Karli Herrington Tom Ross Art Appreciation 18 April 2012 Berthe Morisot Berthe Morisot was Born January 14‚ 1841‚ in Bourges‚ France. Berthe Morisot ’s father was a high-ranking government official and her grandfather was the influential Rococo painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard. She and her sister Edma began painting as young girls. Despite the fact that as women they were not allowed to join official arts institutions‚ the sisters earned respect in art circles for their talent. She was born
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Berthe Morisot • Manet is impacted by Morisot by her work. • He asks her to model for him but of course not nude. Manet may have been infatuated with her. Painted her eleven times and he kept seven until his death. • Heavy paint on her face could have symbolized that he was working through his emotions for her. • He never posed for her but that would have been inappropriate. She would have likely liked to pose for him. • There are letters between them and there is definitely friendship and
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Morisot painted what she experienced on a daily basis. Her paintings reflect the 19th-century cultural restrictions of her class and gender. She avoided urban and street scenes as well as the nude figure and‚ like her fellow female Impressionist Mary Cassatt‚ focused on domestic life and portraits in which she could use family and personal friends as models. Paintings like The Cradle‚ in which she depicted current trends for nursery furniture‚ reflect her sensitivity to fashion and advertising‚ both
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Cradle to Cradle In this book the authors and environmentalists William McDonough and Michael Braungart discuss how very un-eco friendly are the people that design our world‚ from our buildings to the products we use and consume. They talk about how our solutions for our environmental problems‚ such as recycling‚ are basically just a band-aid fix for broken bone. They discuss the negative effects that our daily lives have on our environment and offer some solutions of their own to help counteract
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os t 9-607-003 REV: FEBRUARY 7‚ 2008 DEISHIN LEE rP LIONEL BONY Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability yo We put Herman Miller’s corporate environmental goal quite simply: to become a sustainable business— manufacturing products without reducing the capacity of the environment to provide for future generations.” — Herman Miller website No tC op Drew Schramm‚ senior VP of Supply Chain Management‚ reflected on the irony
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Justin Peters Period 1 Satire 2/19/13 Cat’s Cradle In Cat’s Cradle the narrator John winds his way through the events that eventually lead to the destruction of the human race. Life to John is a quest; a quest that is defined finally by his new found religion Bokononism. He feels that everyone in his life revolves around him as they all search for something of meaning in their lives; this group is called a karass. Life is a gift that is never solicited and often unappreciated after given
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A book not made of paper : Cradle to Cradle (In order to explain how this book is an ideal and sustainable product‚ and not simply an educational device‚ I first must explain the educatory content of the book as it will reveal a new form of thought about sustainable design; the type of design thinking that went into creating a book not made of paper.) William McDonough and Michael Braungart‚ authors of “Cradle to Cradle‚” are Remaking the Way We Make Things. Their book is more than a handbook
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Newton’s Cradle Isaac Newton was a key figure in developing some basic laws of motion that apply to the world all around us. One object that demonstrates some of Newton’s Laws of Motion is Newton’s Cradle. Because Newton’s Cradle was not invented by Newton‚ the name is a bit misleading. Although there is still some confusion today as to who is the rightful inventor of this object‚ most sources claim that Newton’s Cradle was invented by Marius Morin and was later coined “Newton’s Cradle” by English
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says he is “still playing” -> treats science like a game‚ doesn’t take it srsly. Religion - Jonah says to Mona “could I have your religion‚ if I wanted it?” -> religion is so easy to take up - Newt compares religion to the cat’s cradle. See the cat? See the cradle?" Bokononism is a religion of "shameless lies.” Dismisses the whole idea of religion by showing it as a façade; u don’t actually see God - Julian says “people have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working
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The Cradle was done by an artist called John Thomas Biggers (13th April 1924 to 25th January 2001). Cradle won John first prize in 1950 at an annual exhibition dabbed Houston Arts exhibition which was held at Fine Arts Museum. It was the first piece of art done by Biggers to be seen by Houston audience. It was also the first painting by an African-American to be placed at the Museum of Fine Arts. I had the pleasure to visit the Fine Arts Museum of Houston (Audrey Beck Building) to view this work
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