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Rip Van Winkle is a man that does good for others, but can’t make a profit for himself. In the book “Rip Van Winkle” by Irving the setting is a Dutch Village in the mountains, during the Revolutionary war. Rip is married to a nagging wife, and has a child named Judith. Rip was unhappy with his life especially his wife. “Times grew worse and worse with Rip as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant

Vincent Van Gogh unique use of color Many people say that “a picture is worth a thousand words" and a lot of times this is true. Sometimes a picture tells a story just as well as a lot of written words. Whether an image is stunning, that image, picture, photograph, or drawing is a representation of all the words that we choose to say or not say. An image has the power and ability to express thoughts and feelings without saying a single word. It allows the person to express their own feelings in

that Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born to a preacher and an artist. His father, Theodorus Van Gogh, was described as an austere country minister who raised his sons in a religious atmosphere, while his mother, Anna Cornelia Carbentus, imparted on Vincent her love for color and art. While Vincent Van Gogh became known later in time for his heartbreaking backstory and troubled mind, melancholia remained a continuous theme in his life story even prior to his birth. In fact, Van Gogh was born exactly

Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg has been named one of the most intriguing authors and illustrators of children’s books. He has a unique style that captivates children and adults alike. Often, a person’s background and experiences influence their work. Imagination has many roots into the childhood of an individual. Chris Van Allsburg grew up in a quiet suburban setting in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During the 1950’s, when he was a child, the town was a place that seemed like a haven for

     Vincent van Gogh was born in Groot Zundert, The Netherlands on 30 March 1853. He is the son of Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Van Gogh attended a boarding school in Zevenbergen for two years and then went on to attend the King Willem II secondary school in Tilburg for two more years. Then at the age of 15 he left his studies. Vincent's two uncles and his younger brothers are art dealers and the inflounced Vincent greatly. Vincent also became an art dealer

and motifs. Van Gogh found the place that could satisfy the two influences that he wanted in his painting, he had never been to Japan so he could appropriate what he believed Japanese culture to be onto Provence. Also because he could base his idea of the primitive off of the precedent of two actual artistic traditions, the Japanese and Barbizon, he could find what he believed to be similar or even saying “Then why not go…to the equivalent of Japan, the South?” This

very young age Van Gogh’s art caught my attention. Unique and expressive, Van Gogh created his pieces to be representations of his mental work and experience. In his painting Dutch master achieves architectural effects by putting extremely thick paint applications. From my personal experience it is amazing (I’ve seen couple of his works in Russian Hermitage) how he didn’t fear the canvas or paints. People of his epoch, when comparing his works to Monet’s probably thought that Van Gogh is a

Washington Irving as the remarkable American writer, who creates a verily American genre of the short story. However, Irving’s short story Rip Van Winkle from “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.,” sets a considerable debate among critics relating to the author’s attitude toward gender problems. As many critics arguing, especially female ones, the women in Rip Van Winkle are not described as nice. Rip’s wife portrays as a grumbling woman, who is always fighting with her husband. As a result of this

American myth of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle. Irving’s myth of the man who slept for twenty years is regarded as one of the first American mythologies in the young nation’s history. The myth Rip Van Winkle displays to the reader not only a variety of colorful settings, magical beings, and humorous characters in a young nation, but touches on lessons on consequences of laziness, bravery, and the need to better oneself for the ones they love. The setup of Rip Van Winkle in its prologue starts the

Van Gogh created more than 43 self-portraits between 1885 and 1889.[231][note 13] They were usually completed in series, such as those painted in Paris in mid-1887, and continued until shortly before his death.[232] Generally the portraits were studies, created during introspective periods when he was reluctant to mix with others, or when he lacked models, and so painted himself.[222][233] The self-portraits reflect a degree of self-scrutiny that, according to Hughes, is "seldom if ever" apparent