Vincent Van Gogh‚ genius or madman? ‘The connection between genius and mental illness is paradoxically both clearer and murkier than that between genius and high intelligence.’ (Published on March 31‚ 2011‚ Andrew Robinson) Van Gogh‚ possibly the most famous example of a known genius who beared the title of a mentally ill individual‚ had severe depression‚ inflicted serious injury on his own earlobe in the year of 1888‚ admitted himself to a mental facility‚ and shot himself in 1890‚ yet he is one
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Teun A. Van Dijk‚ in his essay "Pragmatics and Poetics‚" explains the reason for speech is "to change the internal state of the hearer" (Dijk 30). Ferdinand de Saussure describes in his essay‚ "Nature of the Linguistic Sign‚" how a word is more connected to the minds of the speaker and the hearer than to anything else. He describes that the "linguistic sign" as a unit formed equally by the association of a "concept" and a "sound-image." The "sound-image" is what one would call a spoken word‚ something
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My quote that I am going to tell about is by Vincent Van Gogh. The quote is “If you hear a voice within you say‚ ‘you cannot paint‚’ then by all means paint‚ and that voice will be silenced.” Today i’m going to be talking about the attributes of this quote and why it is important to know what it means. What I think this quote means is if you have a feeling you can’t do something‚ then do it‚ and then you will get better at it. Like I used to be bad at drawing‚ but now that I tried I’ve gotten better
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shocked‚ flattered‚ and elated‚ all at the same time. As the excitement died down and I began to worry about my salutatory address and a myriad of ideas of what I wanted to say flooded my mind. But‚ as June rolled around and senioritis kicked in‚ my speech felt like just another last minute homework assignment I needed to complete. For inspiration‚ I searched “hashtag salutatorian” on all forms of social media: Instagram‚ Twitter‚ and even Tumblr. Unfortunately‚ these all failed to inspire me and
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I chose The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh because it is a very well known piece of art. People throughout time have always looked at this piece of art as one of the most fascinating pieces. Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous artists of all time. Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30‚ 1853‚ in Groot-Zundert‚ Netherlands and died July 29‚ 1890. He was staying in an asylum at Saint-Remy. Starry Night is believed to show the view from his bedroom window. The theme of evening and nighttime
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Mr. Frank vs. Mr Van Daan (Diary of Anne Frank) Do you get along with your family? Well in 1942 during the reign of Adolf Hitler‚ The Frank family and the Van Daan family were forced to not only get along with their own family‚ they had to with another family of three also. Anne and Peter certainly didn’t have the best relationships with their own families. In those times of conflict there has to be a high authority figure to calm things down. Especially in this time‚ that was the man of the house
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famous piece of painting by Dutch post-impressionist artist‚ Vincent van Gogh. The masterpiece was painted during van Gogh’s stay at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole lunatic asylum in France after a mental breakdown in 1889. The painting shows a small village under a wild night sky. A large cypress tree stand in the foreground while rolling mountains subject in the background. Considered as the finest artwork the famous artist had composed‚ van Gogh used multiple elements of design to create a masterpiece that
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ARCHITECTURAL BOUNDARIES: LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE AND PHILIP JOHNSON Architecture has undergone a rapid and revolutionary transformation in the modern era. Through the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe‚ this essay attempts to chart the transition in architecture from nineteenth century Romanticism and Neoclassicism to High Modernism. Mies van der Rohe redefined architectural boundaries and emphasised the beauty of simple forms‚ the importance of functionality and the versatility of new materials such as
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in "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving. The character’s type develops with the personality development throughout the story. Three types of characters: round‚ flat‚ and stock‚ appear in most stories. The round character
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Born on December 16‚ 1770 and died on March 26‚ 1827 at age 57. Ludwig Van Beethoven was a composer during the classical era of music‚ but his compositions led to the end of that period and to the start of the romantic era. He helped greatly to develop tonal music. One of the amazing things about Beethoven was that he was deaf. At his last symphony‚ “Ninth Symphony”‚ he had to turn around and look at the audience to see if they were clapping. He was greatly influenced by the composers Haydn and Bach
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