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    Portrait of Augustus as General Roman portraiture was one of the most significant periods in the development of portrait art. The characteristics of Roman portraitures are more modest‚ realistic‚ idealized‚ and natural. Also‚ the body compositions‚ muscles and facial expressions of portraits and sculptures are more advanced. Many roman portraits are directly linked to specific individuals‚ such as gods and emperors. They were often used for propaganda purposes and included ideological messages

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    Imagery In The Raven

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    elements‚ religious battles‚ and negative imagery. To begin‚ “The Raven” is a poem about a man and a bird. First‚ the man attempts to forget reminiscing his love that has left him behind. He continues to read books to take his mind off the pain. Slowly falling asleep‚ he hears something at the door‚ he saw nothing. Slightly frightened‚ he scurries to the windows to check for anything. This is when the Raven swoops in and sits in front of the door. The man decides to talk to the Raven‚ asking

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    birds in Macbeth

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    Shakespeare there is many mentions of birds in the dialogue. As well it is one of the themes in this play‚ used as a metaphor to different examples‚ such as when the characters use the word fly as an expression of escaping or leaving. Furthermore the theme of birds is also used when speaking of specific birds having meanings‚ or birds in this play used to show pathetic fallacy. Specifically in act IV sense ii and iii there are various uses of the imagery of birds‚ such as Lady Macduff in her shock at

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    Analysing and Artist

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    What colours does the artist use? Why? How is colour organised? What kind of shapes or forms can you find? What kind of marks or techniques does the artist use? What is the surface like? What kinds of textures can you see? How big is the work? Context This refers to how the work relates to a particular time‚ place‚ culture and society in which it was produced. When was it made? Where was it made? Who made it? Who was the work made for? What do you know about the artist? How does the work

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    The Visual Artist

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    The Visual Artist: Naturally Skilled or Skillfully Learned? A Form of Expression Throughout time‚ people have developed different ways to express themselves. Visual art has been around since the dawn of man‚ dating back to cave paintings in ancient times. This form of expression has evolved from primitive etchings to beautiful‚ visually stunning pieces of work open to interpretation by the general public. As time has passed‚ the skill has become much more refined‚ and styles of art have constantly

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    Con Artists

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    Informative Outline Title: Con Artists Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on how the con artists work. Thesis Statement: In order to understand my topic‚ I will discuss scam victims‚ spotting a con-artist‚ and avoiding one. Introduction- I bet you all want to know how con artists work. They work by being deceiving when it comes to getting what they want. I will be talking about what they look for in a scam victim‚ how you can spot a con artist‚ and how you can try to avoid one. Body:

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    Charlie “Bird‚” Parker The Man‚ The Myth‚ The Legend‚ The Addict... Charles parker was a brilliant jazz musician. He was so innovative and played with such genius that he has influenced all jazz musicians regardless of their time period. One can only speculate what might have happened with Jazz if Charles’ life was not cut short due to intense drug use as was so common in the musician scene. Then again one can only speculate weather or not Charles’ Jazz would have been as great as it was if it

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    Hunger Artist

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    The story of “A Hunger Artist” takes place in the early 1920’s and is about a young man who fasts not out of pleasure but because he wants to. He enjoys the fame that he gets from the fasting‚ but the people do not understand that he only fast because he cannot find a food that he likes. Foreshadowing is used on when the hunger artist says “they made him miserable; they made his fasting seem terribly difficult...” talking about those the guards who would give him a chance to sneak food. Symbols are

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    The Hunger Artist

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    Does Kafka’s Hunger Artist create a new sense of the body? If so‚ how? And how does the Hunger Artist’s strange human body compete against animals’ bodies in this story? Create a clear and direct overall thesis and argue. ! Kafka’s “ A Hunger Artist”‚ illustrates a compelling reinvention of the body through the story of a single act in a circus where a man goes forty days without the consumption of food in efforts to horrify his audience. Kafka’s story portrays the artist’s internal

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    Tattoo Artist

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    Tattoos have been an art alive for centuries. First they started out as a way to mark an individual and their place in society. Then they evolved into an art form for many people and some people get them just to have them. But here’s a question long pondered in the art of tattoos. I know I thought about it for a long time myself‚ before I had my first tattoo done. There are two main questions most people ask themselves. The first being‚ how much pain is involved with having a tattoo done?

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