Delft

Much like other displays of power, the same lenses we flaunt to remind ourselves how chic we are, unavoidably expose our hidden shortcomings and insecurities about the world around us (Cohen,2014). The telescope which was one of the central instruments of what had been called the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century revealed the unsuspected phenomena in the heavens. It was not until the completion of the thirteenth that lenses existed as they are today, even though their properties…

Introduction Background Tours & Tickets started as a ticket booth on Damrak in Amsterdam about 30 years ago. Currently it has grown as a market leader on the sales of a variety of products such as, excursions, city tours and selling a wide variety of tickets for museums, attractions, canal cruises and sightseeing. On a yearly basis the company sells about 2.5million tickets. Tickets are sold by Tours & Tickets stores, shop-in-shop stores, hotels, resellers and its own website. Because of this…

many badges of honour; he has showcased his creations in the top art galleries in the world and has won many accolades from art aficionados. Being a self-taught artist, he has given wings to his childhood passion of painting, surprising all with his delft strokes on the canvas. His source d 'inspiration for his paintings is based on experiences and observations from daily life. Noted global painter late M.F. Husain described Choudhary 's paintings as a "living art form". Body Text: “My paintings…

The piece of writing used for the writing squib was from a journal entry on July 18th 2016. This time for me marks a museum entrance that left me forever moved by the story of Anne Frank and the secret annex. The writing on this day was to take the place of the camera I would have used and wanted to document but was not permitted to do so. The next best thing was pen and paper so I entered with the look of seeking answers to questions never even imagined. I started off the day meeting my…

stories. Maria van Oosterwijck was born in South Holland, Netherlands August 20, 1630 and died November 12, 1693. She was the daughter of mother and father, Jacobus van Oosterwijck and Adriana van Linschoten. Her father was a minster in the city of Delft and her mother was a house wife who took care of the house and the children. (Art Fortune staff, 2014). Maria van Ooseterwijck was the youngest sibling of 3 siblings. The first child dead right after child birth and the second…

Over the years, many have argued that there are several differences between public and private organizations. Public organizations are usually owned and operated by the government (influenced by political authority) meanwhile private organizations are not part of the government. These include corporations and partnerships that can be both profit or non-profit. The increase in empirical evidence on the comparison of organizations such as the public and private sectors is due to the research from…

Grade 12 Culminating Activity Checkpoint #2 Sissi Zheng Source 1: News, BBC. "Looking into the Massacres of Indonesia's past." BBC News. BBC, 02 June 2016. Web. 04 Dec. 2016 Summary This article investigates one of the darkest chapters of Indonesian history in 1965, the anti-communist purge, based on the reports' interviews with the locals. As many as 1 million civilians were slaughtered, and the killers were never prosecuted. Instead, they ascended to the highest positions in government and…

Tracy Chevalier’s novel, Girl With a Pearl Earring, has very little basis in Vermeer’s masterpiece other than the same painter. Chevalier’s own internalized misogyny is evident in her use of archetypal female characters throughout this book, as well as her other works. Her personal bias influences the book so deeply, she refutes all historical fact in favor of rewriting the novels of the eighteenth century. Her complete lack of understanding of historical or artistic context and fact make her…