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    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

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    Apple Commercial: a) The connotation is that the Information Purification Directives is a lovely organization that cleanses all the information but the denotation is that this organization alters information before it’s told to the people. They demonstrate that the information and thought are restricted. b) This image shows that the natural world is banished by showing them inside a dark tunnel. a) The connotation is that their ideas and thoughts are all pure and right but the denotation is that

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    San Francisco 1915

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    San Francisco 1915 - Palace of Fine Arts The Palace of Fine Arts was one of the finest buildings constructed for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. It was one of the most important symbols of the fair, situated near its center, at the end of the axis on which were located the Courts of the Four Seasons and of the Universe at the center, and the Court of Abundance, with the Machinery Palace framing the other side. The Palace was designed by a well known local

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    At some point in life, the pain and tragedy that one person faces may go unnoticed to the rest of the world. Moreover, success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. The essence established in the works of Brueghel, Auden, and Williams, all seemingly illustrate the falling of Icarus. As the depictions of Icarus’ death vaguely differ, the central idea of man’s failure is still establish. To start with, Brueghel’s painting, paints an image of how he depicts Ovid’s

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    At the end of the Awakening, Chopin wants the reader to feel a sense of pity for Edna and at the same time feel that Edna’s death is unimportant to society within the book. The first painting of the fall of Icarus perfectly illustrates the ignorance of Icarus suffering when he falls to land due to his actions of not listening to his father. In the first painting, the reader’s eyes are immediately drawn to the ploughboy and the scenery of the empty sky above him. This initial observation shows the

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    Icarus and Ophelia The songs Icarus and Ophelia were written by two different types of bands. Each band when writing the song had a goal and meaning behind it. In the songs were written by Bastille and The lumineers. In the songs Icarus and Ophelia the composers have allusions and deeper meanings then just the bare eyes can see. Just as said before the song Icarus was written down by a commonly known band called Bastille. The song Icarus has a couple of meaning such as allusions

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    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

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    Appreciation of art is like the appreciation of a novel. One may read a title of a novel and be amazed and curios but will never appreciate it fully if the novel is not read from cover to cover. For any piece of art, one needs to learn about the artist, the story behind the piece and the purpose of the piece. In addition to learning about the work, as a woman, I find myself leaning more towards the appreciation of the work of women artists who use their talent and skills to express themselves and/or

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    Arts Principles

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    Chapter 2: Principles for Effective, High-Quality Out-of-School Time Arts Programs Chapter 2 is centered on ways to implement effective improvements to OST art programs using stated and latent needs gathered from the participating teens and tweens. Researchers compiled ten principles that ought to be followed/implemented in order to engage more low-income urban youth. The ten principles are: • Principle 1: Instructors are professional, practicing artists, and are valued with compensation for their

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    grade levels and majors, the opinions about certain majors as well as about stereotypes were largely in concurrence. Students tended to name Arts and Letters as well as Business as two of the "lighter" majors, regardless of the individual's own major. The nickname "Arts and Leisure" surfaced seven times, one student noting that "I heard Arts and Letters called Arts and

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