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    Influential Female Leaders

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    Top 10 Most Influential Female Leaders When people think of influential figures in the world‚ male names like Bill Gates‚ Vladamir Putin and of course President Barack Obama usually come to mind. But the world of influence and power no longer belongs exclusively to men. Women now hold their place of power firmly in the world‚ and they are not giving it up any time soon. This list of ten of the most influential women in the America spans the arenas of politics‚ acting‚ sports‚ law‚ music‚ activism

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    My real friend Nature

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    and entertained me for a long period of time. Compared to countryside children‚ I was very deluded that I was brought up in a city and I could own every latest objects that I wanted. However‚ until I experienced an unforgettable filed trip of Mt. Madonna Park with my environmental science classmates and instructor miss Tracy‚ not only did I find my real friend nature but also I obtained more misteries and acquaintance relating to nature through my instruction’s introduction and personal experience

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    In the Middle Ages‚ figures were typically painted side-by-side with very little depth. A classic example of a painting from the late Middle Ages is Cimabue’s Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets. Cimabue’s work‚ completed in Florence sometime between 1280 to 1290‚ depicts Mary and the Christ child‚ with angels on both sides of her and prophets painted below her with very little depth. Then in the Renaissance

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    The Brothers Karamazov

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    In Dostoevsky’s novel “The Brothers Karamazov” Dostoevsky deals with numerous aspects of life. More importantly‚ the novel allows a glimpse into the mind of man and its response to the influence of good and evil in the form of death. The characters dismiss the reality of death in some way‚ and only those who can accept the suffering find justification. In addition to the theme of death‚ the novel acts as an autobiography of Dostoevsky‚ expounding his diverse beliefs and values. His ability to explain

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    Donatello's Annunciation

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    salutation. The Virgin’s movement and expression reveal both her humility and the gratitude appropriate to an unexpected gift‚ particularly a gift as great as this. Moreover‚ Donatello created a masterly flow of folds and curves in the draperies of the Madonna and angel‚ suggesting the form of the nude figures and showing how he was striving to recover the beauty of the ancients‚ which had been lost for so many years. He displayed such skill and facility that‚ in short‚ no one could have bettered his design

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    Values in Art

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    Art History 3.6: Examine the different values placed on art works Values in art: Making a judgement on whether art has value is entirely subjective and can only be determined on whether someone holds value to that piece‚ or acknowledging that someone holds certain values to that piece. Art is valuable in itself‚ and independent of what people enjoy‚ want‚ or what is good for them. This is important as there are a number of values that an art work can hold and that these values can appeal to a

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    1. What is Revitalization Movement? What are the stages of Revitalization Movement? It’s a deliberate‚ organized‚ effort by members of society to construct a more satisfying culture. The Revitalization Movement stages include homeostasis or steady state‚ increased individual stress‚ deviant‚ the system or the establishment and cultural distortion. 2. Give three examples of Revitalization Movements (other than ISKCON). Iroquois Religion of Handsome Lake‚ the Ghost Dance Religion of

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    Christianity began to make its presence known in Japan towards the end of the Muromachi era. It was the Portuguese who first led the European maritime explorations during the fifteenth century down the Cape of Good Hope and touched India in 1498. Fifteen years later‚ they reached China‚ where they created a permanent trading station in Macao in 1559 (Varley 143). Portuguese traders first set foot on Japanese soil around 1543; they landed on the small island of Tanegashima off of the coast of Kyushu

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    Person I Admire

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    her. Now that can mean anything and some people might say that she is just another celebirty in search of recognition. But what I see is someone that has used her celebirty for the betterment of others in ways that are more than superficial. Unlike Madonna and others she has worked hard and has spent days at a time if not weeks in places like afganistan and Leone for her cause. She has given without condition and as a result of it has given a home to children that otherwise would not have another chance

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    Although the Italian painter Botticelli is best known for The Birth of Venus‚ he also painted common works such as Madonna and Child‚ Primavera‚ Holy Trinity and many more also including the contribution to the beautiful Sistine Chapel. Botticelli mainly used tempera grassa which was a new medium in Italy at the time‚ in which they would take the yolk from an egg and mix it with paint to make it more transparent. In addition to oil paint‚ he also used chalk‚ pen‚ bistre and tempera. I wanted to look

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