William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943) was an American educator‚ literary critic and author. He served as a professor of English at Yale University from 1901 to 1933. His works include Advance of the English Novel and Essays on Modern Dramatists. On April 6‚ 1933‚ he delivered this speech during a radio broadcast. His reverence for books was not shared by everyone‚ especially those in Nazi Germany. On May 10‚ 1933‚ the Nazis had staged an event unseen since the Middle Ages as young German students from
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The Mystery of the Mona Lisa As Donald Sassoon emphasizes in Becoming Mona Lisa‚ the Mona Lisa has managed to maintain its status as the world’s most recognizable work of art. The author notes that many who visit the portrait find themselves wondering just what makes it so special. The lady in the portrait is not particularly beautiful and the painting itself is beginning to look its age. Yet despite all this‚ art historians continue to write and argue over the painting‚ and tourists continue
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Portrait Photography the humble beginings Portrait photography was born when Frenchman Joseph Nicephore Niepce‚ father of photography and first-ever portrait photographer‚ successfully set an image onto a metal plate in 1827. Later‚ in 1844‚ photography made its way to China‚ courtesy of Jules Itier of France. The rest is portrait photography history. In 1885‚ George Eastman created paper film. Later‚ in 1889‚ he fabricated the more recognizable celluloid film. His first camera‚ a box-shaped
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What ist the key problem in this case? The key problem in the Lisa Benton case is that Lisa isn’t accepted by her team. She feels like that she is not getting enough responsibility und she doesn’t have a good feeling about her future in this company. She got to much problems with her collegues who doesn’t like her because of her MBA. Lisas problm is that she does not contribute enough. She is to “shy” and passiv acoording to the text she try to act like a learner. But she have to stand up for
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Portrait photography What is portrait photography? Portrait photography is photographs of a person or a group of people that shows the expression‚ personality‚ and mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture‚ the focus of the photograph is usually the person’s face however‚ the background and setting may be included to make the image more effective and meaningful. What portrait photographers main aims are to focus on the person’s face. They aim to give emphasis on the face of the person
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IKEA: Managing Cultural Diversity P. Grol‚ C. Schoch‚ and CPA After firmly attaining leadership within Sweden‚ where it holds more than 20 percent of the overall market‚ IKEA has succeeded over the last 25 years in doing what 110 furniture distributor has ever attempted: to become a global player in an industry formerly considered by na¬ture to be local. Today IKEA delivers low-priced quality furniture to key markets throughout the world. It is the only distributor in its field to have successfully
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Examine the treatment of the theme “marital relations” in The Portrait of a Lady The Portrait of a Lady is considered as Henry James’ masterpiece. The story revolves around Isabel Archer. She is a young American who meets up her destiny. She values her freedom. She does not want to get married because she thinks that marriage will suppress her independence. James handles the theme of how a young protagonist attains maturation. The Portrait of a Lady relates us how Isabel grows up to explore the world
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Five Early Renaissance Portraits Author(s): Rab Hatfield Source: The Art Bulletin‚ Vol. 47‚ No. 3 (Sep.‚ 1965)‚ pp. 315-334 Published by: College Art Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3048279 . Accessed: 19/05/2013 05:42 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and students discover‚ use
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Lisa Ho was born in 1963 in Albury on the boarder of Victoria and New South Wales. From the young age of 4 she was already making patterns out of newspaper and sewing with the help of her grandmother who was a tailor. By the age of 10 she had her own sewing machine and was making things for herself and her four sisters nearly every day. She graduated from Sydney Technical College in 1981. After working for another company for a year she decided to start her own line. Along with many other fashion
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According to this case‚ we know that Lisa Benton is frustrated about her job in Houseworld. She cannot get the marketing training which most attracted her to this company at the beginning‚ and she also cannot build a good relationship with her boss‚ Deborah Linton‚ and the senior associate in her department‚ Ron Scoville. Lisa thinks this is one of most important things in her job. In this case study‚ I will discuss Lisa’s relationship in the Home Care Division‚ how did she use her power within the organization
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