Andries van Dam

I decided to chose Object 1: Vincent van Gogh, Café Terrace at Night, 1888, oil on canvas, KröllerMuller Museum, Otterlo for my design summary/formal analysis. Two elements utilized in this piece of art are texture and color. Texture is the surface quality of a work (Dewitte, Larmann, Shields 62). Color is the optical effect caused when reflected white light of the spectrum is divided into a separate wavelength (Dewitte, Larmann, Shields 92). Implied Texture is displayed throughout this canvas.…

Democrats nominated former Secertary of State, Martin Van Buren, however the Whig Party put forward three candidates (Daniel Webster, William Henry Harrision and Hugh White) and held no national convention unlike the Democrats. Votes were cast and Martin Van Buren was announced as the eighth president of the United States of America. During his stint as president, Van Buren constantly had disagreements surrounding the Whig Party. In the election of 1840, the…

Vincent van Gogh Zundert, a village in the south of Netherlands, saw the birth of Vincent van Gogh on March 30, 1853. At a very young age, Van Gogh began to showcase his talented skills, but he decided to pursue his childhood artistry at age 27. Vincent emerged as a symbol of Post-Impressionism because of his use of vivid colors, emotional portrayals, and unique canvas surfaces in every painting. Inspired by Seurat, he learned Pointillism from Émile Bernard. He intensified the color of his…

It is dark and he is trying to open a can of Polish pickles he has found in the house. The can falls on the floor and a German Captain, standing at the bottom of the stairs, encounters him. The Captain asks several questions from which he learns that Szpilman is a pianist. He asks Szpilman to play something on the piano which is in a room nearby. This film presents many intertextual elements: The film is intertextual in itself as it is based on the book “The Pianist”. Films and…

The one composer that music today can thank for all of the brilliance and genius he has composed is none other than Ludwig van Beethoven. During the classical era, there was a new sense of subjectivity, proportion, order, and simplicity. It was a time of the Enlightenment, a time of reason and the experimentation with trial and error. All men were created equal, and were given a voice on matters that needed to be handled. This was also the time of the Industrial Revolution, where new machines…

The San Antonio College Guitar Studio Recital took place October 20, 2014. I first arrived at the McAllister Auditorium (1300 San Pedro Ave. S.A. TX 78212) at 7 PM. It was my first time in the colleges Auditorium, but not my first time experiencing a musical performance. I have attended several times the theatre to listen to the orchestra from my hometown. It is a marvelous experience. At the entrance I could appreciate an organ, which has had an important history in classical music, especially…

describe the life of Vincent van Gogh. Born March 30, 1853 Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch artist who most was known for his painting Starry Night, The Bedroom, Irises, Wheatfield with Crows and multiple paintings of sunflowers. Vincent van Gogh was born to a pastor name Theodorus van Gogh and an artist named Anna Cornelia Carbentus in Groot-Zundert, Holland. According to (Vincent van Gogh Biography. (2002). http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/biography.html) “Vincent van Gogh was brought up in a…

that even the most disturbed of us can see beauty and can be seen as a symbol of hope for humanity. I believe that the mix of color, light to dark or dark to light however the viewer sees it, portrays that there is a beautiful struggle within Vincent Van Gogh. The beauty is outside of his four walls. The dark shades of blue represent what put him in the predicament he was in at the time but the brighter shades of blue and yellow represent the good within. His work really caught my attention…

with like qualities similar to being dead like, that can make the visit very uncomfortable and untrusting (Stoker 55). Dr. Van Helsing was most dedicated to solving the mysteries in action. He provides medicinal help and solutions for the town people (Stoker 358). He seemed to have some answers to keeping away the thing that or things that were biting Lucy (Stoker 357). Dr. Van Helsing was first and most helpful to understand Lucy’s state (Stoker 355). The doctor understood that a bat had bitten…

Margaret was. He was meeting regularly with his secretaries to ask them to make their wives associate with Margaret, but they weren’t consenting. The rift between the two sides got bigger and bigger until finally Mr. Eaton resigned, followed by Martin Van Buren, the Secretary of State. Soon, Jackson respectfully asked for…