A review of the paintings ?The Third of May 1808? by Francisco Goya, Eugene Delacroix's ?Liberty Leading the People 1830?, and Ernest Meissonier's ?Memory of the Civil War (the Barricades) 1849? .
Abstract This paper discusses how revolution and social turmoil have always been accompanied by artistic creation. It examines Francisco Goya's ?The Third of May 1808,? Eugene Delacroix's ?Liberty Leading the People 1830,? and Ernest Meissonier's ?Memory of the Civil War (the Barricades) 1849? and shows how they are three great pieces, which portray the glory and atrocity, the tragedy and humanity, of three revolutions.
From the Paper "Francisco Goya's "The Third of May, 1808? tells the story of an execution in the aftermath of the Spanish insurrections that protested Napoleon's invasion of Spain. In this famous painting, a line of soldiers take aim at a single prisoner. To his left a pile of bleeding corpses demonstrate his inevitable fate. To his right a line of frightened, sobbing prisoners illustrate the immediate backstory for this moment. He is caught in the spotlight between anticipation and culmination, at the very second before death. Yet unlike the living he is not portrayed as frightened or even defeated, but as a gloriously triumphant figure. The scene is painted in dark earth tones, and all the figures have shadowed faces and dark clothes. The only light in the entire picture radiates from the prisoner's central figure (strictly speaking, he is illuminated by a spotlight, but the still shines brighter than the light itself)."
Abstract This paper discusses how negotiators work with the tactical teams during a hostage crisis. The paper examines the negotiator's role in a crisis, negotiation strategies, the tactic of active listening, conflict resolution, kinds of situations encountered, and terrorist situations.
From the Paper "Experience has shown that too many police departments continue to use a linear approach to crisis resolution. First they try to talk subjects out, and then they use force to take them out. This approach is still typical among action-oriented police or military establishments not used to having others dictate their actions. Police officers learn to identify a problem, solve it, and move on to the next one. As a result, they become frustrated when the actions of a criminal or disturbed individual become the controlling force in determining the outcome of an incident."
Abstract This paper presents a critical analysis of the artists, Meissonier, Delacroix and Goya. The paper explains that they were not only realists, but also patriots and people's artists, as the theme of people took a central place in most of their works. The paper examines three art pieces: Francisco Goya's "The Third of May 1808," Eugene Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People 1830" and Ernest Meissonier's "Memory of the Civil War (the Barricades) 1849", which show people in the turning point of country's history. Through these pieces of art, the paper explores the horror, tragedy, humanism and optimism of three revolutions.
From the Paper "Nineteenth century in Europe was a century of changes in political, economical and social structure of society. The course of events was often too sudden for society, oppressed by absolutism of reigned monarchy, to react adequately so it had no other way but only to revolt. France, Spain and other European countries had suffered a long warfare of Napoleon's invasions, they were tired of unbearable social injustice and poverty and so the unrest of society often turned into a legal right of the nation to determine its destiny by revolution. In Spain it was a revolt against the regime of Napoleon who invaded the country and wanted to establish imperial order on its territory. France on the other hand had experienced a set of bloody revolutions and restorations of monarchy starting from 1789."
This paper is a case study of the environmental disaster at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, which led to new environmental policies and the creation of the Superfund.
Abstract This paper explains that the never completed Love Canal became a dump site for chemical wastes from Hooker Chemical and Plastics Corporation, a local company and subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. The author relates that, in 1978, twenty five years after the Hooker Chemical Company stopped dumping into the Love Canal, it was suspected that carcinogens were leaching from their containers causing birth defects, miscarriages, breathing problems and burns. The paper states that the Department of Justice, acting as a representative of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), won lawsuits against these companies. The author reports that, in 1980, Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, known as Superfund, which enforced a tax on industries with chemical and petroleum products and made it easier for the Federal Government to respond to hazardous waste exposure.
Table of Contents:
An Introduction to Love Canal
The Love Canal Chemical Incident
The United States vs. Hooker Chemical
Funding for Relief Efforts
Love Canal and the Creation of Superfund
The Road to Recovery and Normalization
Present Day Love Canal
From the Paper "Prosecutors requested that the court order an immediate remediation of all four disposal site, the construction of walls to barricade the chemicals that remained, and to install water and air monitoring systems, all to be funded by Hooker Chemical. Complete medical service for each person living in the Love Canal and Hyde Park areas of Niagara Falls was also requested by prosecutors, at the expense of Hooker. This medical program requested was to include all past and present residents and their offspring, and health coverage was proposed for the rest of their lives."
