...French painter, born in Paris. Apprenticed for two years to a theatrical designer, then began to paint. Influenced by Neo-Impressionism 1906-7, afterwards by Cézanne; a friend of Metzinger and the Douanier Rousseau. Series of pictures of 'Saint-Séverin', 'The Eiffel Tower' and 'The City'. Married the painter Sonia Terk in 1910. Exhibited in the Cubist room at the Salon des Indépendants in 1911 with Metzinger, Gleizes, Léger and Le Fauconnier. Started to use pure colours again early in 1912 and at the end of the same year painted his first 'Disc' and 'Circular Forms', his first abstract pictures. First one-man exhibition at the Galeries Barbazanges, Paris, 1912. His work was much admired in Paris by Apollinaire, who gave it the name Orphism, and in Germany by Klee, Macke and Marc. Lived in Spain and Portugal during the First World War; returned to Paris in 1920. After painting various figurative themes such as nude women reading, runners and portraits, he returned in 1930 to complete abstraction and made numerous compositions with circular discs and colour rhythms, sometimes in low relief. Executed with assistants huge panels and coloured reliefs for the Aeronautics pavilion at the 1937 Paris International Exhibition. Died at Montpellier. Robert-Victor-Félix Delaunay was born on April 12, 1885, in Paris. In 1902, after secondary education, he apprenticed in a studio for theater sets in Belleville. In 1903 he started painting and by 1904 was exhibiting. That year and in 1906 his...
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...Brâncuși was aRomanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. His abstract style emphasizes cleangeometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Considered the pioneer of modernism, Brâncuși is called the patriarch of modern sculpture. In 1903, Brâncuși traveled to Munich, and from there to Paris. In Paris, he was welcomed by the community of artists and intellectuals brimming with new ideas.[3] He worked for two years in the workshop of Antonin Mercié of the École des Beaux-Arts, and was invited to enter the workshop of Auguste Rodin. Even though he admired the eminent Rodin he left the Rodin studio after only two months, saying, "Nothing can grow under big trees."[1] After leaving Rodin's workshop, Brâncuși began developing the revolutionary style for which he is known. His first commissioned work, "The Prayer", was part of a gravestone memorial. It depicts a young woman crossing herself as she kneels, and marks the first step toward abstracted, non-literal representation, and shows his drive to depict "not the outer form but the idea, the essence of things." He also began doing more carving, rather than the method popular with his contemporaries, that of modeling in clay or plaster which would be cast in metal, and by 1908 he worked almost exclusively by carving. His work became popular in the U.S., however, and he visited several times during his life. Worldwide fame in 1933 brought him the commission...
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...Austria-Hungary in 1899. His family moved to Paris for a year when he was only three. As a young man, he was interested in art and studied painting and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. Later, in 1920 he worked as a journalist and Berlin and studied at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Academy of Fine Arts. In 1924, Gyula moved back to Paris, where he would live for the rest of his life. He loved the city and needed to learn French and he learned by reading many books in the language. Andre Kertesz introduced and encouraged him to take up photography because he disliked it during his early years of journalism, but he gradually fell in love with it. He began wandering around the streets...
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...THEME AND NARRATIVE ELEMENTS IN THE SHORT STORY BY __________________________ COURSE NAME/# PROFESSOR NAME DATE DUE, 2012 This analysis is a response to my exploration of the short story Little Red Riding Hood as featured in Journey Into Literature by R.W. Clugston, (2010, Ch. 4.1). The story is actually an ancient fable told in the oral tradition (basically French folk lore) that was written nearly 315 years ago by a writer named Charles Perrault in Paris. The identity of the original author is unknown, although it has been re-written and re-interpreted many, many times by others all over the world. The most popular version of the piece appeared in Perrault’s collection of fairy tales penned under the pseudonym, Mother Goose. Later in the mid-twentieth century, Walt Disney created an American re-telling of the famous Mother Goose story, but reworked it by adding the character of the Huntsman who intervenes and kills the wolf, saving the girl from the grip of Death. The reason for its success and worldwide popularity, I believe, lies in the story’s universal themes: a uniquely human expression of the dangerous interaction between good and evil. Culturally, this theme is extremely adaptable, and malleable to suit many peoples’ values. The story’s narration is done by an omniscient third-person whose voice and tone, in my opinion, reflect a sort of cool distance: a disinterested teller of cautionary tales. For example, the matter-of-fact way the murders are introduced...
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...(instead of owning) Performance review from 1996 t0 2K Compounded revenue growth 22% per annum Operating margin growth from 58.8% to 67.9% RevPAR 32% higher than US Com ang 27% higher than European players Management structure and team Structure:- General manager is overall responsible for single property, variable portion 30% of base salary Profit 50% weightage Service quality:- 25 % wt People measures: - 25 % wt Regional management is Key component Italian in Italy, French in France No bragging, no excuse NO excuse tolerance, customer services prevalent at all levels Strong Allegiance to the firm:- Family culture, firm’s interest at the top Four season approach to international growth:- Diversity and Singularity:- With essence of local culture standardize operating procedure across the globe. Tailor made interiors to give local flavor with standardize operation of global standards Cultural cameleon Implementing local learnings globally Globally Uniform standards:- Global “service culture standards” (exhibit 4) 270 core operating standards (exhibit 5) applicable world wide Exception permitted if they make local sense (exception of leaving coffee pot at france) Minimum expectation Performance evaluation through External and Internal Audit Delivering intelligent, anticipator and enthusiastic services world wide Just for you Intelligent service If employees are empathetic, anticipate guest needs to reduce distance between employee and guest Human resource...
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...level of market segment. It is an international success with deep rooted commitment and sensitivity towards local consumers’ needs and cultures. 1. Management Orientation: L’Oreal’s management orientation is geocentric. This can be seen in the sales, half of which come from outside of Europe. L’Oreal has 23 global brands across 130 countries and has 38 factories all over the world (Henderson, R., & Johnson, R. 2010). The firm has promoted its national brands to the rest of the world as related by Owen-Jones. Owen-Jones promoted the five core businesses into becoming global. These included: hair care, hair color, skin care, color cosmetics and fragrances. If we look at the website of L’Oreal Paris, we can see its presence in five continents and numerous countries (L’Oreal Paris). It has also targeted emerging economies such as China and India. It has brands targeted for all of these different market segments in the different continents. Due to its progressive investment in research and development, L’Oreal has been able to cater to the multicultural expectations, tailored to meet the needs through impressive standards. 2. The Global...
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...and finding Paris and Romeo dead. For example, “Romeo! O, pale! Who else? What, Paris too? And steeped in blood? Ah what an unkind hour is guilty of this lamentable chance?” (5.3.144-146). It is easy to see that this could have been prevented had the Friar been there when Romeo arrives. By doing so, he could have made up for not informing Romeo. Friar Lawrence would have stopped everything by being responsible and not being lazy. All things considered, Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths...
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...Hotel Paris Case Paper #1 Introduction In order for companies to grow, profit, succeed, and perform exceptionally, they must find a way to rise above other competitors while pleasing their customers at the same time. However, in order for a company to perform well, it must have the right people working for them; people that are trained, disciplined and dedicated. That’s where human resources come into place. This particular division is responsible for motivating, recognizing, and training the right people for the job. All companies have some sort of strategy that must be formed in order to reach these short term and long term goals and it involves managers at all organizational levels. When it comes to Hotel Paris, a human resources management system was created to help Hotel Paris achieve its strategic goals. Hotel Paris (International) started in 1990 in the suburbs of Paris. It now consists of nine hotels located in France, London, Rome, New York, Miami, Washington, Chicago, and Los Angeles. One of the main strategies is to expand geographically, provide excellent service, and improve their reputation which would lead to satisfied guests and the ability to expand. So, with approval from the top management team and board of directors, they decide: “The Hotel Paris International will use superior guest services to differentiate the Hotel Paris properties, and do thereby increase the length of stays and the return rate of guests, and thus...
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...INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SETTINGS / DESIGNER CASE STUDY RESEARCH TASK FASHION DESIGN Fashion design - brand : CHANEL History of Chanel No.5 Chanel No.5 is the first perfume launched by French couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in 5 May, 1921. The chemical formula for the fragrance was compounded by French-Russian chemist and perfumer Ernest Beaux. The number 5 to Coco Chanel means good luck. She released this perfume on the 5th day of the 5th month and it's main sent is May rose and jasmine. Coco's famous quote on Chanel No.5 is “what is very important in a fragrance, is that the fragrance has some kind of mystery” The Chanel No.5 journey starts of in the fields of May roses at the Mul family's generations-old flower farm, in Pégomas, France. The weather is perfect for growing and picking roses: fresh and not too warm. Every single rose that goes into each bottle of No. 5 parfum is harvested by hand right there. A 30mL bottle of No. 5 parfum contains 1,000 jasmine flowers and 12 May roses - all from this same field. On average, it takes an hour and 20 minutes for a flower to go from being plucked in the field to being processed in the factory. Workers gently place the roses in the pockets of their aprons and transfer them into big burlap sacks; once these sacks are full, they’re loaded onto flatbed trailers and pulled by tractor back to the plant. Jean-Francois Vieille, a cousin of Joseph Mul’s, oversees operations at the prettily landscaped Sotraflor...
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...societal expectations and pressures, Grenouille determines his own fate, suggesting man is responsible for his own destiny and that there is no higher power. Although existentialism contradicts my beliefs, I have grown to respect Grenouille, as his unfaltering dedication to his doctrine initially inhibits yet eventually leads to fulfillment. As Süskind also satirizes Christianity, the text led me to evaluate my religious beliefs. At the end of the novel, for example, Grenouille, a wretched murderer, douses himself in the distilled essence of innocent virgins. Grenouille then becomes so attractive that the social pariahs inhabiting the Cimetière des Innocents devour him. Through this image, Süskind draws direct parallels to the Eucharist - the Christian ceremony of eating the “body” and drinking the “blood” of Christ - causing me to question the nature of who or what my religion worships. Finally, during the discussion about eighteenth century Paris, I examined my own situation as an expatriate living in Nairobi. I was able to parallel the irony Süskind highlights concerning the fragility of Parisian aristocratic society with the privileged existence I lead. Süskind implies such stark social disparity in a society is immoral, that the circumstance of which I am a part is full of blatant hypocrisies. Because Süskind focuses the novel on the underbelly of society instead of the aristocracy and uses literary realism to reject...
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...All things considered, I have chosen to write about the movie Burnt, it is basically about a man in Paris who was once a top chef but destroyed his career with drugs and alcohol which placed his career on hold. Bradley Cooper who plays the chef was a very hot-headed top chef also very cocky and arrogant. He was very fortunate to have a mentor by the name of Jean Luc who took him under his wings and made him his apprentice, in the movie chef Luc open doors for him by giving him a chance as a chef and he spent 10 years cooking under Chef Luc in Paris by gaining such experience he eventually became head chef. Chef Cooper had a reckless past as an apprentice in Paris but his drive and his ambition to cook and reach his goals surpass his drug...
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...societal expectations and pressures, Grenouille determines his own fate, suggesting man is responsible for his own destiny and that there is no higher power. Although existentialism contradicts my beliefs, I have grown to respect Grenouille, as his unfaltering dedication to his doctrine initially inhibits yet eventually leads to fulfillment. As Süskind also satirizes Christianity, the text led me to evaluate my religious beliefs. At the end of the novel, for example, Grenouille, a wretched murderer, douses himself in the distilled essence of innocent virgins. Grenouille then becomes so attractive that the social pariahs inhabiting the Cimetière des Innocents devour him. Through this image, Süskind draws direct parallels to the Eucharist - the Christian ceremony of eating the “body” and drinking the “blood” of Christ - causing me to question the nature of who or what my religion worships. Finally, during the discussion about eighteenth century Paris, I examined my own situation as an expatriate living in Nairobi. I was able to parallel the irony Süskind highlights concerning the fragility of Parisian aristocratic society with the privileged existence I lead. Süskind implies such stark social disparity in a society is immoral, that the circumstance of which I am a part is full of blatant...
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...St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-‐1274) Biographical Note St. Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 at the castle of Roccasecca in the Neapolitan territory. It is believed that the castle belonged to Aquinas’ father. Thomas Aquinas’ father was Count Landulf of an Italian family, however, his father did not come from the high power branch of the family but simply held the title. Aquinas’ mother was Countess Theodora of Theate, comes from the Rossi branch of the Neapolitan Caracciolo family, which is a noble Norman descent. Aquinas began his early education at age of five in the monastery of Monte Cassino. Later, Aquinas spent some time studying in Naples. Around 1243, Aquinas decided to join the Dominican order; however, his brothers brought him back to his parents on his way to Rome because his family is opposed to the Dominican order. Aquinas was held in the castle of S. Giovanni...
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...enough to be an Essence employee ?we are looking for dynamic energetic team players to join our vibrant young team at Essence .you should . you should find work a continuation of your party life style mixing with the elegant set here at Essence .the Essence experience is a mixture of joie de vivre and audacious panache from our stylish professional waiting and bar staff.if u think you could cut a dash at Essence apply for interview today asking for (Amie@essence .com) .louiefolded open the free newspaper as he took the journey from his home in the East end of London to the chic West end resturent ,which was the Essence chain .He couldn’t quite belive what he was reading and tried to calm himself as he counted all the ways that Amie had contravened not only the law but also the compny’s code of ethics.She had definitely gone too far this time . Amie cycled in from Camden Town with her toy poodle in the basket .Today was going to be a busy day after she ‘d fired the waiters who annoyed her yesterday .Amie loved new people and was looking forwad to meeting the new applicant .None of them from job centre this time as her advert had only gone into commuter’s paper .Also louie was coming in from head office to conduct her first appraisal today too.Why hadn’t she remember to fill in her part of that form ?It was going to be a very busy day ! Louie remembered that he had just signed off hussain ‘s first real developmental training where he was off to train with the Paris chefs.They...
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...Les Demoiselles d’Avignon Artist – Pablo Picasso To compliment this discussion, background of this artist is essential. This artists’ indoctrination into the world of African masks, the Dan Tribe specifically, would revolutionize the art world at the time and has had an impact on artists and viewers to this day. The artist is Pablo Picasso. In June of 1907, Picasso visited the West African masks exhibition at the Trocadero Museum in Paris, France. As he viewed the African mask exhibition, he exclaimed: “The masks, they were not sculptures like the others. Not at all. They were magical things, intercessors… against everything, against unknown, menacing spirits”. (Walker) The influence of African masks can be noticed in a large number of Picasso’s art following this visit to the museum. Picasso’s oil painting, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon also known as The Maids of Avignon, was painted one year after his museum visit in 1907. This was the first piece of art by Picasso and validated by art critics where incorporation of the essence of an African mask was noticed. From 1907 through 1909, Picasso’s art exhibited a strong African influence. His art became more abstract and he is hailed as having begun Cubism and abstract art era by the art world. If one was to view his three self-portraits the progression of this African influence can be readily noticed. The last self-portrait was painted before his death in 1972 and resembles a Dan Tribe African Death Mask. Although...
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