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The Civil War
Number of Words: 538 / Number of Pages: 2
... to die for the Union was Captain Constatin Blandowski, one of many immigrants who earlier had fought for freedom in Europe and then joined Lincoln's army. Born in Upper Silesia and trained at Dresden, Germany, he was a veteran of democratic struggles - a Polish revolt at Krakow, the Polish Legion's battles against Austria, and the Hungarian fight for independence. Some nationalities contributed more than their share of Union soldiers.
Some immigrants earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. Italian American officer Louis di Cesnola, was the Colonel of the 4th Cavalry Regiment. At Aldie, Virginia, ...
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The Hero Of Con Air
Number of Words: 512 / Number of Pages: 2
... more courage. When he comes across a young girl playing alone outside her house, he has a chance to turn her into a victim. But, remarkably, he does her no harm. Not the typical heroic act, yet it still applies.
Similar to the theme of heroism, is the purpose of Con Air. The purpose of this movie is to inspire people to do the right thing even when stuck in the worst environment. And what could be worse than Poe’s environment. As he describes it, “They somehow managed to get every creep and freak in the universe on this one plane, and then somehow managed to let them take it over and somehow ...
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A Story About Seeing NOFX
Number of Words: 826 / Number of Pages: 4
... song has it's own characteristics. The lyrics are very interesting, sometimes strange, and sometimes incomprehensible. You basically just have to understand them in your own way.
The club was packed, or more accurately, stuffed. After much anticipation the punk gods, NOFX hit the stage and the crowd surged with excitement even before they opened the set with one of my favorite songs, "Reagan Sucks." The next song they played was "Bob". They played songs from the album "Flossing a Dead Horse" - which is one massive trumpet solo presented by El Hefe. The next song they played was "Eat the Meek" with tr ...
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Statue Of Liberty
Number of Words: 371 / Number of Pages: 2
... new life.
This is a great symbol of art because The is magnificent in every way, and serves its purpose to a superb level. Like I mentioned previously, “location, location, location .. “ the statue’s location was perfect back in the days of Ellis Island and is perfect now as a tourist site. Shortly after the immigrants on the boats first spotted the land of their new homes, they came into the Hudson river to see this grand statue, and to most people it wasn’t just some lady who was standing in the middle of a river, it was the lady who was going to free them or help them from their inadequate liv ...
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Renaissance Art 2
Number of Words: 947 / Number of Pages: 4
... thus demonstrating the various aspects of every day life. Moreover, with the combinations of the two beneficiary notions, individualism and humanism, craftsmen were expected by society to be proficient in more than one profession such as literature, sculpture, architecture, and particularly art.
One of the first major ideas that the Renaissance brought to Italy was its humanistic belief in society and religion that was popularly depicted through many of the paintings. For instance, Florentine Mosaccio, a vital figure in the early Renaissance art, portrayed society’s belief of religion through t ...
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Living Theater
Number of Words: 1057 / Number of Pages: 4
... to the content , no right or wrong. Boundaries were erased.
Julian Beck, a far left winger, looked at life through art and saw life itself as unrealistic. In 1946 Julian Beck and his partner Judith Malina found the . Located in New York, the performed poetic dramas and plays by dramatists of the avant-garde( 463-464). Performing new and controversial plays of their own, the took their theme of the world as prison to the theaters of the United States, Europe, and Brazil.
In the 1950's the started following the theories of Antonin Artaud. Artaud called for "a theatre in which the actors are lik ...
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Film Analysis
Number of Words: 702 / Number of Pages: 3
... position in his or her job. Everybody is trying to make higher profit in his or her life. They will do anything to get into that “position” even though they have to do something illegal, something bad, something deceitful, corruption. Everybody is competing and just thinks about him or her self. Like in the Glengarry Glen Ross, everybody is trying to keep his job there. They have to make the highest profit or they will lose their job, and that makes some of the officers rob the office.
It’s a beautiful life is a kind of family movie that has a happy ending. When I watched it, I got so depr ...
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David Sculptures
Number of Words: 909 / Number of Pages: 4
... 331-332).
Verrocchio, who also designed a sculpture of David, was the most important and imaginative sculptor of the mid-fifteenth century. This figure of the youthful David is one of the most beloved and famous works of its time. In Verrocchio's David, we see a strong contrast to Donatello's treatment of the same subject. Although both artists choose to portray David as an adolescent, Verrocchio's brave man "appears somewhat older and excludes pride and self-confidence rather than a dreamy gaze of disbelief" (Fichner-Rathus 334). Donatello balanced realistic elements with an idealized Cla ...
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World War I Propaganda
Number of Words: 1147 / Number of Pages: 5
... this but thought this add was some kind of foolish prank and blew it off. Another thing that almost all of the newspapers said was that this was the war to end all wars. This led the American people to believe that this was for a good cause and it would be well worth the effort and losses.
Music and the motion pictures were used to not only entertain the American people but were also used to educate and help form their opinion. Motion pictures were used to unify the peoples opinion against the Germans and other enemies2. In a short film produced be the Committee of Public Information an American ...
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Causes Of The Great Depression
Number of Words: 3536 / Number of Pages: 13
... $74.3 billion in 1923 to $89 billion in 1929(end note 1). However, the rewards of the "Coolidge Prosperity" of the 1920's were not shared evenly among all Americans. According to a study done by the Brookings Institute, in 1929 the top 0.1% of Americans had a combined income equal to the bottom 42%(end note 2). That same top 0.1% of Americans in 1929 controlled 34% of all savings, while 80% of Americans had no savings at all(end note 3). Automotive industry mogul Henry Ford provides a striking example of the unequal distribution of wealth between the rich and the middle-class. Henry Ford reported a ...
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