Saint George and the Dragon The painting of Saint George and the Dragon is a very good example of Byzantine art. One reason is because it is a religious painting and also because there is a halo around his head. This painting also has lots of colorful colors and bright oranges and golf leaf which are reminiscent of Byzantine art. Byzantine artists usually painted saints or other religious figures. In the paintings the figures were always standing alone or next to another person. In this painting
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expect that when most people think of a dragon‚ they think of a monster. A terrifying beast that tries to eat a princess‚ finally to be vanquished by a valiant knight. Or‚ a cunning serpent hoarding a mass of treasure‚ finally to be vanquished by a valiant knight. The vanquishing part is guaranteed. I have never seen dragons that way. (I’ve only just come to realise that this is probably due to the stories my father told me as a child‚ with three dragons in them: one organised and slightly gruff
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the past some much larger dragonfly species existed. The largest found was an extinct Protodonata from the Permian period with a wingspan of 70-75cm (27.5-29.5"). This compares to 19cm (7.5") for the largest modern species of odonate‚ the Central American giant damselfly Megaloprepus coerulatus. The smallest modern species recorded is the libellulid dragonfly Nannophya pygmaea from east Asia with a wing span of only 20mm‚ or about 3/4 of an inch. Dragonfly‚ common name for any member of an order
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1. Why was the South so afraid to loose slavery? What did they have a stake? Because they depended on slaves to work on their farms and agriculture‚ and they had already been living a lifestyle dependent on slaves. If they lost slavery‚ the slaves would also gain voting rights eventually‚ and they would then lose power in the government. 2. What is the 13th amendment and why did Lincoln feel he needed to pass the amendment? It is the amendment that would abolish slavery. Lincoln wanted to pass
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How the crocodile got its long tail A long long time ago‚ there was a lazy crocodile. Its tail was as short as a hotdog sausage. It only eats‚ drinks and sleeps all day long under the tree that near the water. One day‚ a man was walking down a hill‚ he saw a crocodile eating an apple. He asked “Can I have some of your apple please?” The crocodile didn’t say anything‚ instead the crocodile threw the apple away and said “Yum!” And it gobbled up the man in two bites. After a while‚ it
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Whooooooooshhhhhh!!!!! There’s a dragon! It all began with the pretty prince and his sister. It is a cold night at a tall castle with a beautiful princess and her name was Nancy. She was scared but her brother‚ Alexander was on his was to save her. Wait let’s start from the beginning. It all began with in a little house in the country. In the house there was a beautiful girl her name was Nancy that was a princess‚ her handsome brother that was a prince and his name was Alexander‚ and their wonderful
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Just train it. then feed it. then care for it. be nice to it. help it when injured. arfter all that BOOOM. you have a dragon. then fly and stuff. LALALAL anawwjofijlvkvsknjhvjklnkjse kjfbjkfwbkjfw DRAGOPOONNS are kewl "DRSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSS help me it wont accept my essay.ku nkfejjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjkbfELLLLLLLLLLLLbkejfghkjegegjkwbbeg- w;egkhwqfioeyhfkwnk;lwfajh;khafe;lkhfeal;kheaFGL:KHAEFL:Khfwlkawhfl;kawfhl;kwafhlkfawhl;AKFHKJAFBNKJgeuegqjklegBkaeHOIAEFKJAEFG
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English 40s 6 December 2012 Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf is a book based on reality; it shows us what we choose not to see. People tend to have unrealistic expectations. This leads us to disappointment. Though in the book‚ George and Martha tend to avoid disappointment. There is a fine line between reality and illusions and maybe nobody really understands the meaning of happiness. We tend to truly believe that our illusions are much better than reality. We encounter
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will do when I get home or on the weekend. I’m not seeing anyone now but when I did have a girlfriend‚ our favorite places to go were the movies and out to dinner. Sometimes we went to the beach. We had fun everyday here in Davao and that’s why me and my mom decided to stay here. And then my real challenge starts in high school‚ first year. I had problems‚ I failed in my Chinese subject that was funny because I didn’t know that the school my mom enrolled me was a Chinese school here
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the game Dungeons and Dragons‚ and why they are so prevelant in this ritual. The game of Dungeons and Dragons is a popular fantasy roleplaying game created in 1974. The ideas of luck‚ control by consent‚ unpredictability and the illusion of skill are all very prevelant throughout the ritual‚ particularly in dice rolling and in the role of the Dungeon Master. These ideas have come about through the beliefs and needs of the players themselves‚ so by further investigating why these constructs are
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