skill. Jan Van Eyck’s painting; “The Arnolfini Portrait” depicts Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife. Arnolfini was a merchant from a city in Tuscany‚ Italy‚ called Lucca. The Arnolfini family was very powerful. People often say that the woman in the painting is pregnant‚ but that is not the case. In fact‚ she is holding her full-skirted dress to her stomach‚ because that was the contemporary fashion. Jan Van Eyck was really interested in the effects of light in paintings‚ and used it a lot.
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certain factors such as the consistency and drying period. Determining which medium is better‚ oils or acrylics‚ is completely up to the painter‚ both have their uses but definitely have their differences. The consistency of paint can allow for a painting to convey a certain feeling. One of the major differences in consistency is the base of the paint‚ oil paints are oil based and acrylic paint is water based. The water based acrylics can be thinned out by adding more water‚ making the paint become
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"A Family Supper‚" by Kazuo Ishiguro‚ is a story of uncertainty‚ nervousness‚ emotions‚ and loss of love in the family. The narrator‚ Ishiguro‚ is a Protagonist‚ was born in the Tokyo‚ Japan. He is returning home from California some two years after the death of his mother. After the WWII‚ Watanabe ’s despondency of the loss of the company leads him to take his life and his family members. The Protagonist ’s mother‚ who is believed by her husband to have lost hope in her life‚ commits a suicide as
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PAINTING Painting – is among the fine arts‚ which creates meaningful effects‚ depicting different intrinsic human values‚ by the use of clustered imagination of lines and color. Painting is placed on a flat surfaced by the use of pigments. Painting expresses the artist’s perceptions and feelings on a particular selected subject. Usually‚ the artist’s selection of a subject comes from the understanding and interpretation of his feelings and emotions. Some artist may love country scenes‚ like landscape
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behind Catholicism and tell stories of Christ’s life and passion. Paintings was exclusively for the churches and for religious purposes. Occassionally used for propaganda. Tagalog painters Jose Loden‚ Tomas Nazario and Miguel delos Reyes‚ did the first still life paintings in the country. They were commissioned in 1786 by a Spanish botanist to paint the flora and fauna in the country. The earliest known historical paintings in the Philippines was a mural at the Palacio Real in Intramuros entitle
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 13 (2006) 1–13 www.elsevier.com/locate/jretconser Building marketing strategies for state-owned enterprises against private ones based on the perspectives of customer satisfaction and service quality Lien-Ti Bei Cian-Fong Shang Department of Business Administration‚ National Chengchi University‚ 64‚ Section 2‚ Chihnan Road‚ Taipei‚ Taiwan Abstract In the process of deregulation and privatization‚ profit-seeking state-owned
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The world of sport is continually changing over the years‚ and the use of technology is just one of those areas that has made an impact on many sports in the modern day. One criticism of the use of technology is that it can slow down the speed of the game‚ but on the other hand for many people it makes watching it more enjoyable to see the correct decisions being made. Assisting the Umpires / Referees Most professional sports in the United States have long used instant replay and other high-tech
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------------------------------------------------- Kazuo Ishiguro: A Family Supper Kazuo Ishiguro’s short story‚ “A Family Supper” is a moving and mysterious story about a son’s visit to his homeland to visit his father and sister. When we are introduced to the father‚ he is at home with his son drinking tea. It has been two years since the death of his wife. For at least some of that time‚ the father has been living alone in a large‚ and mostly empty house. The father is intimidating. Physically
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produce different coloured inks‚ they used ground up minerals. The themes of most paintings were both the Shinto and Buddhist religion. Most Buddhist artworks portray saints‚ demons or sinners suffering in hell. These artworks were a warning to live a good life. A distinctive Japanese style of painting developed during the middle Heian period. Sliding and folding screens in wealthy homes where greatly decorated with paintings of animals or scenes from nature. Numerous picture scrolls told famous Japanese
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One of the characteristics of the Italian Baroque is the realistic depiction of human figures‚ vivid use of color and foreshadowing techniques‚ especially in the paintings. In addition‚ the figures of the paintings seem to emerge from the background‚ giving huge differences between light and dark. The Italian baroque structure has a sense of movement and that of energy when in static form. The sculptures make the observers to have multiple viewpoints. The Baroque architecture has characteristic domes
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