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The artistic movement known as impressionism sought to capture events and scenes in order to convey their essence not through exact reproduction but rather through color and light. The goal was not only to reproduce the scene itself but to also reproduce the sensation and life of the scene. The impressionist style with its free and unplanned brushstrokes, bright and vivid colors, and innocent subjects soon became synonymous with modern life and art. Various individuals within the movement would…

Claude Garamond is one of the most renowned type designers of all time, and is still recognized to this day for the elegance of his typefaces. Garamond has made an immeasurable impact on typography in modern design. Claude Garamond was a Parisian designer who lived during the 16th century. Garamond was obviously most well-known for his signature typeface Garamond. However there were other contributions to typography and modern design that are often over shadowed. Garamond as also designed…

At first glance, we assume that Caravaggio has intentionally diminished the luminescence of the Divine figure of Christ, and chose to represent Him in a very human and less mystical form. Instead of a grand halo, we see a modest light encircling His head, and the greater draw is towards His posture in calling the saint-to-be, Matthew. But there are other elements that may suggest Divinity – for instance, the great beam of light shining through the window casts a forceful presence and unnatural…

During the 19th and 20th centuries, there were various distinct art movements in Europe. During the 1870s, the impressionist art movement came to life. Artists such as Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Gustave Caillebotte were all part of this movement. Following, was the expressionist art movement which took place during the beginning of the 1900s. This was a time of emotional and spiritual vision of the world through paintings. Toward the end of the era came cubism, also around the early 1900s.…

Now the reader doesn’t know what to think and questions what Barry is saying. As the reader is confused Barry rebuilds his credibility, as a scientific author, by quoting great French physiologist Claude Bernard and references to awarded scientist Albert Einstein. Now that the reader has been told even professional, famous, scientist rely on uncertainty they can trust what is going to be written throughout the rest of the passage. In the…

A new artistic movement that materialized in the late 19th century was given the name impressionism. One of the founders of the French impressionist movement was Claude Monet. Impressionists depict in their art what they see and feel at that very moment. It is a painting style that concentrates on the general impression made by a scene or an object. The main reason Monet’s The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil, 1881 attracted my attention is because I have a great fondness for flowers and gardens. The…

Claude Steele Claude Steele is an African-American social psychologist who was born on January 1st, 1946 in Phoenix Illinois during the Civil Rights Movement. At that time, racial tension was high and he has memories of his dad taking him and his brothers to marches and rallies whenever possible. He interpreted achievement as success in education and went on to receive his B.A. in Psychology at Hiram College in 1967. While attending Hiram, he became interested in how individuals face the…

Debussy, born Claude Achille Debussy at Saint Germain-en-Laye, France on August 22, 1862, was a profound composer of the twentieth century. Because of the similarities his compositions share with impressionist art, many refer to Debussy as an impressionists. Impressionist, according to the online Webster dictionary, is defined as “one who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism in art; especially, a painter who paints in the impressionistic style; as, the skyrocketing prices of…

Claude Jones: Innocent or Guilty? Texas is the state with the highest execution rate in terms of number of executed people in the United States of America. There are many convicted criminals who have been sentenced to death here, and eventually executed. Claude Jones was one of them. Jones was, however, a brutal man; he even set a fellow inmate afire during a twenty-one year prison sentence he was serving in Kansas. The question still remains though: was the state of Texas in the right to…

even empowering? Claude Mckay was a key figure during the literary movement of the 1920s called the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Jamaica, his work encompasses “vernacular verse celebrating peasant life in Jamaica to poems challenging white authority in America.” (McKay) In his poem, The White City, McKay lashes out against the injustice that permeates New York City and the world. The title, The White City, is a metaphor to the white majority that live in the city and control it. Claude McKay’s…