Louis Sullivan and the Carson‚ Pirie‚ Scott and Company Building “The Art Nouveau Jewel of Chicago” Written by Joss Ryan P10528830 History and Theory ‘ARCH 2031’ 2012 Louis Sullivan and the Carson‚ Pirie‚ Scott and Company Building Page 1 Art Nouveau is a very renowned style of art‚ applied art‚ and architecture. It is an influential design movement and an international philosophy. The name “Art Nouveau” itself means “new art” in the French language‚ and is also known as “Jugendstil”
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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born into a Catholic family in St. Paul‚ Minnesota‚ on September 24‚ 1896. Educated in private prep schools and then at Princeton until 1917‚ when he enlisted in the army because he feared he wouldn ’t graduate ‚ he was a middle-class‚ Midwestern boy who coveted the wonders of the East. When he married Zelda Sayre‚ a southern‚ upper-class daughter of a wealthy Alabama Supreme Court judge ‚ Fitzgerald thought he had it all. The couple lived the high life‚ moving back and forth
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Book Report for The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card PLOT SUMMARY: Danny North grew up in a family of gods—or at least the poor remnants of the mages who once went by names like Odin‚ Thor‚ and Freya. When the gates that led to their home world of Westil were closed by Loki in 632 a.d.‚ the Families lost much of their power. Despite this loss of power‚ the Families still consider themselves far superior to drowthers‚ the name they use for humans. Drekka—mages that possess no magical talent—are considered
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There are several examples in the story Winter Dreams that reflects on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life. According to biography.com‚ a website with biographies on famous people’s lives‚ Fitzgerald grew up in Minnesota‚ and during the beginning of Dexter Green’s life‚ he lived in Minnesota. “In the fall when the days became crisp and gray‚ the long Minnesota winter shut down like the white lid of a box‚ Dexter’s skis moved over the snow that hid the fairways of the golf course” (Fitzgerald). This quote
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up things and creatures and the retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness‚ or whatever it was the kept them together‚ and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (Fitzgerald 180-181). In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the characters Daisy and Tom demonstrate the theme of carelessness. Tom and Daisy show carelessness through being foolish thus lacking a lack of good sense or judgment. Furthermore‚ they both show the theme of carelessness by being inconsiderate
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fighting up against‚ and know their strategies to find way to defeat them‚ so he could be more prepared. Also‚ about not fighting alone. Ender also learned that he train the people in his toon‚ to strategize ways to defeat the buggers. Yes‚ in Orson Scott Card’s Book “Ender’s Game”‚ Ender did learn from the “enemies” in many ways‚ that it took practice to defeat your enemy‚ and to have backup‚ and to know the enemy and closely watch for their strategies to help you defeat them.
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“The star spangled banner” The composer is: Francis Scott Key. He is known for writing the lyrics to the national anthem. Born on August 1‚ 1779‚ in Frederick County‚ Maryland‚ Francis Scott Key became a lawyer who witnessed the British attack on Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The fort withstood the day-long assault‚ inspiring Key to write a poem that would become the future U.S. national anthem‚ "The Star-Spangled Banner." Key later served as a district attorney for Washington‚ D.C. He died
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The Roaring Twenties was a period of frivolous days and exciting nights. Times were prosperous and life was good for most. In The Great Gatsby‚ published in 1925‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald writes about the fictitious life of Jay Gatsby‚ a self-made millionaire (Gross 1). The setting of the novel is New York in the twenties‚ a time‚ and place‚ where people were jovial and carefree. In New York‚ more than anywhere‚ people did not worry about life’s downs‚ but focused on the highlife and partying. Prohibition
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“The Jazz Age” and F. Scott Fitzgerald "It was an age of miracles. It was an age of art‚ it was an age of excess‚ and it was an age of satire.” (“Fitzgerald: The Jazz Age” p. 3). As the 1920s began‚ the old‚ conservative ways of life began to disintegrate. A new era was just beginning. This era is called “The Jazz Age.” The Great Gatsby‚ a literary masterpiece written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the social historian of the 1920s‚ directly reflects the virtues‚ materialism‚ and revolutionary nature
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novel originality was accepted differently by different identities. Such examples are Sir Walter Scott‚ who considered the work superb while a “Quarterly Review” editor considered it to be on the verge of insanity. These two authors use different and similar rhetorical styles to convey their opinions. The most glaring difference between the two writer’s passages is their plot summaries. Sir Walter Scott glorified the plot as he quoted parts from the novel. This glorification of the plot gives the
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