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Paintball is a fast and furious sport. It is played on both a social and serious level by over 16 million people around the world (Cooke,11). It is one of the fastest growing sports on the planet. Paintball’s history, games, guns, and safety are all part of the fun. In 1970, James Hale, an engineer,…

So, your son, daughter, or husband is begging for your okay to buy the latestpaintball equipment. It’s surprising, but after only one or two trips to thepaintball field, folks just get hooked! While you’d like to share theirenthusiasm for the sport and give your much needed “go ahead,” you areconcerned with your loved ones shooting…

So, your son, daughter, or husband is begging for your okay to buy the latest paintball equipment. It’s surprising, but after only one or two trips to the paintball field, folks just get hooked! While you’d like to share their enthusiasm for the sport and give your much needed go ahead, you are concerned with…

Edvard Munchs “The Scream” was painted in the end of the 19th century, and ispossibly the first Expressionist painting. The Scream was very different from the art ofthe time, when many artists tried to depict objective reality. Munch was a tortured soul, and it certainly showed in this painting. Most of hisfamily had died, and…

Nude Figure By: Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso was born in Malaga in 1881. Pablo was the son of a respected art teacher, and due to his father’s influence, young Pablo entered the Academy at Barcelona at age 14. This was where he painted his first great work, “Girl with Bare Feet”. After two years of schooling,…

Vincent Van GoghI. Early LifeA. Birth1. Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853. 2. Vincent van Gogh was born in Groot Zundert, The Netherlands . 3. Van Gogh’s birth came one year to the day after his mother gave birth to a first, stillborn child–also named Vincent. B. Family1. Theodorus van Gogh was…

Comparinga painting by Fra Filippo Lippi and Dante Gabriel RossettiThe two pictures are Rosetti’s EcceAncilla Domini and Lippi’s Annunciation. Both of the artists were influencedby their age. Lippi lived in Italy between 1406 and 1469 and Rosetti from1828 to 1882. Lippi’s background of Italian Renaissance determined hisstyle to a large extent. In Florence where Lippi…

Thedepiction of the nude female model by a male artist in oil painting has played asignificant role in the western tradition over the last 500 years. The oilpainting of the female nude is subject to the artist’s interpretation of herform. She is affected by the artist’s desire for his model, as well as his artand…

Many people were not aware of Arizona Canyon until 1869, when John Wesley Powell became the first to travel its full length by boat, In 1871 Powell made a second trip accompanied by the young artist Frederick Delegable. His third trip was in 1873, when he introduced the Grand Canyon to landscape artist Thomas Moran,…

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Dutch painter, born in Zundert. Son of a Calvinist preacher in Holland, after he left school he tried several occupations without success, including working for an art dealer’s firm in Amsterdam and London, teaching, and as an evangelist on the Belgian coalfields, before turning finally to art (1880). His early pictures, e.g….