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Lisa Robertson's Occasional Work, 2005.
This article looks at the book "Occasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture" by Lisa Robertson.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses local Vancouverite and author, Lisa Robertson and her book titled 'Occasional Work and Seven Walks From the Office of Soft Architecture'. The paper focuses on one particular essay that begins on page 169: "Play House: A Brief Account of the Idea of the Shack". The writer points out that in this essay Robertson examines the connection between space, architecture, and social behaviour.
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" According to some experts, the development of the practice of arts and crafts is considered to be one of the most significant and extensive design movements of contemporary times. In 19th century Britain, attitudes and ideas about design evolved as the arts and crafts movement first emerged, thus propelling the use of new design approaches in the 20th century. Soft architecture is one such concept that is discussed in Lisa Robertson's book titled "Occasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture"."
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A Theory of Occasional Poetry, 2005.
Presents a way to distinguish personal from public expressions in poems generated by events.
1,556 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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The theory of occasional poetry put forward in this essay distinguishes occasional poetry from epideictic poetry on the basis that it differs from personal and meditative poems by its origin in a fact, event, or state of affairs rather than in a mood or state of mind. Occasional poetry marks an event or ceremony and speaks to an audience with shared social or cultural concerns. The hallmark of occasional poetry, unlike other epideictic poems, is that it speaks directly with a public rather than a personal voice.
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"The first distinction between epideictic and occasional poetry is that events determine occasional poems. These events, real or memorialized, serve a social or public function beyond personal praise, panegyrics of great estates, dithyrambs of topographies, or impromptu musings. Nevertheless, merely a specific date and place are insufficient to qualify a poem as occasional, even though the poem seems to announce itself as an occasional poem. Wordsworth's poem "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802," (Allison 550) turns out to be a descriptive sonnet, an ecstatic recognition in the traditional voice of the lyric poet. Similarly, John Donne's poem "Goodfriday, 1613, Riding Westward" (Allison 219-20) turns out to be a highly metaphorical lyric of spiritual affirmation. The places and dates specified in the poems by Wordsworth and Donne are incidental to their purposes; both poems spring from an interior lyrical impulse."
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'Mona Lisa', 2006.
A review of the Renaissance period and Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'.
1,521 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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This paper takes a look at the Renaissance period, how it influenced the art world and how this impacted on the work of Leonardo da Vinci. The paper focuses primarily on da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'. According to the paper, the 'Mona Lisa' is an example of the highly individual, creative, and also scientific mind of the artist during the Renaissance in Italy.
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"Furthermore, Leonardo's interests were also apparently unlimited. In addition to other artists of this period, da Vinci was also influenced by his own ventures into other forms of craft, art, and academic study. In addition to his love of beauty and art, Da Vinci also cultivated an early passion for knowledge and research. As such, his scientific studies included anatomy, optics, hydraulics and engineering, whereas he also spent time as an architect [5]. In his art, his studies in anatomy and optics were particularly useful. Furthermore, Da Vinci's studies in anatomy were culminated in his famous illustration of The Vitruvian man."
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"Mona Lisa", 2005.
A discussion about the secrets behind Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa".
1,345 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", also known as "La Giconda", is one of the most well known paintings of the High Renaissance period. This paper explains that part of the reason it has so haunted people is because of Da Vinci's unique ability to capture expressions and facial subtleties that are lost in works by other artists. The paper discusses the theories behind the reasons for Mona Lisa's smile and other theories about who the model herself was.
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" The most widely recognized theory as to who the model for this painting was is the wife of Francesco del Gicondo. She is dressed in the modern fashion of De Vinci's time, in Florence. She is seated against a mountain-covered landscape. According to some historical accounts, the young woman that posed was actually named Mona Lisa, and she married the well-known Giocondo in 1495, and Leonardo himself was so in love with the portrait he carried it with him for years."
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James I. Robertson's "Stonewall Jackson's Book of Maxims", 2005.
This paper examines the proverbs in James I. Robertson's "Stonewall Jackson's Book of Maxims" .
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 23.95
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This paper explains that James I. Robertson's "Stonewall Jackson's Book of Maxims" is a collection of "maxims" provided in the form of proverbs, quotes and sayings. The author relates the way that Jackson's maxim, "you may be whatever you resolve to be", came true for him.
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"James I Robertson maintains at the outset of "Stonewall Jackson's Book of Maxims" that, "Few men have ever started from humbler beginnings and risen to greater heights than Thomas Jonathon Stonewall Jackson" Jackson was an orphan who grew up impoverished in the mountains of West Virginia. With very little formal education, less than fourth-grade, Jackson entered West Point and rose from the lowest of the plebes to become General in the Confederate Army. Because Jackson was private man socially awkward and known for keeping ..."
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Lisa Russell's Ethnographic Fieldwork, 2007.
An analysis of the research methods used by Lisa Russell in her ethnographic fieldwork.
1,532 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper analyzes Lisa Russell's ethnographic fieldwork. The paper describes her work as both descriptive and interpretive because of her emphasis on detail and the way that she determines the significance of what she observes without gathering broad, statistical information. The paper also explores processes central to doing research and to developing as a researcher, as shown by Russell in her research.
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Reflexivity of Research
Conclusion
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"Kulik (1995) argued that "an erotic subjective does things." Kulik believed that "desire (age/sex) experienced in the field seems often to provoke questions that otherwise easily remain unasked, or that only get asked in a rarefied manner" (p. 5). Lisa used age/sex to take advantage of opportunities of common experiences (p. 194) .Age shapes perceptions of the body and its transitions, and informs the language that individuals deploy to speak. Due to her age the students felt, that she would have a fair stance of understanding them. Lisa uses her age to mirror her memories as a teenager and would engulf in participative conversation relating to common issues .She uses her sex as a tool to deploy their underlying emotions."
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?Fifth Business? by Robertson Davies, 2002.
This review discusses the theme in ?Fifth Business? by Robertson Davies that an unstable childhood is often the cause of a lifetime full of struggles and fears but can also lead to a successful and fulfilled life.
1,490 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 49.95
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The author analyses and evaluates characters that reveal evidence of a successful life despite their childhood instability. The paper compares the characters of Dunstan Ramsay and Paul Dempster, both had childhood instability but as adults led a successful and fulfilling life, to the character Boy Staunton, who had the perfect childhood but grew up and became an unstable adult.
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"Not only does Dunny suffer from a guilty conscience, but also violence and abuse. He refers to a scene where his mother is beating him, ??she pursued me around the kitchen, slashing me with the whip until she broke me down and I cried. She cried too, hysterically, and beat me harder, storming about my impedance, my want of respect for her, of my increasing oddity and intellectual arrogance-not that she used those words, but I do not intend to put down what she actually said-until at last her fury was spent? I can still feel that hour?s misery in its perfect desolation, if I am fool enough to call it up in my mind.? "
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"Fifth Business" by Robertson Davies., 2002.
The following paper discusses the character of 'Dunstable Ramsay', Robertson Davies' protagonist in the book "Fifth Business," who appears to be a "fifth business" or minor actor on the stage of life.
2,290 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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Ramsay's discussion of his participation in war as seen in Jungian terms is discussed in depth in this paper. The writer examines how understanding our individual destinies and the place of war within human destiny can occur if we are willing to assume the cost which is thorough analysis of our roles on the great stage of life. This paper examines the way in which Davies shows that not only Ramsay, but every human is a primary player with a significant role in the grand scheme of things.
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"In the novel Fifth Business, Robertson Davies uses the metaphor of his title to allow his readers to explore the significance of their own lives as they compare themselves to the autobiographical details revealed by the protagonist Dunstable Ramsay as he affirms the significance of his existence. The concept of being an essential, although not major, player, from which the novel gets its title, is very pertinent to Davies portrayal of war in Fifth Business. Using a style that is mythic, theatrical, and satirical, Davies presents Ramsay's specific experiences in World War I in a way that makes them universally applicable to anyone's experience of war anywhere, anytime."
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"A Family Secret: The Death of Lisa Steinberg", 2005.
Examines the causes of domestic violence through this video, directed by Bill Kurtis.
922 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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On November 2, responding to a phone call that a child had stopped breathing, the police found a dying little girl, a boy tied to a playpen with a length of rope, and a severely battered mother. The little girl, Lisa Steinberg, was later pronounced brain dead and the world began to understand what went on behind the doors of the Steinberg/Nussbaum home. One of questions that the video, "A Family Secret: The Death of Lisa Steinberg" attempts to answer is what is the cause of domestic violence? The paper shows that in order to do this, the video gives the audience a lot of information about Joel Steinberg, and focuses on the extensive use of drugs by both adults in the Steinberg/Nussbaum home. However, the use of drugs does little to explain either why Joel Steinberg abused his children or why Hedda Nussbaum permitted the abuse. The paper shows that the answer to those questions is more complex than mere drug use.
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"Watching the story of Hedda and Joel, it seems more like Hedda was over-optimistic; she was hoping to finally do the one thing that would end the abuse and create the happy family she desired. With Hedda, as with many abused woman, worse than the threat of another beating, or even her own death, was the idea that she might lose Joel. However abused Hedda may have been, and the abuse was admittedly extremely severe, Hedda's position was simply untenable in light of the fact that the children were also being abused."
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Portrait of Mona Lisa (1479-1528) or La Gioconda., 2002.
A comparison of these two classic pieces of art.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 26.95
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A comparative vision of "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo and "The Expulsion of Heliodorus" by Raphael.
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" Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci, 1989.
An analysi of the early sixteenth century painting. A look at the subject matter, style, landscape, technique and personality of the woman portrayed.
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" In Leonardo da Vinci's time (1452 - 1519) his painting of the "Mona Lisa" was already well known for its realism. As the years passed a certain mystery surrounded the lady. The painting seems to suggest soft feminine qualities. The "Mona Lisa" illustrates the use of decreasing color and contrast in the landscape background. Leonardo was one of the first painters to bring this phenomenon to the canvas. All of these factors brought attention to the "Mona Lisa" and it continues to hold people's attention as no painting has before or since. All of these factors make the painting particularly significant, but one additional factor that makes it vital to the art world is the use of the painting in identifying other works as those of Leonardo's.
Techniques employed by Leonardo in his works and seen in the..."
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The man behind the Mona Lisa: Leonardo Da Vinci, 2002.
A study of the life and works of Leonardo Da Vinci.
720 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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The paper outlines a short biography of Leonardo Da Vinci. The paper portrays some of his works and describes the time period in which he lived. The paper describes Leonardo Da Vinci the man, and his contributions to art, science and humanity.
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"Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest and most ingenious men that history has produced. His contributions to art, science, and humanity are still among the most important that a single man has put forth. Da Vinci, born on April 15, 1452, is credited with being a master painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist."
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Day Care, 2007.
This paper reviews the book "Day Care Deception: What the Child Care Establishment Isn't Telling Us" by Brian C. Robertson.
1,217 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 41.95
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In this article, the writer first asks what is turning America's children into murderers and psychopaths? The writer then notes that Brian C. Robertson's "Day Care Deception: What the Child Care Establishment Isn't Telling Us" implicitly asks this question at the beginning of his text, by opening his book about day care not with images of a child care facility, but with a high school shooting. The writer points out that Robertson has a simple answer to the complex questions that arose after the flurry of national self-examination that occurred after the shootings at Columbine High School, in the nation's heartland. The writer relates that Robertson blames the institutionalization of day care as a norm within the American cultural fabric for the increased violence in society and the alienation of modern youth. The writer concludes that Robertson assumes that there is an easy choice between day care or nothing, the traditional one-salary American family and the complete institutionalization of childcare, while for many working families, care may be a combination of love from two parents, grandparents, older siblings, friends, as well as day care.
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"According to Robertson, daycare disturbs the mother-child bond, despite some studies that suggest that day care makes children more independent at an earlier age. What positive studies do exist, Robertson says, are the result of the feminist academic establishment, and what is construed as independence is in fact the seeds of bullying, social estrangement, and ultimately violence. Day care is a failed, recent social experiment gone horribly wrong and must be faced and addressed, before another generation of children are destroyed."
"Despite the fact that millions of parents send their children off to day care every day, either out of necessity, because of choice, or even a desire to socialize the children early on in the boy or girl's education, mothers and fathers often experience acute anxiety about the decision."
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The Coffee Table: 1950-1969, 2006.
This paper discusses the occasional coffee table, originally used for lounge interior design from 1950-1969.
7,930 words (approx. 31.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 171.95
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This paper explains that the maximized design styles of the 1950s through the later 1960s, the period represented by the thriving economy of the baby boomers, was a pro-active action against the mass destruction and insecurity of WWII. The author points out that furniture styles became more inclusive and more innovative during this time period resulting in the coffee table or lounge table becoming a unique and innovative creation. The paper relates that the styles of this period, now called 1950s retro furniture, are highly valued today. The paper includes detailed descriptions with pictures of many coffee tables.
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Introduction
The Tables
1950s Style in Today's Context
Legacy of 1950s and 1960s
Conclusion
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"This is a Danish Rosewood table circa 1950s. The Suite 101 website provides interesting information in regard to this style of furniture through Barbara Nicholson's writing. There have been many of the Bauhaus style Danish modern furnishings throughout the era from 1940 through 1960 and the diversity is noted in the varying shapes and styles including this Danish style hexagonal table. Another would be in the use of unusual woods including veneers as this hexagonal table would be created from and teak which would be in the table found beside it."
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T. S. Eliot's "Preludes", 2004.
An analysis of the imagery, language and verse form T. S. Eliot uses in "Preludes" with occasional comparisons to "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
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This essay analyses the way T. S. Eliot expresses his view on modern urban life and his feelings of social classes and society using what seems to be simple imagery with a more complex underlying meaning to them. It examines how the series of poems in "Preludes" (I, II, III, IV) offer a more detailed exploration of the poem, showing how modern city life and its dwellers are void of spirituality and meaning.
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"The adjective of ?smoky? suggests a lack of vision and emphasises the feeling of loss of vitality together with the presence of urban squalor. Eliot joins images of decadence and disintegration with images that we usually associate with the modern urban surroundings, such as ?steaks? and ?cigarettes.? He places these ordinary images onto a context that suggests a criticism of the modern world and lifestyle, which he emphasises with images of dirt and decay, such as ?The grimy scraps.? The image of ?withered leaves? again point to the winter motif, creating a clear picture of death and decline. Eliot is not only referring to leaves here, but uses this image, through association, to connect to the general idea of loss of meaning in the modern urban world, exposing a world that is falling apart."
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