Rachel Ruysch

Andréa Weber-Harris W-H 1 Art History 301 Professor Ravisankar April 29, 2017 Research Project: Inspiration from Rachel Ruysch When looking at history and the art produced throughout history, it is easy to see how things change and how things stayed the same. For instance, details and compositions of art pieces improved over time, while subjects such as religious figures and people were always something that artists would continuously repeat. Though things started to change when the Reformation started to take hold. During this time, people were starting to convert from being Catholic to being Protestant. This also meant that the typical religious art pieces were no longer sought out for, instead people were looking for something…

When faith in the enlightenment began to fail, people began to reject the old ways; old philosophers and scholars, old knowledge, old ways of orienting their lives as a group effort towards the greater good. Instead they began to look inward for answers, and to question everything that had previously been taken for granted. As Pippin summarises, “to be a modern individual is to demand independence; on the one hand, historical and intellectual “maturity,” […] a freedom from dependence on…

Questions 1. What reaction was carried out in this lab and what reagents were used? 2. What techniques were used to purify and identify the product of the reaction? 3. Describe acid-base extraction and how it was being used in this experiment? 4. Describe recrystallization and how it was being used in this experiment? 5. Describe mixed melting point and how it was being used in this experiment? 6. What was the identity of the unknown acid? 7. What yield and percent yield were obtained?…

The Biography of Rachel Rachel is the name of the second born child of Laban. Rachel was born in Paddan Aram in 1553 B.C. She is the sister of the first born child of Laban named Leah. One day while Rachel was tending to her sheep a man came up the path and started talking to the other shepherds. They were by the well. It was time to water the sheep so she walked over to the well. Jacob took the stone away from the well and watered his uncle’s sheep. Once the sheep were watered he put the…

Analysis of the Movie “Mean Girls” using Compliance Gaining Strategies and Nonverbal/Verbal theories In the movie ”Mean Girls”, many different communication behaviors appear in the movie whether it may be verbally or nonverbally this film portrays many of the interpersonal communications behaviors. This film is a satirical and comical movie portraying a high school with the typical “mean girls” clique and the other cliques for example the jocks, the nerds, the prep and more created in high…

In the movie called, “The Mean Girls” there is a character named Cady Heron. Cady Heron just moved to the United States from Africa. She has been homeschool her whole life and she was starting a new high school. In high school, Ms. Heron has to deal with teenage life that run socially by a group of artificial girls called, “The Plastics.” As the story goes on, Cady Heron winds up becoming the plastic’s queen of sorts and is dethroned by the old queen, when all of the students find out what these…

Question 1. In Rachel Carson’s most influential book, Silent Spring, she addresses the issue of killing insects and other pests with poisonous chemicals in the form of pesticides and insecticides to help produce more crops. The basic thesis in Silent Spring is that the prolonged use of pesticides in uncontrolled amounts is directly responsible for many extreme health hazards and even the death of animals and humans. Carson begins the book with a chapter describing the beauty of an area where…

The people we surround ourselves with help mold us into the people we will become; these people are called friends. They bring a lifetime of irreplaceable laughter and sadness that one could not live without. The situational comedy, Friends, gave viewers in the 1990s an image of “true” friendship. Set in New York, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Joey (Matt Leblanc), Chandler (Matthew Perry), Ross (David Schwimmer), and Monica (Courteney Cox Arquette) are a group of six friends…

life in every direction. The city was filled with enormous skyscrapers, elegant boutique stores, massive designer shopping malls, I was completely mesmerised. After short while of touring the city, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted five distant silhouettes excitedly waving. As we drew closer, the small waving figures began to emerge. It was The Fletchers, waiting on our arrival. Everyone’s faces instantly lit up and I could not have been any happier to be greeted by them. The day was…

Silent Spring, a book by Rachel Carson, is a book that explains the harmful effects that deadly chemical have on humans and the environment. Carson tries to persuade people to change the way they live. Has Carson succeeded in her attempt to change people’s behavior involving environmental issues? There are many ways that Carson has made changes in how people think about the problem of pesticides, insecticides, and herbicides. You may ask, how is Carson successful in her attempt? Carson has…