Laurie Simmons is a photographer and film maker. She was born in Long Island, New York. She has a degree from Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia. Laurie is known for her doll house images and domestic scenes. Simmons has expressed herself through the use of props such as “dolls, ventriloquist dummies, objects on legs and occasionally people, to create” images with intensely psychological subtexts.” (IMDb) Simmons first worked with black and white prints then in 1978 she…
Europe. They stretch across the western and southern part of the continent in a broad arc. The mountain starts near the Mediterranean Sea on the border between France and Italy. Then it curves north and eastward through northern Italy, Switzerland Liechtenstein, southern Germany, Austria and Slovenia. This beautiful landscape is 1000 kilometers (621.371 miles) long and the widest section 260 kilometers (167.149 miles) wide. The Alps became of crucial importance during Roman expansion into…
Jaqueline Wilson was only 14 years old when she first went overseas. Growing up in Portsmouth in England, however, she never thought that she would travel the world and eventually end up living in Australia. As a teenager Jacqueline developed a love for languages and studied both French and German throughout her time at high school. This gave her many opportunities to travel with many exchange trips throughout the years. The first exchange trip she took to France; this trip to Normandy remains…
During the 1950’s in both Britain and the United states a new art movement emerged under the title of pop art. To create pop art the artists would combine many images from popular culture. This included things such as advertisements or images from comic books and even things as simple as soup cans.. This material would sometimes be isolated and combined with other images that would have no visible correlations to each other. Pop art was widespread reaching countries from the United States to…
look at international trades. The complications of this alone cannot be determined either because of the relatively different approaches that they all have compared to the EU as the EEA has three countries non-EU countries which are; Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway they are a part of the single market which allows them free trading of goods, services, people and capital. The EFTA adopted by the Swiss however, is not a part of the EU or the EEA therefore negotiated to participate in EU policies…
The Knight’s Tale: Archetypal Identity The ideal, chivalrous knight sits atop his magnificent steed, his lance upon his hip and his armor pressing against his chest. He looks down on the peasantry, cheering his name, and raises his fist to celebrate his victory, letting out a cry of excitement. The women love him, the peasants envy him, his opponents detest him, and now children read about him in fairy tales. Whether it is saving a damsel in distress or winning a dual against some fearsome…
The only accurate way to describe Frau to someone is to compare her to one of those extremely long french fries from McDonald’s that are exceedingly rare and odd compared to the rest of the batch. Her demeanor while she walked was that of a wet Kraft macaroni noodle, and her hands always found their way to their favorite resting place where her body slightly curved out a perfect indentation where they could sit while she greeted the class, “Guten Morgen, Klasse! Wie geht’s euch heute?”. She wore…
As early as the 1600’s, Central Europeans have been immigrating to the United States. Settlers from Germany, the former Soviet Union, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein came for various reasons. World wars, the collapse of the Soviet Union, economic disparities, and dissatisfaction with their government were among the most common reasons. Each ethnic group influenced American culture by introducing new foods, music, and literature.…
Europe. At this time in 1960, Britain formed the EFTA; the European Free Trade Association, which was an intergovernmental organization set up for the promotion of free trade and economic integration to the benefits of its four members; Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. Later, Austria, Denmark, Portugal, and Sweden joined. It had the same principles that the European Union, however, it was not as strong. Britain later applied to join the European Union in 1961, but French…
painting was created in 1963 near the beginning of the Pop Art rise in America. The medium used to create “ was canvas with oil and synthetic polymer paint. “ is a revision of a DC comic that embodies that most dramatic portion of the comic. Liechtenstein purposefully recreated the dramatic girl as a challenge to traditional art views, as he did with much of his art. These challenges are the exact cause of the end of the Abstract Expressional movement that both Warhol and Liechtenstein’s work…