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the former Starry Night. Caused by luminance, our brain’s cortex clashes when focused on the twirls and swirls, making the stars appear as though they flicker and radiate a pulsing light. van Gogh painted The Starry Night while in stay at the Saint-Paul de Mausole asylum, following the mutilation of his ear in an episode of depression and agitation; but it seems that paintings from his episodes of agitation behave similarly to the way fluid turbulence is understood. Munich’s The Scream may…

1. Thesis statement a. The 1998 version of The Parent Trap is a soundtrack film with many nostalgic aspects in the music, which changed the way audiences viewed this version of the film compared to the original 1961 version. 2. Use of nostalgia in film a. “As texts move through history, they encounter new audiences, are placed in new contexts, or gather new historical and cultural resonances. Thus, the political and social function of texts’ nostalgia inevitably change.” (Dwyer, 2015) i. This…

In 1994, in Rwanda, the mass killings of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus occurred. The killings were carried out by the Hutus, due to the tensions that rose between the two groups when the country gained its independence in the 1960s and the Belgians openly favoring the Tutsi. The mass killings that occurred should be considered as a genocide because it fits with the definition of genocide as it was the destruction of a whole/part of a specific group of people and the deliberate killing of a…

Robert Herjavec As well seen robert is a famous person from the show shark tank but as well as being a successful person on tv he is also a very successful entrepreneur. Also being a success in the business world he is a success from another nation. After his father and escapee from a prison in zbjeg croatia came to halifax at a young age of 8 years old. After he made it to halifax his mother remembered she knew someone in toronto they went there and lived in their basement for 18 months. When…

“In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes” this is a quote from the legendary pop artist Andy Warhol in a 1968 exhibition of his work at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden. Warhol was an American artist, director, and producer whose works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertising. His mediums included everything from painting, silk-screening, photography, film, and even sculpture. His studio, The Factory, became a well-known…

President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). Entire families were killed at a time. Women were raped and murdered. The war did not end until the Tutsi-dominated rebel group, the RPF defeated the Hutu regime and President Paul kagame took control. Thousands were dead and the world hadn't help put a stop to the genocide.…

Music In The 1960’s The 1960’s were a time of change in society, fashion, politics, attitudes, and especially music. During these times, many different social influences impacted popular music, and songs began to include social consciousness and political statements. Events like the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, and the progression of the Civil Rights Movement all inflicted change in music. During the 1960’s, many genres of music emerged, like Motown and R&B,…

Maximilien Luce was a impressionistic painter and anarchist from Paris. He was known as a French neo-impressionist artist. Neo-impressionism is defined as a late 19th century movement in French painting. He was very well-known for his paintings, engravings, and graphic art. Maximilien focused on painting, rather than engraving or graphic art. He began as an impressionistic painter, then went on to pointilism, then back to impressionism. Maximilien Luce is praised for the magnificent pieces of…

During the psychedelic rock movement of the 1970s, there was without a doubt no shortage of artists looking to have their big chance to set the trends in the genre. Although many bands have come and went, few of these classic rocks bands were able to break musical boundaries; let alone make waves in the industry. While there were several psychedelic bands that broke out and managed to change our perception of the psychedelic rock genre, the most notable band of this movement would be no other…

I recently read that Congress is adding a new national holiday and were looking for citizen input. Billie Joe Armstrong should have his own holiday, named Green Day, for having his band be very influential, helped renew interest in punk rock in the U.S., and has sung a variety of different music types that appealed to a large audience. Billie Joe Armstrong’s band was very influential to the music industry. A Times UK article states about the American band, “their influence has been all over…