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65Comparative Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's "Ligeia" and "The Oval Portrait"
A comparitive analysis of major themes in Edgar Allan Poe's "Ligeia" and "The Oval Portrait".
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52Why Your Professional Photographer Is Worth The Money
In a world where everyone has their own digital camera and now that even the cheapest phones can take pictures, the question has to be: why would you pay a large sum of money to have a professional photographer take your picture? But if you want to...
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78Rendering Realistic Graphite Portraits. Book introduction by Jeremy Lee.
Rendering realistic Portraits These are the first few words of a new book on drawing that will soon be released as an e-book. It has over 33,000 words and over 100 illustrations. The reason I wrote the book is that there are literally hundreds of books on sketching and drawing, but I can't find a decent one that takes it to the next level and teaches people the methods used to create a finished work of art with nothing more than a pencil and paper.
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65Creating simple portraits from photographs on MS Paint
A simple tecknique utilising a regularly overlooked programme. Create simple portraits that look good with MS Paint. No skill lever required.
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65Wrong Identity?
The portrait identified as Catherine Parr (c.1512 - 1548), sixth wife of Henry VIII may in fact have been identified wrongly. It bears greater resemblance to an earlier wife, Katherine of Aragon (1485 - 1536), who was the first of Henry's wives and...
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68Spear of the nation
The portrait of the South African President Zuma by Brett Murray is an apt representation of the man. He has been involved in scandal after scandal, from the arms deal to the appointment of people of dubious character, not to mention hints of...
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78Short story picks for summer
As a recent English major graduate, I have had my fair share of reading assignments in the past four years. Although some of the assignments were kind of painful, I found that I really (really, really, really) enjoy short stories, both assigned or...
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78The Paintings of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera - Mexico's greatest painters
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Two of Mexico's greatest painters, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, were husband and wife, divorced and then husband and wife again; both times contentious marriages. They married in 1928 and were contemporary Mexican...
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67Landscape Photography and Portrait Artists
Landscape photography is a very popular form of art practiced not only by professionals, but also by those people who simply like to play with a high-tech digital camera. I happen to be one of those who always enjoy seeing a well-taken landscape...
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64The World on My Face
The World on my Face As a child my forehead was of the finest, cracked, flawed porcelain, and only now does it reveal four sharp crevices, brain pondering within. (“then” an appreciated mole, “now” a blemish) One...
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