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Marc Jacobs, the founder of the brand name Marc Jacobs, is an American fashion designer who faced challenging circumstances at a young age. When he was 7 years old, his father passed away and his mother’s unsuccessful relationships caused frequent relocations. At the age of 11, Jacobs made the decision to live with his grandmother,…

The Titanic’s hull plate was laid in 1909 and a little over two years later, Titanic’s 26,000 ton hull is launched at Harlan ND Wolfs shipyard. The ship reached a speed of Nell knots when it slid into the water before six anchor chains and two piles of cable drag chains weighing 80 ton’s each…

Jazz, which evolved from African American folk music, has developed and changed over the last century to become an art form in America. Jazz has taken many forms over the past seventy years; there is almost always a single person who can be credited with the evolution of that sound. From Thelonius Monk, and his…

In Nocturne in D flat Major, Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) creates a complex work that consists of complicated harmonies and rhythmic motives. These two components are interwoven to build elaborate themes which lead to a melodic design that Chopin is known for. The piece has multiple key elements that combine to form this expressive work for…

A piano sonata is a sonata of course written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement (Scarlatti) two movements (Haydn), five (Brahms’ Third Piano Sonata) or even more movements. The first movement is generally in sonata form….

S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age book “The Outsiders” addresses socioeconomic class, loyalty, and identity issues. The conflict between two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs, centers on Oklahoma in the 1960s. Johnny Cade is one of the book’s most memorable characters because of his nuanced personality and profound influence on the story. This article explores Johnny’s complex…

Maria Callas gives an outstanding public presentation at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. This is unsurprising as Callas was one of the most celebrated sopranos of her clip and a recognized Diva. The Newspaper reappraisal is spurting in congratulations of Callas who gives a powerful and convincing public presentation. It is noted that…

This song is about a young girl named Angela Carter who is abused and killed by her mother. It is sung my Martina McBride, a well known country singer. In the first and second verse of the song Martina sings about how the young girl has to make her own lunch and walk to school…

In Vermeer’s Hat: The seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World, Timothy Brook uses Vermeer’s paintings to show the effects of trade on the world and the overall globalization occurring. Brook argues that this globalization had begun in the seventeenth century. He takes a look at Vermeer’s paintings, and uses them as windows…

Sarah’s Key contains some of the most powerful, heart-wrenching scenes ever filmed — and this is not sensationalism, but truth. This film is important for making everyone aware of a particularly horrific episode in France during World War II and — if you didn’t know — what human beings are capable of, for ill as…