The United States in the mid-1960s was a period of revolution. Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe is set in this era‚ in the midst of the Vietnam War‚ the black civil rights movement‚ gay liberation‚ and the LSD movement. It was a time of radical change‚ chaos‚ as well as social and political instability. In three significant scenes‚ through the use of angles and lighting‚ Taymor illustrates the burdens of the Vietnam war‚ and how these burdens cause necessary transitions in Lucy‚ Jude‚ and Max
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In the novel Code Name Verity written by Elizabeth Wein a common theme was staying determined through tough times. Julie and Maddie‚ the main characters‚ both go through different experiences that are hard on them‚ but with determination they are able to problem solve and make it through. Julie went through extremely hard times‚ but she stayed determined and made it through her problems. The text states‚ “I had managed to drag myself and my chair over to the door and prepared an ambush that sent
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Julie Van is a student attending the University of Washington in Seattle. She was born on October 9th‚ 1994 in her hometown of Tacoma‚ Washington where she spent her childhood doing what most children do like going to school or spending time with her family and friends. Now‚ she lives a typical college life. On the weekdays‚ Julie wakes up and attends classes and finishes her days off doing copious amounts of homework or relaxing with friends. But on the weekends‚ she enjoys to “hangout at nearby
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| Julie Heffernan Self portrait as Wunderkabinett | | | 7/2/2013 | Museum Visit Assignment | | | Julie Heffernan Self portrait as Wunderkabinett Museum visit assignment The Mint Museum in Charlotte‚ NC is a timeless building and a work of art itself. The building was designed with a contemporary style and is an outward expression of its artistic‚ belongings inside. I visited the Museum on Tuesday‚ July 02‚ 2013‚ at around 2 in the afternoon. I was within the museum for about 2 ½ hours‚ observing
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Angela Carter: "The Company of Wolves" (1979‚ excerpt) Men are powerful‚ strong‚ dominant. But what are women’s strengths? This question was widely discussed in the late seventies during the women’s liberation movement. Women all over the world were fighting for their rights‚ and this inspired female authors to put their thoughts into stories. Women could be manipulative‚ deceiving. They could control men when they wanted to. So why were the men in control of the world? By rewriting "Little
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Did Julie do the right thing in the story or did she do the wrong thing keep reading and you figure your answer out. In the story of Facing Donegall Square Julie fell in love with an Irish man but she didn’t know who she really fell in love with. It all started when she fell down in the road and he helped her up. They spent a few hours together. She had to find new pants but couldn’t find the American pants. Instead they sat and had tea. Seamus had to go to school‚ so she decides she would go shopping
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Sky Is Falling by Julie Heffernan The Crocker Art museum exhibited fourteen works by Julie Heffernan in a show called “Sky is Falling”. In the exhibit Heffernan show cases male and female figures‚ often believed to be self-portraits in different manifestations‚ in extravagant landscapes while using metaphorical imagery to express the lives of women and the concern she has for the endangered environment. The figures are often depicted trying to restore order to a world that is falling apart around
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experience nature especially children that live in a big city who are not accustomed to the natural world. But why is it that children need to experience nature? What exactly are the benefits of children being in contact with the natural world? In the book Wolves by Renee Askins brings up a few good points on why being in contact with nature is important in a child’s formative years. Askins states “Early contact with animals and wild places can help to develop a matured empathy and capacity for human relationships
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“Wolves are the dogs that stayed behind.” The world is a cruel place. A thing that can be treasured in one instance can be a threat in the next. For many people‚ we stare at the natural world and see its rugged beauty and wish that we could captivate it for ourselves. The case is no different for our modern dogs. Bred from the “empty canvas” of a wolf‚ we’ve modified‚ altered‚ formed‚ transformed‚ reformed‚ and remodified wolves to be one of the closest companions we have still today: dogs. But through
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Julie Mehretu was born in 1970 in Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia. She is an artist that is best known for her densely layered abstract paintings and prints. Stadia II is a compilation of Stadia I and Stadia III. Mehretu created Stadia II in 2004 using mediums of ink and acrylic on canvas. Her works engage the history of nonobjective art from Constructivism to Futurism‚ posing contemporary questions about the relationship between utopian impulses and abstraction. Most of the lines she draws are curved or
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