Water Lilies

510 × 335 Caption A lily pad is the leaf of the water lily plant. Alternate Text Group If you’ve ever encountered a body of water populated with lily pads, you’ve likely been amazed at how these unusual aquatic plants seem to float on top of the water. Lily pads are just one part of a larger pond plant that thrives in shallow lakes and ponds. Although these plants appear to be floating with ease, there is actually a lot going on beneath the placid surface. Even some of the most common facts about lily pads are quite surprising. Parts of the Water Lily Plant The lily pad you see floating on top of the water is only one part of a water lily ( Nymphaeaceae spp.) plant. Characteristically round, flat and waxy, a lily pad is simply a leaf designed…

Vision is an important sense, and is even more vital for artists who rely on it for their livelihood. One such artist that suffered from visual impairments was Claude Monet. In 1912, he was diagnosed with bilateral cataracts (Marmor & Ravin 1997, p. 170). Cataracts cloud several aspects of vision like form and color, and can affect the development of artistic style (Goldstein 2007, p. 553). To test such a link with the scientific method would require an experiment within groups of participating…

In this essay, I am going to talk about the Impressionist painting Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies of Claude Monet and the ukiyo-e print Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa of Katsushika Hokusai. Through making comparison of these two artworks, I will mainly describe the stylistic difference and study some differences between Western and Eastern art and society. First of all, I am going to talk about the background information of Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies. This artwork represents the…

A water lily has three main parts. The most obvious being the flower itself, with its petals blooming and visible to all, it is supported by a long and storm stem that is only visible when diving beneath the water's surface. However, there is one part where these two sections stem from. Submerged in the soil where no one tends to look is that which is bound and woven into the Earth: the root. It is the root that sprouts leaves which break the ground's surface. It is from the root in which a stem…

In the poems “To Paint a Water Lily” by Ted Hughes and “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins the audiences notice similar patterns throughout them and end with a similar theme in the end. Both poems have a wave of rhythm with highs and lows at various points which mirrors the ways of teaching. Hughes’s poem tries to teach that nature is too complex to be captured and painted. Collin’s poem is a teacher talking to his students trying to get them to enjoy the poetry and admire the complexity…

Weapons are influence unconsciously almost every one falls victim to them. So you might think to your self how can I possibly defend my self form people using the “weapon of influence” on me. When we talking about the weapon Commitment/consistency to me this weapon is the central motivator for a human behavior. I like to believe that it lies deep within us and is very powerful, it is nearly an obsessive desire to be consistent with what we have already done. The way this weapon of…

There are approximately 7 billion individuals on this planet—7 billion different identities, all of us with a unique personality that is reflective of our own life experiences. Every human being in this world is unique and each individual has different ways in which they learn. There are seven specific learning styles that we as society are meant to fit into: visual, aural, verbal, physical, logical, social and solitary. And although it 's to be believed that we should fit into one particular…

indifferent from other people’s desire of a happy life; indeed, Lily from the House of Mirth, wants to have a happy life with “wealthy and true love” . However, she never gets what she needs even until the last day of her life. The main reason that leads to her tragedy is the society perspective. Written in 1905 by Edith Wharton, the House of Mirth depicts a full character of Lily - a twenty-nine years old lady. Lily is well conscious…

Bees is Lily Melissa Owens, a 13-year-old girl (who turns 14-years-old later in the book on July 4) who lives with her father, Terrence Ray Owens (referred to as T. Ray), who is an abusive father. The year this novel is placed in is 1964, with all of the events occurring within a few months. Lily and her cruel father have lived on a peach farm alone since Lily’s mom, Deborah Fontanel, died when she was four-years-old. T. Ray informs Lily that she accidentally shot her when he and Deborah were…

Oscar Wilde implements a heavy focusses significant attention on class in The Importance of Being Earnest. People with and without money behave very differently, though strive for the same response and impressions from their peers. The characters in this novel are exaggerated to the point of absurdity when it comes to their obsession with class. Victorian upper class demands its members to keep up an important image in society and value money and appearance above all else, including people.…