...LONDON – Thirty years ago, the Cold War was at its height and the United Kingdom had just clawed its way out of recession. Perhaps those factors explain why, this week in 1982, when 119 government delegations chose to sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the UK was not among them. According to Donald Rumsfeld, Britain’s then-prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, declared UNCLOS to be “nothing less than the international nationalization of roughly two-thirds of the Earth’s surface.” Fifteen years later, when the UK finally acceded to UNCLOS under a Labour government, the convention was applying, for the first time in history, an internationally agreed legal framework to the majority of coastal waters around the world. Countries’ rights to fish, minerals, and other resources were enshrined in law, with recourse to international adjudication should disputes arise. The right of free passage on the high seas was assured. Britain and other countries must now learn from, rather than repeat, the Thatcher government’s mistake. A new debate is emerging about how we govern and exercise stewardship over the high seas – the 45% of the Earth’s surface that lies beyond national jurisdictions. We know that a resource crunch of unprecedented scale is coming. Non-oil commodity prices have risen precipitously in the last decade. The high seas can provide food, minerals, and novel resources for technology and medicine. But the weaknesses of the current governance...
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...Assignment: Formal Analysis of Art Summary There are various formal qualities about the painting Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez that make it very interesting to view. For example, I have observed the above listed painting through conducting a formal analysis of it, and have concluded with the following observations and interpretations of my understandings. The artist has portrayed an image of girls in the midst as if waiting to attend the wedding. Second, the artist reflects within the painting background an image of an artist working on a painting, while a mirrored image on the very back wall depicts what appears to be the King and Queen. These formal qualities used by Diego Velazquez create many illusionistic effects, just as that of the mirror used to attract the viewer’s visibility; rather it also portrays reflections of images that reside outside the view. In addition, the artist here has used three primary focal-points including self-portrait, half-length, and reflected mirrored images. However, the dimensions and depth of the painting have been obscured this has been accomplished through the use of various layers, shapes, colors, and tones that tend to overlap for outstanding effects. The formal qualities of Nighthawks by Edward Hopper are also very interesting yet, much more simple and to the point than that of Las Menias. For example, after observing through formal analysis I have concluded with the following observations of my understandings. In this particular painting...
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...The day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. They see death as a friend and also make death humorous; in the film they showed different articles where they even made fun of the president. In the film they also showed famous murals for this occasion such as Diego Rivera’s famous mural dedicated to the day of the dead. Flowers also play a key role on this day; many people use yellow flowers, they say the yellow flowers have the smell of death. Before the event the women prepare food to take to the cemetery for their loved ones that are gone, many believe they come back to cemetery on this day. On November 1st , they light thousands of candles and incenses to help guide the dead to the cemetery. At midnight the dead are supposed to be there. The Day of the Dead, is celebrated during the same time frame as Halloween. Both events are centered on tradition rooted in paying respect to the dead. Though mostly different, a few characteristics of both holidays make them similar. Both Halloween and the Day of the Dead use food as part of the celebration. Halloween involves trick or treating where children knock on doors to receive candy, sweets and treats. Though food is also used during the Day of the Dead, the food is placed on alters at the grave sites of those being remembered during the holiday...
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...Tierra (México), yo, Diego y el señor Xolotl," Frida utiliza la mitología de los antiguos mexicanos, como el tema. La diosa de la tierra mítica de la Cihuacóatl, de la que todos los resortes de la vida suavemente cunas Frida. El tema de esta pintura contiene muchos elementos que se derivan de la mitología de los antiguos mexicanos. La incapacidad de Frida para tener hijos la llevaron a adoptar un papel maternal con respecto a Diego, que está representado en el centro. Aunque la mujer es la figura que alimenta la vida, el hombre tiene el tercer ojo de la sabiduría en su frente, y por lo tanto dependen unos de otros. Abrazando a la pareja humana es la madre tierra azteca, Cituacoatl. La figura está en el exterior, la Madre Universal, abraza Cituacoatl. En la parte frontal el perro Itzcuintli Señor Xolotl es más que simplemente una de las mascotas de la artista: representa a Xolotl, un ser que tiene la forma de un perro y protege la entrada del Más Allá. En esta pintura, Frida presenta la vida, muerte, noche, día, la luna, el sol, el hombre y la mujer, todos en una dicotomía recurrente que está profundamente conectado y unido por dos poderosos seres mitológicos. En agosto de 1947, Frida dibujó un boceto de la pintura primitiva en su diario. Elegí este cuadro debido a sus colores brillantes y el contraste entre la vida y la muerte, día y noche, hombre y mujer. También encontré los símbolos de la tradición mexicana interesante. Esta pintura realizada en 1941 por Diego Rivera, representa...
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...Words of Comfort: What to Say When Someone is Dying Candace Rotolo Being diagnosed with a terminal illness is traumatic. But sometimes, what people say in an effort to offer comfort is equally distressing. The truth is, many of us just don't know what to say to a loved one who is facing their mortality. "Most of the time I really liked when people said nothing," notes Michelle Colon-Johnson, who has been diagnosed with stage four cancer five times and survived. "If I wanted to talk about the cancer, it felt good to know I could talk to others, but I never wanted to be treated differently." Experts who assist patients in their final days say the best thing to do for someone who has recently been diagnosed is to allow them to guide your conversations and actions. "They might not want to talk," explains social worker Edie McCaddin-Bower, vice president of support services at Beacon Hospice. McCaddin-Bower says it's important to respect the patient's wishes, but let them know you're willing to lend an ear to hear their thoughts, wishes and fears whenever they are ready. Fellow social worker Meredith Cinman, ancillary services coordinator at Amedisys Hospice in Valenica, CA, adds that loved ones should try not to worry about saying the "right thing" but spend more time listening to the patient. What NOT to Say to Someone Who Is Dying "Avoid platitudes," adds psychiatrist, Huffington Post blogger and author Marcia Sirota M.D. "Saying things like, ‘Everything happens...
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...ince my promotion as Human Resource Manager at Kudler Fine Foods, I have been working extremely hard to work on my career development plan for my new team at our La Jolla store. A much needed purchasing manager will be hired, and four new positions will open up for our new Supervisor in Training Program (SIT). It has been made clear to me that my team at will be hired to train in La Jolla and upon completion of Carlsbad location they will move there to train other new employees, and will become part of the supervisory team. Due to this team preparing for supervision responsibilities the position will require employees who are willing to work hard to ensure the new store opening in exceeds expectations. The job descriptions and qualifications for five new positions I think it is crucial to hire for five new positions, one in which will be a purchasing manager position. With the changes and expansion happening at Kudler’s, owner Kathy Kudler needs to relieve some pressure and hire a person who can be responsible for all purchasing, inventory reporting, and record keeping for all three locations. This person can be a new hire or a current employee who will work out of the La Jolla store but must be able to travel to other store locations when needed (25% of time). The Purchasing manager will work closely with owner and president of the company ensuring the store is making purchasing decisions based on inventory levels, expiration dates, and most importantly...
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...Renaissance and Baroque art are distinct time periods and artists in their respective eras created artwork that differed from the other period. Consequently, art produced in separate time frames are likely to vary from one another. Upon first glance, Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Double Portrait made in 1434 and Diego Velazquez’s Las Meninas made in 1656 do not look similar. Although the two paintings have more than two centuries between them, Velazquez makes many references to Van Eyck’s painting and therefore creates a relationship between the two. This relationship is visible when directly comparing the two works of art side by side and similarities begin to emerge. Arnolfini Double Portrait and Las Meninas share many characteristics including foreground composition, mirror reflections, and background references that can be seen after careful analysis despite the initial difference in time, location, and influence of the two artists. With two centuries separating Jan Van Eyck and Diego Velazquez, the primary differences between the two artists are time, location, and influence of their own specific lives. Arnolfini Double Portrait was painted during the middle of the Renaissance when naturalism was highly favored in art. In this naturalistic view, van Eyck painted what he saw in a lifelike manner; his subjects are brightly colored, physiologically accurate, and their faces are detailed with shadow, which depict structure. All these characteristics paved the way for future naturalism...
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... but he was the one who showed artistic ability at a young age, making sculptures of red clay found all over North Carolina. His family finally moved to New York in 1913. Education Alston went to New York’s DeWitt Clinton High school; there he realized he had artistic talents by winning a school art prize. When he graduated from high school he became encouraged to study art, so he enrolled at Columbia University New York, Alston graduated in 1929. During his student years he was influenced by Alaine Cock who told black artists to express the African-American experience. He stated at Columbia for graduate work until 1931. Career Alston then met the Mexican Mural School including Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco who painted public art. They inspired him to paint classical public art of Michelangelo and the others. Alston also married a hospital surgeon named Myra Logan; he also got into teaching and taught artists such as Jacob Lawrence. Alston started painting portraits such as Jacob Lawrence and Dr. Martin Luther King. Awards Arthur Wesley Dow Fellowship, Columbia...
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...Crystal Huizar Hum 123 SA9- Paper #1 9/15/2012 Woman Grinding Maize – Diego Rivera One of my favorite art works is La Molendera, or The Woman Grinding Maize, by Diego Rivera. The medium of this painting is oil paint on a horizontal canvas that measures 106.7 x 121.9 cm. When I first see this painting, the woman dressed in white with her hair split in two braids, grinding maize on a stone, is what stands out to me the most. It is traditional for women in Mexico that make tortillas to grind the maize, corn, on a rock. In the background I see three already made tortillas baking on top of a ceramic dish. The colors used in the atmosphere are cool toned, which gives you a sense of calm and a soothing sensation. The main colors used here are blue, gray and brown; the only white that was used was for the woman in the picture. I think the reason why Rivera used white for the woman’s dress was to draw attention directly to her and the work she is doing. There is a lot of roundness in the painting. For example, the skillet where the tortillas are heating is round, the stone grinder is oval, and the woman’s arms and body are also round. Overall, Rivera synchronized all the objects in this painting to the same size, everything is painted is bold and big. He had a great sense of color and an enormous talent for structuring his work. Diego Rivera, the creator of this painting, was Mexican and was married to another famous artist, Frida Kahlo. A lot of Rivera’s later work was influenced...
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...large or small, it also talks about how bad we are polluting our ocean’s coastlines and how that pollution can affect us. More and more people are moving to coastal counties, which means more pollution in and around that area and this article is trying open our eyes and tell us that polluting our coasts is threatening human health, marine resources, and putting our future at risk. The article also includes the views on pollution of the coasts from people that basically can’t live without the ocean. Harry and Donna Frye, or the dynamic duo, are people that can’t live without the ocean. Harry is a surfer that has lost faith in humans because of our polluting ways, while Donna (an activist) is trying desperately to make the coasts of San Diego safer for all...
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...aren’t exactly present to the outside world, so the painter gives form to the intangibles or feelings. In other paintings, the painter reveals the hidden things such as the suffering of the people from a war or massacre. Lastly some artists like to show the world in a new way or show it how they view it from their own eyes. The two paintings i have chosen for this assignment are “The Two Fridas” and “The Persistence of Memory”. They are two of my favorites and I learned a lot about them while I was taking a Spanish class in high school. I do not know as much about them as I would like to but I do intend to spend the time learning about them. “The Two Fridas” painted by Frida Kahlo in 1939. She painted this shortly after divorcing Diego Rivera. When Frida painted the Two Fridas, the role that she was portraying was giving form to the intangibles. I say this because it is portraying her feelings about her divorces. When she was one person, the woman in the European dress, her husband of the time rejected her and betrayed her. When she was the woman in traditional dress, the woman on the right, he loved her. What she is showing is that both woman are connected because they are the same person. In the painting you can see that the Frida on the left is holding a pair of scissors. There is blood flowing down onto her dress from what appears to be a vein that she had intentionally severed from her other half, the Traditional Frida on the right. They are holding hands to show...
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...expression and individuality. By making the lines loose and free it makes the world that we may see so much more different. With this picture this is how he saw this village while he was alive and painted it. Sol LeWitt’s wall drawing No. 681 his lines are a bit more in control unlike van Gogh’s lines. LeWitt’s lines seem to be well placed like he mathematically decided how he wanted to place the lines on his drawing. They are precise and controlled unlike van Gogh’s, the lines set these two art pieces apart not just by who the artist is but how the artist decided to use the lines to express what he was trying to get across to the viewer. LeWitt’s art seems more thought out and planned with how the lines were going to be placed. Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez is a drawing of the royal family that he must have been close to or close enough to be able to capture some great details of the family that many others may have not seen before. In this work of art you can tell that he is putting the majority of his focus on the little one in the middle that everyone seems to be tending to. Also the artist depicts the parents I believe in the portrait that is in the background. There is so much detail with the individuals in the painting that it makes you feel like you are right there watching him create the work of art. In this painting it also makes it look like another painting is also being painted at the same time by the gentleman that is wearing the black outfit with the red looking cross...
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...1922, Siqueiros returned to Mexico City to work as a muralist for Álvaro Obregón’s revolutionary government. Then Secretary of Public Education José Vasconcelos made a mission of educating the masses through public art and hired scores of artists and writers to build a modern Mexican culture. Siqueiros, Rivera and José Orozco worked together under Vasconcelos, who supported the muralist movement by commissioning murals for prominent buildings in Mexico City. Still, the artists working at the Preparatoria realized that many of their early works lacked the "public" nature envisioned in their ideology. In 1923 Siqueiros helped found the Syndicate of Revolutionary Mexican Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, which addressed the problem of widespread public access through its union paper, El Machete. That year the paper published – "for the proletariat of the world" – a manifesto, which Siqueiros helped author, on the necessity of a "collective" art, which would serve as "ideological propaganda" to educate the masses and overcome bourgeois, individualist art. Siqueiros hoped to create a style that would bridge national and universal art. In his work as well as his writing, Siqueiros sought a social realism that at once hailed the proletariat peoples of Mexico and the world while avoiding the clichés of trendy "Primitivism" and "Indianism" 1932 at the Italian Hall at Olvera Street in Los Angeles.[11] Painting fresco on an outside wall – visible to passersby as well as intentional viewers...
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...Zapatistas is a painting from Jose Clemente Orozco. The drawing was very nice, also it looks like if the people in the painting were traveling. Is was drawn in 1931, and it is 45 x 55". The drawing is somewhat smooth, and looks like it took Jose Clemente Orozco a few years. The master peace of Jose Clemente Orozco is a Painting and Sculpture. The style of drawing he makes, His works are complex and simple. He also did smooth lines, and the drawing where very colorful. He became a very famous artists because of how he draw with oil,and canvas Dimensions. His drawing are somewhat religious and have a lot of mexican colors. He also has a building of all his drawings the drawing are on the roof and floors and walls of the building. What do...
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...At the Norton Simon Museum of Art, in Pasadena California, I was able to see Diego Rivera’s “The Flower Girl (Girl with Lilies)” on display. This painting was located in the “20th Century Galleries” section of the museum. All of the works in that are located in this section of the museum are considered modern art. The wall text gives a brief history of Diego Rivera’s life and describes what is being depicted in the painting, “Rivera entered art school at a very young age and moved to Europe in 1907. There he was deeply affected by the great Italian muralists and contemporary French painters. Returning home in 1921, he became a painter of murals, and over the next several years the direction of Mexican art changed dramatically under his leadership....
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