Visual Art Awareness Francis Criss Francis Hyman Criss was an American painter. Criss ’s style is associated with the American Precisionists like Charles Demuth and his friend Charles Sheeler. (http://www.in.com/francis-criss/biography-94231.html) The years he is most known for is between 1930 to 1950. His work largely uses images of urban environments. Examples are elevated subway tracks‚ skyscrapers‚ streets. Criss used these abstract styles‚ mostly without human figures‚ in his works. He is
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St. Francis and the Franciscan Admonitions Timothy Bouley Dr. Peter Agnew Sources Of The West: pages 182-186 Admonitions: Francis of Assisi 9/28/08 Francis of Assisi was born in 1181‚ and was taught to read and write in Latin as a young boy. In 1205 Francis had a vision; this vision was interpreted to be a message from God to repair the church. After renouncing all of his belongings and receiving blessings from the pope‚ Francis
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Etta James Famous singer originally named as Jamesetta Hawkins. Jamesetta was born in Los Angeles‚ California‚ on January 25‚ 1938. She was a very dynamic song writer of the blues‚ jazz‚ and a gospel prodigy. Jamesetta mother Dorothy Hawkins had her at the age of fourteen years old. Despite the struggles as a child‚ raising a child was hell. But Dorothy knew her daughter had a spontaneous voice. In the church choir‚ receiving fame and praise from the neighborhoods’ radio station. Jamesetta took
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Many people are familiar with the well beloved Saint Francis. He is most well known for his care and love of animals and nature. However‚ people use this as a way to prove that he was an environmentalist in the modern sense of the term. They say he is one who tried to strike a movement against the brutalities and injustices of animals. The truth is‚ Saint Francis was a man who loved God’s creation and cared for it as well as he could. Saint Francis‚ however‚ is not a modern environmentalist‚ but exemplifies
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Francis of Assisi is a comprehensive biography of one of the most holy and influential saints in medieval times written by Andre Vauchez. The book gives us insight into the life of Francesco di Bernadone‚ known to the Catholic Church as St. Francis of Assisi and the founder of the Order of Friars Minor‚ and his charismatic effects on the church and medieval society. Vauchez paints an embellishing picture of the charismatic St. Francis being a revolutionary idealist born in 1181 or 1182 that challenged
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Francis Drake was born around 1540-1544 in Devonshire‚ England. He was the eldest of 12 sons born to Edmund Drake and Mary Mylwaye Drake. Francis was apprenticed to a merchant who sailed coastal waters trading goods between England and France. He took to navigation well and was soon enlisted by his relatives‚ the Hawkinses. By the 1560s‚ Francis Drake was given command of his own ship‚ the Judith‚ with a small fleet. They sailed to South Africa to buy slaves and then travelled to Spain to sell
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Evan Tobin Mr. Meuler United States History 7 December 2012 To Kill a Butterfly: A Case in Civil Rights As an American child‚ I’ve always been told that I can make a difference‚ that I can change the world. While that’s always sounded nice‚ it’s hard not to wonder‚ “Can I actually change something?” Such is the case of James H. Meredith. He changed the world not though extraordinary actions‚ but by rebellion and a little help. His decision to apply to The University of Mississippi and challenge
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In his book‚ Francis of Assisi‚ William R. Cook seeks to provide a better understanding of St. Francis of Assisi as an individual rather than in conjunction with the order he founded. Cook divides the book into six sections‚ each section concentrating on an important aspect or experience in Francis= life and spirituality. The six sections focus on his conversion; his relationship to the created world; the creation of the Christmas crib at Greccio; the role of learning; the relationship between
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Saint Francis of Assisi was born in Assisi‚ Umbria. Which is just north of San Marino‚ the capital of Italy. He was born in 1181 but no one knows the exact date of his birth. His Father returned from France to see he had a son. He had a mother and a father. His Mother was Pica de Bourlemont and his Father was Pietro di Bernardone. Saint Francis of Assisi was one of seven kids. Pietro di Bernardone‚ his father was a wealthy silk merchant. He wanted Saint Francis of Assisi to be a silk merchant
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S TUDIES serve for delight‚ for ornament‚ and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament‚ is in discourse; and for ability‚ is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute‚ and perhaps judge of particulars‚ one by one; but the general counsels‚ and the plots and marshalling of affairs‚ come best from those that are learned. To spendtoo much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament‚ is affectation; to make judgment
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