English painters

In fact, the room contains a lot of classical elements such as the light colors, delicate ornament, slender proportions, columns and more details influenced by the Roman and Greek culture, which makes this room fit into the English Neoclassical period (1770-1820). Indeed, Robert Adam (1728-92) was the famous architect and designer of the Lansdowne house. He was one of the architects and designers who brought seriousness to the revival of classicism in England as he studied

“There’s no place like home.” That is exactly what Diane Ackerman wants you to remember about her essay, The Round Walls of Home. Through many arguments, tones, and rhetorical strategies Diane Ackerman’s essay is about how our five senses can help us remember different events that have happened in our past. Historical Context and Author Information This essay is out of Diane Ackerman’s book A Natural History of the Senses written in 1990. This essay “combines scientific and experiential writing to

Orlando Mendoza Professor Jose Jimenez English 81051 26 September 2016 Strive for Success In the story “The Right to Fail”, author William Zinsser, speaks about the necessity of failing in order to succeed. He argues about America is not granting its citizens the right to fail, someone who stays at home is more of a failure than the dropout kid, success can be dangerous, finally the younger generation understand failure better. Zinsser uses Thomas P.F Hoving and Fred Zinnemann who both became

Brianna Dillard Mr. Menendian English 11 21 April 2016 Cathy Jones Life story Catherine Theresa Mary Adrea "Cathy" Jones. She was born on April 6,1955 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She is a Canadian comedian and writer. (Wikipedia.org) She has won 18 Gemini awards and created the series, " This Hour Has 22 Minutes" where she has played many characters like Love Murphy ( famous birthdays) Before she became famous

Hudson River School period. The title “Garden at Sainte-Adresse” indicates that the painting show a grand in France (Sainte-Adresse). In this painting we can see the blue sky with couple clouds and the English channel under it. There are ships and the smoke is coming out of their chimneys in the English channel as well as canoes and all of that is in the background. In the front, there are flowers, green grass and an old man and a woman sitting on chairs. The man is holding a crutch and the woman is

Edward Alleyn and Richard Burbage were both notable actors in Elizabethan England. These actors have contributed to theatre in many ways, for both Elizabethan and English theatre. They have also contributed to modern English Society in many ways. These actors have also performed in plays that were scripted by Shakespeare himself. They have also performed and contributed to both the Globe Theatre, and the Fortune Theatre. These actors also are notably rivals of one another in Elizabethan theatre.

Good morning fellow English teachers, in my webinar today I have analysed how the composer of a text uses characterisation to demonstrate experiences in a distinctively visual way. Distinctly visual is language that shows visually the comparisons and differences between characters. We may also observe a distinct visual image from setting and characters. The language used in the text will provide visual examples of setting, characters, place and time. Henry Lawson’s short stories, ‘The Drover’s Wife’

my long hair was shingled like a coward’s!” (45). The reason I chose to close read the word hair is because we often take hair for granted, and in this case, hair is an identity. I would argue that in this text, hair is an identity. The Oxford English Dictionary defines hair as, “One of the numerous fine and generally cylindrical filaments that grow from the skin or integument of animals, esp. of most mammals, of which they form the characteristic coat; applied also to similar-looking filamentous

tried to invade England, Elizabeth was secretly helping the Dutch, who was Spain’s enemy at the time. Elizabeth helped defeat the Spanish Armada, which then led to a truce between the countries involved. A couple of years later, Elizabeth’s court painter portrayed Elizabeth in a powerful painting where she stood on a map on England and kept the Spanish away. Elizabeth is more than a capable leader due to her defeat over the Spanish Armada. In the painting, she rules and protects over England, showing

Quotations about nights 1. “I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night” ~ Sarah Williams Renowned English poet and novelist Sarah Williams quoted this line in her poem, “The Old Astronomer”. The dying protagonist in the poem gives a final advice to his student to not give up and continue on his journey fearlessly. The poet has used the night and stars to give out the message that nothing in the world should be feared, and that, there is a good side to even the worst possible