AT THE BEACH(another) A draught blew by me taking my spirit with it. The strands of hair crossed my face; the sun peaked its way above the horizon as if it was scared to shed some light. The smell of the salty sea tingled my nose as I breathed in a breath of fresh air. The sand was a mine field of corals‚ with a collection of many different multicolored sea shells; however at the same time‚ the sand was a bed of blankets. The way the sand flowed onto my feet and out to the spaces between my toes
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art history has‚ and will always live on. He was born around 1440 in Cadoe‚ Italy‚ to an un-artistic family consisting of lawyers. As a young child‚ he quickly learned the value of money and management. As a young child‚ he and his family moved to Venice where he was pushed to study art. Before the age of fifteen‚ he studied under three well-known Venetian artists: Zuccato‚ Gentile and Bellini. Giorgione was his ultimate teacher. Titian was inspired by his bold‚ contemporary style of art. Titian
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potentially suffocating warmth. The beach was tiny compared to the resorts further along the coastline‚ sheltered by the surrounding forests of palm trees. It was an almost perfect semi-circle of fine‚ dark volcanic sand‚ with not a trace of the inland civilization in sight – an unspoilt‚ secluded paradise on an island gradually being colonised by armies of skyscrapers‚ strip clubs and tourist traps. There was a humble building near the eastern end of the beach‚ a traditional affair on stilts with
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Rigoletto is an operatic masterpiece created by the Italian‚ Giuseppe Verdi. Rigoletto premiered on 11th March 1851 at Teatro La Fenice in Venice‚ Italy (Rous). It is a tragedy. It is storyline mainly revolves around three characters: the promiscuous Duke of Mantua; Rigoletto (a court jester)‚ and Gilda (Rigoletto’s fair daughter). Count Monterone curses the Duke for “sexually abusing” his daughter and arresting him after he protests against the duke’s immoral actions (Martin). He also curses Rigoletto
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“Like a Virgin” was full of innuendos and inter-textual meanings and the video further expands the controversy of the song. Madonna was featured leaving the Brooklyn bridge on a boat and travelling to Venice. The action of the clip is shot in Venice’s Piazza San Marco and features a provocative-looking Madonna on a gondola‚ a lion walking between the columns of the piazza and the statue of San Marco and alternative scenes of the performer singing as she walked through marble rooms and wore a wedding
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1 21 November‚ 2013 MUS31-04 Middle Ages and the Baroque Period Music What is music? According to the definition‚ music is the art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous‚ unified‚ and evocative composition‚ as through melody‚ harmony‚ rhythm‚ and timbre. As we know‚ music had become a controversial topic throughout the world. Everyone knows music‚ everyone heard of music. Music represents our feeling‚ and used throughout the world. Music has been divided into many
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Pound thought that in all times life has always presented fragments to the mind. This is the natural case…Since life presents fragments‚ it’s not surprising that our minds are inherently disposed to work with them. Though Pound’s fragments are perfectly definite‚ their implications are endless and contradictory (223-224). Pound also extracts from Greek mythology presenting the word in Greek. That is to say‚ Pound named H.D. “Dryad‚” the wood spirit muse of his earliest poems. “Dryad”‚ or “Δρυάς is
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the renewed interest in the culture of classical antiquity after the period that Renaissance humanists labeled the Dark Ages. The European Renaissance began in Tuscany‚ and centered in the cities of Florence and Siena. It later had a great impact in Venice‚ and worked it was up across Italy‚ and up to Greece which later on the Greek brought together‚ providing humanist scholars to provide writing about the history of the Renaissance. The Italian Renaissance was a movement which gave the whole entire
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6 Degrees of Separation Just as in life‚ art is shaped and molded by history. Previous artworks set the stage for future masterpieces to come. Every piece of art is unique in its own expression‚ but when thoroughly analyzed‚ a map of inspiration between all art starts to form. Whether the inspiration derives from form‚ color‚ style‚ or message‚ most artworks contain hints of similarity and by following this map of artistry we can discover connections between pieces that illuminate a whole new meaning
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to water. Waves are continually affecting Otakimiro Point (i.e. the Headland). At Muriwai‚ waves are responsible for shaping the coast everyday (and night!). Hydrological Vocab * The movement of waves back down the beach. * The movement of waves up on to the beach. * These occur on shores with a steeply angled shore. The waves curl over and crash loudly. They are destructive. * These occur on shores with a gentle angled shore. The waves spill over. They are constructive. *
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