Oil sands

The Supreme Court declared this adaptable tenet, called the Rule of Reason, in Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. the United States, 221 U.S. 1, 31 S. Ct. 502, 55 L. Ed. 619 (1911). Under the Rule of Reason, the courts will look to various components in choosing whether the specific limitation of exchange absurdly confines rivalry. In particular…

Vermeer used oil to paint this master piece that would forever be a part of history. Using camera obscura Vermeer was able to create a very detailed painting because device that aided him on his work. When the whole that the light comes through is smaller the image becomes sharper leading to a more detailed piece of art. Modern ones would have a lens to make the image bigger. Vermeer was also famous for his special blend of oil that was known by other artist but nobody was able to perfect it…

Revolution not only brought modernization and new technologies to society, it dramatically changed the way business was conducted due to the development of large corporations. The Industrial Revolution gave birth to some well-known trusts like, “Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the American Tobacco Company, the International Mercantile Marine Company, and the match companies controlled by Ivar Kreuger, the Match King. Other trusts were formed by several companies, such as the Motion Picture Patents…

The baptism of Pocahontas was commissioned in 1837 and was installed in 1840 in the U.S Capitol. This painting is of the ceremony of Pocahontas being baptized in an Anglican church around 1613 or 1614 in Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was given the name Rebecca as her Christian name. At the time this painting was occurring, Chapman’s son died and then two weeks later his daughter was born prematurely and died hours later. Not only was he dealing with two tragedies, he was also under an…

Moulin de la Galette was painted by Pierre Auguste Renoir, completed in 1876. Bathers at Asnieres was painted by Georges Seurat, completed in 1884. Both paintings were created by French painters Moulin de la Galette and Bathers at Asnieres are similar by color scheme but differentiate by detail and mood. The technique of the artworks contrast noticeably. The Moulin de la Galette has no open space. They cover the canvas with people, all doing different things. Some people are dancing, while…

The oil painting Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market created in 1614 by Frans Snyder depicts a large size, naturalistic scene of a shopkeeper and his game in a Flemish marketplace. The painting is 83 ½ by 121 ¼ inches, which gives it an imposing scale. Snyder’s depiction of a scene from the everyday life of a Belgium in the 1600s is made realistic through a close attention to small details that would typically go unnoticed, as if to bring the viewer into the painting.…

Walking into the Princeton University Art Museum, the first gallery displays an exceptional acrylic on canvas, Tan Tan Bo. The painting stands as a huge work of art almost covering an entire wall. The vibrant colors of the work drew my eyes to the radiant painting. The grand size and the colors of this work popped out to me and made me stare at it for a while. Its complexity with so much happening almost everywhere you look catches your eyes and makes you wonder. In a gallery surrounded by…

My inspiration for my art piece was “Minoan Queens”, better know as the “Ladies in Blue. “Ladies in Blue” is a Minoan fresco painting that was discovered in fragments during the excavation of the Palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece. To be more specific, it was Buon fresco, or “true fresco”. It was 61½ inches by 40 inches and it is thought to have been created around 1525-1450 B.C. As we have learned in class, this Cretan palace was full of murals and fresco paintings. Like many Minoan paintings,…

1. Mario Echazabal worked for Chevron, through independent contractors, for over twenty-four years. When he applied to work directly for Chevron in 1992, they withdrew the offer after discovering the liver disease being exacerbated by working in the plant. However, they continued to allow him to work in the plant through the independent contractor for another four years. When Chevron offered Mr. Echazabal a job for the second time in 1995, they once again discovered the liver disease,…

The artwork I have chosen is the non-representational work of art titled, Dark Continent III. The media used is acrylic on paper and it is 42x 30 in. It is a work of art created by the artist, Robert Colescott in 1989. Colescott was an African American artist born on August 26, 1925 in Oakland, California. He died on June 4, 2009. The exhibition was a very large and spacious room with dim lighting. And a light shining down on the works of art, almost like a spotlight. The exhibition is very…