pulled the painting off the wall and attempted to take the wooden panel out of its heavy frame. Unsuccessful at the attempt‚ they left the painting on the floor. They cut Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee out of the frame‚ as well as A Lady and Gentleman in Black. They also removed Vermeer’s The Concert and Govaert Flinck’s Landscape with an Obelisk from their frames. Additionally‚ they also took a Chinese bronze gu from the Shang Dynasty. Elsewhere in the museum‚ they stole five Degas drawings
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Baldassare Castiglione wrote his masterwork‚ The Book of the Courtier. Italian politics and culture was shaped by the fact that Italy consisted of many autonomous city states that each had their own royal courts‚ standing armies‚ cultures‚ and rulers. This divisiveness in politics helped to foster an extremely stratified society in regards to class and gender. This social stratification causes Castiglione’s definition of the perfect courtier to differ immensely from his definition of the perfect Court
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itiCharacteristics of a Gentleman A gentleman is polite‚ decent and known for his courteous conduct. He is a man of principles. To look at the characteristics of a gentleman‚ Today‚ we use the word ’gentleman’ very casually‚ without understanding the depth in its meaning. Any audiences‚ large or small‚ are addressed by the terms ladies and gentlemen. On looking at the real deep meaning of the word ’gentleman’ we realize how carelessly we use it. The word ’gentleman’ has evolved over a long time
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Most of his most common stories are bunched into a collection‚ which is called “This way for the Gas‚ Ladies and Gentleman”. This collection of stories shows the picture in one of the most horrific times in the historic of Europe. Due to the fact that he was not Jewish and was imprisoned for political violations‚ it made his view on his experiences much more different
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overcome him and he is the cause of one death and his own banishment from Verona. “And for that offense/ Immediately we do exile him hence.” (Shakespeare 183-184) Romeo’s spur-of-the-moment decisions take the lives of his friends (Mercutio)‚ family (Lady Montague)‚ those he hate (Paris) and also his own. “Romeo‚ there dead‚ was husband to that Juliet; / and she‚ there dead‚ that Romeo’s faithful wife.” (Shakespeare 231-232) We can definitely come to the conclusion that Romeo‚ himself is a great cause
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PMBA1 Asanet Aloyan The Gentleman’s “Three” There were two new acquisitions in Circale Corporation. Once human resources VP Nils Ekdahl and CFO Anita Fierst met when Nils Ekdahl was going to have a lunch. While talking to Ekdahl Anita Fierst shared thought about her worries for the duplication across departments. She reminded Ekdahl that the CEO feeled strongly about the decision to cut $20 million from the payroll in the next four months. Fierst was suggesting just make arbitrary cuts without
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The Book of the Courtier Summary The Book of the Courtier by Baldassar Castiglione was the book of proper etiquette for men and women from 1528 to the end of the 18th century. This book was found in French‚ Latin‚ Spanish‚ Dutch‚ English‚ German‚ and Polish. This book was written in a dialogue well‚ four different dialogues‚ with each dialogue pushing and explaining different “rules” that needed to be fallowed if a person was considered to be high class; these rules were basically held as law
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In Kenyatta’s The Gentlemen of the Jungle‚ man renders space in his hut to elephant who seeks shelter from man. Man resorts to violence after elephant and the rest of the animals take advantage of his kindness. “ my deer good man‚ will you please let me put my trunk inside your hut to keep it out of this torrential rain?’’ asked the elephant‚ knowing very well that he needed more space than just what his trunk was going to occupy. Man invited elephant to put his trunk in‚ once invited‚ the
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Lee: The Gentlemen’s Gentleman Robert E. Lee was considered by many in the South and even by some in the North to be the epitome of what a gentleman should be. Ulysses S. Grant was the North’s answer to Lee. “They were two strong men‚ these oddly different generals‚ and they represented the strengths of two conflicting currents that‚ through them‚ had come into final collision” (429). He was even considered to be an aristocrat in many social circles. “Lee embodied the noblest elements of this
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Literature - (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) - is the art of written work and can‚ in some circumstances‚ refer exclusively to published sources. The word literature literally means "things made from letters" and the pars pro toto term "letters" is sometimes used to signify "literature‚" as in the figures of speech "arts and letters" and "man of letters." - may consist of texts based on factual information (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ as well as on original imagination‚ such as polemical
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