Willem de Kooning is considered one of the best American painters to ever live. He is compared to one of the Greek Sea Gods‚ Proteus‚ and is called "a master of a liquid realm who is gifted with prophecy" (Kertess).De Kooning is a highly intellectual‚ analytical artist with the courage to reject all assumptions and to take up an issue at its "most difficult formation" (Hess 16). One of de Kooning’s good friends was the poet‚ art critic‚ and MOMA Curator‚ Frank O’Hara. O’Hara considered de Kooning
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Netherlands-based De Stijl movement embraced an abstract‚ pared-down aesthetic centred in basic visual elements such as geometric forms and primary colours. Partly a reaction against the decorative excesses of Art Deco‚ the reduced quality of De Stijl art was envisioned by its creators as a universal visual language appropriate to the modern era‚ a time of a new‚ spiritualized world order. Led by the painters Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian - its central and celebrated figures - De Stijl artists
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A lot of things happened in Simone de Beauvoir’s life‚ most having to do with women and the way they were treated. She was a very observant person‚ and her writing reflects that. Simone de Beauvoir’s writings attempted to deal on paper with the vast emotions conjured by her life experiences‚ particularly women she knew who were "assassinated by bourgeois morality." ("Simone") Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris‚ France on January 9‚ 1908. She was raised by a Catholic mother from Verdun‚ and a father
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06-12-2009 De Kersentuin Informatie Auteur Anton Pavlovitsj Tsjechow Titel De Kersentuin Jaar van uitgave 1903 Jaar eerste opvoering 1904 Synopsis 1900‚ een Russisch landgoed‚ de kersentuin. Ljoebow‚ bezitster van het landgoed‚ is vijf jaar geleden haar bestaan ontvlucht (nadat zowel haar man als zoontje overleden zijn) en is vertrokken naar Parijs. Ze keert nu voor het eerst weer terug naar haar geliefde landgoed‚ een landgoed van generaties en herinneringen; de kersentuin
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Constitution‚ the American Dream is defined by life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness‚ as well as Manifest Destiny. To foreigners‚ the American Dream is family and a job to support them. To natives‚ the American Dream is a bit blurry. To some‚ it means making it big‚ and living a stable life where money troubles don’t exist and all is well. To me‚ the American Dream is living everything to the fullest‚ and being happy with what life decided to throw at you. My grandma tells me the American Dream is‚
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American Values DP Rasmussen College In today’s multicultural‚ pluralistic society that we call the United States‚ our values are viewed as goals that are attainable by all. But this is truly a difference of opinion and is questionable on what is believed to be valued. According to Sociologist Robin Williams (1965)‚ he identified ten values that are shared by Americans. Although there are more than ten values existing today‚ I will only be commenting on three that I believe to be common American
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Eamon de Valera‚ although born in New York City‚ in the United States of America‚ devoted his life to help the people of Ireland. As he once said it‚ "If I wish to know what the Irish want‚ I look into my own heart." De Valera loved Ireland and its people with a deep and lasting passion. It was he‚ probably more than any other person in their history‚ who helped that country win freedom from British rule and then shaped its history well into the twentieth century. De Valera ’s mother‚ Catherine
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Jazman Shape English 1302 Mr. Benefield American Identity of Walt Whitman What is American Identity? American identity could be any specific way a person would perceive America‚ or how he or she can identify America. Walt Whitman‚ a strong independent person but willingly was considered the most American of American poets here today. Mr. Whitman is part of American identity. The way Mr. Whitman lives his life and writes his poems it reflects some methods or behaviors of things that are going
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My Responsibility to America “To be an American for me means freedom and justice. I also think being an American is a big responsibility.” This is the response of 10-year-old Neil from Wisconsin when asked the question‚ “What does it mean to be an American?” Neil is right; Americans have responsibilities that are imperative to living in America and helping the United States be prosperous and successful. If everyone were to learn and follow these obligations‚ America could be the utopia it was meant
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Simone de Beauvoir Biography The life of Simone de Beauvoir closely parallels that of her colleague‚ friend‚ and lover Jean-Paul Sartre. Her life is well documented‚ due to her many autobiographical works. These works also follow the lives of Sartre‚ Albert Camus‚ and other prominent philosophers of the twentieth century. Early Years Simone Ernestine Lucie Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was born on 9 January 1908‚ in Paris‚ to Françoise and Georges de Brauvoir. While Ernestine and Lucie were the
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