Crown Heights

Rouben Mamoulian’s Blood and Sand most closely resembles The Adventures of Robin Hood’s style of different rules for the discrete phases of the film and assertive color design. The defining rule for the beginning of Blood and Sand is restraint: setting Juan Gallardo apart from his world through color. The first shot tracks from a poster of a matador, to a wall-mounted bull’s head, finally resting on a wide-awake Juan. This pithy sequence tells the audience everything about Juan’s vision of…

Exploring the Metropolitan Museum's sections on India, China, Pre-Columbian Americas, Africa and Islamic art I was able to visually dissect these cultures and gain insight about their similarities and differences. These cultures excelled in different aspects of the arts and the making of artifacts. The used of a wide variety of materials allowed for a unique specialization and craftsmanship in certain materials like copper, clay and stone that distinguished these cultures from each other. Each…

his bold footsteps. With all the glory and the splendor that some countries may have experienced, never has history seen how only one man, Napoleon, brought up his country, France, from its most tormented status, to the very pinnacle of its height in just a few years time. With all of the corruption and inequality that the French revolution expected to wipe out, Napoleon only furthered the ideals of the French revolution. He did so by earning the respect of his people, improving the…

My place of research interest is Brooklyn, which is located in Kings County in New York. Brooklyn is the fastest growing borough in the New York. This population increase has resulted in gentrification, which has caused displacement of certain racial groups due to higher property values. In 2014, Brooklyn’s population was 2,504,700. Of the total population, 97% classified them themselves as belonging to one race - 42.8% identify as White (1,072,041), 34.3% Black or African American (860,083),…

represents the atonement, the white robes signify purity considering the men are a part of the church and what appears to be a toga symbolizes the sacrifice made to get to where they are. The halo around the emperor’s head signifies godliness and the crown that physically sits on his head symbolizes he is king and contains all the power. The military personnel whom are holding spears “give the military power to enact his will upon his domain” (everything2). And the clergymen are pictured holding…

championships and now to regionals. My coach picked me to be captain because I have a spectacular work ethic, I am very outgoing and caring, and I am willing to do anything for my teammates. Also I play basketball for Rock Canyon Gold Crown and played for the Rocky Heights A team. I am very encouraging and treat everyone of my peers with great…

The Portrait of Louise Antoinette Scholastique Gueheneuce, Madame la Marechale Lannes, Dechesse de Montebello, with her Children, is a French work of art created in 1814. Measuring approximately a hundred and two inches in height, oil on canvas this portrait portrays the widow and her children in bright colors showing the importance of the family. Mounted on the wall surrounded within a copper frame that has spiraling butterfly figure. Located next to many other European arts within the Museum…

In the midst of a new era of development in Chicago, the firm Loebl, Schlossman & Bennett was commissioned to reconstruct the Loop Synagogue in 1957 (Figure 1) after the original building was lost to a fire. In order to reflect modern industrial life and provide a functional space within the transitioning city, the synagogue was designed to incorporate contemporary aspects in both the exterior and interior of the building, which is expressed through the materials and the layout. Additionally,…

was discovered in1863 at the villa of Augustus’ wife Livia Drusilla, and close to a late Imperial gate called Prima Porta . The artist is unknown. It is a freestanding marble sculpture in Imperial Roman style, circa 15AD, measuring 2.03 meters in height. The diptych of Justinian depicts him as the triumphant emperor, possibly after concluding a peace treaty with the Persians in 532. Justinian the Great, as he was also known,…

In a mature sand pine forest, the biggest trees are about 68 feet tall and 15 to 20 inches in diameter at breast height (Means, 2014, p. 73).” Pineland Flatwood: Pine flatwoods characteristically occur in low, flat areas, on acidic, sandy soils. Depending on draining patterns, different types of pines predominate. Longleaf pine is the dominant on well-drained…