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Modern art can be abstract and alluring, simple and complex, provocative and soothing, but as pointed out in chapter four of Why a Painting Is Like a Pizza: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Modern Art, some people love to hate it. Hate, as it seems, is not nearly a strong enough appellation to encapsulate the contempt experienced by ordinary people and art critics alike when faced with an original work of modern art. As in the case of Georges Braque’s 1907 oil on canvas Landscape at La…

16 bananas, which attracted Parisian audiences. She had a husband, 12 children, and two parents ( mostly one because her dad abandoned her ). Her children's names were: Stellina, Marianne, Jari, Brahim, Noel, Janot, Moise, Mara, Luis, Koffi, Jean-Claude, and Akio Bouillon. She worked for the French Resistance during WWII as a spy. After her childhood ended, she moved and lived in Paris and New York. She participated in the Civil Rights Movement with Martin Luther King Jr., and she was a notable…

The Syrian refugee crisis has become The European Unions main focus over the last several months. There are countries such as Germany and Sweden who have been accepting large amounts of migrants. Other countries have been creating “hot spots” where asylum seekers can be registered when they are making their travel to Europe. The EU has agreed to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers over the next two years out of the more populated countries. But all of theses efforts simple are not enough. The EU has…

The earliest known description of the pancreas is attributed to Herophilus of Chalcedon (300 B.C.), a Greek physician deemed to be one of the first human anatomist and adopter of the scientific method (1). Despite Herophilus’s pioneering research on human anatomy, he received public criticism and was referred to as the ‘butcher’ of Alexandria – for his innumerable human dissections and gruesome vivisections performed before public audiences (2). The name ‘pancreas’ was later coined by Rufus…

This paper will focus on Bence Hajdu’s abandoned paintings, and will compare and contrast them to the original paintings which they are based off. The abandoned paintings pieces are famous, well-known paintings recreated without the people. A main point will be the way Hajdu’s work changes the experience and overall emotions felt by the viewer observing the original and then the recreated work. Another point will be the changed perception when you look back at the original after viewing the…

Teens and pre-teens are maturing at a much faster pace than when the phenomenon of reality television took off. Additionally, the internet popularized an unprecedented generation of children by using the internet for knowledge. Today, teens are surrounded by many forms of information in just a few clicks. Smart phones alone have lead to a generation of people who publicizes personal information about their lives with little to no consideration for the consequences of their actions. Our fastpace…

However, because Hall was only prosecuted, mixed signals were sent about the stance on lynchings. Claude A. Clegg III writes, “It simultaneously signaled that lynchings were becoming unacceptable expressions of extralegal retribution and confirmed that local and state authorities were limited in their willingness to pursue lynch mobs.” Hall’s prosecution…

Who am I? Kazuo Ishiguro has initiated a sense of empathy by displaying a strong sense of emotions and feeling through each character. The novel Never Let Me Go encompasses the various contrasting personalities and realizations through dialogue and interaction. The three main things that inaugurate empathy in the book are the cognizance of one’s identity, the effect it has on themselves and their daily lives. The realization of one’s identity has several influential factors, such as the way…

One of the first writers in the Harlem Renaissance was Claude McKay. McKay channeled his strong feelings of pride and disdain into poetry that stood against racism in America. He was joined by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, along with Countee Cullen, Alain Locke, and Dorothy West, who all wrote about…

describing the world around us, but rather, giving a creative outlook on it through the usage of pure form and/or color to not only create an art form of pure sensation, but also, evoke our natural emotions and senses for the better. French composer, Claude Debussy, contributed to this notion with one of his best known compositions, Clair De Lune. This piano arrangement links with romanticism by giving its listeners a musical form of passion and creativity with the subtlety of the tone. The…