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    Paige Marquardt Mrs. Overmann UI 100-08 H December 2, 2014 Geometry and Art of Stained Glass From a church to a person’s home, there is stained glass all around us. Most people take a look at stained glass and just admire the beauty, but not the work that goes into it. The intense planning and preparations in deciding what to make and how to put it all together. Not until recently, there has been no real equation for stained glass, but that has changed. People can now use formulas and equations

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    pictures. This was at a time when most people couldn’t read, so these luminous paintings were one of the few representations of the glory and transcendent nature of their spiritual beliefs (History of Stained Glass, 2013). During the reign of King Louis VI of France, Suger, the Abbott of Saint-Denis became the close advisor to the king. It was Suger’ strong allegiance to the king of France that inspired him to create a “new kind of architecture to reinforce the divine right of the king’s authority

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    As a museum, our job is to create an experience for our visitors in order to leave an artistic impression in their heads. Many museums have attempted to create unique exhibitions such as period rooms and displays in order to amaze the crowds that travel through and make their experience a memorable one. Nowadays it is difficult to amaze a crowd that has so many resources at its disposable. The internet has made it possible to view any work of art with just the click of a button. It is for this reason

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    Stained glass is an important and innovative form of art, that throughout the ages has grown in design, technique and been stretched to various cultures in the world. Stained glass illustrates stories by putting together pieces of colored glass into a mosaic form, to create a picture. Stained glass has existed for millenniums, and through its time the term “stained glass” is thought to be of reference to church windows and various other significant buildings. Traditionally, stained glass windows

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    The object I chose to draw was a stained glass window depicting the thirteenth station of the cross, where the crucified Jesus is laid into the arms of His mother, Mary. This object is colorful and vivid, with the people in the window image portrayed in bright colors in contrast to the background. In addition, the people portrayed have precise naturalistic details and proportions regarding their clothing, bodies, and facial expressions. Through the exercise of drawing this stained glass window

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    Tiffany And Co. 's Story

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    Tiffany & Co.’s story begins in 1837 in New York City. Having an everlasting passion for the most beautiful diamonds in the world, founder Charles Lewis Tiffany arrived in New York with a vision of spectacular beauty that went on to redefine glamour and style around the world (Tiffany.com). With a three-year strategic plan (broadly defined plan aimed at creating a desired future) that balances earnings with brand stewardship (refers to actions taken by management to maintain, in the minds of consumers

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    Executive Summary Tiffany and Co. (Tiffany) is a jewelry company founded in New York City in the 1800s. Over the past two hundred years, this company has grown from a small stationary goods store to a multinational corporation with over $4.031 billion in sales. In 1970, Tiffany and Company expanded into the Asian market. According to the most recent shareholder report, sales in Japan make up 14% of world wide net sales. In order reach this point, the executives at Tiffany and Co. must have studied

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    Tiffany and Co. aspires to become the leading company and retailer of the finest jewelry in the world. It is a well-known brand founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany in 1837, and the company continues to make it their priority to maintain the luxury brand and service that he has built. Tiffany and Co. mission statement is “to be the world most respected brand” and has innovated around that for years. They incorporated this mission in every element of their business and it has been very evident. They

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    I am going to introduce an artwork A Wooded Landscape in Three Panels created in 1905, by Louis Comfort Tiffany. When I entered the showroom, I was immediately fascinated by its huge dimension, 86.5 inches in height and 131.56 inches in width. The medium of this artwork are glass, copper-foil and lead. This is a stained glass window of a forest scene. A beautiful landscape with a lot of big green trees in front of the picture, many bright colorful wild flowers in the right corner, and a small pond

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    Hotel Gloria Metaphors

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    In the song “Hotel California”, the Eagle used metaphor and symbolic ways to demonstrate their disappointments and dissatisfaction to the changes happened in the music productions in 1970s. The song implied what Don Henley and Glenn Frey thought for the 1970s, they used to have some kind of expectation for the baby boomer generation in 60s, they dreamed to use music with new attitudes and thinking to change the world; however, the dreams cannot be accomplished because of the self- degradation. At

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