Gentileschi’s Judith artwork? The Judith Slaying Holofernes artwork was very popular at the time 1597-1651. However, only male artists were received the credits being an artist. The female could not be recognized as an artist at that time. As Artemisia Gentileschi was a female artist at the time, she was not receiving the credit as being an artist. Many male artists had created a piece around the subject included Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes, Lucas Cranach’s Judith with the head of Holofernes
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Let’s Get Together and Have a Good Time Alcohol products are among the most prevalent types of goods that are marketed and advertised in mainstream magazines. There are a broad range of alcoholic products on the market today and each company strives to distinguish their product from their competitor. Perusing through many of the popular publications such as GQ or Esquire, one will find more advertisements for alcohol than any other type of product. With such high demand and supply for such
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origin of Ideas AO1 Position and its implications: The mind is a tabula rasa or "blank slate" at birth, empty of all ideas and knowledge; it is gradually filled through experience AO1 Detail, Illustration: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding II.1 Locke's definition of "idea" = "the object of thinking" He gives examples: "such as are those expressed by the words whiteness, hardness, sweetness, thinking, motion, man, elephant, army, drunkenness, and others" We might
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DESIGNING AND BUILDING IN THE TROPICS* Bruno Stagno In that vast moment, I saw millions of actions, some pleasurable, some horrible; none of them amazed me as much as the fact that they all existed at the same point, not superimposed, and not transparent. What my eyes saw was simultaneous. Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph TRADITION AND AVANT-GARDE Traditional architecture and the avant-garde tendency are usually thought of as two opposed extremes. Because we are accustomed to
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loss of Ash trees from Riparian forest habitats as a result of infestation of Emerald Ash Borers could put these habitats’ important functions at risk (Nisbet). Separately, other native species that have important interactions with the host that is being targeted by the invasive species are in danger. In the case of the Emerald Ash Borer, any species that interacts with the Ash Tree, such as terrestrial arthropod species are in danger (Nisbet). The Emerald Ash Borer’s negative effects on its environment
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discrimination between black and white. But my concern is how to deal with racial discrimination when it comes from people of the same race. Currently in the Dominican Republic there is a flagrant case of human right violation regarding to Haitian immigrants and Dominican of Haitian decent. Being dark skinned in the Dominican Republic is a flaw associated with all that is negative. The discomfort related with these facts may lead to this fundamental question is racism only a matter of skin color difference
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discovering your God-given talents. Everyone needs to find their talents as their strengths and weaknesses to overcome the barrels life throws at you. Just as Benjamin Franklin quotes, “Hide not your talents,they for use were made. What’s a sun-dial in the shade?” Next is H,it stands for honesty. This is big in life for it can get you trust. Dr. Carson has something
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Coffee and Global Sustainability Coffee is everywhere. From specialty espresso shops in Italy to the corner convenience store, it is near impossible to go anywhere in the world and not be able to purchase a cup of joe. And it is big business too. Since 1950 coffee production has grown by almost 200 percent, and after oil, coffee is the most important traded commodity in the world.[i] Coffee is so prevalent affluent societies take it for granted as an affordable part to their everyday life. For
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the objects depicted. The large elephant and ringleader are very realistic but the tiny humans are more abstracted. You can definitely tell that they are humans but they have no real features to depict race or nationality. The first thing that I noticed was the very large elephant being tamed by a ringleader. With a closer look, you can then see that tiny humans are holding up the elephant. The tiny humans as well as the elephant are all on top of a world globe. It seems as though there is a
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Urban sprawl is us as humans moving into undeveloped lands. There is only so much land on Earth that we can inhabit. By doing this we are losing farm and forest land which we need to survive. With the increased traffic coming from urban sprawl it is causing water and air pollution. “The American Farmland Trust has reported that from 1982 to 1992 we lost to urban and suburban development an average of 400,000 acres per year of “prime” farmland, the land with all the best soils and climate for growing
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