Essays on Vision Page 2

There are over 161 000 non-profit organisations in Canada. Non-profit organisations work to accomplish ends for the benefit of humanity instead than for net income like a concern. Obviously with so many organisations. there are assorted types of organisations that vary in size and range. with alone aspirations and some overlap in ends. World Vision…

No person on this earth knows the future. Not a single person knows how this world will come to an end. Yet the current situation gives us no compelling proof of a bright future. With the majority of people stressing on environmental problems, they tend to forget many matters of immediate concern. One of the…

This painting is called ‘still life with a basket of apples’. It was made between 1890 and 1894, this means it took Cezanne 4 years to produce; it is 23 3/8 by 31 inches. The artwork is of some apples in a basket and a bottle of wine. This is a scene that is not…

Thats are catch phrases in Bangladesh these days. The buzzwords are no longer confined to the lexicon of information and communication technology (ICT) enthusiasts, but have entered the vocabulary of the educated section of the population. In its election manifesto leading up to the Ninth Parliamentary Elections in 2008, the Awami League (AL) coalition envisioned…

Starry Night is a beautiful painting, representational in the type of art. The size of the painting is 29 in. by 36 ? in. , and oil on canvas were the materials used. Van Gogh is using an expressive quality and an emotionalism viewpoint. On the left side of the painting, there is a group…

As one of the world’s first photojournalists, Henri Cartier-Bresson has transformed the profession through his concept of “the decisive moment”, the dramatic climax of a picture where everything falls perfectly into place. Traveling extensively since 1931, Cartier-Bresson’s images have been renown throughout the world due to his remarkable sense of timing and his intuition in…

Robert Capa was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1913. Robert Capa is most known for his exposure in war. Known for obtaining exposures taken during a war that shows what it is like to be in a war. Showing things like the adversities that soldiers have to digest and the agony of people whose places…

Chuck Close: BOB, 1970, Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvass * Suffered severe dyslexia and had a neuromuscular condition that prevented him from playing sport and found solace in his art * Known for his work blurring the line between photo and painting * Suffers from prosopagnosia, (face blindness) a condition which means Close cannot recognize…

            Plump, voluptuous women usually grace the canvases of Paul Rubens, famous for popularizing the fuller figure. His work is commonly identified with rich coloring, sumptuous décor and sometimes rather lurid depictions of mythology. However, despite his penchant for the more risqué, Rubens does at times display a sensitivity towards the more tragic aspects of…

Born in Monroe, Washington, in 1940, Close studied picture at Yale University before traveling to New York in 1967. Although he greatly admired Abstract Expressionist painters such as Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and, particularly, Willem de Kooning, he wrote, “ They nailed it down so wellthat I couldn’t do anything but weak caricatures of their…