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again to draw in air (CurioCity, 2007). In the Emulsion method, water and thickeners are mixed together to make a lotion which is a strong base, while the waxes and other additives are heated separately and soon combined with pigments. The lotion and wax is then mixed together in a high speed mixer that eliminates any air from coming in. This mixing process continues until the combination reaches room temperature (CurioCity,…

The cultural artifact that I propose to study is the bust of the Queen Nefertiti who was an Egyptian queen and the Royal Wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten. The Queen is known to the modern world for her famed illuminous bust that now resides in Berlin’s museum. Nefertiti’s bust was created by the sculptor Thutmose and was discovered in his workshop by the German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt. The bust is an example of providing us, the Ancient Egyptians examples of art and how they regard facial…

III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION III.1 A. dorsata and T. itama bee bread composition Laboratory analysis of A. dorsata bee bread showed that percentage of protein reached 13.82% (wet weight) and 19.96% (dry weight), lipid 7.80% (dry weight), fiber showed a value of 3.38% (dry weight) and 44.52% (wet weight). All of components in A. dorsata bee bread are placed in the range given by Compos et al., (2008) (Table 1). Table 1. Detailed composition of A. dorsatabee bread (dried mass). Main components…

The given passage from the bildungsroman novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, is written by James Joyce. The extract appears towards the end of the novel, after the priest spoke to Stephen about becoming a priest and living a clerical life and before Stephan receives an epiphany from a girl wading in the sea. In this extract we witness how Stephen devotes the rest of his life to one of artistic expression. This is relevant to Joyce’s Aristotelian approach to art. This approach…

The Magician’s Nephew is a high fantasy and adventure novel composed by C. S. Lewis. In chronological order, it is the first book of "The Chronicles of Narnia" series. The Magician’s Nephew tells the tale of the formation of Narnia and how malevolence was brought into this enchanted land. Seen through the eyes of two kids, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer, the story weaves through a few distinct universes and analyzes the differences between good and evil hearts. The magical story begins with two…

Damaged hair, as much as it hurts to say this, all hair eventually becomes damaged in some way. Damaged hair is a problem because as hair follicles start to dry out and split, your hair’s natural instinct is to try and take care of itself with it’s natural oils. Those natural oils are what we call: hair grease. The more damaged the hair is, the more oils come out to try and help it get back to a good shape. The problem with that is, with hair styling and extra product, those oils don’t help your…

He is literally talking to you as he puts each and every mark down onto the canvas. With the layers from the oil paint and the wax crayon, the viewer gets the sense of action taken. The action of deciding where to put the wax crayon and then the placement and reduction of the graphite are adamant throughout the canvas. Twombly is literally showing the viewer his mistakes, decisions, and actions he must take to create Untitled…

references the numerous allusions to fireplace and burning within the textual content. First, Montag burns his home and his possessions. Mockingly, Montag does not grieve the shortage of his domestic or possessions. In assessment, he feels unburdened by releasing himself from the intrusive television walls that plagued his existence. As a end result, Montag's flamethrower dispenses powers of destruction and of cleansing. Before ordering him to burn down his personal house, Beatty baits Montag,…

Each of Margaret Frazer’s tales have taken title inspiration from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The tales include a quote in each story from Chaucer. The Frevisse series, which includes The Boy’s Tale, is Frazer’s medieval, mystery masterpiece. In 1436, at the St. Fridewides convent, the majority of the story takes place. In the introduction, we learn that the characters start their story in a midsummers June. The story’s start to end is about a two week adventure. Dame Frevisse is the…

rituals on a normal bases. But they do have 3 rites of passage at birth, marriage, and death. At birth Buddhists have a formal naming by the temple, after the naming of the baby minks bless and sprinkle holy water on the baby. Afterward they melt a wax candle in a bowl that symbolizes the union of four basic elements: earth, air, fire, and water. At marriage in some places monks don't even attend the ceremony because it is said to bring bad luck. In the other countries the monks attend the…