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    Death of General Wolfe

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    Analysis of The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West In 1770‚ artist Benjamin Wolfe completed what would become his most controversial and talked about piece of artwork‚ an oil on canvas painting titled The Death of General Wolfe‚ the purpose of which was to teach a moral lesson. The Death of General Wolfe portrays the Battle of Quebec‚ but more specifically it details the moment when Major General James Wolfe was on his deathbed shortly after the British had driven the French away in victory

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    The painting “The Death of General Wolfe” serves as an artistic response to war by showcasing the tragic death of the war hero‚ James Wolfe‚ during the French and Indian war through the depiction of Wolfe’s death‚ Wolfe’s surrounding‚ as well as by the setting in which it took place. Wolfe’s death pose shares many similarities between the Lamentation of Christ. By doing so‚ West conveys a strong message that Wolfe’s death was Christ like. It highlights his death as tragic and saddening but even so

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    the two paintings use perspective‚ color‚ and light very similarly. In Death of General Wolfe‚ the artist‚ West‚ clearly and realistically paints the figures in the foreground and in the background in uniforms that would have been common during that time. Similarly‚ Giotto paints his figures in robes which were common‚ and what painters usually depicted their figures wearing. They both have knowledge about what it is their are painting are are able to use color to accurately show what may have occurred

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    Bradley September 14‚ 2012 Melanie Trost ART310 American Art John Singleton Copley and Benjamin West were both painters and portraitures. John Copley and Benjamin West both had very distinct styles of artwork. There were also some comparisons between their artwork(s). I have decided to look further into Copley’s and West’s artwork(s) and this is what I have found. John Singleton Copley’s painting: Mars‚ Venus‚ and Vulcan: The Forge of Vulcan features Venus which is the symbol of love and sex

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    Thomas Wolfe

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    THOMAS WOLFE Thomas Clayton Wolfe (3 Oct. 1900-15 Sept. 1938)‚ novelist and short story writer‚ was born in Asheville‚ the eighth child of William Oliver‚ a stonecutter from Pennsylvania‚ and Julia Elizabeth Westall Wolfe‚ a native North Carolinian. In 1904 he went with his mother and some of the other children to St. Louis‚ where his mother kept a boardinghouse during the World’s Fair and where his brother Grover died‚ an event that he was to use with distinction in his fiction. In 1905 he began

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    Tom Wolfe

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    Tom Wolfe is one of the great american authors of this century. He has published a wide variety of works throughout his career including nonfiction and fiction pieces.Wolfe is probably best known for his association with the New Journalism literary movement in which literary techniques are used in an objective‚ even-handed journalism. His work is mostly non-fiction but it has captured the attention of readers by his amazing ability to make nonfiction interesting and controversial. His writing skills

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    During the late-1800’s after the civil war in western America‚ americans from the east settled in occupied Native American land‚ looking for new opportunities. The Americans moved west to mine for gold‚ silver‚ and copper‚ and wanted to farm. Many people have mixed opinions on whether or not this was a land of opportunity or not based on the many different outcomes from it. Although this time was not a good opportunity for the natives because many were killed or removed from their land and were

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    What was the effect of photography on painting in the nineteenth century? The photograph was developed in 1839 simultaneously in England and France by Talbot and Daguerre. That is the technique of chemically fixing of an image produced by exposure to rays of sun. William Fox Talbot was an English scholar and scientist who developed the negative and positive process. He used sensitive paper soaked in sodium hyposulphite called calotype. This became the basis for all subsequent photography. Photography

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    and experiences to their homes. Other changes emerged when women took jobs during and after the war. New machines were created to assist in household chores like washing clothes and preparing food. An important factor that drove these social changes was the increase in education. The number of students attending school doubled and the classes offered to them prepared them for useful jobs. A political change that greatly affected

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    The Framers Intent

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    meaning at the time that work was created‚ but the interpretation of that meaning is colored by the circumstances‚ history‚ education‚ and intentions of those who would read that work. This is especially true of the Constitution of the United States of America. The U.S. Constitution was a collaborative effort of the great minds of the time‚ and its contents were debated by those who drafted it and those who voted on its ratification. The question of the framers’ intent continues to be debated in modern

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