Five Early Renaissance Portraits Author(s): Rab Hatfield Source: The Art Bulletin‚ Vol. 47‚ No. 3 (Sep.‚ 1965)‚ pp. 315-334 Published by: College Art Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3048279 . Accessed: 19/05/2013 05:42 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and students discover‚ use
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Don Giovanni: The Characters and Their Music Giving Character’s character is one of the most interesting challenges in operatic composition; another is composing for all the specific characters. A composer has to distinguish between characters through his music. Jan can’t sound like Fran‚ and Dan can’t sound like Stan. Each character must have his/her own traits. Mozart’s opera‚ Don Giovanni‚ provides us with many different characters to compare and contrast. One scene in particular lends itself
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Portrait photography What is portrait photography? Portrait photography is photographs of a person or a group of people that shows the expression‚ personality‚ and mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture‚ the focus of the photograph is usually the person’s face however‚ the background and setting may be included to make the image more effective and meaningful. What portrait photographers main aims are to focus on the person’s face. They aim to give emphasis on the face of the person
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Examine the treatment of the theme “marital relations” in The Portrait of a Lady The Portrait of a Lady is considered as Henry James’ masterpiece. The story revolves around Isabel Archer. She is a young American who meets up her destiny. She values her freedom. She does not want to get married because she thinks that marriage will suppress her independence. James handles the theme of how a young protagonist attains maturation. The Portrait of a Lady relates us how Isabel grows up to explore the world
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Human consciousness in Isabel Archer Isabel Archer‚ the heroine of the novel ‘The Portrait of a lady’‚ is a young American woman who must choose between her independent spirit and the demands of mid-nineteenth century European social conventions. She unexpectedly inherits a fortune‚ which in the beginning of the novel‚ seems to have freed her from the need to marry. After propagating her quest for independence‚ she rejects two suitors‚ Casper Goodwood and Lord Warburton
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Doubles Tale of Two Cities describes contrasting situations dealing with London and Paris using a technique known as “doubling”. Dickens not only contrasts two ideas but also compares them to one another. This technique gives visual aid on whether something in the story is good or not so good. Contrasting London and Paris‚ the resemblance between Carton and Darnay‚ and the way that two opposite things can also be similar are all ways that Dickens uses doubling to convey his story. Describing
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Oliver Sacks’ novel‚ The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat‚ depicts the various histories of patients that have suffered with neurological disorders. Dr. Sacks is a professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine‚ and was able to work with the patients mentioned in the novel when he worked as a consulting neurologist. Some of the disorders that the patients suffer from include Tourette’s syndrome‚ autism‚ Parkinsonism‚ epilepsy‚ phantom limbs‚ schizophrenia‚ retardation‚ and Alzheimer’s disease
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Kumar English 101 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat was written by Oliver Sacks who is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University. Sacks writes about his studies of a man named Dr. P who has an unusual brain disorder. Sacks tries to figure out what is exactly wrong with Dr. P and prescribe him with something that can help him; but he can’t seem to figure out what will help Dr. P. His only solution is to prescribe him with “a
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Greet the New Year With Family Portrait Photography When you are spending time with family during the holidays‚ you may not have time to get a family portrait taken. However‚ countless people have adopted the practice of sending out greeting cards in January‚ and many families choose to skip gift giving during the season and exchange gifts to celebrate the New Year instead. Why not ring in the New Year with your family by scheduling a photography session with an experienced professional? You will
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The love story of Andrew Jackson and his wife‚ Rachel‚ has been acclaimed one of the greatest romances of the nineteenth century. Author Irving Stone went to great lengths to write a book of accuracy of their life together. Using many different government libraries and historical reference groups to build a fact filled book on a great American president and his wife. Starting in 1784‚ when young Rachel was still wed to Captain Lewis Robards; Stone begins to take you back in time with this piece
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