Vans Off the Wall Vans Inc. is a prosperous company‚ which manufactures shoes and apparel. The company was formerly known as Van Doren Rubber Company‚ Inc. and changed its name to Vans‚ Inc. in 1991. Since the beginning‚ Vans Inc. has strived for popularity in snowboarding shoes and skateboarding sneakers to try to keep up with the fast growing and extreme sport cultures. Paul Van Doren started the company in the United States in March 1966. The company began to manufacture shoes in the first
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Erica Modlin Period 2 October 12‚ 2011 The Interlopers The Interlopers is a short story about two men‚ Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym. Both men were enemies and they both wanted the land beyond the eastern spurs of the Karpathian Mountains. Soon enough Gradwitz and Znaeym caught up with each other and starting fighting over who owns the land. A tree fell on them when fighting and they called for help. Soon enough they became friends and wolfs ate them. Literal Question: Which guy was
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Jan van Eyck Many artistic people show symbolism in many different ways. Jan van Eyck demonstrated an immense ability in this area. Although Jan Van Eyck’s date of birth is unclear‚ c. 1395 or sometime before this date is widely accepted as a best guess. For this time‚ he was one of the most advanced artists‚ especially because of the details in which he used. The specific type of art that Jan van Eyck did was oil paintings. Next to nothing is known about Jan van Eyck’s brother.
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Rip Van Winkle In the late 1700’s and early 1800’s‚ literature began to show it was changing thanks to the newly formed democracy in America. As is the case with any young government‚ many different interest groups arose to attempt to mold the government according to their vision of democracy. Washington Irving‚ a native New Yorker born in 1783‚ grew up in a world engulfed in these democratic ideals. He grew up to be‚ as many would grow up in this atmosphere‚ a political satirist. This satirical
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Visual Arts Vincent Van Gogh Vincent Van Gogh was born 30th March‚ 1853‚ in Groot-Zundert‚ Netherlands. Vincent used expressionistic colour‚ line and composition to record his life experiences‚ the people he encountered and the many disappointments he felt. Vincent’s father‚ Theodorus van Gogh‚ was an austere country minister‚ and his mother‚ Anna Cornelia Carbentus‚ was a moody artist whose love of nature‚ drawing and watercolours was transferred to her son. At age 15‚ van Gogh’s family was
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II. Early Life of van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30‚ 1853 in Groot- Zundert‚ a village close to Breda in the province of North Brabant¬¬¬¬¬-a region in the south of the Netherlands‚ a predominantly Catholic area. He was the oldest child of Theodorus van Gogh‚ a minister of the Dutch reformed church‚ and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. As a child‚ Vincent was serious‚ silent and thoughtful. He attended the Zundert Village School from 1860‚ where the single Catholic teacher taught
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Ping Song FNAR C100 Topic Proposal Jennifer D. Scavone 26/10/2013 1. Vincent van Gogh‚ A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage‚ c. 1885. Oil on Canvas‚ 31.3*42 cm‚ Dutch. Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture Gallery 241. 2. Vincent van Gogh‚ Self-Portrait‚ 1887‚ Oil on artist’s board‚ mounted on cradled panel‚ 41*32.5 cm‚ Dutch. Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture Gallery 241. A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage. There are a number of
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“Rip Van Winkle” Ashley Castillo Keiser University Washington Irving wrote Rip Van Winkle with the American people in mind. At this time society was changing drastically. America was attempting to go through a struggle with forming their identity. America wanted to have an identity that would set them free from English culture and rule. Irving uses his main character‚ Rip Van Winkle‚ to symbolize America. Rip goes through the same struggles that America was going through at this time before
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one of the most popular paintings in the National Gallery. It is the painting that is most often reproduced on cards‚ posters‚ mugs‚ tea-towels and stationery. It was also the picture that Van Gogh was most proud of. Van Gogh‚ Sunflowers‚ 1888 It was painted during a rare period of excited optimism‚ while Van Gogh awaited the arrival of his hero‚ the avant-garde painter Paul Gauguin. The lonely and passionate Vincent had moved to Arles‚ in the South of France‚ where he dreamed of setting up a
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One of the most frequent and well-known subjects of van Gogh’s paintings was the artist himself. Van Gogh initially considered the idea of portrait painting as practical and one of the most consistent ways for an artist to provide for themselves and to buy supplies to continue their work‚ “I should succeed in replacing in goods the money spent…then‚ something practical I can do is portrait painting.” (van Gogh.) As van Gogh’s finances ran low‚ he was no longer able to pay models to pose for his portraits
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