Contrasting the Two Stories of Rip Van Winkle. The story of Rip Van Winkle was written in 1819 by Washington Irving. It was the first American short story. Robert Coover wrote Rip Awake 153 years later. It is his version of the continuing story of the man named Rip Van Winkle. Although both these stories have obvious similarities there are also many differences. These differences include the setting of the story‚ the character of Rip himself‚ and the mood of the story. Rip Van Winkle was written as a short
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Vincent Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter whose work highly impacted 20th century art. His works had a distinct stylistic theme that had a sort of melting effect within them. Many of them also included his iconic swirls that provided as a base for backgrounds. Out of his 900 paintings‚ only a few incorporated solid shapes and lines. Looking at his works‚ I tried to imagine dancing them. I found that the swirls could serve as a trajectory for different body parts or pathways‚ and the almost
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2016 DO YOU EVEN VAN GOGH‚ BRO? Pipkin 1 On July 27th 1890 Vincent Van Gogh died a fairly young man‚ completely crazy and lost in his own mind. I want to dive deeper into the life of this brilliant‚ yet completely crazy man‚ who has produced more than 2‚100 artworks‚ made up of some 1‚300 watercolors and 860 oil paintings(Vincent Van Gogh Biography‚
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the the polluted surroudings of the eiffel tower half fearing and waiting for the day my new masters child to walk into the balcony and “accidentally” smashing me. No im not crying. The acidic air is making my eyes just water Ek staan in Die middel van geboue‚strate‚ verkeer‚ die koue en geluide. Ek is ook gekraak‚ oud en koud. Ek wens ek kon sê dat ek met roosbome rondom my omring is‚ soos ek was
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of times‚ dark‚ cool colors are made to show darker emotions‚ and light‚ warm colors are added where happy emotions radiate out in a painting. Contrast in colors was also used to help distinguish different feelings between parts of each painting. Van Gogh was one of the most popular painters to use color to show his feelings; he went for contrast and bolder strokes that were charged with emotional energy. In his famous piece‚ Starry Night‚ he used the blues to show the cold‚ winter winds of France
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Ichabod Crane and Brom Van Brunt were both similar and dissimilar. They both were in love with Katrina Van Tassel‚ they were both loved or wanted by the townspeople‚ and they didn’t have affection for each other. That is where the similarities stop‚ however. Ichabod is lanky and skinny‚ he is intelligent‚ and he is somewhat lazy. Brom is stout and strong‚ he is smart in trickery and mischievous acts‚ and is always looking for something to do or an individual to prank. Their jobs were different
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Private Collection Founder and leader of the Dutch movement‚ De Stijl‚ Theo Van Doesburg adopted the style of combining rectangular forms and vibrant primary colours. Within this‚ there would be essences of grey‚ black and white areas. Like many artists of this era‚ Van Doesburg was influenced with geometric forms; he was also very fond of the idea about purity and simplicity that he detailed it in his Manifesto of Art Concret
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The Large Plain Trees by Vincent Van Gogh was painted in 1889 when a street in Saint-Remy was being repaved. When we first look at this oil painting we see the large yellow trees which can help us identify that it must be fall but then as our eyes scan down we can see the white rubble‚ I initially thought this could have been snow‚ and the reflection of the trees in the puddles. Behind the trees we see people walking and the women wearing long dresses‚ what looks to be a horse and townhouses. We
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An old painter‚ name Vincent van Gogh‚ once said a very inspiring and motivational set of words that are still remembered down to the day you’re reading this literature. He uttered this accumulation of colloquy. “If you hear a voice within you saying ‘you cannot paint’ then by all means paint‚ and that voice will be silenced.” What an interesting‚ inspirational‚ and motivational set of well chosen words this is! What‚ you don’t see the magnificent way these words could lift one’s soul? Why don’t
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