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McCay enlisted the help of a young neighbour, John A. Fitzsimmons to help trace the backgrounds while McCay devoted his efforts to animating Gertie himself, ten thousand drawings in total. Upon release Gertie the Dinosaur in 1914 McCay and his animated creation were a hit. The film was a landmark title not only for having the first animated star, but for being the first with a proper storyline as well (Goldman, 2005). Up until this point animation had been mostly the work of individual artists…

9 Palms Manifesto Bernd and Hilla Becher were born in 1931 and 1934. They were german conceptual artists, first meeting at their college, the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Collaborating on their first project in 1959, the pari photographed disappearing German industrial architecture. These works would be only done on 8x10 inch film. Always shot objectively, on cloudy days, to avoid shadows. They favoured early morning light as well. They arranged the photos in rows, helping to display the…

three communicative modes (collaborative, interpretive, and productive)” in accordance with the ELD standards for third grade TPE 4 requires that teachers “Make content accessible” (12). For my lesson I use diverse strategies: modeling, language frames, providing an explicit purpose, choral reading, think-pair-share, and activation of prior knowledge to make the language content accessible. For my three students classified as beginning or early intermediate ELD, or those with IEP’s, I provide…

or promoting a local artist. Luckily, I was able to find parking rather easily because I went on an off day. With the car parked, I was ready to venture into the museum. Once inside I was a little underwhelmed with the entrance. I had seen so many pictures of the museum on Instagram or other social media platforms that I expected the entry way to be a little more grand. Instead it was a few steps down with some small…

In the 21st century, politics, much like every other aspect of life, has been changed as a result of the technologies that surround us. The advent of social media helped people communicate more quickly to a wider audience, allowing them to connect with others with similar views more efficiently. In his book, The Logic of Connective Action, Lance Bennett describes how this phenomenon helped create a new political system. Bennett (2013) describes how globalization has greatly impacted the world of…

Don Hall’s art was absolutely stunning. Don Hall began his artistic career when he was a freshman in college where he would copy drawings, which he soon evolved into paintings. He used self-portraiture when he realized that his paintings might never be displayed in a museum. In many of Don Hall’s paintings, he incorporated famous artists but in some cases, he painted a replica of the artists painting but put in his own personal elements in it. All of his paintings were painted with acrylic paint…

it. This is special buttons they will turn box around.”Aruna looked through her profile book and made comments of its contents: “This is me when I was baby. That is me and my mummy. I was on her lap and we were swinging. That is my house in that picture. Oh, that is Bruno I lost him, I don’t know where he went.” she remembered her lost…

Isabel Archer, the main character. In first sight, it is easy to think this novel simply as a description of a lady provided by the narrator. The term “portrait” gives us a feeling that we are to see a lady fully depicted, or, portrayed inside the frame of the narrative. However, as readers read along, they get to know that there is more depth to the title and therefore that the title can imply more significance. Indeed, as the story unfolds, various versions of these “portraits” of a lady are…

series of photos of a horse at a quick speed, he recognized that when flipped through quickly, it looked as if a horse were running. This was the beginning of something revolutionary. This was the beginning of the motion picture. In the years after this discovery, the motion picture began to take flight. Muybridge projected images taken with his Zoöpraxiscope, Thomas Edison bought and built upon the Kinetoscope, and the Lumiére brothers created the Cinematographe. In just a few decades, the…

department using a structural frame including rules and regulations; the faculty strictly followed him without question. According to the dean and provost the political science department was organized, well run and did not cause any problems. Professor David Beaufort died suddenly. His replacement as department chair was Helen Nelson who came from another college in a neighboring city. Her attempts to lead the department using a democratic leadership style and human resources frame was not well…