1. Explain what the inverted pyramid is and how is it used in press releases? The inverted pyramid is a traditional news reporting style that`s design to communicate the most important and relevant information at the beginning of the news story and information of diminished importance as the story progresses on. The most important information should be communicated in the first one or two sentences. When submitting a press release to a media professional, he or she will only read a few lines and
for an artistic glance, at the Lincoln gallery, which resides on the third floor of the museum. The Smithsonian allows its guest a look into the history of America. Le Louvre in Paris France was a medieval fortress and home to French kings before becoming a Museum so not only does this museum hold valuable art it is art. Le Louvre is home to the famous Leonardo Da Vinci Painting Mona Lisa and many other remarkable paintings. This museums art ranges from the early 19th century to
The painting created by Kehinde Wiley in 2005 entitled Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps is a modern twist on the 1801 classic painting done by Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps. Kehinde Wiley famously recreates this painting by replacing Napoleon Bonaparte with Black man in street wear. This spin-off, however, holds a deeper meaning than a simple artistic recreation. It is Wiley’s way of calling out issues of race and power in today’s society through the use of art. Napoleon
The Palace at Versailles and Nan Madol are similar and different through the idea of the national capital. The Palace at Versailles was created because of Louis XIV of France who wanted to move his court out of Paris. He moved it to the small hunting lodge of Versailles. This is similar to Nan Madol which ruling Saudeleur chief moved his village to this island to control the activities so it could be more closely observed. Both are were excluded from the commoners. Another similarity is the complexity
The Louvre is the world’s largest museum with an extremely impressive art collection. It is located along the Seine River in Paris, France. The louvre was originally built as a fortress, then reconstructed to a royal palace. When Louis XIV moved the royal residence to Versailles, the Louvre became an art museum. The Louvre includes Egyptian antiques, crown jewels, Greek and Roman Sculptures, as well as other French noble artifacts. It houses more than 35,000 works of art at any time. Most of the
In the film 'Mona Lisa Smile', the topic of women the way in which they are different to men is identified. The director portrays the women in the film as obedient and worthless through a variety of uses of camera shots and angles. Body language is also used to convey this characteristic. All of the students wear the same color sequence and same makeup, which is a sign that women follow tradition in attempt to be individual. In this film we see how Katherine Watson shows the many students at Wellesley
Parisians. People in french eat different foods. In french there are popular dishes all around the world. For a very long time Paris has been a European cultural center , and it is a great place to meet artist from all around the world. Today the city the cities old culture can be admired in hundreds of museums,galleries, and churches that nearly every part of the city. Paris is also cast in the music of local artist sand in the architectural splendour that gives the city its luxurious appeal
From the episodes of the PBS series of “I'll Have What Phil’s Having,” I chose Paris. The city of Paris being the capital of France is the epicenter of culture and cuisine as told by Phil. From Michelin star restaurants to open air markets, Parisian culture is mostly represented through its food. However its architectural feet should not be undermined; the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the chateaus, thousand-year-old bridges, etc., cascading the city. Paris street scene, filled with open air markets
The Beauty of Amsterdam Talking about Amsterdam, we will always be reminded of the beauty of the urban landscape. As one of the biggest city in Europe, the city of Amsterdam offers exotic views that are not less interesting to Paris, the most favorite destination to foreign tourists. Amsterdam has a variety of interesting destinations that are ready to pamper the eyes of the tourists with extraordinary scenes. Amsterdam also has a lot of historical places so that tourists will regret if they don’t
The Commission Paul Delaroche the artist, painted the portrait in response to Jacques-Louis David’s theatrical and flattering portrait of Napoleon on a rearing stallion. Delaroche was commissioned by Arthur George, Third Earl of Onslow, to paint a more accurate image of Bonaparte’s journey through the Alps. The commission of the painting was not one done with anti-Napoleon intent but rather to show a more realistic and human side to Napoleon. This differs from the almost deity like depiction is the
The Mona Lisa is one of the most recognized paintings in the world. The secrets behind the Mona Lisa have been in question for years. Who is this girl? Is she sulking or smirking? Was she one of Leonardo da Vinci’s lovers? Anyone who looks at the Mona Lisa is struck with familiarity. I think part of the attraction to the Mona Lisa is two parts. One is how forward that painting is for its time. At that point in time a picture of a woman would not typically be looking at you the way that Mona Lisa
Wilde’s Concept of Art Along with “The Critic as Artist”, “The Decay of Lying” was included in the anthology “Intentions” in 1891, the year in which “Dorian Gray” was republished as a full-length novel. Both essays expound and defend Wilde’s aesthetic doctrines and both essays take the form of conversational dialogues . In “The Decay of Lying”, Wilde studies the relationship between art, life and nature. From the outset, Vivian, one of Wilde’s fictional characters, denounces nature as “crude”, “monotonous”
Diagnostic Museum Report The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the largest and most visited museum around the world; it exhibits a lot of magnificent artworks from artists throughout the worldwide and history. The oil on canvas Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor (38 x 60 in) by Fitz Henry Lane in 1862 and Whalers (36 1/8 x 48 1/4 in) by Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1845 are two of the best examples. According to the labels in the museum, Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865) was a Gloucester painter
Magnificently placed in Place d’Armes, France sits the Palace of Versailles. With 700 rooms and 2,153 windows, Versailles is definitely a palace fit for a king. Construction of this marvelous monstrosity began in 1661 and ended in 1682. The grand structure cost around 100 million dollars and took 35,000 men to build. Everyday life in the palace was very meticulous everything that was done was accompanied by ceremony. Each morning at 7:30 100 people took part in a ceremony to wake Louis. They continued
Paris the city of love as most people know it also where you can find many stores and famous museums but do most people know what lies 20 meters below Paris a place where there are remains of almost 6 to 7 million people. You can say it's a labyrinth because it's like a dark maze of galleries and some narrow passage ways where visitors can see the table of death where bones are arranged in a display dating back to high roman taste. This underground burial place is called The Catacombs. In eighteenth
today’s world, with just about any person knowing exactly what painting is being talked about. The image is ingrained, at least vaguely, into every educated mind. Painted by Da Vinci in the early 1500s, it was made famous when it was stolen from the Louvre in 1911. After being involved in such a scandal, it was brought closer to the public just as critics began to call it a masterpiece. As with any famous work of art, the Mona Lisa was copied quite a bit. Many copies were, however, produced long before
If I had the choice to go anywhere in the world for free I would definitely choose Paris, France. I believe going to Paris would be a great opportunity because it has a very big range of things to do. Going to Paris costs a lot of money, so having the opportunity to travel there for free would be worth the while. Paris is most famously known as the city of arts, due to its diverse array of art, beautiful monuments, and spectacular scenery. Paris, France is also home one of the seven wonders of the
6. Pyramids- What/Who: The Pyramids are tombs for the Pharos and also represented there symbol of authority. Egyptians believed that part of the "Soul" remained in the body and in order for it to be set in the afterlife they mummified the body. Placing it in a pyramid addition to gifts so the king could live a glorious life after death. It took approximately 2,300,000 limestone blocks which weighed around 15 tons each in order to build the great pyramids. 84,000 workers worked for 80 days for 20
The Egyptian pyramids look very similar to Sumerian ziggurats and some people believe that the Egyptians were even influenced by the Sumerians in how to build them while others believed that they had little to no influence considering they were a great distance apart. The Egyptians probably did not base their building technique for pyramids on Sumerian ziggurats because, they were used for different purposes, the Sumerians had little influence on Egyptian culture, and the features contained inside
Egyptian pyramids. Geographical, political, and theological influences affected their design and construction. The Mesopotamian ziggurats were temples to praise their gods. The Sumerians believed their gods lived in the sky so they were built to be higher above land because the people wanted to be closer to the gods. The pyramids didn't have any connection to certain religion just to honor their pharos and queens. The pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs and queens within the pyramids, there