Essays on Michael W

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) was around 13 years old when his family moved to Florence from the Tuscan village of Vinci. In youth he was an apprentice of the Florentine painter and sculptor Verrocchio. In 1481 or 1482 Leonardo travelled to Milan to work for the ruling Sforza family. There he spent much of his time on “military and civil engineering projects, including both urban-renewal and fortification plans for the city”. At the same time he created few key paintings of the Renaissance: the altarpiece “The Virgin of the Rocks” (1483) for the chapel in the church of ...

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The basic trend towards General Education, along with specialized education in the community colleges as well as universities is something worth marveling at. General education is a study common to all disciples, which is needed for the overall development of the students. This education is not a subject of specific discipline; it is an education of character, general awareness, opinions, critical thinking, and reasoning. This study is needed by all citizens, to develop them into responsible adults and countrymen. So, the general education in the curriculum of most colleges, these days, is an essential matter in study. The thesis statement ...

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Inspired by impressionism, Morning of Antibes by Claude Monet is oil on canvas painting (65.7 cm X 82.1 cm).The painting is placed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Impressionism and Modern Art. In the impression is a rising sun whose horizon is viewed above a blue sea. It evokes memories of a hazy morning with the sun struggling to penetrate its rays through the fog. Through Monet’s brush work the painting brings forth the languid stillness of the land and the heat of the morning. Something so fascinating about this painting is the sheer color balance that it possessing .In ...