Lloyd Wright (America’s legendary architect) .............................................................................. 15 Napoleon Hill and Think and Grow Rich (The Original Self-Help Book) ............................................... 17 Vincent van Gogh (A master painter struck by madness) ........................................................................ 19 Athletes and Sports Stars: Bethany Hamilton (Young surfer and shark-attack survivor)......................................
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The St Vincent De Paul Society is a Catholic affiliated charity organisation that assists to actively fight against causes of both inequality and poverty. They are inspired by Jesus Christ’s compassion to all‚ and are determined to be kind and compassionate to everyone they serve. St Vinnies was founded by a group of Catholic students on 23 April 1833. Frederic Ozanam and his friends decided to make a difference to assist the needs of the poor‚ and agreed on the name of The Society of St Vincent
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1. Who wrote the song "Sare jahan se acha" ? Answer: Muhammad Iqbal 2. Who give music to the song "Sare jahan se acha" ? Answer: Pandit Ravi Shankar 3. Which is the worlds oldest news agency ? Answer: AFP (Agence France Presse) 4. What is the chemical name of Tear Gas ? Answer: Chloroacetophenone 5. Which is the only hobby recognized by the United Nations ? Answer: Ham Radio 6. What is the national flower of Pakistan ? Answer: Jasmine 7. What is the scientific name of Cockroach
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The Carnegie Museum of Art houses many fine art paintings that span throughout the centuries‚ including famous works by countless artists in different styles‚ from renaissance to contemporary. One famous work includes a piece by Vincent van Gogh’s Wheat Fields after the Rain (The Plain of Auvers)‚ painted in 1890 in Gallery 8‚ Scaife Galleries of the museum. It was acquired through the generosity of the Sarah Mellon Scaige Family‚ and its acquisition number is 68.18. The painting’s dimensions are
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Starry Nights Most people know Vincent Willem van Gogh‚ a Post-Impressionist painter in the 1800s‚ as the maker of The Starry Night. Fewer people‚ however‚ are aware that van Gogh first created The Starry Night Over the Rhone‚ which he painted during a happier period of his life. While both pieces employ the same style and portray a similar scene‚ the feelings evoked are entirely different. Despite the differences in mood‚ one cannot argue that van Gogh did not prove that “putting little white dots
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As an art student‚ I find the art that we learn about in class very interesting because it is art that I would never be interested in‚ but yet after learning the details I enjoy them. Although I don’t mind learning art through power points‚ I find physically looking at art more enjoyable. Getting the whole experience of physical artwork is a more exciting way to learn and catches my interest more‚ which is why I was so excited to visit a new museum and look at some art. For this assignment I decided
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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Paul Gauguin is known for being one of the world’s greatest painters‚ although he was not much appreciated at his time. His work seems to tell stories of his life. In his series of painting done in Tahiti‚ we can see the many wonders that Gauguin himself explored. Today Gauguin’s painting run for millions. For example; Paul Gauguin’s Maternite (II) done in 1899 was sold for $39.2 million. That wasn’t the case back when Gauguin first started
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Edward Hopper (1882-1967) Edward Hopper grew up and lived in the inter-war period. He grew up in a well-off middle class family and decided he was going to be an artist as early as 16 years old (Smith‚ 1986). His parents supported him however pushed him towards commercial art because it had more promise and structure. He first attended the New York School of Illustrating but later transferred to the New York School of Art in 1900. At this school he worked under artists who influenced him to
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rejected the Impressionism’s emphasis on the spontaneous recording of light and color. Post-Impressionists sought to create art with a greater degree of formal order and structure. The new styles they created‚ Georges Seurat’s divisionist technique and Vincent van Gogh’s
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Vincent van Gogh created‚ “Wheat Field with Cypresses”‚ in 1889 on canvas using oil paints. Today‚ it is on display in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Wheat Field with Cypresses” was created during the post-impressionism era; showing abstract paint strokes that were color dominated‚ containing heavy movement‚ showing a window into the artists’ mind and soul. “Wheat Field with Cypresses” depicts a hot‚ windy summer day. Van Gogh uses rich gold’s and yellows to show the brightness of the
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