Hugo van der Goes’s Portinari Masterpiece Hugo van der Goes is considered one of the great northern Italian Renaissance artists. His unique style and artistic inventions inspired numerous contemporary artists in Florence. The Portinari Altarpiece‚ Sant’ Egidio‚ Florence‚ Italy‚ ca. 1476‚ is remarked as great altarpiece within art history that clearly depicts the influence of patronage within society. Tommaso Portinari‚ the donor of the Portinari Altarpiece‚ an Italian agent who worked as an assistant
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Spain‚ the German Pavilion‚ designed by Mies van der Rohe‚ was used for the official opening of the German portion of the exhibition. To this day‚ the German pavilion is seen as one of the most significant buildings built during the 20th century. When analyzing the building formal‚ structural‚ and material qualities‚ it becomes effortless to support the proposition that the German Pavilion was built with the concepts of nature in mind where Mies van der Rohe successfully blurred the lines between interior
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The last two chapters of Karen van der Zee?s book‚ ?A Secret Sorrow?‚ are very eventful. Chapter Eleven begins with Faye‚ one of the main characters‚ horrified by the question her boyfriend has just asked her. Kai‚ Faye?s boyfriend‚ has found a slip of paper that has slipped out of Faye?s wallet the previous Saturday morning. The slip of paper is from Doctor Martin recommending her to a psychiatrist by the name of Doctor Jaworski. Earlier in the book‚ Faye had a car accident that left her infertile
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The Van Der Luydens: Epitome of High Class In the Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton‚ there are many characters that represent old New York society. It was one of many rules and in itself had a built in hierarchy. At the top of this group were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Van Der Luyden. Their appearances are rare‚ which in most novels leaves the reader without a clear understanding of the character‚ but in this case more than enough information is provided to show that they were the crème de la crème of
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AN INTERPRETIVE ESSAY OF DIRK VAN DER ELST’S‚ CULTURE AS GIVEN‚ CULTURE AS CHOICE In this text‚ anthropologists Dirk Van Der Elst and Paul Bohanan discuss the concept of multiculturalism. The text states that an entirely different view of culture is needed in the intellectual discourse of society. Elst analyzes culture using the example of analyzing sex. Elst makes it clear in his analysis that pluralities of identity are the norm‚ that everyone is multi-ethnic and multi-racial in some fashion
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Formal Analysis Rogier Van Der Weyden‚ St. Columba Alter Piece (Center Panel)‚ 1455 Oil Paint on Wood The composition of the painting by Van Der Weyden consists of a woman cradling a baby with the focus of many different spectators on the infant. The crowd of spectators is mostly men and three farm animals‚ a bull‚ a mule‚ and a dog. The women and infant are sitting inside a reddish‚ stone‚ partially enclosed shelter; that is slightly deviated to the left of the center of the painting. There
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den Marketing-Mix 3 2.2. Ebenen und Instrumente der Verkaufsförderung 4 2.2.1. Verbrauchergerichtete Verkaufsförderung (Consumer Promotion) 4 2.2.2. Handelsgerichtete Verkaufsförderung (Trade Promotion) 5 2.2.3. Förderung des Außendienstes (Staff Promotion) 5 2.3. Zweck und Bedeutung der Verkaufsförderung 6 3. DER WERBEARTIKEL ALS INSTRUMENT DER VERKAUFSFÖRDERUNG 7 3.1. Begriffsbestimmung 7 3.2. Arten des Einsatzes von Werbeartikeln in der Verkaufsförderung 8 3.2.1. Give-Aways 8 3.2.2.
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Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer. In design‚ external influences have always played a vital role in any given trend. In the 1920’s‚ an era commonly referred to as the Machine Age ‚ modernist design followed a very focused approach: a desire to create a better world. In this essay‚ I will make a brief overview of the socio-economic situation of this time period‚ with a short introduction to the life of the two practitioners whose work I will analyse: Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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The two songs Gretchen and Der Tod und das Madchen were great songs. Shubert he was successfully able to use his music to tell a story. Shubert’s music was able to make the listener to identify the type of music and whether it was sad or happy song. In his song Gretchen‚ the music was great in explaining events in the story. Also‚ he was able to show the characters’ hidden emotions through how the music interacts with singer. For example‚ when the maiden was talking the melody was fast and the singer
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Thesis: I am analyzing two paintings‚ “Rachel Weeping” by Charles Willson Peale‚ and “Virgin and Child” by Hugo Van Der Goes. I will be concentrating on the differences between the two paintings which were created in two very different time periods‚ in two very different worlds‚ during two very different points in their creators respective lives; making these paintings that seem similar as first glance‚ almost polar opposites. 1. The first painting I will be comparing is Rachel Weeping‚ which
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