Portrait of a Lady

from England. According to Smithsonian “He is a graffiti master, painter, activist, filmmaker and all-purpose provocateur for its list of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2010, he found himself in the company of Barack Obama, Steve Jobs and Lady Gaga” (Ellsworth-Jones), where he submitted a photo of himself with a paper bag on to keep his identity a secret. His real name and identity has remained unknown to his fans because graffiti is a crime in England. Banksy said that he was…

public’s view through tabloids and book reproduction. Interestingly, by the mid 1940’s his photography was more intimate for him and became known as personal realism. At this point, he decided to stop taking pictures and he went back to painting portraits by using his photographs as his muse. Ben Shahn really believed that art was one way to express yourself. He stood up for what was right his entire life through his art. He also believed in hope and in humanity, that people can change with…

words. What sort of man was Mr. Jones? “You can sit down, Mr. Miller,” Mrs. Jones said from the stove. “Ah, yes, of course!” I faltered. “Thank you.” I pulled out one of the wooden chairs and slowly lowered myself into it, once again eyeing the portrait of Mr. Jones. Mrs. Jones began lighting the oil lamps, for the sun had set and the light from the dying fire was dim, and then came to join me. I managed to wrench my gaze away from his cold stare as she added more wood to the fire. “Tell…

parents. His dad was a prominent notary, he was a public official that certified legal documents of Florence. His mother wasn’t really in his childhood. When he was fifteen his father a trainer for the new generation of practitioners of a skilled young lady. Her name is Andrea del Verrocchio she was leading the artist of Florence, she was a known…

One other character defined by images of darkness rather than light is the vengeful mother of Grendel. Invariably we tend to define people by their homes, where they choose to dwell. For instance, Grendel’s mother lives in dark “fearful waters, / the cold depths” (69, 1260-1261) where no light can penetrate and “dark moors” (72, 1405) must be crossed to get to her aquatic lair. Because she hails from a cold world of darkness, part of her is the darkness. Thus she is a most frightening monster. A…

The technology which surrounds almost everyone in the modern society affects both culture and human activities. Technology has also transformed us to a new age where it influences minds in both positive and negative ways and allows people to share information which they would otherwise not be able to attain. The film China Rises and stories by both Loyalka and Srinivas, studies and shared these changes that affect our world. Although film China Rises, Stories by Loyalka and Srinivas experience…

professor, Bud, and I had kept in touch over the years and this was his retirement trip. His partner had to drop out at the last moment. The host was an aristocratic Cuban man, Dino. The trip started out as festive and Dino commissioned me to do his portrait. Several days into our trip, while wandering in Rome from a historic church that had just been renovated to the Duomo, Dino asked me if I could do Bud a sexual favor; that it would make him so happy. I was in shock and calmly stated: My…

It Might be Schizophrenia By Andres Malagon The short story, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, is an amazing, suspenseful story about Emily Grierson; she is the main character in the story. She is a lonely, troubled and eccentric lady who lives in the same old house where she was born and raised. Emily has been living in this house and taking care of her father all her life. However, when her father died, she decided not to leave her old house and began to develop a series of behaviors…

Amory, the novel’s protagonist, repeatedly tries to get ahead, to be successful and marry the young lady he loves, and yet despite being given all the opportunities and advantages, he fails. The portrayal of class and the excesses of the wealthy are also seen in both Luhrmann’s Gatsby and in This Side of Paradise. In This Side of Paradise, a description of an affluent man offers a disturbing portrait of excess. Fitzgerald writes of a wealthy man, “rolls of not undignified fat had collected…

Chuck van der Woodsen lives on the corner of 13th street. Not in a house, nor an apartment, but next to a dumpster on the sidewalk. His daily routine consisted of begging for spare change and rummaging through dumpsters for scraps. Barely making it by. Of course plenty of people walked past him everyday in the huge city of Chicago. Every once and awhile someone would generously throw a dollar or two in his tattered hat that he kept beside him. Other times they offered him something to eat.…