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    This document contains BSHS 325 Week 2 Adolescent Self Portrait Presentation Business - General Business For this assignment‚ you will choose from the following options: ·  Option 1: Adolescent Self-Portrait Paper ·  Option 2: Adolescent Self-Portrait Presentation Read the instructions in the University of Phoenix Material: Adolescent Self-Portrait located on the student website. Select one option to complete the assignment.   There is no denying that parties are a big

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    "Art is a jealous mistress." Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote easily summarizes "The Oval Portrait‚" written by Edgar Allen Poe. It is a chilling tale‚ describing the two different passions of a married couple. The husband‚ a painter‚ requests that the wife let him paint her portrait‚ and in obeying him‚ she meets her doom. As the painting matured‚ her health and spirits declined and yet she remained and‚ without objection‚ she continued to sit for him. His passions increase and after many weeks‚ as the

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    The symbols:He has used a variety of line‚ round and curvy in some areas but straight in others. I think he has done this to make the place seem more realistic because if he had just used straight or curvy lines then it wouldn’t seem realistic. In the painting there are 9 or more nudes‚ some on the rug‚ the sculptures‚ and the person on the bed‚ the sketches and a few more. This might show that this is one of the main topics he paints. The sculpture in the picture symbolises that Brett didn’t just

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    Symbolism and the Multiple Meanings in Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Wedding Portrait Throughout the Renaissance‚ many talented artists tried to express deep symbolism in their paintings‚ but no one came close to the ability of Jan Van Eyck. His paintings were so accurate and realistic that it was necessary for him to paint his miniaturists with a single strand of hair‚ on a brush. Jan’s Arnolfini Wedding Portrait (1434) is so photo-realistic that it has been debated for decades of it’s legality of

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    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is above all a portrait of Stephen Dedalus. It is through Stephen that we see his world‚ and it is his development from sensitive child to rebellious young man that forms the plot of the novel.<br><br>There are many Stephens‚ often contradictory. He is fearful yet bold‚ insecure yet proud‚ lonely and at the same time afraid of love. One Stephen is a romantic who daydreams of swashbuckling heroes and virginal heroines. The other is a realist at home on Dublin’s

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    adult—a boy to a man‚ a girl to a woman. In the novel‚ Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man‚ published in 1916 by an Irish writer‚ James Joyce illustrates the protagonist‚ Stephen Dedalus‚ and his journey to seek for identity. While the title of the novel insinuates that the protagonist is going to become an artist‚ the novel also portrays Stephen’s sense of isolation that comes from the ambiguity and bewilderment that he experiences with his family‚ society‚ and country. As the novel begins‚ Stephan

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    Why do artists make self-portraits? Why would someone take the time to create a work of art that merely resembles themselves? To answer this‚ one must understand the famous artists of the past‚ both visual and literary. When analyzing a self-portrait‚ one notices that it often goes beyond the visual characteristics of the author. Minute details that can be easily overlooked frequently delve into the artist’s personality and can sometimes make the viewer look deeper into themselves. To answer

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    Family Portrait My great-grandmother‚ who is ninety-five years old‚ recently sent me a photograph of herself that I had never seen before. While cleaning out the attic of her Florida home‚ she came across a studio portrait she had taken about a year before she married my great-grandfather. This picture of my great-grandmother as a twenty-year-old girl and the story behind it have fascinated me from the moment I began to consider it. The young woman in the picture has a face that resembles my own

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    Q. Critically comment on the autobiographical element in the novel ‘Sons and Lovers’ supporting your argument with valid textual and critical point of view. ‘Sons and Lovers’ is among one of the most autobiographical works of English Literature. D. H. Lawrence spent a troubled life in terms of relationships‚ economic conditions and the lack of a normal household. The novel mirrors its author in this respect. The protagonist Paul‚ who is in many ways a ‘counterpart’ of D. H. Lawrence‚ has difficulty

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    Poe uses The Oval Portrait to make a comment on life‚ particularly on things that he may have missed out on‚ for one reason or another. In particular‚ love‚ beauty‚ and seeing the truth about life. The narrator is the vehicle he uses for his contemplation‚ although there are other characters that embody his emotions. The narrator‚ who is obviously badly wounded‚ even perhaps dying‚ has come to a chateau‚ where he has a chance to reflect on things while he is recuperating. The two characters at the

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