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Health Benefits of Tattoos Are there any good things that come from tattoos? Most people do not believe that good can come from them. As a result of tattoos, joint pain can be reduced, the immune system can be strengthened, and positive chemical responses can be triggered. Tattoos have multiple medical benefits. Joint pain can be reduced from the help of tattoos. “Iceman,” a frozen mummy was found in the Alps. Upon the finding of “Iceman” scientists discovered he was about five thousand and…

According to legend, in the 1600s, a dying sailor in the New England Colonies said he was one of pirate Captain William Kidd's crew. He’s the one who gave the vague location of the treasure trove. It was buried on an island east of Boston. Oak Island, in Mahone Bay on the southern coast of Nova Scotia, is east of Boston. It’s been written that a teenager accidentally discovered the money pit. Discovery of Oak Island Money Pit As legend has it, in 1795, when Daniel McGinnis was walking in the…

period, the ice age was just inaugurating. The people of this time lived in caves for their protection from the harsh environment. Parietal art or “cave art” is the oldest art dating back to 700,000 years ago. It includes cave paintings, drawings, etchings, and carvings on the interior of rock shelters and caves. There are many ideas of why this specific civilization created this art and what was going on at the time that made them produce this type of artwork. One idea was that people made it…

Have you ever looked under your bed at night? One cold, gloomy fall night, the windows had fog on them and I could smell the hot chocolate mom was makimg downstairs. I wasn't feeling too good at dinner time so I had called it an early night. As I was drifting off to sleep, something went bump and I felt my bed shake. Silly me just thought I had fallen into a dream but it happened again. This time I was jolted from my bed. I landed in the floor. I was on my belly, my hands started to tremble as I…

The celebrations of holidays include art. Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that is traced back more than 2,500 years to the rituals of ancient indigenous tribes of Mexico. This holiday celebrates the family and friends who have passed. Day of the Dead is celebrated the 1st and 2nd of November. They believe that overnight on Dia de los Muertos (“Day of the Dead”) the souls of their loved ones whom have passed will return to visit their family and friends who are living. People who celebrate…

referred to as pneumonia. A disease that rarely left it’s victims unscathed. So, now, here I lie, counting down until my inevitable demise. “Twelve. Eleven. Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven.” I muttered, smelling broth in the air. I felt my partner’s gaze etching into my back. Sue was watching me curiously. I could see her reflection in the frosty window in which I was staring. Sue shivered and spoke up. “What is it, dear?” However, I ignored her and continued counting down, awaiting my release from…

Aura of Uniqueness in the The Piratebay 2003 In the following essay I will be using Walter Benjamin essay on The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction to discuss ‘uniqueness’ and provide a visual example to explain the concept. Benjamin (1936:790) explains that we live in a world, where traditional viewing of ‘film and television’ is being replaced by the advancement of technologies and how the user/viewer has multiple formats and options for viewing movies and television shows, such…

view of Close's involvement and accomplishment with a large variety of forms and printmaking processes. It features approximately one hundred works dated from 1972 to 2002, Chuck Close Prints shines a light on the artist's range of innovation in etching, aquatint, lithography, handmade paper, direct gravure, silkscreen, traditional Japanese woodcut, and reduction linocut. Drawing attention to Close’s creative processes and collaboration between the artist and master printers, the exhibition…

Sabrina Tinsley Art History Essay Marcus Rautman Section: Kelsey Malone Tue 3-3:50 16 November 2015 Portraiture Throughout Cultures Portraiture is one of the most common styles of art throughout history. It has been used to depict royalty, religious figures, and today with the advancements in technology, portraits are taken and shared with the world instantly. What defines a portrait is debatable; portraits can show a person’s true personality, or show who they want to be, that’s all up to the…

Categorical Evaluation In the movie Inception, Cobb is the main character who summons a brilliant team of mentally stable henchmen in an attempt to create a multiple dimension dream world in order to plant and gain confidential information from some of the world’s most financially powerful beings, such as Saito and Fischer. This film features many complexities and overlap in themes, making it extremely difficult to pinpoint a single genre that best fits it. As Mike Brotherton states, “Science…