Assignment Week 1 Answer the following questions: 1. Describe the rationale for utilizing probability concepts. For practical reasons‚ variables are observed to collect data. The sampled data is then analyzed to elicit information for decision making in business and indeed in all human endeavors. However‚ sampled information is incomplete and not free from sampling error. Its use in decision-making processes introduces an element of chance. Therefore‚ it is important for a decision-maker
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1. The title of this painting is Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard‚ located on page 946 of the textbook. This oil painting on canvas measures approximately eight feet‚ eleven inches by seven feet‚ seven inches. Painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1800-1801‚ this piece can now be found in Versailles‚ the Châteaux de Versailles et Trianon. 2. In this work of art‚ Napoleon is the only character riding a white horse and depicted front and center. All figures are anonymous‚ except Napoleon himself‚
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I learned about a lot significant period styles of art in Western civilization from prehistoric art to the early Renaissance art. This class taught me with a better viewer of the significant artistic period styles‚ and also how an artwork represent its specific style and culture. The Aphrodite of Knidos and The Birth of Venus stands out among all of these precious of artwork and caught my attention in first glance. Each of them spread their unique artist’s stylistic characteristics and culture context
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Venus is the Roman equivalent to Greek goddess‚ Aphrodite. Botticelli’s placement of Venus in the center of the canvas emphasizes her beauty considering renaissance elements of individualization of her face and bringing light to the center of the painting. Also the
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When I first arrived at the Weatherspoon Art Museum on UNCG’s campus‚ I was in awe of the beautifully complex works displayed within it. There was a plethora of paintings‚ drawings‚ and sculptures‚ which not only captivated but enticed me with their unique beauty and grace. This made it quite difficult to pick just one work of art. However‚ as I passed through each exhibit and entered into Weatherspoon’s outside sculpture garden‚ I noticed one bronze sculpture in particular which held my attention
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century. The introduction of cubism as a major style of art dealt away with the prevailing procedure in painting. Rather than creating a scene in a linear perspective from the audience’s point of view‚ cubism attempted to show an object from all sides at once. Cubism
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the history of this museum. This museum is made up of a private collection from the Thyssen-Bornemisza family‚ and both the privatization and time period make this collection unique. The collection includes many landscapes‚ still lives and genre paintings‚ but not many portraits. The family was extremely wealthy from their success in the industrial world‚ so they were able to purchase a vast amount of artwork. Lastly‚ the museum is located in Madrid due to the wife’s nationality‚ and the offer of
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soft blues to represent the calm blue sky. Then he used a dark green for the cypress tress which draws your attention to this as the focal point. The use of the color schemes consisting of different shades of yellows‚ blues‚ and greens gives the painting a sense of harmony. These colors are analogous to one another on the color wheel. As I look at this piece I see yellow and blue separated by the color green. Add yellow and blue together and you have created green‚ which in this piece is mainly right
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In this Greek vase painting of Theseus showing some of his many labors and great adventures. Starting at the center of the vase the artist showing Theseus most famous minotaur scene I believe that this is the point where Theseus has just killed the minotaur and dragging him out the labyrinth because the sword is still in his right hand and only half his body is showing. As I continue around the vase some of the scenes are easily to identify then others like the scene of Theseus killing Skiron‚ by the
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1510‚ Florence‚ Italy.May 17‚ 1510‚ Florence‚ Italy. I have chosen “ the discovery of the body of Holofernes” for it has a dark but comical feel when I look at the painting. Like the characters overemphasize expressions on their faces‚ but the colors are what really brought me in and had me mesmerized. The colors used in this painting are red‚ copper‚ dark green to moss green‚ a marvelous color of’ ultramarine’ which is a luminous rich blue color shade originally accomplished arising out of lapis
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