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Masaccio: The Holy Trinity
Words: 944 / Pages: 4 .... pulls both views together. By doing this, an illusion of an actual structure is created. The interior volume of this 'structure' is an tension of the space that the person looking at the work is standing in. The adjustment of the spectator to the pictured space is one of the first steps in the development of illusionistic painting. Illusionistic painting fascinated many artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
The proportions in this painting are so numerically exact that one can actually calculate the numerical dimensions of the chapel in the background. The span of the painted vault is seven feet, and the depth is nine feet. "Thus, he achieve .....
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Dazed And Confused
Words: 862 / Pages: 4 .... and feathered hair to the soundtrack of early hard rock classics to a pair of statues painted to look like members of KISS. The drug and alcohol use is matter-of-fact. The production design had to be perfect, and it is. Anyone who can't quite recall a time when sex was safe and far fewer kids "just said no" should take a look just for the sake of historical accuracy.
It is directed by Richard Linklater and stars a cast of complete unknowns. This 1993 sleeper leads us through a day in the life of a loosely-aligned group of seniors and freshmen at a high school in suburban Texas. What happens?
It's 1976, school's out for the summer, and kids in pi .....
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D-Day
Words: 1259 / Pages: 5 .... armada ever assembled; 11,000 aircraft (following months of preliminary bombardment); and approximately 154,000 British, Canadian and American soldiers, including 23,000 arriving by parachute and glider. The invasion also involved a long-range deception plan on a scale the world had never before seen and the clandestine operations of tens of thousands of Allied resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied countries of western Europe.
American General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named supreme commander for the allies in Europe. British General, Sir Frederick Morgan, established a combined American-British headquarters known as COSSAC, for Chief of Staff to the .....
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The Firm
Words: 538 / Pages: 2 .... At this time Mitch and Abby had no idea that they were under close surveillance by Mr. DeVasher. Mitch also has yet to learn that is a cleaver cover up for a Mafia controlled money laundering operation. Mitch later visits his brother Ray in jail, who refers him to a detective by the name of Eddie Lomax. Later Mitch goes to the Caimans on a business trip and was set up have sex with a hooker that appeared to be in distress. While Mitch was gone Eddie Lomax was killed. When Mitch returns, Tammy, Eddie’s secretary is waiting to meet him to let him know about what had happened. Mitch then went on another business trip and is contacted by t .....
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Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan Of Union
Words: 1713 / Pages: 7 .... "aggressive action," and a feeling
by the proprietary party of "let's wait and see if anything beyond
Virginian interests are threatened," resulted in no aid being extended.
The following year, Washington went back to the Ohio Valley as a
major who was leading a company of militia. A few miles south of the
French Fort Duquesne, he built Fort Necessity. Fort Duquesne was located
where the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers join to form the Ohio River.
There was a battle fought at Fort Necessity on July 4, 1754 in which a
small force of French and Indian Troops defeated Washington and his troops.
The French were now securely established along a lin .....
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The Civil Rights Movement
Words: 1408 / Pages: 6 .... it began.
The Kerner Commission report has some truth when it comes to blacks and politics,
but overall the movement was a success because blacks have achieved more
politically than before they began. Before the movement, blacks had almost no
political power due to laws designed to prevent blacks from voting, like poll
taxes, literacy tests and the Grandfather Clause. Also when some blacks went to
vote, people simply wouldn't let them register. Due to lack of voting ability,
no blacks were elected into office and therefore, blacks had no say in the
government. Also, blacks were not allowed to serve on juries, yet they were
almost always found gu .....
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How Barbed Wire Was The Ruination Of The Cowboy Lifetyle
Words: 276 / Pages: 2 .... are good people to look up to and many times over people have in books, movies and songs. Thomas Glidden and his revulationary invention of barbed wire took something from America that can never be replaced, I imagine that most people consider this progress, the never ending evolution of The United States of America, but I can not help but wonder if America might just be a little better if there were a few of those good ol’ boys left.
Many early americans expereminted with a lot of different materials. Hedgerows were gradually developed, and a few homesteaders even resorted to mud and ditch enclosures. timber was brought from neighboring states, .....
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Leonardo Da Vinci (!)
Words: 286 / Pages: 2 .... Casual patrons of the arts know him as the painter of the “Mona Lisa” and the great “Last Supper”, painted on the wall of the dining hall in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. These paintings alone would have assured him enduring fame as an artist, but they should not obscure the fact that he was also a sculptor, an architect, and the man of science.
More than 300 years before flying machines were perfected, Leonardo devised plans for prototypes of an airplane and a helicopter. His extensive studies of human anatomy were portrayed in drawing, which were among the most significant drawings in Renaissance scien .....
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The National Anthem
Words: 563 / Pages: 3 .... His boat tossed back and forth because of the bombs that was being discharged. The smoke from the discharge of the bombs made it very difficult to see anything in the night sky, but him and the people that accompanied him at Fort McHenry knew that if they could still see the flag that the United States still was holding their ground. This gave Key some ideas for , because at times in the battle he could not see the American flag through the mist, and drizzle, even though the night was lit by ‘the bombs bursting in air.’ In the morning to his relief, Key saw that the American flag was still flying above Fort McHenry. He took out a letter that .....
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World War I Propaganda
Words: 1147 / Pages: 5 .... took this as a direct attack on the nation and so did the newspapers. They saw this as a perfect excuse to go to war with the rival Germans. What most people didn’t realize was that the German government ran an add in the newspaper the day of the departure of the Lusitania. Most people read this but thought this add was some kind of foolish prank and blew it off. Another thing that almost all of the newspapers said was that this was the war to end all wars. This led the American people to believe that this was for a good cause and it would be well worth the effort and losses.
Music and the motion pictures were used to not only entertain .....
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