Flemish artist, David Teniers– David Teniers II or David Teniers the younger– was one of the most famous and prominent artist of peasant life in the 17th century. He was born in Antwerp and his works were influenced by his father, David Teniers the Elder, and his father-in-law, Jan Brueghel. In 1632, Teniers became a master of a guild in St. Luke. He was later chosen to preside over the same guild in St. Luke in 1644 (“David Teniers the Younger”). Teniers achieved noble status in 1663 and also successfully lobbied for the establishment of an art school in his city (Van Vlieghe). Teniers is believed to have over 2,000 paintings. One of those paintings is called Winter Scene with a Man Killing a Pig circa 1650. The medium is oil on canvas, with …show more content…
Teniers flourished during the Dutch Golden Age, which was a period that roughly spanned the 17th century. This particular piece of art by David Teniers as well as most of his other artworks can be described as a genre painting. Genre paintings are artworks that depict ordinary life (“Genre Painting”). Genre art depict everyday scenes, such as that of Winter Scene with a Man Killing a Pig. It shows the motions of everyday life: market settings, domestic settings, party scenes, streets, inns, etc.; all that is associated with the “peasant life.” In this particular painting, it tells the story of a winter day in a peasant village where a ritual of life and death is occurring. There’s also another interesting aspect to the painting. The row of houses as well as the people are painted in warm earthy colors, which juxtaposes the cool silvery tones of the rest of the painting (“Winter Scene with a Man Killing a Pig”). By doing this, the viewer’s eyes immediately look at the row of houses, then to the family, slaughtering the pig, which is the story of the painting, the main focus. Also, eating pig for Christmas dinner was customary in medieval
DES MOINES, Iowa — The firing of Iowa State football Coach Jim Criner on Wednesday night climaxed a stormy 21-month period that began when he kicked his two starting wide receivers off the team, included the arrest of several players on criminal charges and an NCAA investigation of his program.
Timothy Vanable is a freshman in high school student currently attending Nottingham High School. He was born and raised in Syracuse, NY, and is surprisingly still residing there. Timothy was born on April 4, 2002 at St. Joseph’s hospital. Currently, he is very involved in music both as a jazz guitarist and as a singer. He hopes that you enjoyed his autobiography and that you now know a little bit more about him.
Jesse J. Sellier, age 101, passed away at 5:30 PM at his residence on, 420 main st. Hollywood, California 2/22/2098
Aaron Maybin and Peyton Manninng have been idealistic all through their careers. Both athletes were constantly positive and confident about one-self. Manning never surrendered, in the wake of experiencing harsh times and wounds people would think he would return unproductive. As indicated by the first article, paragraph 7, "Few expected him to return to greatness after the 2011 neck surgery.... Instead, Manning went 50-15 in Denver, won his 5th MVP and broke numerous records." Manning did not permit something little to cut him down, rather he was positive towards it and accomplished more greatness. Aaron Maybin likewise was confident and certain when he deserted the NFL. Individuals would criticize him for leaving such popularity and turn into
Most people don't realize how lucky they are to have a freedom. While a man, Joseph Cinque, had fought to have his freedom back. He was the type of person who would do anything to get his' and others' freedom. Risking his life for the others was a very heroic thing to do since not everyone would sacrifice themselves for a stranger. Cinque was truly born a leader; leading a rebellion against the slavery by other prisoners was not an easy task. He and his other comrades were not the same tribal heritage and could not completely understand each other. He took command and managed to convince everyone to fight to be freed from the slavery and their owners.
In just two games, it has been easy for West Virginia football fans to fall in love with Will Grier and it’s all because he is so much more than a quarterback.
A school teacher, a husband, and a father, Dan Coughenour is a very dedicated man. Dan was born on January 22, 1969 to Richard and Sue Coughenour. He grew up in Macon, Georgia where he lived with his mom and dad and two brothers. He was the middle child in his family and didn’t mind it at all. As a young boy, he went to a private school. Once he went to highschool he decided to go to a public school. As a child, his favorite memory was getting to see his grandparents in North Carolina. They lived eight hours away so he didn’t get to see them but once or twice a year. He also enjoyed going to Sunset Beach, NC every summer. After high school he went off to Valdosta State College planning to become a school teacher.
Junior Guard Jonathan Norfleet has taken the basketball scene by storm this past season. Maybe he was being taken for granted before but after this season everyone should know his name. Norfleet led Salem all the way to the semifinals in this year’s playoffs. Norfleet has put everyone on notice after he stepped up in many big games this season. Most notable battles were against conference foes in Green Run and Maury where we saw Norfleet is capable of playing with the best talent around. Norfleet has received most of his recognition from the AAU side.
John Hill Westbrook was influential to Texas by being the first African-American to play football in the Southwest Conference and becoming a minister. John Hill Westbrook was born in Groesbeck, Texas, November 13,1947. Westbrook grew up being a fourth generation minister. Growing up in parsonages, he moved around a lot. Westbrook ended up going to Booker T. Washington High School in Elgin, Texas. In Elgin, Westbrook played basketball, football, and ran track. Westbrook graduated the salutatorian of his class, and in 1965 he enrolled at Baylor university, ready to take on his dream of playing football.
Hello and welcome to the 230th year celebration of the Catholic Church in Australia. This is an extremely special day for all of us. I would like everyone to recognise the significance of one specific person who contributed greatly to the development of the church we are part of today.
Charles Messier was a French astronomer born on June 26, 1730, in Badonviller, France. He was the tenth of twelve children in his family like most wealthier families Messier and his siblings went to school, but in about 1741 he fell out a window while playing and broke his leg, after that his mother took him out of school and taught him herself. He became interested in astronomy after witnessing a comet in 1744 and a solar eclipse in July of 1748 from his hometown. In 1751 he was employed by Joseph Nicolas Delisle, who was an astronomer in the French Navy at the time. Delisle instructed him on how to keep records of his observations, and in May of 1753 Messier documented his first observation, the Mercury transit. By 1764 Messier was made
Pieter Brueghel was a Netherland painter whose paintings focused on humans and nature. Many of his paintings were scenes of humans, generally peasants, living life, with back dropped by beautifully detailed landscapes. Pieter was not just an extremely talented artist; his perception of humans and their environment was an amazing contribution to all art, but especially landscape painting. His painting The Harvesters is an example of his supreme skill, and shows how much his work impacted landscapes. Four contributions that can be seen in this painting are:
Solomon Northup was born in July of 1808, in Minerva, New York. Solomon was born free due to the death of his father’s, Mintus, owner. His father’s owner was named Captain Henry Northup, which is how Solomon and his father received their last name. While Northup was a child, he had acquired some education, but mainly worked on his family’s farm. In 1828, Solomon married Anne Hampton. In 1834, he and his wife moved to Saratoga Springs, New York. They later had three children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Alonzo. While in upstate New York, Solomon Northup received the reputation of a talented fiddler.
The medium of the painting was Tempera on wood and this was common practice use of painting during the early part of the Renaissance. The painting itself tells a story. It shows three miracles that saint Zenobius performed. In the first scene, we are shown Zenobius beside what is believed to be a funeral procession for a young boy. In the painting itself, it is
This piece of artwork is called ‘Judith Beheading Holofernes’, which was created by Caravaggio in the late 16th century in Rome. It was a type of oil painting on canvas, also, a piece of artwork in the period of Baroque. Briefly, Hood stated that in this artwork, it told the story in Biblical story of Judith, dressed as a well-born Renaissance young lady, standing at a safe distance, and who was saved her people by beheading and seducing the Assyrian general Holofernes, which was a theme very common in the 16th century. As the biblical text reported, ‘’Holofernes was so enchanted with her that he drank far more wine than he had drunk on any other day in his life’’ (Judith 12:20). Judith got Holofernes drunk, then took his sword and killed him. (p.24)