Accidents of the Swing is considered as one of the masterpieces of the rococo era‚ and is considered Fragonard’s best known work. The creation of this beautiful masterpiece was originally commissioned in Paris by a wealthy baron in homage to his mistress. The medium of this art piece was oil on canvas and stands at a height of 31 ⅞ " × 25 ¼". In the end Fragonard’s is someone whose name would become synonymous with the French Rococo. I really enjoyed this painting because of the beautiful colors
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AP Literature 19 August 2013 Ode on Melancholy John Keats’s poem‚ “Ode on Melancholy”‚ serves as an instructional manual on how to cope with sadness and the feeling of melancholy. Through his vivid use of lyrical language and allusions‚ Keats’s is able to depict vivid images that haunt the soul and is able to convey his message that the only way to deal with a sense of melancholy is to accept it. Keats believes that once one can accept sadness and make it a part of his identity‚ then he can overcome
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rights movement‚ Susan B. Anthony kicked off her self-making doing just that…work. In 1839‚ following a financial crisis in her family‚ she left home to work to pay off her father’s debt. Initially teaching‚ she rose in the ranks and became the head mistress in the Female Department of Canajoharie Academy. This is now becoming a common theme‚ in that‚ women are picking up and working to support their household and in some cases their families. Fast forward to current times‚ as the economy is
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K N DAruwalla (1929-1993) Introduction: He was born in Lahore ‚ now in Pakistan. HE attended the Government College in Ludhiana (in the Punjab) for his higher education. After obtaining a Master degree in English literature‚ he joined the police department from which he must have by now retired. He is believed to have settled down in New Delhi. The strangest and the most interesting fact of his life is that while serving his country as a policeman‚ he has been English writing poetry‚ in which he
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Mario Pengili 3-14-14 4th hour American Dream of Individuality What do Steve Jobs‚ Bill Gates‚ and Barrack Obama all have in Common? They all embraced the American dream of individuality and changed the whole world‚ they did not try to fallow the ideas of the general public‚ they were individual thinkers that had their own ideas‚ and thoughts. Most people conform to the world‚ they try to fallow the footsteps of others and expect the same success. However‚ everyone on earth is different
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Office-Politics lessons from "The Devil Wears Prada" Think you have the world’s worst boss? How does your boss measure up against the Boss-from-Hell? By Franke James‚ MFA The Devil Wears Prada will no doubt fuel some hot‚ haute water-cooler chat. Based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger‚ the film is a wickedly funny tale about working for a boss who is a tyrant (rumor has it that the book was inspired by Weisberger’s stint at Vogue Magazine working for Anna Wintour). Meryl Streep stars as
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dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his mother knows what he does for a living and disowns him. Tony is impatient and wants it all however‚ including Frank’s empire and his mistress Elvira Hancock. Once at the top however‚ Tony’s outrageous actions make him a target and everything comes crumbling down. The 1983 movie Scarface starred Al Pacino as Tony Montana‚ a ruthless Cuban immigrant killing his way to the top of Miami’s
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British imperialism on India had many positive and negative affects on both the mother country‚ Britain and the colony‚ India. Many people would argue which effects were more prominent in these countries and some would agree that they were equal. But in both cases there were actually both. In India the British colonization had more positive affects than negative. For Instance‚ When the British colonized India they built 40‚000 miles of railroad and 70‚000 miles of paved roadway. As a result the
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can be perceived as evil‚ and potentially injure or kill the person or people around them while indulging in said vices. Delving further into that topic I am focusing on lust. I doubt that there is a better example than that of the poem “To his Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell. Written between 1650 and 1652 it was first published in 1681 (by his housekeeper!) several years after his death it was then and still is a shocking and controversial piece of literature. This poem is so farfetched and so laden
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such as no “unlawful assembly”‚ and that if an apprentice is found misbehaving then “said master or mistress shall have [the] power to inflict…moderate corporal chastisement” (Johnson 7). All of the examples resembled the treatment of slave’s just years earlier. In order for African Americans to make a life for themselves after the Civil War they were forced to work. Many whites were more than willing to hire African Americans because they worked for long hours and for cheap pay. Providing jobs for
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