I was given the opportunity to read Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried and relate it to the movie Platoon. Both the novel and the movie demonstrated how the men behaved and reacted to the gruesome effects of war and even when the war was over how those emotions and memories stayed with them for the rest of their lives. Both the author and director used methods of interpreting a story by fusing universal truths and sorrow together to bring about a better understanding of the characters and
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Isabel Navarrete English.12 Epic Heroes are amazing people they are much appreciated. Two perfect examples of epic hero’s would be Beowulf and Spiderman. They both have virtues in them they both can be honest‚ caring‚ forgiving‚ courageous‚ respectful‚ and kind. Beowulf and Spiderman are really brave and strong. They risk their lives for others without thinking about twice. One epic hero is Spiderman. He faces all kinds of evil. Spiderman is not afraid to confront anything or anyone
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Willem DeKooning Willem DeKooning is considered by many as one of the greatest contemporary artist of his time. He used painting‚ most effectively figure-ground‚ and sculptures showing his expression of nature through abstraction. Much of his art comes from the human form and how he decides to construct it. His work is still studied and displayed across the globe‚ as some of his work is some of the highest priced work ever paid for. He can relate to Coomaraswamy‚ Maritain‚ Gilson‚ and Eliot in
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 2004. Credo Reference. Web. 17 April 2012. "Willem de Kooning: Black Untitled (1984.613.7)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1984.613.7 (October 2006) "Willem de Kooning." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.‚ 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2012. . "de KOONING‚ WILLEM." The Reader ’s Companion to American History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
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Abstract Expressionists of the 19th Century – Canvas/Painting Figure 1 1940 The Glazier Willem de Kooning Painting The Metropolitan Museum of Art Willem de Kooning’s The Glazier‚ is an abstract expressionist painting from the 19th Century. De Kooning’s use of a figurative subject in The Glazier‚ makes it less mainstream abstract expressionism‚ an area in which he was seen as a leader. The Somber earth tones and ambiguous use of space give the painting a mysterious feel. Certain portions
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term Abstract Expressionism was applied to any number of the artists in New York who each had quite different styles‚ such as Pollock’s "action paintings" which had a very busy feel to it‚ which was different both technically and aesthetically to Willem de Kooning’s grotesque "women’s series"‚ which was rather violent and not particularly abstract‚ and Mark Rothko’s block work which was not very expressionistic‚ but yet all three were classified as Abstract Expressionists. Still although different
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a development of abstract art that originated in New York in the 1940s and 1950s and aimed at subjective emotional expression with particular emphasis on the creative spontaneous act (action painting). The leading figures were Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. The style embraced many individual styles marked in common by freedom of technique‚ a preference for dramatically large canvases‚ and a desire to give spontaneous expression to the unconscious mind. Abstract Expressionism was the first
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ART SUMMARY TERM 2 FRAMES Cultural This view is concerned with understanding how an artwork is influenced by the values of the society it is produced in‚ and‚ in turn‚ how the artwork influences the values of the society. This includes examining the historical and cultural context in which the work was made‚ and religious and/or philosophical beliefs‚ which may have influenced the work. Subjective This view is concerned with examining an artwork from a personal perspective. This might
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were not without their share of speculation and controversy. Through all of the medical breakthroughs‚ however‚ a handful stand out as the most important medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. 1) Artificial Heart Dutch-born medical researcher Willem J. Kolff invented the first artificial heart but it was an American doctor Robert Jarvik who in 1982 completed the design of the first permanently-implantable artificial heart- the Jarvik-7 made of Dacron polyester‚ plastic‚ and aluminum with an internal
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Facts about this decade --- Population: 151‚684‚000 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce‚ Bureau of the Census)* Unemployed: 3‚288‚000 Life expectancy: Women 71.1‚ men 65.6 Car Sales: 6‚665‚800 Average Salary: $2‚992 Labor Force male/female: 5/2 Cost of a loaf of bread: $0.14 Bomb shelter plans‚ like the government pamphlet You Can Survive‚ become widely available Important Historic and Cultural Events 1950 - Pres. Harry Truman ( ’til 1952) approves production of the hydrogen bomb and sends
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