...The Death of Marat Painting The Death of Marat is created by French artist Jacques-Louis David in 1973, in the size of 6550”(1.65 1.27”m), oil on canvas. Marat was a doctor, scientist and journalist. He fought for the freedom and democracy in France so that strongly supported by the middle class and lower class people, but also made enemies of the aristocracy. The picture depicts an on-going event. Figure lying in the bathtub in the painting is Marat. He was stabbed by Charlotte Corday, a Girondin from a minor aristocratic family against Marat, into the heart with a small blood splattered knife dropping on the ground, bleeding from the wound to the canvas covered on the bathtub. He laid on his side uncomfortably from the posture in the painting, and his right arm hung down the bathtub but holding a quill in the hand while the left hand tightly gripped a letter with blood, says”Please send this five francs to the mother of five children. Her husband gave his life for his country.” The money, the ink, another quill and a piece of paper placed on the khaki counter, which contrast to the dark blue blanket covered on the Marat’s naked body. The light, structure and space of the painting arranged appropriately but ordinary. The spot light plays from left to right, highlighted on Marat’s face, arms and letter in his left hand. Therefore his facial expression in sublime become more easy to see.In the meantime, the direction of the spot light also component of the whole structure...
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...portions of the operation. Products and Services Belle Dans offers a wide variety of mind and body healing services and products.The spa is devoted to providing holistic methods of professional body treatments, facials, and waxing services. This is all done in a relaxing, serene setting. Location Belle Dans has chosen Montclair, CA as their city for the business venture. Montclair has consistently over the last few years been voted the best place to work and live in the USA, frequently making the top five and ten lists of Forbes, Money, and Inc. magazines. Montclair has one of the most educated populations that loosely correlates to earning potential, or at least indicates a higher average household income. Additionally, the downtown area has undergone a recent renovation that has attracted a lot of new businesses as well as become a hot urban area. Competitive Edge Belle Dans's competitive edge is their unique combination of services, location, and customer-centric focus. Both the extraordinary services and location has been detailed previously. Belle Dans has set out since its inception to provide quality, dependable services. Belle Dans has an innovative training program that is extensive in its depth, properly training employees to provide an unprecedented level of customer service. All customers will leave Belle Dans with a feeling that their needs were met well beyond any expectations that they previously had and far better than any competitor....
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...The best snorkeling in Florida Florida state is located at the Southeast end of the USA. The state is an extremely popular tourist destination beloved for nice sunny weather all year round and dozens of great beaches. Florida snorkeling offers serene clean blue waters and lots of interesting things to explore nearby the shore. Big variety of sponges, corals, and sea fans are home to schools of rainbow tropical fish, crabs, rays and shells. Florida is an excellent place to encounter dolphins and manatees. Florida coral reef begins from around Miami and runs South along the Florida Keys. The Best Places To Snorkel In Florida Panama City Beach welcomes visitors with silky white quartz sand and clear emerald green waters. This Gulf beach is an incredible place to combine family rest and snorkeling. The rocky jetty near St. Andrews State Park provides easy and comfortable snorkeling. The jetty may...
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...Swane Cho Third Midterm Section 1 Propaganda requires thought and organization for its success. It needs a solid vision so that the desired social achievement is reached. Therefore, art is considered to be a part of political, social and religious contexts. It is a means of communication to a mass group of people, so that ideologies may be linked within society. Throughout history, wealthy and strong societies used art as a function to control the structures of society and its identification politically, socially and religiously. During Venetia’s and Rome’s renaissance, each city used art as propaganda to further their desired message among the people. In Venetia’s case, they believed they were superior to Rome and Florence due to their commercial sea trading power. They were wealthy and had political self-sufficiency and an individual identity from the spoils of war and trade. Their wealth translated into the display of the arts. Venetians did a lot to exploit the propaganda of their continuous conflict between the Turks. It was to display the power of their military ability and capability. Also, propaganda was used to uphold themselves as the main defenders of the Christian faith against Islam’s further expansion. Ultimately, while they promoted religious contexts, Venetians wanted their commercial power to be revealed. Venice wanted a clear figuration of their state. They had a visualization of a political ideal and they wanted to bring that imagery to...
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...Some Pointers in Decorating & arranging the house * Wipe the slate clean. -In other words, completely empty the room, if possible. I know this can be hard, especially in a cramped, city apartment, but it is sometimes impossible to visualize a fresh new look unless you begin with a blank palette. * Decide on your focal point. Every room needs one. This is the defining element in your room. It can be a something as simple as a fireplace or a unique piece of furniture or artwork. Your furniture should be arranged to take advantage of your focal point. For example, in the living room or bedroom, the sofa or bed should face the focal point. * Identify traffic patterns and avoid setting up an obstacle course. For example, if you must cut through your dining room to get to your kitchen, you won’t want to dodge a huge table and chairs just to get a drink of water. * Decide on the use of the room – intimate gatherings, entertaining large crowds, sleeping and playing (like in a child’s bedroom) or sleeping only? Your main piece, especially in a large room, will help define the purpose and use of the space. * Don’t block doorways, windows or views to other rooms, if possible. Consider these factors before you begin moving your furniture in. * Use remaining furnishings to define areas. This is very important in a large room, but it is just as important in a small space. The remaining furniture and decor should enhance and work around your main piece and your...
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...conveying their opinions in miraculous ways to provide their perspective on how it should be. There are many forms of doing so, and one way is in the form of a poem to express different sides to people or characters. In relation to one of the world-wide conflicts, gender inequality, Homer’s expression of women in the Odyssey, has caused poets, such as Margaret Atwood with Siren Song, to provide depth to their personalities. With the Sirens, Homer uses a more peculiar tone to describe the harpies, a deviant view on the powerful beings; while Margaret provides more human and complicated traits. Margaret purposefully displays the Sirens as more relatable and...
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...Feb. 19, 2013 A Formal Analysis of John Constable’s Seascape with Sailing Vessels on the Horizon John Constable is one of the first Romantic artists to view landscapes for their own beauty. He painted during the Industrial Revolution and as a result viewed industrialization as the degradation of the natural environment. Constable’s dystopic view of the Industrial Revolution is evident in his paintings in which he juxtaposes elements of the natural world and industrial world to convey a certain message. In his painting Seascape with Sailing Vessels on the Horizon, Constable contrasts the pollution of the sea with the serene, vast sky to depict the grandeur of nature and its tenacity even in the face of industrialization. Constable noticeably uses color to describe the contaminated and tumultuous waves of the sea in opposition to the glowing and still sky. The viewer’s eyes first jump to the tide hitting the beach and creating a splash of water at the forefront of the painting. The colors used at this location are navy, mustard yellow, brown, grey, and creamy-white. These colors in the sea connote to filthy, muddled water. Furthermore, there are a couple of distinct dashes of deep, dark grey colors at the splash site that add to the effect of making the water seem dirty. The colors in the sea are most intense at this splash site but the viewer also notices specks of burgundy through out the sea that confirm the pollution and impure composition of the sea. In contrast...
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...Cézanne was trying to capture the view in detail. Whilst it's still evident in his later work, 'Mont Sainte-Victoire from Les Lauves', the artist took a different approach – using blocks of colour and sharp lines to represent the same scene. Both paintings share the same focal point and have been painted from similar viewpoints – the same trees framing the scene and the mountain taking centre stage at the back. The first painting is done from an atmospheric, aerial perspective, using gradual tones to portray depth; the second painting, by contrast, uses the jarring disparity of light and dark to show distance. The gradient and shadows used in the first instance are lacking in the second, with blocks of saturated colour being used instead. It is in these colours that we are able to see where the light has shone from in the first painting, though, in the second, this detail seems to be missing, yet it doesn't seem though it was necessary. In order to capture a subdued, serene mood for the scene, Cézanne used an unsaturated colour scheme in 'Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine'. These colours and the short range create a warm effect that seems to glow, reflect an inviting mood. These moods and tones would reflect on the viewers, making it easy for them to get lost in the canvas. It's the narrow, soft tonal range sticks to soft greens, blues and yellow-browns that claims the viewer's attention. 'Mont Sainte-Victoire from Les Lauves,' on the other hand, uses saturated colours, harsh...
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...components play when formulating a strategic plan. This paper will illustrate this point by creating a vision, mission, and values for Jones Day Spa a fictitious organization. Furthermore, this present work is intended to meet the following objectives: • Provide a company overview including the vision, mission, and values • Analyze how the vision, mission, and values guide the organization’s strategic direction • Evaluate how the organization addresses customer needs and critique how they achieve a competitive advantage Jones Day Spa Vision, Mission and Values Vision Jones Day Spa (JDA) ultimate objective is to become the preferred spa of choice customers go to enhance their natural beauty. We strive to create a serene environment with the intention of providing the best beauty and wellness services. The core of our vision is to manage our operations in a long-term context with the goal of increasing shareholder value and giving back to our community. Mission JDA has one focus: pampering customers. Our mission is to restore, rejuvenate, and relax. We intend is to cater to our customers needs by...
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...Innocence by Francesco Benitez 24x18 inches Encaustic on wood Francesco Benitez is a contemporary artist from New Mexico. One of his famous portraits, “Innocence”, is a contemporary portrait that was created by Francesco Benitez. There is not much information recorded about the piece, therefore it is difficult to infer what the portrait is about. Benitez started his first encaustic piece in the fall in 2005, so he is fairly new to the encaustic medium. He was inspired by the ancient fayum portraits in Egypt and soon strived to work with encaustic. Since Benitez speaks highly of these ancient funerary portraits, it can be inferred that he created his portraits were emulated from them. Flag by Jasper Johns Interestingly, Jasper Johns was initially inspired to paint the American flag from a dream that he had. The newspaper articles that are in the background of the flag point to the historical significance of the piece. Abstract expressionism was the dominant American art form during the 1950s. This type of art was known for its many color and gesture strokes to present an emotional picture. The meaning of Jasper John’s “Flag” is deeply challenging and has many different meanings. The array of drips and other aspects of abstraction indicates Johns’ love for mid-century American painting. Johns informed the public that he chose encaustic because it allowed him to be “more efficient and deliberate in his gestures.” Because the pigmented wax dried fairly quickly, it allowed...
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...The artwork I chose to analyze is Young Corn by Grant Wood. I really like how serene it looks. The rolling hills bring about a sense of calmness. The subject of this work seems to be farming and the rolling hills. You can tell it has to do with farming because of what looks like crops are planted and that the three people may be picking crops. Wood uses many forms of visual elements in this painting. One element is the use of lines. Lines are used to create boundaries between each piece of land. The crops that are planted are used to make lines. The lines also show direction of the crops. Diagonal lines are also used to show feelings of movement over the rolling hills. The fencing of the pastures forms lines. A line also forms the horizon. Another visual element Wood uses is shapes. The primary geometric shape used in this piece is the circle. The trees and the bushes are made with circles. The house is made up of triangles and rectangles. The crops at the bottom of the painting form diamonds. The rolling hills are organic shapes because they appear to have a natural look. The three people in the painting are positive shapes because they stand out and we focus on them. The next visual element is light. Woods use of light and shadow give the piece a three-dimensional feel. The shadows that the trees are making imply that the sun is shining up in the sky. The shadows also give you a sense of depth and it makes you feel as though you are standing on the hill looking down over...
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...Frantic riffs, motorik grooves and "perverse sounds" define Blur guitarists eighth solo album... A series of heavy squalls rather than a settled spell of fair weather, Graham Coxon’s eighth solo album travels many miles from the serene, crafted almost-folk of his last release, 2009’s The Spinning Top. That record was a long, themed exercise in sustained mood and atmosphere featuring guests as venerable as Danny Thompson, Martin Carthy and Robyn Hitchcock. In contrast, A+E is short, loud and brattish. It’s also tremendous fun. Driven by some of Coxon’s most innovative and uninhibited guitar playing, A+E’s trump card is its sheer sense of adventure. It’s not an album for lovers of the perfectly turned pop song so much as those who prefer to be bombarded by sonic extremes. The scratchy, angular pop of fizzing opener “Advice” sets the scene: melodic precision makes way for lopsided rhythm, abrasive textures, extemporised experimentation and vintage electronic equipment running riot. Much of the album takes delight in what can only be described as the sound of machinery arguing. The element of chance effectively becomes another instrument. A+E is produced by Ben Hillier, who worked on Blur’s Think Tank and – perhaps more pertinently – Coxon’s second solo album The Golden D. Like that record, A+E is self-played, relatively lo-fi and rhythmically eccentric, making little attempt to ingratiate itself to the listener. The major difference between the two is that this time Coxon generally...
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...This week I chose to write my paper on a painting by a local man named Doug Miller. He began his professional art career in 1981 in Leavenworth, Washington, painting the spectacular landscape of the North Cascade Mountain Range. The rugged wilderness and plentiful wildlife of the Northwest inspired many of his earlier paintings. Much of his work is displayed in his own gallery, Doug Miller Gallery, located in the Bavarian-style village of Leavenworth. Doug’s paintings have been acknowledged for numerous awards in Northwest art shows that he attends, including the former Arts for the Parks competition, held annually in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Collectors often remark that his paintings are peaceful and serene; they exhibit a depth that “makes you feel like you can escape into the painting.” In this painting, there are pink carnations, with green stems and are hanging in the air or are baseless. The pink color of the flowers is bright while the foreground color is a subdued brown. The background color ranges from a smudgy yellow to a light green. The shape of the painting is asymmetrical, and the texture of the flowers, foreground, and background is rough. There is a bunch of pink carnations with green stems. The landscape of the painting is indoors because there is no source of light, and the bunch has been suspended in the air. The color of the background is light green with some elements of yellow, and it creates an illusion of a light-source. The orange and green colors are...
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...In “April 7, 1928,” Benji’s simple mind mistakes the word “caddie” for his sister’s name, leading him to cry because he misses her. Benji’s crying remains continuous throughout his narrative, signifying his deep sense of loss over his sister. Benji’s inner thoughts are memories of what he and Caddy used to have. Benji recalls hearing, “Keep your hands in your pockets Caddy said. Or they’ll get froze. You don’t want your hands froze on Christmas do you” (2). In Quentin’s section of the novel, Faulkner shows the slow deterioration of Quentin’s trust in Caddy and the antebellum South. Quentin muses about the flowers at Caddy’s wedding. “Roses, not virgins like dogwood, milkweed…Roses. Cunning and serene” (62). His suicide is the ultimate sign of the corrosion of his once idealistic and intelligent mind. Finally, “April 6, 1928” showcases a final reaction to disillusionment—bitterness and cruelty. Jason constantly berates Caddy. He argues with Quentin about whether he or Caddy paid for the schoolbooks. He calls his sister degrading names like slut and whore. Jason’s key phrase throughout his narration is, “Once a bitch always a bitch” (145). This frequent phrase fully expresses Jason’s contempt because of the corruption and disillusionment he has experienced. His harsh language shows that he is full of pragmatism and...
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...seem to be looking for answers, as Mathew and Jude Thaddeus are seen turning to Simon for an explanation. As can be seen Da Vinci painted an entire spectrum of emotions that range between Judas’ surprises to Peter’s livid expression to even Jesus’ serene calm. Moreover, none of these expressions have a jarring effect on the audience. The balance of expressions without giving away too much about the betrayer seen in the painting speaks volumes about the command Da Vinci had over his artistic capabilities and...
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