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such as The red convertible car and the red river which impacts the two brothers journey. The Journey in which the both brothers part take in, brings us through their quest or also known as their happy times, the Vietnam war years, and finally the post war period. During the two brothers quest: happy times, they were at their best moment as one. Lyman from a young age loved the idea of working and making not only his own money,…

Piet Mondrian was one of the founders of the Dutch modern movement De Stijl. This movement is recognized for the purity of his abstractions and methodical practice. Beginning in 1904 he had become a landscape painter. He was influence by Jan Toorop and caused him to paint in a Symbolist manner. Mondrian worked in series, which allowed him to focus on one object at a time. “Mondrian was drawn toward the syncretic and universalizing ideas of Theosophy. Theosophy combined aspects of Christian and…

Connect and Engage: Text-to-Self 1. Student Outcomes: Students will distinguish important information from interesting details when reading narrative nonfiction. 2. Standards: a. English Language Arts: Fluency: 2.1) Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. [RL.2.1] b. Social Studies: Living and Working Together: 2.2) Identify national historical figures and celebrations that exemplify fundamental democratic…

In the late 1880s Georges Seurat and Paul Signac began a painting technique called pointillism. The technique relies the human brain’s ability to merge individual marks of color into bright smears and smudges—forming objects, conveying ideas, and narrating stories. From far away, each speck is part of something bigger than itself—a shadow, an umbrella, or a woman’s hat. Each speck of oil paint the pointillist marks onto his blank canvas is different in shade, texture, size, and purpose. Specks…

1 Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte: George Seurat, 1884 George Seurat, 1859-1891, was a very young French artist who revolutionized the art world. The artists of the day were impressionists but this young artist used what is now referred to as pointillism or divisionism, by using tiny dots and strokes. As part of the Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection this large oil on canvas painting, measuring 81 ¾ x 121 ¼ was created in 1884. From a distance the painting looks as…

In history, there are many words that were once used. Some have been forgotten but some have made it through time and still remains with us in today's world. But no word has stuck with us Like the infamous “N” word. A word that many people find to be bad and disgusting and totally inappropriate due to its background. But beyond all that bad reputation of the word, there are still people who tend to use the word as a reference to their friends and family. Over time many words have changed in…

Camille Pissarro-----A Great Impressionist As many of you may know, Camille Pissarro was a French artist born on 10 July 1830 in Denmark. Pissarro was a French Impressionist painter that was not so well-known by public, but he is greatly respected by Paul Cézanne as a painter. At first glance, Pissarro's paintings seem very ordinary. They have neither Van Gogh's passion, melancholy, nor Paul Gauguin bright and primitive, but after looking deeply and carefully, you can gradually see the…

to hit a similar chord within the greater American audience, installing within them an understanding which transcends the past and applies to the present onward. All the President's Men revolves around the scandal at Watergate, following Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on their quest to discover who was really behind the entire ordeal. After the mysterious break-in at the National Democratic Committee, these two young reporters quickly become obsessed…

However, this was with the American People, threats to National Security were made and barriers in National Security were breached. According to Washington Post writers Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein, “The American Presidency will never be the same.” “Thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet anything of thy neighbor, and thou shalt not bear false witness.” All of these scriptural rules were broken during…

“All the President’s Men” is a story of two Washington Post journalist, who investigated the Watergate scandal. The journalist uncovered the story and presented the facts that eventually led to President Nixon’s resignation. The investigative reporting was effective in the Watergate scandal because journalist Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein focused on why there was a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in D.C, and why those who worked under Nixon attempted to cover-up…