We are especially concerned with one family group, the young peasant mother tenderly holding her small child, the weary grandmother lost in her own thoughts, and the young boy fast asleep. ... The colour used is warm and almost monochromatic (with warm browns, ochres and blacks being the main colours), with soft light falling on the faces of the mother and the old woman. ... The impact of the figures (the mother, grandmother and small boy) is amplified by the absense of detail in the background figures. ... Important figures such as the priests are painted in brighter colours (in the case of t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On June 21, 1850, two renowned dancers, Cesare Cecchetti and Serafina Casagli, gave birth to a boy who would become one of the greatest legends of classical ballet: Enrico Cecchetti. ... Cecchetti was offered citizenship, but turned down the offer because he found it insulting since he had only completed fifteen years out of the twenty five required to be honored citizenship by the royal court (Carpenter). ... Cecchetti's previous training and professional experience all contributed to the background information fundamental for the creation of Cecchetti's ingenious teaching method, ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He invented the phonograph, a machine the catches the lightest of whispers of conversation and stores it up, so that any future time it can be brought out, to the confusion of the speaker. ... In the fall of 1878, Edison put his ingenuity to work embarking upon the problem of electrification. ... A "Horatio Alger" success story of a boy from an unassuming background makes it big and gets rich. ...

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The children have already been led astray by their parent's depravity, as one boy tickles the old woman with a straw whilst the other turns away an old beggar at the door, this harking back to the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, in which the more fortunate figures eventually go to hell6. ... Furthermore, the basket, which hangs above the figure's head, threatening to fall at any moment (much like the family's fate), contains an assortment of object, all offering some potential meanings. ... The sword, along with the boy at the door's clothing, may foretell of his ent...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He's 37 now, but his music first hit at a time when the music industry was dominated by the first wave of millennial glitz and glamour: boy bands, meaningless rap lyrics, and bling. ... Eminem is a living proof that hip-hop can break intolerance and racism allowing people from different ethnic backgrounds to work together. ... Ever since Eminem broke out from the underground world of unknown musicians and into the mainstream of the music industry in 1999, he's amazed audiences and critics alike with his ability to tell stories through music and rapid-fire wordplay. ... It took a ra...

• Word Count: 1858
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate