Allegory Of Amsterdam Allegory of Amsterdam by Domenicus Van Wijnen is a work that encapsulates Amsterdam during the 17th century. Although the work is fairly extravagant and crowded‚ Wijnen uses lighting to draw emphasis to three key areas of the piece. The first of which is a artist poised to begin his work at the bottom of the painting‚ the second being the highlighted globe with two women hovering over it‚ and the final area being the actual source of light in the heavens at the top of the
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I. Introduction Attention Getter: " First I dream my paintings then I paint my dreams" Van Gough Reason to listen: What makes an individual unique is their passions. Painting has been one of my passions since I could hold a paint brush. Even though I am not great at painting‚ it still is apart of who I am. I have many passions‚ but painting is the one thing I can do when all else fails to make me feel better. It is a visual of how I feel and showing that‚ to me‚ is easier than speaking
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exhausted and want to go to sleep‚ but I am still a few blocks from my house. As I glance to my right‚ at the end of the road stands a big sign that reads Town Of Demcora In big bold letters. I continue to walk across the uneven road‚ my red Old Skool Vans sneakers get caught in cracks and holes with almost every step I take. God‚ I hate this town. Time passes at snail’s pace‚ but eventually I make it home. The front door swings open before I even reach the steps. My mom bursts out the door and wraps
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Een verdediging van het libertarisme -|- Oskar Knötschke Waarom de mens het determinisme moet verwerpen In dit essay ga ik een incompatibalistische visie verdedigen‚ een visie die er van uitgaat dat het determinisme en de vrije wil niet samengaan. Ik verdedig de visie van het libertarisme‚ een positie in het “vrije wil-debat” die uitgaat van de autonomie van de mens. Het ontkent het determinisme en probeert het bestaan van een vrije wil te beargumenteren. In dit essay ga ik een stelling verdedigen
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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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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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