A Portrait of Mona Lisa Courtney Wilder ENG121: English Composition I Prof. Laloni Christenson July 22‚ 2013 A Portrait of Mona Lisa Art is a traditional work that is painted in many different pattern of objects. Many people create portraits of art as an expression of how they feel. In the modern world‚ art is shown in different cities‚ subways‚ parks and etc. The greatest art was created in the early century and was called a masterpiece. This portrait was
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Date: 9/2/2012 Description: Vans was launched in 1966 by Paul Van Doren with his brother James and two partners. Van Doren was aiming to make almost durable and affordable casual deck shoe in the market which eventually turned out to be the most liked shoes by youngsters‚ athletes and others. From its own retail store in Anaheim‚ California Van Doren was able to open few more stores in other places. But‚ the main concern was to promote those stores. Van Doren was involved in producing shoes
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VANS is an American based manufacturer of sneakers‚ BMX shoes‚ snowboarding boots‚ skateboarding and other shoe types. They target and cater to groups of youths and active consumers who do skateboarding‚ surfing and snowboarding. There are also apparels and accessories from the same company to cater to the same youth market. The first store was started in California by Paul Van Doren and three partners in March 16‚ 1966. What makes them special at first is that they sold shoes manufactured from
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The Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is perhaps Leonardo Da Vinci’s most famous of paintings. It is an oil painting‚ painted on poplar wood. The painting is most famous for the smile of the woman‚ which people have been trying to decipher for a long time. Many believe that the portrait is that of Da Vinci himself‚ while many also place a lot mystic connections with this painting. The portrait depicts a woman’s bust‚ with a distant landscape that is visible in the backdrop. Leonardo used a pyramid design
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Tanya Nelson English 111 Writing and Inquiry Jennifer Carmen Mona Lisa Deep within the safety of The Louvre many of the world’s most recognizable and influential pieces of art are safely kept for the eyes of the art loving public. One of the most mysterious paintings in the museum is a portrait of a beautiful renaissance era woman sitting in front of a landscape of hills and flowing water. She stands at almost three feet tall by two feet wide and her smile is recognized around the globe. The mystery
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Mona Lisa Smile The movie "Mona Lisa Smile" is set in the 1950s and deals with the starting feminist’s movement against traditional roles. The main character‚ "History of Art" teacher Katherine Watson‚ arrives at the conservative all-women college of Wellesley and tries to teach her really smart students not only art history but also independence. She also wants her students to know that their aim‚ namely getting married‚ does not have to be their only purpose of life‚ but that it is also possible
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Speculations about Mona Lisa From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Mona Lisa‚ by Leonardo da Vinci‚Louvre Museum The 16th-century portrait Mona Lisa‚ or La Gioconda (La Joconde)‚ painted in oil on a poplarpanel by Leonardo da Vinci‚ has been the subject of a considerable deal of speculation.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Columns and trimming 2 Landscape 3 Other versions 4 Nude versions 5 Smile 6 Infrared scan 7 Eyebrows and eyelashes 8 Subject 8.1 High cholesterol 8.2 Letters and identity of model 9 References
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The poem Leda and the Swan was inspired by the Greek myth‚ in which Leda is seduced and raped by Zeus in the guise of a sawn. In his poem‚ Yeats explores the idea of a single action unfolding into violence and destruction. This could be seen as a metaphor for Yeats’s frustration with the decline of Ireland and its culture‚ echoed here by the fall of Troy. Yeats also presents the violence of the rape with an ambiguity that is both unsettling and intriguing‚ leading many critics to question whether
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Leda and the Swan Immediately‚ the poem jumps right into the task at hand. Zeus‚ in the form of a swan‚ is raping the young girl‚ Leda. The “sudden blow” could be interpreted as sexual penetration‚ since after the blow many sexual actions take place. The line‚ “Her thighs caressed/By the dark webs” is both soft and evil. “Caress” is a peaceful movement that usually describes a loving motion. However‚ right after this gentle word is used‚ Yeats changes the mood by adding Zeus’s “dark webs.” In
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Why is the Mona Lisa One of the Most Famous Paintings in the World? The Mona Lisa has been one of the most debated paintings of all time. The look on the face of the women in this painting leaves a person’s mind wondering. No one really seems to know what this mysterious woman is thinking or feeling. The questions that cannot seem to be answered are what make this painting so famous. The reason for that is because it is raveled in mystery and secrets. All of the small details make the painting stand
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