. However‚ there were a few sculptors that left a lasting impression on me. The sculptor of the man nailed to a cross

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    The object that I chose to study is a board for the game of “Pegs and Holes‚” which I found at the Museum of Fine Arts. The game board dates to 2000-1500 C.E. and is from the Levant region in the Near East. The object itself is a stone board with multiple holes carved into the top. The pegs seen in the museum are reproductions of what would have originally been ivory pieces. Played by two people‚ the game’s objective seems to have been for a player to race their pegs through the holes and seize

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    Brooklyn‚ one of the five boroughs of the city of New York is the most populated one. Lit is located on the western long island. If it were an independent city‚ it would have been the fourth largest city in the United States of America. Brooklyn maintains a distinct and independent culture of its own. Most of the neighborhoods in Brooklyn are ethnic enclaves where a particular culture is dominant. Brooklyn is today‚ the third larger business district after lower and midtown Manhattan. It has an ever

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    Executive summary As the tourism industry is doing well throughout the world‚ there are a lot of tourism sites which has gained benefits from it and one of it is the Singapore Zoo. However‚ many of the tourism sites do not aware of the visitor-related management issues that are happening under their area of control. For the Singapore Zoo‚ there is currently an overcrowding issue which has brought detriments for them. In order to deal with the overcrowding issue‚ the manager of the Singapore Zoo

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    Brooklyn Cop” Critical evaluation Norman MacCaig describes the character of the “Brooklyn cop” a corrupt‚ thuggish American. A policeman is meant to put across trust and is employed to serve and protect the people. Instead the "Gorilla with a nightstick" is insensitive‚ violent and appears to enjoy the murderous nature of his occupation. However despite his brutal nature and rough exterior there is a gentler side to the cop who loves his wife and fears for his life. “Brooklyn Cop”

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    In “Willy Covari (Brazzaville)” photographer Daniele Tamagni shows a very interesting character in the streets on Brazzaville‚ the capitol city of the Republic of the Congo. Tamagni created a series of images all depicting men in Brazzaville who dress up in eccentric clothes that contrast the grey poverty stricken world they live in. The photo itself is very aesthetically pleasing. The photo shows a crowded street‚ with decrepit buildings and people in regular every day attire. The man who is the

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    Over Thanksgiving break I attended The St. Louis Art Museum‚ or SLAM‚ as it is affectionately known by the locals. I focused on the Later European Art‚ especially from the Netherlands‚ because I find it captivating and unique. The first painting I studied was called Peasants Dancing in a Tavern by Adriaen van Ostade. The artwork was done in 1659 in the Netherlands as a genre scene. It shows a tavern scene in which peasants are dancing‚ drinking‚ singing and playing cards. It is a unique example

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    East Indian Sculpture and Baroque sculpture: How are they different and how are they similar? After circling the museum for an hour‚ bouncing from security guard to security guard (trying to find my way to the baroque sculptures) I was finally able to answer that question. The two examples I chose were "Nessus and Dejanira" from the Baroque period and "Loving Couple" from Eastern India. The reason I chose these two specifically is because they both involved a man and a woman‚ making it more interesting

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    ------------------------------------------------- Brooklyn Bridge This essay introduces the Brooklyn Bridge. The Bridge is located in America over the East river; the nearest city to the bridge is New York and Manhattan‚ Brooklyn. After 60 years of political‚ financial and technical discussions to start the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge it was approved. The Bill to start construction was signed in 1869 by the New York Bridge company president‚ Ulysses S Grant. The cost of the original

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    BROOKLYN BRIDGE” The Brooklyn Bridge’s construction is one of the great achievements in United States history and helped pave the way for New York City’s rapid expansion in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was an undertaking that required extraordinary effort‚ sacrifice and ingenuity by its designers as well as its builders to complete. Its completion was a feat of engineering that was unmatched in its time: it was the longest suspension bridge – the first to use steel-wire – and dominated the New

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