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    For my museum paper assignment, I went to the Los Angeles County Museum to find an art piece. In the museum, I found an interesting art piece made by Hans Siebert von-Heister. The art piece is called “Anger”, it was made in Germany, 1920. Its oil on canvas and the scale is Frame: 31 x 26 x 1 ½, 24 ½ x 19in. This art piece uses some of formal elements and design principles to make the art very interesting to examine. For example, Heister used color and shapes to design the beasts and proportion…

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    Antitrust And Monopolies

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    Discussion 1 Antitrust policies in the United States are both federal and state laws that are applied to regulate business conduct and organization of corporations. They are used with the aim of promoting fair competition and benefit consumers from unfair prices due to unfair competition practices. The antitrust laws prohibit unlawful mergers and unlawful business practices (Ftc.gov, 2015). Identify one way economic regulations impact monopolies and discuss whether or not you believe that works…

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    one thousand five hundred oil companies sprung up and oil became the most dominant fuel, becoming a crucial part of the United States’ economy. Oil was used for oil lamps and kerosene lamps. In oil machinery, oil was used as fuel for industrial heating and power, which caused an oil industry boom during the Industrial Revolution. However, the wide distribution of oil was available due to one man, John D. Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, a company that…

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    The Standard Oil Trust was able to become so cost-effective because they got the most out of the opportunities that was happening around them, as well as created opportunities for themselves. In September of 1873, the stock market crashed and triggered a recession, and Standard Oil had attained roughly 80 percent of the refining capacity in Cleveland. And by 1878 Rockefeller controlled almost 90 percent of oil refineries in the U.S, and then gained control of majority of the oil marketing…

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    One word that describes John D. Rockefeller is the word shark. This describes Rockefeller because he brought in new ideas in running a company during the second industrial revolution. Rockefeller also took competition out of his business plans, which makes him a shark in the business world. John D. Rockefeller was interested in business at a young age. A neighboring farmer one day asked for the money Rockefeller made when he was selling his chickens. The farmer promised to pay him back and add…

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    an Academic Surgeon and a professor at a medical school. The first painting is “The Anatomy Lesson,” which was painted in 1632 by Rembrandt. The second painting is “The Gross Clinic which was painted in 1875 by Thomas C. Eakins. Both paintings are oil on canvas that depicts the doctor’s experiences with teaching the anatomy of the human body to other surgeons in training. In “The Anatomy Lesson” it shows Doctor Nicolaes Tulp dissecting the forearm of the corpse in order to demonstrate the…

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    consequences of poor decisions. These pieces are both extraordinary in their complexity, details, and thoughtfulness. Each provides endless observation and interpretation by the viewer. Hieronymus Bosch’s painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights, is oil on oak panels, measuring 220 cm × 389 cm. Finished in 1505, the piece is a triptych, constructed in three panels hinged at the sides. When closed, the scene is a grayscale translucent image of the earth, sky, and sea before man appeared. When…

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    Bath Bombs Research Paper

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    I decided to do bath bombs because every girl loves them. Bath bombs are use when you take a bath.Settle in for a good soak with an original Lush invention, exploding with essential oils and tons of fizzy fun. Whether you're after a relaxing, petal-laden floral soak or an invigorating multilayered explosion of color and scent, there's a bath bomb perfect for every bathing experience. They're scented, fizzy, and fun, but do bath bombs really do anything I researched they said that “ cosmetic…

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    Mexic Painting Analysis

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    The painting that I chose is the painting I made for my final project. I chose this painting because it was the one that I had the most enjoyable time making and thinking about. It was backed by research that I really liked to learn about. Making this painting I spent a lot of time thinking before I laid paint down. The research I looked into was the surrealist painters and looking into the fresco paintings and codex writing by the Mexica. When looking into surrealism I was drawn to Magritte’s…

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    1 Art Gallery Art that I liked. Untitled by Claudia Alvarado. Claudia Alvarado is an artist from Spain. She is a believer of using art as a means of communication. She thought that women rarely expressed themselves through art which is why she took it upon herself to use art to express her feelings without fear of being judged. In this piece of art, Claudia thought of human form and placed it all in painting. In the picture, there is the woman lying down. From a one-time look, it looks as if…

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