Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington is called the “Lansdowne” painted in the 1800‚ it is located in the American Wing; room Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Galleries of Eighteen–century American Art. It is an oil canvas painting displayed upright against the wall near the corridor‚ dimension are 48 x 37 in. This painting was lent to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stienhardt in 2008. Alongside the George Washington portrait there are other portraits by Gilbert Stuart’s‚ such as “Matilda
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Counter-Reformation Spain‚ or is this a true family portrait of King Philip IV and Queen Mariana with their child. The portrait Las Meninas has always had questions that surrounded its meaning or iconography. There is a mirror perspective of the King and Queen‚ but is it their reflection in the mirror on the back wall or is it an actual portrait of them? There seems to be many focal points such as La Infanta Margarita‚ child
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structure starting from its façade up to its rooms. The UP AR College building is a one storey square plan building and has a typical ordinary house like building as seen on its façade with an irregular form of an upward extruded oval and rectangular shape on the plan with the oval painted in yellow and the rectangular filled with clay bricks and the main entrance has this broken and rusted fiberglass with steel support cantilevered roof with installed three pin lights. The building’s enclosed windows
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in North America with an oval ball used to throw or to run with on a field marked out as a gridiron. Basketball and football are two extremely popular sports but they are different in many was such as shape of the ball‚ playing surface‚ number of players‚ and style of play and length of game. The first differences between basketball and football is the shape of the ball and what each team playing surface is. Basketballs are round and made for dribbling. Footballs are oval shaped and made for throwing
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since Lincoln has there been a president as fundamentally shaped — in his life‚ convictions and outlook on the world — by reading and writing as Barack Obama. Last Friday‚ seven days before his departure from the White House‚ Mr. Obama sat down in the Oval Office and talked about the indispensable role that books have played during his presidency and throughout his life — from his peripatetic and sometimes lonely boyhood‚ when “these worlds that were portable” provided companionship‚ to his youth when
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The human body has the ability to understand the environment around it by using its senses. The five basic human senses are hearing‚ sight‚ touch‚ smell‚ and taste. Anytime one of these senses is triggered by a specific stimulus the signal is transmitted to the brain in order for the information to be interpreted. This transmission process is known as perception. First the body will experience an external stimulus‚ the sensation. Then this information will be transformed into electrical stimulation
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Introduction As a New Yorker‚ it is very difficult for one to avoid the reality that we are indeed surrounded by Chinese culture. From Chinese take-out restaurants serving delicious Chinese food to entire Chinese communities such as the one in Chinatown‚ Chinese culture is all over the place. Chinese art‚ cuisine‚ religion‚ festivals‚ and more can all be experienced in one place. This is why New York is considered to be the cultural center of the world. People from all walks of life come to New
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studio of Basil Hallward‚ an artist‚ who has painted a portrait of the breathtakingly beautiful Dorian‚ now in his early twenties. Lord Wotton intrigues Dorian with his talk of the progression of life and the withering of looks. Dorian fears of the loss of his youth and thinks in terms of a Faust-like proposition‚ in which he expresses a willingness to surrender his soul if he can maintain his youth and physical beauty. In return‚ the portrait will age in his place. There wasn’t necessarily an actual
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Cross Country vs. Track People always ask "What is the difference between Cross Country and Track‚ all you do is run‚ is there a difference?" Just because both of these sports have to do with running doe not mean that they are the exact same. I agree there are some similarities in the two but there are also a lot of differences. To know the differences you have to have some experience and or knowledge of the sports. The reason I know how they are similar and different is because I participate
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The Path of Light and Sound By: Kristin Jaskowiak The organ that gives us a sense of sight is our eyes. Of the five senses‚ our eyes allow us to learn the most about our surroundings. It is important to know the structures and anatomy that make up the eyes to gain a better understanding of how light and images are processed to become sight. ANATOMY The lacrimal gland‚ or tear duct‚ produces tears when stimulated by the facial nerve. The delicate‚ transparent mucous membrane that covers the
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