1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team "’Do you believe in miracles? YES!’ said AABC broadcaster Al Michaels’”‚ (Painter). Al michaels said this line as the 1980 United States Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team upset the Soviet Union in the semi-final game. The United States team was composed of a highly skilled coach‚ Herb Brooks‚ as he had just won a national championship for college hockey with the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers in 1979 (Barnes). Herb Brooks was not new to the program as he was the
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had been watching the work of the government painters who occasionally came to paint the government house in which he stayed; he admired the ceiling boards‚ bright colors and the graceful brush strokes made by the painters. He had longed to give his hand a try at painting‚ but unfortunately he never got time. He never got a permanent job after he became unemployed in 1961. The turning point in his career was Tanzania’s independence when lots of painters from Zaïre were brought who painted inexpensive
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the foreground is one of the only blackened areas in the painting‚ signifying its importance in the painting. The impressionist era lasted from 1872-1880‚ so when Monet painted "Impression‚ sunrise"� in 1873‚ the period had just begun. A group of painters‚ including Monet‚ were criticized for using this style that had been previously labeled "unskilled"�. The title of the painting‚ "Impression‚ sunrise"� implies that the painting is only an impression of what any real sunrise could be‚ expressing
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an Italian painter‚ known to be one of the most influential painters of the Baroque period. Known for his realistic portrayal of the human state‚ along with the use of dramatic lighting and intense use of tenebrism. While Caravaggio’s dramatic lighting is very iconic‚ he was most notorious for his naturalistic and raw approach to portraying his subjects. With Caravaggio’s homicidal tendencies aside‚ this raw and uncensored approach that he took led him to become an infamous painter of 89 pieces
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talented. After Michelangelo finished school he was apprenticed at the age of thirteen to Domencio Ghirlandio (Orleans). Domencio Ghirlandio was one of the most stylish painters in Florence (Orleans). Michelangelo must have been a really good sculptor and painter for him to apprentice‚ at the age of thirteen‚ with one of the best painters of Florence. Michelangelo had originally got his fame from him being a sculptor (“Italian”). He painted sculptors of Pieta and David. He was one of the best sculptors
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female artist The first female artist‚ Artemisia Gentileschi was born on July 8th 1593 and would die as the most important woman painter in Early Modern Europe. At a very young age‚ Artemisia was introduced into the world of painting by her father‚ Orazio Gentileschi. Orazio was a well-known painter as well‚ with much of his work consisting in a Mannerist style. Italian painter Caravaggio‚ had a tremendous amount of influence on both Orazio and Artemisia. His realistic work revolving around the human
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From the beginning artists uses the standard of painting to judge the photograph‚ photography wasn’t accepted as art at first. As the technologies of Camera Obscura improved‚ it alerted painters of the potential threat that photography had on the art of painting in the future. As a result‚ the style of painting began to change; as it started to incorporate finer details such as facial expressions‚ lighting and colour. At first‚ Camera Obscura
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GLOBALIZATION GLOBALIZATION THE DREAM ACT THE DREAM ACT NAME: LUCY ENEONYIKPE OGBOLE COURSE: SOC 203A(GLOBAL VILLAGE) ASSIGNMENT: INQUIRY 2 (HUMAN RIGHT FORUM) INDIVIDUAL POSITION ESSAY. WORD COUNT: 782 DATE: TUESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2013 Globalization can be defined basically as the international integration of countries developing from the interchange of worldviews‚ goods‚ services‚ ideas‚ culture‚ religion‚ politics etc. In short‚ it is the relationship of people of different
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artist during this journey. As he traveled‚ he completed a number of watercolor drawings of native people and the landscapes. White’s watercolors soon caught a widespread reaction of interest of people in Europe. Later‚ watercolors were engraved by a Flemish engraver Theodor de Bry and published in 1590. Comparing John White’s original work and De Bry’s work‚ depiction is much more defined in the De Bry’s engravings than John White’s watercolor. De Bry engraved following very close in some details and
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The book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is written by Jules Verne. This book like other books of Jules Verne‚ is a science fiction book which mentions invention that a head of their times. In this book the main character‚ Pierre Aronnax‚ narrates the story. In the time of this story‚ 19th century‚ there was an unknown object in the ocean that disturbed the ships and caused some of them sink. Mr. Aronnax companied with other peoples‚ were sent to identify this object. By an accident‚ Mr. Aronnax
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