Pi has always been an interesting concept to me. A number that is infinitely being calculated seems almost unbelievable. This number has perplexed many for years and years‚ yet it is such an essential part of many peoples lives. It has become such a popular phenomenon that there is even a day named after it‚ March 14th (3/14) of every year! It is used to find the area or perimeter of circles‚ and used in our every day lives. Pi is used in things such as engineering and physics‚ to the ripples created
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artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius: he will have to wait for the verdict of the spectator in order that his declarations take a social value and that‚ finally‚ posterity includes him in the primers of Artist History.” — Marcel Duchamp (1966) 1. Introduction At the time photography was invented‚ the technology was expensive‚ difficult to use and required specialized skills and craftsmanship. Because many painters at the time were doing portraits‚ they saw the danger of the
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Marcel Pagnol- Le Chateaux de ma mere Discuss the reasons for the sudden change in the conclusion of the book “ Le chateaux de ma mere” by Marcel Pagnol is a memorable‚ enjoyable text in which the story takes an abrupt turn at the conclusion of the book. Pagnol utilises the majority of the text to develop the story of months and a series of events‚ however he majestically creates a sudden change in the final components of the book which span a period of decades. It is not solely the series
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Me are Gordie Lachance‚ Chris Chambers‚ Teddy Duchamp‚ and Vern Tessio. Gordie Lachance is a 12 going on 13 year old boy from Castle Rock‚ Oregon. His older brother Denny was killed in a jeep accident‚ this leads to Gordies mother ignoring him and his father hating him. Chris Chambers is one of the four boys who traveled to find the boy who was killed Ray Brower. Chris’s dad is an alcoholic‚ and his brother is friends with the groups bully. Teddy Duchamp is the craziest person out of the group. His
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The Roswell UFO Crash John Doe Teacher English II CP December 26‚ 1996 In 1947 a UFO was seen near the town of Roswell‚ New Mexico. It was witnessed by many of the residents and was described as something not of this planet. The government denies any evidence of this event occurring and has covered it up for may years. Now that more information has become available to the public‚ it is clear that something extraordinary happened. The town of Roswell‚ New Mexico
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order. Our society is based upon orders of justification that privilege some with certain legitimations and the power of representation. This authority is questioned by an increasing number of people. The proposal of the artist Tania Bruguera to put Duchamp`s urinal back into the restroom describes very metaphorical the claim that socially engaged art has: This way of understanding art has nothing to do with decontextualization of objects in order to understand a concept‚ in contrary‚ socially engaged
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value of art. But unfortunately for them‚ post-modern art has dethroned critics with the use of humor‚ wit‚ and scale of impact in their art. Post-modern art rejects the idea of beauty and truth and reveals the value of irony. Artists such as Marcel Duchamp‚ who created the Fountain‚ or Mark Tansey‚ shock‚ mock‚ and force the viewers to rethink the meaning of art. “The reader/viewer must create a whole new context in which to hold the art‚ one which may truly challenge his belief structures‚ one
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"Rebekah‚ you can’t abandon Niklaus. I know that he shouldn’t kill Marcel but I do believe there is some humanity left in his impatient self. That‚ my sister‚ is his redemption." "We don’t abandon him‚ Elijah. He drives us away!" Rebekah yelled‚ her voice cracking from the tears. "And would you stop chasing his redemption
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On "The Red Wheelbarrow" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION: "The Red Wheelbarrow" Lines 1-2 The opening lines set the tone for the rest of the poem. Since the poem is composed of one sentence broken up at various intervals‚ it is truthful to say that "so much depends upon" each line of the poem. This is so because the form of the poem is also its meaning. This may seem confusing‚ but by the end of the poem the image of the
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Europe at that time. Art critics like Clement Greenberg commented how New York was “the most industrialized city with the most advanced people.” Artists like Duchamp would rave over New York’s skyscrapers and pretty much rub it in Paris’s face because they had no buildings like it (mostly because they didn’t have a need for them). Duchamp liked to take photos of the skyscrapers‚ since the camera was invented by this time any way‚ and it captured the scene even better than painting did. As a matter
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