Rogier Van der Weyden was a Flemish painter of the mid-15th century. Rogier was chiefly influenced by his first teacher‚ Robert Campin. Although details of his early training are sketchy‚ it is generally accepted that he entered the workshop of Robert Campin‚ the foremost painter in Tournai and dean of the painters’ guild‚ in 1427 at the age of 27 (http://www.belgium.be). Rogier remained in Campin’s studio for five years‚ becoming an independent master of the guild on August 1‚ 1432. Van der Weyden
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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
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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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SAMPLE EXAM PROBLEMS Set I Problem1 For the trailer hitch shown in the Figure c‚ tongue weight of 100 kg acts downward and the pull force of 4905 N acts horizontally (Figure a). Using the dimensions of the ball bracket given below (Figure d)‚ draw a free body diagram of the ball bracket and find the tensile and shear loads applied to the two bolts that attach bracket to the channels shown in the Figure (b). [pic][pic] a) b) c) [pic] d) Problem 2 The figure below shows
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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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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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MERCHANT BANKING IN INDIA INTRODUCTION Financial services are an important component of financial system. Thesmooth functioning of financial system depends upon the range of financialservices extended by the providers. Financial services in India havewitnessed remarkable changes in the recent past after the implementation of “Liberalization‚ privatization and globalization” .Funds are tapped from the capital market to finance various mega industrial projects. In attracting public savings‚ merchant
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upheaval and leftist student rebellion against government and perceived authoritarianism. First‚ in Germany the rival magazine Der Stern witnessed a similar uprising where staff achieved to stop a deal that management of the company was about to engage. Editorial staff gained an “editorial statue” that achieved very broad powers in the management. Inspired by Der Stern’s model‚ Der Spiegel staff sought a similar statue. Rudolf Augstein who was the 100% owner of the magazine at that time‚ decided to give
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