Les Diaboliques

Marissa Alicea Modern Worlds Midterm Paper ARCH 4140 Prof. Kalipoliti Fall 2015 In The Belly of an Architect, Stourley Kracklite’s obsession with Boullee’s architecture blinds him from the things that are essential to his success as an architect and his happiness. As a result, he thinks his wife is poisoning him, rather than the cause of his cancer being due to other factors. He sees Caspasian stealing his exhibition and neglects that he’s stealing his wife. His idealism of Boullee’s…

Normandy, most associated with the historical tragedy of D-Day, and home of the ever-famous William the Conquer, one of the most brilliant warriors of all time, is a region encompassing the northwestern divisions of Orne, Calvados, and Manche. It is bounded by the regions of Haute-Normandie to the northeast, Centre to the southeast, Pays de la Loire to the south, and Brittany to the southwest. The northern and western shores of the region are guarded by the English Channel. Though known mostly…

Jean Vanier is the founder of L’Arche, which is an international federation, in which communities create homes along with day programs for people who have disability. Jean Vanier displays the meaning of living a virtuous life because he shows moral excellence through his work with L’Arche, specifically he pursued the good, and he helped the disable people out of the goodness of his heart. Besides, he took the first 2 handicapped (and more) as there family, he feed them, he clothed them along…

Ornament, in regards to architecture, is defined as an addition to a design that improves appearance, but has no specific need or purpose. This is often expressed in the form of faux beams, shutters that do not move, excess detailing or embellishment on columns, and so on and so forth. “To ornament or to not ornament” is a common discussion within the design world. Adolf Loos, Reyner Banham, and Joseph Rykwert are three famous architects that published works discussing their opinions on ornament…

Narrative Essay Growing up I never really appreciated the sound of music. I had never thought of it in the way I do now. Not up until the summer of 2001; my oldest sister, of the two, would always drive around in our hometown playing her favorite alternative rock tracks. It was calming driving the backshore, with the waves crashing into the rocks. It was like I was at peace sitting in the backseat of her jeep, just watching the ocean; I could feel myself hearing Stone Temple Pilots. At that…

The electric guitar is the culmination of thousands of years of history and great effort to enhance the music that we know and love today. It has changed the way we use it in music in our recordings and live performances and still is a dominant instrument in many music genres. To really understand this particular instrument, one must understand its: definition, history, construction, uses, and prevalence/impact in music. To know what an electric guitar is, one must understand just what a guitar…

women led to the downfall of Sir Gawain. In his experience, Gawain’s downfall was caused by two women. Lady Bernlak, the Green Knight’s wife, deceived Gawain and was an accomplice of her husband and Morgan Le Fay, who set up this test. Lady Bernlak led to his downfall because she seduced him, trying to take away his purity. She does this when she goes into his bedroom, “she shut the door softly behind her, and turned towards the bed, and Gawain was ashamed…

Chivalry throughout the years has died, it has been beaten and changed and thrown into unpredictable situations and called appropriate. Nowadays chivalry is not a popular term, it’s not used as often it’s commonly mistaken as being a gentlemen or simply just being nice. One of the funniest contradictions in today’s world is that we have a lot of feminist who also like it when men are being chivalrous. Many women claim that chivalry is dead, thus the inspiration for the title, these women also…

Summary: This lab involves three separate experiments. Before you conduct any of them, however, you should put on goggles and aprons, as well as gloves. For the first part, place the FeCl3 solution into the watch glass, and add a few drops of KSCN. Record any changes you might see. Then, ask Dr. Karraker to add a KSCN crystal to the watch glass, and again record any changes. Add drops of Na3PO3 and record any changes, then add FeCl3 and record those changes too. After you are done, dump the…

From the era of invention to the Jazz age, there has been a plentiful amount of beautiful and meaningful pieces of art produced. "The Prodigal Son" by Aaron Douglas, and "Les Demoiselles d 'Avignon" by Pablo Picasso are two examples of art from these time periods. By reading into these paintings it 's possible to grasp the artist 's feelings and thoughts along with an understanding of life, and how the social climates were during their time periods. Even though they 're separated by two…