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- 5131: Analysis of Masaccio's "The Holy Trinity" and "Grunewald's "The Isenheim Altarpiece"
- ... swooning Virgin and St. John, and in the shrill delirium of the Magdalene. On the other side, John the Baptist, a gaunt form, points a finger at the body of the dead Christ. Even though death and suffering are dominant in the altarpiece, there are symbols of hope: The river behind St. John, which represents baptism, and the wine-red sky, which symbolizes the blood of Christ. Through these symbols, a ... Trinity, the composition is generally symmetrical, centered around the body of Christ. It is a frightful composition, because of the events taking place. Expression is shown on all of the figures, which grieve Christ's death. Overall, the two works are very similar. Masaccio, however, was more interested in the mathematical aspects of painting than Grunewald. Both works are superb, and have their own distinct qualities.
- 5132: Character Change Brought On By
- ... leave. What occurs in the water is a rebirth into the man who must forget all that society has instilled within him and survive by whatever mean necessary. Illustrated in this next passage is the death of Ed as the man, who first came on the trip, I was dead. I felt myself fading out into The unbelievable violence and brutality of The river, joining it (Dickey 124). Just as he ... let go of what he thinks he know and follow his own law. This is what separates Drew from Ed, Drew's refusal to abide by the law of nature eventually will lead to his death, not directly, but because of this refusal he had already passed on from the other members of the group. Both novels express how setting can be used to illustrate a change in the character's ...
- 5133: J.p. Morgan
- ... that, " J.P. Morgan lost no prestige through his appearance On the contrary, his willingness as a witness and his evident sincerity and frankness seem to have created a distinctly favorable impression. After Morgan's death in 1913, he was tributed in a great fashion by the same reporters that once scolded him for his greed. Tributes centered on his "rugged honesty and rock-ribbed integrity." Theodore Roosevelt praised his "sincerity ... of a strong economy. Pierpont built America with more in mind than that of personal financial gain. His inspiring industrial genius shadowed whatever greedy impulses he acted on. A critic of Morgan said after his death, "Never again will conditions of government make it possible for any financier to bestride the country like a Colossus having greater force, greater character, greater intellect and greater vitality than any other man on Wall ...
- 5134: Othello - The Ambivalence Of H
- ... as that of others around him. After being led to believe, without doubt, of an affair between Cassio and Desedemona he allowed his Temper and possessiveness take hold of his inhibitions and swore to the death of Desedemona and Cassio. Othello selfishly believed if Desedemona could not love him, no one should be able to love her, for no one could ever love her the way he did, hence the elimination ... handkerchief with Desedemona's insistance of Cassio's reinstatement as a definite sign of love and disallowed any other logical argument to sway his rash decisions. Unfortunately, Othello's narrow-minded actions resulted in the death of the one person whose love for him was true and unconditional, Desedemona as well as his own upon finding his pretenses for murder were false. Othello is a tragedy that shows how ambivalence and ...
- 5135: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt
- ... and torso presented frontally. Figures were scaled according to their importance, and perspective was ignored. Landscapes were depicted in schematic form, but architecture was rarely attempted. An idealized world is shown; aging, disease, injury, and death are omitted, except for inferior beings such as foreigners and animals. Statuary was intended at all times mainly for temples and tombs, and consisted of representations of gods, kings, and deceased individuals. Complex compositions were ... succession was deviant for a while. Hatshepsut, regent for her young nephew Thutmose III, declared herself pharaoh and ruled for 22 years. Female pharaohs were very rare, and Thutmose resentfully destroyed her monuments after her death. More significant in general was the transformation of the earlier system of Hyksos vassals into a centralized autocracy. The kings' large armies, generated by foreign wars, cowed internal rivals, and they set up a streamlined ...
- 5136: Austria
- ... a very religious or idealistic man, however he produced striking works in a lucid, serene style. He based his writings on three recurrent themes: human relationships, injustice and prejudice, and fear of old age and death. He wrote many plays that explored the problems between men and women such as Affairs of Anatol and Reigen. These particular plays were set against the sensuous, romantic life of his contemporary Vienna. Schnitzler chronicled the anti-Semitism prevalent in his time in the novel The Road to the Open and the tragedy Professor Bernhardi. As he aged he became obsessed with the theme old age and death. He had many people he looked up to and used as models in his writings. He kept writing till he finally passed away in 1931. A famous historian born in Schonbrunn Palace was Franz Joseph ...
- 5137: Characters From Shakesperes Tw
- ... aspect of Viola - to a modern audience, at least - is her vigorous, good-humored, unpretentious personality. Unlike Olivia, whose counterpart and opposite she is, she makes no melodramatic plans to mourn her brother's apparent death with extravagant gestures. Instead, her grief is quiet, deep, sincere - and tinged with hope that Sebastian may still be alive. Furthermore, finding herself in a difficult, perhaps compromising position in a strange country, she spends ... Olivia seems to have been much more spoiled than Viola, and as Viola herself points out, she is Vtoo proud," as well as too extravagant by nature. She melodramatically resolves to mourn her brother's death for seven years - and in that space of time, never to leave the house. Viola, on the other hand, reacts more calmly and sensibly, though no less sorrowfully, to the possibility that Sebastian may have ...
- 5138: Irene Joliot-curie
- ... inauguration of the large centre for nuclear physics at Orsay for which she worked out the plans. This centre was equipped with a synchro-cyclotron of 160 MeV, and its construction was completed after her death by Frederick Joliot. She took a keen interest in the social and intellectual advancement of women: she was a member of the Comite National de L'Union des Femmes Francaises and of the World Peace ... radioactive isotopes could be prepared relatively inexpensively. The difficult task of separating naturally-occurring radioactive elements from their ores was no longer necessary to achieve radioactivity, which hastened the development of nuclear physics. After her death Frederick was appointed professor of physics at the College de France and director of the Laboratoire de Synthese Atomique at Ivry in 1937. During the German occupation of Paris in World War II he was ...
- 5139: Violence in Algeria
- ... 7 years, the massacres took place throughout Algeria. Every day was no exception. Even during the holiest month of the year for the Islam, Ramadan, the killings didn't stop. Actually, the number of the death tolls escalated during Ramadan. The targets were poor innocent villagers with no sin at all. Days, weeks, years passed, but the brutal killings didn't stop. These massacres caused a growing concern for everyone. Many people left the country to run away from death. The victims are usually the innocent villagers. Among those who get attacked, there are very few survivors. They complain about their protection. The survivors complain that the security forces, which are often stationed nearby, haven ...
- 5140: Cyrano De Bergerac
- ... awful if the people around him didn t care. Knowing that he is the victim of aproblem beyond his control, the reader can do nothing but sympathize with him. The result of this is his death. His only wish in life was to die noble, by the sword, but he again is hurt by an outside force that he had no influence over. When he says, Fate is a great jester! I ve been strucked down, but from behind, in an ambush, by a lackey wielding a log! I ve been consistent to the end, I ve failed in everything, even in my death , the reader is completely won over. Perhaps the most impressive thing about those we follow is that they re human. Again, Cyrano de Bergerac is the perfect example of how a hero wins the adoration ...
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