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It is rare for an artist to become a celebrity, but Andy Warhol experienced much more than his fifteen minutes of fame, and became an icon of his generation. Andrew Warhola was born August Sixth, 1928, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Julie and Andrej Warhola, both immigrants from Czechoslovakia. In Fifth…

DYSLEXIA AND THE PHONOLOGICAL MODELOver one hundred years ago, in November 1896, a doctor in Sussex, England, published the first description of the learning disorder that would come to be known as developmental dyslexia. “Percy F. ,. . . aged 14,. . . has always been a bright and intelligent boy,” wrote W. Pringle Morgan…

Forward:The Rennaissance was a time of creativity people started seeing things, I mean really seeing thing. Everything was new, paintings became 3-D, food became nicer Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy. When he was 13, he became an apprentice of Domenico Ghirlandaio, and at the time was painting a chapel…

The Bridge at Andau was written in the mid 1950’s by James A. Michener. This isa documentary on the account of Hungary’s people and the communist influencefrom Russia. Although the people of Hungary lost in their fights with the ADOand the Russians, they showed us how determination and the will to survive canovercome even the…

Zen’s Influence on the Art of the Sword Zen has long had a great influence upon Japanese culture. Many aspectsof this culture are touched upon by Zen including art, literature, and specificceremonies such as the one concerning tea. During the Kamakura period of Japan,another area of culture began to be affected by Zen; the martial…

Alfred Stieglitz was an influential photographer who spent his life fighting for the recognition of photography as a valid art form. He was a pioneering photographer, editor and gallery owner who played pivotal role in defining and shaping modernism in the United States. (Lowe 23). He took pictures in a time when photography was considered…

The story of Holden Caulfield is an example of the experience of growing up. Itillustrates the enormous amount of pressure placed on teenagers. It also shows that someteenagers can handle the pressure, while others cannot. Although Catcher in the Rye takesplace in the 1940s, Holdens life is extremely similar to that of teenagers in the…

Throughout history, Classical ideals of the ancient Greeks and Romans have been prevalent in all facets of art. In architecture this is especially true. A few of the Classical ideals employed in architecture are colonnaded porticoes, domed centers and symmetrical designs. Architects such as Andrea di Pietro, Christopher Wren and Thomas Jefferson used these Classical…

>>>>>>>>>>>>Some Parts are made upPaintball is quite a new sport and is becoming more and more popular. It has been around since 1982, but professional paintball teams have just recently come together in 2002. The rules of paintball are not very complicated and are very concise. The game is very entertaining to play. There are…

Jimmy Hoffa, His Life and DisappearanceIn his prime Jimmy Hoffa was one of the most influential men in the United States. From his very beginning his existence was threatened. He had a very traumatic childhood. His adult life was even more zestful than was his childhood. (Friedman 124) His sudden disappearance has remained a mystery…