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    Vincent Van Gogh

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    shows you the vast universe which flows above the town below. Capturing not only the night sky but the blowing wind and moving landscape, which ebbs and flows, ever changing with the direction of his thick brush strokes. As your eye moves across the canvas it is as though you can see the artist hand at work. This painting creates an abstract view of a sleepy French town unaware of the greater forces which exist outside in the night

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    Impressionism was an art movement that started in the mid Nineteenth Century and peaked during the 1870s. Although Impressionism was also apparent in mediums like music and literature, its most prominent influence was painting. As it progressed towards Post-Impressionism, it opened up the art world to stylistic rendering, deviated from realism, and introduced the world to modern and avant-garde art. This essay will discuss how it managed to do so and specifically how the movement advanced into Post-Impressionism

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    Within industry there is revolution. Innovation for development and a burning desire for further progression must be realized or risk of failure increases exponentially. Does consistent hard work not correlate with well earned success? Does perseverance parallel evolution? The music industry is not impervious to failure and its institutes must evolve to survive in an ever-changing world of technological advancements. These advancements are utilized and implemented industry wide, including via event

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    had to do with something being materialistic and in a way he, himself, advertised whatever he had painted. The other things he painted or in a way advertised were “Campbell’s Soup Cans”, “Marilyn Diptych”, and “Eight Elvises”. He had used the screen-print on many more occasions and they are all of his famous pieces. Andy Warhol wanted to use Coca-Cola in his painting because of how famous the drink was in the America society and how everyone could buy the same Coca-Cola without getting anything different

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    Edvard Munch, a modern artist from Norway, born in Løten in Hedmark on 12 December 1863. He grew up in a family of seven, with four other siblings, a mother and father characteristics of a happy family but instead turn out to be quite the opposite. As a child he suffered from chronic asthmatic bronchitis and rheumatic fever debilitating most of his childhood. Surrounded by death, Munch witnessed the passing of most of his family. One by one his mother, sister, and even Munch himself suffered from

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    outrageous works including the pubescent female mannequins studded with erect penises, vaginas, and anuses, fused together in various postures of sexual coupling, or the portrait of a child molester and murder made from what appears like child hand prints or bisected animals in plexiglass tanks full of formaldehyde. Would it ever have made headlines with a different title, like "Afro-lady"? I don't think so. I guess targeting religion gets a little too personal. Giuliani said, "You don't have the right

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    The Secret Life of Bees delineates an inspirational story in which the community, friendship and faith guide the human spirit to overcome anything. The story follows Lily Owens, a 14 year old girl who desperately wants to discover the cause of her mothers death. Her father T. Ray gives her no answers, which leads their maid, Rosaleen, to act as her guardian. Together, Lily and Rosaleen run away to Tiburon, South Carolina and find a welcoming community. It is in Tiburon that Lily learns many life

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    Assess the impact of Ansel Adams as an influential figure in the conservation movement Intro America’s National Parks are deeply indebted to the American photographer Ansel Adams. Through his masterful photography, he turned Yosemite National Park into an American icon. Ansel spent the majority of his life fighting for the National Parks through intense political activism. He was a key figure in conservation in the United States, beginning in a time when environmental conservation was a rare concept

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    Starry Night Analysis

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    talking about his life. The technical analysis of Starry Night comes down to these major points: medium, scale, color, and composition. Starry Night was created in 1889 when Van Gogh was in a tough part of his life, as a medium he used oil on a canvas, a very common medium he used in his works in the 1880’s. The subject is a landscape, a picture of a small town under the vast and full of life night sky with a huge moon and bright stares, but the lights in the windows of the town show life, the

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    Impressionism was a movement that came about in the late 19th century, most specifically its roots can be traced back the 1874 when a group called the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc. organized an exhibition in Paris. (Samu, 2004). The group led several exhibitions through the 1880’s which brought them into the spot light despite criticism from the conventional art community in France. The movement received its name from one of the movements most now most recognized artists

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