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    Charles Searles-American Painter Jarrett Lopez July 29, 2015 Professor Harmon, Susan Fine Art Appreciation Charles Searles was an American painter born in Philadelphia in 1937 and before his passing in 2004 he was lived in New York. The eldest Charles and his then wife Catherine Hall Searles. He second of 8 children – his siblings are Phyllis, Charles, Barbara, Frances, Rose, Catherine, Elizabeth and his only brother, Derrick. Information about Charles Searles is located in the text book

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    Leiden, Netherlands. He came from a large family where he was the ninth child. His father was a miller and saw to it that Rembrandt had an excellent education. Rembrandt began attending the University of Leiden, but really wanted to study art. Eventually he left school to become an apprentice to the artist Jacob van Swanenburgh. He also was a student of the painter Pieter Lastman. Company Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch , known as the Night Watch is a Rembrandt painting which dates from

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    born on 23rd April 1957. Brody grew up in Southgate, a suburb close to London. While in secondary school Brody studied A-level art, he stated: “I don’t remember a time in my life when I was going to do anything else. Ever since I had any self-awareness I’ve wanted to do art or painting.” (Brody, 1988, p.5) In 1975 Brody went to the Hornsey College of Art where he began to study for the Fine Art foundation course, however, he decided he wanted to pursue Graphic Design so in 1976 Brody transferred

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    particularly striking on Virtue’s shortened right arm, which alludes to the space beyond the principal plane. Above all, the most distinctive feature in Dosso’s painting is its imaginative treatment of mythological subjects. As indicated by a good number of art historians, Virtue, here personified as a goddess, turns out to have been mistreated and abused by Fortune and her companions. Virtue’s friends, who were unable to protect her and thus fled, left her to be “beaten, stripped bare, and dragged through

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    Mexico. His love of art showed early on as he began drawing as a child. Around the age of 10, Rivera was able to study art at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. One of his early influences was artist José Posada who ran a print shop near Rivera's school. In 1907, Rivera traveled to Europe to further his art studies. There, he became friends with other leading artists of the day, including Pablo Picasso. Everywhere he looked, Rivera saw potential pieces of art. This is what the Mexican

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    Hitler Adolf Hitler is possibly the most infamous name in history. Undoubtedly the first thing that appears in one’s head at the sound of this horrible name is a swastika, or his mustache. That extremely fashionable way to style one’s facial hair was so easily ruined by one man alone: Hitler. He was a truly evil man. The clearest villain in modern history. How did someone as evil as Hitler rise to power? Surely someone would have stopped him before he rose all the way to emperor of Germany. We

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    Alois reached the age of 14 and had had enough of the beating, he ran away from home never to see his father again. This put Adolf next in line, and his discontent father then beat him. Hitler was a good student in the younger ranks of school gaining good grades with little effort. Eventually the time came when he had to take the

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    Academy records. The Potteries Along with three other Potteries born artists, Charles Vyse received an invitation to exhibit his work at Stoke-on-Trent’s Hanley Museum, June 1953. Other artists exhibiting, were Dora Billington (1890-1968), Reginald Tomlinson (1885-1978) and John Adams (1882-1953), all of whom had studied at the Hanley School of Art. Vyse, for reasons undisclosed, did not attend the formal opening of the exhibition. However to mark the occasion he is quoted as having said, ‘I much prefer

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    Rasheta Washington Photo History 1 Instructor Rafferty May 4, 2014 Edward Curtis “It’s such a big dream, I can’t see it all”. — Edward Sheriff Curtis Edward Curtis was born in 1868 in Whitewater, Wisconsin. His nationality is Caucasian American and his occupation a Photographer. Growing up as a kid Curtis would accompany his father (a preacher) on long journeys to visit members of his congregation. Being out in the wild, prepared Edward and helped him on his journey that was coming

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    Building and evaluating experiential learning mechanisms requires a deep understanding of not only general learning theory, but also the principal ways in which material can be taught to students. According to authors of Effective Instruction for Stem Disciplines: From Learning Theory to College Teaching, there are numerous traditional learning methods that are important for our background. The first, which they call study-based, is based on student focus on materials, without a strong active component

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