Joshua Leonard

Kehinde Wiley’s large-scale, brightly colored, highly patterned portraits of African American subjects are a salute to traditional portraiture as well as a critique of the art historical focus on the privileged male Caucasian. The artist scouts out ordinary black men of ages 18 to 25 from urban settings to copy poses from works by master Western painters like Titian and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The photographs of their poses become Wiley’s references for his enormous, dazzlingly vibrant portraits

     Gods and Generals, 2003, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain (JEFF DANIELS), Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee (ROBERT DUVALL), Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (STEPHEN LANG), Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker (MAC BUTLER), and Capt. Alexander ‘Sandie’ Pendleton (JEREMY LONDON). The movie Gods and Generals is a portrayal of the actions that were illustrated very eloquently and captivatingly in the book Gods and Generals, written by Jeff Shaara. The movie even though was less than

Ward December 17, 2014 Exegesis: Joshua 6: 15-21 In the Old Testament, there are a number of books that contain violent stories that may astonish a first time reader. Some of these stories seem to encourage not only the slaughtering of enemy armies, but also the murder of innocent civilians including the elderly, women, children and livestock. The book of Joshua has a multiple of narratives that tell of such events. In chapters six through eleven, God instructs Joshua and his fellow Israelites to annihilate

Currently located in the Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sir Joshua Reynolds’s painting named “Anne, Viscountess Townshend” was painted in 1780 in England. Anne Montgomery, which is the subject of the painting, married the 1st Marquess Townshend on 1773 and died on 1819. Sir Joshua Reynolds is one of most influential painters in the 18th century and he mainly specialized in portraits. Reynolds endorsed a style in painting called “Grand Style” which is mainly about the “idealization of the imperfect”

begin, through the description and symbolization of the Joshua tree, Walls depicts her message. Walls’ description of the tree was that it was, “scraggly and freakish, permanently stuck in its twisted, tortured position” (35). Through this quote the reader has an understanding of how because of the natural elements, such as wind and rain, the tree becomes a deformed more flawed version of itself. Her mother, however, believes that, “It’s the Joshua tree’s struggle that gives it its beauty” (38). This

A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson was done because Italian and French academies produced many dictionaries of their own tongues and the English century authors feared that their language would soon disappear because of absence of authority. They believed that a dictionary would do a big change since it will be a book that people will need to buy. They believed that Johnson, still an unknown author, would do a great job in creating a good dictionary. Johnson accepted and believed

Napoleon Bonaparte and Robert Mugabe were both dictators that maintained an iron fist rule on their respective countries, France and Zimbabwe. In times of oppression and hardship seemingly strong leaders take up the mantle of becoming what seems like a revolutionary hero. In the case of Napoleon this meant ousting the dysfunctional rule of the Directory in revolutionary France. His campaign for power followed a rule of a tyrannical madman by the name of Robespierre, who ushered an age of absolute

2. The theme of The Joshua Tree is based on the spiritual uncertainty of Bono’s experiences in life. In the song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, Bono is in a moment of spiritual doubt. He writes “You broke the bonds and you loosed the chains, carried the cross… I still haven’t found what I’m looking for (U2 25-27;31).” Which means he believes but not enough to have faith. Furthermore, in the next song, “Where The Streets Have No Name” is built on what Bono thinks is Heaven.

Deuteronomy is a pivotal book in the Old Testament for several reasons. Thought it is the last book in the Pentateuch it seems to be transitional in nature. Deuteronomy opens with all of Israel on the plains of Moab waiting to enter the land that the Lord God had promised their forefathers to give to them (Num. 33:48; 36:13). This is a new generation, for the older generation, which the Lord led out of Egypt, has died in the wilderness. This new generation was not alive when the first covenant was

It was a brisk day as I walked downtown, admiring the small and large businesses nestled into the corners of the long, narrow streets. As I walked down these familiar streets that I’ve known all my life, a watch appeared out of nowhere, as if it had just popped into existence that very moment. I looked down at the odd watch, it was black and silver, like any other watch. I picked it up. Looking closer, I noticed that this watch did not look quite as mundane as I had thought previously. Instead of