Cecilia Beaux

by William Carlos Williams, and W.H. Auden’s “Musee des Beaux Arts”. These three artists’ paintings are all connected by one central Greek myth, Icarus and Daedalus. The story is about a father, Daedalus, and his son, Icarus, who are both trapped in an island with no way of escape. Daedalus, being the master craftsman that he is, constructed two pairs of wax wings for him and his son to fly to freedom. Daedalus

regarded as an extremely creative and unique landscape architect due to his vast use of dramatic shapes and colours in his designs. As a child he was encouraged to practice his independence of mind and enrolled as a student at the National School of Beaux Arts where he studied painting and art. This education and introduction into art encouraged Lassus to begin his career as a painter before entering into landscape architecture. In the 1950’s, Lassus took part in artistic research on visual effects

In both the painting and the poem Landscape the fall of Icarus Brueghel and Williams show selfishness, Ignorance and peacefulness. The painting displays an equal feeling as the poem does. Selfishness is a strong feeling that is expressed. Ignorance is something that has occurred from as early as the 14th century. Peacefulness is felt through the positive connotations of the poem, also through the city in the painting. Selfishness is displayed throughout the poem and the painting. Selfishness is

of Abundance, with the Machinery Palace framing the other side. The Palace was designed by a well known local architect, Bernard Maybeck (b. New York, New York 1882; d. Berkeley, California 1957) who studied architecture at the Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts. Maybeck then moved to San Francisco, joined the firm of A. Page Brown, and established a private

Henry Louis Sullivan was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 3, 1856 at 22 South Bennet Street. However due to miss interpretation of the birth records during the year of his birth his identification was read as “Louis Henry”. Andrienne, his mother did not mind the misinterpretation and decided to keep the change in honor of her father. Patrick Sullivan, his father was an English native who studied the art of music and dancing. During his early twenties he was dancing instructor in London

America. I feel that the Exposition displayed some of the more beautiful architecture of its time; its immense buildings and sculptures drew heavily from Greek and other classical styles, and it could possible be because of the sweeping popularity in Beaux Arts architecture. The Peristyle, one of the buildings that was constructed for the Fair, was designed by Charles B. Atwood. It

1960’s and 1970’s that the emergence of feminist art is seen, along with the movement towards equality began, led by powerful women who took a chance to fix what was unjust. Paving the way for women through art was, Philadelphia native, Cecilia Beaux.  Cecilia Beaux was born in 1855, was one of the most prominent female portrait

The Gilded Age, which got from one of Mark Twain's books, The Gilded Age: A Taleof Today, depicts a period in the United States with genuine social issues. Taking after the Civil War, the United States hopped to the front of the world in industrialization. Because of America's monetary development, the rich got wealthier and poor people, well got poorer. The Labor Movement was a significant point amid this time, and most likely changed the way America works today. As indicated by, today, the Gilded

“I’ve spent muddy days watching young lads beat the hell out of each other. But once in a while, there’s one that comes along and lifts your heart.” --Glen Foy in “Goal! The Dream Begins” GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS Production Information Like every kid, Santiago Munez has a big dream. But unlike every kid, he’s given the rare opportunity to make that dream come true—if he’s willing to put his fears aside, travel thousands of miles from home, and hold his own with some of the best in the world. The