Chrétien de Troyes

The beautifully wise words of an American painter, Robert Motherwell, could not have described abstract art any better I strongly believe. He intricately and sophisticatedly describes the breath-taking style of abstract art as follows, “The function of abstraction is to get rid of a lot of reality. You start with as much richness as you want, and subtract, and then you arrive at the residue of essences that you’re interested in.” This description really allows the reader to visualize the artist…

The Walton Estate is a thousand acre piece of land owned by the illusive Thomas Walton; Mr. Walton is a European man in his late twenties, most women, myself included opps I just broke the third person narrator oh well I plead postmodernism, would consider him to be a hansom man; he is 6’1”, light brown hair styled in an effortless messy bedhead, fit, six pack if you know what I mean, and is notoriously single. Thomas is known for being the sole inheritor of his father's estate and his…

Annotated Bibliography Falls, Susan. "Picturing blood diamonds." Critical Arts 25.3 (2011): 441+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. Susan Falls, a Ph.D. and Anthropology Professor, in her article “Picturing Blood Diamonds” (2011), implies that modern day American citizens and even foreign countries are hidden from the real truth of diamonds, by expressing the main topic and point of this article, showing that flashy billboards and magazines have hidden where the source…

De Stijl is Dutch for “the style” and it proposed ultimate simplicity and abstraction, both in architecture and painting. The visual language of the movement consists of straight lines, squares, rectangles, and the same primary colors that were prominent in expressionism. Curved lines and circles were considered to be representative of nature and were often not used in De Stijl artwork. The move from expressionism in the Bauhaus came…

However, they differ in a few ways; De Jure Segregation according to the American Government textbook means, programs or facility that are racially segregated by the law. For example the Jim Crow era in the south that separated black and whites by not letting them attend the same schools, bathrooms, restaurants’, and water fountains; however later on it was considered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. De Facto Segregation only difference is that racial segregation is…

In academia, it is a given that an academic institution will be able to provide computer and printing access to the college’s body. These services are vital to both the student and the faculty, as computer laboratories are able to service high-volume traffic and provide relief to all users through multiple computers and allow for a number of tasks to be completed that normally can’t. Such tasks range from printing, to using specialized software such as NCLEX preparation or AutoCAD, to servicing…

Diamonds. These small and rare rocks have been considered prized possessions throughout the ages. Diamonds are as old as the earth itself, and ever since their discovery they have captivated humans. Diamonds have come to represent many things, but in this paper, I will focus on power. I will track a certain diamond through its’ dated 350-year period, and use it to understand the individuals who owned it and the power it gave them. The diamond I refer to is the hope diamond. The Hope diamond is…

the coaches decided to take him out of the game to prevent further damage. This was the first time in Bright’s career that he left a game without reaching the 100 yard mark. Oklahoma won the game with a score of 27-14. Reporter Bob Spiegel of the Des Moines Register interviewed multiple people who confirmed hearing coaches and players encouraging the play, but Smith denied that he was the one who broke Bright’s jaw. Unfortunately for Smith, the reporters captured the incident through a series of…

to be obeyed. He also defines the state as a group of persons who have and exercise supreme authority within a given territory. He explains that a de jure authority is one in which a governments claim to the right to rule is true. It implies that the people who choose to obey the right to rule, do so because it is their duty to obey the government. A de facto authority is one in which many believe the government has…

The Walking Burger A Consumer Review on The restaurant, Zombie Burger Zombie Burger in Des moines Iowa greeted my family with the most realistic zombie statues and post-apocalyptic vibes while entering the restaurant. I definitely agree when critics claim their food and drinks are “to die for”. Some popular burgers customers love are “zombie unicorn”, “three little pigs as told by the wolf”. This Burger joint has way more than your standard juicy burger, and has been recognized on Food…