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<p>Sreyes: </p>
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<div>=<font color="#FC5F">Art</font> <font color="#FF5F8">Around</font> <font color="#87CEFA>Us</font>=<br />
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{{Infobox<br />
|title = Sofia Reyes Castillo<br />
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|image = [[File:MEe.PNG|x450px|alt=Sofia Reyes]]<br />
|caption = Me in London<br />
|label2 = Date<br />
|data2 = Summer 2017<br />
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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|title = Modern Galleries London<br />
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|image = [[File:Modern_Galleries_Poster.png|right|x450px|alt=Milestone Image]]<br />
|caption = A Documentary<br />
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=Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary=<br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
In this project, I collaborated with [[#Jacob Dupois|Jacob]].<br />
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Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: Jacob set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while Sofia was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London. <br />
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[[Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary|Read More]] <br />
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=Adding Pigment=<br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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[[Adding Pigment|Read More]] <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"<br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 1|Week1]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Westminster Abbey and Tower of London| Westminster Abbey and Tower of London]] <br />
[[File:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|x400px]]<br />
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* [[#British Museum|British Museum]] <br />
[[File:British_Museum.PNG|x400px]]<br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
[[File:Greeen.PNG|x400px]]<br />
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! <br />
* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
[[File:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|400px]]<br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
[[File:Olivia_Birds.PNG|400px]]<br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#V&A Museum|V&A Museum]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Tate Modern|Tate Modern]] <br />
[[File:Maryln_Monroe.PNG|400px]]<br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
[[File:Payphone.JPG|350px]]<br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
[[File:Paris_1.PNG|140px]]<br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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|- <br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 3|Week 3]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Imperial War Museum|Imperial War Museum]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
[[File:HP6.PNG|350px]]<br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
[[File:H6.PNG|400px]]<br />
!<br />
[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
[[File:A1.PNG|300px]]<br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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|- <br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 4|Week 4]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
[[File:A3.PNG|400px]]<br />
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[[#Work on Milestone|Work work..,]] <br />
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!<br />
[[#Unit London|Unit London]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#London Science Museum|London Science Museum]] <br />
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[[#The Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]] <br />
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[[#Weekend 4|Weekend 4]] <br />
|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 5|Week5]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 5,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 6,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 7,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 5'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Work on Milestone| Work on Milestone]] <br />
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* [[#Library|Library]] <br />
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* [[#Secret Cinema|Secret Cinema]] <br />
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* [[#Stonehedge and Bath|Stonehedge and Bath]] <br />
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* [[#Painting|Painting]] <br />
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* [[#Scotland|Scotland]] <br />
[[#Weekend 4|Weekend 4]] <br />
|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 6|Week6]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 13,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 14,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 6'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Windsor Castle| Windsor Castle]] <br />
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* [[#Reach the Sky|Reach the Sky]] <br />
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* [[#Serpentine Galleries|Serpentine Galleries]] <br />
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* [[#Libraries|Libraries]] <br />
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* [[#Thames and Bubbles|Soon]] <br />
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* [[#Flowers|Flower Market]] <br />
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|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 7|Week 7]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 20,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 21,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 23,2017'''<br />
! ''The End'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
[[File:Soon.jpeg|400px]]<br />
! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
[[File:Soon.PNG|400px]]<br />
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! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
[[File:Soon.PNG|400px]]<br />
!<br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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!<br />
[[#Harry Baker|Harry Baker]]<br />
[[File:soon.PNG|140px]]<br />
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[[#The End|The End]]<br />
[[File:Soon.PNG|400px]]<br />
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|}<br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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Later that day I went to the evening song in Westmister Abbey. <br />
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[[File:Raven.png|400px]][[File:Towe_of_London.png|400px]][[File:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|400px]]<br />
[[File:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|400px]][[File:Change_of_guard.PNG|400px]][[Towe_of_London.PNG|400px]][[Group_Picture.PNG|400px]][[File:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|400px]]<br />
Image:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Entance''<br />
Image:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Mosaics''<br />
Image:Group_Picture.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Group Picture''<br />
Image:Change_of_guard.PNG|''Tower of London <br> Change of Guard'' <br />
Image:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|''Tower of London <br> White Tower'' <br />
Image:Towe_of_London.PNG|''Tower of London <br> London Bridge''<br />
Image:Raven.png|''Tower of London <br> Raven'<br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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[[File:Sculpture_BM.PNG|400px]][[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|400px]][[File:Jewel.PNG|400px]]<br />
[[File:Statua.PNG|400px]][[File:British_Museum.PNG|400px]][[Hyde_Flower.PNG|400px]][[Image:Tania.jpg|400px]][[File:Serpentine_GAllery.jpg|400px]]<br />
Image:British_Museum.PNG|Main Area of British Museum<br />
Image:Sculpture_BM.PNG|Angient Egipt <br />
Image:Jewel.PNG|Jewel of ancient Europe<br />
Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
Image:Hyde_Park.PNG|Hyde Park<br />
Image:Statua.PNG|Albert's Memorial<br />
Image:Hyde_Flower.PNG|Flower in Hype Park<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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[[File:St_Pauls.PNG|400px]][[File:Greeen.PNG|400px]][[File:View_GFL.PNG|400px]]<br />
[[File:Statua.PNG|400px]][[Stairs.PNG|400px]][[Hyde_Flower.PNG|400px]][[Group_Picture.PNG|400px]][[File:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|400px]]<br />
Image:St_Pauls.PNG|St. Paul's Cathedral<br />
Image:Greeen.PNG|West View<br />
Image:SP_Art.jpg| Mary by CBloxx<br />
Image:Great_Fire_of_London_Museum.jpg|Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:View_GFL.PNG|View from Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:Stairs.PNG|A Thousand Stairs<br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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[[File:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|400px]][[File:Seurat.PNG|400px]][[File:Cezane.PNG|400px]]<br />
[[File:Statua.PNG|400px]][[File:British_Museum.PNG|400px]][[National_art_Gallery_street_art.PNG|400px]][[Image:National_Art_Gallery.PNG|400px]][[File:Serpentine_GAllery.jpg|400px]]<br />
Image:National_Art_Gallery.PNG|National Gallery<br />
Image:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|The Boulevard Montmartre at Night<br>Pissarro<br />
Image:Seurat.PNG|Bathers at Asnières<br>George Seurat<br />
Image:Cezane.PNG|The Large Bathers<br>Cézanne<br />
Image:four Seasons.PNG|Four Times of Day<br>Corot<br />
Image:Street_art.PNG|Street Artist <br />
Image:National_art_Gallery_street_art.PNG|Street Art<br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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Image:Outside.PNG|Natural History Museum<br />
Image:National_History_Museum.PNG|Layers of Earth<br />
Image:Olivia_Birds.PNG|Birds <br />
Image:Pupil.PNG|Darwin Center <br />
Image:Inside.PNG|Inside Darwin Center<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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Image:Stained_Glass.PNG|Stained glass from Mariawald<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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TO BE CONTINUED <br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in. I contributed to the section of Warehouse in [[Museum of London Docklands]]<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" I wrote so much about WW1 in [[Imperial War Museum]]<br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
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Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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=Week 4=<br />
==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
The day came, June 7,2017, a Wednesday.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
Today Kristy and I painted the entire morning and left for scotland the next day.<br />
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==Weekend 5==<br />
Scotland... I Feel in Love. <br />
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==June 12,2016==<br />
===Winsor Castle===<br />
Vacation is over we have work. Ohh but work is going to Winsor Castle, this is great. Kristy and I arrived a little late but We got to see the change of guard from outside. This castle was beautiful and We took many pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. We saw the so famous Henry VIII tomb, honestly I thought it was going to be bigger. It was beside Jane Seymour and Kristy with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library. <br />
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==Weekend 6==<br />
We went to a flower market, so many flowers, So pretty. <br />
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==Work==<br />
I had to work today to complete my projects mentioned above. <br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
Kristy and I got to meet Harry Baker. <br />
===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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====[[Special:Contributions/Sreyes|All of My Created Content and Edits]]====<br />
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Sreyes
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User:Sreyes
2017-06-23T09:42:35Z
<p>Sreyes: </p>
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<div>=<font color="#FC5F">Art</font> <font color="#FF5F8">Around</font> <font color="#87CEFA>Us</font>=<br />
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|title = Sofia Reyes Castillo<br />
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|caption = Me in London<br />
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|data2 = Summer 2017<br />
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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=Galley Documentary=<br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
In this project, I collaborated with [[#Jacob Dupois|Jacob]].<br />
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Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: Jacob set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while Sofia was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London. <br />
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[[Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary|Read More]] <br />
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=Adding Pigment=<br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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[[Adding Pigment|Read More]] <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 1|Week1]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Westminster Abbey and Tower of London| Westminster Abbey and Tower of London]] <br />
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* [[#British Museum|British Museum]] <br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
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! <br />
* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#V&A Museum|V&A Museum]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Tate Modern|Tate Modern]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 3|Week 3]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Imperial War Museum|Imperial War Museum]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 4|Week 4]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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[[#Work on Milestone|Work work..,]] <br />
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[[#Unit London|Unit London]] <br />
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[[#London Science Museum|London Science Museum]] <br />
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[[#The Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]] <br />
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[[#Weekend 4|Weekend 4]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 5|Week5]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 5,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 6,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 7,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 5'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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* [[#Work on Milestone| Work on Milestone]] <br />
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* [[#Library|Library]] <br />
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* [[#Secret Cinema|Secret Cinema]] <br />
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* [[#Stonehedge and Bath|Stonehedge and Bath]] <br />
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* [[#Painting|Painting]] <br />
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* [[#Scotland|Scotland]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 6|Week6]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 13,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 14,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 6'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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* [[#Windsor Castle| Windsor Castle]] <br />
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* [[#Reach the Sky|Reach the Sky]] <br />
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* [[#Serpentine Galleries|Serpentine Galleries]] <br />
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* [[#Libraries|Libraries]] <br />
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* [[#Thames and Bubbles|Soon]] <br />
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* [[#Flowers|Flower Market]] <br />
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|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 7|Week 7]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 20,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 21,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 23,2017'''<br />
! ''The End'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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!<br />
[[#Harry Baker|Harry Baker]]<br />
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[[#The End|The End]]<br />
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|}<br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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Later that day I went to the evening song in Westmister Abbey. <br />
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Image:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Mosaics''<br />
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Image:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|''Tower of London <br> White Tower'' <br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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Image:British_Museum.PNG|Main Area of British Museum<br />
Image:Sculpture_BM.PNG|Angient Egipt <br />
Image:Jewel.PNG|Jewel of ancient Europe<br />
Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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Image:St_Pauls.PNG|St. Paul's Cathedral<br />
Image:Greeen.PNG|West View<br />
Image:SP_Art.jpg| Mary by CBloxx<br />
Image:Great_Fire_of_London_Museum.jpg|Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:View_GFL.PNG|View from Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:Stairs.PNG|A Thousand Stairs<br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in. I contributed to the section of Warehouse in [[Museum of London Docklands]]<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" I wrote so much about WW1 in [[Imperial War Museum]]<br />
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In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
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Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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=Week 4=<br />
==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
The day came, June 7,2017, a Wednesday.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
Today Kristy and I painted the entire morning and left for scotland the next day.<br />
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==Weekend 5==<br />
Scotland... I Feel in Love. <br />
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==June 12,2016==<br />
===Winsor Castle===<br />
Vacation is over we have work. Ohh but work is going to Winsor Castle, this is great. Kristy and I arrived a little late but We got to see the change of guard from outside. This castle was beautiful and We took many pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. We saw the so famous Henry VIII tomb, honestly I thought it was going to be bigger. It was beside Jane Seymour and Kristy with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library. <br />
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==Weekend 6==<br />
We went to a flower market, so many flowers, So pretty. <br />
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==Work==<br />
I had to work today to complete my projects mentioned above. <br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
Kristy and I got to meet Harry Baker. <br />
===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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====[[Special:Contributions/Sreyes|All of My Created Content and Edits]]====<br />
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Sreyes
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<p>Sreyes: </p>
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<div>=<font color="#FC5F">Art</font> <font color="#FF5F8">Around</font> <font color="#87CEFA>Us</font>=<br />
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|title = Sofia Reyes Castillo<br />
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|caption = Me in London<br />
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|data2 = Summer 2017<br />
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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=Galley Documentary=<br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
In this project, I collaborated with [[#Jacob Dupois|Jacob]].<br />
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Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: Jacob set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while Sofia was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London. <br />
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[[Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary|Read More]] <br />
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=Adding Pigment=<br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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[[Adding Pigment|Read More]] <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 1|Week1]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Westminster Abbey and Tower of London| Westminster Abbey and Tower of London]] <br />
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* [[#British Museum|British Museum]] <br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
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! <br />
* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#V&A Museum|V&A Museum]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Tate Modern|Tate Modern]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 3|Week 3]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Imperial War Museum|Imperial War Museum]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 4|Week 4]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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[[#Work on Milestone|Work work..,]] <br />
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[[#Unit London|Unit London]] <br />
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[[#London Science Museum|London Science Museum]] <br />
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[[#The Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]] <br />
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[[#Weekend 4|Weekend 4]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 5|Week5]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 5,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 6,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 7,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 5'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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* [[#Work on Milestone| Work on Milestone]] <br />
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* [[#Library|Library]] <br />
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* [[#Secret Cinema|Secret Cinema]] <br />
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* [[#Stonehedge and Bath|Stonehedge and Bath]] <br />
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* [[#Painting|Painting]] <br />
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* [[#Scotland|Scotland]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 6|Week6]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 13,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 14,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 6'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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* [[#Windsor Castle| Windsor Castle]] <br />
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* [[#Reach the Sky|Reach the Sky]] <br />
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* [[#Serpentine Galleries|Serpentine Galleries]] <br />
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* [[#Libraries|Libraries]] <br />
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* [[#Thames and Bubbles|Soon]] <br />
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* [[#Flowers|Flower Market]] <br />
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|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 7|Week 7]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 20,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 21,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 23,2017'''<br />
! ''The End'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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!<br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Harry Baker|Harry Baker]]<br />
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[[#The End|The End]]<br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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Image:Stained_Glass.PNG|Stained glass from Mariawald<br />
Image:Buddism.PNG|Buddhism Asia<br />
Image:Pink.PNG|Pink Floyd Exhibition<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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TO BE CONTINUED <br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in. I contributed to the section of Warehouse in [[Museum of London Docklands]]<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" I wrote so much about WW1 in [[Imperial War Museum]]<br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
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Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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Fries. Bikes. Canals.<br />
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=Week 4=<br />
==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
The day came, June 7,2017, a Wednesday.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
Today Kristy and I painted the entire morning and left for scotland the next day.<br />
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==Weekend 5==<br />
Scotland... I Feel in Love. <br />
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==June 12,2016==<br />
===Winsor Castle===<br />
Vacation is over we have work. Ohh but work is going to Winsor Castle, this is great. Kristy and I arrived a little late but We got to see the change of guard from outside. This castle was beautiful and We took many pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. We saw the so famous Henry VIII tomb, honestly I thought it was going to be bigger. It was beside Jane Seymour and Kristy with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library. <br />
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==Weekend 6==<br />
We went to a flower market, so many flowers, So pretty. <br />
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==Work==<br />
I had to work today to complete my projects mentioned above. <br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
Kristy and I got to meet Harry Baker. <br />
===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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====[[Special:Contributions/Sreyes|All of My Created Content and Edits]]====<br />
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Sreyes
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|caption = Me in London<br />
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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=Galley Documentary=<br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
In this project, I collaborated with [[#Jacob Dupois|Jacob]].<br />
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Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: Jacob set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while Sofia was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London. <br />
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[[Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary|Read More]] <br />
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=Adding Pigment=<br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
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* [[#Westminster Abbey and Tower of London| Westminster Abbey and Tower of London]] <br />
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* [[#British Museum|British Museum]] <br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
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* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#V&A Museum|V&A Museum]] <br />
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[[#Tate Modern|Tate Modern]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 3|Week 3]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Imperial War Museum|Imperial War Museum]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 4|Week 4]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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[[#Work on Milestone|Work work..,]] <br />
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[[#Unit London|Unit London]] <br />
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[[#London Science Museum|London Science Museum]] <br />
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[[#The Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 5|Week5]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 5,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 6,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 7,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 5'' <br><br />
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* [[#Work on Milestone| Work on Milestone]] <br />
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* [[#Library|Library]] <br />
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* [[#Secret Cinema|Secret Cinema]] <br />
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* [[#Stonehedge and Bath|Stonehedge and Bath]] <br />
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* [[#Painting|Painting]] <br />
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* [[#Scotland|Scotland]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 6|Week6]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 13,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 14,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 6'' <br><br />
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* [[#Windsor Castle| Windsor Castle]] <br />
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* [[#Reach the Sky|Reach the Sky]] <br />
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* [[#Serpentine Galleries|Serpentine Galleries]] <br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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Image:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Entance''<br />
Image:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Mosaics''<br />
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Image:Change_of_guard.PNG|''Tower of London <br> Change of Guard'' <br />
Image:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|''Tower of London <br> White Tower'' <br />
Image:Towe_of_London.PNG|''Tower of London <br> London Bridge''<br />
Image:Raven.png|''Tower of London <br> Raven'<br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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Image:Sculpture_BM.PNG|Angient Egipt <br />
Image:Jewel.PNG|Jewel of ancient Europe<br />
Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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Image:SP_Art.jpg| Mary by CBloxx<br />
Image:Great_Fire_of_London_Museum.jpg|Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:View_GFL.PNG|View from Great Fire of London Monument<br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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Image:National_Art_Gallery.PNG|National Gallery<br />
Image:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|The Boulevard Montmartre at Night<br>Pissarro<br />
Image:Seurat.PNG|Bathers at Asnières<br>George Seurat<br />
Image:Cezane.PNG|The Large Bathers<br>Cézanne<br />
Image:four Seasons.PNG|Four Times of Day<br>Corot<br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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Image:National_History_Museum.PNG|Layers of Earth<br />
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Image:Pupil.PNG|Darwin Center <br />
Image:Inside.PNG|Inside Darwin Center<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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Image:LightsTate.PNG|''Forms in Space…by Light'' (in Time) <br> by: Wyn Evans<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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Image:Re.PNG|Medieval&Renaissance (1350-1600)<br />
Image:Stained_Glass.PNG|Stained glass from Mariawald<br />
Image:Buddism.PNG|Buddhism Asia<br />
Image:Pink.PNG|Pink Floyd Exhibition<br />
Image:court.PNG|Courtyard<br />
Image:Nal.PNG|NAL<br />
Image:Wi.JPG|Wicked in Apollo and Victoria Theater <br />
Image:W1.JPG|Wicked Cast<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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TO BE CONTINUED <br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in. I contributed to the section of Warehouse in [[Museum of London Docklands]]<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" I wrote so much about WW1 in [[Imperial War Museum]]<br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
Wednesday<br />
Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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Fries. Bikes. Canals.<br />
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=Week 4=<br />
==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
The day came, June 7,2017, a Wednesday.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
Today Kristy and I painted the entire morning and left for scotland the next day.<br />
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==Weekend 5==<br />
Scotland... I Feel in Love. <br />
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==June 12,2016==<br />
===Winsor Castle===<br />
Vacation is over we have work. Ohh but work is going to Winsor Castle, this is great. Kristy and I arrived a little late but We got to see the change of guard from outside. This castle was beautiful and We took many pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. We saw the so famous Henry VIII tomb, honestly I thought it was going to be bigger. It was beside Jane Seymour and Kristy with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library. <br />
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==Weekend 6==<br />
We went to a flower market, so many flowers, So pretty. <br />
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==Work==<br />
I had to work today to complete my projects mentioned above. <br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
Kristy and I got to meet Harry Baker. <br />
===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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====[[Special:Contributions/Sreyes|All of My Created Content and Edits]]====<br />
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Sreyes
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
In this project, I collaborated with [[#Jacob Dupois|Jacob]].<br />
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Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: Jacob set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while Sofia was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London. <br />
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[[Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary|Read More]] <br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
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* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
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[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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Image:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Entance''<br />
Image:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Mosaics''<br />
Image:Group_Picture.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Group Picture''<br />
Image:Change_of_guard.PNG|''Tower of London <br> Change of Guard'' <br />
Image:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|''Tower of London <br> White Tower'' <br />
Image:Towe_of_London.PNG|''Tower of London <br> London Bridge''<br />
Image:Raven.png|''Tower of London <br> Raven'<br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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Image:British_Museum.PNG|Main Area of British Museum<br />
Image:Sculpture_BM.PNG|Angient Egipt <br />
Image:Jewel.PNG|Jewel of ancient Europe<br />
Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
Image:Hyde_Park.PNG|Hyde Park<br />
Image:Statua.PNG|Albert's Memorial<br />
Image:Hyde_Flower.PNG|Flower in Hype Park<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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Image:St_Pauls.PNG|St. Paul's Cathedral<br />
Image:Greeen.PNG|West View<br />
Image:SP_Art.jpg| Mary by CBloxx<br />
Image:Great_Fire_of_London_Museum.jpg|Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:View_GFL.PNG|View from Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:Stairs.PNG|A Thousand Stairs<br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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Image:National_Art_Gallery.PNG|National Gallery<br />
Image:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|The Boulevard Montmartre at Night<br>Pissarro<br />
Image:Seurat.PNG|Bathers at Asnières<br>George Seurat<br />
Image:Cezane.PNG|The Large Bathers<br>Cézanne<br />
Image:four Seasons.PNG|Four Times of Day<br>Corot<br />
Image:Street_art.PNG|Street Artist <br />
Image:National_art_Gallery_street_art.PNG|Street Art<br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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Image:Outside.PNG|Natural History Museum<br />
Image:National_History_Museum.PNG|Layers of Earth<br />
Image:Olivia_Birds.PNG|Birds <br />
Image:Pupil.PNG|Darwin Center <br />
Image:Inside.PNG|Inside Darwin Center<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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Image:El.JPG|1540<br />
Image:1760.PNG|1760<br />
Image:Angel.PNG|Angel <br />
Image:1870.PNG|1870<br />
Image:Polar.PNG|1890<br />
Image:Modern.PNG|1930<br />
Image:LightsTate.PNG|''Forms in Space…by Light'' (in Time) <br> by: Wyn Evans<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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Image:Re.PNG|Medieval&Renaissance (1350-1600)<br />
Image:Stained_Glass.PNG|Stained glass from Mariawald<br />
Image:Buddism.PNG|Buddhism Asia<br />
Image:Pink.PNG|Pink Floyd Exhibition<br />
Image:court.PNG|Courtyard<br />
Image:Nal.PNG|NAL<br />
Image:Wi.JPG|Wicked in Apollo and Victoria Theater <br />
Image:W1.JPG|Wicked Cast<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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TO BE CONTINUED <br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in. I contributed to the section of Warehouse in [[Museum of London Docklands]]<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" I wrote so much about WW1 in [[Imperial War Museum]]<br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
Wednesday<br />
Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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Fries. Bikes. Canals.<br />
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=Week 4=<br />
==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
The day came, June 7,2017, a Wednesday.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
Today Kristy and I painted the entire morning and left for scotland the next day.<br />
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==Weekend 5==<br />
Scotland... I Feel in Love. <br />
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==June 12,2016==<br />
===Winsor Castle===<br />
Vacation is over we have work. Ohh but work is going to Winsor Castle, this is great. Kristy and I arrived a little late but We got to see the change of guard from outside. This castle was beautiful and We took many pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. We saw the so famous Henry VIII tomb, honestly I thought it was going to be bigger. It was beside Jane Seymour and Kristy with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library. <br />
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==Weekend 6==<br />
We went to a flower market, so many flowers, So pretty. <br />
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==Work==<br />
I had to work today to complete my projects mentioned above. <br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
Kristy and I got to meet Harry Baker. <br />
===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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Sreyes
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<p>Sreyes: </p>
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
In this project, I collaborated with [[#Jacob Dupois|Jacob]].<br />
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Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: Jacob set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while Sofia was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London. <br />
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[[Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary|Read More]] <br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 1|Week1]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Westminster Abbey and Tower of London| Westminster Abbey and Tower of London]] <br />
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* [[#British Museum|British Museum]] <br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
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* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
[[File:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|400px]]<br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
[[File:Olivia_Birds.PNG|400px]]<br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#V&A Museum|V&A Museum]] <br />
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[[#Tate Modern|Tate Modern]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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|- <br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 3|Week 3]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Imperial War Museum|Imperial War Museum]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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|- <br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 4|Week 4]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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[[#Work on Milestone|Work work..,]] <br />
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[[#Unit London|Unit London]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#London Science Museum|London Science Museum]] <br />
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[[#The Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]] <br />
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[[#Weekend 4|Weekend 4]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 5|Week5]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 5,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 6,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 7,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 5'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Work on Milestone| Work on Milestone]] <br />
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* [[#Library|Library]] <br />
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* [[#Secret Cinema|Secret Cinema]] <br />
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* [[#Stonehedge and Bath|Stonehedge and Bath]] <br />
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* [[#Painting|Painting]] <br />
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* [[#Scotland|Scotland]] <br />
[[#Weekend 4|Weekend 4]] <br />
|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 6|Week6]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 13,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 14,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 6'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Windsor Castle| Windsor Castle]] <br />
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* [[#Reach the Sky|Reach the Sky]] <br />
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* [[#Serpentine Galleries|Serpentine Galleries]] <br />
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* [[#Libraries|Libraries]] <br />
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* [[#Thames and Bubbles|Soon]] <br />
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* [[#Flowers|Flower Market]] <br />
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|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 7|Week 7]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 20,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 21,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 23,2017'''<br />
! ''The End'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
[[File:Soon.jpeg|400px]]<br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Harry Baker|Harry Baker]]<br />
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[[#The End|The End]]<br />
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|}<br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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[[File:Raven.png|400px]][[File:Towe_of_London.png|400px]][[File:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|400px]]<br />
[[File:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|400px]][[File:Change_of_guard.PNG|400px]][[Towe_of_London.PNG|400px]][[Group_Picture.PNG|400px]][[File:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|400px]]<br />
Image:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Entance''<br />
Image:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Mosaics''<br />
Image:Group_Picture.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Group Picture''<br />
Image:Change_of_guard.PNG|''Tower of London <br> Change of Guard'' <br />
Image:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|''Tower of London <br> White Tower'' <br />
Image:Towe_of_London.PNG|''Tower of London <br> London Bridge''<br />
Image:Raven.png|''Tower of London <br> Raven'<br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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[[File:Sculpture_BM.PNG|400px]][[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|400px]][[File:Jewel.PNG|400px]]<br />
[[File:Statua.PNG|400px]][[File:British_Museum.PNG|400px]][[Hyde_Flower.PNG|400px]][[Image:Tania.jpg|400px]][[File:Serpentine_GAllery.jpg|400px]]<br />
Image:British_Museum.PNG|Main Area of British Museum<br />
Image:Sculpture_BM.PNG|Angient Egipt <br />
Image:Jewel.PNG|Jewel of ancient Europe<br />
Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
Image:Hyde_Park.PNG|Hyde Park<br />
Image:Statua.PNG|Albert's Memorial<br />
Image:Hyde_Flower.PNG|Flower in Hype Park<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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[[File:St_Pauls.PNG|400px]][[File:Greeen.PNG|400px]][[File:View_GFL.PNG|400px]]<br />
[[File:Statua.PNG|400px]][[Stairs.PNG|400px]][[Hyde_Flower.PNG|400px]][[Group_Picture.PNG|400px]][[File:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|400px]]<br />
Image:St_Pauls.PNG|St. Paul's Cathedral<br />
Image:Greeen.PNG|West View<br />
Image:SP_Art.jpg| Mary by CBloxx<br />
Image:Great_Fire_of_London_Museum.jpg|Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:View_GFL.PNG|View from Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:Stairs.PNG|A Thousand Stairs<br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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[[File:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|400px]][[File:Seurat.PNG|400px]][[File:Cezane.PNG|400px]]<br />
[[File:Statua.PNG|400px]][[File:British_Museum.PNG|400px]][[National_art_Gallery_street_art.PNG|400px]][[Image:National_Art_Gallery.PNG|400px]][[File:Serpentine_GAllery.jpg|400px]]<br />
Image:National_Art_Gallery.PNG|National Gallery<br />
Image:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|The Boulevard Montmartre at Night<br>Pissarro<br />
Image:Seurat.PNG|Bathers at Asnières<br>George Seurat<br />
Image:Cezane.PNG|The Large Bathers<br>Cézanne<br />
Image:four Seasons.PNG|Four Times of Day<br>Corot<br />
Image:Street_art.PNG|Street Artist <br />
Image:National_art_Gallery_street_art.PNG|Street Art<br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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Image:Outside.PNG|Natural History Museum<br />
Image:National_History_Museum.PNG|Layers of Earth<br />
Image:Olivia_Birds.PNG|Birds <br />
Image:Pupil.PNG|Darwin Center <br />
Image:Inside.PNG|Inside Darwin Center<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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Image:El.JPG|1540<br />
Image:1760.PNG|1760<br />
Image:Angel.PNG|Angel <br />
Image:1870.PNG|1870<br />
Image:Polar.PNG|1890<br />
Image:Modern.PNG|1930<br />
Image:LightsTate.PNG|''Forms in Space…by Light'' (in Time) <br> by: Wyn Evans<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in. I contributed to the section of Warehouse in [[Museum of London Docklands]]<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" I wrote so much about WW1 in [[Imperial War Museum]]<br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
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Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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Fries. Bikes. Canals.<br />
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=Week 4=<br />
==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
The day came, June 7,2017, a Wednesday.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
Today Kristy and I painted the entire morning and left for scotland the next day.<br />
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==Weekend 5==<br />
Scotland... I Feel in Love. <br />
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==June 12,2016==<br />
===Winsor Castle===<br />
Vacation is over we have work. Ohh but work is going to Winsor Castle, this is great. Kristy and I arrived a little late but We got to see the change of guard from outside. This castle was beautiful and We took many pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. We saw the so famous Henry VIII tomb, honestly I thought it was going to be bigger. It was beside Jane Seymour and Kristy with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library. <br />
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==Weekend 6==<br />
We went to a flower market, so many flowers, So pretty. <br />
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==Work==<br />
I had to work today to complete my projects mentioned above. <br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
Kristy and I got to meet Harry Baker. <br />
===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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====[[Special:Contributions/Sreyes|All of My Created Content and Edits]]====<br />
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Sreyes
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|title = Sofia Reyes Castillo<br />
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|caption = Me in London<br />
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|data2 = Summer 2017<br />
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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=Galley Documentary=<br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
In this project, I collaborated with [[#Jacob Dupois|Jacob]].<br />
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Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: Jacob set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while Sofia was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London. <br />
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[[Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary|Read More]] <br />
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=Adding Pigment=<br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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[[Adding Pigment|Read More]] <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 1|Week1]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Westminster Abbey and Tower of London| Westminster Abbey and Tower of London]] <br />
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* [[#British Museum|British Museum]] <br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
[[File:Greeen.PNG|x400px]]<br />
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! <br />
* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
[[File:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|400px]]<br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
[[File:Olivia_Birds.PNG|400px]]<br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#V&A Museum|V&A Museum]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Tate Modern|Tate Modern]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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|- <br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 3|Week 3]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Imperial War Museum|Imperial War Museum]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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|- <br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 4|Week 4]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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[[#Work on Milestone|Work work..,]] <br />
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[[#Unit London|Unit London]] <br />
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[[#London Science Museum|London Science Museum]] <br />
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[[#The Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]] <br />
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[[#Weekend 4|Weekend 4]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 5|Week5]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 5,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 6,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 7,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 5'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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* [[#Work on Milestone| Work on Milestone]] <br />
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* [[#Library|Library]] <br />
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* [[#Secret Cinema|Secret Cinema]] <br />
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* [[#Stonehedge and Bath|Stonehedge and Bath]] <br />
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* [[#Painting|Painting]] <br />
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* [[#Scotland|Scotland]] <br />
[[#Weekend 4|Weekend 4]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 6|Week6]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 13,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 14,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 6'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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* [[#Windsor Castle| Windsor Castle]] <br />
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* [[#Reach the Sky|Reach the Sky]] <br />
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* [[#Serpentine Galleries|Serpentine Galleries]] <br />
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* [[#Libraries|Libraries]] <br />
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* [[#Thames and Bubbles|Soon]] <br />
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* [[#Flowers|Flower Market]] <br />
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|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 7|Week 7]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 20,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 21,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 23,2017'''<br />
! ''The End'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
[[File:Soon.jpeg|400px]]<br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
[[File:Soon.PNG|400px]]<br />
!<br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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!<br />
[[#Harry Baker|Harry Baker]]<br />
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[[#The End|The End]]<br />
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|}<br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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[[File:Raven.png|400px]][[File:Towe_of_London.png|400px]][[File:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|400px]]<br />
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Image:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Entance''<br />
Image:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Mosaics''<br />
Image:Group_Picture.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Group Picture''<br />
Image:Change_of_guard.PNG|''Tower of London <br> Change of Guard'' <br />
Image:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|''Tower of London <br> White Tower'' <br />
Image:Towe_of_London.PNG|''Tower of London <br> London Bridge''<br />
Image:Raven.png|''Tower of London <br> Raven'<br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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[[File:Sculpture_BM.PNG|400px]][[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|400px]][[File:Jewel.PNG|400px]]<br />
[[File:Statua.PNG|400px]][[File:British_Museum.PNG|400px]][[Hyde_Flower.PNG|400px]][[Image:Tania.jpg|400px]][[File:Serpentine_GAllery.jpg|400px]]<br />
Image:British_Museum.PNG|Main Area of British Museum<br />
Image:Sculpture_BM.PNG|Angient Egipt <br />
Image:Jewel.PNG|Jewel of ancient Europe<br />
Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
Image:Hyde_Park.PNG|Hyde Park<br />
Image:Statua.PNG|Albert's Memorial<br />
Image:Hyde_Flower.PNG|Flower in Hype Park<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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[[File:St_Pauls.PNG|400px]][[File:Greeen.PNG|400px]][[File:View_GFL.PNG|400px]]<br />
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Image:St_Pauls.PNG|St. Paul's Cathedral<br />
Image:Greeen.PNG|West View<br />
Image:SP_Art.jpg| Mary by CBloxx<br />
Image:Great_Fire_of_London_Museum.jpg|Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:View_GFL.PNG|View from Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:Stairs.PNG|A Thousand Stairs<br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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[[File:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|400px]][[File:Seurat.PNG|400px]][[File:Cezane.PNG|400px]]<br />
[[File:Statua.PNG|400px]][[File:British_Museum.PNG|400px]][[National_art_Gallery_street_art.PNG|400px]][[Image:National_Art_Gallery.PNG|400px]][[File:Serpentine_GAllery.jpg|400px]]<br />
Image:National_Art_Gallery.PNG|National Gallery<br />
Image:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|The Boulevard Montmartre at Night<br>Pissarro<br />
Image:Seurat.PNG|Bathers at Asnières<br>George Seurat<br />
Image:Cezane.PNG|The Large Bathers<br>Cézanne<br />
Image:four Seasons.PNG|Four Times of Day<br>Corot<br />
Image:Street_art.PNG|Street Artist <br />
Image:National_art_Gallery_street_art.PNG|Street Art<br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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TO BE CONTINUED <br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in. I contributed to the section of Warehouse in [[Museum of London Docklands]]<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" <br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
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Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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=Week 4=<br />
==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
The day came, June 7,2017, a Wednesday.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
Today Kristy and I painted the entire morning and left for scotland the next day.<br />
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==Weekend 5==<br />
Scotland... I Feel in Love. <br />
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==June 12,2016==<br />
===Winsor Castle===<br />
Vacation is over we have work. Ohh but work is going to Winsor Castle, this is great. Kristy and I arrived a little late but We got to see the change of guard from outside. This castle was beautiful and We took many pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. We saw the so famous Henry VIII tomb, honestly I thought it was going to be bigger. It was beside Jane Seymour and Kristy with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library. <br />
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==Weekend 6==<br />
We went to a flower market, so many flowers, So pretty. <br />
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==Work==<br />
I had to work today to complete my projects mentioned above. <br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
Kristy and I got to meet Harry Baker. <br />
===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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====[[Special:Contributions/Sreyes|All of My Created Content and Edits]]====<br />
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=User:Sreyes&diff=19904
User:Sreyes
2017-06-23T09:33:11Z
<p>Sreyes: </p>
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<div>=<font color="#FC5F">Art</font> <font color="#FF5F8">Around</font> <font color="#87CEFA>Us</font>=<br />
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|title = Sofia Reyes Castillo<br />
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|caption = Me in London<br />
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|data2 = Summer 2017<br />
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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=Galley Documentary=<br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
In this project, I collaborated with [[#Jacob Dupois|Jacob]].<br />
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Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: Jacob set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while Sofia was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London. <br />
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[[Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary|Read More]] <br />
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=Adding Pigment=<br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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[[Adding Pigment|Read More]] <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 1|Week1]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Westminster Abbey and Tower of London| Westminster Abbey and Tower of London]] <br />
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* [[#British Museum|British Museum]] <br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
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* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#V&A Museum|V&A Museum]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Tate Modern|Tate Modern]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 3|Week 3]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Imperial War Museum|Imperial War Museum]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 4|Week 4]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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[[#Work on Milestone|Work work..,]] <br />
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[[#Unit London|Unit London]] <br />
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[[#London Science Museum|London Science Museum]] <br />
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[[#The Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 5|Week5]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 5,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 6,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 7,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 5'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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* [[#Work on Milestone| Work on Milestone]] <br />
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* [[#Library|Library]] <br />
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* [[#Secret Cinema|Secret Cinema]] <br />
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* [[#Stonehedge and Bath|Stonehedge and Bath]] <br />
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* [[#Painting|Painting]] <br />
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* [[#Scotland|Scotland]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 6|Week6]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 13,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 14,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 6'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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* [[#Windsor Castle| Windsor Castle]] <br />
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* [[#Reach the Sky|Reach the Sky]] <br />
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* [[#Serpentine Galleries|Serpentine Galleries]] <br />
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* [[#Libraries|Libraries]] <br />
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* [[#Thames and Bubbles|Soon]] <br />
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* [[#Flowers|Flower Market]] <br />
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|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 7|Week 7]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 20,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 21,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 23,2017'''<br />
! ''The End'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Harry Baker|Harry Baker]]<br />
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[[#The End|The End]]<br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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Image:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Entance''<br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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Image:British_Museum.PNG|Main Area of British Museum<br />
Image:Sculpture_BM.PNG|Angient Egipt <br />
Image:Jewel.PNG|Jewel of ancient Europe<br />
Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in.<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" <br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
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Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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=Week 4=<br />
==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
Today Kristy and I painted the entire morning and left for scotland the next day.<br />
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==Weekend 5==<br />
Scotland... I Feel in Love. <br />
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==June 12,2016==<br />
===Winsor Castle===<br />
Vacation is over we have work. Ohh but work is going to Winsor Castle, this is great. Kristy and I arrived a little late but We got to see the change of guard from outside. This castle was beautiful and We took many pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. We saw the so famous Henry VIII tomb, honestly I thought it was going to be bigger. It was beside Jane Seymour and Kristy with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library. <br />
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==Weekend 6==<br />
We went to a flower market, so many flowers, So pretty. <br />
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==Work==<br />
I had to work today to complete my projects mentioned above. <br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
Kristy and I got to meet Harry Baker. <br />
===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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Sreyes
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2017-06-23T09:27:22Z
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Sreyes
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2017-06-23T09:26:54Z
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Sreyes
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2017-06-23T09:20:44Z
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|title = Sofia Reyes Castillo<br />
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|caption = Me in London<br />
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|data2 = Summer 2017<br />
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
In this project, I collaborated with [[#Jacob Dupois|Jacob]].<br />
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Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: Jacob set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while Sofia was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London. <br />
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[[Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary|Read More]] <br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
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* [[#Westminster Abbey and Tower of London| Westminster Abbey and Tower of London]] <br />
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* [[#British Museum|British Museum]] <br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
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* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#Tate Modern|Tate Modern]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 3|Week 3]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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[[#Unit London|Unit London]] <br />
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[[#London Science Museum|London Science Museum]] <br />
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[[#The Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]] <br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 5,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 6,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 7,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 5'' <br><br />
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* [[#Library|Library]] <br />
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* [[#Secret Cinema|Secret Cinema]] <br />
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* [[#Stonehedge and Bath|Stonehedge and Bath]] <br />
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* [[#Painting|Painting]] <br />
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* [[#Scotland|Scotland]] <br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 13,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 14,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 6'' <br><br />
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* [[#Windsor Castle| Windsor Castle]] <br />
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* [[#Reach the Sky|Reach the Sky]] <br />
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* [[#Serpentine Galleries|Serpentine Galleries]] <br />
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* [[#Libraries|Libraries]] <br />
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* [[#Thames and Bubbles|Soon]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 7|Week 7]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 20,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 21,2017'''<br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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Image:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Entance''<br />
Image:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Mosaics''<br />
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Image:Change_of_guard.PNG|''Tower of London <br> Change of Guard'' <br />
Image:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|''Tower of London <br> White Tower'' <br />
Image:Towe_of_London.PNG|''Tower of London <br> London Bridge''<br />
Image:Raven.png|''Tower of London <br> Raven'<br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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Image:National_Art_Gallery.PNG|National Gallery<br />
Image:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|The Boulevard Montmartre at Night<br>Pissarro<br />
Image:Seurat.PNG|Bathers at Asnières<br>George Seurat<br />
Image:Cezane.PNG|The Large Bathers<br>Cézanne<br />
Image:four Seasons.PNG|Four Times of Day<br>Corot<br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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Image:National_History_Museum.PNG|Layers of Earth<br />
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Image:Pupil.PNG|Darwin Center <br />
Image:Inside.PNG|Inside Darwin Center<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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Image:Angel.PNG|Angel <br />
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Image:LightsTate.PNG|''Forms in Space…by Light'' (in Time) <br> by: Wyn Evans<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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Image:Re.PNG|Medieval&Renaissance (1350-1600)<br />
Image:Stained_Glass.PNG|Stained glass from Mariawald<br />
Image:Buddism.PNG|Buddhism Asia<br />
Image:Pink.PNG|Pink Floyd Exhibition<br />
Image:court.PNG|Courtyard<br />
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Image:Wi.JPG|Wicked in Apollo and Victoria Theater <br />
Image:W1.JPG|Wicked Cast<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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TO BE CONTINUED <br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in.<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" <br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
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Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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===Painting===<br />
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===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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Sreyes
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[[User:akgiacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that we choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. Kristy has gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college, while Sofia, as a future architectural engineer, is able to provide insight from a different perspective, also having taken painting lessons since a very young age. This project combines our favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message that we wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. Our main goal was to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The title of this Milestone was chosen to be "Adding Pigment" as for every person that goes through London is not only influenced by it and its weather as seen in [[Colourless London]], but at the same time, they leave a piece of them that adds to the beauty of this city. In the same way as they take inspiration from the amazing stories London has to tell, they create a new chapter, and if they do it well, a really good one. Each artist presented in the background of this Milestone was chosen because of their irrefutable relevance to the history of London in the artistic side. In the background, we present the way in which different situations they lived conducted them to become some of the most influential and inspiring individuals the streets of London have ever seen. Likewise, each artist is known to have revolutionized in some way their field "adding pigment" to the existing base of knowledge and techniques. From the fields of Painting, Literature and Architecture, we chose a set of six artists divided in "Artists from the Past" and "Artists from the Present" to, in some way, categorize them by periods and let the readers draw conclusions about the similar traits in their work. Inspired by these great minds, we leave in the deliverable our own works of art painting the same sites where pictures were taken for Colourless London, choosing a specific picture for each one and "replicating it" in some way with acrylic paintings, just the way David Hockey used to do with his photography. The difference, however, is that we aim to emphasize the contrast between the gray color palette seen in the pictures that characterizes London and the use of color in our paintings that represents our perspective of the city. In this way we seek to add pigment to the scenery in a literal and metaphorical way.<br />
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==Artistic Component==<br />
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"Despite the widespread social anxiety caused by the fog, many artists found in it a source of inspiration from a wide broad of perspectives. For some, fog represented a looming presence, alive and malignant."<ref>Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: BELKNAP HARVARD. pp 1.</ref> This quote from "The London Fog" by Corton perfectly exemplifies the way in which some people used too feel about the fog, however, for some other many artists, the fog could be seen as magical or even romantic. The same thing could be seen from very different perspectives and used for many different purposes. The fog could be used by robbers to easily disappear after their theft and the same fog could also be used by artists like Monet to show the world the beauty of a city like London. Likewise the fog could be the source of sickness and depression or could also be the source of motivation and inspiration, giving a person's mind the push needed to boost their creativity. Just like that, the city of London has been the source of inspiration and spectator of some of the greatest minds the world has seen. From painters to writers to architects, London has evoked many "shades of feelings" that have driven locals and foreigners to accomplish great things. <br />
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Being a city immersed in its own history, London has seen a lot happening through its streets, and by digging in the past, it is easy to find a more gloomy, mysterious and heavy perspective of the fog, enraptured in all kinds of art. The following representatives were chosen because of their imminent and irrefutable success in their disciplines.<br />
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===Monet===<br />
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Claude Monet was a French artist of the Impressionist movement. He was actually so influential to this movement that it was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because, as stated in the book "Nature into art" by House, "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>The the viewer has to analyze, assume and connect the dots to figure out the purpose of the painting. This was not exactly abstract art but it was definitely different from any sort of traditional art at that time. Monet was a revolutionary and the complexity of his works continues to amaze the most demanding art critics and attract collectors from all over the globe. Unlike many other famous artists, when Monet started, he had no prior knowledge of art techniques, which may have been the cause of him developing his own. However, he was surely inspired by many other artists before him. Today Monet is one of the best-known artists in the world. In the creation of his own style, his purpose was to overcome the tradition of detailed works of art and use intense brushstrokes to create an impression of a painting. According to his biography, "Monet by himself", he started painting in Paris many scenes of the Seine river as well as impressions of landscapes of the place he lived in at different times of the day. This specific trait defines his work, because this technique was not only very useful for practice, but also allowed the viewer to perceive the scene from different perspectives of the same place and by the same artist as he played with the changes in light. We can clearly see this technique in one of his biggest collections of paintings; Water Lilies, that he painted when he was living in Givenchy. Monet moved a lot during his life mainly within France, however, during the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to London for two years. <ref> Monet, C., & Kendall, R. (2003). Monet by Himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 1. </ref> <br />
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During his time in London, he couldn't help but immerse himself in the captivating inspiration that emerged from the city's mesmerizing views. Using his technique, he painted many of its landscapes and buildings at different times of the day, as he was known for. He painted many views from the Thames, including Parliament and Westminster and even though it was only for a short period of time, his time in London marked his artistic career. In the book "London Fog, Christine Corton states: " His short stay in London resulted in the largest series of paintings that he had yet produced." <ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 182. </ref> Monet, as many other artists, admired the London fog and its presence in his paintings was not only evident, but often even highlighted. The fog gave his paintings some sort of uniqueness and contributed to his Impressionism. As Christine Corton said in her book ''London Fog'' Monet commented " Without the fog, London wouldn't be a beautiful city... It's the fog that gives it it's magnificent breadth".<ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 184. </ref> This was a very outlandish way of viewing one of the nation's greatest struggle, but once again, he was a revolutionary. He was most likely intrigued by the fog as it went alongside his style and it was in such an abundance he had never seen before. There was probably not another city in the world that united the large amounts of fog and the astonishing man-made landscapes that were also full of meaning and history. In his paintings, he portrays the fog as part of the landscape or the impression of the landscape, which gave him great popularity due to his creativity and the originality of his works. In that time, there was certainly no other painter like Monet.<br />
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Yet he did not paint with a lot of details, he created his works in such a way in which any Londoner would recognize the setting of his paintings. In addition to this, as he painted the same scene in different times of the day, he changed the colors to illustrate the different light patterns. The "special touch" or as we call it in this milestone "pigment" Monet added to his field was his originality and how even though he painted the same scene many times, each painting was unique. As posted in the official webpage of the National Gallery, in Monet's paintings "distance and perspective are abolished; a limitless expanse of water occupies our entire field of vision." <ref> https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-water-lilies </ref> His paintings portrayed the idea of constant change and the beauty of it, in House's book, "Nature into art", he explains how Monet worried a lot about "the ever-changing environment and the effects of light in his paintings." <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref> Even though it was the same landscape, this technique allowed the viewer imagine that it was a completely different environment. He focused a lot on the effects of light of the painting and used a distinct color palette for each painting. This different use of light and color provided him the irrefutable fame he keeps until today, when his biography is now studied at schools and his techniques are implemented by artists all around the world. <br />
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===Charles Dickens===<br />
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Charles Dickens was part of a huge family, being born the second of eight children on 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens and even though many people have heard about him and his work, not everyone knows about his middle names because he decided never to use them and e simply known as Charles Dickens. Even though he was raised with high aspirations of himself, it is almost impossible for him to have imagined the reach of his literary work in later years and how much his early life would influence him in the future. He was in London for the first time at the age of three because of his father's work. Although most people are unaware at such an early age, it is believed that he "absorbed the sights, smells and sounds of the City" according to his biography in the official Dickens London Tours. <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> As in any big family, money issues started to arise, however, that did not stop them from being happy in the early days. Nevertheless, it became a real problem for Charles when he was twelve, as his father was imprisoned for debt. To help with the family needs, Charles was forced to leave school and start working. We can easily infer that he did not make much money as a twelve year old, and that having his childhood taken away from him because of his parents mistakes left him very unhappy. For it was not his fault at all that his father was imprisoned, but yet he had to pay for his mistakes. This caused him great suffering but he sacrificed himself to help his family. As his biography by Biography.com Editors mentions, "He felt abandoned and betrayed by the adults who were supposed to take care of him."<ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> <br />
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Even though he had no clue back then, this situation gave him the freedom to explore the streets and corners of London. He got to know every secret the city had, and by paying close attention to his surroundings he was able to get to know it "like the back of his hand". However, Dickens is credited with a passion for London and according to Michael and Mollie Hardwick in their book Dickens's England, "he entertained no such thing". For he grew up in the streets of London and this was not by choice, which allowed him to "greedily observe and absorb the city" getting to know it with "extensive and peculiar knowledge" as said by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, "but not loving it". <ref>Hardwick, M., & Hardwick, M. (1970). Dickens's England. London: Dent</ref> Despite this, it was not all bad for young Charles, because living as an adult while being a child also must have formed his character from a very early age and force him to mature and above all... think. Then according to a biography posted by BBC, for a short period of time he was able to go back to school when his father received and inheritance and was let free. However, his freedom lasted for a short period of time, as by the age of fifteen the biography in BBC's official website tells that he got a job as an office boy to help out his family again. <ref> BBC . (n.d.). History - Charles Dickens. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml</ref>Maybe this was not what he would have wanted for himself but this job propelled his writing career. His career began as a journalist for a local news paper, as many other authors. This job also allowed him to get to know a lot of people and start building a network of contacts that would allow him to keep escalating up in his career. Even back then he could infer the importance of "knowing people" so he did and soon he started getting better and better jobs still as a journalist, collaborating also with other artists to create material for the press. He started publishing monthly parts of what he called "The Pickwick Papers" in the newspaper and it was a massive success. By this time, Charles's personal life was also going very well, as in 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, who would give him the great gift of parenthood about a year after. Charles gave his name to his first son with Catherine Hogarth, who would give him another nine children.<br />
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After his first great success, he started to write nonstop and still with great quality, style and attention to detail. Very few people know London as he did, which allowed him to be the voice of the city itself. He had a very special way of writing about London granted by the events he went through in his childhood to what he also added his own touch. His increasing popularity allowed him to travel the world with his wife and even live in different places with her. However, he never took traveling as a vacation, for he continued to write and publish during these periods of time as if his travels only inspired him more and more instead off exhausting him. He was also, in general, a very nice person as he helped to found "The Guild of Literature and Arts" which was an organization that helped young artists struggling to make it through by presenting plays to the public. As he has once struggled in his life he probably founded this to help other fellow artists struggle a little bit less as they started to build their career just like he did. In addition to this, he also often performed as a character in the plays presented by that organization. Close to the end of his life, Dickens separated from his wife and started to see his children less. In the biography of Charles Dickens posted in the official website of the Dickens London Tours, Charles's daughter Kate recalled, "My father was like a madman… He did not care a damn what happened to any of us. Nothing could surpass the misery and unhappiness of our house." <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> Also according to that same biography, rumors spread about Charles Dickens's marriage ending because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens died at the age of 58 in England and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The most amazing thing about his unique perspective of London is the way despite all the struggles his life brought to him, he never stopped writing. And this is proven by the fact that by the time of his death he left his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. <ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> Charles Dickens is taught in schools all around the world as one of the main characters of English Literature, and he became himself a source of inspiration immediately linked to London.<br />
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===Sir Christopher Wren===<br />
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Tinniswood said in his book "His invention so fertile" that Christopher Wren "was the greatest architect Britain has ever known" <ref> Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> London and its skyline wouldn't be as we know them nowadays if it wasn't for Sir Cristopher Wren and his irrefutable talent and hard work. In the year 1666, London was struck by a great tragedy that destroyed the majority of the city. This incident started as an honest mistake in a bakery shop. The Great Fire of London demolished many buildings in London including the greatest buildings. These buildings were not made of wood but when the rock was heated, it exploded. After this enormous catastrophe, Sir Christopher Wren was given the urgent task of reconstructing many churches. St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest work with his design of the dome. St. Paul was above all the work of his life, not only because of the magnitude of the project but also because of how much time he devoted to it. You can see this dome from various views from different angles of the city. Each angle shows the magnificent glory of its design, however, my personal favorite is from across the Millennium Bridge. This Cathedral is one of the most visited landmarks in the city because everyone wants to appreciate the design not only from the outside but also from the inside. Wren designed and reconstructed this building to wonder everyone that seeks to appreciate it today. <br />
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As incredible as it may sound, the architect that designed the majestic dome in St. Paul's Cathedral was also a skilled scientist with several other talents that were all probably useful in some way during the process of designing and building the cathedral. As Lisa Jardine said in her book about Wren called ''On a grander scale: The outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren'': "Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society"<ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref>, Wren was a genius. He started his career as a scientist and graduated from Oxford University, which fills the institution with pride and they ensure it is widely known. Sir Christopher Wren was very knowledgeable and his most intimate friends were also renown scientists, brilliant people responsible for the greatest accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. This is proven by the text written on the cover of the book "His invention so fertile: A life of Cristopher Wren" by Tinniswood and Graham: "Wren's famous research in science included: mapping the moon and the stars, investigating the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carrying out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood."<ref>Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> And not only did he make his own research but also collaborated with his fellow scientists' work as stated by the author Lisa Jardine: "His observations on comments, meteorology, and muscular action made vital contributions to the developing ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> Also, just as in Dickens's case, his network helped him escalate in his career, getting to know many important people of his time. As supported in the book "Wren" by Margaret Whinney, "His connection to the Royal Society brought him into personal touch the King. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings and lived and worked under six monarchs." <ref> Whinney, M. (1971). Wren. London: Thames & Hudson. </ref> As it is easy to assume, back then, it was extremely important to have contact with the King, it opened an infinite amount of doors sometimes without the need of even knocking. Wren's career as an architect succeeded mainly because of this connection with royal people, as when he was appointed to rebuild the city after The great Fire of London, he ended up building approximately 50 churches. And as everyone was delighted with the course of his work, Wren also worked at Hampton Court Palace rebuilding the south view.<br />
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It is important to emphasize as well how amazing it was that he succeeded in the field of architecture without any previous knowledge about it, making it up with the knowledge he had of other fields such as math. He is the greatest example of how, with hard work and the right connections, there is nothing unachievable. He must have had outstanding observation skills and was probably inspired by a couple of architects of his time. Little did he know he was to become an architect that would continue to inspire many, even centuries after his death. Also, as he succeeded in architecture, he never forgot his passion for science as many of this buildings had scientific purposes that very few people know about. It is easy to admire the magnificence of his buildings but as you pay close attention to the details he worked on for each one of them, it is impossible not to be filled with great astonishment. For example, as Lisa Jardine also explained in her book: "The Monument of the Great Fire of London was built with a subterranean laboratory and the southwest tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during its construction. Both were designed to function simultaneously as public monuments and as oversize scientific instruments." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> When we think about Sir Christopher Wren's contributions to the history of London it is like every church he made was "a stroke of his brush" (figuratively speaking) "adding pigment" to the London skyline and at the same time, devoting his life to his passions as he created a masterpieces of such magnitude as is St. Paul's Cathedral. He let his talents flourish so that all of us could be able to enjoy them. Finally, we could say that despite his fame and success he remains a modest man, for when he was dying he asked not to have a huge statue to honor him but to simply be buried in his greatest accomplishment, St. Paul's Cathedral, letting that be the "monument" to honor his death.<br />
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In more contemporary times, leaving behind the dense, yellow and deadly fog as an everyday scene, London is a setting that enraptures less mystery and more and more magic. More color and a wider variety of emotions are displayed in all forms of art.<br />
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===J.K. Rowling===<br />
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J.K. Rowling has impacted many people's lives with her books, people of all razes, nationalities, religions and even ages. She has inspired young people to discover the joy of reading and entertained adults with her stories full of magic, mystery and suspense. It is not uncommon to hear about adolescents that had never grabbed a book in their lives falling in love with the wonderful world of Harry Potter. And that is the thing, It is amazing how her reading had the power to impact a whole generation and turn them into "Potterheads". All it takes is a good book to inspire people to read and J.K. Rowling wrote many great pieces of literature that are still great gifts for people of all ages. She is best known for her Harry Potter Series, which made her worldwide famous, and apart from these, J.K. Rowling has written several more books. <br />
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Her official website starts her biography like this: "Joanne Rowling was born on 1965 just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales."<ref>J.K. Rowling. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/</ref> However, the places that marked her literature the most were London and Edinburgh. As a woman that developed in the generation of information and revolution of technology, she had the opportunity to travel a lot and live in many places even before being famous. After getting her degree she moved to London, where she was inspired to write about Harry Potter as she sat in a train station. In her biography written by Sean Smith it is said: "She conceived the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> It seems almost ironic that after traveling so much, she came to get the idea that would change her life forever in the same country where she was born. She was inspired by her surroundings and wrote what she observed adding a creative component to it; her personal touch. For example, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two: in Chapter 1 ''KING'S CROSS'' she wrote: "A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.". <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. pp. 6</ref> Every word is perfectly placed in her sentences and invites the audience to keep reading almost effortlessly; as if the words had the ability to flow by themselves into our imaginations. However, until then this line could belong to any story set in that station, until J.K. Rowling adds the magic in Chapter 2 ''PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS'' as she says: "And which is also busy, but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved project." <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown.pp.9</ref> She made of the streets of London a magical place full of wonders to discover that would only be available to "the chosen ones" to find out.<br />
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However, even though she started in London, she also moved a lot while she was writing the series. Another of the major cities that highly inspired her writing was Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like London, a city full of a great deal of history and mystery that was a perfect source of inspiration for the young writer's imagination. As we visited Edinburgh, it was easy to spot the settings she chose to incorporate in some of the scenes of the books. Settings such as Hogwarts, the Quiddich Stadium, the cemetery and Diagon Alley. Even the four houses of Hogwarts that in the books were "named after the four founders of the school" (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin) are suspected to e inspired by the houses of one of the most prestigious schools in Scotland that is set in Edinburgh and casually carry the same colors as the four houses in Hogwarts. "George Heriot’s houses Castle, Lauriston, Raeburn and Greyfriars correspond to Rowling’s own Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff." <ref>Hodder, A. (2015, October 18). The Top Places To Visit In Edinburgh for Harry Potter Fans. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-top-6-locations-for-harry-potter-fans-in-edinburgh/</ref> Also, George Heriot’s School has a sports tournament every four years with other two schools of the United Kingdom. Many of the characters' names were also presumably derived from people who died in the city and are buried in Greyfriars Cemetery. Going to Scotland and hearing everyone; from tour guides, to store owners, to residents, talk about all these peculiar similarities between the city and her books was a little bit disappointing, but it also made us realize that all these details have always been out there for anyone to use and she was the only one with the imagination and intellect to do so. J.K. Rowling left her "stroke of pigment" in Edinburgh just as she did in London, writing her stories mainly in local cafes, that today are touristic spots. A famous one is Elephant House, where now it is famously known for being "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" as the owners decided to announce it like. In several webpages they're announces with the following phrase: “Magic! Is the only way to describe The Elephant House. Experience the same atmosphere that J.K. Rowling did as she mulled over coffee writing her first Harry Potter novel. Experience the friendliness of the staff, our extensive menus and the magical view of Edinburgh Castle. Not to forget…the elephants”. <ref>The magic brew called Potter. (2016, October 09). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-magic-brew-called-Potter/article15396369.ece</ref><br />
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For her great influence in the pop culture today, her impact on the places where she wrote and her devotion to her passion for literature, J.K Rowling is a woman worthy of admiration. Also, J.K. Rowling's life before Harry Potter was not easy. Smith also wrote: "She encountered many obstacles and misfortunes before and during the writing process." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> She took a long time writing the first book in the Harry Potter series but she never gave up and all her hard work is now being recompensed. She is a highly admired author with an impeccable reputation and she is also very rich. In fact, J.K. Rowling is considered by Forbes to be the second highest paid woman in entertainment. <ref> The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. (2007, January 18). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html </ref> However, being rich is not comparable to the satisfaction she must feel as she receives flattering and well deserved positive reviews of her books and so much love from her fandom that beg fore more of the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Miss Rowling is a great example of a creator that took as much as she could from what her environment in Edinburgh and London had to offer and she gave back to other cities becoming part of them.<br />
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Image:JK1.PNG|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
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===David Hockney===<br />
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David Hockney, born on 1937, has become one of the most influential figures in modern art, mostly because of all the different techniques he used and the ones he developed for his work. Also because of all the disciplines where he excelled as an artist throughout his entire life, which still continues. According to Editors of Encycloprdia Britannica in their website, "David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art." <ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2017, April 26). David Hockney. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hockney</ref> The city were he was born, Bradford, was, just as London, a poor victim of the fog, in a biography written by Christopher Simon Sykes, he explains: "for the two hundred or so chimneys of the woollen mills were belching out fumes all day, which sank slowly into the basin in which the city lies, and made Bradford then one of the smokiest cities on earth".<ref>Sykes, C. S. (2011). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 1). London: Century, pp. 1-25</ref>. In that same book, the author reveals an interview with Hockney in which he says that he knew that he wanted to be an artist since the age of 10 and his parents always encouraged him to develop his talent. <ref>Interview with David Hockney by Christopher Simon Skyes, June 2009</ref> Hockney was also known to e quite a good student and hard working artist that loved experimenting with different forms of art. He also traveled quite a lot and loved the state of California in the U.S., where he still owns a house. This is supported in his biography by Biography.com Editors, "The swimming pools of L.A. were one of his favorite subjects, and he became known for large, iconic works such as A Bigger Splash." <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> One of the most outstanding characteristics of his work "A Bigger Splash" is the technique he used to paint. He first took the pictures of the people he was going to paint and then putting together a bunch of these pictures he would put the person in the pose he wanted to paint. An example of this technique is shown below in the pictures. where it is easier to appreciate the complexity of Hockney's work.<br />
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Besides being an admirable artist, he was never hesitant to show himself to the world and stand up for his personal beliefs. Also, his romances affected him so much that later in his life he suffered from depression after breaking up with a boyfriend that he lived with for a while. As mention in a website dedicated to David Hockney, "Hockney was devastated and started taking Valium to combat the depression and loneliness he suffered." <ref>David Hockney Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.davidhockney.com/bio.shtml</ref> However, despite all the tough times he went through in his life, he never let that intervene with his work as he has a huge amount of collections of different types of art always looking for a way to interact with the viewer through his work. As the American curator, Maurice Tuchman mentions in her book David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA, "Hockney is not at all involved in the creation of beauty as an end in itself. It is exactly this didactic urgency, this need to be heard plainly and to be understood clearly, which is the basis of his phenomenal popularity." <ref>Tuchman, M., & Barron, S. (1989). David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, pp. 13</ref> <br />
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In one of his expositions, also shown below, he wrote "Perspective should e reversed... specially in photography". He has definitely been a revolutionary artist that has been looked up to for over half a century now. Hockney is widely known for his adaptability and his ability to create new techniques using the emerging technologies. In photography, specifically he turned to “recreate photography” in a way in which, as he said in another interview with Sykes, “a photograph that could be described as having a strong illusion of reality”. <ref>Sykes, C. S. (2014). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 2). London: Century, pp. 160</ref> Though Hockney does not have a great number of photographies or paintings of London itself, he has been one of the most influential and innovative British artists for the past half a century. He developed a way to give a story to his images, instead of just leaving them as a single photograph. Through his collages, he makes his characters come to life and is able to transmit emotions and ideas, creating a reality for each one and showing it to its viewers. And with his method of combining photography and painting, he "added his pigment" to both fields. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to paint and exhibit, and advocates for funding for the arts. <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> <br />
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Image:DHH.jpg|''David Hockney Photographed by Paul Joyce, 1984''<br />
Image:DH09.jpg|"David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger. Image © David Hockney, used courtesy of Film Movement."<br />
Image:DH01.jpg|alt=Color photograph from a 35 mm negative|''Nick Wilder, 1966. Taken by Mark Lancaster''<br />
Image:DH00.jpg|''Portrait of Nick Wilder, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 72x 72 by David Hockney''<br />
Image:DH05.jpg|''Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 1st 1982 Composite Polaroid 70.5 x 130''<br />
Image:DH03.jpg|''Le Nid Du Duc, April 1972. Color photographs from 35 mm negatives''<br />
Image:DH02.jpg|alt=Composite color photograph taken from 35 mm negatives|''Peter, Kensington Gardens, April 1972''<br />
Image:DH04.jpg|''Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120. Private Collection, United Kingdom.''<br />
Image:DH06.jpg|''My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982, Photographic Collage 121 x 70''<br />
Image:DH08.jpg|''Perspective Should Be Reversed 2014, Photographic drawing printed on paper mounted on Dibond 108 x 177"<br />
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===Ken Shuttleworth===<br />
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Ken Shuttleworth, just as Christopher Wren, transformed completely London's skyline. According to his biography in his paper ''Form and Skin'', he was born in 1952 and studied at Leicester Polytechnic, where he got a degree with distinction in Architecture in 1977. According to that same paper, in 1974 he joined the architectural firm of Foster and Partners and shortly after became a registered architect. Then, in 1991 he became a partner of the firm "Fosters Associates", where he was responsible for the design of significant projects. <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref>Since his time at college, he has been known as a great designer. In class, he would take half of the time his classmates would to finish his designs. His fast and impressive work gave him the nickname "Ken the Pen". During his time in "Fosters Associates" he designed what "The Guardian" news paper called "some of the world's most iconic buildings"<ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref>. Referring to masterpieces such as the Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters and London's St Mary Axe or best known as "The Gherkin". <br />
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He certainly succeeded after college in "Foster Associates", however, in 2003 he decided to leave the firm. As Shuttleworth always thought architects to have a big purpose, he felt like he could do more than working for a big firm, and this was a particularly big firm. "The Guardian" published about it in 2003 saying that "with a staff of nearly 600 and over 100 projects on the computer screens", Foster Associates was "one of the world's busiest and highest-profile architectural practices." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> As he moved on from Foster Associates, he founded his own firm, "Make", in 2004. With him on the lead this firm was prompt to succed, and it did. In his paper "Form and Skin", he wrote: "It grew to one od the UK's foremost architectural firms." <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref> Looking back into his life, his passion for design began at very young age. "The Guardian news paper once wrote about how with the help of his father he followed his passion and magnified his talent: "His father, an accountant, encouraged him: "He hated being an accountant. He said, 'Whatever you do, you should really enjoy doing it'." "<ref> Fairs, M. (2003, January 22). Ken Shuttleworth: architecture's best-kept secret. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/jan/22/architecture.artsfeatures </ref> He followed his fathers advice and became a magnificent architect worthy of admiration. <br />
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"The Guardian" also wrote referring to Ken, ""He is one of the best hidden talents in the UK," says Stuart Lipton, the chairman of the government's architecture watchdog of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> This quote perfectly conveys to major ideas; the first one about his irrefutable talent, and the second one out how little is actually known about him. Unlike we had expected, finding information about Shuttleworth was somehow hard because he has always lived life with a low profile. However, after reading his papers and articles you can clearly see what an amazing architect he is. He wrote in the article "Throwing stones at those in glass houses, "Architects and environmental engineers have never had such an important role and we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity before it’s too late. Now is the time to wake up... and use our creativity, our curiosity and our passion for exploration... to help save the planet". Because of his passion and drive, he is a source of inspiration to many young architects. Reading his words reminded us that being an architect is an important role in the world and it is not just designing a pretty building. That sense of commitment and great creativity that he possesses and uses to improve our society is what makes him a person worthy of admiration. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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Using David Hockney's technique of "Painting with Pictures", we chose one picture of each site described in the Milestone [[Colourless London]] and we made them into paintings, emphasizing the use of bright colors inspired by different scenarios of London and making an imminent contrast with the pictures' monochromatic feel. Each set represents our own way of "adding pigment" to the city's most emblematic sites and to the way people usually perceive London.<br />
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==Tower Bridge==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Orange <br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:TB01.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Tower Bridge'']]<br />
| [[File:D02.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Tower Bridge Full of Colour'' <br> By Kristy Giacoman]] <br />
| [[File:EAWwalk8.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "The colors used were inspired by one of the pictures of the girls in this HUA program, Emily Wilson. She took this picture from the same bridge that I painted. The colors in the sunset inspired me to choose the color scheme in my work. However, I decided to paint a morning instead of a sunset, symbolizing a fresh start for the city of London. That is why the sky is a mostly blue and the bridge contains the colors of Emily's picture as if it had absorbed the sunset of the previous day, symbolizing that even though it is a fresh start, the past is still part of the city, or in this case, the painting.<br />
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==London Eye==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Violet<br />
**Ivory Black<br />
**Titanium White <br />
**Ultra Blue <br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:LE03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless London Eye'']]<br />
| [[File:D01.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''London Eye Full of Colour'' <br> by Kristy Giacoman]]<br />
| [[File:Purple.jpeg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "Purple is the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and The London Eye is the world’s largest observation wheel and most popular paid tourist attraction in the whole country. Also Purple is my favorite color. Finally, I was inspired to choose that color scheme by this flowers I bought in Columbia Road Flower Market, in London. Because they enrapture the beauty I see in the streets of London, despite all opposing opinions and catastrophic events that have hit this city, which I like to think still stands strong."<br />
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==Big Ben==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Crimson Red<br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
***TitaniumWhite <br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:BB04.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Big Ben'']]<br />
| [[File:D03.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Big Ben Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:UK.png|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "I used the picture Kristy took ''Colourless Big Ben'' as a model and the colors in the flag of the United Kingdom as an inspiration to create this painting. I used the radiant colors in the flag to represent Parliament and the citizens in the UK. The Big Ben identifies London as the flag identifies the UK. With the use of different shades of blue I created a sky as in the picture. To show the different levels of the top of the building I used either blue or red for each level. What the blue drops of paint falling down the Big Ben represents the trust of the citizens of London in their government fading away by disappointment. I decided to convey this message as a strong statement, knowing that as the citizens are the base of the society, if they lose trust in their government, the structure will not stand for long.<br />
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==Gherkin==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Light Green <br />
**Vidridian <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
*Colors Used: Red, Blue, White.<br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:GH01.png|thumb|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Gherkin'']]<br />
| [[File:D04.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Gherkin Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes ]]<br />
| [[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "This building is known as "The Gherkin" but its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. This nickname was given because of its similarity to the Mexican sour gherkin. The green colors used in this painting were inspired by two things, this Mexican sour gherkin, and the architect that designed it, Ken Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth cares deeply for the environment and saving the planet, which is why the color scheme that I chose contains greens and light blues, representing the colors of a field of grass. I liked the irony as well of painting a modern skyscraper with the same colors I would use to paint a plant. Also meaning that among all the development of the city, it is still important to keep the environment in mind, for London has already suffered enough by the filthiness of the fog."<br />
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==St. Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Raw Limber <br />
**Paynes' Grey <br />
**Phthalo Blue<br />
**Lake Blue<br />
** Light Green<br />
**Phthalo Green<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:SP03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless St. Paul's Cathedral'']]<br />
| [[File:A03.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes| "The Colourful St. Paul's Cathedral <br> by Kristy GIacoman and Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:Greeen.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|'' Green St Paul's '' ]]<br />
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Kristy and Sofia: "St. Paul's Cathedral represents the change in beliefs of the whole country. This painting was done by the both of us and we decided to use two pictures we took to inspire us and combine them into one, symbolizing how the different cultures and beliefs of the world merge to create this wonderful and "colorful" city of London. The green used is inspired by Sofia's picture and the grayish blue and purple have inspired the picture Kristy took. This painting represents unity within us and within London citizens. This unity comes to life in the deepest desires kept in the hearts of the good people of London that have been hurt by the recent events more than ever before. However, despite this, the hope of unity in diversity remains vibrant with people that are willing to stand up for it."<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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In this Milestone, artists from the past and from the present are compared and contrasted. There is one artist chosen for each of the fields involved in the project "A London Full of Colour"; Painting, Literature and Architecture. The intention was to outline the main differences in their styles and how they each one of them portrayed their environment from their very own perspectives and translated it into their works of art. In the same way, biographical facts are provided to give the reader a reference of how life circumstances and setting might have been influential in the artists' work. This Milestone is the linking point between [[Colourless London]] and [[Colourful Reality]], giving meaning to the rest of the project "[[user:akgiacoman|A London Full of Colour]]". <br />
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Finally, for the deliverable, our own work is presented. With this, we intend to show our own perspective of London which contrasts with the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] in an extreme way. We tried to add some pigment of our own to create a much more [[Colourful Reality]] for ourselves. The paintings emphasize the use of colors in a symbolic way, what they represent are our different emotions and life experiences that stoke our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways, but always resulting in a breath taking outcome. Life is our very own masterpiece, it is what we make it and it is not in the very least monochromatic. In the contrary, all the aspects of our lives merge to create a unique work of art, that certainly might not be of everyone's liking, but then again, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the artist that made the masterpiece. In some occasions, the artist regrets the path he or she took and if given a second chance, would have done things differently. However, the work is done, the masterpiece is complete, and we can either live in regret or move forward in such ways where each stoke is more precise and better thought than the previous one. Some other artists die without the proper acknowledgment that their work deserves, however, what people think of their work can never influence the magnitude of its quality. A masterpiece, is a masterpiece even when there is no one to admire it and most things done with effort and passion are worth a standing ovation. <br />
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==Gallery of Pictures==<br />
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=References=<br />
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=Attribution of Work=<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]: <br> Introduction, Artistic Component, Artists From the Past, Artists From the Present, Charles Dickens, David Hockney, Conclusion & final edits of the other artists. Painted "Tower Bridge Full of Colour", "London Eye Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]: <br> Ken Shuttleworth, core information for Monet, Sir Christopher Wren & JK. Rowling & formatting of information in the deliverable. Painted "Big Ben Full of Colour", "Gherkin Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:vjmanzo|Vincent Manzo]] & [[User:Cclark|Constance Clark]]: <br> Advisors<br />
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=File:A05.JPG&diff=19872
File:A05.JPG
2017-06-23T02:15:40Z
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Adding_Pigment&diff=19871
Adding Pigment
2017-06-23T02:14:31Z
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by [[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]] & [[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes ]]<br><br />
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|caption = A Homeless Man Adding Pigment to London<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that we choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. Kristy has gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college, while Sofia, as a future architectural engineer, is able to provide insight from a different perspective, also having taken painting lessons since a very young age. This project combines our favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message that we wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. Our main goal was to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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The title of this Milestone was chosen to be "Adding Pigment" as for every person that goes through London is not only influenced by it and its weather as seen in [[Colourless London]], but at the same time, they leave a piece of them that adds to the beauty of this city. In the same way as they take inspiration from the amazing stories London has to tell, they create a new chapter, and if they do it well, a really good one. Each artist presented in the background of this Milestone was chosen because of their irrefutable relevance to the history of London in the artistic side. In the background, we present the way in which different situations they lived conducted them to become some of the most influential and inspiring individuals the streets of London have ever seen. Likewise, each artist is known to have revolutionized in some way their field "adding pigment" to the existing base of knowledge and techniques. From the fields of Painting, Literature and Architecture, we chose a set of six artists divided in "Artists from the Past" and "Artists from the Present" to, in some way, categorize them by periods and let the readers draw conclusions about the similar traits in their work. Inspired by these great minds, we leave in the deliverable our own works of art painting the same sites where pictures were taken for Colourless London, choosing a specific picture for each one and "replicating it" in some way with acrylic paintings, just the way David Hockey used to do with his photography. The difference, however, is that we aim to emphasize the contrast between the gray color palette seen in the pictures that characterizes London and the use of color in our paintings that represents our perspective of the city. In this way we seek to add pigment to the scenery in a literal and metaphorical way.<br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
==Artistic Component==<br />
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"Despite the widespread social anxiety caused by the fog, many artists found in it a source of inspiration from a wide broad of perspectives. For some, fog represented a looming presence, alive and malignant."<ref>Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: BELKNAP HARVARD. pp 1.</ref> This quote from "The London Fog" by Corton perfectly exemplifies the way in which some people used too feel about the fog, however, for some other many artists, the fog could be seen as magical or even romantic. The same thing could be seen from very different perspectives and used for many different purposes. The fog could be used by robbers to easily disappear after their theft and the same fog could also be used by artists like Monet to show the world the beauty of a city like London. Likewise the fog could be the source of sickness and depression or could also be the source of motivation and inspiration, giving a person's mind the push needed to boost their creativity. Just like that, the city of London has been the source of inspiration and spectator of some of the greatest minds the world has seen. From painters to writers to architects, London has evoked many "shades of feelings" that have driven locals and foreigners to accomplish great things. <br />
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==Artists From the Past==<br />
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Being a city immersed in its own history, London has seen a lot happening through its streets, and by digging in the past, it is easy to find a more gloomy, mysterious and heavy perspective of the fog, enraptured in all kinds of art. The following representatives were chosen because of their imminent and irrefutable success in their disciplines.<br />
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===Monet===<br />
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Claude Monet was a French artist of the Impressionist movement. He was actually so influential to this movement that it was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because, as stated in the book "Nature into art" by House, "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>The the viewer has to analyze, assume and connect the dots to figure out the purpose of the painting. This was not exactly abstract art but it was definitely different from any sort of traditional art at that time. Monet was a revolutionary and the complexity of his works continues to amaze the most demanding art critics and attract collectors from all over the globe. Unlike many other famous artists, when Monet started, he had no prior knowledge of art techniques, which may have been the cause of him developing his own. However, he was surely inspired by many other artists before him. Today Monet is one of the best-known artists in the world. In the creation of his own style, his purpose was to overcome the tradition of detailed works of art and use intense brushstrokes to create an impression of a painting. According to his biography, "Monet by himself", he started painting in Paris many scenes of the Seine river as well as impressions of landscapes of the place he lived in at different times of the day. This specific trait defines his work, because this technique was not only very useful for practice, but also allowed the viewer to perceive the scene from different perspectives of the same place and by the same artist as he played with the changes in light. We can clearly see this technique in one of his biggest collections of paintings; Water Lilies, that he painted when he was living in Givenchy. Monet moved a lot during his life mainly within France, however, during the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to London for two years. <ref> Monet, C., & Kendall, R. (2003). Monet by Himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 1. </ref> <br />
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During his time in London, he couldn't help but immerse himself in the captivating inspiration that emerged from the city's mesmerizing views. Using his technique, he painted many of its landscapes and buildings at different times of the day, as he was known for. He painted many views from the Thames, including Parliament and Westminster and even though it was only for a short period of time, his time in London marked his artistic career. In the book "London Fog, Christine Corton states: " His short stay in London resulted in the largest series of paintings that he had yet produced." <ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 182. </ref> Monet, as many other artists, admired the London fog and its presence in his paintings was not only evident, but often even highlighted. The fog gave his paintings some sort of uniqueness and contributed to his Impressionism. As Christine Corton said in her book ''London Fog'' Monet commented " Without the fog, London wouldn't be a beautiful city... It's the fog that gives it it's magnificent breadth".<ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 184. </ref> This was a very outlandish way of viewing one of the nation's greatest struggle, but once again, he was a revolutionary. He was most likely intrigued by the fog as it went alongside his style and it was in such an abundance he had never seen before. There was probably not another city in the world that united the large amounts of fog and the astonishing man-made landscapes that were also full of meaning and history. In his paintings, he portrays the fog as part of the landscape or the impression of the landscape, which gave him great popularity due to his creativity and the originality of his works. In that time, there was certainly no other painter like Monet.<br />
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Yet he did not paint with a lot of details, he created his works in such a way in which any Londoner would recognize the setting of his paintings. In addition to this, as he painted the same scene in different times of the day, he changed the colors to illustrate the different light patterns. The "special touch" or as we call it in this milestone "pigment" Monet added to his field was his originality and how even though he painted the same scene many times, each painting was unique. As posted in the official webpage of the National Gallery, in Monet's paintings "distance and perspective are abolished; a limitless expanse of water occupies our entire field of vision." <ref> https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-water-lilies </ref> His paintings portrayed the idea of constant change and the beauty of it, in House's book, "Nature into art", he explains how Monet worried a lot about "the ever-changing environment and the effects of light in his paintings." <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref> Even though it was the same landscape, this technique allowed the viewer imagine that it was a completely different environment. He focused a lot on the effects of light of the painting and used a distinct color palette for each painting. This different use of light and color provided him the irrefutable fame he keeps until today, when his biography is now studied at schools and his techniques are implemented by artists all around the world. <br />
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File:MM1.PNG|''The Thames below Westminster''<br> <br />
File:Monet_Irises41.PNG| ''Irises'' <br> <br />
File:M01.PNG|''Water Lilies at [[Tate Modern]]''<br />
File:Mone_Pond_41.PNG| ''The Water-Lily Pond'' <br> <br />
File:Monet_Setting.PNG| ''Water-Lilies, Setting Sun'' <br> <br />
File:MM.PNG|''Snow Scene at Argenteuil''<br> <br />
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===Charles Dickens===<br />
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Charles Dickens was part of a huge family, being born the second of eight children on 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens and even though many people have heard about him and his work, not everyone knows about his middle names because he decided never to use them and e simply known as Charles Dickens. Even though he was raised with high aspirations of himself, it is almost impossible for him to have imagined the reach of his literary work in later years and how much his early life would influence him in the future. He was in London for the first time at the age of three because of his father's work. Although most people are unaware at such an early age, it is believed that he "absorbed the sights, smells and sounds of the City" according to his biography in the official Dickens London Tours. <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> As in any big family, money issues started to arise, however, that did not stop them from being happy in the early days. Nevertheless, it became a real problem for Charles when he was twelve, as his father was imprisoned for debt. To help with the family needs, Charles was forced to leave school and start working. We can easily infer that he did not make much money as a twelve year old, and that having his childhood taken away from him because of his parents mistakes left him very unhappy. For it was not his fault at all that his father was imprisoned, but yet he had to pay for his mistakes. This caused him great suffering but he sacrificed himself to help his family. As his biography by Biography.com Editors mentions, "He felt abandoned and betrayed by the adults who were supposed to take care of him."<ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> <br />
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Even though he had no clue back then, this situation gave him the freedom to explore the streets and corners of London. He got to know every secret the city had, and by paying close attention to his surroundings he was able to get to know it "like the back of his hand". However, Dickens is credited with a passion for London and according to Michael and Mollie Hardwick in their book Dickens's England, "he entertained no such thing". For he grew up in the streets of London and this was not by choice, which allowed him to "greedily observe and absorb the city" getting to know it with "extensive and peculiar knowledge" as said by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, "but not loving it". <ref>Hardwick, M., & Hardwick, M. (1970). Dickens's England. London: Dent</ref> Despite this, it was not all bad for young Charles, because living as an adult while being a child also must have formed his character from a very early age and force him to mature and above all... think. Then according to a biography posted by BBC, for a short period of time he was able to go back to school when his father received and inheritance and was let free. However, his freedom lasted for a short period of time, as by the age of fifteen the biography in BBC's official website tells that he got a job as an office boy to help out his family again. <ref> BBC . (n.d.). History - Charles Dickens. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml</ref>Maybe this was not what he would have wanted for himself but this job propelled his writing career. His career began as a journalist for a local news paper, as many other authors. This job also allowed him to get to know a lot of people and start building a network of contacts that would allow him to keep escalating up in his career. Even back then he could infer the importance of "knowing people" so he did and soon he started getting better and better jobs still as a journalist, collaborating also with other artists to create material for the press. He started publishing monthly parts of what he called "The Pickwick Papers" in the newspaper and it was a massive success. By this time, Charles's personal life was also going very well, as in 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, who would give him the great gift of parenthood about a year after. Charles gave his name to his first son with Catherine Hogarth, who would give him another nine children.<br />
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After his first great success, he started to write nonstop and still with great quality, style and attention to detail. Very few people know London as he did, which allowed him to be the voice of the city itself. He had a very special way of writing about London granted by the events he went through in his childhood to what he also added his own touch. His increasing popularity allowed him to travel the world with his wife and even live in different places with her. However, he never took traveling as a vacation, for he continued to write and publish during these periods of time as if his travels only inspired him more and more instead off exhausting him. He was also, in general, a very nice person as he helped to found "The Guild of Literature and Arts" which was an organization that helped young artists struggling to make it through by presenting plays to the public. As he has once struggled in his life he probably founded this to help other fellow artists struggle a little bit less as they started to build their career just like he did. In addition to this, he also often performed as a character in the plays presented by that organization. Close to the end of his life, Dickens separated from his wife and started to see his children less. In the biography of Charles Dickens posted in the official website of the Dickens London Tours, Charles's daughter Kate recalled, "My father was like a madman… He did not care a damn what happened to any of us. Nothing could surpass the misery and unhappiness of our house." <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> Also according to that same biography, rumors spread about Charles Dickens's marriage ending because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens died at the age of 58 in England and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The most amazing thing about his unique perspective of London is the way despite all the struggles his life brought to him, he never stopped writing. And this is proven by the fact that by the time of his death he left his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. <ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> Charles Dickens is taught in schools all around the world as one of the main characters of English Literature, and he became himself a source of inspiration immediately linked to London.<br />
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===Sir Christopher Wren===<br />
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Tinniswood said in his book "His invention so fertile" that Christopher Wren "was the greatest architect Britain has ever known" <ref> Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> London and its skyline wouldn't be as we know them nowadays if it wasn't for Sir Cristopher Wren and his irrefutable talent and hard work. In the year 1666, London was struck by a great tragedy that destroyed the majority of the city. This incident started as an honest mistake in a bakery shop. The Great Fire of London demolished many buildings in London including the greatest buildings. These buildings were not made of wood but when the rock was heated, it exploded. After this enormous catastrophe, Sir Christopher Wren was given the urgent task of reconstructing many churches. St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest work with his design of the dome. St. Paul was above all the work of his life, not only because of the magnitude of the project but also because of how much time he devoted to it. You can see this dome from various views from different angles of the city. Each angle shows the magnificent glory of its design, however, my personal favorite is from across the Millennium Bridge. This Cathedral is one of the most visited landmarks in the city because everyone wants to appreciate the design not only from the outside but also from the inside. Wren designed and reconstructed this building to wonder everyone that seeks to appreciate it today. <br />
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As incredible as it may sound, the architect that designed the majestic dome in St. Paul's Cathedral was also a skilled scientist with several other talents that were all probably useful in some way during the process of designing and building the cathedral. As Lisa Jardine said in her book about Wren called ''On a grander scale: The outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren'': "Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society"<ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref>, Wren was a genius. He started his career as a scientist and graduated from Oxford University, which fills the institution with pride and they ensure it is widely known. Sir Christopher Wren was very knowledgeable and his most intimate friends were also renown scientists, brilliant people responsible for the greatest accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. This is proven by the text written on the cover of the book "His invention so fertile: A life of Cristopher Wren" by Tinniswood and Graham: "Wren's famous research in science included: mapping the moon and the stars, investigating the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carrying out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood."<ref>Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> And not only did he make his own research but also collaborated with his fellow scientists' work as stated by the author Lisa Jardine: "His observations on comments, meteorology, and muscular action made vital contributions to the developing ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> Also, just as in Dickens's case, his network helped him escalate in his career, getting to know many important people of his time. As supported in the book "Wren" by Margaret Whinney, "His connection to the Royal Society brought him into personal touch the King. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings and lived and worked under six monarchs." <ref> Whinney, M. (1971). Wren. London: Thames & Hudson. </ref> As it is easy to assume, back then, it was extremely important to have contact with the King, it opened an infinite amount of doors sometimes without the need of even knocking. Wren's career as an architect succeeded mainly because of this connection with royal people, as when he was appointed to rebuild the city after The great Fire of London, he ended up building approximately 50 churches. And as everyone was delighted with the course of his work, Wren also worked at Hampton Court Palace rebuilding the south view.<br />
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It is important to emphasize as well how amazing it was that he succeeded in the field of architecture without any previous knowledge about it, making it up with the knowledge he had of other fields such as math. He is the greatest example of how, with hard work and the right connections, there is nothing unachievable. He must have had outstanding observation skills and was probably inspired by a couple of architects of his time. Little did he know he was to become an architect that would continue to inspire many, even centuries after his death. Also, as he succeeded in architecture, he never forgot his passion for science as many of this buildings had scientific purposes that very few people know about. It is easy to admire the magnificence of his buildings but as you pay close attention to the details he worked on for each one of them, it is impossible not to be filled with great astonishment. For example, as Lisa Jardine also explained in her book: "The Monument of the Great Fire of London was built with a subterranean laboratory and the southwest tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during its construction. Both were designed to function simultaneously as public monuments and as oversize scientific instruments." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> When we think about Sir Christopher Wren's contributions to the history of London it is like every church he made was "a stroke of his brush" (figuratively speaking) "adding pigment" to the London skyline and at the same time, devoting his life to his passions as he created a masterpieces of such magnitude as is St. Paul's Cathedral. He let his talents flourish so that all of us could be able to enjoy them. Finally, we could say that despite his fame and success he remains a modest man, for when he was dying he asked not to have a huge statue to honor him but to simply be buried in his greatest accomplishment, St. Paul's Cathedral, letting that be the "monument" to honor his death.<br />
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In more contemporary times, leaving behind the dense, yellow and deadly fog as an everyday scene, London is a setting that enraptures less mystery and more and more magic. More color and a wider variety of emotions are displayed in all forms of art.<br />
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J.K. Rowling has impacted many people's lives with her books, people of all razes, nationalities, religions and even ages. She has inspired young people to discover the joy of reading and entertained adults with her stories full of magic, mystery and suspense. It is not uncommon to hear about adolescents that had never grabbed a book in their lives falling in love with the wonderful world of Harry Potter. And that is the thing, It is amazing how her reading had the power to impact a whole generation and turn them into "Potterheads". All it takes is a good book to inspire people to read and J.K. Rowling wrote many great pieces of literature that are still great gifts for people of all ages. She is best known for her Harry Potter Series, which made her worldwide famous, and apart from these, J.K. Rowling has written several more books. <br />
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Her official website starts her biography like this: "Joanne Rowling was born on 1965 just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales."<ref>J.K. Rowling. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/</ref> However, the places that marked her literature the most were London and Edinburgh. As a woman that developed in the generation of information and revolution of technology, she had the opportunity to travel a lot and live in many places even before being famous. After getting her degree she moved to London, where she was inspired to write about Harry Potter as she sat in a train station. In her biography written by Sean Smith it is said: "She conceived the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> It seems almost ironic that after traveling so much, she came to get the idea that would change her life forever in the same country where she was born. She was inspired by her surroundings and wrote what she observed adding a creative component to it; her personal touch. For example, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two: in Chapter 1 ''KING'S CROSS'' she wrote: "A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.". <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. pp. 6</ref> Every word is perfectly placed in her sentences and invites the audience to keep reading almost effortlessly; as if the words had the ability to flow by themselves into our imaginations. However, until then this line could belong to any story set in that station, until J.K. Rowling adds the magic in Chapter 2 ''PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS'' as she says: "And which is also busy, but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved project." <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown.pp.9</ref> She made of the streets of London a magical place full of wonders to discover that would only be available to "the chosen ones" to find out.<br />
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However, even though she started in London, she also moved a lot while she was writing the series. Another of the major cities that highly inspired her writing was Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like London, a city full of a great deal of history and mystery that was a perfect source of inspiration for the young writer's imagination. As we visited Edinburgh, it was easy to spot the settings she chose to incorporate in some of the scenes of the books. Settings such as Hogwarts, the Quiddich Stadium, the cemetery and Diagon Alley. Even the four houses of Hogwarts that in the books were "named after the four founders of the school" (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin) are suspected to e inspired by the houses of one of the most prestigious schools in Scotland that is set in Edinburgh and casually carry the same colors as the four houses in Hogwarts. "George Heriot’s houses Castle, Lauriston, Raeburn and Greyfriars correspond to Rowling’s own Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff." <ref>Hodder, A. (2015, October 18). The Top Places To Visit In Edinburgh for Harry Potter Fans. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-top-6-locations-for-harry-potter-fans-in-edinburgh/</ref> Also, George Heriot’s School has a sports tournament every four years with other two schools of the United Kingdom. Many of the characters' names were also presumably derived from people who died in the city and are buried in Greyfriars Cemetery. Going to Scotland and hearing everyone; from tour guides, to store owners, to residents, talk about all these peculiar similarities between the city and her books was a little bit disappointing, but it also made us realize that all these details have always been out there for anyone to use and she was the only one with the imagination and intellect to do so. J.K. Rowling left her "stroke of pigment" in Edinburgh just as she did in London, writing her stories mainly in local cafes, that today are touristic spots. A famous one is Elephant House, where now it is famously known for being "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" as the owners decided to announce it like. In several webpages they're announces with the following phrase: “Magic! Is the only way to describe The Elephant House. Experience the same atmosphere that J.K. Rowling did as she mulled over coffee writing her first Harry Potter novel. Experience the friendliness of the staff, our extensive menus and the magical view of Edinburgh Castle. Not to forget…the elephants”. <ref>The magic brew called Potter. (2016, October 09). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-magic-brew-called-Potter/article15396369.ece</ref><br />
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For her great influence in the pop culture today, her impact on the places where she wrote and her devotion to her passion for literature, J.K Rowling is a woman worthy of admiration. Also, J.K. Rowling's life before Harry Potter was not easy. Smith also wrote: "She encountered many obstacles and misfortunes before and during the writing process." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> She took a long time writing the first book in the Harry Potter series but she never gave up and all her hard work is now being recompensed. She is a highly admired author with an impeccable reputation and she is also very rich. In fact, J.K. Rowling is considered by Forbes to be the second highest paid woman in entertainment. <ref> The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. (2007, January 18). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html </ref> However, being rich is not comparable to the satisfaction she must feel as she receives flattering and well deserved positive reviews of her books and so much love from her fandom that beg fore more of the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Miss Rowling is a great example of a creator that took as much as she could from what her environment in Edinburgh and London had to offer and she gave back to other cities becoming part of them.<br />
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Image:JK1.PNG|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
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===David Hockney===<br />
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David Hockney, born on 1937, has become one of the most influential figures in modern art, mostly because of all the different techniques he used and the ones he developed for his work. Also because of all the disciplines where he excelled as an artist throughout his entire life, which still continues. According to Editors of Encycloprdia Britannica in their website, "David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art." <ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2017, April 26). David Hockney. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hockney</ref> The city were he was born, Bradford, was, just as London, a poor victim of the fog, in a biography written by Christopher Simon Sykes, he explains: "for the two hundred or so chimneys of the woollen mills were belching out fumes all day, which sank slowly into the basin in which the city lies, and made Bradford then one of the smokiest cities on earth".<ref>Sykes, C. S. (2011). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 1). London: Century, pp. 1-25</ref>. In that same book, the author reveals an interview with Hockney in which he says that he knew that he wanted to be an artist since the age of 10 and his parents always encouraged him to develop his talent. <ref>Interview with David Hockney by Christopher Simon Skyes, June 2009</ref> Hockney was also known to e quite a good student and hard working artist that loved experimenting with different forms of art. He also traveled quite a lot and loved the state of California in the U.S., where he still owns a house. This is supported in his biography by Biography.com Editors, "The swimming pools of L.A. were one of his favorite subjects, and he became known for large, iconic works such as A Bigger Splash." <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> One of the most outstanding characteristics of his work "A Bigger Splash" is the technique he used to paint. He first took the pictures of the people he was going to paint and then putting together a bunch of these pictures he would put the person in the pose he wanted to paint. An example of this technique is shown below in the pictures. where it is easier to appreciate the complexity of Hockney's work.<br />
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Besides being an admirable artist, he was never hesitant to show himself to the world and stand up for his personal beliefs. Also, his romances affected him so much that later in his life he suffered from depression after breaking up with a boyfriend that he lived with for a while. As mention in a website dedicated to David Hockney, "Hockney was devastated and started taking Valium to combat the depression and loneliness he suffered." <ref>David Hockney Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.davidhockney.com/bio.shtml</ref> However, despite all the tough times he went through in his life, he never let that intervene with his work as he has a huge amount of collections of different types of art always looking for a way to interact with the viewer through his work. As the American curator, Maurice Tuchman mentions in her book David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA, "Hockney is not at all involved in the creation of beauty as an end in itself. It is exactly this didactic urgency, this need to be heard plainly and to be understood clearly, which is the basis of his phenomenal popularity." <ref>Tuchman, M., & Barron, S. (1989). David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, pp. 13</ref> <br />
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In one of his expositions, also shown below, he wrote "Perspective should e reversed... specially in photography". He has definitely been a revolutionary artist that has been looked up to for over half a century now. Hockney is widely known for his adaptability and his ability to create new techniques using the emerging technologies. In photography, specifically he turned to “recreate photography” in a way in which, as he said in another interview with Sykes, “a photograph that could be described as having a strong illusion of reality”. <ref>Sykes, C. S. (2014). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 2). London: Century, pp. 160</ref> Though Hockney does not have a great number of photographies or paintings of London itself, he has been one of the most influential and innovative British artists for the past half a century. He developed a way to give a story to his images, instead of just leaving them as a single photograph. Through his collages, he makes his characters come to life and is able to transmit emotions and ideas, creating a reality for each one and showing it to its viewers. And with his method of combining photography and painting, he "added his pigment" to both fields. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to paint and exhibit, and advocates for funding for the arts. <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> <br />
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Image:DHH.jpg|''David Hockney Photographed by Paul Joyce, 1984''<br />
Image:DH09.jpg|"David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger. Image © David Hockney, used courtesy of Film Movement."<br />
Image:DH01.jpg|alt=Color photograph from a 35 mm negative|''Nick Wilder, 1966. Taken by Mark Lancaster''<br />
Image:DH00.jpg|''Portrait of Nick Wilder, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 72x 72 by David Hockney''<br />
Image:DH05.jpg|''Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 1st 1982 Composite Polaroid 70.5 x 130''<br />
Image:DH03.jpg|''Le Nid Du Duc, April 1972. Color photographs from 35 mm negatives''<br />
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Image:DH04.jpg|''Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120. Private Collection, United Kingdom.''<br />
Image:DH06.jpg|''My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982, Photographic Collage 121 x 70''<br />
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Ken Shuttleworth, just as Christopher Wren, transformed completely London's skyline. According to his biography in his paper ''Form and Skin'', he was born in 1952 and studied at Leicester Polytechnic, where he got a degree with distinction in Architecture in 1977. According to that same paper, in 1974 he joined the architectural firm of Foster and Partners and shortly after became a registered architect. Then, in 1991 he became a partner of the firm "Fosters Associates", where he was responsible for the design of significant projects. <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref>Since his time at college, he has been known as a great designer. In class, he would take half of the time his classmates would to finish his designs. His fast and impressive work gave him the nickname "Ken the Pen". During his time in "Fosters Associates" he designed what "The Guardian" news paper called "some of the world's most iconic buildings"<ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref>. Referring to masterpieces such as the Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters and London's St Mary Axe or best known as "The Gherkin". <br />
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He certainly succeeded after college in "Foster Associates", however, in 2003 he decided to leave the firm. As Shuttleworth always thought architects to have a big purpose, he felt like he could do more than working for a big firm, and this was a particularly big firm. "The Guardian" published about it in 2003 saying that "with a staff of nearly 600 and over 100 projects on the computer screens", Foster Associates was "one of the world's busiest and highest-profile architectural practices." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> As he moved on from Foster Associates, he founded his own firm, "Make", in 2004. With him on the lead this firm was prompt to succed, and it did. In his paper "Form and Skin", he wrote: "It grew to one od the UK's foremost architectural firms." <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref> Looking back into his life, his passion for design began at very young age. "The Guardian news paper once wrote about how with the help of his father he followed his passion and magnified his talent: "His father, an accountant, encouraged him: "He hated being an accountant. He said, 'Whatever you do, you should really enjoy doing it'." "<ref> Fairs, M. (2003, January 22). Ken Shuttleworth: architecture's best-kept secret. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/jan/22/architecture.artsfeatures </ref> He followed his fathers advice and became a magnificent architect worthy of admiration. <br />
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"The Guardian" also wrote referring to Ken, ""He is one of the best hidden talents in the UK," says Stuart Lipton, the chairman of the government's architecture watchdog of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> This quote perfectly conveys to major ideas; the first one about his irrefutable talent, and the second one out how little is actually known about him. Unlike we had expected, finding information about Shuttleworth was somehow hard because he has always lived life with a low profile. However, after reading his papers and articles you can clearly see what an amazing architect he is. He wrote in the article "Throwing stones at those in glass houses, "Architects and environmental engineers have never had such an important role and we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity before it’s too late. Now is the time to wake up... and use our creativity, our curiosity and our passion for exploration... to help save the planet". Because of his passion and drive, he is a source of inspiration to many young architects. Reading his words reminded us that being an architect is an important role in the world and it is not just designing a pretty building. That sense of commitment and great creativity that he possesses and uses to improve our society is what makes him a person worthy of admiration. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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Using David Hockney's technique of "Painting with Pictures", we chose one picture of each site described in the Milestone [[Colourless London]] and we made them into paintings, emphasizing the use of bright colors inspired by different scenarios of London and making an imminent contrast with the pictures' monochromatic feel. Each set represents our own way of "adding pigment" to the city's most emblematic sites and to the way people usually perceive London.<br />
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==Tower Bridge==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Orange <br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:TB01.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Tower Bridge'']]<br />
| [[File:D02.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Tower Bridge Full of Colour'' <br> By Kristy Giacoman]] <br />
| [[File:EAWwalk8.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "The colors used were inspired by one of the pictures of the girls in this HUA program, Emily Wilson. She took this picture from the same bridge that I painted. The colors in the sunset inspired me to choose the color scheme in my work. However, I decided to paint a morning instead of a sunset, symbolizing a fresh start for the city of London. That is why the sky is a mostly blue and the bridge contains the colors of Emily's picture as if it had absorbed the sunset of the previous day, symbolizing that even though it is a fresh start, the past is still part of the city, or in this case, the painting.<br />
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==London Eye==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Violet<br />
**Ivory Black<br />
**Titanium White <br />
**Ultra Blue <br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:LE03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless London Eye'']]<br />
| [[File:D01.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''London Eye Full of Colour'' <br> by Kristy Giacoman]]<br />
| [[File:Purple.jpeg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "Purple is the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and The London Eye is the world’s largest observation wheel and most popular paid tourist attraction in the whole country. Also Purple is my favorite color. Finally, I was inspired to choose that color scheme by this flowers I bought in Columbia Road Flower Market, in London. Because they enrapture the beauty I see in the streets of London, despite all opposing opinions and catastrophic events that have hit this city, which I like to think still stands strong."<br />
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==Big Ben==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Crimson Red<br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
***TitaniumWhite <br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:BB04.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Big Ben'']]<br />
| [[File:D03.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Big Ben Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:UK.png|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "I used the picture Kristy took ''Colourless Big Ben'' as a model and the colors in the flag of the United Kingdom as an inspiration to create this painting. I used the radiant colors in the flag to represent Parliament and the citizens in the UK. The Big Ben identifies London as the flag identifies the UK. With the use of different shades of blue I created a sky as in the picture. To show the different levels of the top of the building I used either blue or red for each level. What the blue drops of paint falling down the Big Ben represents the trust of the citizens of London in their government fading away by disappointment. I decided to convey this message as a strong statement, knowing that as the citizens are the base of the society, if they lose trust in their government, the structure will not stand for long.<br />
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==Gherkin==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Light Green <br />
**Vidridian <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
*Colors Used: Red, Blue, White.<br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:GH01.png|thumb|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Gherkin'']]<br />
| [[File:D04.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Gherkin Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes ]]<br />
| [[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "This building is known as "The Gherkin" but its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. This nickname was given because of its similarity to the Mexican sour gherkin. The green colors used in this painting were inspired by two things, this Mexican sour gherkin, and the architect that designed it, Ken Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth cares deeply for the environment and saving the planet, which is why the color scheme that I chose contains greens and light blues, representing the colors of a field of grass. I liked the irony as well of painting a modern skyscraper with the same colors I would use to paint a plant. Also meaning that among all the development of the city, it is still important to keep the environment in mind, for London has already suffered enough by the filthiness of the fog."<br />
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==St. Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Raw Limber <br />
**Paynes' Grey <br />
**Phthalo Blue<br />
**Lake Blue<br />
** Light Green<br />
**Phthalo Green<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:SP03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless St. Paul's Cathedral'']]<br />
| [[File:A03.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes| "The Colourful St. Paul's Cathedral <br> by Kristy GIacoman and Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:Greeen.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|'' Green St Paul's '' ]]<br />
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Kristy and Sofia: "St. Paul's Cathedral represents the change in beliefs of the whole country. This painting was done by the both of us and we decided to use two pictures we took to inspire us and combine them into one, symbolizing how the different cultures and beliefs of the world merge to create this wonderful and "colorful" city of London. The green used is inspired by Sofia's picture and the grayish blue and purple have inspired the picture Kristy took. This painting represents unity within us and within London citizens. This unity comes to life in the deepest desires kept in the hearts of the good people of London that have been hurt by the recent events more than ever before. However, despite this, the hope of unity in diversity remains vibrant with people that are willing to stand up for it."<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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In this Milestone, artists from the past and from the present are compared and contrasted. There is one artist chosen for each of the fields involved in the project "A London Full of Colour"; Painting, Literature and Architecture. The intention was to outline the main differences in their styles and how they each one of them portrayed their environment from their very own perspectives and translated it into their works of art. In the same way, biographical facts are provided to give the reader a reference of how life circumstances and setting might have been influential in the artists' work. This Milestone is the linking point between [[Colourless London]] and [[Colourful Reality]], giving meaning to the rest of the project "[[user:akgiacoman|A London Full of Colour]]". <br />
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Finally, for the deliverable, our own work is presented. With this, we intend to show our own perspective of London which contrasts with the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] in an extreme way. We tried to add some pigment of our own to create a much more [[Colourful Reality]] for ourselves. The paintings emphasize the use of colors in a symbolic way, what they represent are our different emotions and life experiences that stoke our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways, but always resulting in a breath taking outcome. Life is our very own masterpiece, it is what we make it and it is not in the very least monochromatic. In the contrary, all the aspects of our lives merge to create a unique work of art, that certainly might not be of everyone's liking, but then again, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the artist that made the masterpiece. In some occasions, the artist regrets the path he or she took and if given a second chance, would have done things differently. However, the work is done, the masterpiece is complete, and we can either live in regret or move forward in such ways where each stoke is more precise and better thought than the previous one. Some other artists die without the proper acknowledgment that their work deserves, however, what people think of their work can never influence the magnitude of its quality. A masterpiece, is a masterpiece even when there is no one to admire it and most things done with effort and passion are worth a standing ovation. <br />
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==Gallery of Pictures==<br />
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=References=<br />
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=Attribution of Work=<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]: <br> Introduction, Artistic Component, Artists From the Past, Artists From the Present, Charles Dickens, David Hockney, Conclusion & final edits of the other artists. Painted "Tower Bridge Full of Colour", "London Eye Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]: <br> Ken Shuttleworth, core information for Monet, Sir Christopher Wren & JK. Rowling & formatting of information in the deliverable. Painted "Big Ben Full of Colour", "Gherkin Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:vjmanzo|Vincent Manzo]] & [[User:Cclark|Constance Clark]]: <br> Advisors<br />
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[[Category:Art Projects]]<br />
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=File:A04.JPG&diff=19869
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2017-06-23T02:13:11Z
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Adding_Pigment&diff=19862
Adding Pigment
2017-06-23T02:04:08Z
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[[User:akgiacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that we choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. Kristy has gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college, while Sofia, as a future architectural engineer, is able to provide insight from a different perspective, also having taken painting lessons since a very young age. This project combines our favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message that we wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. Our main goal was to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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The title of this Milestone was chosen to be "Adding Pigment" as for every person that goes through London is not only influenced by it and its weather as seen in [[Colourless London]], but at the same time, they leave a piece of them that adds to the beauty of this city. In the same way as they take inspiration from the amazing stories London has to tell, they create a new chapter, and if they do it well, a really good one. Each artist presented in the background of this Milestone was chosen because of their irrefutable relevance to the history of London in the artistic side. In the background, we present the way in which different situations they lived conducted them to become some of the most influential and inspiring individuals the streets of London have ever seen. Likewise, each artist is known to have revolutionized in some way their field "adding pigment" to the existing base of knowledge and techniques. From the fields of Painting, Literature and Architecture, we chose a set of six artists divided in "Artists from the Past" and "Artists from the Present" to, in some way, categorize them by periods and let the readers draw conclusions about the similar traits in their work. Inspired by these great minds, we leave in the deliverable our own works of art painting the same sites where pictures were taken for Colourless London, choosing a specific picture for each one and "replicating it" in some way with acrylic paintings, just the way David Hockey used to do with his photography. The difference, however, is that we aim to emphasize the contrast between the gray color palette seen in the pictures that characterizes London and the use of color in our paintings that represents our perspective of the city. In this way we seek to add pigment to the scenery in a literal and metaphorical way.<br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
==Artistic Component==<br />
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"Despite the widespread social anxiety caused by the fog, many artists found in it a source of inspiration from a wide broad of perspectives. For some, fog represented a looming presence, alive and malignant."<ref>Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: BELKNAP HARVARD. pp 1.</ref> This quote from "The London Fog" by Corton perfectly exemplifies the way in which some people used too feel about the fog, however, for some other many artists, the fog could be seen as magical or even romantic. The same thing could be seen from very different perspectives and used for many different purposes. The fog could be used by robbers to easily disappear after their theft and the same fog could also be used by artists like Monet to show the world the beauty of a city like London. Likewise the fog could be the source of sickness and depression or could also be the source of motivation and inspiration, giving a person's mind the push needed to boost their creativity. Just like that, the city of London has been the source of inspiration and spectator of some of the greatest minds the world has seen. From painters to writers to architects, London has evoked many "shades of feelings" that have driven locals and foreigners to accomplish great things. <br />
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==Artists From the Past==<br />
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Being a city immersed in its own history, London has seen a lot happening through its streets, and by digging in the past, it is easy to find a more gloomy, mysterious and heavy perspective of the fog, enraptured in all kinds of art. The following representatives were chosen because of their imminent and irrefutable success in their disciplines.<br />
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===Monet===<br />
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Claude Monet was a French artist of the Impressionist movement. He was actually so influential to this movement that it was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because, as stated in the book "Nature into art" by House, "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>The the viewer has to analyze, assume and connect the dots to figure out the purpose of the painting. This was not exactly abstract art but it was definitely different from any sort of traditional art at that time. Monet was a revolutionary and the complexity of his works continues to amaze the most demanding art critics and attract collectors from all over the globe. Unlike many other famous artists, when Monet started, he had no prior knowledge of art techniques, which may have been the cause of him developing his own. However, he was surely inspired by many other artists before him. Today Monet is one of the best-known artists in the world. In the creation of his own style, his purpose was to overcome the tradition of detailed works of art and use intense brushstrokes to create an impression of a painting. According to his biography, "Monet by himself", he started painting in Paris many scenes of the Seine river as well as impressions of landscapes of the place he lived in at different times of the day. This specific trait defines his work, because this technique was not only very useful for practice, but also allowed the viewer to perceive the scene from different perspectives of the same place and by the same artist as he played with the changes in light. We can clearly see this technique in one of his biggest collections of paintings; Water Lilies, that he painted when he was living in Givenchy. Monet moved a lot during his life mainly within France, however, during the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to London for two years. <ref> Monet, C., & Kendall, R. (2003). Monet by Himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 1. </ref> <br />
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During his time in London, he couldn't help but immerse himself in the captivating inspiration that emerged from the city's mesmerizing views. Using his technique, he painted many of its landscapes and buildings at different times of the day, as he was known for. He painted many views from the Thames, including Parliament and Westminster and even though it was only for a short period of time, his time in London marked his artistic career. In the book "London Fog, Christine Corton states: " His short stay in London resulted in the largest series of paintings that he had yet produced." <ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 182. </ref> Monet, as many other artists, admired the London fog and its presence in his paintings was not only evident, but often even highlighted. The fog gave his paintings some sort of uniqueness and contributed to his Impressionism. As Christine Corton said in her book ''London Fog'' Monet commented " Without the fog, London wouldn't be a beautiful city... It's the fog that gives it it's magnificent breadth".<ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 184. </ref> This was a very outlandish way of viewing one of the nation's greatest struggle, but once again, he was a revolutionary. He was most likely intrigued by the fog as it went alongside his style and it was in such an abundance he had never seen before. There was probably not another city in the world that united the large amounts of fog and the astonishing man-made landscapes that were also full of meaning and history. In his paintings, he portrays the fog as part of the landscape or the impression of the landscape, which gave him great popularity due to his creativity and the originality of his works. In that time, there was certainly no other painter like Monet.<br />
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Yet he did not paint with a lot of details, he created his works in such a way in which any Londoner would recognize the setting of his paintings. In addition to this, as he painted the same scene in different times of the day, he changed the colors to illustrate the different light patterns. The "special touch" or as we call it in this milestone "pigment" Monet added to his field was his originality and how even though he painted the same scene many times, each painting was unique. As posted in the official webpage of the National Gallery, in Monet's paintings "distance and perspective are abolished; a limitless expanse of water occupies our entire field of vision." <ref> https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-water-lilies </ref> His paintings portrayed the idea of constant change and the beauty of it, in House's book, "Nature into art", he explains how Monet worried a lot about "the ever-changing environment and the effects of light in his paintings." <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref> Even though it was the same landscape, this technique allowed the viewer imagine that it was a completely different environment. He focused a lot on the effects of light of the painting and used a distinct color palette for each painting. This different use of light and color provided him the irrefutable fame he keeps until today, when his biography is now studied at schools and his techniques are implemented by artists all around the world. <br />
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File:MM1.PNG|''The Thames below Westminster''<br> <br />
File:Monet_Irises41.PNG| ''Irises'' <br> <br />
File:M01.PNG|''Water Lilies at [[Tate Modern]]''<br />
File:Mone_Pond_41.PNG| ''The Water-Lily Pond'' <br> <br />
File:Monet_Setting.PNG| ''Water-Lilies, Setting Sun'' <br> <br />
File:MM.PNG|''Snow Scene at Argenteuil''<br> <br />
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===Charles Dickens===<br />
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Charles Dickens was part of a huge family, being born the second of eight children on 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens and even though many people have heard about him and his work, not everyone knows about his middle names because he decided never to use them and e simply known as Charles Dickens. Even though he was raised with high aspirations of himself, it is almost impossible for him to have imagined the reach of his literary work in later years and how much his early life would influence him in the future. He was in London for the first time at the age of three because of his father's work. Although most people are unaware at such an early age, it is believed that he "absorbed the sights, smells and sounds of the City" according to his biography in the official Dickens London Tours. <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> As in any big family, money issues started to arise, however, that did not stop them from being happy in the early days. Nevertheless, it became a real problem for Charles when he was twelve, as his father was imprisoned for debt. To help with the family needs, Charles was forced to leave school and start working. We can easily infer that he did not make much money as a twelve year old, and that having his childhood taken away from him because of his parents mistakes left him very unhappy. For it was not his fault at all that his father was imprisoned, but yet he had to pay for his mistakes. This caused him great suffering but he sacrificed himself to help his family. As his biography by Biography.com Editors mentions, "He felt abandoned and betrayed by the adults who were supposed to take care of him."<ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> <br />
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Even though he had no clue back then, this situation gave him the freedom to explore the streets and corners of London. He got to know every secret the city had, and by paying close attention to his surroundings he was able to get to know it "like the back of his hand". However, Dickens is credited with a passion for London and according to Michael and Mollie Hardwick in their book Dickens's England, "he entertained no such thing". For he grew up in the streets of London and this was not by choice, which allowed him to "greedily observe and absorb the city" getting to know it with "extensive and peculiar knowledge" as said by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, "but not loving it". <ref>Hardwick, M., & Hardwick, M. (1970). Dickens's England. London: Dent</ref> Despite this, it was not all bad for young Charles, because living as an adult while being a child also must have formed his character from a very early age and force him to mature and above all... think. Then according to a biography posted by BBC, for a short period of time he was able to go back to school when his father received and inheritance and was let free. However, his freedom lasted for a short period of time, as by the age of fifteen the biography in BBC's official website tells that he got a job as an office boy to help out his family again. <ref> BBC . (n.d.). History - Charles Dickens. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml</ref>Maybe this was not what he would have wanted for himself but this job propelled his writing career. His career began as a journalist for a local news paper, as many other authors. This job also allowed him to get to know a lot of people and start building a network of contacts that would allow him to keep escalating up in his career. Even back then he could infer the importance of "knowing people" so he did and soon he started getting better and better jobs still as a journalist, collaborating also with other artists to create material for the press. He started publishing monthly parts of what he called "The Pickwick Papers" in the newspaper and it was a massive success. By this time, Charles's personal life was also going very well, as in 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, who would give him the great gift of parenthood about a year after. Charles gave his name to his first son with Catherine Hogarth, who would give him another nine children.<br />
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After his first great success, he started to write nonstop and still with great quality, style and attention to detail. Very few people know London as he did, which allowed him to be the voice of the city itself. He had a very special way of writing about London granted by the events he went through in his childhood to what he also added his own touch. His increasing popularity allowed him to travel the world with his wife and even live in different places with her. However, he never took traveling as a vacation, for he continued to write and publish during these periods of time as if his travels only inspired him more and more instead off exhausting him. He was also, in general, a very nice person as he helped to found "The Guild of Literature and Arts" which was an organization that helped young artists struggling to make it through by presenting plays to the public. As he has once struggled in his life he probably founded this to help other fellow artists struggle a little bit less as they started to build their career just like he did. In addition to this, he also often performed as a character in the plays presented by that organization. Close to the end of his life, Dickens separated from his wife and started to see his children less. In the biography of Charles Dickens posted in the official website of the Dickens London Tours, Charles's daughter Kate recalled, "My father was like a madman… He did not care a damn what happened to any of us. Nothing could surpass the misery and unhappiness of our house." <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> Also according to that same biography, rumors spread about Charles Dickens's marriage ending because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens died at the age of 58 in England and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The most amazing thing about his unique perspective of London is the way despite all the struggles his life brought to him, he never stopped writing. And this is proven by the fact that by the time of his death he left his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. <ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> Charles Dickens is taught in schools all around the world as one of the main characters of English Literature, and he became himself a source of inspiration immediately linked to London.<br />
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===Sir Christopher Wren===<br />
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Tinniswood said in his book "His invention so fertile" that Christopher Wren "was the greatest architect Britain has ever known" <ref> Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> London and its skyline wouldn't be as we know them nowadays if it wasn't for Sir Cristopher Wren and his irrefutable talent and hard work. In the year 1666, London was struck by a great tragedy that destroyed the majority of the city. This incident started as an honest mistake in a bakery shop. The Great Fire of London demolished many buildings in London including the greatest buildings. These buildings were not made of wood but when the rock was heated, it exploded. After this enormous catastrophe, Sir Christopher Wren was given the urgent task of reconstructing many churches. St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest work with his design of the dome. St. Paul was above all the work of his life, not only because of the magnitude of the project but also because of how much time he devoted to it. You can see this dome from various views from different angles of the city. Each angle shows the magnificent glory of its design, however, my personal favorite is from across the Millennium Bridge. This Cathedral is one of the most visited landmarks in the city because everyone wants to appreciate the design not only from the outside but also from the inside. Wren designed and reconstructed this building to wonder everyone that seeks to appreciate it today. <br />
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As incredible as it may sound, the architect that designed the majestic dome in St. Paul's Cathedral was also a skilled scientist with several other talents that were all probably useful in some way during the process of designing and building the cathedral. As Lisa Jardine said in her book about Wren called ''On a grander scale: The outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren'': "Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society"<ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref>, Wren was a genius. He started his career as a scientist and graduated from Oxford University, which fills the institution with pride and they ensure it is widely known. Sir Christopher Wren was very knowledgeable and his most intimate friends were also renown scientists, brilliant people responsible for the greatest accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. This is proven by the text written on the cover of the book "His invention so fertile: A life of Cristopher Wren" by Tinniswood and Graham: "Wren's famous research in science included: mapping the moon and the stars, investigating the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carrying out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood."<ref>Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> And not only did he make his own research but also collaborated with his fellow scientists' work as stated by the author Lisa Jardine: "His observations on comments, meteorology, and muscular action made vital contributions to the developing ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> Also, just as in Dickens's case, his network helped him escalate in his career, getting to know many important people of his time. As supported in the book "Wren" by Margaret Whinney, "His connection to the Royal Society brought him into personal touch the King. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings and lived and worked under six monarchs." <ref> Whinney, M. (1971). Wren. London: Thames & Hudson. </ref> As it is easy to assume, back then, it was extremely important to have contact with the King, it opened an infinite amount of doors sometimes without the need of even knocking. Wren's career as an architect succeeded mainly because of this connection with royal people, as when he was appointed to rebuild the city after The great Fire of London, he ended up building approximately 50 churches. And as everyone was delighted with the course of his work, Wren also worked at Hampton Court Palace rebuilding the south view.<br />
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It is important to emphasize as well how amazing it was that he succeeded in the field of architecture without any previous knowledge about it, making it up with the knowledge he had of other fields such as math. He is the greatest example of how, with hard work and the right connections, there is nothing unachievable. He must have had outstanding observation skills and was probably inspired by a couple of architects of his time. Little did he know he was to become an architect that would continue to inspire many, even centuries after his death. Also, as he succeeded in architecture, he never forgot his passion for science as many of this buildings had scientific purposes that very few people know about. It is easy to admire the magnificence of his buildings but as you pay close attention to the details he worked on for each one of them, it is impossible not to be filled with great astonishment. For example, as Lisa Jardine also explained in her book: "The Monument of the Great Fire of London was built with a subterranean laboratory and the southwest tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during its construction. Both were designed to function simultaneously as public monuments and as oversize scientific instruments." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> When we think about Sir Christopher Wren's contributions to the history of London it is like every church he made was "a stroke of his brush" (figuratively speaking) "adding pigment" to the London skyline and at the same time, devoting his life to his passions as he created a masterpieces of such magnitude as is St. Paul's Cathedral. He let his talents flourish so that all of us could be able to enjoy them. Finally, we could say that despite his fame and success he remains a modest man, for when he was dying he asked not to have a huge statue to honor him but to simply be buried in his greatest accomplishment, St. Paul's Cathedral, letting that be the "monument" to honor his death.<br />
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In more contemporary times, leaving behind the dense, yellow and deadly fog as an everyday scene, London is a setting that enraptures less mystery and more and more magic. More color and a wider variety of emotions are displayed in all forms of art.<br />
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===J.K. Rowling===<br />
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J.K. Rowling has impacted many people's lives with her books, people of all razes, nationalities, religions and even ages. She has inspired young people to discover the joy of reading and entertained adults with her stories full of magic, mystery and suspense. It is not uncommon to hear about adolescents that had never grabbed a book in their lives falling in love with the wonderful world of Harry Potter. And that is the thing, It is amazing how her reading had the power to impact a whole generation and turn them into "Potterheads". All it takes is a good book to inspire people to read and J.K. Rowling wrote many great pieces of literature that are still great gifts for people of all ages. She is best known for her Harry Potter Series, which made her worldwide famous, and apart from these, J.K. Rowling has written several more books. <br />
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Her official website starts her biography like this: "Joanne Rowling was born on 1965 just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales."<ref>J.K. Rowling. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/</ref> However, the places that marked her literature the most were London and Edinburgh. As a woman that developed in the generation of information and revolution of technology, she had the opportunity to travel a lot and live in many places even before being famous. After getting her degree she moved to London, where she was inspired to write about Harry Potter as she sat in a train station. In her biography written by Sean Smith it is said: "She conceived the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> It seems almost ironic that after traveling so much, she came to get the idea that would change her life forever in the same country where she was born. She was inspired by her surroundings and wrote what she observed adding a creative component to it; her personal touch. For example, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two: in Chapter 1 ''KING'S CROSS'' she wrote: "A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.". <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. pp. 6</ref> Every word is perfectly placed in her sentences and invites the audience to keep reading almost effortlessly; as if the words had the ability to flow by themselves into our imaginations. However, until then this line could belong to any story set in that station, until J.K. Rowling adds the magic in Chapter 2 ''PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS'' as she says: "And which is also busy, but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved project." <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown.pp.9</ref> She made of the streets of London a magical place full of wonders to discover that would only be available to "the chosen ones" to find out.<br />
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However, even though she started in London, she also moved a lot while she was writing the series. Another of the major cities that highly inspired her writing was Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like London, a city full of a great deal of history and mystery that was a perfect source of inspiration for the young writer's imagination. As we visited Edinburgh, it was easy to spot the settings she chose to incorporate in some of the scenes of the books. Settings such as Hogwarts, the Quiddich Stadium, the cemetery and Diagon Alley. Even the four houses of Hogwarts that in the books were "named after the four founders of the school" (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin) are suspected to e inspired by the houses of one of the most prestigious schools in Scotland that is set in Edinburgh and casually carry the same colors as the four houses in Hogwarts. "George Heriot’s houses Castle, Lauriston, Raeburn and Greyfriars correspond to Rowling’s own Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff." <ref>Hodder, A. (2015, October 18). The Top Places To Visit In Edinburgh for Harry Potter Fans. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-top-6-locations-for-harry-potter-fans-in-edinburgh/</ref> Also, George Heriot’s School has a sports tournament every four years with other two schools of the United Kingdom. Many of the characters' names were also presumably derived from people who died in the city and are buried in Greyfriars Cemetery. Going to Scotland and hearing everyone; from tour guides, to store owners, to residents, talk about all these peculiar similarities between the city and her books was a little bit disappointing, but it also made us realize that all these details have always been out there for anyone to use and she was the only one with the imagination and intellect to do so. J.K. Rowling left her "stroke of pigment" in Edinburgh just as she did in London, writing her stories mainly in local cafes, that today are touristic spots. A famous one is Elephant House, where now it is famously known for being "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" as the owners decided to announce it like. In several webpages they're announces with the following phrase: “Magic! Is the only way to describe The Elephant House. Experience the same atmosphere that J.K. Rowling did as she mulled over coffee writing her first Harry Potter novel. Experience the friendliness of the staff, our extensive menus and the magical view of Edinburgh Castle. Not to forget…the elephants”. <ref>The magic brew called Potter. (2016, October 09). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-magic-brew-called-Potter/article15396369.ece</ref><br />
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For her great influence in the pop culture today, her impact on the places where she wrote and her devotion to her passion for literature, J.K Rowling is a woman worthy of admiration. Also, J.K. Rowling's life before Harry Potter was not easy. Smith also wrote: "She encountered many obstacles and misfortunes before and during the writing process." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> She took a long time writing the first book in the Harry Potter series but she never gave up and all her hard work is now being recompensed. She is a highly admired author with an impeccable reputation and she is also very rich. In fact, J.K. Rowling is considered by Forbes to be the second highest paid woman in entertainment. <ref> The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. (2007, January 18). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html </ref> However, being rich is not comparable to the satisfaction she must feel as she receives flattering and well deserved positive reviews of her books and so much love from her fandom that beg fore more of the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Miss Rowling is a great example of a creator that took as much as she could from what her environment in Edinburgh and London had to offer and she gave back to other cities becoming part of them.<br />
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Image:JK1.PNG|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
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===David Hockney===<br />
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David Hockney, born on 1937, has become one of the most influential figures in modern art, mostly because of all the different techniques he used and the ones he developed for his work. Also because of all the disciplines where he excelled as an artist throughout his entire life, which still continues. According to Editors of Encycloprdia Britannica in their website, "David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art." <ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2017, April 26). David Hockney. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hockney</ref> The city were he was born, Bradford, was, just as London, a poor victim of the fog, in a biography written by Christopher Simon Sykes, he explains: "for the two hundred or so chimneys of the woollen mills were belching out fumes all day, which sank slowly into the basin in which the city lies, and made Bradford then one of the smokiest cities on earth".<ref>Sykes, C. S. (2011). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 1). London: Century, pp. 1-25</ref>. In that same book, the author reveals an interview with Hockney in which he says that he knew that he wanted to be an artist since the age of 10 and his parents always encouraged him to develop his talent. <ref>Interview with David Hockney by Christopher Simon Skyes, June 2009</ref> Hockney was also known to e quite a good student and hard working artist that loved experimenting with different forms of art. He also traveled quite a lot and loved the state of California in the U.S., where he still owns a house. This is supported in his biography by Biography.com Editors, "The swimming pools of L.A. were one of his favorite subjects, and he became known for large, iconic works such as A Bigger Splash." <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> One of the most outstanding characteristics of his work "A Bigger Splash" is the technique he used to paint. He first took the pictures of the people he was going to paint and then putting together a bunch of these pictures he would put the person in the pose he wanted to paint. An example of this technique is shown below in the pictures. where it is easier to appreciate the complexity of Hockney's work.<br />
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Besides being an admirable artist, he was never hesitant to show himself to the world and stand up for his personal beliefs. Also, his romances affected him so much that later in his life he suffered from depression after breaking up with a boyfriend that he lived with for a while. As mention in a website dedicated to David Hockney, "Hockney was devastated and started taking Valium to combat the depression and loneliness he suffered." <ref>David Hockney Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.davidhockney.com/bio.shtml</ref> However, despite all the tough times he went through in his life, he never let that intervene with his work as he has a huge amount of collections of different types of art always looking for a way to interact with the viewer through his work. As the American curator, Maurice Tuchman mentions in her book David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA, "Hockney is not at all involved in the creation of beauty as an end in itself. It is exactly this didactic urgency, this need to be heard plainly and to be understood clearly, which is the basis of his phenomenal popularity." <ref>Tuchman, M., & Barron, S. (1989). David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, pp. 13</ref> <br />
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In one of his expositions, also shown below, he wrote "Perspective should e reversed... specially in photography". He has definitely been a revolutionary artist that has been looked up to for over half a century now. Hockney is widely known for his adaptability and his ability to create new techniques using the emerging technologies. In photography, specifically he turned to “recreate photography” in a way in which, as he said in another interview with Sykes, “a photograph that could be described as having a strong illusion of reality”. <ref>Sykes, C. S. (2014). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 2). London: Century, pp. 160</ref> Though Hockney does not have a great number of photographies or paintings of London itself, he has been one of the most influential and innovative British artists for the past half a century. He developed a way to give a story to his images, instead of just leaving them as a single photograph. Through his collages, he makes his characters come to life and is able to transmit emotions and ideas, creating a reality for each one and showing it to its viewers. And with his method of combining photography and painting, he "added his pigment" to both fields. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to paint and exhibit, and advocates for funding for the arts. <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> <br />
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Image:DHH.jpg|''David Hockney Photographed by Paul Joyce, 1984''<br />
Image:DH09.jpg|"David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger. Image © David Hockney, used courtesy of Film Movement."<br />
Image:DH01.jpg|alt=Color photograph from a 35 mm negative|''Nick Wilder, 1966. Taken by Mark Lancaster''<br />
Image:DH00.jpg|''Portrait of Nick Wilder, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 72x 72 by David Hockney''<br />
Image:DH05.jpg|''Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 1st 1982 Composite Polaroid 70.5 x 130''<br />
Image:DH03.jpg|''Le Nid Du Duc, April 1972. Color photographs from 35 mm negatives''<br />
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Image:DH04.jpg|''Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120. Private Collection, United Kingdom.''<br />
Image:DH06.jpg|''My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982, Photographic Collage 121 x 70''<br />
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===Ken Shuttleworth===<br />
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Ken Shuttleworth, just as Christopher Wren, transformed completely London's skyline. According to his biography in his paper ''Form and Skin'', he was born in 1952 and studied at Leicester Polytechnic, where he got a degree with distinction in Architecture in 1977. According to that same paper, in 1974 he joined the architectural firm of Foster and Partners and shortly after became a registered architect. Then, in 1991 he became a partner of the firm "Fosters Associates", where he was responsible for the design of significant projects. <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref>Since his time at college, he has been known as a great designer. In class, he would take half of the time his classmates would to finish his designs. His fast and impressive work gave him the nickname "Ken the Pen". During his time in "Fosters Associates" he designed what "The Guardian" news paper called "some of the world's most iconic buildings"<ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref>. Referring to masterpieces such as the Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters and London's St Mary Axe or best known as "The Gherkin". <br />
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He certainly succeeded after college in "Foster Associates", however, in 2003 he decided to leave the firm. As Shuttleworth always thought architects to have a big purpose, he felt like he could do more than working for a big firm, and this was a particularly big firm. "The Guardian" published about it in 2003 saying that "with a staff of nearly 600 and over 100 projects on the computer screens", Foster Associates was "one of the world's busiest and highest-profile architectural practices." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> As he moved on from Foster Associates, he founded his own firm, "Make", in 2004. With him on the lead this firm was prompt to succed, and it did. In his paper "Form and Skin", he wrote: "It grew to one od the UK's foremost architectural firms." <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref> Looking back into his life, his passion for design began at very young age. "The Guardian news paper once wrote about how with the help of his father he followed his passion and magnified his talent: "His father, an accountant, encouraged him: "He hated being an accountant. He said, 'Whatever you do, you should really enjoy doing it'." "<ref> Fairs, M. (2003, January 22). Ken Shuttleworth: architecture's best-kept secret. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/jan/22/architecture.artsfeatures </ref> He followed his fathers advice and became a magnificent architect worthy of admiration. <br />
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"The Guardian" also wrote referring to Ken, ""He is one of the best hidden talents in the UK," says Stuart Lipton, the chairman of the government's architecture watchdog of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> This quote perfectly conveys to major ideas; the first one about his irrefutable talent, and the second one out how little is actually known about him. Unlike we had expected, finding information about Shuttleworth was somehow hard because he has always lived life with a low profile. However, after reading his papers and articles you can clearly see what an amazing architect he is. He wrote in the article "Throwing stones at those in glass houses, "Architects and environmental engineers have never had such an important role and we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity before it’s too late. Now is the time to wake up... and use our creativity, our curiosity and our passion for exploration... to help save the planet". Because of his passion and drive, he is a source of inspiration to many young architects. Reading his words reminded us that being an architect is an important role in the world and it is not just designing a pretty building. That sense of commitment and great creativity that he possesses and uses to improve our society is what makes him a person worthy of admiration. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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Using David Hockney's technique of "Painting with Pictures", we chose one picture of each site described in the Milestone [[Colourless London]] and we made them into paintings, emphasizing the use of bright colors inspired by different scenarios of London and making an imminent contrast with the pictures' monochromatic feel. Each set represents our own way of "adding pigment" to the city's most emblematic sites and to the way people usually perceive London.<br />
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==Tower Bridge==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Orange <br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:TB01.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Tower Bridge'']]<br />
| [[File:D02.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Tower Bridge Full of Colour'' <br> By Kristy Giacoman]] <br />
| [[File:EAWwalk8.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "The colors used were inspired by one of the pictures of the girls in this HUA program, Emily Wilson. She took this picture from the same bridge that I painted. The colors in the sunset inspired me to choose the color scheme in my work. However, I decided to paint a morning instead of a sunset, symbolizing a fresh start for the city of London. That is why the sky is a mostly blue and the bridge contains the colors of Emily's picture as if it had absorbed the sunset of the previous day, symbolizing that even though it is a fresh start, the past is still part of the city, or in this case, the painting.<br />
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==London Eye==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Violet<br />
**Ivory Black<br />
**Titanium White <br />
**Ultra Blue <br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:LE03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless London Eye'']]<br />
| [[File:D01.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''London Eye Full of Colour'' <br> by Kristy Giacoman]]<br />
| [[File:Purple.jpeg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "Purple is the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and The London Eye is the world’s largest observation wheel and most popular paid tourist attraction in the whole country. Also Purple is my favorite color. Finally, I was inspired to choose that color scheme by this flowers I bought in Columbia Road Flower Market, in London. Because they enrapture the beauty I see in the streets of London, despite all opposing opinions and catastrophic events that have hit this city, which I like to think still stands strong."<br />
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==Big Ben==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Crimson Red<br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
***TitaniumWhite <br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:BB04.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Big Ben'']]<br />
| [[File:D03.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Big Ben Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:UK.png|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "I used the picture Kristy took ''Colourless Big Ben'' as a model and the colors in the flag of the United Kingdom as an inspiration to create this painting. I used the radiant colors in the flag to represent Parliament and the citizens in the UK. The Big Ben identifies London as the flag identifies the UK. With the use of different shades of blue I created a sky as in the picture. To show the different levels of the top of the building I used either blue or red for each level. What the blue drops of paint falling down the Big Ben represents the trust of the citizens of London in their government fading away by disappointment. I decided to convey this message as a strong statement, knowing that as the citizens are the base of the society, if they lose trust in their government, the structure will not stand for long.<br />
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==Gherkin==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Light Green <br />
**Vidridian <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
*Colors Used: Red, Blue, White.<br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:GH01.png|thumb|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Gherkin'']]<br />
| [[File:D04.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Gherkin Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes ]]<br />
| [[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "This building is known as "The Gherkin" but its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. This nickname was given because of its similarity to the Mexican sour gherkin. The green colors used in this painting were inspired by two things, this Mexican sour gherkin, and the architect that designed it, Ken Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth cares deeply for the environment and saving the planet, which is why the color scheme that I chose contains greens and light blues, representing the colors of a field of grass. I liked the irony as well of painting a modern skyscraper with the same colors I would use to paint a plant. Also meaning that among all the development of the city, it is still important to keep the environment in mind, for London has already suffered enough by the filthiness of the fog."<br />
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==St. Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Raw Limber <br />
**Paynes' Grey <br />
**Phthalo Blue<br />
**Lake Blue<br />
** Light Green<br />
**Phthalo Green<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:SP03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless St. Paul's Cathedral'']]<br />
| [[File:Greeen.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|'' Green St Paul's '' ]]<br />
| [[File:A03.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes| "The Colourful St. Paul's Cathedral <br> by Kristy GIacoman and Sofia Reyes]]<br />
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Kristy and Sofia: "St. Paul's Cathedral represents the change in beliefs of the whole country. This painting was done by the both of us and we decided to use two pictures we took to inspire us and combine them into one, symbolizing how the different cultures and beliefs of the world merge to create this wonderful and "colorful" city of London. The green used is inspired by Sofia's picture and the grayish blue and purple have inspired the picture Kristy took. This painting represents unity within us and within London citizens. This unity comes to life in the deepest desires kept in the hearts of the good people of London that have been hurt by the recent events more than ever before. However, despite this, the hope of unity in diversity remains vibrant with people that are willing to stand up for it."<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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In this Milestone, artists from the past and from the present are compared and contrasted. There is one artist chosen for each of the fields involved in the project "A London Full of Colour"; Painting, Literature and Architecture. The intention was to outline the main differences in their styles and how they each one of them portrayed their environment from their very own perspectives and translated it into their works of art. In the same way, biographical facts are provided to give the reader a reference of how life circumstances and setting might have been influential in the artists' work. This Milestone is the linking point between [[Colourless London]] and [[Colourful Reality]], giving meaning to the rest of the project "[[user:akgiacoman|A London Full of Colour]]". <br />
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Finally, for the deliverable, our own work is presented. With this, we intend to show our own perspective of London which contrasts with the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] in an extreme way. We tried to add some pigment of our own to create a much more [[Colourful Reality]] for ourselves. The paintings emphasize the use of colors in a symbolic way, what they represent are our different emotions and life experiences that stoke our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways, but always resulting in a breath taking outcome. Life is our very own masterpiece, it is what we make it and it is not in the very least monochromatic. In the contrary, all the aspects of our lives merge to create a unique work of art, that certainly might not be of everyone's liking, but then again, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the artist that made the masterpiece. In some occasions, the artist regrets the path he or she took and if given a second chance, would have done things differently. However, the work is done, the masterpiece is complete, and we can either live in regret or move forward in such ways where each stoke is more precise and better thought than the previous one. Some other artists die without the proper acknowledgment that their work deserves, however, what people think of their work can never influence the magnitude of its quality. A masterpiece, is a masterpiece even when there is no one to admire it and most things done with effort and passion are worth a standing ovation. <br />
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==Gallery of Pictures==<br />
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=References=<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]: <br> Introduction, Artistic Component, Artists From the Past, Artists From the Present, Charles Dickens, David Hockney, Conclusion & final edits of the other artists. Painted "Tower Bridge Full of Colour", "London Eye Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]: <br> Ken Shuttleworth, core information for Monet, Sir Christopher Wren & JK. Rowling & formatting of information in the deliverable. Painted "Big Ben Full of Colour", "Gherkin Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:vjmanzo|Vincent Manzo]] & [[User:Cclark|Constance Clark]]: <br> Advisors<br />
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Adding_Pigment&diff=19861
Adding Pigment
2017-06-23T02:03:28Z
<p>Sreyes: /* St. Paul's Cathedral */</p>
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by [[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]] & [[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes ]]<br><br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that we choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. Kristy has gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college, while Sofia, as a future architectural engineer, is able to provide insight from a different perspective, also having taken painting lessons since a very young age. This project combines our favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message that we wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. Our main goal was to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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The title of this Milestone was chosen to be "Adding Pigment" as for every person that goes through London is not only influenced by it and its weather as seen in [[Colourless London]], but at the same time, they leave a piece of them that adds to the beauty of this city. In the same way as they take inspiration from the amazing stories London has to tell, they create a new chapter, and if they do it well, a really good one. Each artist presented in the background of this Milestone was chosen because of their irrefutable relevance to the history of London in the artistic side. In the background, we present the way in which different situations they lived conducted them to become some of the most influential and inspiring individuals the streets of London have ever seen. Likewise, each artist is known to have revolutionized in some way their field "adding pigment" to the existing base of knowledge and techniques. From the fields of Painting, Literature and Architecture, we chose a set of six artists divided in "Artists from the Past" and "Artists from the Present" to, in some way, categorize them by periods and let the readers draw conclusions about the similar traits in their work. Inspired by these great minds, we leave in the deliverable our own works of art painting the same sites where pictures were taken for Colourless London, choosing a specific picture for each one and "replicating it" in some way with acrylic paintings, just the way David Hockey used to do with his photography. The difference, however, is that we aim to emphasize the contrast between the gray color palette seen in the pictures that characterizes London and the use of color in our paintings that represents our perspective of the city. In this way we seek to add pigment to the scenery in a literal and metaphorical way.<br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
==Artistic Component==<br />
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"Despite the widespread social anxiety caused by the fog, many artists found in it a source of inspiration from a wide broad of perspectives. For some, fog represented a looming presence, alive and malignant."<ref>Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: BELKNAP HARVARD. pp 1.</ref> This quote from "The London Fog" by Corton perfectly exemplifies the way in which some people used too feel about the fog, however, for some other many artists, the fog could be seen as magical or even romantic. The same thing could be seen from very different perspectives and used for many different purposes. The fog could be used by robbers to easily disappear after their theft and the same fog could also be used by artists like Monet to show the world the beauty of a city like London. Likewise the fog could be the source of sickness and depression or could also be the source of motivation and inspiration, giving a person's mind the push needed to boost their creativity. Just like that, the city of London has been the source of inspiration and spectator of some of the greatest minds the world has seen. From painters to writers to architects, London has evoked many "shades of feelings" that have driven locals and foreigners to accomplish great things. <br />
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==Artists From the Past==<br />
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Being a city immersed in its own history, London has seen a lot happening through its streets, and by digging in the past, it is easy to find a more gloomy, mysterious and heavy perspective of the fog, enraptured in all kinds of art. The following representatives were chosen because of their imminent and irrefutable success in their disciplines.<br />
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===Monet===<br />
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Claude Monet was a French artist of the Impressionist movement. He was actually so influential to this movement that it was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because, as stated in the book "Nature into art" by House, "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>The the viewer has to analyze, assume and connect the dots to figure out the purpose of the painting. This was not exactly abstract art but it was definitely different from any sort of traditional art at that time. Monet was a revolutionary and the complexity of his works continues to amaze the most demanding art critics and attract collectors from all over the globe. Unlike many other famous artists, when Monet started, he had no prior knowledge of art techniques, which may have been the cause of him developing his own. However, he was surely inspired by many other artists before him. Today Monet is one of the best-known artists in the world. In the creation of his own style, his purpose was to overcome the tradition of detailed works of art and use intense brushstrokes to create an impression of a painting. According to his biography, "Monet by himself", he started painting in Paris many scenes of the Seine river as well as impressions of landscapes of the place he lived in at different times of the day. This specific trait defines his work, because this technique was not only very useful for practice, but also allowed the viewer to perceive the scene from different perspectives of the same place and by the same artist as he played with the changes in light. We can clearly see this technique in one of his biggest collections of paintings; Water Lilies, that he painted when he was living in Givenchy. Monet moved a lot during his life mainly within France, however, during the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to London for two years. <ref> Monet, C., & Kendall, R. (2003). Monet by Himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 1. </ref> <br />
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During his time in London, he couldn't help but immerse himself in the captivating inspiration that emerged from the city's mesmerizing views. Using his technique, he painted many of its landscapes and buildings at different times of the day, as he was known for. He painted many views from the Thames, including Parliament and Westminster and even though it was only for a short period of time, his time in London marked his artistic career. In the book "London Fog, Christine Corton states: " His short stay in London resulted in the largest series of paintings that he had yet produced." <ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 182. </ref> Monet, as many other artists, admired the London fog and its presence in his paintings was not only evident, but often even highlighted. The fog gave his paintings some sort of uniqueness and contributed to his Impressionism. As Christine Corton said in her book ''London Fog'' Monet commented " Without the fog, London wouldn't be a beautiful city... It's the fog that gives it it's magnificent breadth".<ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 184. </ref> This was a very outlandish way of viewing one of the nation's greatest struggle, but once again, he was a revolutionary. He was most likely intrigued by the fog as it went alongside his style and it was in such an abundance he had never seen before. There was probably not another city in the world that united the large amounts of fog and the astonishing man-made landscapes that were also full of meaning and history. In his paintings, he portrays the fog as part of the landscape or the impression of the landscape, which gave him great popularity due to his creativity and the originality of his works. In that time, there was certainly no other painter like Monet.<br />
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Yet he did not paint with a lot of details, he created his works in such a way in which any Londoner would recognize the setting of his paintings. In addition to this, as he painted the same scene in different times of the day, he changed the colors to illustrate the different light patterns. The "special touch" or as we call it in this milestone "pigment" Monet added to his field was his originality and how even though he painted the same scene many times, each painting was unique. As posted in the official webpage of the National Gallery, in Monet's paintings "distance and perspective are abolished; a limitless expanse of water occupies our entire field of vision." <ref> https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-water-lilies </ref> His paintings portrayed the idea of constant change and the beauty of it, in House's book, "Nature into art", he explains how Monet worried a lot about "the ever-changing environment and the effects of light in his paintings." <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref> Even though it was the same landscape, this technique allowed the viewer imagine that it was a completely different environment. He focused a lot on the effects of light of the painting and used a distinct color palette for each painting. This different use of light and color provided him the irrefutable fame he keeps until today, when his biography is now studied at schools and his techniques are implemented by artists all around the world. <br />
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File:MM1.PNG|''The Thames below Westminster''<br> <br />
File:Monet_Irises41.PNG| ''Irises'' <br> <br />
File:M01.PNG|''Water Lilies at [[Tate Modern]]''<br />
File:Mone_Pond_41.PNG| ''The Water-Lily Pond'' <br> <br />
File:Monet_Setting.PNG| ''Water-Lilies, Setting Sun'' <br> <br />
File:MM.PNG|''Snow Scene at Argenteuil''<br> <br />
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===Charles Dickens===<br />
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Charles Dickens was part of a huge family, being born the second of eight children on 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens and even though many people have heard about him and his work, not everyone knows about his middle names because he decided never to use them and e simply known as Charles Dickens. Even though he was raised with high aspirations of himself, it is almost impossible for him to have imagined the reach of his literary work in later years and how much his early life would influence him in the future. He was in London for the first time at the age of three because of his father's work. Although most people are unaware at such an early age, it is believed that he "absorbed the sights, smells and sounds of the City" according to his biography in the official Dickens London Tours. <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> As in any big family, money issues started to arise, however, that did not stop them from being happy in the early days. Nevertheless, it became a real problem for Charles when he was twelve, as his father was imprisoned for debt. To help with the family needs, Charles was forced to leave school and start working. We can easily infer that he did not make much money as a twelve year old, and that having his childhood taken away from him because of his parents mistakes left him very unhappy. For it was not his fault at all that his father was imprisoned, but yet he had to pay for his mistakes. This caused him great suffering but he sacrificed himself to help his family. As his biography by Biography.com Editors mentions, "He felt abandoned and betrayed by the adults who were supposed to take care of him."<ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> <br />
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Even though he had no clue back then, this situation gave him the freedom to explore the streets and corners of London. He got to know every secret the city had, and by paying close attention to his surroundings he was able to get to know it "like the back of his hand". However, Dickens is credited with a passion for London and according to Michael and Mollie Hardwick in their book Dickens's England, "he entertained no such thing". For he grew up in the streets of London and this was not by choice, which allowed him to "greedily observe and absorb the city" getting to know it with "extensive and peculiar knowledge" as said by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, "but not loving it". <ref>Hardwick, M., & Hardwick, M. (1970). Dickens's England. London: Dent</ref> Despite this, it was not all bad for young Charles, because living as an adult while being a child also must have formed his character from a very early age and force him to mature and above all... think. Then according to a biography posted by BBC, for a short period of time he was able to go back to school when his father received and inheritance and was let free. However, his freedom lasted for a short period of time, as by the age of fifteen the biography in BBC's official website tells that he got a job as an office boy to help out his family again. <ref> BBC . (n.d.). History - Charles Dickens. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml</ref>Maybe this was not what he would have wanted for himself but this job propelled his writing career. His career began as a journalist for a local news paper, as many other authors. This job also allowed him to get to know a lot of people and start building a network of contacts that would allow him to keep escalating up in his career. Even back then he could infer the importance of "knowing people" so he did and soon he started getting better and better jobs still as a journalist, collaborating also with other artists to create material for the press. He started publishing monthly parts of what he called "The Pickwick Papers" in the newspaper and it was a massive success. By this time, Charles's personal life was also going very well, as in 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, who would give him the great gift of parenthood about a year after. Charles gave his name to his first son with Catherine Hogarth, who would give him another nine children.<br />
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After his first great success, he started to write nonstop and still with great quality, style and attention to detail. Very few people know London as he did, which allowed him to be the voice of the city itself. He had a very special way of writing about London granted by the events he went through in his childhood to what he also added his own touch. His increasing popularity allowed him to travel the world with his wife and even live in different places with her. However, he never took traveling as a vacation, for he continued to write and publish during these periods of time as if his travels only inspired him more and more instead off exhausting him. He was also, in general, a very nice person as he helped to found "The Guild of Literature and Arts" which was an organization that helped young artists struggling to make it through by presenting plays to the public. As he has once struggled in his life he probably founded this to help other fellow artists struggle a little bit less as they started to build their career just like he did. In addition to this, he also often performed as a character in the plays presented by that organization. Close to the end of his life, Dickens separated from his wife and started to see his children less. In the biography of Charles Dickens posted in the official website of the Dickens London Tours, Charles's daughter Kate recalled, "My father was like a madman… He did not care a damn what happened to any of us. Nothing could surpass the misery and unhappiness of our house." <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> Also according to that same biography, rumors spread about Charles Dickens's marriage ending because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens died at the age of 58 in England and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The most amazing thing about his unique perspective of London is the way despite all the struggles his life brought to him, he never stopped writing. And this is proven by the fact that by the time of his death he left his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. <ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> Charles Dickens is taught in schools all around the world as one of the main characters of English Literature, and he became himself a source of inspiration immediately linked to London.<br />
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===Sir Christopher Wren===<br />
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Tinniswood said in his book "His invention so fertile" that Christopher Wren "was the greatest architect Britain has ever known" <ref> Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> London and its skyline wouldn't be as we know them nowadays if it wasn't for Sir Cristopher Wren and his irrefutable talent and hard work. In the year 1666, London was struck by a great tragedy that destroyed the majority of the city. This incident started as an honest mistake in a bakery shop. The Great Fire of London demolished many buildings in London including the greatest buildings. These buildings were not made of wood but when the rock was heated, it exploded. After this enormous catastrophe, Sir Christopher Wren was given the urgent task of reconstructing many churches. St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest work with his design of the dome. St. Paul was above all the work of his life, not only because of the magnitude of the project but also because of how much time he devoted to it. You can see this dome from various views from different angles of the city. Each angle shows the magnificent glory of its design, however, my personal favorite is from across the Millennium Bridge. This Cathedral is one of the most visited landmarks in the city because everyone wants to appreciate the design not only from the outside but also from the inside. Wren designed and reconstructed this building to wonder everyone that seeks to appreciate it today. <br />
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As incredible as it may sound, the architect that designed the majestic dome in St. Paul's Cathedral was also a skilled scientist with several other talents that were all probably useful in some way during the process of designing and building the cathedral. As Lisa Jardine said in her book about Wren called ''On a grander scale: The outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren'': "Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society"<ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref>, Wren was a genius. He started his career as a scientist and graduated from Oxford University, which fills the institution with pride and they ensure it is widely known. Sir Christopher Wren was very knowledgeable and his most intimate friends were also renown scientists, brilliant people responsible for the greatest accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. This is proven by the text written on the cover of the book "His invention so fertile: A life of Cristopher Wren" by Tinniswood and Graham: "Wren's famous research in science included: mapping the moon and the stars, investigating the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carrying out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood."<ref>Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> And not only did he make his own research but also collaborated with his fellow scientists' work as stated by the author Lisa Jardine: "His observations on comments, meteorology, and muscular action made vital contributions to the developing ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> Also, just as in Dickens's case, his network helped him escalate in his career, getting to know many important people of his time. As supported in the book "Wren" by Margaret Whinney, "His connection to the Royal Society brought him into personal touch the King. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings and lived and worked under six monarchs." <ref> Whinney, M. (1971). Wren. London: Thames & Hudson. </ref> As it is easy to assume, back then, it was extremely important to have contact with the King, it opened an infinite amount of doors sometimes without the need of even knocking. Wren's career as an architect succeeded mainly because of this connection with royal people, as when he was appointed to rebuild the city after The great Fire of London, he ended up building approximately 50 churches. And as everyone was delighted with the course of his work, Wren also worked at Hampton Court Palace rebuilding the south view.<br />
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It is important to emphasize as well how amazing it was that he succeeded in the field of architecture without any previous knowledge about it, making it up with the knowledge he had of other fields such as math. He is the greatest example of how, with hard work and the right connections, there is nothing unachievable. He must have had outstanding observation skills and was probably inspired by a couple of architects of his time. Little did he know he was to become an architect that would continue to inspire many, even centuries after his death. Also, as he succeeded in architecture, he never forgot his passion for science as many of this buildings had scientific purposes that very few people know about. It is easy to admire the magnificence of his buildings but as you pay close attention to the details he worked on for each one of them, it is impossible not to be filled with great astonishment. For example, as Lisa Jardine also explained in her book: "The Monument of the Great Fire of London was built with a subterranean laboratory and the southwest tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during its construction. Both were designed to function simultaneously as public monuments and as oversize scientific instruments." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> When we think about Sir Christopher Wren's contributions to the history of London it is like every church he made was "a stroke of his brush" (figuratively speaking) "adding pigment" to the London skyline and at the same time, devoting his life to his passions as he created a masterpieces of such magnitude as is St. Paul's Cathedral. He let his talents flourish so that all of us could be able to enjoy them. Finally, we could say that despite his fame and success he remains a modest man, for when he was dying he asked not to have a huge statue to honor him but to simply be buried in his greatest accomplishment, St. Paul's Cathedral, letting that be the "monument" to honor his death.<br />
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In more contemporary times, leaving behind the dense, yellow and deadly fog as an everyday scene, London is a setting that enraptures less mystery and more and more magic. More color and a wider variety of emotions are displayed in all forms of art.<br />
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===J.K. Rowling===<br />
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J.K. Rowling has impacted many people's lives with her books, people of all razes, nationalities, religions and even ages. She has inspired young people to discover the joy of reading and entertained adults with her stories full of magic, mystery and suspense. It is not uncommon to hear about adolescents that had never grabbed a book in their lives falling in love with the wonderful world of Harry Potter. And that is the thing, It is amazing how her reading had the power to impact a whole generation and turn them into "Potterheads". All it takes is a good book to inspire people to read and J.K. Rowling wrote many great pieces of literature that are still great gifts for people of all ages. She is best known for her Harry Potter Series, which made her worldwide famous, and apart from these, J.K. Rowling has written several more books. <br />
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Her official website starts her biography like this: "Joanne Rowling was born on 1965 just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales."<ref>J.K. Rowling. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/</ref> However, the places that marked her literature the most were London and Edinburgh. As a woman that developed in the generation of information and revolution of technology, she had the opportunity to travel a lot and live in many places even before being famous. After getting her degree she moved to London, where she was inspired to write about Harry Potter as she sat in a train station. In her biography written by Sean Smith it is said: "She conceived the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> It seems almost ironic that after traveling so much, she came to get the idea that would change her life forever in the same country where she was born. She was inspired by her surroundings and wrote what she observed adding a creative component to it; her personal touch. For example, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two: in Chapter 1 ''KING'S CROSS'' she wrote: "A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.". <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. pp. 6</ref> Every word is perfectly placed in her sentences and invites the audience to keep reading almost effortlessly; as if the words had the ability to flow by themselves into our imaginations. However, until then this line could belong to any story set in that station, until J.K. Rowling adds the magic in Chapter 2 ''PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS'' as she says: "And which is also busy, but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved project." <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown.pp.9</ref> She made of the streets of London a magical place full of wonders to discover that would only be available to "the chosen ones" to find out.<br />
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However, even though she started in London, she also moved a lot while she was writing the series. Another of the major cities that highly inspired her writing was Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like London, a city full of a great deal of history and mystery that was a perfect source of inspiration for the young writer's imagination. As we visited Edinburgh, it was easy to spot the settings she chose to incorporate in some of the scenes of the books. Settings such as Hogwarts, the Quiddich Stadium, the cemetery and Diagon Alley. Even the four houses of Hogwarts that in the books were "named after the four founders of the school" (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin) are suspected to e inspired by the houses of one of the most prestigious schools in Scotland that is set in Edinburgh and casually carry the same colors as the four houses in Hogwarts. "George Heriot’s houses Castle, Lauriston, Raeburn and Greyfriars correspond to Rowling’s own Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff." <ref>Hodder, A. (2015, October 18). The Top Places To Visit In Edinburgh for Harry Potter Fans. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-top-6-locations-for-harry-potter-fans-in-edinburgh/</ref> Also, George Heriot’s School has a sports tournament every four years with other two schools of the United Kingdom. Many of the characters' names were also presumably derived from people who died in the city and are buried in Greyfriars Cemetery. Going to Scotland and hearing everyone; from tour guides, to store owners, to residents, talk about all these peculiar similarities between the city and her books was a little bit disappointing, but it also made us realize that all these details have always been out there for anyone to use and she was the only one with the imagination and intellect to do so. J.K. Rowling left her "stroke of pigment" in Edinburgh just as she did in London, writing her stories mainly in local cafes, that today are touristic spots. A famous one is Elephant House, where now it is famously known for being "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" as the owners decided to announce it like. In several webpages they're announces with the following phrase: “Magic! Is the only way to describe The Elephant House. Experience the same atmosphere that J.K. Rowling did as she mulled over coffee writing her first Harry Potter novel. Experience the friendliness of the staff, our extensive menus and the magical view of Edinburgh Castle. Not to forget…the elephants”. <ref>The magic brew called Potter. (2016, October 09). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-magic-brew-called-Potter/article15396369.ece</ref><br />
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For her great influence in the pop culture today, her impact on the places where she wrote and her devotion to her passion for literature, J.K Rowling is a woman worthy of admiration. Also, J.K. Rowling's life before Harry Potter was not easy. Smith also wrote: "She encountered many obstacles and misfortunes before and during the writing process." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> She took a long time writing the first book in the Harry Potter series but she never gave up and all her hard work is now being recompensed. She is a highly admired author with an impeccable reputation and she is also very rich. In fact, J.K. Rowling is considered by Forbes to be the second highest paid woman in entertainment. <ref> The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. (2007, January 18). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html </ref> However, being rich is not comparable to the satisfaction she must feel as she receives flattering and well deserved positive reviews of her books and so much love from her fandom that beg fore more of the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Miss Rowling is a great example of a creator that took as much as she could from what her environment in Edinburgh and London had to offer and she gave back to other cities becoming part of them.<br />
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Image:JK1.PNG|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
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===David Hockney===<br />
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David Hockney, born on 1937, has become one of the most influential figures in modern art, mostly because of all the different techniques he used and the ones he developed for his work. Also because of all the disciplines where he excelled as an artist throughout his entire life, which still continues. According to Editors of Encycloprdia Britannica in their website, "David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art." <ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2017, April 26). David Hockney. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hockney</ref> The city were he was born, Bradford, was, just as London, a poor victim of the fog, in a biography written by Christopher Simon Sykes, he explains: "for the two hundred or so chimneys of the woollen mills were belching out fumes all day, which sank slowly into the basin in which the city lies, and made Bradford then one of the smokiest cities on earth".<ref>Sykes, C. S. (2011). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 1). London: Century, pp. 1-25</ref>. In that same book, the author reveals an interview with Hockney in which he says that he knew that he wanted to be an artist since the age of 10 and his parents always encouraged him to develop his talent. <ref>Interview with David Hockney by Christopher Simon Skyes, June 2009</ref> Hockney was also known to e quite a good student and hard working artist that loved experimenting with different forms of art. He also traveled quite a lot and loved the state of California in the U.S., where he still owns a house. This is supported in his biography by Biography.com Editors, "The swimming pools of L.A. were one of his favorite subjects, and he became known for large, iconic works such as A Bigger Splash." <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> One of the most outstanding characteristics of his work "A Bigger Splash" is the technique he used to paint. He first took the pictures of the people he was going to paint and then putting together a bunch of these pictures he would put the person in the pose he wanted to paint. An example of this technique is shown below in the pictures. where it is easier to appreciate the complexity of Hockney's work.<br />
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Besides being an admirable artist, he was never hesitant to show himself to the world and stand up for his personal beliefs. Also, his romances affected him so much that later in his life he suffered from depression after breaking up with a boyfriend that he lived with for a while. As mention in a website dedicated to David Hockney, "Hockney was devastated and started taking Valium to combat the depression and loneliness he suffered." <ref>David Hockney Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.davidhockney.com/bio.shtml</ref> However, despite all the tough times he went through in his life, he never let that intervene with his work as he has a huge amount of collections of different types of art always looking for a way to interact with the viewer through his work. As the American curator, Maurice Tuchman mentions in her book David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA, "Hockney is not at all involved in the creation of beauty as an end in itself. It is exactly this didactic urgency, this need to be heard plainly and to be understood clearly, which is the basis of his phenomenal popularity." <ref>Tuchman, M., & Barron, S. (1989). David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, pp. 13</ref> <br />
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In one of his expositions, also shown below, he wrote "Perspective should e reversed... specially in photography". He has definitely been a revolutionary artist that has been looked up to for over half a century now. Hockney is widely known for his adaptability and his ability to create new techniques using the emerging technologies. In photography, specifically he turned to “recreate photography” in a way in which, as he said in another interview with Sykes, “a photograph that could be described as having a strong illusion of reality”. <ref>Sykes, C. S. (2014). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 2). London: Century, pp. 160</ref> Though Hockney does not have a great number of photographies or paintings of London itself, he has been one of the most influential and innovative British artists for the past half a century. He developed a way to give a story to his images, instead of just leaving them as a single photograph. Through his collages, he makes his characters come to life and is able to transmit emotions and ideas, creating a reality for each one and showing it to its viewers. And with his method of combining photography and painting, he "added his pigment" to both fields. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to paint and exhibit, and advocates for funding for the arts. <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> <br />
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Image:DHH.jpg|''David Hockney Photographed by Paul Joyce, 1984''<br />
Image:DH09.jpg|"David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger. Image © David Hockney, used courtesy of Film Movement."<br />
Image:DH01.jpg|alt=Color photograph from a 35 mm negative|''Nick Wilder, 1966. Taken by Mark Lancaster''<br />
Image:DH00.jpg|''Portrait of Nick Wilder, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 72x 72 by David Hockney''<br />
Image:DH05.jpg|''Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 1st 1982 Composite Polaroid 70.5 x 130''<br />
Image:DH03.jpg|''Le Nid Du Duc, April 1972. Color photographs from 35 mm negatives''<br />
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Image:DH04.jpg|''Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120. Private Collection, United Kingdom.''<br />
Image:DH06.jpg|''My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982, Photographic Collage 121 x 70''<br />
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===Ken Shuttleworth===<br />
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Ken Shuttleworth, just as Christopher Wren, transformed completely London's skyline. According to his biography in his paper ''Form and Skin'', he was born in 1952 and studied at Leicester Polytechnic, where he got a degree with distinction in Architecture in 1977. According to that same paper, in 1974 he joined the architectural firm of Foster and Partners and shortly after became a registered architect. Then, in 1991 he became a partner of the firm "Fosters Associates", where he was responsible for the design of significant projects. <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref>Since his time at college, he has been known as a great designer. In class, he would take half of the time his classmates would to finish his designs. His fast and impressive work gave him the nickname "Ken the Pen". During his time in "Fosters Associates" he designed what "The Guardian" news paper called "some of the world's most iconic buildings"<ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref>. Referring to masterpieces such as the Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters and London's St Mary Axe or best known as "The Gherkin". <br />
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He certainly succeeded after college in "Foster Associates", however, in 2003 he decided to leave the firm. As Shuttleworth always thought architects to have a big purpose, he felt like he could do more than working for a big firm, and this was a particularly big firm. "The Guardian" published about it in 2003 saying that "with a staff of nearly 600 and over 100 projects on the computer screens", Foster Associates was "one of the world's busiest and highest-profile architectural practices." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> As he moved on from Foster Associates, he founded his own firm, "Make", in 2004. With him on the lead this firm was prompt to succed, and it did. In his paper "Form and Skin", he wrote: "It grew to one od the UK's foremost architectural firms." <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref> Looking back into his life, his passion for design began at very young age. "The Guardian news paper once wrote about how with the help of his father he followed his passion and magnified his talent: "His father, an accountant, encouraged him: "He hated being an accountant. He said, 'Whatever you do, you should really enjoy doing it'." "<ref> Fairs, M. (2003, January 22). Ken Shuttleworth: architecture's best-kept secret. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/jan/22/architecture.artsfeatures </ref> He followed his fathers advice and became a magnificent architect worthy of admiration. <br />
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"The Guardian" also wrote referring to Ken, ""He is one of the best hidden talents in the UK," says Stuart Lipton, the chairman of the government's architecture watchdog of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> This quote perfectly conveys to major ideas; the first one about his irrefutable talent, and the second one out how little is actually known about him. Unlike we had expected, finding information about Shuttleworth was somehow hard because he has always lived life with a low profile. However, after reading his papers and articles you can clearly see what an amazing architect he is. He wrote in the article "Throwing stones at those in glass houses, "Architects and environmental engineers have never had such an important role and we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity before it’s too late. Now is the time to wake up... and use our creativity, our curiosity and our passion for exploration... to help save the planet". Because of his passion and drive, he is a source of inspiration to many young architects. Reading his words reminded us that being an architect is an important role in the world and it is not just designing a pretty building. That sense of commitment and great creativity that he possesses and uses to improve our society is what makes him a person worthy of admiration. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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Using David Hockney's technique of "Painting with Pictures", we chose one picture of each site described in the Milestone [[Colourless London]] and we made them into paintings, emphasizing the use of bright colors inspired by different scenarios of London and making an imminent contrast with the pictures' monochromatic feel. Each set represents our own way of "adding pigment" to the city's most emblematic sites and to the way people usually perceive London.<br />
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==Tower Bridge==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Orange <br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:TB01.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Tower Bridge'']]<br />
| [[File:D02.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Tower Bridge Full of Colour'' <br> By Kristy Giacoman]] <br />
| [[File:EAWwalk8.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "The colors used were inspired by one of the pictures of the girls in this HUA program, Emily Wilson. She took this picture from the same bridge that I painted. The colors in the sunset inspired me to choose the color scheme in my work. However, I decided to paint a morning instead of a sunset, symbolizing a fresh start for the city of London. That is why the sky is a mostly blue and the bridge contains the colors of Emily's picture as if it had absorbed the sunset of the previous day, symbolizing that even though it is a fresh start, the past is still part of the city, or in this case, the painting.<br />
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==London Eye==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Violet<br />
**Ivory Black<br />
**Titanium White <br />
**Ultra Blue <br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:LE03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless London Eye'']]<br />
| [[File:D01.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''London Eye Full of Colour'' <br> by Kristy Giacoman]]<br />
| [[File:Purple.jpeg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "Purple is the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and The London Eye is the world’s largest observation wheel and most popular paid tourist attraction in the whole country. Also Purple is my favorite color. Finally, I was inspired to choose that color scheme by this flowers I bought in Columbia Road Flower Market, in London. Because they enrapture the beauty I see in the streets of London, despite all opposing opinions and catastrophic events that have hit this city, which I like to think still stands strong."<br />
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==Big Ben==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Crimson Red<br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
***TitaniumWhite <br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:BB04.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Big Ben'']]<br />
| [[File:D03.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Big Ben Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:UK.png|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "I used the picture Kristy took ''Colourless Big Ben'' as a model and the colors in the flag of the United Kingdom as an inspiration to create this painting. I used the radiant colors in the flag to represent Parliament and the citizens in the UK. The Big Ben identifies London as the flag identifies the UK. With the use of different shades of blue I created a sky as in the picture. To show the different levels of the top of the building I used either blue or red for each level. What the blue drops of paint falling down the Big Ben represents the trust of the citizens of London in their government fading away by disappointment. I decided to convey this message as a strong statement, knowing that as the citizens are the base of the society, if they lose trust in their government, the structure will not stand for long.<br />
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==Gherkin==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Light Green <br />
**Vidridian <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
*Colors Used: Red, Blue, White.<br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:GH01.png|thumb|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Gherkin'']]<br />
| [[File:D04.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Gherkin Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes ]]<br />
| [[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "This building is known as "The Gherkin" but its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. This nickname was given because of its similarity to the Mexican sour gherkin. The green colors used in this painting were inspired by two things, this Mexican sour gherkin, and the architect that designed it, Ken Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth cares deeply for the environment and saving the planet, which is why the color scheme that I chose contains greens and light blues, representing the colors of a field of grass. I liked the irony as well of painting a modern skyscraper with the same colors I would use to paint a plant. Also meaning that among all the development of the city, it is still important to keep the environment in mind, for London has already suffered enough by the filthiness of the fog."<br />
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==St. Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Raw Limber <br />
**Paynes' Grey <br />
**Phthalo Blue<br />
**Lake Blue<br />
** Light Green<br />
**Phthalo Green<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:SP03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless St. Paul's Cathedral'']]<br />
| [[File:Greeen.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|'' Green St Paul's '' ]]<br />
| [[File:A03.JPGG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes| "The Colourful St. Paul's Cathedral <br> by Kristy GIacoman and Sofia Reyes]]<br />
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Kristy and Sofia: "St. Paul's Cathedral represents the change in beliefs of the whole country. This painting was done by the both of us and we decided to use two pictures we took to inspire us and combine them into one, symbolizing how the different cultures and beliefs of the world merge to create this wonderful and "colorful" city of London. The green used is inspired by Sofia's picture and the grayish blue and purple have inspired the picture Kristy took. This painting represents unity within us and within London citizens. This unity comes to life in the deepest desires kept in the hearts of the good people of London that have been hurt by the recent events more than ever before. However, despite this, the hope of unity in diversity remains vibrant with people that are willing to stand up for it."<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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In this Milestone, artists from the past and from the present are compared and contrasted. There is one artist chosen for each of the fields involved in the project "A London Full of Colour"; Painting, Literature and Architecture. The intention was to outline the main differences in their styles and how they each one of them portrayed their environment from their very own perspectives and translated it into their works of art. In the same way, biographical facts are provided to give the reader a reference of how life circumstances and setting might have been influential in the artists' work. This Milestone is the linking point between [[Colourless London]] and [[Colourful Reality]], giving meaning to the rest of the project "[[user:akgiacoman|A London Full of Colour]]". <br />
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Finally, for the deliverable, our own work is presented. With this, we intend to show our own perspective of London which contrasts with the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] in an extreme way. We tried to add some pigment of our own to create a much more [[Colourful Reality]] for ourselves. The paintings emphasize the use of colors in a symbolic way, what they represent are our different emotions and life experiences that stoke our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways, but always resulting in a breath taking outcome. Life is our very own masterpiece, it is what we make it and it is not in the very least monochromatic. In the contrary, all the aspects of our lives merge to create a unique work of art, that certainly might not be of everyone's liking, but then again, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the artist that made the masterpiece. In some occasions, the artist regrets the path he or she took and if given a second chance, would have done things differently. However, the work is done, the masterpiece is complete, and we can either live in regret or move forward in such ways where each stoke is more precise and better thought than the previous one. Some other artists die without the proper acknowledgment that their work deserves, however, what people think of their work can never influence the magnitude of its quality. A masterpiece, is a masterpiece even when there is no one to admire it and most things done with effort and passion are worth a standing ovation. <br />
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==Gallery of Pictures==<br />
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=References=<br />
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=Attribution of Work=<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]: <br> Introduction, Artistic Component, Artists From the Past, Artists From the Present, Charles Dickens, David Hockney, Conclusion & final edits of the other artists. Painted "Tower Bridge Full of Colour", "London Eye Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]: <br> Ken Shuttleworth, core information for Monet, Sir Christopher Wren & JK. Rowling & formatting of information in the deliverable. Painted "Big Ben Full of Colour", "Gherkin Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:vjmanzo|Vincent Manzo]] & [[User:Cclark|Constance Clark]]: <br> Advisors<br />
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[[Category:Art Projects]]<br />
[[Category:2017]]</div>
Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=File:A03.JPG&diff=19860
File:A03.JPG
2017-06-23T02:01:56Z
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Adding_Pigment&diff=19832
Adding Pigment
2017-06-23T00:36:10Z
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by [[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]] & [[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes ]]<br><br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that we choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. Kristy has gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college, while Sofia, as a future architectural engineer, is able to provide insight from a different perspective, also having taken painting lessons since a very young age. This project combines our favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message that we wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. Our main goal was to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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The title of this Milestone was chosen to be "Adding Pigment" as for every person that goes through London is not only influenced by it and its weather as seen in [[Colourless London]], but at the same time, they leave a piece of them that adds to the beauty of this city. In the same way as they take inspiration from the amazing stories London has to tell, they create a new chapter, and if they do it well, a really good one. Each artist presented in the background of this Milestone was chosen because of their irrefutable relevance to the history of London in the artistic side. In the background, we present the way in which different situations they lived conducted them to become some of the most influential and inspiring individuals the streets of London have ever seen. Likewise, each artist is known to have revolutionized in some way their field "adding pigment" to the existing base of knowledge and techniques. From the fields of Painting, Literature and Architecture, we chose a set of six artists divided in "Artists from the Past" and "Artists from the Present" to, in some way, categorize them by periods and let the readers draw conclusions about the similar traits in their work. Inspired by these great minds, we leave in the deliverable our own works of art painting the same sites where pictures were taken for Colourless London, choosing a specific picture for each one and "replicating it" in some way with acrylic paintings, just the way David Hockey used to do with his photography. The difference, however, is that we aim to emphasize the contrast between the gray color palette seen in the pictures that characterizes London and the use of color in our paintings that represents our perspective of the city. In this way we seek to add pigment to the scenery in a literal and metaphorical way.<br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
==Artistic Component==<br />
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"Despite the widespread social anxiety caused by the fog, many artists found in it a source of inspiration from a wide broad of perspectives. For some, fog represented a looming presence, alive and malignant."<ref>Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: BELKNAP HARVARD. pp 1.</ref> This quote from "The London Fog" by Corton perfectly exemplifies the way in which some people used too feel about the fog, however, for some other many artists, the fog could be seen as magical or even romantic. The same thing could be seen from very different perspectives and used for many different purposes. The fog could be used by robbers to easily disappear after their theft and the same fog could also be used by artists like Monet to show the world the beauty of a city like London. Likewise the fog could be the source of sickness and depression or could also be the source of motivation and inspiration, giving a person's mind the push needed to boost their creativity. Just like that, the city of London has been the source of inspiration and spectator of some of the greatest minds the world has seen. From painters to writers to architects, London has evoked many "shades of feelings" that have driven locals and foreigners to accomplish great things. <br />
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==Artists From the Past==<br />
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Being a city immersed in its own history, London has seen a lot happening through its streets, and by digging in the past, it is easy to find a more gloomy, mysterious and heavy perspective of the fog, enraptured in all kinds of art. The following representatives were chosen because of their imminent and irrefutable success in their disciplines.<br />
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===Monet===<br />
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Claude Monet was a French artist of the Impressionist movement. He was actually so influential to this movement that it was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because, as stated in the book "Nature into art" by House, "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>The the viewer has to analyze, assume and connect the dots to figure out the purpose of the painting. This was not exactly abstract art but it was definitely different from any sort of traditional art at that time. Monet was a revolutionary and the complexity of his works continues to amaze the most demanding art critics and attract collectors from all over the globe. Unlike many other famous artists, when Monet started, he had no prior knowledge of art techniques, which may have been the cause of him developing his own. However, he was surely inspired by many other artists before him. Today Monet is one of the best-known artists in the world. In the creation of his own style, his purpose was to overcome the tradition of detailed works of art and use intense brushstrokes to create an impression of a painting. According to his biography, "Monet by himself", he started painting in Paris many scenes of the Seine river as well as impressions of landscapes of the place he lived in at different times of the day. This specific trait defines his work, because this technique was not only very useful for practice, but also allowed the viewer to perceive the scene from different perspectives of the same place and by the same artist as he played with the changes in light. We can clearly see this technique in one of his biggest collections of paintings; Water Lilies, that he painted when he was living in Givenchy. Monet moved a lot during his life mainly within France, however, during the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to London for two years. <ref> Monet, C., & Kendall, R. (2003). Monet by Himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 1. </ref> <br />
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During his time in London, he couldn't help but immerse himself in the captivating inspiration that emerged from the city's mesmerizing views. Using his technique, he painted many of its landscapes and buildings at different times of the day, as he was known for. He painted many views from the Thames, including Parliament and Westminster and even though it was only for a short period of time, his time in London marked his artistic career. In the book "London Fog, Christine Corton states: " His short stay in London resulted in the largest series of paintings that he had yet produced." <ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 182. </ref> Monet, as many other artists, admired the London fog and its presence in his paintings was not only evident, but often even highlighted. The fog gave his paintings some sort of uniqueness and contributed to his Impressionism. As Christine Corton said in her book ''London Fog'' Monet commented " Without the fog, London wouldn't be a beautiful city... It's the fog that gives it it's magnificent breadth".<ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 184. </ref> This was a very outlandish way of viewing one of the nation's greatest struggle, but once again, he was a revolutionary. He was most likely intrigued by the fog as it went alongside his style and it was in such an abundance he had never seen before. There was probably not another city in the world that united the large amounts of fog and the astonishing man-made landscapes that were also full of meaning and history. In his paintings, he portrays the fog as part of the landscape or the impression of the landscape, which gave him great popularity due to his creativity and the originality of his works. In that time, there was certainly no other painter like Monet.<br />
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Yet he did not paint with a lot of details, he created his works in such a way in which any Londoner would recognize the setting of his paintings. In addition to this, as he painted the same scene in different times of the day, he changed the colors to illustrate the different light patterns. The "special touch" or as we call it in this milestone "pigment" Monet added to his field was his originality and how even though he painted the same scene many times, each painting was unique. As posted in the official webpage of the National Gallery, in Monet's paintings "distance and perspective are abolished; a limitless expanse of water occupies our entire field of vision." <ref> https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-water-lilies </ref> His paintings portrayed the idea of constant change and the beauty of it, in House's book, "Nature into art", he explains how Monet worried a lot about "the ever-changing environment and the effects of light in his paintings." <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref> Even though it was the same landscape, this technique allowed the viewer imagine that it was a completely different environment. He focused a lot on the effects of light of the painting and used a distinct color palette for each painting. This different use of light and color provided him the irrefutable fame he keeps until today, when his biography is now studied at schools and his techniques are implemented by artists all around the world. <br />
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File:MM1.PNG|''The Thames below Westminster''<br> <br />
File:Monet_Irises41.PNG| ''Irises'' <br> <br />
File:M01.PNG|''Water Lilies at [[Tate Modern]]''<br />
File:Mone_Pond_41.PNG| ''The Water-Lily Pond'' <br> <br />
File:Monet_Setting.PNG| ''Water-Lilies, Setting Sun'' <br> <br />
File:MM.PNG|''Snow Scene at Argenteuil''<br> <br />
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===Charles Dickens===<br />
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Charles Dickens was part of a huge family, being born the second of eight children on 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens and even though many people have heard about him and his work, not everyone knows about his middle names because he decided never to use them and e simply known as Charles Dickens. Even though he was raised with high aspirations of himself, it is almost impossible for him to have imagined the reach of his literary work in later years and how much his early life would influence him in the future. He was in London for the first time at the age of three because of his father's work. Although most people are unaware at such an early age, it is believed that he "absorbed the sights, smells and sounds of the City" according to his biography in the official Dickens London Tours. <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> As in any big family, money issues started to arise, however, that did not stop them from being happy in the early days. Nevertheless, it became a real problem for Charles when he was twelve, as his father was imprisoned for debt. To help with the family needs, Charles was forced to leave school and start working. We can easily infer that he did not make much money as a twelve year old, and that having his childhood taken away from him because of his parents mistakes left him very unhappy. For it was not his fault at all that his father was imprisoned, but yet he had to pay for his mistakes. This caused him great suffering but he sacrificed himself to help his family. As his biography by Biography.com Editors mentions, "He felt abandoned and betrayed by the adults who were supposed to take care of him."<ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> <br />
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Even though he had no clue back then, this situation gave him the freedom to explore the streets and corners of London. He got to know every secret the city had, and by paying close attention to his surroundings he was able to get to know it "like the back of his hand". However, Dickens is credited with a passion for London and according to Michael and Mollie Hardwick in their book Dickens's England, "he entertained no such thing". For he grew up in the streets of London and this was not by choice, which allowed him to "greedily observe and absorb the city" getting to know it with "extensive and peculiar knowledge" as said by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, "but not loving it". <ref>Hardwick, M., & Hardwick, M. (1970). Dickens's England. London: Dent</ref> Despite this, it was not all bad for young Charles, because living as an adult while being a child also must have formed his character from a very early age and force him to mature and above all... think. Then according to a biography posted by BBC, for a short period of time he was able to go back to school when his father received and inheritance and was let free. However, his freedom lasted for a short period of time, as by the age of fifteen the biography in BBC's official website tells that he got a job as an office boy to help out his family again. <ref> BBC . (n.d.). History - Charles Dickens. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml</ref>Maybe this was not what he would have wanted for himself but this job propelled his writing career. His career began as a journalist for a local news paper, as many other authors. This job also allowed him to get to know a lot of people and start building a network of contacts that would allow him to keep escalating up in his career. Even back then he could infer the importance of "knowing people" so he did and soon he started getting better and better jobs still as a journalist, collaborating also with other artists to create material for the press. He started publishing monthly parts of what he called "The Pickwick Papers" in the newspaper and it was a massive success. By this time, Charles's personal life was also going very well, as in 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, who would give him the great gift of parenthood about a year after. Charles gave his name to his first son with Catherine Hogarth, who would give him another nine children.<br />
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After his first great success, he started to write nonstop and still with great quality, style and attention to detail. Very few people know London as he did, which allowed him to be the voice of the city itself. He had a very special way of writing about London granted by the events he went through in his childhood to what he also added his own touch. His increasing popularity allowed him to travel the world with his wife and even live in different places with her. However, he never took traveling as a vacation, for he continued to write and publish during these periods of time as if his travels only inspired him more and more instead off exhausting him. He was also, in general, a very nice person as he helped to found "The Guild of Literature and Arts" which was an organization that helped young artists struggling to make it through by presenting plays to the public. As he has once struggled in his life he probably founded this to help other fellow artists struggle a little bit less as they started to build their career just like he did. In addition to this, he also often performed as a character in the plays presented by that organization. Close to the end of his life, Dickens separated from his wife and started to see his children less. In the biography of Charles Dickens posted in the official website of the Dickens London Tours, Charles's daughter Kate recalled, "My father was like a madman… He did not care a damn what happened to any of us. Nothing could surpass the misery and unhappiness of our house." <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> Also according to that same biography, rumors spread about Charles Dickens's marriage ending because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens died at the age of 58 in England and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The most amazing thing about his unique perspective of London is the way despite all the struggles his life brought to him, he never stopped writing. And this is proven by the fact that by the time of his death he left his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. <ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> Charles Dickens is taught in schools all around the world as one of the main characters of English Literature, and he became himself a source of inspiration immediately linked to London.<br />
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===Sir Christopher Wren===<br />
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Tinniswood said in his book "His invention so fertile" that Christopher Wren "was the greatest architect Britain has ever known" <ref> Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> London and its skyline wouldn't be as we know them nowadays if it wasn't for Sir Cristopher Wren and his irrefutable talent and hard work. In the year 1666, London was struck by a great tragedy that destroyed the majority of the city. This incident started as an honest mistake in a bakery shop. The Great Fire of London demolished many buildings in London including the greatest buildings. These buildings were not made of wood but when the rock was heated, it exploded. After this enormous catastrophe, Sir Christopher Wren was given the urgent task of reconstructing many churches. St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest work with his design of the dome. St. Paul was above all the work of his life, not only because of the magnitude of the project but also because of how much time he devoted to it. You can see this dome from various views from different angles of the city. Each angle shows the magnificent glory of its design, however, my personal favorite is from across the Millennium Bridge. This Cathedral is one of the most visited landmarks in the city because everyone wants to appreciate the design not only from the outside but also from the inside. Wren designed and reconstructed this building to wonder everyone that seeks to appreciate it today. <br />
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As incredible as it may sound, the architect that designed the majestic dome in St. Paul's Cathedral was also a skilled scientist with several other talents that were all probably useful in some way during the process of designing and building the cathedral. As Lisa Jardine said in her book about Wren called ''On a grander scale: The outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren'': "Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society"<ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref>, Wren was a genius. He started his career as a scientist and graduated from Oxford University, which fills the institution with pride and they ensure it is widely known. Sir Christopher Wren was very knowledgeable and his most intimate friends were also renown scientists, brilliant people responsible for the greatest accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. This is proven by the text written on the cover of the book "His invention so fertile: A life of Cristopher Wren" by Tinniswood and Graham: "Wren's famous research in science included: mapping the moon and the stars, investigating the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carrying out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood."<ref>Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> And not only did he make his own research but also collaborated with his fellow scientists' work as stated by the author Lisa Jardine: "His observations on comments, meteorology, and muscular action made vital contributions to the developing ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> Also, just as in Dickens's case, his network helped him escalate in his career, getting to know many important people of his time. As supported in the book "Wren" by Margaret Whinney, "His connection to the Royal Society brought him into personal touch the King. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings and lived and worked under six monarchs." <ref> Whinney, M. (1971). Wren. London: Thames & Hudson. </ref> As it is easy to assume, back then, it was extremely important to have contact with the King, it opened an infinite amount of doors sometimes without the need of even knocking. Wren's career as an architect succeeded mainly because of this connection with royal people, as when he was appointed to rebuild the city after The great Fire of London, he ended up building approximately 50 churches. And as everyone was delighted with the course of his work, Wren also worked at Hampton Court Palace rebuilding the south view.<br />
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It is important to emphasize as well how amazing it was that he succeeded in the field of architecture without any previous knowledge about it, making it up with the knowledge he had of other fields such as math. He is the greatest example of how, with hard work and the right connections, there is nothing unachievable. He must have had outstanding observation skills and was probably inspired by a couple of architects of his time. Little did he know he was to become an architect that would continue to inspire many, even centuries after his death. Also, as he succeeded in architecture, he never forgot his passion for science as many of this buildings had scientific purposes that very few people know about. It is easy to admire the magnificence of his buildings but as you pay close attention to the details he worked on for each one of them, it is impossible not to be filled with great astonishment. For example, as Lisa Jardine also explained in her book: "The Monument of the Great Fire of London was built with a subterranean laboratory and the southwest tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during its construction. Both were designed to function simultaneously as public monuments and as oversize scientific instruments." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> When we think about Sir Christopher Wren's contributions to the history of London it is like every church he made was "a stroke of his brush" (figuratively speaking) "adding pigment" to the London skyline and at the same time, devoting his life to his passions as he created a masterpieces of such magnitude as is St. Paul's Cathedral. He let his talents flourish so that all of us could be able to enjoy them. Finally, we could say that despite his fame and success he remains a modest man, for when he was dying he asked not to have a huge statue to honor him but to simply be buried in his greatest accomplishment, St. Paul's Cathedral, letting that be the "monument" to honor his death.<br />
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In more contemporary times, leaving behind the dense, yellow and deadly fog as an everyday scene, London is a setting that enraptures less mystery and more and more magic. More color and a wider variety of emotions are displayed in all forms of art.<br />
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===J.K. Rowling===<br />
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J.K. Rowling has impacted many people's lives with her books, people of all razes, nationalities, religions and even ages. She has inspired young people to discover the joy of reading and entertained adults with her stories full of magic, mystery and suspense. It is not uncommon to hear about adolescents that had never grabbed a book in their lives falling in love with the wonderful world of Harry Potter. And that is the thing, It is amazing how her reading had the power to impact a whole generation and turn them into "Potterheads". All it takes is a good book to inspire people to read and J.K. Rowling wrote many great pieces of literature that are still great gifts for people of all ages. She is best known for her Harry Potter Series, which made her worldwide famous, and apart from these, J.K. Rowling has written several more books. <br />
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Her official website starts her biography like this: "Joanne Rowling was born on 1965 just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales."<ref>J.K. Rowling. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/</ref> However, the places that marked her literature the most were London and Edinburgh. As a woman that developed in the generation of information and revolution of technology, she had the opportunity to travel a lot and live in many places even before being famous. After getting her degree she moved to London, where she was inspired to write about Harry Potter as she sat in a train station. In her biography written by Sean Smith it is said: "She conceived the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> It seems almost ironic that after traveling so much, she came to get the idea that would change her life forever in the same country where she was born. She was inspired by her surroundings and wrote what she observed adding a creative component to it; her personal touch. For example, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two: in Chapter 1 ''KING'S CROSS'' she wrote: "A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.". <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. pp. 6</ref> Every word is perfectly placed in her sentences and invites the audience to keep reading almost effortlessly; as if the words had the ability to flow by themselves into our imaginations. However, until then this line could belong to any story set in that station, until J.K. Rowling adds the magic in Chapter 2 ''PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS'' as she says: "And which is also busy, but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved project." <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown.pp.9</ref> She made of the streets of London a magical place full of wonders to discover that would only be available to "the chosen ones" to find out.<br />
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However, even though she started in London, she also moved a lot while she was writing the series. Another of the major cities that highly inspired her writing was Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like London, a city full of a great deal of history and mystery that was a perfect source of inspiration for the young writer's imagination. As we visited Edinburgh, it was easy to spot the settings she chose to incorporate in some of the scenes of the books. Settings such as Hogwarts, the Quiddich Stadium, the cemetery and Diagon Alley. Even the four houses of Hogwarts that in the books were "named after the four founders of the school" (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin) are suspected to e inspired by the houses of one of the most prestigious schools in Scotland that is set in Edinburgh and casually carry the same colors as the four houses in Hogwarts. "George Heriot’s houses Castle, Lauriston, Raeburn and Greyfriars correspond to Rowling’s own Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff." <ref>Hodder, A. (2015, October 18). The Top Places To Visit In Edinburgh for Harry Potter Fans. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-top-6-locations-for-harry-potter-fans-in-edinburgh/</ref> Also, George Heriot’s School has a sports tournament every four years with other two schools of the United Kingdom. Many of the characters' names were also presumably derived from people who died in the city and are buried in Greyfriars Cemetery. Going to Scotland and hearing everyone; from tour guides, to store owners, to residents, talk about all these peculiar similarities between the city and her books was a little bit disappointing, but it also made us realize that all these details have always been out there for anyone to use and she was the only one with the imagination and intellect to do so. J.K. Rowling left her "stroke of pigment" in Edinburgh just as she did in London, writing her stories mainly in local cafes, that today are touristic spots. A famous one is Elephant House, where now it is famously known for being "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" as the owners decided to announce it like. In several webpages they're announces with the following phrase: “Magic! Is the only way to describe The Elephant House. Experience the same atmosphere that J.K. Rowling did as she mulled over coffee writing her first Harry Potter novel. Experience the friendliness of the staff, our extensive menus and the magical view of Edinburgh Castle. Not to forget…the elephants”. <ref>The magic brew called Potter. (2016, October 09). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-magic-brew-called-Potter/article15396369.ece</ref><br />
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For her great influence in the pop culture today, her impact on the places where she wrote and her devotion to her passion for literature, J.K Rowling is a woman worthy of admiration. Also, J.K. Rowling's life before Harry Potter was not easy. Smith also wrote: "She encountered many obstacles and misfortunes before and during the writing process." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> She took a long time writing the first book in the Harry Potter series but she never gave up and all her hard work is now being recompensed. She is a highly admired author with an impeccable reputation and she is also very rich. In fact, J.K. Rowling is considered by Forbes to be the second highest paid woman in entertainment. <ref> The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. (2007, January 18). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html </ref> However, being rich is not comparable to the satisfaction she must feel as she receives flattering and well deserved positive reviews of her books and so much love from her fandom that beg fore more of the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Miss Rowling is a great example of a creator that took as much as she could from what her environment in Edinburgh and London had to offer and she gave back to other cities becoming part of them.<br />
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Image:JK1.PNG|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
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===David Hockney===<br />
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David Hockney, born on 1937, has become one of the most influential figures in modern art, mostly because of all the different techniques he used and the ones he developed for his work. Also because of all the disciplines where he excelled as an artist throughout his entire life, which still continues. According to Editors of Encycloprdia Britannica in their website, "David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art." <ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2017, April 26). David Hockney. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hockney</ref> The city were he was born, Bradford, was, just as London, a poor victim of the fog, in a biography written by Christopher Simon Sykes, he explains: "for the two hundred or so chimneys of the woollen mills were belching out fumes all day, which sank slowly into the basin in which the city lies, and made Bradford then one of the smokiest cities on earth".<ref>Sykes, C. S. (2011). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 1). London: Century, pp. 1-25</ref>. In that same book, the author reveals an interview with Hockney in which he says that he knew that he wanted to be an artist since the age of 10 and his parents always encouraged him to develop his talent. <ref>Interview with David Hockney by Christopher Simon Skyes, June 2009</ref> Hockney was also known to e quite a good student and hard working artist that loved experimenting with different forms of art. He also traveled quite a lot and loved the state of California in the U.S., where he still owns a house. This is supported in his biography by Biography.com Editors, "The swimming pools of L.A. were one of his favorite subjects, and he became known for large, iconic works such as A Bigger Splash." <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> One of the most outstanding characteristics of his work "A Bigger Splash" is the technique he used to paint. He first took the pictures of the people he was going to paint and then putting together a bunch of these pictures he would put the person in the pose he wanted to paint. An example of this technique is shown below in the pictures. where it is easier to appreciate the complexity of Hockney's work.<br />
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Besides being an admirable artist, he was never hesitant to show himself to the world and stand up for his personal beliefs. Also, his romances affected him so much that later in his life he suffered from depression after breaking up with a boyfriend that he lived with for a while. As mention in a website dedicated to David Hockney, "Hockney was devastated and started taking Valium to combat the depression and loneliness he suffered." <ref>David Hockney Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.davidhockney.com/bio.shtml</ref> However, despite all the tough times he went through in his life, he never let that intervene with his work as he has a huge amount of collections of different types of art always looking for a way to interact with the viewer through his work. As the American curator, Maurice Tuchman mentions in her book David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA, "Hockney is not at all involved in the creation of beauty as an end in itself. It is exactly this didactic urgency, this need to be heard plainly and to be understood clearly, which is the basis of his phenomenal popularity." <ref>Tuchman, M., & Barron, S. (1989). David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, pp. 13</ref> <br />
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In one of his expositions, also shown below, he wrote "Perspective should e reversed... specially in photography". He has definitely been a revolutionary artist that has been looked up to for over half a century now. Hockney is widely known for his adaptability and his ability to create new techniques using the emerging technologies. In photography, specifically he turned to “recreate photography” in a way in which, as he said in another interview with Sykes, “a photograph that could be described as having a strong illusion of reality”. <ref>Sykes, C. S. (2014). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 2). London: Century, pp. 160</ref> Though Hockney does not have a great number of photographies or paintings of London itself, he has been one of the most influential and innovative British artists for the past half a century. He developed a way to give a story to his images, instead of just leaving them as a single photograph. Through his collages, he makes his characters come to life and is able to transmit emotions and ideas, creating a reality for each one and showing it to its viewers. And with his method of combining photography and painting, he "added his pigment" to both fields. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to paint and exhibit, and advocates for funding for the arts. <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> <br />
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Image:DHH.jpg|''David Hockney Photographed by Paul Joyce, 1984''<br />
Image:DH09.jpg|"David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger. Image © David Hockney, used courtesy of Film Movement."<br />
Image:DH01.jpg|alt=Color photograph from a 35 mm negative|''Nick Wilder, 1966. Taken by Mark Lancaster''<br />
Image:DH00.jpg|''Portrait of Nick Wilder, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 72x 72 by David Hockney''<br />
Image:DH05.jpg|''Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 1st 1982 Composite Polaroid 70.5 x 130''<br />
Image:DH03.jpg|''Le Nid Du Duc, April 1972. Color photographs from 35 mm negatives''<br />
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Image:DH04.jpg|''Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120. Private Collection, United Kingdom.''<br />
Image:DH06.jpg|''My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982, Photographic Collage 121 x 70''<br />
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===Ken Shuttleworth===<br />
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Ken Shuttleworth, just as Christopher Wren, transformed completely London's skyline. According to his biography in his paper ''Form and Skin'', he was born in 1952 and studied at Leicester Polytechnic, where he got a degree with distinction in Architecture in 1977. According to that same paper, in 1974 he joined the architectural firm of Foster and Partners and shortly after became a registered architect. Then, in 1991 he became a partner of the firm "Fosters Associates", where he was responsible for the design of significant projects. <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref>Since his time at college, he has been known as a great designer. In class, he would take half of the time his classmates would to finish his designs. His fast and impressive work gave him the nickname "Ken the Pen". During his time in "Fosters Associates" he designed what "The Guardian" news paper called "some of the world's most iconic buildings"<ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref>. Referring to masterpieces such as the Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters and London's St Mary Axe or best known as "The Gherkin". <br />
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He certainly succeeded after college in "Foster Associates", however, in 2003 he decided to leave the firm. As Shuttleworth always thought architects to have a big purpose, he felt like he could do more than working for a big firm, and this was a particularly big firm. "The Guardian" published about it in 2003 saying that "with a staff of nearly 600 and over 100 projects on the computer screens", Foster Associates was "one of the world's busiest and highest-profile architectural practices." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> As he moved on from Foster Associates, he founded his own firm, "Make", in 2004. With him on the lead this firm was prompt to succed, and it did. In his paper "Form and Skin", he wrote: "It grew to one od the UK's foremost architectural firms." <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref> Looking back into his life, his passion for design began at very young age. "The Guardian news paper once wrote about how with the help of his father he followed his passion and magnified his talent: "His father, an accountant, encouraged him: "He hated being an accountant. He said, 'Whatever you do, you should really enjoy doing it'." "<ref> Fairs, M. (2003, January 22). Ken Shuttleworth: architecture's best-kept secret. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/jan/22/architecture.artsfeatures </ref> He followed his fathers advice and became a magnificent architect worthy of admiration. <br />
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"The Guardian" also wrote referring to Ken, ""He is one of the best hidden talents in the UK," says Stuart Lipton, the chairman of the government's architecture watchdog of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> This quote perfectly conveys to major ideas; the first one about his irrefutable talent, and the second one out how little is actually known about him. Unlike we had expected, finding information about Shuttleworth was somehow hard because he has always lived life with a low profile. However, after reading his papers and articles you can clearly see what an amazing architect he is. He wrote in the article "Throwing stones at those in glass houses, "Architects and environmental engineers have never had such an important role and we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity before it’s too late. Now is the time to wake up... and use our creativity, our curiosity and our passion for exploration... to help save the planet". Because of his passion and drive, he is a source of inspiration to many young architects. Reading his words reminded us that being an architect is an important role in the world and it is not just designing a pretty building. That sense of commitment and great creativity that he possesses and uses to improve our society is what makes him a person worthy of admiration. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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Using David Hockney's technique of "Painting with Pictures", we chose one picture of each site described in the Milestone [[Colourless London]] and we made them into paintings, emphasizing the use of bright colors inspired by different scenarios of London and making an imminent contrast with the pictures' monochromatic feel. Each set represents our own way of "adding pigment" to the city's most emblematic sites and to the way people usually perceive London.<br />
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==Tower Bridge==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Orange <br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:TB01.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Tower Bridge'']]<br />
| [[File:D02.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Tower Bridge Full of Colour'' <br> By Kristy Giacoman]] <br />
| [[File:EAWwalk8.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "The colors used were inspired by one of the pictures of the girls in this HUA program, Emily Wilson. She took this picture from the same bridge that I painted. The colors in the sunset inspired me to choose the color scheme in my work. However, I decided to paint a morning instead of a sunset, symbolizing a fresh start for the city of London. That is why the sky is a mostly blue and the bridge contains the colors of Emily's picture as if it had absorbed the sunset of the previous day, symbolizing that even though it is a fresh start, the past is still part of the city, or in this case, the painting.<br />
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==London Eye==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Violet<br />
**Ivory Black<br />
**Titanium White <br />
**Ultra Blue <br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:LE03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless London Eye'']]<br />
| [[File:D01.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''London Eye Full of Colour'' <br> by Kristy Giacoman]]<br />
| [[File:Purple.jpeg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "Purple is the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and The London Eye is the world’s largest observation wheel and most popular paid tourist attraction in the whole country. Also Purple is my favorite color. Finally, I was inspired to choose that color scheme by this flowers I bought in Columbia Road Flower Market, in London. Because they enrapture the beauty I see in the streets of London, despite all opposing opinions and catastrophic events that have hit this city, which I like to think still stands strong."<br />
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==Big Ben==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Crimson Red<br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
***TitaniumWhite <br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:BB04.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Big Ben'']]<br />
| [[File:D03.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Big Ben Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:UK.png|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "I used the picture Kristy took ''Colourless Big Ben'' as a model and the colors in the flag of the United Kingdom as an inspiration to create this painting. I used the radiant colors in the flag to represent Parliament and the citizens in the UK. The Big Ben identifies London as the flag identifies the UK. With the use of different shades of blue I created a sky as in the picture. To show the different levels of the top of the building I used either blue or red for each level. What the blue drops of paint falling down the Big Ben represents the trust of the citizens of London in their government fading away by disappointment. I decided to convey this message as a strong statement, knowing that as the citizens are the base of the society, if they lose trust in their government, the structure will not stand for long.<br />
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==Gherkin==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Light Green <br />
**Vidridian <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
*Colors Used: Red, Blue, White.<br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:GH01.png|thumb|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Gherkin'']]<br />
| [[File:D04.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Gherkin Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes ]]<br />
| [[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "This building is known as "The Gherkin" but its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. This nickname was given because of its similarity to the Mexican sour gherkin. The green colors used in this painting were inspired by two things, this Mexican sour gherkin, and the architect that designed it, Ken Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth cares deeply for the environment and saving the planet, which is why the color scheme that I chose contains greens and light blues, representing the colors of a field of grass. I liked the irony as well of painting a modern skyscraper with the same colors I would use to paint a plant. Also meaning that among all the development of the city, it is still important to keep the environment in mind, for London has already suffered enough by the filthiness of the fog."<br />
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==St. Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Raw Limber <br />
**Paynes' Grey <br />
**Phthalo Blue<br />
**Lake Blue<br />
** Light Green<br />
**Phthalo Green<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:SP03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless St. Paul's Cathedral'']]<br />
| [[File:Greeen.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|'' Green St Paul's '' ]]<br />
| [[File:.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes| "The Colourful St. Paul's Cathedral <br> by Kristy GIacoman and Sofia Reyes]]<br />
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Kristy and Sofia: "St. Paul's Cathedral represents the change in beliefs of the whole country. This painting was done by the both of us and we decided to use two pictures we took to inspire us and combine them into one, symbolizing how the different cultures and beliefs of the world merge to create this wonderful and "colorful" city of London. The green used is inspired by Sofia's picture and the grayish blue and purple have inspired the picture Kristy took. This painting represents unity within us and within London citizens. This unity comes to life in the deepest desires kept in the hearts of the good people of London that have been hurt by the recent events more than ever before. However, despite this, the hope of unity in diversity remains vibrant with people that are willing to stand up for it."<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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In this Milestone, artists from the past and from the present are compared and contrasted. There is one artist chosen for each of the fields involved in the project "A London Full of Colour"; Painting, Literature and Architecture. The intention was to outline the main differences in their styles and how they each one of them portrayed their environment from their very own perspectives and translated it into their works of art. In the same way, biographical facts are provided to give the reader a reference of how life circumstances and setting might have been influential in the artists' work. This Milestone is the linking point between [[Colourless London]] and [[Colourful Reality]], giving meaning to the rest of the project "[[user:akgiacoman|A London Full of Colour]]". <br />
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Finally, for the deliverable, our own work is presented. With this, we intend to show our own perspective of London which contrasts with the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] in an extreme way. We tried to add some pigment of our own to create a much more [[Colourful Reality]] for ourselves. The paintings emphasize the use of colors in a symbolic way, what they represent are our different emotions and life experiences that stoke our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways, but always resulting in a breath taking outcome. Life is our very own masterpiece, it is what we make it and it is not in the very least monochromatic. In the contrary, all the aspects of our lives merge to create a unique work of art, that certainly might not be of everyone's liking, but then again, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the artist that made the masterpiece. In some occasions, the artist regrets the path he or she took and if given a second chance, would have done things differently. However, the work is done, the masterpiece is complete, and we can either live in regret or move forward in such ways where each stoke is more precise and better thought than the previous one. Some other artists die without the proper acknowledgment that their work deserves, however, what people think of their work can never influence the magnitude of its quality. A masterpiece, is a masterpiece even when there is no one to admire it and most things done with effort and passion are worth a standing ovation. <br />
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==Gallery of Pictures==<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]: <br> Introduction, Artistic Component, Artists From the Past, Artists From the Present, Charles Dickens, David Hockney, Conclusion & final edits of the other artists. Painted "Tower Bridge Full of Colour", "London Eye Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]: <br> Ken Shuttleworth, core information for Monet, Sir Christopher Wren & JK. Rowling & formatting of information in the deliverable. Painted "Big Ben Full of Colour", "Gherkin Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:vjmanzo|Vincent Manzo]] & [[User:Cclark|Constance Clark]]: <br> Advisors<br />
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Sreyes
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Sreyes
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Adding Pigment
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[[User:akgiacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that we choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. Kristy has gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college, while Sofia, as a future architectural engineer, is able to provide insight from a different perspective, also having taken painting lessons since a very young age. This project combines our favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message that we wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. Our main goal was to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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The title of this Milestone was chosen to be "Adding Pigment" as for every person that goes through London is not only influenced by it and its weather as seen in [[Colourless London]], but at the same time, they leave a piece of them that adds to the beauty of this city. In the same way as they take inspiration from the amazing stories London has to tell, they create a new chapter, and if they do it well, a really good one. Each artist presented in the background of this Milestone was chosen because of their irrefutable relevance to the history of London in the artistic side. In the background, we present the way in which different situations they lived conducted them to become some of the most influential and inspiring individuals the streets of London have ever seen. Likewise, each artist is known to have revolutionized in some way their field "adding pigment" to the existing base of knowledge and techniques. From the fields of Painting, Literature and Architecture, we chose a set of six artists divided in "Artists from the Past" and "Artists from the Present" to, in some way, categorize them by periods and let the readers draw conclusions about the similar traits in their work. Inspired by these great minds, we leave in the deliverable our own works of art painting the same sites where pictures were taken for Colourless London, choosing a specific picture for each one and "replicating it" in some way with acrylic paintings, just the way David Hockey used to do with his photography. The difference, however, is that we aim to emphasize the contrast between the gray color palette seen in the pictures that characterizes London and the use of color in our paintings that represents our perspective of the city. In this way we seek to add pigment to the scenery in a literal and metaphorical way.<br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
==Artistic Component==<br />
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"Despite the widespread social anxiety caused by the fog, many artists found in it a source of inspiration from a wide broad of perspectives. For some, fog represented a looming presence, alive and malignant."<ref>Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: BELKNAP HARVARD. pp 1.</ref> This quote from "The London Fog" by Corton perfectly exemplifies the way in which some people used too feel about the fog, however, for some other many artists, the fog could be seen as magical or even romantic. The same thing could be seen from very different perspectives and used for many different purposes. The fog could be used by robbers to easily disappear after their theft and the same fog could also be used by artists like Monet to show the world the beauty of a city like London. Likewise the fog could be the source of sickness and depression or could also be the source of motivation and inspiration, giving a person's mind the push needed to boost their creativity. Just like that, the city of London has been the source of inspiration and spectator of some of the greatest minds the world has seen. From painters to writers to architects, London has evoked many "shades of feelings" that have driven locals and foreigners to accomplish great things. <br />
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==Artists From the Past==<br />
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Being a city immersed in its own history, London has seen a lot happening through its streets, and by digging in the past, it is easy to find a more gloomy, mysterious and heavy perspective of the fog, enraptured in all kinds of art. The following representatives were chosen because of their imminent and irrefutable success in their disciplines.<br />
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===Monet===<br />
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Claude Monet was a French artist of the Impressionist movement. He was actually so influential to this movement that it was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because, as stated in the book "Nature into art" by House, "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>The the viewer has to analyze, assume and connect the dots to figure out the purpose of the painting. This was not exactly abstract art but it was definitely different from any sort of traditional art at that time. Monet was a revolutionary and the complexity of his works continues to amaze the most demanding art critics and attract collectors from all over the globe. Unlike many other famous artists, when Monet started, he had no prior knowledge of art techniques, which may have been the cause of him developing his own. However, he was surely inspired by many other artists before him. Today Monet is one of the best-known artists in the world. In the creation of his own style, his purpose was to overcome the tradition of detailed works of art and use intense brushstrokes to create an impression of a painting. According to his biography, "Monet by himself", he started painting in Paris many scenes of the Seine river as well as impressions of landscapes of the place he lived in at different times of the day. This specific trait defines his work, because this technique was not only very useful for practice, but also allowed the viewer to perceive the scene from different perspectives of the same place and by the same artist as he played with the changes in light. We can clearly see this technique in one of his biggest collections of paintings; Water Lilies, that he painted when he was living in Givenchy. Monet moved a lot during his life mainly within France, however, during the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to London for two years. <ref> Monet, C., & Kendall, R. (2003). Monet by Himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 1. </ref> <br />
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During his time in London, he couldn't help but immerse himself in the captivating inspiration that emerged from the city's mesmerizing views. Using his technique, he painted many of its landscapes and buildings at different times of the day, as he was known for. He painted many views from the Thames, including Parliament and Westminster and even though it was only for a short period of time, his time in London marked his artistic career. In the book "London Fog, Christine Corton states: " His short stay in London resulted in the largest series of paintings that he had yet produced." <ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 182. </ref> Monet, as many other artists, admired the London fog and its presence in his paintings was not only evident, but often even highlighted. The fog gave his paintings some sort of uniqueness and contributed to his Impressionism. As Christine Corton said in her book ''London Fog'' Monet commented " Without the fog, London wouldn't be a beautiful city... It's the fog that gives it it's magnificent breadth".<ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 184. </ref> This was a very outlandish way of viewing one of the nation's greatest struggle, but once again, he was a revolutionary. He was most likely intrigued by the fog as it went alongside his style and it was in such an abundance he had never seen before. There was probably not another city in the world that united the large amounts of fog and the astonishing man-made landscapes that were also full of meaning and history. In his paintings, he portrays the fog as part of the landscape or the impression of the landscape, which gave him great popularity due to his creativity and the originality of his works. In that time, there was certainly no other painter like Monet.<br />
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Yet he did not paint with a lot of details, he created his works in such a way in which any Londoner would recognize the setting of his paintings. In addition to this, as he painted the same scene in different times of the day, he changed the colors to illustrate the different light patterns. The "special touch" or as we call it in this milestone "pigment" Monet added to his field was his originality and how even though he painted the same scene many times, each painting was unique. As posted in the official webpage of the National Gallery, in Monet's paintings "distance and perspective are abolished; a limitless expanse of water occupies our entire field of vision." <ref> https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-water-lilies </ref> His paintings portrayed the idea of constant change and the beauty of it, in House's book, "Nature into art", he explains how Monet worried a lot about "the ever-changing environment and the effects of light in his paintings." <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref> Even though it was the same landscape, this technique allowed the viewer imagine that it was a completely different environment. He focused a lot on the effects of light of the painting and used a distinct color palette for each painting. This different use of light and color provided him the irrefutable fame he keeps until today, when his biography is now studied at schools and his techniques are implemented by artists all around the world. <br />
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File:MM1.PNG|''The Thames below Westminster''<br> <br />
File:Monet_Irises41.PNG| ''Irises'' <br> <br />
File:M01.PNG|''Water Lilies at [[Tate Modern]]''<br />
File:Mone_Pond_41.PNG| ''The Water-Lily Pond'' <br> <br />
File:Monet_Setting.PNG| ''Water-Lilies, Setting Sun'' <br> <br />
File:MM.PNG|''Snow Scene at Argenteuil''<br> <br />
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===Charles Dickens===<br />
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Charles Dickens was part of a huge family, being born the second of eight children on 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens and even though many people have heard about him and his work, not everyone knows about his middle names because he decided never to use them and e simply known as Charles Dickens. Even though he was raised with high aspirations of himself, it is almost impossible for him to have imagined the reach of his literary work in later years and how much his early life would influence him in the future. He was in London for the first time at the age of three because of his father's work. Although most people are unaware at such an early age, it is believed that he "absorbed the sights, smells and sounds of the City" according to his biography in the official Dickens London Tours. <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> As in any big family, money issues started to arise, however, that did not stop them from being happy in the early days. Nevertheless, it became a real problem for Charles when he was twelve, as his father was imprisoned for debt. To help with the family needs, Charles was forced to leave school and start working. We can easily infer that he did not make much money as a twelve year old, and that having his childhood taken away from him because of his parents mistakes left him very unhappy. For it was not his fault at all that his father was imprisoned, but yet he had to pay for his mistakes. This caused him great suffering but he sacrificed himself to help his family. As his biography by Biography.com Editors mentions, "He felt abandoned and betrayed by the adults who were supposed to take care of him."<ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> <br />
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Even though he had no clue back then, this situation gave him the freedom to explore the streets and corners of London. He got to know every secret the city had, and by paying close attention to his surroundings he was able to get to know it "like the back of his hand". However, Dickens is credited with a passion for London and according to Michael and Mollie Hardwick in their book Dickens's England, "he entertained no such thing". For he grew up in the streets of London and this was not by choice, which allowed him to "greedily observe and absorb the city" getting to know it with "extensive and peculiar knowledge" as said by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, "but not loving it". <ref>Hardwick, M., & Hardwick, M. (1970). Dickens's England. London: Dent</ref> Despite this, it was not all bad for young Charles, because living as an adult while being a child also must have formed his character from a very early age and force him to mature and above all... think. Then according to a biography posted by BBC, for a short period of time he was able to go back to school when his father received and inheritance and was let free. However, his freedom lasted for a short period of time, as by the age of fifteen the biography in BBC's official website tells that he got a job as an office boy to help out his family again. <ref> BBC . (n.d.). History - Charles Dickens. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml</ref>Maybe this was not what he would have wanted for himself but this job propelled his writing career. His career began as a journalist for a local news paper, as many other authors. This job also allowed him to get to know a lot of people and start building a network of contacts that would allow him to keep escalating up in his career. Even back then he could infer the importance of "knowing people" so he did and soon he started getting better and better jobs still as a journalist, collaborating also with other artists to create material for the press. He started publishing monthly parts of what he called "The Pickwick Papers" in the newspaper and it was a massive success. By this time, Charles's personal life was also going very well, as in 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, who would give him the great gift of parenthood about a year after. Charles gave his name to his first son with Catherine Hogarth, who would give him another nine children.<br />
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After his first great success, he started to write nonstop and still with great quality, style and attention to detail. Very few people know London as he did, which allowed him to be the voice of the city itself. He had a very special way of writing about London granted by the events he went through in his childhood to what he also added his own touch. His increasing popularity allowed him to travel the world with his wife and even live in different places with her. However, he never took traveling as a vacation, for he continued to write and publish during these periods of time as if his travels only inspired him more and more instead off exhausting him. He was also, in general, a very nice person as he helped to found "The Guild of Literature and Arts" which was an organization that helped young artists struggling to make it through by presenting plays to the public. As he has once struggled in his life he probably founded this to help other fellow artists struggle a little bit less as they started to build their career just like he did. In addition to this, he also often performed as a character in the plays presented by that organization. Close to the end of his life, Dickens separated from his wife and started to see his children less. In the biography of Charles Dickens posted in the official website of the Dickens London Tours, Charles's daughter Kate recalled, "My father was like a madman… He did not care a damn what happened to any of us. Nothing could surpass the misery and unhappiness of our house." <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> Also according to that same biography, rumors spread about Charles Dickens's marriage ending because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens died at the age of 58 in England and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The most amazing thing about his unique perspective of London is the way despite all the struggles his life brought to him, he never stopped writing. And this is proven by the fact that by the time of his death he left his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. <ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> Charles Dickens is taught in schools all around the world as one of the main characters of English Literature, and he became himself a source of inspiration immediately linked to London.<br />
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===Sir Christopher Wren===<br />
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Tinniswood said in his book "His invention so fertile" that Christopher Wren "was the greatest architect Britain has ever known" <ref> Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> London and its skyline wouldn't be as we know them nowadays if it wasn't for Sir Cristopher Wren and his irrefutable talent and hard work. In the year 1666, London was struck by a great tragedy that destroyed the majority of the city. This incident started as an honest mistake in a bakery shop. The Great Fire of London demolished many buildings in London including the greatest buildings. These buildings were not made of wood but when the rock was heated, it exploded. After this enormous catastrophe, Sir Christopher Wren was given the urgent task of reconstructing many churches. St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest work with his design of the dome. St. Paul was above all the work of his life, not only because of the magnitude of the project but also because of how much time he devoted to it. You can see this dome from various views from different angles of the city. Each angle shows the magnificent glory of its design, however, my personal favorite is from across the Millennium Bridge. This Cathedral is one of the most visited landmarks in the city because everyone wants to appreciate the design not only from the outside but also from the inside. Wren designed and reconstructed this building to wonder everyone that seeks to appreciate it today. <br />
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As incredible as it may sound, the architect that designed the majestic dome in St. Paul's Cathedral was also a skilled scientist with several other talents that were all probably useful in some way during the process of designing and building the cathedral. As Lisa Jardine said in her book about Wren called ''On a grander scale: The outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren'': "Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society"<ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref>, Wren was a genius. He started his career as a scientist and graduated from Oxford University, which fills the institution with pride and they ensure it is widely known. Sir Christopher Wren was very knowledgeable and his most intimate friends were also renown scientists, brilliant people responsible for the greatest accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. This is proven by the text written on the cover of the book "His invention so fertile: A life of Cristopher Wren" by Tinniswood and Graham: "Wren's famous research in science included: mapping the moon and the stars, investigating the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carrying out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood."<ref>Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> And not only did he make his own research but also collaborated with his fellow scientists' work as stated by the author Lisa Jardine: "His observations on comments, meteorology, and muscular action made vital contributions to the developing ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> Also, just as in Dickens's case, his network helped him escalate in his career, getting to know many important people of his time. As supported in the book "Wren" by Margaret Whinney, "His connection to the Royal Society brought him into personal touch the King. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings and lived and worked under six monarchs." <ref> Whinney, M. (1971). Wren. London: Thames & Hudson. </ref> As it is easy to assume, back then, it was extremely important to have contact with the King, it opened an infinite amount of doors sometimes without the need of even knocking. Wren's career as an architect succeeded mainly because of this connection with royal people, as when he was appointed to rebuild the city after The great Fire of London, he ended up building approximately 50 churches. And as everyone was delighted with the course of his work, Wren also worked at Hampton Court Palace rebuilding the south view.<br />
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It is important to emphasize as well how amazing it was that he succeeded in the field of architecture without any previous knowledge about it, making it up with the knowledge he had of other fields such as math. He is the greatest example of how, with hard work and the right connections, there is nothing unachievable. He must have had outstanding observation skills and was probably inspired by a couple of architects of his time. Little did he know he was to become an architect that would continue to inspire many, even centuries after his death. Also, as he succeeded in architecture, he never forgot his passion for science as many of this buildings had scientific purposes that very few people know about. It is easy to admire the magnificence of his buildings but as you pay close attention to the details he worked on for each one of them, it is impossible not to be filled with great astonishment. For example, as Lisa Jardine also explained in her book: "The Monument of the Great Fire of London was built with a subterranean laboratory and the southwest tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during its construction. Both were designed to function simultaneously as public monuments and as oversize scientific instruments." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> When we think about Sir Christopher Wren's contributions to the history of London it is like every church he made was "a stroke of his brush" (figuratively speaking) "adding pigment" to the London skyline and at the same time, devoting his life to his passions as he created a masterpieces of such magnitude as is St. Paul's Cathedral. He let his talents flourish so that all of us could be able to enjoy them. Finally, we could say that despite his fame and success he remains a modest man, for when he was dying he asked not to have a huge statue to honor him but to simply be buried in his greatest accomplishment, St. Paul's Cathedral, letting that be the "monument" to honor his death.<br />
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In more contemporary times, leaving behind the dense, yellow and deadly fog as an everyday scene, London is a setting that enraptures less mystery and more and more magic. More color and a wider variety of emotions are displayed in all forms of art.<br />
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===J.K. Rowling===<br />
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J.K. Rowling has impacted many people's lives with her books, people of all razes, nationalities, religions and even ages. She has inspired young people to discover the joy of reading and entertained adults with her stories full of magic, mystery and suspense. It is not uncommon to hear about adolescents that had never grabbed a book in their lives falling in love with the wonderful world of Harry Potter. And that is the thing, It is amazing how her reading had the power to impact a whole generation and turn them into "Potterheads". All it takes is a good book to inspire people to read and J.K. Rowling wrote many great pieces of literature that are still great gifts for people of all ages. She is best known for her Harry Potter Series, which made her worldwide famous, and apart from these, J.K. Rowling has written several more books. <br />
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Her official website starts her biography like this: "Joanne Rowling was born on 1965 just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales."<ref>J.K. Rowling. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/</ref> However, the places that marked her literature the most were London and Edinburgh. As a woman that developed in the generation of information and revolution of technology, she had the opportunity to travel a lot and live in many places even before being famous. After getting her degree she moved to London, where she was inspired to write about Harry Potter as she sat in a train station. In her biography written by Sean Smith it is said: "She conceived the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> It seems almost ironic that after traveling so much, she came to get the idea that would change her life forever in the same country where she was born. She was inspired by her surroundings and wrote what she observed adding a creative component to it; her personal touch. For example, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two: in Chapter 1 ''KING'S CROSS'' she wrote: "A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.". <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. pp. 6</ref> Every word is perfectly placed in her sentences and invites the audience to keep reading almost effortlessly; as if the words had the ability to flow by themselves into our imaginations. However, until then this line could belong to any story set in that station, until J.K. Rowling adds the magic in Chapter 2 ''PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS'' as she says: "And which is also busy, but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved project." <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown.pp.9</ref> She made of the streets of London a magical place full of wonders to discover that would only be available to "the chosen ones" to find out.<br />
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However, even though she started in London, she also moved a lot while she was writing the series. Another of the major cities that highly inspired her writing was Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like London, a city full of a great deal of history and mystery that was a perfect source of inspiration for the young writer's imagination. As we visited Edinburgh, it was easy to spot the settings she chose to incorporate in some of the scenes of the books. Settings such as Hogwarts, the Quiddich Stadium, the cemetery and Diagon Alley. Even the four houses of Hogwarts that in the books were "named after the four founders of the school" (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin) are suspected to e inspired by the houses of one of the most prestigious schools in Scotland that is set in Edinburgh and casually carry the same colors as the four houses in Hogwarts. "George Heriot’s houses Castle, Lauriston, Raeburn and Greyfriars correspond to Rowling’s own Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff." <ref>Hodder, A. (2015, October 18). The Top Places To Visit In Edinburgh for Harry Potter Fans. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-top-6-locations-for-harry-potter-fans-in-edinburgh/</ref> Also, George Heriot’s School has a sports tournament every four years with other two schools of the United Kingdom. Many of the characters' names were also presumably derived from people who died in the city and are buried in Greyfriars Cemetery. Going to Scotland and hearing everyone; from tour guides, to store owners, to residents, talk about all these peculiar similarities between the city and her books was a little bit disappointing, but it also made us realize that all these details have always been out there for anyone to use and she was the only one with the imagination and intellect to do so. J.K. Rowling left her "stroke of pigment" in Edinburgh just as she did in London, writing her stories mainly in local cafes, that today are touristic spots. A famous one is Elephant House, where now it is famously known for being "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" as the owners decided to announce it like. In several webpages they're announces with the following phrase: “Magic! Is the only way to describe The Elephant House. Experience the same atmosphere that J.K. Rowling did as she mulled over coffee writing her first Harry Potter novel. Experience the friendliness of the staff, our extensive menus and the magical view of Edinburgh Castle. Not to forget…the elephants”. <ref>The magic brew called Potter. (2016, October 09). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-magic-brew-called-Potter/article15396369.ece</ref><br />
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For her great influence in the pop culture today, her impact on the places where she wrote and her devotion to her passion for literature, J.K Rowling is a woman worthy of admiration. Also, J.K. Rowling's life before Harry Potter was not easy. Smith also wrote: "She encountered many obstacles and misfortunes before and during the writing process." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> She took a long time writing the first book in the Harry Potter series but she never gave up and all her hard work is now being recompensed. She is a highly admired author with an impeccable reputation and she is also very rich. In fact, J.K. Rowling is considered by Forbes to be the second highest paid woman in entertainment. <ref> The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. (2007, January 18). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html </ref> However, being rich is not comparable to the satisfaction she must feel as she receives flattering and well deserved positive reviews of her books and so much love from her fandom that beg fore more of the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Miss Rowling is a great example of a creator that took as much as she could from what her environment in Edinburgh and London had to offer and she gave back to other cities becoming part of them.<br />
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Image:JK1.PNG|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
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===David Hockney===<br />
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David Hockney, born on 1937, has become one of the most influential figures in modern art, mostly because of all the different techniques he used and the ones he developed for his work. Also because of all the disciplines where he excelled as an artist throughout his entire life, which still continues. According to Editors of Encycloprdia Britannica in their website, "David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art." <ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2017, April 26). David Hockney. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hockney</ref> The city were he was born, Bradford, was, just as London, a poor victim of the fog, in a biography written by Christopher Simon Sykes, he explains: "for the two hundred or so chimneys of the woollen mills were belching out fumes all day, which sank slowly into the basin in which the city lies, and made Bradford then one of the smokiest cities on earth".<ref>Sykes, C. S. (2011). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 1). London: Century, pp. 1-25</ref>. In that same book, the author reveals an interview with Hockney in which he says that he knew that he wanted to be an artist since the age of 10 and his parents always encouraged him to develop his talent. <ref>Interview with David Hockney by Christopher Simon Skyes, June 2009</ref> Hockney was also known to e quite a good student and hard working artist that loved experimenting with different forms of art. He also traveled quite a lot and loved the state of California in the U.S., where he still owns a house. This is supported in his biography by Biography.com Editors, "The swimming pools of L.A. were one of his favorite subjects, and he became known for large, iconic works such as A Bigger Splash." <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> One of the most outstanding characteristics of his work "A Bigger Splash" is the technique he used to paint. He first took the pictures of the people he was going to paint and then putting together a bunch of these pictures he would put the person in the pose he wanted to paint. An example of this technique is shown below in the pictures. where it is easier to appreciate the complexity of Hockney's work.<br />
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Besides being an admirable artist, he was never hesitant to show himself to the world and stand up for his personal beliefs. Also, his romances affected him so much that later in his life he suffered from depression after breaking up with a boyfriend that he lived with for a while. As mention in a website dedicated to David Hockney, "Hockney was devastated and started taking Valium to combat the depression and loneliness he suffered." <ref>David Hockney Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.davidhockney.com/bio.shtml</ref> However, despite all the tough times he went through in his life, he never let that intervene with his work as he has a huge amount of collections of different types of art always looking for a way to interact with the viewer through his work. As the American curator, Maurice Tuchman mentions in her book David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA, "Hockney is not at all involved in the creation of beauty as an end in itself. It is exactly this didactic urgency, this need to be heard plainly and to be understood clearly, which is the basis of his phenomenal popularity." <ref>Tuchman, M., & Barron, S. (1989). David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, pp. 13</ref> <br />
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In one of his expositions, also shown below, he wrote "Perspective should e reversed... specially in photography". He has definitely been a revolutionary artist that has been looked up to for over half a century now. Hockney is widely known for his adaptability and his ability to create new techniques using the emerging technologies. In photography, specifically he turned to “recreate photography” in a way in which, as he said in another interview with Sykes, “a photograph that could be described as having a strong illusion of reality”. <ref>Sykes, C. S. (2014). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 2). London: Century, pp. 160</ref> Though Hockney does not have a great number of photographies or paintings of London itself, he has been one of the most influential and innovative British artists for the past half a century. He developed a way to give a story to his images, instead of just leaving them as a single photograph. Through his collages, he makes his characters come to life and is able to transmit emotions and ideas, creating a reality for each one and showing it to its viewers. And with his method of combining photography and painting, he "added his pigment" to both fields. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to paint and exhibit, and advocates for funding for the arts. <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> <br />
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Image:DHH.jpg|''David Hockney Photographed by Paul Joyce, 1984''<br />
Image:DH09.jpg|"David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger. Image © David Hockney, used courtesy of Film Movement."<br />
Image:DH01.jpg|alt=Color photograph from a 35 mm negative|''Nick Wilder, 1966. Taken by Mark Lancaster''<br />
Image:DH00.jpg|''Portrait of Nick Wilder, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 72x 72 by David Hockney''<br />
Image:DH05.jpg|''Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 1st 1982 Composite Polaroid 70.5 x 130''<br />
Image:DH03.jpg|''Le Nid Du Duc, April 1972. Color photographs from 35 mm negatives''<br />
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Image:DH04.jpg|''Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120. Private Collection, United Kingdom.''<br />
Image:DH06.jpg|''My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982, Photographic Collage 121 x 70''<br />
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===Ken Shuttleworth===<br />
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Ken Shuttleworth, just as Christopher Wren, transformed completely London's skyline. According to his biography in his paper ''Form and Skin'', he was born in 1952 and studied at Leicester Polytechnic, where he got a degree with distinction in Architecture in 1977. According to that same paper, in 1974 he joined the architectural firm of Foster and Partners and shortly after became a registered architect. Then, in 1991 he became a partner of the firm "Fosters Associates", where he was responsible for the design of significant projects. <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref>Since his time at college, he has been known as a great designer. In class, he would take half of the time his classmates would to finish his designs. His fast and impressive work gave him the nickname "Ken the Pen". During his time in "Fosters Associates" he designed what "The Guardian" news paper called "some of the world's most iconic buildings"<ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref>. Referring to masterpieces such as the Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters and London's St Mary Axe or best known as "The Gherkin". <br />
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He certainly succeeded after college in "Foster Associates", however, in 2003 he decided to leave the firm. As Shuttleworth always thought architects to have a big purpose, he felt like he could do more than working for a big firm, and this was a particularly big firm. "The Guardian" published about it in 2003 saying that "with a staff of nearly 600 and over 100 projects on the computer screens", Foster Associates was "one of the world's busiest and highest-profile architectural practices." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> As he moved on from Foster Associates, he founded his own firm, "Make", in 2004. With him on the lead this firm was prompt to succed, and it did. In his paper "Form and Skin", he wrote: "It grew to one od the UK's foremost architectural firms." <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref> Looking back into his life, his passion for design began at very young age. "The Guardian news paper once wrote about how with the help of his father he followed his passion and magnified his talent: "His father, an accountant, encouraged him: "He hated being an accountant. He said, 'Whatever you do, you should really enjoy doing it'." "<ref> Fairs, M. (2003, January 22). Ken Shuttleworth: architecture's best-kept secret. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/jan/22/architecture.artsfeatures </ref> He followed his fathers advice and became a magnificent architect worthy of admiration. <br />
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"The Guardian" also wrote referring to Ken, ""He is one of the best hidden talents in the UK," says Stuart Lipton, the chairman of the government's architecture watchdog of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> This quote perfectly conveys to major ideas; the first one about his irrefutable talent, and the second one out how little is actually known about him. Unlike we had expected, finding information about Shuttleworth was somehow hard because he has always lived life with a low profile. However, after reading his papers and articles you can clearly see what an amazing architect he is. He wrote in the article "Throwing stones at those in glass houses, "Architects and environmental engineers have never had such an important role and we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity before it’s too late. Now is the time to wake up... and use our creativity, our curiosity and our passion for exploration... to help save the planet". Because of his passion and drive, he is a source of inspiration to many young architects. Reading his words reminded us that being an architect is an important role in the world and it is not just designing a pretty building. That sense of commitment and great creativity that he possesses and uses to improve our society is what makes him a person worthy of admiration. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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Using David Hockney's technique of "Painting with Pictures", we chose one picture of each site described in the Milestone [[Colourless London]] and we made them into paintings, emphasizing the use of bright colors inspired by different scenarios of London and making an imminent contrast with the pictures' monochromatic feel. Each set represents our own way of "adding pigment" to the city's most emblematic sites and to the way people usually perceive London.<br />
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==Tower Bridge==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Orange <br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:TB01.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Tower Bridge'']]<br />
| [[File:D02.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Tower Bridge Full of Colour'' <br> By Kristy Giacoman]] <br />
| [[File:EAWwalk8.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "The colors used were inspired by one of the pictures of the girls in this HUA program, Emily Wilson. She took this picture from the same bridge that I painted. The colors in the sunset inspired me to choose the color scheme in my work. However, I decided to paint a morning instead of a sunset, symbolizing a fresh start for the city of London. That is why the sky is a mostly blue and the bridge contains the colors of Emily's picture as if it had absorbed the sunset of the previous day, symbolizing that even though it is a fresh start, the past is still part of the city, or in this case, the painting.<br />
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==London Eye==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Violet<br />
**Ivory Black<br />
**Titanium White <br />
**Ultra Blue <br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:LE03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless London Eye'']]<br />
| [[File:D01.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''London Eye Full of Colour'' <br> by Kristy Giacoman]]<br />
| [[File:Purple.jpeg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "Purple is the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and The London Eye is the world’s largest observation wheel and most popular paid tourist attraction in the whole country. Also Purple is my favorite color. Finally, I was inspired to choose that color scheme by this flowers I bought in Columbia Road Flower Market, in London. Because they enrapture the beauty I see in the streets of London, despite all opposing opinions and catastrophic events that have hit this city, which I like to think still stands strong."<br />
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==Big Ben==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Crimson Red<br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
***TitaniumWhite <br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:BB04.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Big Ben'']]<br />
| [[File:D03.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Big Ben Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:UK.png|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "I used the picture Kristy took ''Colourless Big Ben'' as a model and the colors in the flag of the United Kingdom as an inspiration to create this painting. I used the radiant colors in the flag to represent Parliament and the citizens in the UK. The Big Ben identifies London as the flag identifies the UK. With the use of different shades of blue I created a sky as in the picture. To show the different levels of the top of the building I used either blue or red for each level. What the blue drops of paint falling down the Big Ben represents the trust of the citizens of London in their government fading away by disappointment. I decided to convey this message as a strong statement, knowing that as the citizens are the base of the society, if they lose trust in their government, the structure will not stand for long.<br />
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==Gherkin==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Light Green <br />
**Vidridian <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
*Colors Used: Red, Blue, White.<br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:GH01.png|thumb|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Gherkin'']]<br />
| [[File:D04.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Gherkin Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes ]]<br />
| [[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "This building is known as "The Gherkin" but its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. This nickname was given because of its similarity to the Mexican sour gherkin. The green colors used in this painting were inspired by two things, this Mexican sour gherkin, and the architect that designed it, Ken Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth cares deeply for the environment and saving the planet, which is why the color scheme that I chose contains greens and light blues, representing the colors of a field of grass. I liked the irony as well of painting a modern skyscraper with the same colors I would use to paint a plant. Also meaning that among all the development of the city, it is still important to keep the environment in mind, for London has already suffered enough by the filthiness of the fog."<br />
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==St. Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Raw Limber <br />
**Paynes' Grey <br />
**Phthalo Blue<br />
**Lake Blue<br />
** Light Green<br />
**Phthalo Green<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:SP03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless St. Paul's Cathedral'']]<br />
| [[File:Greeen.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|'' Green St Paul's '' ]]<br />
| [[File:.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes| "The Colourful St. Paul's Cathedral <br> by Kristy GIacoman and Sofia Reyes]]<br />
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Kristy and Sofia: "St. Paul's Cathedral represents the change in beliefs of the whole country. This painting was done by the both of us and we decided to use two pictures we took to inspire us and combine them into one, symbolizing how the different cultures and beliefs of the world merge to create this wonderful and "colorful" city of London. The green used is inspired by Sofia's picture and the grayish blue and purple have inspired the picture Kristy took. This painting represents unity within us and within London citizens. This unity comes to life in the deepest desires kept in the hearts of the good people of London that have been hurt by the recent events more than ever before. However, despite this, the hope of unity in diversity remains vibrant with people that are willing to stand up for it."<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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In this Milestone, artists from the past and from the present are compared and contrasted. There is one artist chosen for each of the fields involved in the project "A London Full of Colour"; Painting, Literature and Architecture. The intention was to outline the main differences in their styles and how they each one of them portrayed their environment from their very own perspectives and translated it into their works of art. In the same way, biographical facts are provided to give the reader a reference of how life circumstances and setting might have been influential in the artists' work. This Milestone is the linking point between [[Colourless London]] and [[Colourful Reality]], giving meaning to the rest of the project "[[user:akgiacoman|A London Full of Colour]]". <br />
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Finally, for the deliverable, our own work is presented. With this, we intend to show our own perspective of London which contrasts with the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] in an extreme way. We tried to add some pigment of our own to create a much more [[Colourful Reality]] for ourselves. The paintings emphasize the use of colors in a symbolic way, what they represent are our different emotions and life experiences that stoke our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways, but always resulting in a breath taking outcome. Life is our very own masterpiece, it is what we make it and it is not in the very least monochromatic. In the contrary, all the aspects of our lives merge to create a unique work of art, that certainly might not be of everyone's liking, but then again, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the artist that made the masterpiece. In some occasions, the artist regrets the path he or she took and if given a second chance, would have done things differently. However, the work is done, the masterpiece is complete, and we can either live in regret or move forward in such ways where each stoke is more precise and better thought than the previous one. Some other artists die without the proper acknowledgment that their work deserves, however, what people think of their work can never influence the magnitude of its quality. A masterpiece, is a masterpiece even when there is no one to admire it and most things done with effort and passion are worth a standing ovation. <br />
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==Gallery of Pictures==<br />
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=References=<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]: <br> Introduction, Artistic Component, Artists From the Past, Artists From the Present, Charles Dickens, David Hockney, Conclusion & final edits of the other artists. Painted "Tower Bridge Full of Colour", "London Eye Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]: <br> Ken Shuttleworth, core information for Monet, Sir Christopher Wren & JK. Rowling & formatting of information in the deliverable. Painted "Big Ben Full of Colour", "Gherkin Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:vjmanzo|Vincent Manzo]] & [[User:Cclark|Constance Clark]]: <br> Advisors<br />
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[[Category:Art Projects]]<br />
[[Category:2017]]</div>
Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Adding_Pigment&diff=19827
Adding Pigment
2017-06-23T00:29:46Z
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by [[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]] & [[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes ]]<br><br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that we choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. Kristy has gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college, while Sofia, as a future architectural engineer, is able to provide insight from a different perspective, also having taken painting lessons since a very young age. This project combines our favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message that we wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. Our main goal was to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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The title of this Milestone was chosen to be "Adding Pigment" as for every person that goes through London is not only influenced by it and its weather as seen in [[Colourless London]], but at the same time, they leave a piece of them that adds to the beauty of this city. In the same way as they take inspiration from the amazing stories London has to tell, they create a new chapter, and if they do it well, a really good one. Each artist presented in the background of this Milestone was chosen because of their irrefutable relevance to the history of London in the artistic side. In the background, we present the way in which different situations they lived conducted them to become some of the most influential and inspiring individuals the streets of London have ever seen. Likewise, each artist is known to have revolutionized in some way their field "adding pigment" to the existing base of knowledge and techniques. From the fields of Painting, Literature and Architecture, we chose a set of six artists divided in "Artists from the Past" and "Artists from the Present" to, in some way, categorize them by periods and let the readers draw conclusions about the similar traits in their work. Inspired by these great minds, we leave in the deliverable our own works of art painting the same sites where pictures were taken for Colourless London, choosing a specific picture for each one and "replicating it" in some way with acrylic paintings, just the way David Hockey used to do with his photography. The difference, however, is that we aim to emphasize the contrast between the gray color palette seen in the pictures that characterizes London and the use of color in our paintings that represents our perspective of the city. In this way we seek to add pigment to the scenery in a literal and metaphorical way.<br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
==Artistic Component==<br />
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"Despite the widespread social anxiety caused by the fog, many artists found in it a source of inspiration from a wide broad of perspectives. For some, fog represented a looming presence, alive and malignant."<ref>Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: BELKNAP HARVARD. pp 1.</ref> This quote from "The London Fog" by Corton perfectly exemplifies the way in which some people used too feel about the fog, however, for some other many artists, the fog could be seen as magical or even romantic. The same thing could be seen from very different perspectives and used for many different purposes. The fog could be used by robbers to easily disappear after their theft and the same fog could also be used by artists like Monet to show the world the beauty of a city like London. Likewise the fog could be the source of sickness and depression or could also be the source of motivation and inspiration, giving a person's mind the push needed to boost their creativity. Just like that, the city of London has been the source of inspiration and spectator of some of the greatest minds the world has seen. From painters to writers to architects, London has evoked many "shades of feelings" that have driven locals and foreigners to accomplish great things. <br />
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==Artists From the Past==<br />
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Being a city immersed in its own history, London has seen a lot happening through its streets, and by digging in the past, it is easy to find a more gloomy, mysterious and heavy perspective of the fog, enraptured in all kinds of art. The following representatives were chosen because of their imminent and irrefutable success in their disciplines.<br />
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===Monet===<br />
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Claude Monet was a French artist of the Impressionist movement. He was actually so influential to this movement that it was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because, as stated in the book "Nature into art" by House, "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>The the viewer has to analyze, assume and connect the dots to figure out the purpose of the painting. This was not exactly abstract art but it was definitely different from any sort of traditional art at that time. Monet was a revolutionary and the complexity of his works continues to amaze the most demanding art critics and attract collectors from all over the globe. Unlike many other famous artists, when Monet started, he had no prior knowledge of art techniques, which may have been the cause of him developing his own. However, he was surely inspired by many other artists before him. Today Monet is one of the best-known artists in the world. In the creation of his own style, his purpose was to overcome the tradition of detailed works of art and use intense brushstrokes to create an impression of a painting. According to his biography, "Monet by himself", he started painting in Paris many scenes of the Seine river as well as impressions of landscapes of the place he lived in at different times of the day. This specific trait defines his work, because this technique was not only very useful for practice, but also allowed the viewer to perceive the scene from different perspectives of the same place and by the same artist as he played with the changes in light. We can clearly see this technique in one of his biggest collections of paintings; Water Lilies, that he painted when he was living in Givenchy. Monet moved a lot during his life mainly within France, however, during the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to London for two years. <ref> Monet, C., & Kendall, R. (2003). Monet by Himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 1. </ref> <br />
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During his time in London, he couldn't help but immerse himself in the captivating inspiration that emerged from the city's mesmerizing views. Using his technique, he painted many of its landscapes and buildings at different times of the day, as he was known for. He painted many views from the Thames, including Parliament and Westminster and even though it was only for a short period of time, his time in London marked his artistic career. In the book "London Fog, Christine Corton states: " His short stay in London resulted in the largest series of paintings that he had yet produced." <ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 182. </ref> Monet, as many other artists, admired the London fog and its presence in his paintings was not only evident, but often even highlighted. The fog gave his paintings some sort of uniqueness and contributed to his Impressionism. As Christine Corton said in her book ''London Fog'' Monet commented " Without the fog, London wouldn't be a beautiful city... It's the fog that gives it it's magnificent breadth".<ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 184. </ref> This was a very outlandish way of viewing one of the nation's greatest struggle, but once again, he was a revolutionary. He was most likely intrigued by the fog as it went alongside his style and it was in such an abundance he had never seen before. There was probably not another city in the world that united the large amounts of fog and the astonishing man-made landscapes that were also full of meaning and history. In his paintings, he portrays the fog as part of the landscape or the impression of the landscape, which gave him great popularity due to his creativity and the originality of his works. In that time, there was certainly no other painter like Monet.<br />
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Yet he did not paint with a lot of details, he created his works in such a way in which any Londoner would recognize the setting of his paintings. In addition to this, as he painted the same scene in different times of the day, he changed the colors to illustrate the different light patterns. The "special touch" or as we call it in this milestone "pigment" Monet added to his field was his originality and how even though he painted the same scene many times, each painting was unique. As posted in the official webpage of the National Gallery, in Monet's paintings "distance and perspective are abolished; a limitless expanse of water occupies our entire field of vision." <ref> https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-water-lilies </ref> His paintings portrayed the idea of constant change and the beauty of it, in House's book, "Nature into art", he explains how Monet worried a lot about "the ever-changing environment and the effects of light in his paintings." <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref> Even though it was the same landscape, this technique allowed the viewer imagine that it was a completely different environment. He focused a lot on the effects of light of the painting and used a distinct color palette for each painting. This different use of light and color provided him the irrefutable fame he keeps until today, when his biography is now studied at schools and his techniques are implemented by artists all around the world. <br />
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File:MM1.PNG|''The Thames below Westminster''<br> <br />
File:Monet_Irises41.PNG| ''Irises'' <br> <br />
File:M01.PNG|''Water Lilies at [[Tate Modern]]''<br />
File:Mone_Pond_41.PNG| ''The Water-Lily Pond'' <br> <br />
File:Monet_Setting.PNG| ''Water-Lilies, Setting Sun'' <br> <br />
File:MM.PNG|''Snow Scene at Argenteuil''<br> <br />
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===Charles Dickens===<br />
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Charles Dickens was part of a huge family, being born the second of eight children on 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens and even though many people have heard about him and his work, not everyone knows about his middle names because he decided never to use them and e simply known as Charles Dickens. Even though he was raised with high aspirations of himself, it is almost impossible for him to have imagined the reach of his literary work in later years and how much his early life would influence him in the future. He was in London for the first time at the age of three because of his father's work. Although most people are unaware at such an early age, it is believed that he "absorbed the sights, smells and sounds of the City" according to his biography in the official Dickens London Tours. <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> As in any big family, money issues started to arise, however, that did not stop them from being happy in the early days. Nevertheless, it became a real problem for Charles when he was twelve, as his father was imprisoned for debt. To help with the family needs, Charles was forced to leave school and start working. We can easily infer that he did not make much money as a twelve year old, and that having his childhood taken away from him because of his parents mistakes left him very unhappy. For it was not his fault at all that his father was imprisoned, but yet he had to pay for his mistakes. This caused him great suffering but he sacrificed himself to help his family. As his biography by Biography.com Editors mentions, "He felt abandoned and betrayed by the adults who were supposed to take care of him."<ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> <br />
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Even though he had no clue back then, this situation gave him the freedom to explore the streets and corners of London. He got to know every secret the city had, and by paying close attention to his surroundings he was able to get to know it "like the back of his hand". However, Dickens is credited with a passion for London and according to Michael and Mollie Hardwick in their book Dickens's England, "he entertained no such thing". For he grew up in the streets of London and this was not by choice, which allowed him to "greedily observe and absorb the city" getting to know it with "extensive and peculiar knowledge" as said by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, "but not loving it". <ref>Hardwick, M., & Hardwick, M. (1970). Dickens's England. London: Dent</ref> Despite this, it was not all bad for young Charles, because living as an adult while being a child also must have formed his character from a very early age and force him to mature and above all... think. Then according to a biography posted by BBC, for a short period of time he was able to go back to school when his father received and inheritance and was let free. However, his freedom lasted for a short period of time, as by the age of fifteen the biography in BBC's official website tells that he got a job as an office boy to help out his family again. <ref> BBC . (n.d.). History - Charles Dickens. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml</ref>Maybe this was not what he would have wanted for himself but this job propelled his writing career. His career began as a journalist for a local news paper, as many other authors. This job also allowed him to get to know a lot of people and start building a network of contacts that would allow him to keep escalating up in his career. Even back then he could infer the importance of "knowing people" so he did and soon he started getting better and better jobs still as a journalist, collaborating also with other artists to create material for the press. He started publishing monthly parts of what he called "The Pickwick Papers" in the newspaper and it was a massive success. By this time, Charles's personal life was also going very well, as in 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, who would give him the great gift of parenthood about a year after. Charles gave his name to his first son with Catherine Hogarth, who would give him another nine children.<br />
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After his first great success, he started to write nonstop and still with great quality, style and attention to detail. Very few people know London as he did, which allowed him to be the voice of the city itself. He had a very special way of writing about London granted by the events he went through in his childhood to what he also added his own touch. His increasing popularity allowed him to travel the world with his wife and even live in different places with her. However, he never took traveling as a vacation, for he continued to write and publish during these periods of time as if his travels only inspired him more and more instead off exhausting him. He was also, in general, a very nice person as he helped to found "The Guild of Literature and Arts" which was an organization that helped young artists struggling to make it through by presenting plays to the public. As he has once struggled in his life he probably founded this to help other fellow artists struggle a little bit less as they started to build their career just like he did. In addition to this, he also often performed as a character in the plays presented by that organization. Close to the end of his life, Dickens separated from his wife and started to see his children less. In the biography of Charles Dickens posted in the official website of the Dickens London Tours, Charles's daughter Kate recalled, "My father was like a madman… He did not care a damn what happened to any of us. Nothing could surpass the misery and unhappiness of our house." <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> Also according to that same biography, rumors spread about Charles Dickens's marriage ending because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens died at the age of 58 in England and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The most amazing thing about his unique perspective of London is the way despite all the struggles his life brought to him, he never stopped writing. And this is proven by the fact that by the time of his death he left his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. <ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> Charles Dickens is taught in schools all around the world as one of the main characters of English Literature, and he became himself a source of inspiration immediately linked to London.<br />
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===Sir Christopher Wren===<br />
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Tinniswood said in his book "His invention so fertile" that Christopher Wren "was the greatest architect Britain has ever known" <ref> Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> London and its skyline wouldn't be as we know them nowadays if it wasn't for Sir Cristopher Wren and his irrefutable talent and hard work. In the year 1666, London was struck by a great tragedy that destroyed the majority of the city. This incident started as an honest mistake in a bakery shop. The Great Fire of London demolished many buildings in London including the greatest buildings. These buildings were not made of wood but when the rock was heated, it exploded. After this enormous catastrophe, Sir Christopher Wren was given the urgent task of reconstructing many churches. St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest work with his design of the dome. St. Paul was above all the work of his life, not only because of the magnitude of the project but also because of how much time he devoted to it. You can see this dome from various views from different angles of the city. Each angle shows the magnificent glory of its design, however, my personal favorite is from across the Millennium Bridge. This Cathedral is one of the most visited landmarks in the city because everyone wants to appreciate the design not only from the outside but also from the inside. Wren designed and reconstructed this building to wonder everyone that seeks to appreciate it today. <br />
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As incredible as it may sound, the architect that designed the majestic dome in St. Paul's Cathedral was also a skilled scientist with several other talents that were all probably useful in some way during the process of designing and building the cathedral. As Lisa Jardine said in her book about Wren called ''On a grander scale: The outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren'': "Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society"<ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref>, Wren was a genius. He started his career as a scientist and graduated from Oxford University, which fills the institution with pride and they ensure it is widely known. Sir Christopher Wren was very knowledgeable and his most intimate friends were also renown scientists, brilliant people responsible for the greatest accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. This is proven by the text written on the cover of the book "His invention so fertile: A life of Cristopher Wren" by Tinniswood and Graham: "Wren's famous research in science included: mapping the moon and the stars, investigating the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carrying out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood."<ref>Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> And not only did he make his own research but also collaborated with his fellow scientists' work as stated by the author Lisa Jardine: "His observations on comments, meteorology, and muscular action made vital contributions to the developing ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> Also, just as in Dickens's case, his network helped him escalate in his career, getting to know many important people of his time. As supported in the book "Wren" by Margaret Whinney, "His connection to the Royal Society brought him into personal touch the King. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings and lived and worked under six monarchs." <ref> Whinney, M. (1971). Wren. London: Thames & Hudson. </ref> As it is easy to assume, back then, it was extremely important to have contact with the King, it opened an infinite amount of doors sometimes without the need of even knocking. Wren's career as an architect succeeded mainly because of this connection with royal people, as when he was appointed to rebuild the city after The great Fire of London, he ended up building approximately 50 churches. And as everyone was delighted with the course of his work, Wren also worked at Hampton Court Palace rebuilding the south view.<br />
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It is important to emphasize as well how amazing it was that he succeeded in the field of architecture without any previous knowledge about it, making it up with the knowledge he had of other fields such as math. He is the greatest example of how, with hard work and the right connections, there is nothing unachievable. He must have had outstanding observation skills and was probably inspired by a couple of architects of his time. Little did he know he was to become an architect that would continue to inspire many, even centuries after his death. Also, as he succeeded in architecture, he never forgot his passion for science as many of this buildings had scientific purposes that very few people know about. It is easy to admire the magnificence of his buildings but as you pay close attention to the details he worked on for each one of them, it is impossible not to be filled with great astonishment. For example, as Lisa Jardine also explained in her book: "The Monument of the Great Fire of London was built with a subterranean laboratory and the southwest tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during its construction. Both were designed to function simultaneously as public monuments and as oversize scientific instruments." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> When we think about Sir Christopher Wren's contributions to the history of London it is like every church he made was "a stroke of his brush" (figuratively speaking) "adding pigment" to the London skyline and at the same time, devoting his life to his passions as he created a masterpieces of such magnitude as is St. Paul's Cathedral. He let his talents flourish so that all of us could be able to enjoy them. Finally, we could say that despite his fame and success he remains a modest man, for when he was dying he asked not to have a huge statue to honor him but to simply be buried in his greatest accomplishment, St. Paul's Cathedral, letting that be the "monument" to honor his death.<br />
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In more contemporary times, leaving behind the dense, yellow and deadly fog as an everyday scene, London is a setting that enraptures less mystery and more and more magic. More color and a wider variety of emotions are displayed in all forms of art.<br />
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===J.K. Rowling===<br />
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J.K. Rowling has impacted many people's lives with her books, people of all razes, nationalities, religions and even ages. She has inspired young people to discover the joy of reading and entertained adults with her stories full of magic, mystery and suspense. It is not uncommon to hear about adolescents that had never grabbed a book in their lives falling in love with the wonderful world of Harry Potter. And that is the thing, It is amazing how her reading had the power to impact a whole generation and turn them into "Potterheads". All it takes is a good book to inspire people to read and J.K. Rowling wrote many great pieces of literature that are still great gifts for people of all ages. She is best known for her Harry Potter Series, which made her worldwide famous, and apart from these, J.K. Rowling has written several more books. <br />
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Her official website starts her biography like this: "Joanne Rowling was born on 1965 just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales."<ref>J.K. Rowling. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/</ref> However, the places that marked her literature the most were London and Edinburgh. As a woman that developed in the generation of information and revolution of technology, she had the opportunity to travel a lot and live in many places even before being famous. After getting her degree she moved to London, where she was inspired to write about Harry Potter as she sat in a train station. In her biography written by Sean Smith it is said: "She conceived the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> It seems almost ironic that after traveling so much, she came to get the idea that would change her life forever in the same country where she was born. She was inspired by her surroundings and wrote what she observed adding a creative component to it; her personal touch. For example, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two: in Chapter 1 ''KING'S CROSS'' she wrote: "A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.". <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. pp. 6</ref> Every word is perfectly placed in her sentences and invites the audience to keep reading almost effortlessly; as if the words had the ability to flow by themselves into our imaginations. However, until then this line could belong to any story set in that station, until J.K. Rowling adds the magic in Chapter 2 ''PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS'' as she says: "And which is also busy, but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved project." <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown.pp.9</ref> She made of the streets of London a magical place full of wonders to discover that would only be available to "the chosen ones" to find out.<br />
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However, even though she started in London, she also moved a lot while she was writing the series. Another of the major cities that highly inspired her writing was Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like London, a city full of a great deal of history and mystery that was a perfect source of inspiration for the young writer's imagination. As we visited Edinburgh, it was easy to spot the settings she chose to incorporate in some of the scenes of the books. Settings such as Hogwarts, the Quiddich Stadium, the cemetery and Diagon Alley. Even the four houses of Hogwarts that in the books were "named after the four founders of the school" (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin) are suspected to e inspired by the houses of one of the most prestigious schools in Scotland that is set in Edinburgh and casually carry the same colors as the four houses in Hogwarts. "George Heriot’s houses Castle, Lauriston, Raeburn and Greyfriars correspond to Rowling’s own Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff." <ref>Hodder, A. (2015, October 18). The Top Places To Visit In Edinburgh for Harry Potter Fans. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-top-6-locations-for-harry-potter-fans-in-edinburgh/</ref> Also, George Heriot’s School has a sports tournament every four years with other two schools of the United Kingdom. Many of the characters' names were also presumably derived from people who died in the city and are buried in Greyfriars Cemetery. Going to Scotland and hearing everyone; from tour guides, to store owners, to residents, talk about all these peculiar similarities between the city and her books was a little bit disappointing, but it also made us realize that all these details have always been out there for anyone to use and she was the only one with the imagination and intellect to do so. J.K. Rowling left her "stroke of pigment" in Edinburgh just as she did in London, writing her stories mainly in local cafes, that today are touristic spots. A famous one is Elephant House, where now it is famously known for being "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" as the owners decided to announce it like. In several webpages they're announces with the following phrase: “Magic! Is the only way to describe The Elephant House. Experience the same atmosphere that J.K. Rowling did as she mulled over coffee writing her first Harry Potter novel. Experience the friendliness of the staff, our extensive menus and the magical view of Edinburgh Castle. Not to forget…the elephants”. <ref>The magic brew called Potter. (2016, October 09). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-magic-brew-called-Potter/article15396369.ece</ref><br />
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For her great influence in the pop culture today, her impact on the places where she wrote and her devotion to her passion for literature, J.K Rowling is a woman worthy of admiration. Also, J.K. Rowling's life before Harry Potter was not easy. Smith also wrote: "She encountered many obstacles and misfortunes before and during the writing process." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> She took a long time writing the first book in the Harry Potter series but she never gave up and all her hard work is now being recompensed. She is a highly admired author with an impeccable reputation and she is also very rich. In fact, J.K. Rowling is considered by Forbes to be the second highest paid woman in entertainment. <ref> The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. (2007, January 18). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html </ref> However, being rich is not comparable to the satisfaction she must feel as she receives flattering and well deserved positive reviews of her books and so much love from her fandom that beg fore more of the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Miss Rowling is a great example of a creator that took as much as she could from what her environment in Edinburgh and London had to offer and she gave back to other cities becoming part of them.<br />
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Image:JK1.PNG|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
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===David Hockney===<br />
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David Hockney, born on 1937, has become one of the most influential figures in modern art, mostly because of all the different techniques he used and the ones he developed for his work. Also because of all the disciplines where he excelled as an artist throughout his entire life, which still continues. According to Editors of Encycloprdia Britannica in their website, "David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art." <ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2017, April 26). David Hockney. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hockney</ref> The city were he was born, Bradford, was, just as London, a poor victim of the fog, in a biography written by Christopher Simon Sykes, he explains: "for the two hundred or so chimneys of the woollen mills were belching out fumes all day, which sank slowly into the basin in which the city lies, and made Bradford then one of the smokiest cities on earth".<ref>Sykes, C. S. (2011). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 1). London: Century, pp. 1-25</ref>. In that same book, the author reveals an interview with Hockney in which he says that he knew that he wanted to be an artist since the age of 10 and his parents always encouraged him to develop his talent. <ref>Interview with David Hockney by Christopher Simon Skyes, June 2009</ref> Hockney was also known to e quite a good student and hard working artist that loved experimenting with different forms of art. He also traveled quite a lot and loved the state of California in the U.S., where he still owns a house. This is supported in his biography by Biography.com Editors, "The swimming pools of L.A. were one of his favorite subjects, and he became known for large, iconic works such as A Bigger Splash." <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> One of the most outstanding characteristics of his work "A Bigger Splash" is the technique he used to paint. He first took the pictures of the people he was going to paint and then putting together a bunch of these pictures he would put the person in the pose he wanted to paint. An example of this technique is shown below in the pictures. where it is easier to appreciate the complexity of Hockney's work.<br />
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Besides being an admirable artist, he was never hesitant to show himself to the world and stand up for his personal beliefs. Also, his romances affected him so much that later in his life he suffered from depression after breaking up with a boyfriend that he lived with for a while. As mention in a website dedicated to David Hockney, "Hockney was devastated and started taking Valium to combat the depression and loneliness he suffered." <ref>David Hockney Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.davidhockney.com/bio.shtml</ref> However, despite all the tough times he went through in his life, he never let that intervene with his work as he has a huge amount of collections of different types of art always looking for a way to interact with the viewer through his work. As the American curator, Maurice Tuchman mentions in her book David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA, "Hockney is not at all involved in the creation of beauty as an end in itself. It is exactly this didactic urgency, this need to be heard plainly and to be understood clearly, which is the basis of his phenomenal popularity." <ref>Tuchman, M., & Barron, S. (1989). David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, pp. 13</ref> <br />
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In one of his expositions, also shown below, he wrote "Perspective should e reversed... specially in photography". He has definitely been a revolutionary artist that has been looked up to for over half a century now. Hockney is widely known for his adaptability and his ability to create new techniques using the emerging technologies. In photography, specifically he turned to “recreate photography” in a way in which, as he said in another interview with Sykes, “a photograph that could be described as having a strong illusion of reality”. <ref>Sykes, C. S. (2014). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 2). London: Century, pp. 160</ref> Though Hockney does not have a great number of photographies or paintings of London itself, he has been one of the most influential and innovative British artists for the past half a century. He developed a way to give a story to his images, instead of just leaving them as a single photograph. Through his collages, he makes his characters come to life and is able to transmit emotions and ideas, creating a reality for each one and showing it to its viewers. And with his method of combining photography and painting, he "added his pigment" to both fields. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to paint and exhibit, and advocates for funding for the arts. <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> <br />
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Image:DHH.jpg|''David Hockney Photographed by Paul Joyce, 1984''<br />
Image:DH09.jpg|"David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger. Image © David Hockney, used courtesy of Film Movement."<br />
Image:DH01.jpg|alt=Color photograph from a 35 mm negative|''Nick Wilder, 1966. Taken by Mark Lancaster''<br />
Image:DH00.jpg|''Portrait of Nick Wilder, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 72x 72 by David Hockney''<br />
Image:DH05.jpg|''Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 1st 1982 Composite Polaroid 70.5 x 130''<br />
Image:DH03.jpg|''Le Nid Du Duc, April 1972. Color photographs from 35 mm negatives''<br />
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Image:DH04.jpg|''Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120. Private Collection, United Kingdom.''<br />
Image:DH06.jpg|''My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982, Photographic Collage 121 x 70''<br />
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===Ken Shuttleworth===<br />
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Ken Shuttleworth, just as Christopher Wren, transformed completely London's skyline. According to his biography in his paper ''Form and Skin'', he was born in 1952 and studied at Leicester Polytechnic, where he got a degree with distinction in Architecture in 1977. According to that same paper, in 1974 he joined the architectural firm of Foster and Partners and shortly after became a registered architect. Then, in 1991 he became a partner of the firm "Fosters Associates", where he was responsible for the design of significant projects. <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref>Since his time at college, he has been known as a great designer. In class, he would take half of the time his classmates would to finish his designs. His fast and impressive work gave him the nickname "Ken the Pen". During his time in "Fosters Associates" he designed what "The Guardian" news paper called "some of the world's most iconic buildings"<ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref>. Referring to masterpieces such as the Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters and London's St Mary Axe or best known as "The Gherkin". <br />
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He certainly succeeded after college in "Foster Associates", however, in 2003 he decided to leave the firm. As Shuttleworth always thought architects to have a big purpose, he felt like he could do more than working for a big firm, and this was a particularly big firm. "The Guardian" published about it in 2003 saying that "with a staff of nearly 600 and over 100 projects on the computer screens", Foster Associates was "one of the world's busiest and highest-profile architectural practices." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> As he moved on from Foster Associates, he founded his own firm, "Make", in 2004. With him on the lead this firm was prompt to succed, and it did. In his paper "Form and Skin", he wrote: "It grew to one od the UK's foremost architectural firms." <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref> Looking back into his life, his passion for design began at very young age. "The Guardian news paper once wrote about how with the help of his father he followed his passion and magnified his talent: "His father, an accountant, encouraged him: "He hated being an accountant. He said, 'Whatever you do, you should really enjoy doing it'." "<ref> Fairs, M. (2003, January 22). Ken Shuttleworth: architecture's best-kept secret. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/jan/22/architecture.artsfeatures </ref> He followed his fathers advice and became a magnificent architect worthy of admiration. <br />
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"The Guardian" also wrote referring to Ken, ""He is one of the best hidden talents in the UK," says Stuart Lipton, the chairman of the government's architecture watchdog of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> This quote perfectly conveys to major ideas; the first one about his irrefutable talent, and the second one out how little is actually known about him. Unlike we had expected, finding information about Shuttleworth was somehow hard because he has always lived life with a low profile. However, after reading his papers and articles you can clearly see what an amazing architect he is. He wrote in the article "Throwing stones at those in glass houses, "Architects and environmental engineers have never had such an important role and we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity before it’s too late. Now is the time to wake up... and use our creativity, our curiosity and our passion for exploration... to help save the planet". Because of his passion and drive, he is a source of inspiration to many young architects. Reading his words reminded us that being an architect is an important role in the world and it is not just designing a pretty building. That sense of commitment and great creativity that he possesses and uses to improve our society is what makes him a person worthy of admiration. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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Using David Hockney's technique of "Painting with Pictures", we chose one picture of each site described in the Milestone [[Colourless London]] and we made them into paintings, emphasizing the use of bright colors inspired by different scenarios of London and making an imminent contrast with the pictures' monochromatic feel. Each set represents our own way of "adding pigment" to the city's most emblematic sites and to the way people usually perceive London.<br />
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==Tower Bridge==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Orange <br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:TB01.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Tower Bridge'']]<br />
| [[File:D02.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Tower Bridge Full of Colour'' <br> By Kristy Giacoman]] <br />
| [[File:EAWwalk8.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "The colors used were inspired by one of the pictures of the girls in this HUA program, Emily Wilson. She took this picture from the same bridge that I painted. The colors in the sunset inspired me to choose the color scheme in my work. However, I decided to paint a morning instead of a sunset, symbolizing a fresh start for the city of London. That is why the sky is a mostly blue and the bridge contains the colors of Emily's picture as if it had absorbed the sunset of the previous day, symbolizing that even though it is a fresh start, the past is still part of the city, or in this case, the painting.<br />
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==London Eye==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Violet<br />
**Ivory Black<br />
**Titanium White <br />
**Ultra Blue <br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:LE03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless London Eye'']]<br />
| [[File:D01.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''London Eye Full of Colour'' <br> by Kristy Giacoman]]<br />
| [[File:Purple.jpeg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "Purple is the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and The London Eye is the world’s largest observation wheel and most popular paid tourist attraction in the whole country. Also Purple is my favorite color. Finally, I was inspired to choose that color scheme by this flowers I bought in Columbia Road Flower Market, in London. Because they enrapture the beauty I see in the streets of London, despite all opposing opinions and catastrophic events that have hit this city, which I like to think still stands strong."<br />
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==Big Ben==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Crimson Red<br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
***TitaniumWhite <br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:BB04.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Big Ben'']]<br />
| [[File:D03.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Big Ben Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:UK.png|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "I used the picture Kristy took ''Colourless Big Ben'' as a model and the colors in the flag of the United Kingdom as an inspiration to create this painting. I used the radiant colors in the flag to represent Parliament and the citizens in the UK. The Big Ben identifies London as the flag identifies the UK. With the use of different shades of blue I created a sky as in the picture. To show the different levels of the top of the building I used either blue or red for each level. What the blue drops of paint falling down the Big Ben represents the trust of the citizens of London in their government fading away by disappointment. I decided to convey this message as a strong statement, knowing that as the citizens are the base of the society, if they lose trust in their government, the structure will not stand for long.<br />
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==Gherkin==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Light Green <br />
**Vidridian <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
*Colors Used: Red, Blue, White.<br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:GH01.png|thumb|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Gherkin'']]<br />
| [[File:D04.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Gherkin Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes ]]<br />
| [[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "This building is known as "The Gherkin" but its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. This nickname was given because of its similarity to the Mexican sour gherkin. The green colors used in this painting were inspired by two things, this Mexican sour gherkin, and the architect that designed it, Ken Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth cares deeply for the environment and saving the planet, which is why the color scheme that I chose contains greens and light blues, representing the colors of a field of grass. I liked the irony as well of painting a modern skyscraper with the same colors I would use to paint a plant. Also meaning that among all the development of the city, it is still important to keep the environment in mind, for London has already suffered enough by the filthiness of the fog."<br />
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==St. Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Raw Limber <br />
**Paynes' Grey <br />
**Phthalo Blue<br />
**Lake Blue<br />
** Light Green<br />
**Phthalo Green<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:SP03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless St. Paul's Cathedral'']]<br />
| [[File:Greeen.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|'' Green St Paul's '' ]]<br />
| [[File:.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes| "The Colourful St. Paul's Cathedral <br> by Kristy GIacoman and Sofia Reyes]]<br />
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Kristy and Sofia: "St. Paul's Cathedral represents the change in beliefs of the whole country. This painting was done by the both of us and we decided to use two pictures we took to inspire us and combine them into one, symbolizing how the different cultures and beliefs of the world merge to create this wonderful and "colorful" city of London. The green used is inspired by Sofia's picture and the grayish blue and purple have inspired the picture Kristy took. This painting represents unity within us and within London citizens. This unity comes to life in the deepest desires kept in the hearts of the good people of London that have been hurt by the recent events more than ever before. However, despite this, the hope of unity in diversity remains vibrant with people that are willing to stand up for it."<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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In this Milestone, artists from the past and from the present are compared and contrasted. There is one artist chosen for each of the fields involved in the project "A London Full of Colour"; Painting, Literature and Architecture. The intention was to outline the main differences in their styles and how they each one of them portrayed their environment from their very own perspectives and translated it into their works of art. In the same way, biographical facts are provided to give the reader a reference of how life circumstances and setting might have been influential in the artists' work. This Milestone is the linking point between [[Colourless London]] and [[Colourful Reality]], giving meaning to the rest of the project "[[user:akgiacoman|A London Full of Colour]]". <br />
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Finally, for the deliverable, our own work is presented. With this, we intend to show our own perspective of London which contrasts with the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] in an extreme way. We tried to add some pigment of our own to create a much more [[Colourful Reality]] for ourselves. The paintings emphasize the use of colors in a symbolic way, what they represent are our different emotions and life experiences that stoke our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways, but always resulting in a breath taking outcome. Life is our very own masterpiece, it is what we make it and it is not in the very least monochromatic. In the contrary, all the aspects of our lives merge to create a unique work of art, that certainly might not be of everyone's liking, but then again, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the artist that made the masterpiece. In some occasions, the artist regrets the path he or she took and if given a second chance, would have done things differently. However, the work is done, the masterpiece is complete, and we can either live in regret or move forward in such ways where each stoke is more precise and better thought than the previous one. Some other artists die without the proper acknowledgment that their work deserves, however, what people think of their work can never influence the magnitude of its quality. A masterpiece, is a masterpiece even when there is no one to admire it and most things done with effort and passion are worth a standing ovation. <br />
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==Gallery of Pictures==<br />
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=References=<br />
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=Attribution of Work=<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]: <br> Introduction, Artistic Component, Artists From the Past, Artists From the Present, Charles Dickens, David Hockney, Conclusion & final edits of the other artists. Painted "Tower Bridge Full of Colour", "London Eye Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]: <br> Ken Shuttleworth, core information for Monet, Sir Christopher Wren & JK. Rowling & formatting of information in the deliverable. Painted "Big Ben Full of Colour", "Gherkin Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:vjmanzo|Vincent Manzo]] & [[User:Cclark|Constance Clark]]: <br> Advisors<br />
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Sreyes
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2017-06-23T00:28:59Z
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Sreyes
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Adding Pigment
2017-06-23T00:25:24Z
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[[User:akgiacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that we choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. Kristy has gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college, while Sofia, as a future architectural engineer, is able to provide insight from a different perspective, also having taken painting lessons since a very young age. This project combines our favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message that we wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. Our main goal was to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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The title of this Milestone was chosen to be "Adding Pigment" as for every person that goes through London is not only influenced by it and its weather as seen in [[Colourless London]], but at the same time, they leave a piece of them that adds to the beauty of this city. In the same way as they take inspiration from the amazing stories London has to tell, they create a new chapter, and if they do it well, a really good one. Each artist presented in the background of this Milestone was chosen because of their irrefutable relevance to the history of London in the artistic side. In the background, we present the way in which different situations they lived conducted them to become some of the most influential and inspiring individuals the streets of London have ever seen. Likewise, each artist is known to have revolutionized in some way their field "adding pigment" to the existing base of knowledge and techniques. From the fields of Painting, Literature and Architecture, we chose a set of six artists divided in "Artists from the Past" and "Artists from the Present" to, in some way, categorize them by periods and let the readers draw conclusions about the similar traits in their work. Inspired by these great minds, we leave in the deliverable our own works of art painting the same sites where pictures were taken for Colourless London, choosing a specific picture for each one and "replicating it" in some way with acrylic paintings, just the way David Hockey used to do with his photography. The difference, however, is that we aim to emphasize the contrast between the gray color palette seen in the pictures that characterizes London and the use of color in our paintings that represents our perspective of the city. In this way we seek to add pigment to the scenery in a literal and metaphorical way.<br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
==Artistic Component==<br />
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"Despite the widespread social anxiety caused by the fog, many artists found in it a source of inspiration from a wide broad of perspectives. For some, fog represented a looming presence, alive and malignant."<ref>Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: BELKNAP HARVARD. pp 1.</ref> This quote from "The London Fog" by Corton perfectly exemplifies the way in which some people used too feel about the fog, however, for some other many artists, the fog could be seen as magical or even romantic. The same thing could be seen from very different perspectives and used for many different purposes. The fog could be used by robbers to easily disappear after their theft and the same fog could also be used by artists like Monet to show the world the beauty of a city like London. Likewise the fog could be the source of sickness and depression or could also be the source of motivation and inspiration, giving a person's mind the push needed to boost their creativity. Just like that, the city of London has been the source of inspiration and spectator of some of the greatest minds the world has seen. From painters to writers to architects, London has evoked many "shades of feelings" that have driven locals and foreigners to accomplish great things. <br />
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==Artists From the Past==<br />
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Being a city immersed in its own history, London has seen a lot happening through its streets, and by digging in the past, it is easy to find a more gloomy, mysterious and heavy perspective of the fog, enraptured in all kinds of art. The following representatives were chosen because of their imminent and irrefutable success in their disciplines.<br />
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===Monet===<br />
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Claude Monet was a French artist of the Impressionist movement. He was actually so influential to this movement that it was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because, as stated in the book "Nature into art" by House, "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>The the viewer has to analyze, assume and connect the dots to figure out the purpose of the painting. This was not exactly abstract art but it was definitely different from any sort of traditional art at that time. Monet was a revolutionary and the complexity of his works continues to amaze the most demanding art critics and attract collectors from all over the globe. Unlike many other famous artists, when Monet started, he had no prior knowledge of art techniques, which may have been the cause of him developing his own. However, he was surely inspired by many other artists before him. Today Monet is one of the best-known artists in the world. In the creation of his own style, his purpose was to overcome the tradition of detailed works of art and use intense brushstrokes to create an impression of a painting. According to his biography, "Monet by himself", he started painting in Paris many scenes of the Seine river as well as impressions of landscapes of the place he lived in at different times of the day. This specific trait defines his work, because this technique was not only very useful for practice, but also allowed the viewer to perceive the scene from different perspectives of the same place and by the same artist as he played with the changes in light. We can clearly see this technique in one of his biggest collections of paintings; Water Lilies, that he painted when he was living in Givenchy. Monet moved a lot during his life mainly within France, however, during the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to London for two years. <ref> Monet, C., & Kendall, R. (2003). Monet by Himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 1. </ref> <br />
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During his time in London, he couldn't help but immerse himself in the captivating inspiration that emerged from the city's mesmerizing views. Using his technique, he painted many of its landscapes and buildings at different times of the day, as he was known for. He painted many views from the Thames, including Parliament and Westminster and even though it was only for a short period of time, his time in London marked his artistic career. In the book "London Fog, Christine Corton states: " His short stay in London resulted in the largest series of paintings that he had yet produced." <ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 182. </ref> Monet, as many other artists, admired the London fog and its presence in his paintings was not only evident, but often even highlighted. The fog gave his paintings some sort of uniqueness and contributed to his Impressionism. As Christine Corton said in her book ''London Fog'' Monet commented " Without the fog, London wouldn't be a beautiful city... It's the fog that gives it it's magnificent breadth".<ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 184. </ref> This was a very outlandish way of viewing one of the nation's greatest struggle, but once again, he was a revolutionary. He was most likely intrigued by the fog as it went alongside his style and it was in such an abundance he had never seen before. There was probably not another city in the world that united the large amounts of fog and the astonishing man-made landscapes that were also full of meaning and history. In his paintings, he portrays the fog as part of the landscape or the impression of the landscape, which gave him great popularity due to his creativity and the originality of his works. In that time, there was certainly no other painter like Monet.<br />
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Yet he did not paint with a lot of details, he created his works in such a way in which any Londoner would recognize the setting of his paintings. In addition to this, as he painted the same scene in different times of the day, he changed the colors to illustrate the different light patterns. The "special touch" or as we call it in this milestone "pigment" Monet added to his field was his originality and how even though he painted the same scene many times, each painting was unique. As posted in the official webpage of the National Gallery, in Monet's paintings "distance and perspective are abolished; a limitless expanse of water occupies our entire field of vision." <ref> https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-water-lilies </ref> His paintings portrayed the idea of constant change and the beauty of it, in House's book, "Nature into art", he explains how Monet worried a lot about "the ever-changing environment and the effects of light in his paintings." <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref> Even though it was the same landscape, this technique allowed the viewer imagine that it was a completely different environment. He focused a lot on the effects of light of the painting and used a distinct color palette for each painting. This different use of light and color provided him the irrefutable fame he keeps until today, when his biography is now studied at schools and his techniques are implemented by artists all around the world. <br />
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File:MM1.PNG|''The Thames below Westminster''<br> <br />
File:Monet_Irises41.PNG| ''Irises'' <br> <br />
File:M01.PNG|''Water Lilies at [[Tate Modern]]''<br />
File:Mone_Pond_41.PNG| ''The Water-Lily Pond'' <br> <br />
File:Monet_Setting.PNG| ''Water-Lilies, Setting Sun'' <br> <br />
File:MM.PNG|''Snow Scene at Argenteuil''<br> <br />
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===Charles Dickens===<br />
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Charles Dickens was part of a huge family, being born the second of eight children on 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens and even though many people have heard about him and his work, not everyone knows about his middle names because he decided never to use them and e simply known as Charles Dickens. Even though he was raised with high aspirations of himself, it is almost impossible for him to have imagined the reach of his literary work in later years and how much his early life would influence him in the future. He was in London for the first time at the age of three because of his father's work. Although most people are unaware at such an early age, it is believed that he "absorbed the sights, smells and sounds of the City" according to his biography in the official Dickens London Tours. <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> As in any big family, money issues started to arise, however, that did not stop them from being happy in the early days. Nevertheless, it became a real problem for Charles when he was twelve, as his father was imprisoned for debt. To help with the family needs, Charles was forced to leave school and start working. We can easily infer that he did not make much money as a twelve year old, and that having his childhood taken away from him because of his parents mistakes left him very unhappy. For it was not his fault at all that his father was imprisoned, but yet he had to pay for his mistakes. This caused him great suffering but he sacrificed himself to help his family. As his biography by Biography.com Editors mentions, "He felt abandoned and betrayed by the adults who were supposed to take care of him."<ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> <br />
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Even though he had no clue back then, this situation gave him the freedom to explore the streets and corners of London. He got to know every secret the city had, and by paying close attention to his surroundings he was able to get to know it "like the back of his hand". However, Dickens is credited with a passion for London and according to Michael and Mollie Hardwick in their book Dickens's England, "he entertained no such thing". For he grew up in the streets of London and this was not by choice, which allowed him to "greedily observe and absorb the city" getting to know it with "extensive and peculiar knowledge" as said by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, "but not loving it". <ref>Hardwick, M., & Hardwick, M. (1970). Dickens's England. London: Dent</ref> Despite this, it was not all bad for young Charles, because living as an adult while being a child also must have formed his character from a very early age and force him to mature and above all... think. Then according to a biography posted by BBC, for a short period of time he was able to go back to school when his father received and inheritance and was let free. However, his freedom lasted for a short period of time, as by the age of fifteen the biography in BBC's official website tells that he got a job as an office boy to help out his family again. <ref> BBC . (n.d.). History - Charles Dickens. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml</ref>Maybe this was not what he would have wanted for himself but this job propelled his writing career. His career began as a journalist for a local news paper, as many other authors. This job also allowed him to get to know a lot of people and start building a network of contacts that would allow him to keep escalating up in his career. Even back then he could infer the importance of "knowing people" so he did and soon he started getting better and better jobs still as a journalist, collaborating also with other artists to create material for the press. He started publishing monthly parts of what he called "The Pickwick Papers" in the newspaper and it was a massive success. By this time, Charles's personal life was also going very well, as in 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, who would give him the great gift of parenthood about a year after. Charles gave his name to his first son with Catherine Hogarth, who would give him another nine children.<br />
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After his first great success, he started to write nonstop and still with great quality, style and attention to detail. Very few people know London as he did, which allowed him to be the voice of the city itself. He had a very special way of writing about London granted by the events he went through in his childhood to what he also added his own touch. His increasing popularity allowed him to travel the world with his wife and even live in different places with her. However, he never took traveling as a vacation, for he continued to write and publish during these periods of time as if his travels only inspired him more and more instead off exhausting him. He was also, in general, a very nice person as he helped to found "The Guild of Literature and Arts" which was an organization that helped young artists struggling to make it through by presenting plays to the public. As he has once struggled in his life he probably founded this to help other fellow artists struggle a little bit less as they started to build their career just like he did. In addition to this, he also often performed as a character in the plays presented by that organization. Close to the end of his life, Dickens separated from his wife and started to see his children less. In the biography of Charles Dickens posted in the official website of the Dickens London Tours, Charles's daughter Kate recalled, "My father was like a madman… He did not care a damn what happened to any of us. Nothing could surpass the misery and unhappiness of our house." <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> Also according to that same biography, rumors spread about Charles Dickens's marriage ending because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens died at the age of 58 in England and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The most amazing thing about his unique perspective of London is the way despite all the struggles his life brought to him, he never stopped writing. And this is proven by the fact that by the time of his death he left his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. <ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> Charles Dickens is taught in schools all around the world as one of the main characters of English Literature, and he became himself a source of inspiration immediately linked to London.<br />
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===Sir Christopher Wren===<br />
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Tinniswood said in his book "His invention so fertile" that Christopher Wren "was the greatest architect Britain has ever known" <ref> Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> London and its skyline wouldn't be as we know them nowadays if it wasn't for Sir Cristopher Wren and his irrefutable talent and hard work. In the year 1666, London was struck by a great tragedy that destroyed the majority of the city. This incident started as an honest mistake in a bakery shop. The Great Fire of London demolished many buildings in London including the greatest buildings. These buildings were not made of wood but when the rock was heated, it exploded. After this enormous catastrophe, Sir Christopher Wren was given the urgent task of reconstructing many churches. St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest work with his design of the dome. St. Paul was above all the work of his life, not only because of the magnitude of the project but also because of how much time he devoted to it. You can see this dome from various views from different angles of the city. Each angle shows the magnificent glory of its design, however, my personal favorite is from across the Millennium Bridge. This Cathedral is one of the most visited landmarks in the city because everyone wants to appreciate the design not only from the outside but also from the inside. Wren designed and reconstructed this building to wonder everyone that seeks to appreciate it today. <br />
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As incredible as it may sound, the architect that designed the majestic dome in St. Paul's Cathedral was also a skilled scientist with several other talents that were all probably useful in some way during the process of designing and building the cathedral. As Lisa Jardine said in her book about Wren called ''On a grander scale: The outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren'': "Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society"<ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref>, Wren was a genius. He started his career as a scientist and graduated from Oxford University, which fills the institution with pride and they ensure it is widely known. Sir Christopher Wren was very knowledgeable and his most intimate friends were also renown scientists, brilliant people responsible for the greatest accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. This is proven by the text written on the cover of the book "His invention so fertile: A life of Cristopher Wren" by Tinniswood and Graham: "Wren's famous research in science included: mapping the moon and the stars, investigating the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carrying out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood."<ref>Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> And not only did he make his own research but also collaborated with his fellow scientists' work as stated by the author Lisa Jardine: "His observations on comments, meteorology, and muscular action made vital contributions to the developing ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> Also, just as in Dickens's case, his network helped him escalate in his career, getting to know many important people of his time. As supported in the book "Wren" by Margaret Whinney, "His connection to the Royal Society brought him into personal touch the King. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings and lived and worked under six monarchs." <ref> Whinney, M. (1971). Wren. London: Thames & Hudson. </ref> As it is easy to assume, back then, it was extremely important to have contact with the King, it opened an infinite amount of doors sometimes without the need of even knocking. Wren's career as an architect succeeded mainly because of this connection with royal people, as when he was appointed to rebuild the city after The great Fire of London, he ended up building approximately 50 churches. And as everyone was delighted with the course of his work, Wren also worked at Hampton Court Palace rebuilding the south view.<br />
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It is important to emphasize as well how amazing it was that he succeeded in the field of architecture without any previous knowledge about it, making it up with the knowledge he had of other fields such as math. He is the greatest example of how, with hard work and the right connections, there is nothing unachievable. He must have had outstanding observation skills and was probably inspired by a couple of architects of his time. Little did he know he was to become an architect that would continue to inspire many, even centuries after his death. Also, as he succeeded in architecture, he never forgot his passion for science as many of this buildings had scientific purposes that very few people know about. It is easy to admire the magnificence of his buildings but as you pay close attention to the details he worked on for each one of them, it is impossible not to be filled with great astonishment. For example, as Lisa Jardine also explained in her book: "The Monument of the Great Fire of London was built with a subterranean laboratory and the southwest tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during its construction. Both were designed to function simultaneously as public monuments and as oversize scientific instruments." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> When we think about Sir Christopher Wren's contributions to the history of London it is like every church he made was "a stroke of his brush" (figuratively speaking) "adding pigment" to the London skyline and at the same time, devoting his life to his passions as he created a masterpieces of such magnitude as is St. Paul's Cathedral. He let his talents flourish so that all of us could be able to enjoy them. Finally, we could say that despite his fame and success he remains a modest man, for when he was dying he asked not to have a huge statue to honor him but to simply be buried in his greatest accomplishment, St. Paul's Cathedral, letting that be the "monument" to honor his death.<br />
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In more contemporary times, leaving behind the dense, yellow and deadly fog as an everyday scene, London is a setting that enraptures less mystery and more and more magic. More color and a wider variety of emotions are displayed in all forms of art.<br />
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===J.K. Rowling===<br />
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J.K. Rowling has impacted many people's lives with her books, people of all razes, nationalities, religions and even ages. She has inspired young people to discover the joy of reading and entertained adults with her stories full of magic, mystery and suspense. It is not uncommon to hear about adolescents that had never grabbed a book in their lives falling in love with the wonderful world of Harry Potter. And that is the thing, It is amazing how her reading had the power to impact a whole generation and turn them into "Potterheads". All it takes is a good book to inspire people to read and J.K. Rowling wrote many great pieces of literature that are still great gifts for people of all ages. She is best known for her Harry Potter Series, which made her worldwide famous, and apart from these, J.K. Rowling has written several more books. <br />
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Her official website starts her biography like this: "Joanne Rowling was born on 1965 just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales."<ref>J.K. Rowling. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/</ref> However, the places that marked her literature the most were London and Edinburgh. As a woman that developed in the generation of information and revolution of technology, she had the opportunity to travel a lot and live in many places even before being famous. After getting her degree she moved to London, where she was inspired to write about Harry Potter as she sat in a train station. In her biography written by Sean Smith it is said: "She conceived the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> It seems almost ironic that after traveling so much, she came to get the idea that would change her life forever in the same country where she was born. She was inspired by her surroundings and wrote what she observed adding a creative component to it; her personal touch. For example, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two: in Chapter 1 ''KING'S CROSS'' she wrote: "A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.". <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. pp. 6</ref> Every word is perfectly placed in her sentences and invites the audience to keep reading almost effortlessly; as if the words had the ability to flow by themselves into our imaginations. However, until then this line could belong to any story set in that station, until J.K. Rowling adds the magic in Chapter 2 ''PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS'' as she says: "And which is also busy, but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved project." <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown.pp.9</ref> She made of the streets of London a magical place full of wonders to discover that would only be available to "the chosen ones" to find out.<br />
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However, even though she started in London, she also moved a lot while she was writing the series. Another of the major cities that highly inspired her writing was Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like London, a city full of a great deal of history and mystery that was a perfect source of inspiration for the young writer's imagination. As we visited Edinburgh, it was easy to spot the settings she chose to incorporate in some of the scenes of the books. Settings such as Hogwarts, the Quiddich Stadium, the cemetery and Diagon Alley. Even the four houses of Hogwarts that in the books were "named after the four founders of the school" (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin) are suspected to e inspired by the houses of one of the most prestigious schools in Scotland that is set in Edinburgh and casually carry the same colors as the four houses in Hogwarts. "George Heriot’s houses Castle, Lauriston, Raeburn and Greyfriars correspond to Rowling’s own Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff." <ref>Hodder, A. (2015, October 18). The Top Places To Visit In Edinburgh for Harry Potter Fans. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-top-6-locations-for-harry-potter-fans-in-edinburgh/</ref> Also, George Heriot’s School has a sports tournament every four years with other two schools of the United Kingdom. Many of the characters' names were also presumably derived from people who died in the city and are buried in Greyfriars Cemetery. Going to Scotland and hearing everyone; from tour guides, to store owners, to residents, talk about all these peculiar similarities between the city and her books was a little bit disappointing, but it also made us realize that all these details have always been out there for anyone to use and she was the only one with the imagination and intellect to do so. J.K. Rowling left her "stroke of pigment" in Edinburgh just as she did in London, writing her stories mainly in local cafes, that today are touristic spots. A famous one is Elephant House, where now it is famously known for being "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" as the owners decided to announce it like. In several webpages they're announces with the following phrase: “Magic! Is the only way to describe The Elephant House. Experience the same atmosphere that J.K. Rowling did as she mulled over coffee writing her first Harry Potter novel. Experience the friendliness of the staff, our extensive menus and the magical view of Edinburgh Castle. Not to forget…the elephants”. <ref>The magic brew called Potter. (2016, October 09). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-magic-brew-called-Potter/article15396369.ece</ref><br />
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For her great influence in the pop culture today, her impact on the places where she wrote and her devotion to her passion for literature, J.K Rowling is a woman worthy of admiration. Also, J.K. Rowling's life before Harry Potter was not easy. Smith also wrote: "She encountered many obstacles and misfortunes before and during the writing process." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> She took a long time writing the first book in the Harry Potter series but she never gave up and all her hard work is now being recompensed. She is a highly admired author with an impeccable reputation and she is also very rich. In fact, J.K. Rowling is considered by Forbes to be the second highest paid woman in entertainment. <ref> The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. (2007, January 18). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html </ref> However, being rich is not comparable to the satisfaction she must feel as she receives flattering and well deserved positive reviews of her books and so much love from her fandom that beg fore more of the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Miss Rowling is a great example of a creator that took as much as she could from what her environment in Edinburgh and London had to offer and she gave back to other cities becoming part of them.<br />
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Image:JK1.PNG|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
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===David Hockney===<br />
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David Hockney, born on 1937, has become one of the most influential figures in modern art, mostly because of all the different techniques he used and the ones he developed for his work. Also because of all the disciplines where he excelled as an artist throughout his entire life, which still continues. According to Editors of Encycloprdia Britannica in their website, "David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art." <ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2017, April 26). David Hockney. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hockney</ref> The city were he was born, Bradford, was, just as London, a poor victim of the fog, in a biography written by Christopher Simon Sykes, he explains: "for the two hundred or so chimneys of the woollen mills were belching out fumes all day, which sank slowly into the basin in which the city lies, and made Bradford then one of the smokiest cities on earth".<ref>Sykes, C. S. (2011). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 1). London: Century, pp. 1-25</ref>. In that same book, the author reveals an interview with Hockney in which he says that he knew that he wanted to be an artist since the age of 10 and his parents always encouraged him to develop his talent. <ref>Interview with David Hockney by Christopher Simon Skyes, June 2009</ref> Hockney was also known to e quite a good student and hard working artist that loved experimenting with different forms of art. He also traveled quite a lot and loved the state of California in the U.S., where he still owns a house. This is supported in his biography by Biography.com Editors, "The swimming pools of L.A. were one of his favorite subjects, and he became known for large, iconic works such as A Bigger Splash." <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> One of the most outstanding characteristics of his work "A Bigger Splash" is the technique he used to paint. He first took the pictures of the people he was going to paint and then putting together a bunch of these pictures he would put the person in the pose he wanted to paint. An example of this technique is shown below in the pictures. where it is easier to appreciate the complexity of Hockney's work.<br />
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Besides being an admirable artist, he was never hesitant to show himself to the world and stand up for his personal beliefs. Also, his romances affected him so much that later in his life he suffered from depression after breaking up with a boyfriend that he lived with for a while. As mention in a website dedicated to David Hockney, "Hockney was devastated and started taking Valium to combat the depression and loneliness he suffered." <ref>David Hockney Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.davidhockney.com/bio.shtml</ref> However, despite all the tough times he went through in his life, he never let that intervene with his work as he has a huge amount of collections of different types of art always looking for a way to interact with the viewer through his work. As the American curator, Maurice Tuchman mentions in her book David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA, "Hockney is not at all involved in the creation of beauty as an end in itself. It is exactly this didactic urgency, this need to be heard plainly and to be understood clearly, which is the basis of his phenomenal popularity." <ref>Tuchman, M., & Barron, S. (1989). David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, pp. 13</ref> <br />
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In one of his expositions, also shown below, he wrote "Perspective should e reversed... specially in photography". He has definitely been a revolutionary artist that has been looked up to for over half a century now. Hockney is widely known for his adaptability and his ability to create new techniques using the emerging technologies. In photography, specifically he turned to “recreate photography” in a way in which, as he said in another interview with Sykes, “a photograph that could be described as having a strong illusion of reality”. <ref>Sykes, C. S. (2014). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 2). London: Century, pp. 160</ref> Though Hockney does not have a great number of photographies or paintings of London itself, he has been one of the most influential and innovative British artists for the past half a century. He developed a way to give a story to his images, instead of just leaving them as a single photograph. Through his collages, he makes his characters come to life and is able to transmit emotions and ideas, creating a reality for each one and showing it to its viewers. And with his method of combining photography and painting, he "added his pigment" to both fields. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to paint and exhibit, and advocates for funding for the arts. <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> <br />
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Image:DHH.jpg|''David Hockney Photographed by Paul Joyce, 1984''<br />
Image:DH09.jpg|"David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger. Image © David Hockney, used courtesy of Film Movement."<br />
Image:DH01.jpg|alt=Color photograph from a 35 mm negative|''Nick Wilder, 1966. Taken by Mark Lancaster''<br />
Image:DH00.jpg|''Portrait of Nick Wilder, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 72x 72 by David Hockney''<br />
Image:DH05.jpg|''Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 1st 1982 Composite Polaroid 70.5 x 130''<br />
Image:DH03.jpg|''Le Nid Du Duc, April 1972. Color photographs from 35 mm negatives''<br />
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Image:DH04.jpg|''Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120. Private Collection, United Kingdom.''<br />
Image:DH06.jpg|''My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982, Photographic Collage 121 x 70''<br />
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===Ken Shuttleworth===<br />
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Ken Shuttleworth, just as Christopher Wren, transformed completely London's skyline. According to his biography in his paper ''Form and Skin'', he was born in 1952 and studied at Leicester Polytechnic, where he got a degree with distinction in Architecture in 1977. According to that same paper, in 1974 he joined the architectural firm of Foster and Partners and shortly after became a registered architect. Then, in 1991 he became a partner of the firm "Fosters Associates", where he was responsible for the design of significant projects. <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref>Since his time at college, he has been known as a great designer. In class, he would take half of the time his classmates would to finish his designs. His fast and impressive work gave him the nickname "Ken the Pen". During his time in "Fosters Associates" he designed what "The Guardian" news paper called "some of the world's most iconic buildings"<ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref>. Referring to masterpieces such as the Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters and London's St Mary Axe or best known as "The Gherkin". <br />
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He certainly succeeded after college in "Foster Associates", however, in 2003 he decided to leave the firm. As Shuttleworth always thought architects to have a big purpose, he felt like he could do more than working for a big firm, and this was a particularly big firm. "The Guardian" published about it in 2003 saying that "with a staff of nearly 600 and over 100 projects on the computer screens", Foster Associates was "one of the world's busiest and highest-profile architectural practices." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> As he moved on from Foster Associates, he founded his own firm, "Make", in 2004. With him on the lead this firm was prompt to succed, and it did. In his paper "Form and Skin", he wrote: "It grew to one od the UK's foremost architectural firms." <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref> Looking back into his life, his passion for design began at very young age. "The Guardian news paper once wrote about how with the help of his father he followed his passion and magnified his talent: "His father, an accountant, encouraged him: "He hated being an accountant. He said, 'Whatever you do, you should really enjoy doing it'." "<ref> Fairs, M. (2003, January 22). Ken Shuttleworth: architecture's best-kept secret. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/jan/22/architecture.artsfeatures </ref> He followed his fathers advice and became a magnificent architect worthy of admiration. <br />
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"The Guardian" also wrote referring to Ken, ""He is one of the best hidden talents in the UK," says Stuart Lipton, the chairman of the government's architecture watchdog of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> This quote perfectly conveys to major ideas; the first one about his irrefutable talent, and the second one out how little is actually known about him. Unlike we had expected, finding information about Shuttleworth was somehow hard because he has always lived life with a low profile. However, after reading his papers and articles you can clearly see what an amazing architect he is. He wrote in the article "Throwing stones at those in glass houses, "Architects and environmental engineers have never had such an important role and we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity before it’s too late. Now is the time to wake up... and use our creativity, our curiosity and our passion for exploration... to help save the planet". Because of his passion and drive, he is a source of inspiration to many young architects. Reading his words reminded us that being an architect is an important role in the world and it is not just designing a pretty building. That sense of commitment and great creativity that he possesses and uses to improve our society is what makes him a person worthy of admiration. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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Using David Hockney's technique of "Painting with Pictures", we chose one picture of each site described in the Milestone [[Colourless London]] and we made them into paintings, emphasizing the use of bright colors inspired by different scenarios of London and making an imminent contrast with the pictures' monochromatic feel. Each set represents our own way of "adding pigment" to the city's most emblematic sites and to the way people usually perceive London.<br />
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==Tower Bridge==<br />
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**Lake Blue<br />
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**TitaniumWhite <br />
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| [[File:TB01.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Tower Bridge'']]<br />
| [[File:D02.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Tower Bridge Full of Colour'' <br> By Kristy Giacoman]] <br />
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Kristy: "The colors used were inspired by one of the pictures of the girls in this HUA program, Emily Wilson. She took this picture from the same bridge that I painted. The colors in the sunset inspired me to choose the color scheme in my work. However, I decided to paint a morning instead of a sunset, symbolizing a fresh start for the city of London. That is why the sky is a mostly blue and the bridge contains the colors of Emily's picture as if it had absorbed the sunset of the previous day, symbolizing that even though it is a fresh start, the past is still part of the city, or in this case, the painting.<br />
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==London Eye==<br />
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**Ivory Black<br />
**Titanium White <br />
**Ultra Blue <br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
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| [[File:D01.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''London Eye Full of Colour'' <br> by Kristy Giacoman]]<br />
| [[File:Purple.jpeg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "Purple is the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and The London Eye is the world’s largest observation wheel and most popular paid tourist attraction in the whole country. Also Purple is my favorite color. Finally, I was inspired to choose that color scheme by this flowers I bought in Columbia Road Flower Market, in London. Because they enrapture the beauty I see in the streets of London, despite all opposing opinions and catastrophic events that have hit this city, which I like to think still stands strong."<br />
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==Big Ben==<br />
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**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Crimson Red<br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
***TitaniumWhite <br />
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| [[File:D03.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Big Ben Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes]]<br />
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Sofia: "I used the picture Kristy took ''Colourless Big Ben'' as a model and the colors in the flag of the United Kingdom as an inspiration to create this painting. I used the radiant colors in the flag to represent Parliament and the citizens in the UK. The Big Ben identifies London as the flag identifies the UK. With the use of different shades of blue I created a sky as in the picture. To show the different levels of the top of the building I used either blue or red for each level. What the blue drops of paint falling down the Big Ben represents the trust of the citizens of London in their government fading away by disappointment. I decided to convey this message as a strong statement, knowing that as the citizens are the base of the society, if they lose trust in their government, the structure will not stand for long.<br />
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==Gherkin==<br />
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**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
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**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
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* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:GH01.png|thumb|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Gherkin'']]<br />
| [[File:D04.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Gherkin Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes ]]<br />
| [[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "This building is known as "The Gherkin" but its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. This nickname was given because of its similarity to the Mexican sour gherkin. The green colors used in this painting were inspired by two things, this Mexican sour gherkin, and the architect that designed it, Ken Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth cares deeply for the environment and saving the planet, which is why the color scheme that I chose contains greens and light blues, representing the colors of a field of grass. I liked the irony as well of painting a modern skyscraper with the same colors I would use to paint a plant. Also meaning that among all the development of the city, it is still important to keep the environment in mind, for London has already suffered enough by the filthiness of the fog."<br />
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==St. Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Raw Limber <br />
**Paynes' Grey <br />
**Phthalo Blue<br />
**Lake Blue<br />
** Light Green<br />
**Phthalo Green<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
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| [[File:SP03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless St. Paul's Cathedral'']]<br />
| [[File:Greeen.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|'' Green St Paul's '' ]]<br />
| [[File:.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes| "The Colourful St. Paul's Cathedral <br> by Kristy GIacoman and Sofia Reyes]]<br />
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Kristy and Sofia: "St. Paul's Cathedral represents the change in beliefs of the whole country. This painting was done by the both of us and we decided to use two pictures we took to inspire us and combine them into one, symbolizing how the different cultures and beliefs of the world merge to create this wonderful and "colorful" city of London. The green used is inspired by Sofia's picture and the grayish blue and purple have inspired the picture Kristy took. This painting represents unity within us and within London citizens. This unity comes to life in the deepest desires kept in the hearts of the good people of London that have been hurt by the recent events more than ever before. However, despite this, the hope of unity in diversity remains vibrant with people that are willing to stand up for it."<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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In this Milestone, artists from the past and from the present are compared and contrasted. There is one artist chosen for each of the fields involved in the project "A London Full of Colour"; Painting, Literature and Architecture. The intention was to outline the main differences in their styles and how they each one of them portrayed their environment from their very own perspectives and translated it into their works of art. In the same way, biographical facts are provided to give the reader a reference of how life circumstances and setting might have been influential in the artists' work. This Milestone is the linking point between [[Colourless London]] and [[Colourful Reality]], giving meaning to the rest of the project "[[user:akgiacoman|A London Full of Colour]]". <br />
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Finally, for the deliverable, our own work is presented. With this, we intend to show our own perspective of London which contrasts with the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] in an extreme way. We tried to add some pigment of our own to create a much more [[Colourful Reality]] for ourselves. The paintings emphasize the use of colors in a symbolic way, what they represent are our different emotions and life experiences that stoke our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways, but always resulting in a breath taking outcome. Life is our very own masterpiece, it is what we make it and it is not in the very least monochromatic. In the contrary, all the aspects of our lives merge to create a unique work of art, that certainly might not be of everyone's liking, but then again, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the artist that made the masterpiece. In some occasions, the artist regrets the path he or she took and if given a second chance, would have done things differently. However, the work is done, the masterpiece is complete, and we can either live in regret or move forward in such ways where each stoke is more precise and better thought than the previous one. Some other artists die without the proper acknowledgment that their work deserves, however, what people think of their work can never influence the magnitude of its quality. A masterpiece, is a masterpiece even when there is no one to admire it and most things done with effort and passion are worth a standing ovation. <br />
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==Gallery of Pictures==<br />
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=Attribution of Work=<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]: <br> Introduction, Artistic Component, Artists From the Past, Artists From the Present, Charles Dickens, David Hockney, Conclusion & final edits of the other artists. Painted "Tower Bridge Full of Colour", "London Eye Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]: <br> Ken Shuttleworth, core information for Monet, Sir Christopher Wren & JK. Rowling & formatting of information in the deliverable. Painted "Big Ben Full of Colour", "Gherkin Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:vjmanzo|Vincent Manzo]] & [[User:Cclark|Constance Clark]]: <br> Advisors<br />
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Sreyes
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Avant Garde
2017-06-22T23:32:47Z
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<div>= <font color="#BC8F8F">Avant-Garde in London</font>=<br />
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==<font color=black>Abstract</font>==<br />
The aim of this project is to inform readers about the art, especially Avant-Garde. Art has been a big part of my life since six years old when I started taking art classes. I have always like to express myself in Art. However, with all my background in art, I never fully understood what this type of art meant. This project is for everyone who wants to learn more about art, from novices that have never encountered art in their lives to experts that have been painting all their lives but never fully understood this concept of art. My goal was for the readers to understand what Avant-Garde is and who are some of the most famous artists in this movements. At the end, I provided a guide to Avant-Garde art examples in London. Many of these works are within famous art galleries such as National Art Gallery and Tate Modern. Some pieces are really famous works of art while some pieces may go unnoticed however, they all impacted the world by being Avant-Garde. The guide includes four galleries in this city. I considered this to be the top places to observe avant-garde. My contribution to this guide was my opinion towards each magnificent gallery and pictures I took in each gallery.<br />
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==<font color=black>Introduction</font>==<br />
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Avant-Garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead, explore the terrain and seek out enemy soldiers. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is Avant-Garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered Avant-Gardists. As my deliverable, I created a [[#Guide to Avant-garde in London|Guide to Avant-Garde in London]]. In this guide, I provide many examples of works of art that the Avant-Gardists that I mentioned before. In addition, I also included two galleries that show more recent artists using this style. <br />
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In art, the term 'Avant-Garde' denotes artists that open up new and unexplored territory in their works and actions. The 'Avant-Gardists' are able to impact society with their ideas through the various painting that they create. "At the center of exhibitions and the most the unparallel energy of the international 'Avant-Garde' on the threshold of the new century." <ref name="lannoo">Bischoff, U., Lozo, K., Wit, G. D., & Theerlynck, S. (2016). The power of the avant-garde: now and then. Tielt: Lannoo .</ref> Artists within Avant-Garde are probably the best-known artists in history; Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh and much more. From Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in London and Paris to Constructivism in Russia and with individual artists such as Edvard Munch and Marcel Duchamp, Avant-Gardists have left an impression in the world. <ref name="lannoo">Bischoff, U., Lozo, K., Wit, G. D., & Theerlynck, S. (2016). The power of the avant-garde: now and then. Tielt: Lannoo .</ref><br />
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==<font color="black">History</font>==<br />
As mentioned above Avant-Garde is the movement in the 19th-century and 20th-century that was recognized by artists who didn't follow tradition. <br />
Many of the world's most prominent artists are considered Avant-Garde, but when and where did this term arise from? <br />
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===The Beginning===<br />
The term Avant-Garde was first used in art by Henri de Saint-Simon, a Socialist. As the art historian Donald Egbert said, "It has never previously been pointed out, I believe, that the figurative use of the word Avant-Garde to denote radically progressive leaders of both art and society." <ref>Egbert, D. (1970). The Idea of avant-garde in Art and Politics. Leonardo, 3(1), 75-86. doi:10.2307/1572057</ref> Saint-Simon was a French Utopian Socialist and predecessor of Karl Marx. <ref>Egbert, D. (1970). The Idea of avant-garde in Art and Politics. Leonardo, 3(1), 75-86. doi:10.2307/1572057</ref> In Egbert's paper, The Idea of Avant-Garde in Art and Politics, he explains how Saint-Simon believed that artists were best fitted to change the society and how in his book, ''Opinions littéraires, philosophiques et industrielles'', he said: <br />
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::::::: ''we wish to '''spread new ideas''' among men, we inscribe them on marble or canvas. What a magnificent destiny'' <br />
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In this simple quote, Saint-Simon talks about the power art, in general, has and how Avant-Garde plays a very important role in the world of art. Art has been a method of communication of ideas, ideas that artists want to spread and that is why it has power. Avant-Garde is a type of art that spreads new ideas that are going to change society and being in this movement is a smart choice. The key word in this quote is ''new'', as it is what defines artists in this movement and even though many artists don't follow or believe in Saint-Simon's beliefs of Socialism, they still consider themselves a part of this movement.<br />
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Avant-Garde started with realism, most prominently seen with Gustave Courbet. He was strongly influenced by the ideas of Socialism. <ref> Szabolcsi, Miklós. “Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde, Modernism: Questions and Suggestions.” New Literary History, vol. 3, no. 1, 1971, pp. 49–70. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/468380. </ref> Realism is also known as first modern art movement followed by Impressionism and because of this, we can conclude that Modern Art and Avant-Garde go hand in hand.<br />
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===The Movements and Protagonists===<br />
The nontraditional work of the Avant-Garde is influenced a lot by the environment around it. Each city, each state, each government, has their own social and political issues. Artists absorb those issues and express themselves through art, affecting their attitude through their paintings. The movement may have surged by Socialist ideals but during the years it changed to be just a form to identify art. No matter what the painter tries to express, if he pushes boundaries, uses their creativity as much as possible, and tries to express new ideas, they can be considered part of this movement. <ref> T. (n.d.). Avant-garde – Art Term. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/avant-garde </ref> <br />
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Avant-Garde art is characterized by going against everything that is mainstream and hatred for the outdated and this is why most movements appear in reaction previous ideas. It all started with Expressionism going against Impressionism. After that, most movements appeared in reaction to Impressionism. <ref> Szabolcsi, Miklós. “Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde, Modernism: Questions and Suggestions.” New Literary History, vol. 3, no. 1, 1971, pp. 49–70. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/468380. </ref> Each movement has a unique technique and pattern to oppose past ones and by intentionally confronting traditional schools their works become Avant-Garde. Because of nontraditional style, many times Avant-Garde is classified as meaningless and without purpose. However, each artist has an objective, and most want to impact the society. Below I wrote about some of the movements and artists within this category and a little of their story. <br />
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Impressionists based their style on sensation instead of copying the subject. It started in early 1870's after Realism. In contrary to the realist details, impressionists were objective and expressed their ideas through emotions and sensations. Many artists used short brush strokes and unblended vivid colors focusing on the effects of light. This style gave many works of art in this period a sense of spontaneity and modernity. This new form of art was not traditional and they had to be as creative as they could to give art this new style. Revolutionary artists within this movement include Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre Renoir, among others. <br />
*'''Claude Monet'''<br />
**As a French artist, he is one of the best-known artist in this movement and in the entire art history. He was actually so influential to Impressionism that this movement was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>You have to analyze the painting and interpret what Monet wanted to express. This exactly what Monet and most Impressionists wanted, to make us interpret the impression, as this was his new style. Monet painted many of the same landscapes during different times of the day. This original technique helped him become famous. Each painting is unique, but we can see how can his idea ever-changing image, the indefinite and freely painted forms also point the way toward the more expressive painting techniques. <br />
*'''Camille Jacob Pissarro'''<br />
**Pissarro was one of the of the greatest Impressionist. He used high vivid colors and illumination in landscapes. Following Monet's example, he started painting the same landscape at different times of the day. In many of his paintings, his brushstrokes are very defined making the outline of the model not as defined. This is definitely not abstract art but it is not what was traditional at that time. In most of his paintings, he focused on locals and cities. <br />
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** While Pissarro depicted cities and locals, Renoir focused on the topics of rural life. He mainly painted people in their environment with an artistic irregularity. As part of this movement, most of his paintings barely outlined characters and objects in nature. He gave the impression that his subjects were there but he was not precise with the details. These instantaneous brushstrokes of paint and vivid colors fits perfectly in the Impressionistic style. <br />
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===Post-Modernism===<br />
Impressionists paid attention to the fleeting effect of light, atmosphere, and movement. They were spontaneous and with sudden brushstrokes, they created an impression of a landscape. Post-Impressionism or Neo-impressionism emerged in reaction against Impressionism. It was led by Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Georges Seurat. They rejected Impressionism’s concern with the spontaneous and naturalistic rendering of light and color. They focused in symbols and structure with a formal order. They still had many things in common with the Impressionists but they stressed the artificiality in their landscapes. The Post-Impressionists also used scientific way as Seurat and Both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism include some of the most famous works of modern art such as Monet’s Waterlilies, a Series of Waterscapes and van Gogh’s Starry Night. <ref> Nochlin, Linda, ed. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, 1874–1904: Sources and Documents. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966. </ref> <br />
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*'''Degas'''<br />
**Degas was a radical painter that created many portraits of modern women and ballet dancers. He captured the gestures of each ballerina. The structure in his paintings and his new technique of compositional logic clearly shows how he parted from Impressionism. He parted from the undefined outlines of the Impressionism and replaced them with linear structuralism as we can see clearly in the most of his paintings of ballerinas. <br />
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*'''Paul Cezanne'''<br />
**Cezanne, like Degas, reacted against Impressionism. Cezanne, however, didn’t follow Degas, instead, he abandoned linear perspective and stayed small dabs of paint to express light. His paintings were not exact depict of nature. He expresses emotions in his paintings as no longer as an illusion but "imaginative and idyllic settings".<ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref> In this new style, he created he used alternated perspective and he represented his personal ideas about naturalness and an ideal life. His view of this nature always entailed an observation of his own perception. He obtained as a result harmony and unity of man and nature in his ideal world. This movement may not have started with him but he defenitly became the most infkuential painter in it. <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826</ref> <br />
*'''Georges Seurat'''<br />
**As styles changed a new technique appeared. Georges Seurat was a leader of the Neo-Impressionist technique and this technique is called Pointillism. This approach consisted of softly flickering surface of small dots or strokes of color. Seurat was the first to construct and compose using his spirit of investigator.<ref name="Taschen">Holzwarth, H. W., Taschen, L., & Elger, D. (2011). Modern art. Köln: Taschen.</ref><br />
* '''Vincent Van Gogh'''<br />
**Van Gogh was a great dutch painter. He was keen for precise details and colors.The colors he used was influenced a lot because of this movement. Before Van Gogh was part of post-modernism he used dark pallete of colors as we can observe in ''The Starry Night''. When he encountered this Post-modernism his style changed, he started using brighter colors and a new unique style of brushstrokes. "Instead of painting realistic paintings with dark muddy colors he started using bright colors with bold, thick brushstrokes. Van Gogh worked hard, and produced more than 2,000 paintings, drawings and sketches in the last ten years of his life."<ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref> His best-known works were created in the last two years of his life including many works found in the National Gallery. <ref> Painter, P. I. (1922). Vincent van Gogh.</ref> <br />
*'''Pablo Picasso'''<br />
**Picasso "''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon''. This would become the most important painting of the twentieth century, as the forerunner of Cubism, the most complete and radical artistic revolution since the Renaissance," <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826 </ref> Starting this movement and incredible art works within it, Picasso became "the most celebrated artists of the 20th century" <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826 </ref><br />
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=Guide to Avant-Garde in London=<br />
Hopefully, by now you understand what Avant-Garde is in art and some artists that form part of it. Now, I aim to show you examples of galleries located in London, that contain artists in this movement, especially the ones above, and Avant-Garde in general. I chose four galleries in London that I believe contain the most Avant-Garde. In continuation with the history of Avant-Garde, I wrote about [[#Artists of the Past| Artists of the Past]] in the first two galleries, The National Gallery and Tate Modern. As you read through this section you will encounter a little information about each gallery and my personal opinion about it. You will also find key works within this galleries with a short explanation and pictures that I took when I visited them. Similarly, in the next section, [[#Galleries of the Present|Galleries of the Present]], you can find information about the gallery and my opinion but instead of artists in history, these galleries contain artists that are currently thriving in their careers in art and that have unique techniques, as true Avant-gardists. I also included pictures and the exact address of each gallery. <br />
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==Artists of the Past==<br />
London has so much history in galleries, museums, and the city itself. I chose two galleries that I believe you must see if you want to see Avant-garde. First, the magnificent National Gallery and the spectacular Tate Modern. <br />
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===[[The National Gallery]]===<br />
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The well known National Gallery in London one of the most visited art galleries in the world. People from all over the world come to this gallery to admire works of art located here. The National Gallery contains works from almost all the artists mentioned above. It contains artists from all over the world and many time periods. This gallery is divided into time periods, in the map above each specific time period is a different color. My personal favorite is the are from 1700-1930 (green exhibitions in the map in Level 2) because it contains almost all the artists I mentioned above. <br />
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All thought the green zone you can find avant-garde artists. For the purpose of this project, I chose three rooms that had the most avant-garde art. In rooms 41,43 and 44, you can see art from Monet's time in London to Van Gogh's famous sunflowers. Each room has an explanation that I took from the galleries website for your better understanding of their location in history and pictures that I took while in the gallery. <br />
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====Room 41====<br />
"The works in this room demonstrate the continued vitality of painting as an artistic medium in the early 20th century. In his later years, Cézanne placed an increasing emphasis on structure and solidity, applying paint in regular, hatched brushstrokes, and using color rather than light to convey forms. Ground-breaking compositions such as his monumental Bathers won the respect of younger artists. Claude Monet had great admiration for Cézanne, whom he had known since the 1860s. Monet’s art, like that of Cézanne, evolved gradually. He explored light and color in series of paintings of specific subjects, undertaken at precise times of the day and recording particular atmospheric conditions. In his garden at Giverny in Normandy, Monet painted near-abstract pictures where forms seem to dissolve to the point of disintegration. These echo the chaos of the First World War when major artistic revolutions were underway." <ref> "Room 41 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:Cezamne.PNG| ''Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses)'' <br>Paul Cézanne<br />
Monet_Irises41.PNG| ''Irises'' <br> Claude Monet <br />
Mone_Pond_41.PNG| ''The Water-Lily Pond'' <br> Claude Monet <br />
Monet_Setting.PNG| ''Water-Lilies, Setting Sun'' <br> Claude Monet<br />
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====Room 43====<br />
"In the 1880s some of the Impressionist artists were beginning to enjoy success. The cohesiveness of the initial group had waned, and they were exploring new ways of painting. Camille Pissarro began to work in the new style invented by Georges Seurat, whom he met in 1885. Seurat’s approach, based on scientific color theory, involved using countless tiny dots of pure color, placed in close proximity to each other. When viewed at a distance, the eye blends these individual marks into areas of solid color: a technique called divisionism or pointillism." <ref> "Room 43 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:SEURAT.PNG|''Bathers at Asnières'' <br> Georges Seurat<br />
File:Gaugin.PNG| ''Bowl of Fruit and Tankard before a Window'' <br> Paul Gauguin<br />
File:VanGough3.PNG| 'Sunflowers' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough2.PNG| 'Farms near Auvers' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough1.PNG|'Van Gogh's Chair' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough.PNG| 'Long Grass with Butterflies' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
VanGogh4.PNG|'Two Crabs' <br> 'Vincent van Gough<br />
File:Boulevard_at_night.PNG| ''The Boulevard Montmartre at Night'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:CP2.PNG| ''The Louvre under Snow'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
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====Room 44====<br />
"In the 1860s Edouard Manet shocked exhibition visitors in Paris with his unflinching scenes of modern life, painted boldly and using sober colors. His radical style made a profound impact on many artists. In the years to come, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Alfred Sisley and other young painters in Paris would display an even stronger interest than Manet in the informal aspects of contemporary life. These artists, who often worked in the open air along the river Seine, experimented with flickering brushstrokes and bright colors to capture the fleeting effects of light. They exploited technical advances, such as oil paint in tubes that could be easily transported. As true avant-gardist, they were ahead of the traditional painters using new techniques. " <ref> "Room 44 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:MM1.PNG|''The Thames below Westminster''<br> Claude Monet<br />
File:MM.PNG|''Snow Scene at Argenteuil''<br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Manet.PNG|''Woman with a Cat'' <br> Edouard Manet<br />
File:Manet1.PNG| ''Music in the Tuileries Gardens''<br> Edouard Manet<br />
File:Monet_Havre44.PNG| ''The Museum at Le Havre'' <br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Monet_Gare_44.PNG| ''The Gare St-Lazare'' <br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Pissarro_Avenue44.PNG|''The Avenue, Sydenham'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:Pissarro_Fox44.PNG|''Fox Hill, Upper Norwood'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:Renoir1.PNG| ''The Skiff (La Yole)'' <br> 'Pierre-Auguste Renoir<br />
File:Renoir_Bay.PNG| ''Moulin Huet Bay, Guernsey'' <br> Pierre-Auguste Renoir<br />
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===[[Tate Modern]]===<br />
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I consider this Gallery the best place to observe modern and contemporary art. The unique architecture of the building misguide you at first, however, from the lowest level call the "The Tank" to the viewing level where you can see all the city, you can observe incredible works of art. As Modern Art and Avant-garde go together, this place is also great for avant-garde art. Many of the artists mentioned above can be found here and much more new artists that fall into this category. Below I provide information about three pieces that are irrefutably avant-garde. This pieces will mark this movement forever and being able to admire them in this gallery was amazing. <br />
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====Little Dancer Aged Fourteen====<br />
====Degas====<br />
"This sculpture was created by [[#Edgar Degas|Degas]]. The model for this sculpture was a ballet student. Degas first made a reddish-brown wax sculpture of her in the nude. Then, aiming for a naturalistic effect, he dressed it in clothing made of real fabrics. When the wax sculpture was first exhibited, contemporaries were shocked by the unprecedented realism of the piece. He created a sculpture like no one had seen before. Innocent though she may look to us today, Degas's Little Dancer Aged Fourteen caused an outcry when she was first exhibited at the 1881 impressionist exhibition in Paris. The figure was described variously as 'repulsive' and 'a threat to society'. Critics and the public were upset by the realism of the work but also because Degas had represented a provocative modern subject ... dancers were considered part of the seamier side of entertainment and little more than prostitutes. "<ref> Aged Fourteen', Edgar Degas, 1880-1, cast c.1922. Retrieved June 19, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/degas-little-dancer-aged-fourteen-n06076 </ref> <br />
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====Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper====<br />
====Pablo Picasso====<br />
"Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper is a small papier collé by Pablo Picasso, produced in 1913. It depicts a series of objects and paper fragments clustered on a table, the oval edge of which has been loosely drawn in the lower right of the composition. The abstracted forms of a guitar, glass, and bottle of the wine cut from white, gray and black colored papers are together with drawn lines indicating other elements of each object’s shape. The objects are shown from several perspectives: while the guitar and table appear to be seen from above; the bottle and glass are shown from the side. Picasso uses this new method of collage in controversy to traditional art." <ref>T. (n.d.). 'Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper', Pablo Picasso, 1913. Retrieved May 16, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/picasso-bottle-of-vieux-marc-glass-guitar-and-newspaper-t00414</ref><br />
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====Fountain====<br />
====Duchamp====<br />
"Fountain" is one of Duchamp’s most famous works and is widely seen as an icon of twentieth-century art. The original, which is lost, consisted of a standard urinal, usually presented on its back for exhibition purposes rather than upright, and was signed and dated ‘R. Mutt 1917’. Tate’s work is a 1964 replica and is made from glazed earthenware painted to resemble the original porcelain. The signature is reproduced in black paint. Fountain has been seen as a quintessential example, along with Duchamp’s Bottle Rack 1914, of what he called a ‘readymade’, an ordinary manufactured object designated by the artist as a work of art (and, in Duchamp’s case, interpreted in some way). Marcel Duchamp submitted his sculpture Fountain (an upside-down urinal) for an exhibition organised by the Society of Independents under a false name. Although the society was supposed to show everything submitted by members, the work scandalized the board and was rejected. Duchamp is cited as one of the most important figures in modern art, inspiring many later artists and art movements – notably conceptual art." <ref> Tate. "Avant-garde – Art Term." Tate. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017. </ref> <br />
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==Galleries from the Present==<br />
The National Gallery and Tate Modern have been in London for a long time in the contrary to the next two galleries I mentioned bellow. These new galleries show young artists that are starting to excel in their careers in art. <br />
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===Serpentine Galleries===<br />
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The Serpentine Gallery is one of London's most popular art gallery showing modern and contemporary artwork. It is located in the center of Kensington Gardens. It has two galleries on either side of the Serpentine lake: the Serpentine Gallery and the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. Hyde Park is one of my favorite places in London, especially because of Serpentine Galleries. They provide a space where artists can show their paintings and everyone in the park can see it. They have seasonal shows and a summer pavilion. The architecture of the pavilions is unique and it is said to be the world's first and most ambitious architecture program of its kind. <br />
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====Seasonal Shows====<br />
This two galleries change seasonally and have eight shows per year. I focused on Summer 2017 summer shows: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! by Grayson Perry and A Series Of Utterly Improbable, yet Extraordinary Renditions by Arthur Jafa. <br />
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'''Serpentine Gallery': The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! by Grayson Perry''' <br> <br />
"Perry’s abiding interest in his audience informs his choice of universally human subjects. Working in a variety of traditional media such as ceramics, cast iron, bronze, printmaking and tapestry, Perry is best known for his ability to combine delicately crafted objects with scenes of contemporary life. His subject matter is drawn from his own childhood and life as a transvestite, as well as wider social issues ranging from class and politics to sex and religion." <ref> Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! (2017, June 08). Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/grayson-perry-most-popular-art-exhibition-ever </ref> <br />
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'''Serpentine Sackler Gallery: A Series Of Utterly Improbable, yet Extraordinary Renditions by Arthur Jafa. ''' <br> <br />
"Jafa’s work is driven by a recurrent question: how might one identify and develop a specifically Black visual aesthetics equal to the ‘power, beauty and alienation’ of Black music in US culture? <br> <br />
This new exhibition, titled A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions, takes the form of a site-specific installation at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in which Jafa has transformed the space with a series of new assemblages that encompass film, photography and found footage. The title of the exhibition relates to the sense of absence that Jafa observes as haunting Black life. The word ‘rendition’ refers to the artist’s interpretation of the aesthetics associated with Black being, which are historically-inscribed in images, objects and artefacts. By re-performing these narratives in the present, Jafa imagines and constructs new possibilities for making them visible. In addition to his exhibition at the Sackler Gallery, Jafa will also devise a new, site-specific event as part of the 2017 Park Nights series, which takes place in the Serpentine Pavilion, this year designed by Francis Kéré." <ref> "Arthur Jafa: A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions." Serpentine Galleries. N.p., 08 June 2017. Web. 21 June 2017. <http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/arthur-jafa-series-utterly-improbable-yet-extraordinary-renditions>. </ref> <br />
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====Pavillion====<br />
Each year, they commission an architect to create a summer pavilion. The first one was created by Zaha Hadid in 2000 and since then there has being one every year. In 2016, the temporary venue was created by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels. He created this venue with fiberglass frame. The pyramid of blocks kind of resembles a glacial crevasse.<br />
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"For the 2017 Serpentine Pavillion was designed by Francis Kere. He was born in Burkina Faso, where he got the inspiration for this pavilion. He was inspired the tree that serves as a central meeting point for life in this village, his home. He used a new artistic and architectonic method into the design and he seeks to connect its visitors to nature and each other. An expansive roof, supported by a central steel framework, mimics a tree's canopy, allowing air to circulate freely while offering shelter against London rain and summer heat. He is trying to portrait a tree and how gathering under it was refreshing. He also portraits culture as he explains that he uses indigo blue because it is a key color for his culture. He invites everyone in to admire his work of art and new design. Just as this artist, every artist that creates a pavilion uses a new technique in his or er design. They can be considered avant-gardists because of this new methods. " <ref> "Serpentine Pavilion 2017 designed by Francis Kéré." Serpentine Galleries. N.p., 23 June 2017. Web. 21 June 2017. <http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/serpentine-pavilion-2017-designed-francis-k%C3%A9r%C3%A9>. </ref><br />
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===Unit London===<br />
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"Located in Soho, classified by tourists as one of the most Avant-Garde neighborhood, it is a spot for shadiness and cheap food and music, stand-up comedy and cabaret performances. This is a great area to experience different forms of culture, from cuisine to clubs."<ref> Neighborhood Guide to London. (2016, December 23). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from https://www.bohemiantrails.com/5-neighborhoods-of-london-avant-garde-traveler/ </ref> Unit London is located right it the middle of all this. This gallery looks simple from the outside but has some of the best modern art in London. You can see culture, Emotions, techniques in each work of art, "Founded in 2013 by two young artists, Unit London was born from a desire to break down the barriers of elitism and to include people in the contemporary art world - whether they be enthusiasts, first-timers, new collectors, or seasoned collectors and institutions - we strongly believe that everybody should be able to enjoy the world's most amazing art. "<ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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This Gallery is very inclusive and is open 7 days a week until the early evening. They provide a space for artists and visitors an open space to express themselves.<br />
"We have always wanted to provide a platform for the world's most exciting talent to showcase their work to the widest possible audience. We don't believe that incredible work should be reserved for only the select few. We are strong believers in the power of online, and we use digital and social media to broadcast our artists and their work to audiences all over the globe." <ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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Most Artists in this gallery started as street artists with u a unique aesthetic and technic has made them famous. A great example of this is the artists is Schoony. His brilliance has brought the art world by storm and his hyperrealist sculptures question war, mortality and contemporary society. PRISMATIC BRUISER is one of his most famous sculptures. It reminds me of Degas's. "Schoony’s background is rooted in special effects and prosthetics for the film industry, with his career spanning over twenty-five years. Since the age of fifteen he has worked on over a hundred films, his work and reputation for high-class pioneering techniques has reached the far corners of the world." Altogether with his unique technique Schoony has had many different themes, examining capitalism and pop culture. He has a keen eye that provides the capacity to create such magnificent sculptures. As the gallery says it their webpage: "Schoony’s career has gone from strength to strength, exhibiting widely throughout Europe and the US. His work has won him critical acclaim from the Times, The Independent and ArtNet News, he is also featured on Artsy." <ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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Another British artist that has had an exhibition at this gallery is Tom French, a highly collectible and well-regarded artist. He creates monochromatic canvases. This black and white canc=vases are unique and have very precise detail. In these canvases you can find faces, figures and skulls repeat and shadow one-another. This simplicity of colors allows him to transmit his message easily with no distraction. "Each scene is a snapshot of a story, with a dynamic between the characters working on various levels, which ties into the bigger picture; there's much more to these images than illusion alone." Tom French<br />
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'''RED BURQUA, 2016 by Cecile Plaisance'''<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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To conclude, Avant-Garde was a revolutionary movement of art that was recognized by its original and they had the crusade to influence society. Most of the artists in this movements are the world's most known artists including Monet, Van Gogh, and Picasso. Their styles are very different but their originality and goals were the same. I believe that this style is more than just a movement of art because of how it has affected the world and how it still does. In the guide I created I display both the past and the present avant-garde. I provide a map to the right for a better understanding of their location. The National Gallery(red) and Tate Modern(blue) are the two galleries with artist of the past and Serpentine Gallery(green) and Unit London(yellow) are the galleries with artists of the present. This project limits to some movements of avant-garde, however, further research will show that are a lot more movements. Each movement affects the world somehow. Art is more than a form of expression, it has the power to change the world. <br />
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by [[User:Sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]<br><br />
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==<font color=black>Abstract</font>==<br />
The aim of this project is to inform readers about the art, especially Avant-Garde. Art has been a big part of my life since six years old when I started taking art classes. I have always like to express myself in Art. However, with all my background in art, I never fully understood what this type of art meant. This project is for everyone who wants to learn more about art, from novices that have never encountered art in their lives to experts that have been painting all their lives but never fully understood this concept of art. My goal was for the readers to understand what Avant-Garde is and who are some of the most famous artists in this movements. At the end, I provided a guide to Avant-Garde art examples in London. Many of these works are within famous art galleries such as National Art Gallery and Tate Modern. Some pieces are really famous works of art while some pieces may go unnoticed however, they all impacted the world by being Avant-Garde. The guide includes four galleries in this city. I considered this to be the top places to observe avant-garde. My contribution to this guide was my opinion towards each magnificent gallery and pictures I took in each gallery.<br />
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==<font color=black>Introduction</font>==<br />
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Avant-Garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead, explore the terrain and seek out enemy soldiers. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is Avant-Garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered Avant-Gardists. As my deliverable, I created a [[#Guide to Avant-garde in London|Guide to Avant-Garde in London]]. In this guide, I provide many examples of works of art that the Avant-Gardists that I mentioned before. In addition, I also included two galleries that show more recent artists using this style. <br />
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In art, the term 'Avant-Garde' denotes artists that open up new and unexplored territory in their works and actions. The 'Avant-Gardists' are able to impact society with their ideas through the various painting that they create. "At the center of exhibitions and the most the unparallel energy of the international 'Avant-Garde' on the threshold of the new century." <ref name="lannoo">Bischoff, U., Lozo, K., Wit, G. D., & Theerlynck, S. (2016). The power of the avant-garde: now and then. Tielt: Lannoo .</ref> Artists within Avant-Garde are probably the best-known artists in history; Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh and much more. From Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in London and Paris to Constructivism in Russia and with individual artists such as Edvard Munch and Marcel Duchamp, Avant-Gardists have left an impression in the world. <ref name="lannoo">Bischoff, U., Lozo, K., Wit, G. D., & Theerlynck, S. (2016). The power of the avant-garde: now and then. Tielt: Lannoo .</ref><br />
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==<font color="black">History</font>==<br />
As mentioned above Avant-Garde is the movement in the 19th-century and 20th-century that was recognized by artists who didn't follow tradition. <br />
Many of the world's most prominent artists are considered Avant-Garde, but when and where did this term arise from? <br />
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===The Beginning===<br />
The term Avant-Garde was first used in art by Henri de Saint-Simon, a Socialist. As the art historian Donald Egbert said, "It has never previously been pointed out, I believe, that the figurative use of the word Avant-Garde to denote radically progressive leaders of both art and society." <ref>Egbert, D. (1970). The Idea of avant-garde in Art and Politics. Leonardo, 3(1), 75-86. doi:10.2307/1572057</ref> Saint-Simon was a French Utopian Socialist and predecessor of Karl Marx. <ref>Egbert, D. (1970). The Idea of avant-garde in Art and Politics. Leonardo, 3(1), 75-86. doi:10.2307/1572057</ref> In Egbert's paper, The Idea of Avant-Garde in Art and Politics, he explains how Saint-Simon believed that artists were best fitted to change the society and how in his book, ''Opinions littéraires, philosophiques et industrielles'', he said: <br />
::::::''It is we, artists who will serve you as an Avant-Garde, the power of the arts is, in fact, most immediate and most rapid: when ''<br />
::::::: ''we wish to '''spread new ideas''' among men, we inscribe them on marble or canvas. What a magnificent destiny'' <br />
:::::::: ''for the arts is that of exercising a positive power over society, a true priestly function and of'' <br />
::::::::: ''marching in the van [i.e. vanguard] of all the intellectual faculties!'' <ref> T. (n.d.). Avant-garde – Art Term. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/avant-garde </ref> <br />
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In this simple quote, Saint-Simon talks about the power art, in general, has and how Avant-Garde plays a very important role in the world of art. Art has been a method of communication of ideas, ideas that artists want to spread and that is why it has power. Avant-Garde is a type of art that spreads new ideas that are going to change society and being in this movement is a smart choice. The key word in this quote is ''new'', as it is what defines artists in this movement and even though many artists don't follow or believe in Saint-Simon's beliefs of Socialism, they still consider themselves a part of this movement.<br />
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Avant-Garde started with realism, most prominently seen with Gustave Courbet. He was strongly influenced by the ideas of Socialism. <ref> Szabolcsi, Miklós. “Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde, Modernism: Questions and Suggestions.” New Literary History, vol. 3, no. 1, 1971, pp. 49–70. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/468380. </ref> Realism is also known as first modern art movement followed by Impressionism and because of this, we can conclude that Modern Art and Avant-Garde go hand in hand.<br />
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===The Movements and Protagonists===<br />
The nontraditional work of the Avant-Garde is influenced a lot by the environment around it. Each city, each state, each government, has their own social and political issues. Artists absorb those issues and express themselves through art, affecting their attitude through their paintings. The movement may have surged by Socialist ideals but during the years it changed to be just a form to identify art. No matter what the painter tries to express, if he pushes boundaries, uses their creativity as much as possible, and tries to express new ideas, they can be considered part of this movement. <ref> T. (n.d.). Avant-garde – Art Term. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/avant-garde </ref> <br />
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Avant-Garde art is characterized by going against everything that is mainstream and hatred for the outdated and this is why most movements appear in reaction previous ideas. It all started with Expressionism going against Impressionism. After that, most movements appeared in reaction to Impressionism. <ref> Szabolcsi, Miklós. “Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde, Modernism: Questions and Suggestions.” New Literary History, vol. 3, no. 1, 1971, pp. 49–70. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/468380. </ref> Each movement has a unique technique and pattern to oppose past ones and by intentionally confronting traditional schools their works become Avant-Garde. Because of nontraditional style, many times Avant-Garde is classified as meaningless and without purpose. However, each artist has an objective, and most want to impact the society. Below I wrote about some of the movements and artists within this category and a little of their story. <br />
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====Impressionism====<br />
Impressionists based their style on sensation instead of copying the subject. It started in early 1870's after Realism. In contrary to the realist details, impressionists were objective and expressed their ideas through emotions and sensations. Many artists used short brush strokes and unblended vivid colors focusing on the effects of light. This style gave many works of art in this period a sense of spontaneity and modernity. This new form of art was not traditional and they had to be as creative as they could to give art this new style. Revolutionary artists within this movement include Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre Renoir, among others. <br />
*'''Claude Monet'''<br />
**As a French artist, he is one of the best-known artist in this movement and in the entire art history. He was actually so influential to Impressionism that this movement was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>You have to analyze the painting and interpret what Monet wanted to express. This exactly what Monet and most Impressionists wanted, to make us interpret the impression, as this was his new style. Monet painted many of the same landscapes during different times of the day. This original technique helped him become famous. Each painting is unique, but we can see how can his idea ever-changing image, the indefinite and freely painted forms also point the way toward the more expressive painting techniques. <br />
*'''Camille Jacob Pissarro'''<br />
**Pissarro was one of the of the greatest Impressionist. He used high vivid colors and illumination in landscapes. Following Monet's example, he started painting the same landscape at different times of the day. In many of his paintings, his brushstrokes are very defined making the outline of the model not as defined. This is definitely not abstract art but it is not what was traditional at that time. In most of his paintings, he focused on locals and cities. <br />
*'''Renoir'''<br />
** While Pissarro depicted cities and locals, Renoir focused on the topics of rural life. He mainly painted people in their environment with an artistic irregularity. As part of this movement, most of his paintings barely outlined characters and objects in nature. He gave the impression that his subjects were there but he was not precise with the details. These instantaneous brushstrokes of paint and vivid colors fits perfectly in the Impressionistic style. <br />
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===Post-Modernism===<br />
Impressionists paid attention to the fleeting effect of light, atmosphere, and movement. They were spontaneous and with sudden brushstrokes, they created an impression of a landscape. Post-Impressionism or Neo-impressionism emerged in reaction against Impressionism. It was led by Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Georges Seurat. They rejected Impressionism’s concern with the spontaneous and naturalistic rendering of light and color. They focused in symbols and structure with a formal order. They still had many things in common with the Impressionists but they stressed the artificiality in their landscapes. The Post-Impressionists also used scientific way as Seurat and Both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism include some of the most famous works of modern art such as Monet’s Waterlilies, a Series of Waterscapes and van Gogh’s Starry Night. <ref> Nochlin, Linda, ed. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, 1874–1904: Sources and Documents. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966. </ref> <br />
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*'''Degas'''<br />
**Degas was a radical painter that created many portraits of modern women and ballet dancers. He captured the gestures of each ballerina. The structure in his paintings and his new technique of compositional logic clearly shows how he parted from Impressionism. He parted from the undefined outlines of the Impressionism and replaced them with linear structuralism as we can see clearly in the most of his paintings of ballerinas. <br />
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*'''Paul Cezanne'''<br />
**Cezanne, like Degas, reacted against Impressionism. Cezanne, however, didn’t follow Degas, instead, he abandoned linear perspective and stayed small dabs of paint to express light. His paintings were not exact depict of nature. He expresses emotions in his paintings as no longer as an illusion but "imaginative and idyllic settings".<ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref> In this new style, he created he used alternated perspective and he represented his personal ideas about naturalness and an ideal life. His view of this nature always entailed an observation of his own perception. He obtained as a result harmony and unity of man and nature in his ideal world. This movement may not have started with him but he defenitly became the most infkuential painter in it. <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826</ref> <br />
*'''Georges Seurat'''<br />
**As styles changed a new technique appeared. Georges Seurat was a leader of the Neo-Impressionist technique and this technique is called Pointillism. This approach consisted of softly flickering surface of small dots or strokes of color. Seurat was the first to construct and compose using his spirit of investigator.<ref name="Taschen">Holzwarth, H. W., Taschen, L., & Elger, D. (2011). Modern art. Köln: Taschen.</ref><br />
* '''Vincent Van Gogh'''<br />
**Van Gogh was a great dutch painter. He was keen for precise details and colors.The colors he used was influenced a lot because of this movement. Before Van Gogh was part of post-modernism he used dark pallete of colors as we can observe in ''The Starry Night''. When he encountered this Post-modernism his style changed, he started using brighter colors and a new unique style of brushstrokes. "Instead of painting realistic paintings with dark muddy colors he started using bright colors with bold, thick brushstrokes. Van Gogh worked hard, and produced more than 2,000 paintings, drawings and sketches in the last ten years of his life."<ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref> His best-known works were created in the last two years of his life including many works found in the National Gallery. <ref> Painter, P. I. (1922). Vincent van Gogh.</ref> <br />
*'''Pablo Picasso'''<br />
**Picasso "''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon''. This would become the most important painting of the twentieth century, as the forerunner of Cubism, the most complete and radical artistic revolution since the Renaissance," <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826 </ref> Starting this movement and incredible art works within it, Picasso became "the most celebrated artists of the 20th century" <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826 </ref><br />
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=Guide to Avant-Garde in London=<br />
Hopefully, by now you understand what Avant-Garde is in art and some artists that form part of it. Now, I aim to show you examples of galleries located in London, that contain artists in this movement, especially the ones above, and Avant-Garde in general. I chose four galleries in London that I believe contain the most Avant-Garde. In continuation with the history of Avant-Garde, I wrote about [[#Artists of the Past| Artists of the Past]] in the first two galleries, The National Gallery and Tate Modern. As you read through this section you will encounter a little information about each gallery and my personal opinion about it. You will also find key works within this galleries with a short explanation and pictures that I took when I visited them. Similarly, in the next section, [[#Galleries of the Present|Galleries of the Present]], you can find information about the gallery and my opinion but instead of artists in history, these galleries contain artists that are currently thriving in their careers in art and that have unique techniques, as true Avant-gardists. I also included pictures and the exact address of each gallery. <br />
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==Artists of the Past==<br />
London has so much history in galleries, museums, and the city itself. I chose two galleries that I believe you must see if you want to see Avant-garde. First, the magnificent National Gallery and the spectacular Tate Modern. <br />
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===[[The National Gallery]]===<br />
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The well known National Gallery in London one of the most visited art galleries in the world. People from all over the world come to this gallery to admire works of art located here. The National Gallery contains works from almost all the artists mentioned above. It contains artists from all over the world and many time periods. This gallery is divided into time periods, in the map above each specific time period is a different color. My personal favorite is the are from 1700-1930 (green exhibitions in the map in Level 2) because it contains almost all the artists I mentioned above. <br />
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All thought the green zone you can find avant-garde artists. For the purpose of this project, I chose three rooms that had the most avant-garde art. In rooms 41,43 and 44, you can see art from Monet's time in London to Van Gogh's famous sunflowers. Each room has an explanation that I took from the galleries website for your better understanding of their location in history and pictures that I took while in the gallery. <br />
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====Room 41====<br />
"The works in this room demonstrate the continued vitality of painting as an artistic medium in the early 20th century. In his later years, Cézanne placed an increasing emphasis on structure and solidity, applying paint in regular, hatched brushstrokes, and using color rather than light to convey forms. Ground-breaking compositions such as his monumental Bathers won the respect of younger artists. Claude Monet had great admiration for Cézanne, whom he had known since the 1860s. Monet’s art, like that of Cézanne, evolved gradually. He explored light and color in series of paintings of specific subjects, undertaken at precise times of the day and recording particular atmospheric conditions. In his garden at Giverny in Normandy, Monet painted near-abstract pictures where forms seem to dissolve to the point of disintegration. These echo the chaos of the First World War when major artistic revolutions were underway." <ref> "Room 41 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:Cezamne.PNG| ''Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses)'' <br>Paul Cézanne<br />
Monet_Irises41.PNG| ''Irises'' <br> Claude Monet <br />
Mone_Pond_41.PNG| ''The Water-Lily Pond'' <br> Claude Monet <br />
Monet_Setting.PNG| ''Water-Lilies, Setting Sun'' <br> Claude Monet<br />
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====Room 43====<br />
"In the 1880s some of the Impressionist artists were beginning to enjoy success. The cohesiveness of the initial group had waned, and they were exploring new ways of painting. Camille Pissarro began to work in the new style invented by Georges Seurat, whom he met in 1885. Seurat’s approach, based on scientific color theory, involved using countless tiny dots of pure color, placed in close proximity to each other. When viewed at a distance, the eye blends these individual marks into areas of solid color: a technique called divisionism or pointillism." <ref> "Room 43 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:SEURAT.PNG|''Bathers at Asnières'' <br> Georges Seurat<br />
File:Gaugin.PNG| ''Bowl of Fruit and Tankard before a Window'' <br> Paul Gauguin<br />
File:VanGough3.PNG| 'Sunflowers' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough2.PNG| 'Farms near Auvers' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough1.PNG|'Van Gogh's Chair' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough.PNG| 'Long Grass with Butterflies' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
VanGogh4.PNG|'Two Crabs' <br> 'Vincent van Gough<br />
File:Boulevard_at_night.PNG| ''The Boulevard Montmartre at Night'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:CP2.PNG| ''The Louvre under Snow'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
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====Room 44====<br />
"In the 1860s Edouard Manet shocked exhibition visitors in Paris with his unflinching scenes of modern life, painted boldly and using sober colors. His radical style made a profound impact on many artists. In the years to come, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Alfred Sisley and other young painters in Paris would display an even stronger interest than Manet in the informal aspects of contemporary life. These artists, who often worked in the open air along the river Seine, experimented with flickering brushstrokes and bright colors to capture the fleeting effects of light. They exploited technical advances, such as oil paint in tubes that could be easily transported. As true avant-gardist, they were ahead of the traditional painters using new techniques. " <ref> "Room 44 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:MM1.PNG|''The Thames below Westminster''<br> Claude Monet<br />
File:MM.PNG|''Snow Scene at Argenteuil''<br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Manet.PNG|''Woman with a Cat'' <br> Edouard Manet<br />
File:Manet1.PNG| ''Music in the Tuileries Gardens''<br> Edouard Manet<br />
File:Monet_Havre44.PNG| ''The Museum at Le Havre'' <br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Monet_Gare_44.PNG| ''The Gare St-Lazare'' <br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Pissarro_Avenue44.PNG|''The Avenue, Sydenham'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:Pissarro_Fox44.PNG|''Fox Hill, Upper Norwood'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:Renoir1.PNG| ''The Skiff (La Yole)'' <br> 'Pierre-Auguste Renoir<br />
File:Renoir_Bay.PNG| ''Moulin Huet Bay, Guernsey'' <br> Pierre-Auguste Renoir<br />
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===[[Tate Modern]]===<br />
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I consider this Gallery the best place to observe modern and contemporary art. The unique architecture of the building misguide you at first, however, from the lowest level call the "The Tank" to the viewing level where you can see all the city, you can observe incredible works of art. As Modern Art and Avant-garde go together, this place is also great for avant-garde art. Many of the artists mentioned above can be found here and much more new artists that fall into this category. Below I provide information about three pieces that are irrefutably avant-garde. This pieces will mark this movement forever and being able to admire them in this gallery was amazing. <br />
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====Little Dancer Aged Fourteen====<br />
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"This sculpture was created by [[#Edgar Degas|Degas]]. The model for this sculpture was a ballet student. Degas first made a reddish-brown wax sculpture of her in the nude. Then, aiming for a naturalistic effect, he dressed it in clothing made of real fabrics. When the wax sculpture was first exhibited, contemporaries were shocked by the unprecedented realism of the piece. He created a sculpture like no one had seen before. Innocent though she may look to us today, Degas's Little Dancer Aged Fourteen caused an outcry when she was first exhibited at the 1881 impressionist exhibition in Paris. The figure was described variously as 'repulsive' and 'a threat to society'. Critics and the public were upset by the realism of the work but also because Degas had represented a provocative modern subject ... dancers were considered part of the seamier side of entertainment and little more than prostitutes. "<ref> Aged Fourteen', Edgar Degas, 1880-1, cast c.1922. Retrieved June 19, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/degas-little-dancer-aged-fourteen-n06076 </ref> <br />
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====Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper====<br />
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"Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper is a small papier collé by Pablo Picasso, produced in 1913. It depicts a series of objects and paper fragments clustered on a table, the oval edge of which has been loosely drawn in the lower right of the composition. The abstracted forms of a guitar, glass, and bottle of the wine cut from white, gray and black colored papers are together with drawn lines indicating other elements of each object’s shape. The objects are shown from several perspectives: while the guitar and table appear to be seen from above; the bottle and glass are shown from the side. Picasso uses this new method of collage in controversy to traditional art." <ref>T. (n.d.). 'Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper', Pablo Picasso, 1913. Retrieved May 16, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/picasso-bottle-of-vieux-marc-glass-guitar-and-newspaper-t00414</ref><br />
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====Fountain====<br />
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"Fountain" is one of Duchamp’s most famous works and is widely seen as an icon of twentieth-century art. The original, which is lost, consisted of a standard urinal, usually presented on its back for exhibition purposes rather than upright, and was signed and dated ‘R. Mutt 1917’. Tate’s work is a 1964 replica and is made from glazed earthenware painted to resemble the original porcelain. The signature is reproduced in black paint. Fountain has been seen as a quintessential example, along with Duchamp’s Bottle Rack 1914, of what he called a ‘readymade’, an ordinary manufactured object designated by the artist as a work of art (and, in Duchamp’s case, interpreted in some way). Marcel Duchamp submitted his sculpture Fountain (an upside-down urinal) for an exhibition organised by the Society of Independents under a false name. Although the society was supposed to show everything submitted by members, the work scandalized the board and was rejected. Duchamp is cited as one of the most important figures in modern art, inspiring many later artists and art movements – notably conceptual art." <ref> Tate. "Avant-garde – Art Term." Tate. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017. </ref> <br />
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==Galleries from the Present==<br />
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===Serpentine Galleries===<br />
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The Serpentine Gallery is one of London's most popular art gallery showing modern and contemporary artwork. It is located in the center of Kensington Gardens. It has two galleries on either side of the Serpentine lake: the Serpentine Gallery and the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. Hyde Park is one of my favorite places in London, especially because of Serpentine Galleries. They provide a space where artists can show their paintings and everyone in the park can see it. They have seasonal shows and a summer pavilion. The architecture of the pavilions is unique and it is said to be the world's first and most ambitious architecture program of its kind. <br />
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This two galleries change seasonally and have eight shows per year. I focused on Summer 2017 summer shows: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! by Grayson Perry and A Series Of Utterly Improbable, yet Extraordinary Renditions by Arthur Jafa. <br />
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'''Serpentine Gallery': The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! by Grayson Perry''' <br> <br />
"Perry’s abiding interest in his audience informs his choice of universally human subjects. Working in a variety of traditional media such as ceramics, cast iron, bronze, printmaking and tapestry, Perry is best known for his ability to combine delicately crafted objects with scenes of contemporary life. His subject matter is drawn from his own childhood and life as a transvestite, as well as wider social issues ranging from class and politics to sex and religion." <ref> Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! (2017, June 08). Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/grayson-perry-most-popular-art-exhibition-ever </ref> <br />
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'''Serpentine Sackler Gallery: A Series Of Utterly Improbable, yet Extraordinary Renditions by Arthur Jafa. ''' <br> <br />
"Jafa’s work is driven by a recurrent question: how might one identify and develop a specifically Black visual aesthetics equal to the ‘power, beauty and alienation’ of Black music in US culture? <br> <br />
This new exhibition, titled A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions, takes the form of a site-specific installation at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in which Jafa has transformed the space with a series of new assemblages that encompass film, photography and found footage. The title of the exhibition relates to the sense of absence that Jafa observes as haunting Black life. The word ‘rendition’ refers to the artist’s interpretation of the aesthetics associated with Black being, which are historically-inscribed in images, objects and artefacts. By re-performing these narratives in the present, Jafa imagines and constructs new possibilities for making them visible. In addition to his exhibition at the Sackler Gallery, Jafa will also devise a new, site-specific event as part of the 2017 Park Nights series, which takes place in the Serpentine Pavilion, this year designed by Francis Kéré." <ref> "Arthur Jafa: A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions." Serpentine Galleries. N.p., 08 June 2017. Web. 21 June 2017. <http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/arthur-jafa-series-utterly-improbable-yet-extraordinary-renditions>. </ref> <br />
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Each year, they commission an architect to create a summer pavilion. The first one was created by Zaha Hadid in 2000 and since then there has being one every year. In 2016, the temporary venue was created by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels. He created this venue with fiberglass frame. The pyramid of blocks kind of resembles a glacial crevasse.<br />
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"For the 2017 Serpentine Pavillion was designed by Francis Kere. He was born in Burkina Faso, where he got the inspiration for this pavilion. He was inspired the tree that serves as a central meeting point for life in this village, his home. He used a new artistic and architectonic method into the design and he seeks to connect its visitors to nature and each other. An expansive roof, supported by a central steel framework, mimics a tree's canopy, allowing air to circulate freely while offering shelter against London rain and summer heat. He is trying to portrait a tree and how gathering under it was refreshing. He also portraits culture as he explains that he uses indigo blue because it is a key color for his culture. He invites everyone in to admire his work of art and new design. Just as this artist, every artist that creates a pavilion uses a new technique in his or er design. They can be considered avant-gardists because of this new methods. " <ref> "Serpentine Pavilion 2017 designed by Francis Kéré." Serpentine Galleries. N.p., 23 June 2017. Web. 21 June 2017. <http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/serpentine-pavilion-2017-designed-francis-k%C3%A9r%C3%A9>. </ref><br />
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===Unit London===<br />
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"Located in Soho, classified by tourists as one of the most Avant-Garde neighborhood, it is a spot for shadiness and cheap food and music, stand-up comedy and cabaret performances. This is a great area to experience different forms of culture, from cuisine to clubs."<ref> Neighborhood Guide to London. (2016, December 23). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from https://www.bohemiantrails.com/5-neighborhoods-of-london-avant-garde-traveler/ </ref> Unit London is located right it the middle of all this. This gallery looks simple from the outside but has some of the best modern art in London. You can see culture, Emotions, techniques in each work of art, "Founded in 2013 by two young artists, Unit London was born from a desire to break down the barriers of elitism and to include people in the contemporary art world - whether they be enthusiasts, first-timers, new collectors, or seasoned collectors and institutions - we strongly believe that everybody should be able to enjoy the world's most amazing art. "<ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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This Gallery is very inclusive and is open 7 days a week until the early evening. They provide a space for artists and visitors an open space to express themselves.<br />
"We have always wanted to provide a platform for the world's most exciting talent to showcase their work to the widest possible audience. We don't believe that incredible work should be reserved for only the select few. We are strong believers in the power of online, and we use digital and social media to broadcast our artists and their work to audiences all over the globe." <ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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Most Artists in this gallery started as street artists with u a unique aesthetic and technic has made them famous. A great example of this is the artists is Schoony. His brilliance has brought the art world by storm and his hyperrealist sculptures question war, mortality and contemporary society. PRISMATIC BRUISER is one of his most famous sculptures. It reminds me of Degas's. "Schoony’s background is rooted in special effects and prosthetics for the film industry, with his career spanning over twenty-five years. Since the age of fifteen he has worked on over a hundred films, his work and reputation for high-class pioneering techniques has reached the far corners of the world." Altogether with his unique technique Schoony has had many different themes, examining capitalism and pop culture. He has a keen eye that provides the capacity to create such magnificent sculptures. As the gallery says it their webpage: "Schoony’s career has gone from strength to strength, exhibiting widely throughout Europe and the US. His work has won him critical acclaim from the Times, The Independent and ArtNet News, he is also featured on Artsy." <ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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Another British artist that has had an exhibition at this gallery is Tom French, a highly collectible and well-regarded artist. He creates monochromatic canvases. This black and white canc=vases are unique and have very precise detail. In these canvases you can find faces, figures and skulls repeat and shadow one-another. This simplicity of colors allows him to transmit his message easily with no distraction. "Each scene is a snapshot of a story, with a dynamic between the characters working on various levels, which ties into the bigger picture; there's much more to these images than illusion alone." Tom French<br />
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To conclude, Avant-Garde was a revolutionary movement of art that was recognized by its original and they had the crusade to influence society. Most of the artists in this movements are the world's most known artists including Monet, Van Gogh, and Picasso. Their styles are very different but their originality and goals were the same. I believe that this style is more than just a movement of art because of how it has affected the world and how it still does. In the guide I created I display both the past and the present avant-garde. I provide a map to the right for a better understanding of their location. The National Gallery(red) and Tate Modern(blue) are the two galleries with artist of the past and Serpentine Gallery(green) and Unit London(yellow) are the galleries with artists of the present. This project limits to some movements of avant-garde, however, further research will show that are a lot more movements. Each movement affects the world somehow. Art is more than a form of expression, it has the power to change the world. <br />
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Adding_Pigment&diff=19799
Adding Pigment
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by [[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]] & [[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes ]]<br><br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that we choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. Kristy has gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college, while Sofia, as a future architectural engineer, is able to provide insight from a different perspective, also having taken painting lessons since a very young age. This project combines our favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message that we wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. Our main goal was to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The title of this Milestone was chosen to be "Adding Pigment" as for every person that goes through London is not only influenced by it and its weather as seen in [[Colourless London]], but at the same time, they leave a piece of them that adds to the beauty of this city. In the same way as they take inspiration from the amazing stories London has to tell, they create a new chapter, and if they do it well, a really good one. Each artist presented in the background of this Milestone was chosen because of their irrefutable relevance to the history of London in the artistic side. In the background, we present the way in which different situations they lived conducted them to become some of the most influential and inspiring individuals the streets of London have ever seen. Likewise, each artist is known to have revolutionized in some way their field "adding pigment" to the existing base of knowledge and techniques. From the fields of Painting, Literature and Architecture, we chose a set of six artists divided in "Artists from the Past" and "Artists from the Present" to, in some way, categorize them by periods and let the readers draw conclusions about the similar traits in their work. Inspired by these great minds, we leave in the deliverable our own works of art painting the same sites where pictures were taken for Colourless London, choosing a specific picture for each one and "replicating it" in some way with acrylic paintings, just the way David Hockey used to do with his photography. The difference, however, is that we aim to emphasize the contrast between the gray color palette seen in the pictures that characterizes London and the use of color in our paintings that represents our perspective of the city. In this way we seek to add pigment to the scenery in a literal and metaphorical way.<br />
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"Despite the widespread social anxiety caused by the fog, many artists found in it a source of inspiration from a wide broad of perspectives. For some, fog represented a looming presence, alive and malignant."<ref>Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: BELKNAP HARVARD. pp 1.</ref> This quote from "The London Fog" by Corton perfectly exemplifies the way in which some people used too feel about the fog, however, for some other many artists, the fog could be seen as magical or even romantic. The same thing could be seen from very different perspectives and used for many different purposes. The fog could be used by robbers to easily disappear after their theft and the same fog could also be used by artists like Monet to show the world the beauty of a city like London. Likewise the fog could be the source of sickness and depression or could also be the source of motivation and inspiration, giving a person's mind the push needed to boost their creativity. Just like that, the city of London has been the source of inspiration and spectator of some of the greatest minds the world has seen. From painters to writers to architects, London has evoked many "shades of feelings" that have driven locals and foreigners to accomplish great things. <br />
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Being a city immersed in its own history, London has seen a lot happening through its streets, and by digging in the past, it is easy to find a more gloomy, mysterious and heavy perspective of the fog, enraptured in all kinds of art. The following representatives were chosen because of their imminent and irrefutable success in their disciplines.<br />
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===Monet===<br />
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Claude Monet was a French artist of the Impressionist movement. He was actually so influential to this movement that it was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because, as stated in the book "Nature into art" by House, "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>The the viewer has to analyze, assume and connect the dots to figure out the purpose of the painting. This was not exactly abstract art but it was definitely different from any sort of traditional art at that time. Monet was a revolutionary and the complexity of his works continues to amaze the most demanding art critics and attract collectors from all over the globe. Unlike many other famous artists, when Monet started, he had no prior knowledge of art techniques, which may have been the cause of him developing his own. However, he was surely inspired by many other artists before him. Today Monet is one of the best-known artists in the world. In the creation of his own style, his purpose was to overcome the tradition of detailed works of art and use intense brushstrokes to create an impression of a painting. According to his biography, "Monet by himself", he started painting in Paris many scenes of the Seine river as well as impressions of landscapes of the place he lived in at different times of the day. This specific trait defines his work, because this technique was not only very useful for practice, but also allowed the viewer to perceive the scene from different perspectives of the same place and by the same artist as he played with the changes in light. We can clearly see this technique in one of his biggest collections of paintings; Water Lilies, that he painted when he was living in Givenchy. Monet moved a lot during his life mainly within France, however, during the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to London for two years. <ref> Monet, C., & Kendall, R. (2003). Monet by Himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 1. </ref> <br />
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During his time in London, he couldn't help but immerse himself in the captivating inspiration that emerged from the city's mesmerizing views. Using his technique, he painted many of its landscapes and buildings at different times of the day, as he was known for. He painted many views from the Thames, including Parliament and Westminster and even though it was only for a short period of time, his time in London marked his artistic career. In the book "London Fog, Christine Corton states: " His short stay in London resulted in the largest series of paintings that he had yet produced." <ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 182. </ref> Monet, as many other artists, admired the London fog and its presence in his paintings was not only evident, but often even highlighted. The fog gave his paintings some sort of uniqueness and contributed to his Impressionism. As Christine Corton said in her book ''London Fog'' Monet commented " Without the fog, London wouldn't be a beautiful city... It's the fog that gives it it's magnificent breadth".<ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 184. </ref> This was a very outlandish way of viewing one of the nation's greatest struggle, but once again, he was a revolutionary. He was most likely intrigued by the fog as it went alongside his style and it was in such an abundance he had never seen before. There was probably not another city in the world that united the large amounts of fog and the astonishing man-made landscapes that were also full of meaning and history. In his paintings, he portrays the fog as part of the landscape or the impression of the landscape, which gave him great popularity due to his creativity and the originality of his works. In that time, there was certainly no other painter like Monet.<br />
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Yet he did not paint with a lot of details, he created his works in such a way in which any Londoner would recognize the setting of his paintings. In addition to this, as he painted the same scene in different times of the day, he changed the colors to illustrate the different light patterns. The "special touch" or as we call it in this milestone "pigment" Monet added to his field was his originality and how even though he painted the same scene many times, each painting was unique. As posted in the official webpage of the National Gallery, in Monet's paintings "distance and perspective are abolished; a limitless expanse of water occupies our entire field of vision." <ref> https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-water-lilies </ref> His paintings portrayed the idea of constant change and the beauty of it, in House's book, "Nature into art", he explains how Monet worried a lot about "the ever-changing environment and the effects of light in his paintings." <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref> Even though it was the same landscape, this technique allowed the viewer imagine that it was a completely different environment. He focused a lot on the effects of light of the painting and used a distinct color palette for each painting. This different use of light and color provided him the irrefutable fame he keeps until today, when his biography is now studied at schools and his techniques are implemented by artists all around the world. <br />
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===Charles Dickens===<br />
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Charles Dickens was part of a huge family, being born the second of eight children on 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens and even though many people have heard about him and his work, not everyone knows about his middle names because he decided never to use them and e simply known as Charles Dickens. Even though he was raised with high aspirations of himself, it is almost impossible for him to have imagined the reach of his literary work in later years and how much his early life would influence him in the future. He was in London for the first time at the age of three because of his father's work. Although most people are unaware at such an early age, it is believed that he "absorbed the sights, smells and sounds of the City" according to his biography in the official Dickens London Tours. <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> As in any big family, money issues started to arise, however, that did not stop them from being happy in the early days. Nevertheless, it became a real problem for Charles when he was twelve, as his father was imprisoned for debt. To help with the family needs, Charles was forced to leave school and start working. We can easily infer that he did not make much money as a twelve year old, and that having his childhood taken away from him because of his parents mistakes left him very unhappy. For it was not his fault at all that his father was imprisoned, but yet he had to pay for his mistakes. This caused him great suffering but he sacrificed himself to help his family. As his biography by Biography.com Editors mentions, "He felt abandoned and betrayed by the adults who were supposed to take care of him."<ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> <br />
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Even though he had no clue back then, this situation gave him the freedom to explore the streets and corners of London. He got to know every secret the city had, and by paying close attention to his surroundings he was able to get to know it "like the back of his hand". However, Dickens is credited with a passion for London and according to Michael and Mollie Hardwick in their book Dickens's England, "he entertained no such thing". For he grew up in the streets of London and this was not by choice, which allowed him to "greedily observe and absorb the city" getting to know it with "extensive and peculiar knowledge" as said by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, "but not loving it". <ref>Hardwick, M., & Hardwick, M. (1970). Dickens's England. London: Dent</ref> Despite this, it was not all bad for young Charles, because living as an adult while being a child also must have formed his character from a very early age and force him to mature and above all... think. Then according to a biography posted by BBC, for a short period of time he was able to go back to school when his father received and inheritance and was let free. However, his freedom lasted for a short period of time, as by the age of fifteen the biography in BBC's official website tells that he got a job as an office boy to help out his family again. <ref> BBC . (n.d.). History - Charles Dickens. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml</ref>Maybe this was not what he would have wanted for himself but this job propelled his writing career. His career began as a journalist for a local news paper, as many other authors. This job also allowed him to get to know a lot of people and start building a network of contacts that would allow him to keep escalating up in his career. Even back then he could infer the importance of "knowing people" so he did and soon he started getting better and better jobs still as a journalist, collaborating also with other artists to create material for the press. He started publishing monthly parts of what he called "The Pickwick Papers" in the newspaper and it was a massive success. By this time, Charles's personal life was also going very well, as in 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, who would give him the great gift of parenthood about a year after. Charles gave his name to his first son with Catherine Hogarth, who would give him another nine children.<br />
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After his first great success, he started to write nonstop and still with great quality, style and attention to detail. Very few people know London as he did, which allowed him to be the voice of the city itself. He had a very special way of writing about London granted by the events he went through in his childhood to what he also added his own touch. His increasing popularity allowed him to travel the world with his wife and even live in different places with her. However, he never took traveling as a vacation, for he continued to write and publish during these periods of time as if his travels only inspired him more and more instead off exhausting him. He was also, in general, a very nice person as he helped to found "The Guild of Literature and Arts" which was an organization that helped young artists struggling to make it through by presenting plays to the public. As he has once struggled in his life he probably founded this to help other fellow artists struggle a little bit less as they started to build their career just like he did. In addition to this, he also often performed as a character in the plays presented by that organization. Close to the end of his life, Dickens separated from his wife and started to see his children less. In the biography of Charles Dickens posted in the official website of the Dickens London Tours, Charles's daughter Kate recalled, "My father was like a madman… He did not care a damn what happened to any of us. Nothing could surpass the misery and unhappiness of our house." <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> Also according to that same biography, rumors spread about Charles Dickens's marriage ending because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens died at the age of 58 in England and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The most amazing thing about his unique perspective of London is the way despite all the struggles his life brought to him, he never stopped writing. And this is proven by the fact that by the time of his death he left his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. <ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> Charles Dickens is taught in schools all around the world as one of the main characters of English Literature, and he became himself a source of inspiration immediately linked to London.<br />
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===Sir Christopher Wren===<br />
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Tinniswood said in his book "His invention so fertile" that Christopher Wren "was the greatest architect Britain has ever known" <ref> Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> London and its skyline wouldn't be as we know them nowadays if it wasn't for Sir Cristopher Wren and his irrefutable talent and hard work. In the year 1666, London was struck by a great tragedy that destroyed the majority of the city. This incident started as an honest mistake in a bakery shop. The Great Fire of London demolished many buildings in London including the greatest buildings. These buildings were not made of wood but when the rock was heated, it exploded. After this enormous catastrophe, Sir Christopher Wren was given the urgent task of reconstructing many churches. St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest work with his design of the dome. St. Paul was above all the work of his life, not only because of the magnitude of the project but also because of how much time he devoted to it. You can see this dome from various views from different angles of the city. Each angle shows the magnificent glory of its design, however, my personal favorite is from across the Millennium Bridge. This Cathedral is one of the most visited landmarks in the city because everyone wants to appreciate the design not only from the outside but also from the inside. Wren designed and reconstructed this building to wonder everyone that seeks to appreciate it today. <br />
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As incredible as it may sound, the architect that designed the majestic dome in St. Paul's Cathedral was also a skilled scientist with several other talents that were all probably useful in some way during the process of designing and building the cathedral. As Lisa Jardine said in her book about Wren called ''On a grander scale: The outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren'': "Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society"<ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref>, Wren was a genius. He started his career as a scientist and graduated from Oxford University, which fills the institution with pride and they ensure it is widely known. Sir Christopher Wren was very knowledgeable and his most intimate friends were also renown scientists, brilliant people responsible for the greatest accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. This is proven by the text written on the cover of the book "His invention so fertile: A life of Cristopher Wren" by Tinniswood and Graham: "Wren's famous research in science included: mapping the moon and the stars, investigating the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carrying out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood."<ref>Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> And not only did he make his own research but also collaborated with his fellow scientists' work as stated by the author Lisa Jardine: "His observations on comments, meteorology, and muscular action made vital contributions to the developing ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> Also, just as in Dickens's case, his network helped him escalate in his career, getting to know many important people of his time. As supported in the book "Wren" by Margaret Whinney, "His connection to the Royal Society brought him into personal touch the King. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings and lived and worked under six monarchs." <ref> Whinney, M. (1971). Wren. London: Thames & Hudson. </ref> As it is easy to assume, back then, it was extremely important to have contact with the King, it opened an infinite amount of doors sometimes without the need of even knocking. Wren's career as an architect succeeded mainly because of this connection with royal people, as when he was appointed to rebuild the city after The great Fire of London, he ended up building approximately 50 churches. And as everyone was delighted with the course of his work, Wren also worked at Hampton Court Palace rebuilding the south view.<br />
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It is important to emphasize as well how amazing it was that he succeeded in the field of architecture without any previous knowledge about it, making it up with the knowledge he had of other fields such as math. He is the greatest example of how, with hard work and the right connections, there is nothing unachievable. He must have had outstanding observation skills and was probably inspired by a couple of architects of his time. Little did he know he was to become an architect that would continue to inspire many, even centuries after his death. Also, as he succeeded in architecture, he never forgot his passion for science as many of this buildings had scientific purposes that very few people know about. It is easy to admire the magnificence of his buildings but as you pay close attention to the details he worked on for each one of them, it is impossible not to be filled with great astonishment. For example, as Lisa Jardine also explained in her book: "The Monument of the Great Fire of London was built with a subterranean laboratory and the southwest tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during its construction. Both were designed to function simultaneously as public monuments and as oversize scientific instruments." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> When we think about Sir Christopher Wren's contributions to the history of London it is like every church he made was "a stroke of his brush" (figuratively speaking) "adding pigment" to the London skyline and at the same time, devoting his life to his passions as he created a masterpieces of such magnitude as is St. Paul's Cathedral. He let his talents flourish so that all of us could be able to enjoy them. Finally, we could say that despite his fame and success he remains a modest man, for when he was dying he asked not to have a huge statue to honor him but to simply be buried in his greatest accomplishment, St. Paul's Cathedral, letting that be the "monument" to honor his death.<br />
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==Artists from the present==<br />
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In more contemporary times, leaving behind the dense, yellow and deadly fog as an everyday scene, London is a setting that enraptures less mystery and more and more magic. More color and a wider variety of emotions are displayed in all forms of art.<br />
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===J.K. Rowling===<br />
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J.K. Rowling has impacted many people's lives with her books, people of all razes, nationalities, religions and even ages. She has inspired young people to discover the joy of reading and entertained adults with her stories full of magic, mystery and suspense. It is not uncommon to hear about adolescents that had never grabbed a book in their lives falling in love with the wonderful world of Harry Potter. And that is the thing, It is amazing how her reading had the power to impact a whole generation and turn them into "Potterheads". All it takes is a good book to inspire people to read and J.K. Rowling wrote many great pieces of literature that are still great gifts for people of all ages. She is best known for her Harry Potter Series, which made her worldwide famous, and apart from these, J.K. Rowling has written several more books. <br />
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Her official website starts her biography like this: "Joanne Rowling was born on 1965 just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales."<ref>J.K. Rowling. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/</ref> However, the places that marked her literature the most were London and Edinburgh. As a woman that developed in the generation of information and revolution of technology, she had the opportunity to travel a lot and live in many places even before being famous. After getting her degree she moved to London, where she was inspired to write about Harry Potter as she sat in a train station. In her biography written by Sean Smith it is said: "She conceived the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> It seems almost ironic that after traveling so much, she came to get the idea that would change her life forever in the same country where she was born. She was inspired by her surroundings and wrote what she observed adding a creative component to it; her personal touch. For example, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two: in Chapter 1 ''KING'S CROSS'' she wrote: "A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.". <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. pp. 6</ref> Every word is perfectly placed in her sentences and invites the audience to keep reading almost effortlessly; as if the words had the ability to flow by themselves into our imaginations. However, until then this line could belong to any story set in that station, until J.K. Rowling adds the magic in Chapter 2 ''PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS'' as she says: "And which is also busy, but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved project." <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown.pp.9</ref> She made of the streets of London a magical place full of wonders to discover that would only be available to "the chosen ones" to find out.<br />
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However, even though she started in London, she also moved a lot while she was writing the series. Another of the major cities that highly inspired her writing was Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like London, a city full of a great deal of history and mystery that was a perfect source of inspiration for the young writer's imagination. As we visited Edinburgh, it was easy to spot the settings she chose to incorporate in some of the scenes of the books. Settings such as Hogwarts, the Quiddich Stadium, the cemetery and Diagon Alley. Even the four houses of Hogwarts that in the books were "named after the four founders of the school" (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin) are suspected to e inspired by the houses of one of the most prestigious schools in Scotland that is set in Edinburgh and casually carry the same colors as the four houses in Hogwarts. "George Heriot’s houses Castle, Lauriston, Raeburn and Greyfriars correspond to Rowling’s own Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff." <ref>Hodder, A. (2015, October 18). The Top Places To Visit In Edinburgh for Harry Potter Fans. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-top-6-locations-for-harry-potter-fans-in-edinburgh/</ref> Also, George Heriot’s School has a sports tournament every four years with other two schools of the United Kingdom. Many of the characters' names were also presumably derived from people who died in the city and are buried in Greyfriars Cemetery. Going to Scotland and hearing everyone; from tour guides, to store owners, to residents, talk about all these peculiar similarities between the city and her books was a little bit disappointing, but it also made us realize that all these details have always been out there for anyone to use and she was the only one with the imagination and intellect to do so. J.K. Rowling left her "stroke of pigment" in Edinburgh just as she did in London, writing her stories mainly in local cafes, that today are touristic spots. A famous one is Elephant House, where now it is famously known for being "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" as the owners decided to announce it like. In several webpages they're announces with the following phrase: “Magic! Is the only way to describe The Elephant House. Experience the same atmosphere that J.K. Rowling did as she mulled over coffee writing her first Harry Potter novel. Experience the friendliness of the staff, our extensive menus and the magical view of Edinburgh Castle. Not to forget…the elephants”. <ref>The magic brew called Potter. (2016, October 09). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-magic-brew-called-Potter/article15396369.ece</ref><br />
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For her great influence in the pop culture today, her impact on the places where she wrote and her devotion to her passion for literature, J.K Rowling is a woman worthy of admiration. Also, J.K. Rowling's life before Harry Potter was not easy. Smith also wrote: "She encountered many obstacles and misfortunes before and during the writing process." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> She took a long time writing the first book in the Harry Potter series but she never gave up and all her hard work is now being recompensed. She is a highly admired author with an impeccable reputation and she is also very rich. In fact, J.K. Rowling is considered by Forbes to be the second highest paid woman in entertainment. <ref> The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. (2007, January 18). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html </ref> However, being rich is not comparable to the satisfaction she must feel as she receives flattering and well deserved positive reviews of her books and so much love from her fandom that beg fore more of the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Miss Rowling is a great example of a creator that took as much as she could from what her environment in Edinburgh and London had to offer and she gave back to other cities becoming part of them.<br />
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Image:JK1.PNG|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
Image:FantasticBeasts_Screenplay.png|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
Image:JK3.png|''First book for Adults'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
Image:CasualVacancy.png|''From other series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
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===David Hockney===<br />
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David Hockney, born on 1937, has become one of the most influential figures in modern art, mostly because of all the different techniques he used and the ones he developed for his work. Also because of all the disciplines where he excelled as an artist throughout his entire life, which still continues. According to Editors of Encycloprdia Britannica in their website, "David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art." <ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2017, April 26). David Hockney. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hockney</ref> The city were he was born, Bradford, was, just as London, a poor victim of the fog, in a biography written by Christopher Simon Sykes, he explains: "for the two hundred or so chimneys of the woollen mills were belching out fumes all day, which sank slowly into the basin in which the city lies, and made Bradford then one of the smokiest cities on earth".<ref>Sykes, C. S. (2011). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 1). London: Century, pp. 1-25</ref>. In that same book, the author reveals an interview with Hockney in which he says that he knew that he wanted to be an artist since the age of 10 and his parents always encouraged him to develop his talent. <ref>Interview with David Hockney by Christopher Simon Skyes, June 2009</ref> Hockney was also known to e quite a good student and hard working artist that loved experimenting with different forms of art. He also traveled quite a lot and loved the state of California in the U.S., where he still owns a house. This is supported in his biography by Biography.com Editors, "The swimming pools of L.A. were one of his favorite subjects, and he became known for large, iconic works such as A Bigger Splash." <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> One of the most outstanding characteristics of his work "A Bigger Splash" is the technique he used to paint. He first took the pictures of the people he was going to paint and then putting together a bunch of these pictures he would put the person in the pose he wanted to paint. An example of this technique is shown below in the pictures. where it is easier to appreciate the complexity of Hockney's work.<br />
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Besides being an admirable artist, he was never hesitant to show himself to the world and stand up for his personal beliefs. Also, his romances affected him so much that later in his life he suffered from depression after breaking up with a boyfriend that he lived with for a while. As mention in a website dedicated to David Hockney, "Hockney was devastated and started taking Valium to combat the depression and loneliness he suffered." <ref>David Hockney Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.davidhockney.com/bio.shtml</ref> However, despite all the tough times he went through in his life, he never let that intervene with his work as he has a huge amount of collections of different types of art always looking for a way to interact with the viewer through his work. As the American curator, Maurice Tuchman mentions in her book David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA, "Hockney is not at all involved in the creation of beauty as an end in itself. It is exactly this didactic urgency, this need to be heard plainly and to be understood clearly, which is the basis of his phenomenal popularity." <ref>Tuchman, M., & Barron, S. (1989). David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, pp. 13</ref> <br />
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In one of his expositions, also shown below, he wrote "Perspective should e reversed... specially in photography". He has definitely been a revolutionary artist that has been looked up to for over half a century now. Hockney is widely known for his adaptability and his ability to create new techniques using the emerging technologies. In photography, specifically he turned to “recreate photography” in a way in which, as he said in another interview with Sykes, “a photograph that could be described as having a strong illusion of reality”. <ref>Sykes, C. S. (2014). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 2). London: Century, pp. 160</ref> Though Hockney does not have a great number of photographies or paintings of London itself, he has been one of the most influential and innovative British artists for the past half a century. He developed a way to give a story to his images, instead of just leaving them as a single photograph. Through his collages, he makes his characters come to life and is able to transmit emotions and ideas, creating a reality for each one and showing it to its viewers. And with his method of combining photography and painting, he "added his pigment" to both fields. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to paint and exhibit, and advocates for funding for the arts. <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> <br />
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Image:DHH.jpg|''David Hockney Photographed by Paul Joyce, 1984''<br />
Image:DH09.jpg|"David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger. Image © David Hockney, used courtesy of Film Movement."<br />
Image:DH01.jpg|alt=Color photograph from a 35 mm negative|''Nick Wilder, 1966. Taken by Mark Lancaster''<br />
Image:DH00.jpg|''Portrait of Nick Wilder, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 72x 72 by David Hockney''<br />
Image:DH05.jpg|''Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 1st 1982 Composite Polaroid 70.5 x 130''<br />
Image:DH03.jpg|''Le Nid Du Duc, April 1972. Color photographs from 35 mm negatives''<br />
Image:DH02.jpg|alt=Composite color photograph taken from 35 mm negatives|''Peter, Kensington Gardens, April 1972''<br />
Image:DH04.jpg|''Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120. Private Collection, United Kingdom.''<br />
Image:DH06.jpg|''My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982, Photographic Collage 121 x 70''<br />
Image:DH08.jpg|''Perspective Should Be Reversed 2014, Photographic drawing printed on paper mounted on Dibond 108 x 177"<br />
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===Ken Shuttleworth===<br />
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Ken Shuttleworth, just as Christopher Wren, transformed completely London's skyline. According to his biography in his paper ''Form and Skin'', he was born in 1952 and studied at Leicester Polytechnic, where he got a degree with distinction in Architecture in 1977. According to that same paper, in 1974 he joined the architectural firm of Foster and Partners and shortly after became a registered architect. Then, in 1991 he became a partner of the firm "Fosters Associates", where he was responsible for the design of significant projects. <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref>Since his time at college, he has been known as a great designer. In class, he would take half of the time his classmates would to finish his designs. His fast and impressive work gave him the nickname "Ken the Pen". During his time in "Fosters Associates" he designed what "The Guardian" news paper called "some of the world's most iconic buildings"<ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref>. Referring to masterpieces such as the Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters and London's St Mary Axe or best known as "The Gherkin". <br />
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He certainly succeeded after college in "Foster Associates", however, in 2003 he decided to leave the firm. As Shuttleworth always thought architects to have a big purpose, he felt like he could do more than working for a big firm, and this was a particularly big firm. "The Guardian" published about it in 2003 saying that "with a staff of nearly 600 and over 100 projects on the computer screens", Foster Associates was "one of the world's busiest and highest-profile architectural practices." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> As he moved on from Foster Associates, he founded his own firm, "Make", in 2004. With him on the lead this firm was prompt to succed, and it did. In his paper "Form and Skin", he wrote: "It grew to one od the UK's foremost architectural firms." <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref> Looking back into his life, his passion for design began at very young age. "The Guardian news paper once wrote about how with the help of his father he followed his passion and magnified his talent: "His father, an accountant, encouraged him: "He hated being an accountant. He said, 'Whatever you do, you should really enjoy doing it'." "<ref> Fairs, M. (2003, January 22). Ken Shuttleworth: architecture's best-kept secret. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/jan/22/architecture.artsfeatures </ref> He followed his fathers advice and became a magnificent architect worthy of admiration. <br />
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"The Guardian" also wrote referring to Ken, ""He is one of the best hidden talents in the UK," says Stuart Lipton, the chairman of the government's architecture watchdog of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> This quote perfectly conveys to major ideas; the first one about his irrefutable talent, and the second one out how little is actually known about him. Unlike we had expected, finding information about Shuttleworth was somehow hard because he has always lived life with a low profile. However, after reading his papers and articles you can clearly see what an amazing architect he is. He wrote in the article "Throwing stones at those in glass houses, "Architects and environmental engineers have never had such an important role and we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity before it’s too late. Now is the time to wake up... and use our creativity, our curiosity and our passion for exploration... to help save the planet". Because of his passion and drive, he is a source of inspiration to many young architects. Reading his words reminded us that being an architect is an important role in the world and it is not just designing a pretty building. That sense of commitment and great creativity that he possesses and uses to improve our society is what makes him a person worthy of admiration. <br />
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Using David Hockney's technique of "Painting with Pictures", we chose one picture of each site described in the Milestone [[Colourless London]] and we made them into paintings, emphasizing the use of bright colors inspired by different scenarios of London and making an imminent contrast with the pictures' monochromatic feel. Each set represents our own way of "adding pigment" to the city's most emblematic sites and to the way people usually perceive London.<br />
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==Tower Bridge==<br />
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Kristy: "The colors used were inspired by one of the pictures of the girls in this HUA program, Emily Wilson. She took this picture from the same bridge that I painted. The colors in the sunset inspired me to choose the color scheme in my work. However, I decided to paint a morning instead of a sunset, symbolizing a fresh start for the city of London. That is why the sky is a mostly blue and the bridge contains the colors of Emily's picture as if it had absorbed the sunset of the previous day, symbolizing that even though it is a fresh start, the past is still part of the city, or in this case, the painting.<br />
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==London Eye==<br />
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**Ivory Black<br />
**Titanium White <br />
**Ultra Blue <br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
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Kristy: "Purple is the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and The London Eye is the world’s largest observation wheel and most popular paid tourist attraction in the whole country. Also Purple is my favorite color. Finally, I was inspired to choose that color scheme by this flowers I bought in Columbia Road Flower Market, in London. Because they enrapture the beauty I see in the streets of London, despite all opposing opinions and catastrophic events that have hit this city, which I like to think still stands strong."<br />
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| [[File:D03.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Big Ben Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:UK.png|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "I used the picture Kristy took ''Colourless Big Ben'' as a model and the colors in the flag of the United Kingdom as an inspiration to create this painting. I used the radiant colors in the flag to represent Parliament and the citizens in the UK. The Big Ben identifies London as the flag identifies the UK. With the use of different shades of blue I created a sky as in the picture. To show the different levels of the top of the building I used either blue or red for each level. What the blue drops of paint falling down the Big Ben represents the trust of the citizens of London in their government fading away by disappointment. I decided to convey this message as a strong statement, knowing that as the citizens are the base of the society, if they lose trust in their government, the structure will not stand for long.<br />
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==Gherkin==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Light Green <br />
**Vidridian <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
*Colors Used: Red, Blue, White.<br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:GH01.png|thumb|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Gherkin'']]<br />
| [[File:D04.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Gherkin Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes ]]<br />
| [[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "This building is known as "The Gherkin" but its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. This nickname was given because of its similarity to the Mexican sour gherkin. The green colors used in this painting were inspired by two things, this Mexican sour gherkin, and the architect that designed it, Ken Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth cares deeply for the environment and saving the planet, which is why the color scheme that I chose contains greens and light blues, representing the colors of a field of grass. I liked the irony as well of painting a modern skyscraper with the same colors I would use to paint a plant. Also meaning that among all the development of the city, it is still important to keep the environment in mind, for London has already suffered enough by the filthiness of the fog."<br />
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==St. Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Raw Limber <br />
**Paynes' Grey <br />
**Phthalo Blue<br />
**Lake Blue<br />
** Light Green<br />
**Phthalo Green<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:SP03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless St. Paul's Cathedral'']]<br />
| [[File:Greeen.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|'' Green St Paul's '' ]]<br />
| [[File:.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes| "The Colourful St. Paul's Cathedral <br> by Kristy GIacoman and Sofia Reyes]]<br />
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Kristy and Sofia: "St. Paul's Cathedral represents the change in beliefs of the whole country. This painting was done by the both of us and we decided to use two pictures we took to inspire us and combine them into one, symbolizing how the different cultures and beliefs of the world merge to create this wonderful and "colorful" city of London. The green used is inspired by Sofia's picture and the grayish blue and purple have inspired the picture Kristy took. This painting represents unity within us and within London citizens. This unity comes to life in the deepest desires kept in the hearts of the good people of London that have been hurt by the recent events more than ever before. However, despite this, the hope of unity in diversity remains vibrant with people that are willing to stand up for it."<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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In this Milestone, artists from the past and from the present are compared and contrasted. There is one artist chosen for each of the fields involved in the project "A London Full of Colour"; Painting, Literature and Architecture. The intention was to outline the main differences in their styles and how they each one of them portrayed their environment from their very own perspectives and translated it into their works of art. In the same way, biographical facts are provided to give the reader a reference of how life circumstances and setting might have been influential in the artists' work. This Milestone is the linking point between [[Colourless London]] and [[Colourful Reality]], giving meaning to the rest of the project "[[user:akgiacoman|A London Full of Colour]]". <br />
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Finally, for the deliverable, our own work is presented. With this, we intend to show our own perspective of London which contrasts with the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] in an extreme way. We tried to add some pigment of our own to create a much more [[Colourful Reality]] for ourselves. The paintings emphasize the use of colors in a symbolic way, what they represent are our different emotions and life experiences that stoke our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways, but always resulting in a breath taking outcome. Life is our very own masterpiece, it is what we make it and it is not in the very least monochromatic. In the contrary, all the aspects of our lives merge to create a unique work of art, that certainly might not be of everyone's liking, but then again, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the artist that made the masterpiece. In some occasions, the artist regrets the path he or she took and if given a second chance, would have done things differently. However, the work is done, the masterpiece is complete, and we can either live in regret or move forward in such ways where each stoke is more precise and better thought than the previous one. Some other artists die without the proper acknowledgment that their work deserves, however, what people think of their work can never influence the magnitude of its quality. A masterpiece, is a masterpiece even when there is no one to admire it and most things done with effort and passion are worth a standing ovation. <br />
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=References=<br />
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=Attribution of Work=<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]: <br> Introduction, Artistic Component, Artists From the Past, Artists From the Present, Charles Dickens, David Hockney, Conclusion & final edits of the other artists. Painted "Tower Bridge Full of Colour", "London Eye Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]: <br> Ken Shuttleworth, core information for Monet, Sir Christopher Wren & JK. Rowling & formatting of information in the deliverable. Painted "Big Ben Full of Colour", "Gherkin Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:vjmanzo|Vincent Manzo]] & [[User:Cclark|Constance Clark]]: <br> Advisors<br />
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[[Category:Art Projects]]<br />
[[Category:2017]]</div>
Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Modern_Galleries_in_London:_a_Documentary&diff=19794
Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary
2017-06-22T23:16:14Z
<p>Sreyes: </p>
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<div>=Modern Galleries London=<br />
by [[User:Sreyes|Sofia Reyes]] and [[User:Jhdupuis|Jacob Dupuis]]<br><br />
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=Abstract=<br />
Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: [[User:Jhdupuis|Jacob]] set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while [[User:Sreyes|Sofia]] was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London.<br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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This project takes a look at the art of documentary film making and how different styles of documentary are used to tell a story. We created a documentary on Modern Art Galleries in London, using the information that we learned from our research. London is home to incredible art galleries, and we decided that it would be a great subject to document. In our research, we utlizited resources found in the library of the British Film Institute, one of the largest film institution in the world. Our project looked at White Cube Gallery, Unit London, and Serpentine Gallery & Pavilion. We focused on the details of the current displays, and how they come together to create these exhibits.<br />
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=History of Documentary=<br />
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A documentary film can be regarded as the first genre of the modern cinema.<ref> Aitken, I. (2006). Encyclopedia of the documentary film. New York: Routledge.(p. 22)</ref> During the 1890s, when cinema began, most viewers saw films as examples of real life. Most early films were documentaries, often simple, single-shot affairs, showing newsworthy events, scenes from foreign lands, or everyday events. However, more fictional (or staged) actualities also began to be produced in these early years of the cinema,<ref>Ibid</ref> such as the Lumière brothers' ''L'Arroseur Arrosé'', which appeared as early as 1895. Perhaps one of the most well-known early films is Georges Melies' ''Trip to the Moon'' (1902). Between 1895 and 1905, a number of identifiable genres of documentary film emerged, including tropical 'travelogues scenic', industrial sports films, trick' films fantasy' films, and films that used fictional reconstruction or staging in a variety of ways. These early genres of documentary film were quickly assimilated into existing modes of popular culture and entertainment and initially appeared in venues that used other, non-film performances such as acrobatics, song, and dance. <ref> Aitken, I. (2006). Encyclopedia of the documentary film. New York: Routledge.(p. 28)</ref><br />
Since the early 1900's, filmmakers have been capturing and telling the stories of real people, places, and events along side these fictional ones. The desire to learn or experience something new through the film was growing. In 1926, John Grierson, a Scottish filmmaker, and expert created the term Documentary, when reviewing the film ''Moana'' (1926), by American filmmaker Robert Flaherty.<ref>(2014). "Chronology of Documentary History." California: UC Berkeley Media Resource Center.</ref> John Grierson was inspired by the works of Flaherty and went on to create his own films in Scotland and Britain. He inevitably became in charge of the British Empire Marketing Board where he would oversee the production of thousands of films produced in the United Kingdom.<ref>Ibid</ref> In 1929, he developed his own film ''Drifters'', which would then be credited as the first British documentary, introducing the storytelling medium to the English.<ref>(2011). "Making History: Exhibition Guide, Section 1, Films: Defining Documentary" London, Tate Liverpool.</ref><br />
While documentary film is a popular informative method of filmmaking, often the difficulty and work put in to create these films is overlooked by the audience. With the rise of smaller, high-quality cameras, and better editing capabilities, documentary is becoming even more widespread than ever and still is a popular field for award-winning productions to develop.<br />
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Documentary film dates back to the last decades of the nineteenth century and has been practiced since then in every region of the world. Varying in style, technique, editing, story-telling, narration, and intent, it is a medium that records the cross-section of human experience, from monumental conflict to simple lives lived day to day. It documents the events, pressures, and institutions of modern society, records traditional cultural practices, cultural changes, and captures the natural world in all their complexity. Diverse in form and subject matter, documentary film can have many missions as well; to inform, intrigue, teach, enlighten, convert, outrage, accuse, and also to serve as propaganda. The internationally recognized authority on documentary and ethnographic film, Bill Nichols, provided a book that gave a comprehensive introduction to the issues and concepts that characterize documentary film and video production. This book provides a clear division of types of documentary defined by unique characteristics. We used this book to identify and explain the types of documentaries below.<ref>(2011) "Documentary Process" London, BFI Reuben Library.</ref><br />
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==Types of Documentary==<br />
Every documentary has its own distinct voice. Like every speaking voice, every cinematic voice has a style or “grain” of its own that acts like a signature or fingerprint. It attests to the individuality of the filmmaker or director or, sometimes, to the determining power of a sponsor or controlling organization. Individual voices lend themselves to an auteur theory of cinema, while shared voices lend themselves to a genre theory of cinema. Genre study considers the qualities that characterize various groupings of filmmakers and films. <br />
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Based on the academic work of Dr. Bill Nichols, they are basic ways of organizing all documentary film and video into six categories that function something like sub-genres (also called modes) of the documentary film genre itself: poetic, expository, participatory, observational, reflexive, performative.<br />
Modes progress chronologically with the order of their appearance in practice, and documentary film often returns to themes and devices from previous modes. Therefore, it is inaccurate to think of modes as historical punctuation marks in an evolution towards an ultimate 'accepted' documentary style.<br />
Modes are not mutually exclusive - there is often significant overlapping between modes within individual documentary features and it is therefore difficult to find examples that adhere only to one mode.<br />
These six modes establish a loose framework for<br />
individuals to work in, setting up conventions that a film may be styled like,<br />
and they provide specific expectations viewers anticipate to be fulfilled.<br />
<ref>Nichols, B. (2017). Introduction to documentary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.</ref><br />
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To some extent, each mode of documentary representation arises in<br />
part through a growing sense of dissatisfaction among filmmakers with a<br />
previous mode. In this sense, the modes do convey some sense of a documentary<br />
history. The observational mode of representation arose, in part,<br />
from the availability of smaller, mobile 16mm cameras and magnetic tape recorders<br />
in the 1960's. Poetic documentary suddenly seemed too abstract and expository<br />
documentary too didactic while it now is possible to film everyday<br />
events with minimal staging or intervention.<br />
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===Poetic Documentary===<br />
====Subjective and Artistic Expression====<br />
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Poetic Mode emphasizes visual associations, tonal or rhythmic qualities, descriptive passages, and formal organization. It uses a unique, non-traditional technique to show the viewer the content of the video. Due to the fact that it uses completely nontraditional techniques, it can be considered as Avant-Garde filmmaking.<ref>Nichols, B. (2017). Introduction to documentary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (p.p. 33) </ref> <br />
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This type of documentary does not follow the continuity and linearity of traditional documentaries and explores different patterns and closeups to show details of the film's subjects. As the poetic mode is more open to alternative forms, it makes it simple to address many types of protagonists. Protagonists vary from people to places. Different characteristics and attributions are presented with music, different angles, and the editing. Bill Nichols states that: "Music is key because it develops the mood and tone of the story being told." <ref>Nichols, B. (2017). Introduction to documentary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (p.p. 102-105) </ref> Because of its relying on the visuals and music to guide the tone, often these films do not contain a narrator or captions for the viewers- the person watching the documentary has to analyze and make their own interpretations of what is happening. It can be described as analyzing a visual poem.This protagonist can be "told" and interpreted in many different ways within this same style and because of this type of documentary is usually used for persuasion. <ref>Nichols, B. (2001). Introduction to documentary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (p.p. 48, 88-91, 138) </ref><br />
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====Examples==== <br />
*Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s Play of Light: Black, White, Grey (1930)<br />
*Un Chien Andalou (Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali, 1928) <br />
*L’Age d’or(Luis Buñuel, 1930)<br />
*Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1963)<br />
*San Soleil (Chris Marker,1982)<br />
*The Bridge(1928), <br />
*Song of Ceylon (1934),<br />
*Listen to Britain (1941), <br />
*Night and Fog(1955), <br />
*Koyaanisqatsi (1983).<br />
*Joris Ivens’s Rain (1929)<br />
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===Expository Documentary===<br />
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Expository Mode emphasizes verbal commentary and an argumentive logic. <br />
<ref> Nichols, B. (2001). Introduction to documentary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (p.p. 33-34, 105-109,138,163) </ref> <br />
Expository documentaries are prominent in today’s documentary culture but began alongside the poetic documentary in the 1920s as an alternative to the often experimental films that were being produced. This mode assembles information into a more rhetorical or argumentative frame than an aesthetic or poetic one. Expository documentary looks at an argument and then walks the audience through that argument, providing evidence to support the claims and reasoning. Similarly, Expository films can introduce an audience to a point of view, and explain to them the reason behind that point of view, as nature based expository films often do. These films are typically narrated, providing information about what you are seeing unfold on the screen. "Nature documentaries by companies such as the BBC, and National Geographic heavily rely on this style, as they can collect footage and then create a story with it after the fact".<ref>Pick, A., & Narraway, G. (Eds.). (2013). Screening Nature: Cinema beyond the Human. Berghahn Books. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qczx4</ref><br />
====Examples====<br />
*''The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)''<br />
*''Trance and Dance in Bali (1952)''<br />
*''Spanish Earth (1937''<br />
*''Les Maitres Fous (1955)''<br />
* "Nanook of the North (1922)" <br />
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===Reflexive Documentary===<br />
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====Awareness of the process====<br />
"If the historical world provides the meeting place for the processes of negotiation between filmmaker and subject in the participatory mode, the processes of negotiation between filmmaker and viewer become the focus of attention for the reflexive mode."<ref> Nichols, B. (2001). Introduction to documentary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (p.p. 34, 125-130,138) </ref> In this documentary the filmmaker engages with the audience, asking for their opinions on a certain topic or interviewing them. Instead of seeing the world beyond them, reflexive documentaries ask us to see the documentary for what it is: a construct or representation. Just as the observational mode of documentary depends on the filmmaker’s apparent absence from or non-intervention in the events recorded, the Reflexive documentary in general depends on the viewer’s neglect of his or her actual situation.The motto that a documentary film is only as good as its content is compelling is what the reflexive mode of documentary calls into question.Reflexive documentaries also address issues of realism. This is a style that seems to provide unproblematic access to the world. Through techniques or continuity editing, character development, and narrative structure it can relay messages of value. The reflexive mode is the makes you reflect on yourself and the topic the documentary is talking about. <br />
<ref>Nichols, B. (2001). Introduction to documentary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.</ref><br />
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====Examples====<br />
*Reassemblage (Trinh Minh-ha,1982)<br />
*Letter to Jane (Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1972)<br />
*Surname Viet Given Name Nam (1989)<br />
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===Observational (Cinéma Vérité)===<br />
====Fly on the Wall====<br />
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In Observational documentaries the filmmaker is a neutral observer, watching from the outside looking in as if with the audience.<ref> Nichols, B. (2017). Introduction to documentary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (p.p. 34, 109-115,125,138)</ref> This type of documentary is based on observation, as it name suggests. As Nichols explains in his book this documentary mode no intervention, no commentary and no re-enactment, and in essence try to observe the action as it happens and unfolds." <ref> Nichols, B. (2017). Introduction to documentary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (p.p. 109-115) </ref> It emphasizes a direct engagement with the everyday life of subjects as observed by an unobtrusive camera. Although many films may have observational sequences in them, wholly observational films have a distinct aesthetic, often preferring to use small crews (often a single director) and handheld cameras. <br />
The history of Observational documentaries can be found in the Direct Cinema and cinéma vérité movements of the 1960s. <br />
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[[File:Venn-diagram-cinema-verite-direct-cinema-observational-cinema.png|200px|thumb|right|a visual that shows cinema verite and direct cinema]]<br />
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====Examples====<br />
*High School (1968)<br />
*Salesman (1969) <br />
*Titicut Follies (Frederick Wiseman, 1967)<br />
*Primary (1960)<br />
*the Netsilik Eskimo series(1967–68)<br />
*Soldier Girls (1980)<br />
*Oasis<br />
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===Participatory===<br />
Participatory Mode: emphasizes the interaction between filmmaker and subject. Filming takes place by means of interviews or other forms of even more direct involvement. Often coupled with archival footage to examine historical issues. <ref> Nichols, B. (2017). Introduction to documentary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (p.p. 34, 115-124,138) </ref><br />
Coming to bloom in the 60s and 70s shortly after Observational documentaries, participatory functions as an opposite to that idea. In this, the filmmaker interacts with and is a part of the story at times, often through interviewing subjects. This shift from the passive camera is described by Dr. Patricia Aufderheide as ‘somewhere in between an essay, reportage, and a well told tale’.<ref> Aufderheide, Patricia. "Public Intimacy: The Development of First-person Documentary." Afterimage, University of Minnesota. v25 n1</ref> Participatory films not only tell a story to the audience, but they tell the filmmakers experience as well. This method rose to popularity alongside the invention of synced sound recording with video, and allowed for filmmakers to record direct interactions, eliminating the need for voice overs after the fact. The filmmaker’s role also shifts away from just recording to now directing, interviewing and guiding the story along.<ref> Henderson, Julia. (2013) "Participatory and Reflexive Modes of Documentary Response and Theory." St. Edwards University. Vol. 4. </ref> The most famous example of this would be the famed ''The Thin Blue Line'' (1988), created by American filmmaker Errol Morris. In European film history, one of the first examples of participatory documentary is ''Chronique d’un été'' (1961). The french film translating to ''Chronicle of a Summer'', was created with a British professor, French filmmaker and Canadian director. This team of creators open the film discussing their reasoning behind its creation, and then go on to to interview individuals about society and happiness. The film is recognized today for its innovative structure and unique approach to a documentary.<ref> (2008) "Chronicle of a Summer - 1961." London, British Film Institute.</ref><br />
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====Examples==== <br />
*The Thin Blue Line (1988)<br />
*Chronicle of a Summer (1960),<br />
*Solovky Power(1988)<br />
*Shoah (1985)<br />
*The Sorrow and the Pity (1970)<br />
*Kurt and Courtney(1998)<br />
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==Creating a Documentary==<br />
When starting with an idea about a documentary there are a lot of moving pieces that need to be addressed, and may different ways that directors and producers go about it. The New York Film Academy and the British Film Institute Academy have a lot of resources dedicated to laying down a foundation for new filmmakers to follow and ensure that they have covered the right grounds in this process. The subject and scope of documentaries can vary, which means that depending on the scale of the production, a lot more time and energy need to go into crafting these. Funding is an example of a step that we will be skipping over, as it has the most variation based on size of the production, and can be drastically different from film to film. Below are the outlined basic tasks that apply to creating any documentary, from a large budget production to a small student-led project.<ref>(2014) "How to Write a Documentary Script." NYC. New York Film Academy. </ref><br />
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====Pitch====<br />
Before writing a script and planning, it is essential that you have a short pitch that details exactly what you are setting out to create. The pitch will contain a few things: <br><br />
::: Title <br><br />
::: Logline - One or two sentence hook. <br><br />
::: Synopsis - A paragraph (or more) describing the project <br><br />
::: Locations - A few sentences about where the project will take place. <br><br />
The pitch for large studio based projects usually is under 5 pages, while smaller projects will have a pitch of just a few sentences to ensure that all parties involved have an understanding of what could be created.<ref>(2011) "Documentary Process" London, BFI Reuben Library.</ref><br />
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====Blueprint====<br />
At the Blueprint stage, you will be organizing and planning what material you will need to cover in order to tell your story to an inevitable audience. At this point, the blueprint is usually an outline that covers topics and themes, without going into technical details. The purpose of the Blueprint is to help breakdown the project into sections that allow for creative ‘wiggle room’ but still keep the fundamental story in place.<ref>Hugh Baddeley, W. (1996) "Technique of Documentary Film Production" London, Focal Press. p144.</ref><br />
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====Filming====<br />
In documentary work, the filming and principal production will take place before a script, with filmmakers working off of the Blueprint documents. In the field, these documents will have guides of what types of material to capture, and questions to ask, but no concrete assigned shots or scripted guide. This is because the story is usually told as it unfolds, and having a concrete script would not allow for that to happen. This typically varies depending on the filmmakers approach.<br />
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====Script and Creation====<br />
Following principal production, the film’s script is then created before the story is crafted. Once data, research and footage is collected, the filmmaker’s job is to now utilize what they have and create the story the are trying to tell. This process occurs because the material that has been gathered can often change the initial plan of the film, and lead to the discovery of a more interesting story or details that were not initially known at the time of the pitch. A script will often be broken down into three categories for documentary: visuals, sound, narration/story. The visuals are where the shots of the story are laid out, and the audio next to it will be to arrange sound effects and music. The narration/story section will list either the script for a voice over or interview, or the purpose behind the shots listed in visuals. The director is now tasked with opening a door for the audience, into the information they have learned, and make sure their message is perceived in the development of the film.<ref>Ibid</ref><br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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==Pitch==<br />
For our own production, we chose to focus on showcasing recently created modern art This came from our own interest in the spaces, and the programs that they are doing to bring art on display and into the city around them. The 3 galleries we decided upon are the Serpentine Gallery & Pavilion, Unit London, and White Cube. Each of these galleries displays modern art with their own mission and purpose. We then decided that we would incorporate some of the different styles of documentary that we found into the different sections of our final film. <br><br><br />
===Modern Galleries: London===<br />
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The city of London is full of new and old art, being showcased for visitors from all across the globe. This film takes a look at a few recent galleries, to show viewers what they do and why they are worth visiting. <br><br><br />
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Taking place here in London, we focus in on newer galleries that display modern and contemporary art., highlighting them all using the Poetic style of documentary. We visit White Cube, Unit London and Serpentine Gallery (and Pavilion), and each gallery is given its own segment with unique styling. <br><br />
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==Blueprint/Script==<br />
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===Introduction===<br />
* Locations - High vantage point overlooking the city. <br><br />
* The introduction will start with pointing out the different locations in the city, ending with the White Cube (our first stop). After this we will display titles and credits before a transition section of B-roll of the city to lead into the White Cube section.<br />
* Style - Poetic. Looking at the details and visuals in and around the gallery, providing the viewer a chance to discover new ideas.<br />
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===White Cube===<br />
* Locations - White Cube Gallery external footage and internal footage <br><br />
* History - Started in 2011 in a renovated space, serving as the main display for the White Cube organization. Contains 3 exhibit spaces and a theater and offices for educational programs and lectures. <br><br />
* Purpose - The purpose of White Cube is to provide a space for artists to exhibit their work, and create innovative and unique shows. <br><br />
* Current Displays - Currently exhibits at White Cube include Larry Bell's Smoke on the Bottom collection of freestanding large glass sculptures and unique reflective 'paintings' of aluminum layers and quartz burned on paper. <br><br />
* Other Locations - White Cube also has exhibits on display at satellite locations in northern London, Hong Kong and Sao Paulo, Brazil. <br><br />
* Transition - Exterior shots of the building leading back to the street. <br><br />
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===Unit London===<br />
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* Location - SOHO exterior and Unit London interior.<br><br />
* Mission - To breakdown barriers of exclusivity and allow anyone to have access contemporary art. <br><br />
* Current Exhibits - [http://tomfrenchart.com/#home Tom French's] Parallax and works by [http://theunitldn.com/artists/34-cecile-plaisance/works/ Cecile Plaisance]<br><br />
* Transition - Fade<br><br />
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===Serpentine Gallery & Pavilion===<br />
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* Location - Exterior and Interior of Serpentine Gallery. Hyde Park Exteriors. Exterior of Pavilion Construction. <br><br />
* Purpose - The pavilion is an event that occurs every year, in which an acclaimed architect or designer is tasked with designing and building a structure in the pavilion space in 6 months time. Since 2000 the pavilion has led to the creation of innovative and inspiring designs.<br><br />
* History - Slides with images of previous pavilions. Noteable ones include Zaha Hadid's, Bjarke Ingels' 2016.<br><br />
* Current Displays - Illustrate construction on the 2017 pavilion and its artist. <br><br />
* Transition - exterior shots of Hyde park and a traffic wipe-to-black. <br><br />
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===Conclusion===<br />
* Location - London exterior shots, sunset. <br><br />
* Summarize - Summarize project and how each gallery integrates art into the communities around them for residents and visitors of London.<br />
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===Filming & Editing Notes===<br />
The video was filmed with the equipment that we had access to which includes a Fujifilm X100s (35mm f2), images that we took, a tripod and camera slider. We recorded audio in camera. The video was created in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, and color graded in Da Vinci Resolve. Each segment is color graded in a different way, allowing the audience to distinguish the different styles. The music is Creative Commons licensed for non-commercial use, by Ehlring and Silent Partner. Our final video varied somewhat from the original plan we have listed above due to time. <br><br><br />
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=Conclusion & Final Video=<br />
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This project covered the basic principles behind Documentary film making, and the different styles that have developed in the documentary world over time. We look at examples from around the world and British descent, and how they show the style that they are made in. The project also looks at the basic steps behind making a documentary, and illustrate that they can be applied to any sized production and adjusted to meet the needs of a particular project. We also successfully developed an introduction to several unique spots in London that are worth visiting, and showcase the unique characteristics about them. In further research, students could look into the history of the British Film Institute, as it is a vast and very important organization in the history of modern cinema as we know. A video production could be developed more specifically about one of the galleries, with interviews. A historical approach could be taken with the records in the BFI Library about some of the films mentioned in the examples. A more art based path could be involve a project on the art in the individual galleries.<br />
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=Attribution of Work=<br />
In this project, Sofia and Jacob worked collaboratively to develop the background and deliverable. The video filming at each gallery was done together, and each of us contributed content to be used in the film. Jacob edited the film while Sofia provided images and elements that were needed. The background covers the different types of documentary, and the types were evenly divided between us. We both worked on the Guide for Shooting in the deliverable section and presented the film together.<br />
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=External Links=<br />
[http://theunitldn.com/ Unit London] <br><br />
[http://whitecube.com/ White Cube London] <br><br />
[http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/explore/pavilion Serpentine Gallery Pavilion] <br><br />
[http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/bfi-reuben-library BFI Reuben Library] <br><br />
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=References=<br />
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<div>= <font color="#BC8F8F">Avant-Garde in London</font>=<br />
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==<font color=black>Abstract</font>==<br />
The aim of this project is to inform readers about the art, especially Avant-Garde. Art has been a big part of my life since six years old when I started taking art classes. I have always like to express myself in Art. However, with all my background in art, I never fully understood what this type of art meant. This project is for everyone who wants to learn more about art, from novices that have never encountered art in their lives to experts that have been painting all their lives but never fully understood this concept of art. My goal was for the readers to understand what Avant-Garde is and who are some of the most famous artists in this movements. At the end, I provided a guide to Avant-Garde art examples in London. Many of these works are within famous art galleries such as National Art Gallery and Tate Modern. Some pieces are really famous works of art while some pieces may go unnoticed however, they all impacted the world by being Avant-Garde. The guide includes four galleries in this city. I considered this to be the top places to observe avant-garde. My contribution to this guide was my opinion towards each magnificent gallery and pictures I took in each gallery.<br />
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==<font color=black>Introduction</font>==<br />
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Avant-Garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead, explore the terrain and seek out enemy soldiers. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is Avant-Garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered Avant-Gardists. As my deliverable, I created a [[#Guide to Avant-garde in London|Guide to Avant-Garde in London]]. In this guide, I provide many examples of works of art that the Avant-Gardists that I mentioned before. In addition, I also included two galleries that show more recent artists using this style. <br />
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In art, the term 'Avant-Garde' denotes artists that open up new and unexplored territory in their works and actions. The 'Avant-Gardists' are able to impact society with their ideas through the various painting that they create. "At the center of exhibitions and the most the unparallel energy of the international 'Avant-Garde' on the threshold of the new century." <ref name="lannoo">Bischoff, U., Lozo, K., Wit, G. D., & Theerlynck, S. (2016). The power of the avant-garde: now and then. Tielt: Lannoo .</ref> Artists within Avant-Garde are probably the best-known artists in history; Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh and much more. From Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in London and Paris to Constructivism in Russia and with individual artists such as Edvard Munch and Marcel Duchamp, Avant-Gardists have left an impression in the world. <ref name="lannoo">Bischoff, U., Lozo, K., Wit, G. D., & Theerlynck, S. (2016). The power of the avant-garde: now and then. Tielt: Lannoo .</ref><br />
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==<font color="black">History</font>==<br />
As mentioned above Avant-Garde is the movement in the 19th-century and 20th-century that was recognized by artists who didn't follow tradition. <br />
Many of the world's most prominent artists are considered Avant-Garde, but when and where did this term arise from? <br />
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===The Beginning===<br />
The term Avant-Garde was first used in art by Henri de Saint-Simon, a Socialist. As the art historian Donald Egbert said, "It has never previously been pointed out, I believe, that the figurative use of the word Avant-Garde to denote radically progressive leaders of both art and society." <ref>Egbert, D. (1970). The Idea of avant-garde in Art and Politics. Leonardo, 3(1), 75-86. doi:10.2307/1572057</ref> Saint-Simon was a French Utopian Socialist and predecessor of Karl Marx. <ref>Egbert, D. (1970). The Idea of avant-garde in Art and Politics. Leonardo, 3(1), 75-86. doi:10.2307/1572057</ref> In Egbert's paper, The Idea of Avant-Garde in Art and Politics, he explains how Saint-Simon believed that artists were best fitted to change the society and how in his book, ''Opinions littéraires, philosophiques et industrielles'', he said: <br />
::::::''It is we, artists who will serve you as an Avant-Garde, the power of the arts is, in fact, most immediate and most rapid: when ''<br />
::::::: ''we wish to '''spread new ideas''' among men, we inscribe them on marble or canvas. What a magnificent destiny'' <br />
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::::::::: ''marching in the van [i.e. vanguard] of all the intellectual faculties!'' <ref> T. (n.d.). Avant-garde – Art Term. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/avant-garde </ref> <br />
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In this simple quote, Saint-Simon talks about the power art, in general, has and how Avant-Garde plays a very important role in the world of art. Art has been a method of communication of ideas, ideas that artists want to spread and that is why it has power. Avant-Garde is a type of art that spreads new ideas that are going to change society and being in this movement is a smart choice. The key word in this quote is ''new'', as it is what defines artists in this movement and even though many artists don't follow or believe in Saint-Simon's beliefs of Socialism, they still consider themselves a part of this movement.<br />
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Avant-Garde started with realism, most prominently seen with Gustave Courbet. He was strongly influenced by the ideas of Socialism. <ref> Szabolcsi, Miklós. “Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde, Modernism: Questions and Suggestions.” New Literary History, vol. 3, no. 1, 1971, pp. 49–70. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/468380. </ref> Realism is also known as first modern art movement followed by Impressionism and because of this, we can conclude that Modern Art and Avant-Garde go hand in hand.<br />
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===The Movements and Protagonists===<br />
The nontraditional work of the Avant-Garde is influenced a lot by the environment around it. Each city, each state, each government, has their own social and political issues. Artists absorb those issues and express themselves through art, affecting their attitude through their paintings. The movement may have surged by Socialist ideals but during the years it changed to be just a form to identify art. No matter what the painter tries to express, if he pushes boundaries, uses their creativity as much as possible, and tries to express new ideas, they can be considered part of this movement. <ref> T. (n.d.). Avant-garde – Art Term. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/avant-garde </ref> <br />
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Avant-Garde art is characterized by going against everything that is mainstream and hatred for the outdated and this is why most movements appear in reaction previous ideas. It all started with Impressionism going against Impressionism. After that, most movements appeared in reaction to Impressionism. <ref> Szabolcsi, Miklós. “Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde, Modernism: Questions and Suggestions.” New Literary History, vol. 3, no. 1, 1971, pp. 49–70. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/468380. </ref> Each movement has a unique technique and pattern to oppose past ones and by intentionally confronting traditional schools their works become avant-garde. Because of nontraditional style, many times avant-garde is classified as meaningless and without purpose. However each artist has an objective, and most want to impact the society. Below I wrote about some of my famous artists in this category and a little of their story. <br />
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====Impressionism====<br />
Impressionists based their style on sensation instead of copying the subject. It started in early 1870's after Realism. In contrary to the realist details, impressionists were objective and expressed their ideas through emotions and sensations. Many artists used short brush strokes and unblended vivid colors focusing on the effects of light. This style gave many works of art in this period a sense of spontaneity and modernity. This new form of art was not traditional and they had to be as creative as they could to give art this new style. Revolutionary artists within this movement include Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre Renoir, among others. <br />
*'''Claude Monet'''<br />
**As a French artist he is one of the best known artist in this movement and in the entire art history. He was actually so influential to Impressionism that this movement was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>You have to analyze the painting and interpret what Monet wanted to express. This exactly what Monet and most Impressionists wanted, to make us interpret the impression as this was his new style. Monet painted many of the same landscapes during different times of the day. This original technique helped him become famous. Each painting is unique, but we can see how can his idea ever-changing image, the indefinite and freely painted forms also point the way toward the more expressive painting techniques. <br />
*'''Camille Jacob Pissarro'''<br />
**Pissarro was one of the of the greatest Impressionist. He used high vivid colors and illumination in landscapes. Following Monet's example, he started painting the same landscape at different times of the day. In many of his paintings, his brushstrokes are very defined making the outline of the model not as defined. This is definitely not abstract art but it is not what was traditional at that time. He focused on locals and cities. <br />
*'''Renoir'''<br />
** While Pissarro depicted cities and locals, Renoir focused on the topics of rural life. He mainly painted people in their environment with an artistic irregularity. As part of this movement, most of his paintings barely outlined characters and objects in nature. He gave the impression that his subjects were there but he was not precise with the details. This instantaneous brushstrokes and vivid colors fit perfectly in the Impressionistic style. <br />
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===Post-Modernism===<br />
Impressionists paid attention to the fleeting effect of light, atmosphere, and movement. They were spontaneous and with sudden brushstrokes, they created an impression of a landscape. Post-Impressionism or Neo-impressionism emerged in reaction against Impressionism. It was led by Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Georges Seurat. They rejected Impressionism’s concern with the spontaneous and naturalistic rendering of light and color. They focused in symbols and structure with a formal order. They still had many things in common with the Impressionists but they stressed the artificiality in their landscapes. The Post-Impressionists also used scientific way as Seurat and Both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism include some of the most famous works of modern art such as Monet’s Waterlilies, a Series of Waterscapes and van Gogh’s Starry Night. <ref> Nochlin, Linda, ed. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, 1874–1904: Sources and Documents. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966. </ref> <br />
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*'''Degas'''<br />
**Degas was a radical painter that created many portraits of modern women and ballet dancers. He captured the gestures of each ballerina. The structure in his paintings and his new technique of compositional logic clearly shows how he parted from Impressionism. He parted from the undefined outlines of the Impressionism and replaced them with linear structuralism as we can see clearly in the most of his paintings of ballerinas. <br />
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*'''Paul Cezanne'''<br />
**Cezanne, like Degas, reacted against Impressionism. Cezanne, however, didn’t follow Degas, instead, he abandoned linear perspective and stayed small dabs of paint to express light. His paintings were not exact depict of nature. He expresses emotions in his paintings as no longer as an illusion but "imaginative and idyllic settings".<ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref> In this new style, he created he used alternated perspective and he represented his personal ideas about naturalness and an ideal life. His view of this nature always entailed an observation of his own perception. He obtained as a result harmony and unity of man and nature in his ideal world. This movement may not have started with him but he defenitly became the most infkuential painter in it. <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826</ref> <br />
*'''Georges Seurat'''<br />
**As styles changed a new technique appeared. Georges Seurat was a leader of the Neo-Impressionist technique and this technique is called Pointillism. This approach consisted of softly flickering surface of small dots or strokes of color. Seurat was the first to construct and compose using his spirit of investigator.<ref name="Taschen">Holzwarth, H. W., Taschen, L., & Elger, D. (2011). Modern art. Köln: Taschen.</ref><br />
* '''Vincent Van Gogh'''<br />
**Van Gogh was a great dutch painter. He was keen for precise details and colors.The colors he used was influenced a lot because of this movement. Before Van Gogh was part of post-modernism he used dark pallete of colors as we can observe in ''The Starry Night''. When he encountered this Post-modernism his style changed, he started using brighter colors and a new unique style of brushstrokes. "Instead of painting realistic paintings with dark muddy colors he started using bright colors with bold, thick brushstrokes. Van Gogh worked hard, and produced more than 2,000 paintings, drawings and sketches in the last ten years of his life."<ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref> His best-known works were created in the last two years of his life including many works found in the National Gallery. <ref> Painter, P. I. (1922). Vincent van Gogh.</ref> <br />
*'''Pablo Picasso'''<br />
**Picasso "''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon''. This would become the most important painting of the twentieth century, as the forerunner of Cubism, the most complete and radical artistic revolution since the Renaissance," <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826 </ref> Starting this movement and incredible art works within it, Picasso became "the most celebrated artists of the 20th century" <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826 </ref><br />
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=Guide to Avant-Garde in London=<br />
Hopefully, by now you understand what Avant-Garde is in art and some artists that form part of it. Now, I aim to show you examples of galleries located in London, that contain artists in this movement, especially the ones above, and Avant-Garde in general. I chose four galleries in London that I believe contain the most Avant-Garde. In continuation with the history of Avant-Garde, I wrote about [[#Artists of the Past| Artists of the Past]] in the first two galleries, The National Gallery and Tate Modern. As you read through this section you will encounter a little information about each gallery and my personal opinion about it. You will also find key works within this galleries with a short explanation and pictures that I took when I visited them. Similarly, in the next section, [[#Galleries of the Present|Galleries of the Present]], you can find information about the gallery and my opinion but instead of artists in history, these galleries contain artists that are currently thriving in their careers in art and that have unique techniques, as true Avant-gardists. I also included pictures and the exact address of each gallery. <br />
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==Artists of the Past==<br />
London has so much history in galleries, museums, and the city itself. I chose two galleries that I believe you must see if you want to see Avant-garde. First, the magnificent National Gallery and the spectacular Tate Modern. <br />
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The well known National Gallery in London one of the most visited art galleries in the world. People from all over the world come to this gallery to admire works of art located here. The National Gallery contains works from almost all the artists mentioned above. It contains artists from all over the world and many time periods. This gallery is divided into time periods, in the map above each specific time period is a different color. My personal favorite is the are from 1700-1930 (green exhibitions in the map in Level 2) because it contains almost all the artists I mentioned above. <br />
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All thought the green zone you can find avant-garde artists. For the purpose of this project, I chose three rooms that had the most avant-garde art. In rooms 41,43 and 44, you can see art from Monet's time in London to Van Gogh's famous sunflowers. Each room has an explanation that I took from the galleries website for your better understanding of their location in history and pictures that I took while in the gallery. <br />
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====Room 41====<br />
"The works in this room demonstrate the continued vitality of painting as an artistic medium in the early 20th century. In his later years, Cézanne placed an increasing emphasis on structure and solidity, applying paint in regular, hatched brushstrokes, and using color rather than light to convey forms. Ground-breaking compositions such as his monumental Bathers won the respect of younger artists. Claude Monet had great admiration for Cézanne, whom he had known since the 1860s. Monet’s art, like that of Cézanne, evolved gradually. He explored light and color in series of paintings of specific subjects, undertaken at precise times of the day and recording particular atmospheric conditions. In his garden at Giverny in Normandy, Monet painted near-abstract pictures where forms seem to dissolve to the point of disintegration. These echo the chaos of the First World War when major artistic revolutions were underway." <ref> "Room 41 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:Cezamne.PNG| ''Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses)'' <br>Paul Cézanne<br />
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Mone_Pond_41.PNG| ''The Water-Lily Pond'' <br> Claude Monet <br />
Monet_Setting.PNG| ''Water-Lilies, Setting Sun'' <br> Claude Monet<br />
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====Room 43====<br />
"In the 1880s some of the Impressionist artists were beginning to enjoy success. The cohesiveness of the initial group had waned, and they were exploring new ways of painting. Camille Pissarro began to work in the new style invented by Georges Seurat, whom he met in 1885. Seurat’s approach, based on scientific color theory, involved using countless tiny dots of pure color, placed in close proximity to each other. When viewed at a distance, the eye blends these individual marks into areas of solid color: a technique called divisionism or pointillism." <ref> "Room 43 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:SEURAT.PNG|''Bathers at Asnières'' <br> Georges Seurat<br />
File:Gaugin.PNG| ''Bowl of Fruit and Tankard before a Window'' <br> Paul Gauguin<br />
File:VanGough3.PNG| 'Sunflowers' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough2.PNG| 'Farms near Auvers' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough1.PNG|'Van Gogh's Chair' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough.PNG| 'Long Grass with Butterflies' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
VanGogh4.PNG|'Two Crabs' <br> 'Vincent van Gough<br />
File:Boulevard_at_night.PNG| ''The Boulevard Montmartre at Night'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:CP2.PNG| ''The Louvre under Snow'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
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====Room 44====<br />
"In the 1860s Edouard Manet shocked exhibition visitors in Paris with his unflinching scenes of modern life, painted boldly and using sober colors. His radical style made a profound impact on many artists. In the years to come, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Alfred Sisley and other young painters in Paris would display an even stronger interest than Manet in the informal aspects of contemporary life. These artists, who often worked in the open air along the river Seine, experimented with flickering brushstrokes and bright colors to capture the fleeting effects of light. They exploited technical advances, such as oil paint in tubes that could be easily transported. As true avant-gardist, they were ahead of the traditional painters using new techniques. " <ref> "Room 44 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:MM1.PNG|''The Thames below Westminster''<br> Claude Monet<br />
File:MM.PNG|''Snow Scene at Argenteuil''<br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Manet.PNG|''Woman with a Cat'' <br> Edouard Manet<br />
File:Manet1.PNG| ''Music in the Tuileries Gardens''<br> Edouard Manet<br />
File:Monet_Havre44.PNG| ''The Museum at Le Havre'' <br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Monet_Gare_44.PNG| ''The Gare St-Lazare'' <br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Pissarro_Avenue44.PNG|''The Avenue, Sydenham'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:Pissarro_Fox44.PNG|''Fox Hill, Upper Norwood'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:Renoir1.PNG| ''The Skiff (La Yole)'' <br> 'Pierre-Auguste Renoir<br />
File:Renoir_Bay.PNG| ''Moulin Huet Bay, Guernsey'' <br> Pierre-Auguste Renoir<br />
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===[[Tate Modern]]===<br />
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I consider this Gallery the best place to observe modern and contemporary art. The unique architecture of the building misguide you at first, however, from the lowest level call the "The Tank" to the viewing level where you can see all the city, you can observe incredible works of art. As Modern Art and Avant-garde go together, this place is also great for avant-garde art. Many of the artists mentioned above can be found here and much more new artists that fall into this category. Below I provide information about three pieces that are irrefutably avant-garde. This pieces will mark this movement forever and being able to admire them in this gallery was amazing. <br />
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====Little Dancer Aged Fourteen====<br />
====Degas====<br />
"This sculpture was created by [[#Edgar Degas|Degas]]. The model for this sculpture was a ballet student. Degas first made a reddish-brown wax sculpture of her in the nude. Then, aiming for a naturalistic effect, he dressed it in clothing made of real fabrics. When the wax sculpture was first exhibited, contemporaries were shocked by the unprecedented realism of the piece. He created a sculpture like no one had seen before. Innocent though she may look to us today, Degas's Little Dancer Aged Fourteen caused an outcry when she was first exhibited at the 1881 impressionist exhibition in Paris. The figure was described variously as 'repulsive' and 'a threat to society'. Critics and the public were upset by the realism of the work but also because Degas had represented a provocative modern subject ... dancers were considered part of the seamier side of entertainment and little more than prostitutes. "<ref> Aged Fourteen', Edgar Degas, 1880-1, cast c.1922. Retrieved June 19, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/degas-little-dancer-aged-fourteen-n06076 </ref> <br />
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====Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper====<br />
====Pablo Picasso====<br />
"Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper is a small papier collé by Pablo Picasso, produced in 1913. It depicts a series of objects and paper fragments clustered on a table, the oval edge of which has been loosely drawn in the lower right of the composition. The abstracted forms of a guitar, glass, and bottle of the wine cut from white, gray and black colored papers are together with drawn lines indicating other elements of each object’s shape. The objects are shown from several perspectives: while the guitar and table appear to be seen from above; the bottle and glass are shown from the side. Picasso uses this new method of collage in controversy to traditional art." <ref>T. (n.d.). 'Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper', Pablo Picasso, 1913. Retrieved May 16, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/picasso-bottle-of-vieux-marc-glass-guitar-and-newspaper-t00414</ref><br />
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|caption = 1917, replica 1964<br />
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|data2 = Explore Materials and Objects (Room 4)<br />
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====Fountain====<br />
====Duchamp====<br />
"Fountain" is one of Duchamp’s most famous works and is widely seen as an icon of twentieth-century art. The original, which is lost, consisted of a standard urinal, usually presented on its back for exhibition purposes rather than upright, and was signed and dated ‘R. Mutt 1917’. Tate’s work is a 1964 replica and is made from glazed earthenware painted to resemble the original porcelain. The signature is reproduced in black paint. Fountain has been seen as a quintessential example, along with Duchamp’s Bottle Rack 1914, of what he called a ‘readymade’, an ordinary manufactured object designated by the artist as a work of art (and, in Duchamp’s case, interpreted in some way). Marcel Duchamp submitted his sculpture Fountain (an upside-down urinal) for an exhibition organised by the Society of Independents under a false name. Although the society was supposed to show everything submitted by members, the work scandalized the board and was rejected. Duchamp is cited as one of the most important figures in modern art, inspiring many later artists and art movements – notably conceptual art." <ref> Tate. "Avant-garde – Art Term." Tate. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017. </ref> <br />
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==Galleries from the Present==<br />
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===Serpentine Galleries===<br />
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London<br />
W2 3XA<br />
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The Serpentine Gallery is one of London's most popular art gallery showing modern and contemporary artwork. It is located in the center of Kensington Gardens. It has two galleries on either side of the Serpentine lake: the Serpentine Gallery and the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. Hyde Park is one of my favorite places in London, especially because of Serpentine Galleries. They provide a space where artists can show their paintings and everyone in the park can see it. They have seasonal shows and a summer pavilion. The architecture of the pavilions is unique and it is said to be the world's first and most ambitious architecture program of its kind. <br />
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====Seasonal Shows====<br />
This two galleries change seasonally and have eight shows per year. I focused on Summer 2017 summer shows: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! by Grayson Perry and A Series Of Utterly Improbable, yet Extraordinary Renditions by Arthur Jafa. <br />
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'''Serpentine Gallery': The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! by Grayson Perry''' <br> <br />
"Perry’s abiding interest in his audience informs his choice of universally human subjects. Working in a variety of traditional media such as ceramics, cast iron, bronze, printmaking and tapestry, Perry is best known for his ability to combine delicately crafted objects with scenes of contemporary life. His subject matter is drawn from his own childhood and life as a transvestite, as well as wider social issues ranging from class and politics to sex and religion." <ref> Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! (2017, June 08). Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/grayson-perry-most-popular-art-exhibition-ever </ref> <br />
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'''Serpentine Sackler Gallery: A Series Of Utterly Improbable, yet Extraordinary Renditions by Arthur Jafa. ''' <br> <br />
"Jafa’s work is driven by a recurrent question: how might one identify and develop a specifically Black visual aesthetics equal to the ‘power, beauty and alienation’ of Black music in US culture? <br> <br />
This new exhibition, titled A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions, takes the form of a site-specific installation at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in which Jafa has transformed the space with a series of new assemblages that encompass film, photography and found footage. The title of the exhibition relates to the sense of absence that Jafa observes as haunting Black life. The word ‘rendition’ refers to the artist’s interpretation of the aesthetics associated with Black being, which are historically-inscribed in images, objects and artefacts. By re-performing these narratives in the present, Jafa imagines and constructs new possibilities for making them visible. In addition to his exhibition at the Sackler Gallery, Jafa will also devise a new, site-specific event as part of the 2017 Park Nights series, which takes place in the Serpentine Pavilion, this year designed by Francis Kéré." <ref> "Arthur Jafa: A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions." Serpentine Galleries. N.p., 08 June 2017. Web. 21 June 2017. <http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/arthur-jafa-series-utterly-improbable-yet-extraordinary-renditions>. </ref> <br />
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|caption = Serpentine Pavilion 2017<br />
|label2 =Artist<br />
|data2 = Francis Kéré<br />
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====Pavillion====<br />
Each year, they commission an architect to create a summer pavilion. The first one was created by Zaha Hadid in 2000 and since then there has being one every year. In 2016, the temporary venue was created by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels. He created this venue with fiberglass frame. The pyramid of blocks kind of resembles a glacial crevasse.<br />
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"For the 2017 Serpentine Pavillion was designed by Francis Kere. He was born in Burkina Faso, where he got the inspiration for this pavilion. He was inspired the tree that serves as a central meeting point for life in this village, his home. He used a new artistic and architectonic method into the design and he seeks to connect its visitors to nature and each other. An expansive roof, supported by a central steel framework, mimics a tree's canopy, allowing air to circulate freely while offering shelter against London rain and summer heat. He is trying to portrait a tree and how gathering under it was refreshing. He also portraits culture as he explains that he uses indigo blue because it is a key color for his culture. He invites everyone in to admire his work of art and new design. Just as this artist, every artist that creates a pavilion uses a new technique in his or er design. They can be considered avant-gardists because of this new methods. " <ref> "Serpentine Pavilion 2017 designed by Francis Kéré." Serpentine Galleries. N.p., 23 June 2017. Web. 21 June 2017. <http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/serpentine-pavilion-2017-designed-francis-k%C3%A9r%C3%A9>. </ref><br />
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===Unit London===<br />
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SOHO, LONDON W1F 8WD<br />
11AM - 7PM, EVERY DAY<br />
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"Located in Soho, classified by tourists as one of the most Avant-Garde neighborhood, it is a spot for shadiness and cheap food and music, stand-up comedy and cabaret performances. This is a great area to experience different forms of culture, from cuisine to clubs."<ref> Neighborhood Guide to London. (2016, December 23). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from https://www.bohemiantrails.com/5-neighborhoods-of-london-avant-garde-traveler/ </ref> Unit London is located right it the middle of all this. This gallery looks simple from the outside but has some of the best modern art in London. You can see culture, Emotions, techniques in each work of art, "Founded in 2013 by two young artists, Unit London was born from a desire to break down the barriers of elitism and to include people in the contemporary art world - whether they be enthusiasts, first-timers, new collectors, or seasoned collectors and institutions - we strongly believe that everybody should be able to enjoy the world's most amazing art. "<ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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This Gallery is very inclusive and is open 7 days a week until the early evening. They provide a space for artists and visitors an open space to express themselves.<br />
"We have always wanted to provide a platform for the world's most exciting talent to showcase their work to the widest possible audience. We don't believe that incredible work should be reserved for only the select few. We are strong believers in the power of online, and we use digital and social media to broadcast our artists and their work to audiences all over the globe." <ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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|caption = 2017<br />
|label2 = MAterial <br />
|data2 = Fibreglass life-cast with prismatic finish.<br />
120 x 52 cm<br />
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Most Artists in this gallery started as street artists with u a unique aesthetic and technic has made them famous. A great example of this is the artists is Schoony. His brilliance has brought the art world by storm and his hyperrealist sculptures question war, mortality and contemporary society. PRISMATIC BRUISER is one of his most famous sculptures. It reminds me of Degas's. "Schoony’s background is rooted in special effects and prosthetics for the film industry, with his career spanning over twenty-five years. Since the age of fifteen he has worked on over a hundred films, his work and reputation for high-class pioneering techniques has reached the far corners of the world." Altogether with his unique technique Schoony has had many different themes, examining capitalism and pop culture. He has a keen eye that provides the capacity to create such magnificent sculptures. As the gallery says it their webpage: "Schoony’s career has gone from strength to strength, exhibiting widely throughout Europe and the US. His work has won him critical acclaim from the Times, The Independent and ArtNet News, he is also featured on Artsy." <ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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Another British artist that has had an exhibition at this gallery is Tom French, a highly collectible and well-regarded artist. He creates monochromatic canvases. This black and white canc=vases are unique and have very precise detail. In these canvases you can find faces, figures and skulls repeat and shadow one-another. This simplicity of colors allows him to transmit his message easily with no distraction. "Each scene is a snapshot of a story, with a dynamic between the characters working on various levels, which ties into the bigger picture; there's much more to these images than illusion alone." Tom French<br />
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'''Tom French'''<br />
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'''RED BURQUA, 2016 by Cecile Plaisance'''<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
[[File:Sreyes-map_(5).jpg|thumb|alt=Avant-Garde]]<br />
To conclude, Avant-Garde was a revolutionary movement of art that was recognized by its original and they had the crusade to influence society. Most of the artists in this movements are the world's most known artists including Monet, Van Gogh, and Picasso. Their styles are very different but their originality and goals were the same. I believe that this style is more than just a movement of art because of how it has affected the world and how it still does. In the guide I created I display both the past and the present avant-garde. I provide a map to the right for a better understanding of their location. The National Gallery(red) and Tate Modern(blue) are the two galleries with artist of the past and Serpentine Gallery(green) and Unit London(yellow) are the galleries with artists of the present. This project limits to some movements of avant-garde, however, further research will show that are a lot more movements. Each movement affects the world somehow. Art is more than a form of expression, it has the power to change the world. <br />
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https://maphub.net/sreyes/map <br><br />
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[[Category:Art Projects]]<br />
[[Category:2017]]</div>
Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Colourful_Reality&diff=19777
Colourful Reality
2017-06-22T23:04:26Z
<p>Sreyes: </p>
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<div>=Colourful Reality=<br />
by [[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]<br><br />
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|caption = It's All About Perception<br />
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=Abstract=<br />
[[Kristy Giacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that I chose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. I have gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college. This project will combine my favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brighten the days of the viewers. The main message I wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. The goal of this Milestone, however, is to connect the emotions displayed in the pictures and the colors of the paintings in a creative way empathizing with the people walking by the site as a daily routine. The sets of paintings and pictures are accompanied by a poem of my own writing. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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It is in the beauty of a great writing where a person's real emotions are free to be exposed. "What makes a great writing so great?" you may think. I would say that the ability of a writer is to appeal to the readers' emotions precisely. In writing there is no such thing as truth, each writer is free to create their own reality, as dark or as colorful as they wish to do so. Though it is true that life experiences and situations shape a person's way of viewing life, each individual has the power to define his or her own reality and a way to do so is through literature. In this Milestone, the work of different poets is presented, as well as information about the writer's background and the path that lead to their accomplishments. The writers are chosen for their relevance as well as for the topics they cover in their poems, related to people's emotions, to symbolism, sociopolitical perspectives and to weather. Poetry has been a tool for many of these writers to use not only as a form of expression through art but also to raise awareness about their concerns. For the deliverable of this Milestone, a poem of each author presented in the background is chosen and interpreted by me. Poetry is for everyone and its power is beyond most people's imaginations, which is why, also as part of the deliverable, I included a poem of my own that links the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] to the painting made in [[Adding Pigment]] inspired by the works by the artists analyzed in [[Colourful Reality]]. <br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
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==Mathew Arnold==<br />
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In the biography published in the Encyclopedia Britannica, this great literary character is introduced like this: "Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was an English Victorian poet and literary and social critic, noted especially for his classical attacks on the contemporary tastes and manners of the “Barbarians” (the aristocracy), the “Philistines” (the commercial middle class), and the “Populace.”" <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> He divided the society in these three categories and wrote about their realities from his perspective. Instead of referring to them as high, middle and low class, he called them "Barbarians", "Philistines" and "Populace". Also through his writings it is easy to get his idea of how society worked, specifically in the poems "West London" and "East London", where seeks to portray how the case of society relies in the working class, which, if we think about it, makes total sense. The working class is first of all where the great majority of people are situated, they are educated enough to actively participate in a roll of society contributing to the economy, and yet, are aware of the sociopolitical situation of their country because they are directly affected y it. They do not enjoy major privileges and they know that to get the bread to the tale they have to work for it, which they do. The high class instead, enjoy of all the privileges that come with being above everyone else and the lower class contribute very little to the economy and their voices are, if anything, barely heard.According to Willey a famous "Arnold saw in the Philistines the key to the whole position; they were the most influential section of society; their strength was the nation’s strength, their crudeness its crudeness: the key was then to educate and humanize the Philistines." <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> <br />
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Mathew began his career as a poet and it was not hard for him to excel as he started to publish. This maybe influenced by the fact that he was the son of a very respected image, for his father, Thomas Arnold, was the headmaster of a renown college in England. Also his success was propelled by the way he wrote for a higher cause than himself. He wanted to make people conscious through his writing, so he raised awareness through his poetry which expressed his ideals for society. "a poetry that would address the moral needs of his readers, to animate and ennoble them” <ref> Matthew Arnold. (2015, October 04). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/matthew-arnold</ref> He was a man of great character and strong moral values that he worked to promote to his readers. Also, by the way he critiqued society in his poetry, he is considered to have "established criticism as an art form" and been inspiring English critiques until present times. According to a biography written by Hamilton and titled "A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold", Mathew became such an important image to represent English poetry that he was elected to the Oxford chair of poetry and very proud of this accomplishment, he wrote to his mother: "some 200 more voted than ever before".<ref>Letter from Mathew Arnold to his mother, May 10 1857. Ibid., pp. 357-358</ref><ref>Hamilton, I. (1999). A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold. New York: Basic Books, pp. 187-188</ref> This victory was only surpassed by the success of his first speech at Oxford, “On the Modern Element in Literature”, where according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, he gave a whole new definition to the word "modern": "being taken to mean not merely “contemporary”, but the spirit that, contemplating the vast and complex spectacle of life, craves for moral and intellectual “deliverance”". <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> This claim is also supported by the biography written by Hamilton, where he elaborates more about how Mathew believed that poetry was the best way to positively influence people and teach them morals, or as Mathew said: "a faith which could be thought of as a thing of beauty". <ref>Hamilton, I. (1999). A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold. New York: Basic Books, pp. 205-206</ref><br />
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For his many apportions Mr. Arnold has been considered one of the most influential writers of his time and he is the only person to have two memorials in Westminster Abbey, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.<ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> "A bust by Alfred Bruce-Joy" and "a mural tablet of Lepine limestone and green Westmorland slate with a motif of gilded flames, designed by Donald Buttress" can be seen in different sides of the Westminster Abbey according to its official website. The inscription in the tablet reads: "Remember Matthew Arnold 1822-1888 Poet and Critic. Let but the light appear and thy transfigured walls be touch'd with flame" and that quotation is taken from his poem to one of the Deans of Westminster. <ref>Westminster Abbey. (n.d.). Thomas and Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/thomas-and-matthew-arnold</ref> Being given the great honor of having two memorials in the abbey there is no way to deny his influence in English literature and the quality of his work. Mathew Arnold sets an example to all writers and invites them to believe in the power they have with their literature. In the same way, he invited us all to become aware of other people's situations and our roles in society.<br />
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==Richard Aldington==<br />
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Edward Godfree Aldington was born in a middle class family in Portsmouth, England, on 1892, however he grew up in a town called Dover at the Southeast end of the UK and since a very early age chose to be called Richard. <ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> What seems really interesting is the strength of his character, as, which kid would ever decide to change his or her own name? This detail helps us have a better idea of some traits of his personality. Now, about his life, as an adult he openly expressed he did not live the childhood he would have preferred. Through his poems people can have a very vivid picture of what the earliest days of his life were like, specially through his poem "Childhood", which setting is Dover. According to a biography written by Charles Doyle, "a great source of early dissatisfaction and insecurity for Aldington was his immediate environment".<ref>Doyle, C. (1989). Richard Aldington: a biography. Basingstoke: Macmillan, pp. 4-5</ref> In a letter written to a friend later in his life, he said: "The photo of poor old Dover is indeed shocking. The Victorian houses, with all their drab squalor, still had some remote trace of humanity, but these skyscraping slave-pens, industrial ergastula, give one the creeps. It is the same everywhere, and reflects the age, which will do itself justice"<ref>Aldington, R. letter to P. A. G. Aldington, May 21 1959 (Carbondale)</ref>. By this description, Dover does not sound very different to what London once was as seen in the first Milestone of this project ([[Colourless London]]). A gray place that, from Richard's perspective, as shown in his poem "Childhood", was dull, dark, stinky and hateful. He felt helpless in that town as if he was trapped there and unable to grow. In fact in the same biography previously mentioned, Charles Doyle realizes a repeated metaphor in Aldington's writings, the first one appears in the poem "Childhood" and the second one appears in the book "Rejected Guest":<br />
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From "Childhood":<br />
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Somebody found my chrysalis<br />
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And shut it in a match-box.<br />
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My shrivelled wings were beaten,<br />
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Shed their colours in dusty scales <br />
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Before the box was opened <br />
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For the moth to fly. <br />
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From "Rejected Guest":<br />
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"A child, grubbing about in the garden, finds the chrysalis of a tiger moth. An old boot box is begged from the kitchen, a useless pile of unnecessary leaves is arranged for the treasure air-holes are punched. Every half-hour or so, the child into the box to the wonderful change it has been told about. Nothing happens, the box is forgotten, and then one day carelessly opened. The bright-winged creature lying dead." <ref>Aldington, R. (2005). Rejected guest. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publ. pp. 21</ref><br />
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With this visualization of himself and the town that saw him grow, it is not hard to identify the dark and depressing perspective of his works. The moth's metaphor however, was probably inspired by one of his hobbies as a child as stated in a biography written by Hernandez: "It was at Dover, also, that he began collecting butterflies; an occasional hobby that he would stay with for most of his life."<ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> After going through terrible childhood, his life did not become that much better, as when being an adult he had to go though very traumatic experiences and misfortunes such as having a stillborn child in his first marriage, a long and messy divorce and his participation in WWI. However, in spite of all these tragedies, he never topped writing. "The two and a half years that Aldington spent in active duty during WWI was to become perhaps the greatest single influence on his writing for the decades to follow." <ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> He used these events as a source of inspiration and did pretty well in his career for a while, until he caused controversy with one of his biographical books. As he wrote the biography of Lawrence of Arabia, who was admired by many, Aldington realized he was only a farce and when he published his book exposing all the lies, he got a lot of backs turned to him. "Aldington expected that he would be writing the biography of a hero, but in the process realized that the legend of the man was, in fact, legend indeed--and mostly of T.E. Lawrence's own making."<ref> Prose & Poetry - Richard Aldington. (n.d.). Retrieved June 21, 2017, from http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/aldington.htm</ref> <br />
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He suffered a lot from the critics after publishing this book even though it was later proven that he was right and for a writer with a bad reputation it is very hard to publish. Nevertheless, he did not give up and towards the end of his life things got a little bit better as in a visit to the USSR he said "Here, in the Soviet Union, for the first time in my life I have met with extraordinary warmth and attention. This is the happiest day of my life. I shall never forget it."<ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> Also, according to Doyle, after his death in 1962, "The Literary Gazette" published that "his work preserved the best tradition of British critical realism".<ref>Doyle, C. (1989). Richard Aldington: a biography. Basingstoke: Macmillan, pp. 323 </ref> With a life full of ups and downs, Aldington was one of the first English poets to discard the conventions of rhyme and meter but he discarded them for "a stricter and more difficult form which can hardly be called free verse because of the masterful control which regulates and balances every detail with the minutest precision". <ref>Kershaw, A., & Temple, F. J. (1965). Richard Aldington: an intimate portrait. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. pp. 7</ref> Also, after looking at a life so full of misfortunes, it is a little bit easier to understand the perspective of his writing.<br />
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==Don Paterson==<br />
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Don Paterson was born in 1963 in Scotland but moved to London at the age of 16 to work as a jazz musician and joined a band. According to "The British Council", him joining the jazz-folk ensemble Lammas, was one of the most influential factors all through his career. "Paterson’s strong ear for rhythm and understanding of the ‘sense in sound’ are partly attributable to his background in music" <ref>British Council. (2017). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/don-paterson</ref> Music is as much his passion as poetry is and even today he continues to play in Scotland as a professional musician. An astonishing fact about his life is that he taught himself the rules of rhyme and meter, and Egan his career as a self taught poet. He has a quite peculiar way of looking at his own profession, as in an interview with the journalist JP O'Malley, he asked Paterson if it was true he felt uncomfortable saying he was a poet, to what he answered; "I think that's true with most poets. I know only one or two who are comfortable with that. It's mainly because it's not a job of any kind. It's just something weirdly synaesthetic thing you do with words, and is probably symptomatic of a broader pathology. I think poetry is more of a diagnosis than a calling."<ref> O'Malley, J. (n.d.). An Interview with Don Paterson. Retrieved June 21, 2017, from http://asls.arts.gla.ac.uk/SWE/TBI/TBIIssue12/PatersonInterview.html </ref> It is sad to think that still in the 21st century it is hard to admit a profession for fear of judgement, specially a character like Patterson. However, in my opinion, he is not to blame, for maybe he doesn't want to deal with the comments and questions that come when you admit that you decided to pursue a career in literature. <br />
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Don Paterson has a great imagination worthy of admiration and by reading the interview, he also seems like a very down to earth person, someone that enjoys what he does and thats it. He does not pretend to be anyone's hero or use his poems as a gateway to escape his personal problems. He writes as inspiration comes to him and keeps close attention to every single word he chooses as he said "Ted Hughes used to talk about this: he said he knew a poem was finished when every word was listening to every other word."<ref>O'Malley, J. (n.d.). Profile: An Interview with Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://asls.arts.gla.ac.uk/SWE/TBI/TBIIssue12/PatersonInterview.html</ref> Reading a poem that has had so much thought put into it makes us appreciate poetry as a complex art form. His exemplary work has been widely acknowledged as he has received a great number of awards. According to "The Scottish Library", his collection "Nil Nil" won the Forward prize for best first collection, he was included on the list of 20 poets chosen for the Poetry Society’s ‘New Generation Poets’ promotion and became poetry editor at "Picador Macmillan".<ref>Scottish Poetry Library. (n.d.). Don Paterson . Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/don-paterson</ref> However, the awards don't end there, as stated in the official website of the Poetry Foundation: "God’s Gift to Women (1997) won both the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and Landing Light (2003) won the Whitbread Poetry Award and an unprecedented second T.S. Eliot Prize. Christina Patterson, reviewing Landing Light for the Independent, praised Paterson as “one of the few poets writing today whose work combines postmodern playfulness with a sense of yearning for the transcendental.” Paterson’s poem “A Private Bottling” won the Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition. He has won an Eric Gregory Award, three Book Awards from the Scottish Arts Council, and a Creative Scotland Award. The Poetry Society named Paterson one of the New Generation Poets and as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the English Association. For his service to literature, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2008 and received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2010."<ref>Poetry Foundation. (n.d.). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/don-paterson</ref> His work was so acknowledged that he won the T.S. Eliot Prize twice. A Life full of success that still continues and yet, he remains humble and down to earth. He seems like the kind of person that if you came across in the street, you would never imagine is so recognized by the quality of his work.<br />
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Don Paterson’s poems are so admirable because of the great deal of work he puts into them, and how, despite he sticks to the verse rules, that does not restrain his creativity and imagination for the lines flow with perfect sense. The hardest thing about doing this, at least for me, is definitely finding the right words to fit the rules without changing the original course of the poem. However, he must master a huge vocabulary, as he keeps the same trajectory of the poem at the same time as he keeps the rhyme and meter right. As Ben Wilkinson summed up in the British Council’s Writers Directory: "a sharp, witty and distinctive poetic voice, Paterson’s formal dexterity and dedication to poetic tradition are combined with contemporary postmodernist elements, producing poems of cutting-edge relevance, but also of intense, MacNeiceian lyrical beauty."<ref>Scottish Poetry Library. (n.d.). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/don-paterson</ref> Also, we must not forget that Patterson is still relatively young as has much more to offer as a poet and a musician. As he continues his career, we'll see what new wonders he creates for us to enjoy.<br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
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Harry Baker is not only one of my personal favorite poets, but also a great example for people that are too afraid to follow their passions. Harry grew up in London and he explains in his book "The Sunshine Kid" and in his YouTube videos how, as he was always an excellent student and enjoyed science, as his time to choose a career path approached, he was advised to study medicine and become a doctor. However, as he says, he discovered that despite enjoying science very much, "poetry was a more fun way of saving lives". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 9 </ref> So then he decided to study maths at Bristol after finishing his gap year between high school and college, which he thinks was one of the best decisions in his life, for it was along those times when he discovered Slam Poetry. Indeed, the first part of his book is called "Harry Baker's Super-Amazing Mega-Awesome Gap Year Adventures: Birth Of A Champion". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 19 </ref> In harry's poems it is easy to see how much he enjoys playing with the sounds of words and how at times the poem turns almost into a rap and sometimes it sounds like a tong twister. On the first note, Harry was actually a rapper before he started writing poetry. and one of his poems called "99 problems" he takes Jay-Z's lyrics and turns them into a poem about maths. In his book, he explains that from a young age he was told to write about things he knew about, and as he is a mathematician, this poem and others such as "59" talk about maths and numbers in the most creative way anyone could possibly imagine. He introduces the poem "59" as " a love poem about prime numbers" and he explains it is "the first proper poem he ever wrote".<ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 21-31</ref> With this poem he won his first "Poetry Slam Competition", which was a turning point that inspired him to keep writing and performing "almost every night", as he says later in his book. <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 43</ref><br />
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The Academy of American Poets explains in its official website that Slam Poetry is a movement that started in the U.S. somewhere between two or three decades ago and revived young people's interest in poetry. The way these work is that participants are given a few minutes in the stage to perform an original work of poetry written by themselves. The performances are individual or by groups and random members of the audience judge who wins. The website previously mentioned explains: "The work is judged as much on the manner and enthusiasm of its performance as its content or style, and many slam poems are not intended to be read silently from the page." <ref>A Brief Guide to Slam Poetry. (2015, October 06). Retrieved June 22, 2017, from https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/brief-guide-slam-poetry</ref> Harry became a London Slam Champion and was later invited to participate in the Poetry Slam World Cup of 2012 held in Paris, France. In his book, Harry tells the story of how this came to happen as well as all he had to do to go and the three poems he chose to participate. The first poem was "Dinosaur Love", the second one was "The Sunshine Kid" and the third poem, which he performed in the final, is called "Paper People". This poem is the one that made him win the Poetry Slam World Cup on 2012 and got him to become the youngest ever World Slam Champion. Harry is very proud to have this title as it has given him the chance to meet a lot of people and travel all around the world to perform. He is also very proud of his poem "Paper People" and this is easy to see baby the way he introduces it in his book: "So it's technically the best poem in the world". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 125</ref> Harry Baker is an inspiration because while being a mathematician he still follows his passion for poetry and excels at it at an international level. He is only in his early twenties and has already finished his degree, published a book and travelled the world meeting amazing people and doing what he likes. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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==West London==<br />
By Mathew Arnold<br />
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Crouch'd on the pavement close by Belgrave Square<br />
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A tramp I saw, ill, moody, and tongue-tied;<br />
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A babe was in her arms, and at her side<br />
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A girl; their clothes were rags, their feet were bare.<br />
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Some labouring men, whose work lay somewhere there,<br />
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Pass'd opposite; she touch'd her girl, who hied<br />
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Across, and begg'd and came back satisfied.<br />
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The rich she had let pass with frozen stare.<br />
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Thought I: Above her state this spirit towers;<br />
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She will not ask of aliens, but of friends,<br />
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Of sharers in a common human fate.<br />
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She turns from that cold succour, which attneds<br />
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The unknown little from the unknowing great,<br />
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And points us to a better time than ours. <ref>Arnold, Matthew. The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840–1867. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1909; Bartleby.com, 2011.</ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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The speaker of the poem sits in Belgrave Square and looks at a poor woman with her baby and young daughter, all dressed in rags, evidently from the lower class. Then, as some men from the working class pass by, the tramp sends the little girl to beg and she successfully brings back some money. However, as rich men pass by they make no effort to beg at all. Then the speaker explains how he realizes that the tramp will only beg from the working class who will understand her situation and are more likely to show some compassion and give her money. He also realized that from the perspective of the poor family, the rich men that walk by are "aliens" that would show no empathy at all for her cause, for which she sees no need to try to beg. In this short poem, Matthew Arnold criticizes society's lack of response to poverty. He lived in a period of modernization and was able to see the gap between social classes broaden as people became "aliens" for each other and all the empathic community that once existed was deteriorating. The title "West London" accentuates his idea of rupture of society caused by socioeconomic status, for that is considered to be a very wealthy side of the city. He uses this to accentuate the fact that poverty remains present despite the wealth of high class neighborhoods like West London. Finally, by the end of the poem, he leaves the readers with his desire for a change and an attempt of a wake up call. As he refers to the poor girl as the "unknown little" and to the rich as the "unknowing great" he shows how unconscious people have become and how he hopes for a better future. Just as it is explained in the background of this Milestone, he attempts to make his readers aware of society's situation so that hopefully they are more conscious about they reality and restore the lost morals of the broken community.<br />
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==Childhood III==<br />
By Richard Aldington<br />
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I hate that town; <br />
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I hate the town I lived in when I was little; <br />
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I hate to think of it. <br />
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There were always clouds, smoke, rain <br />
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In that dingly little valley. <br />
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It rained; it always rained. <br />
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I think I never saw the sun until I was nine -- <br />
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And then it was too late; <br />
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Everything's too late after the first seven years. <br />
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The long street we lived in <br />
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Was duller than a drain <br />
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And nearly as dingy. <br />
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There were the big College <br />
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And the pseudo-Gothic town-hall. <br />
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There were the sordid provincial shops -- <br />
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The grocer's, and the shops for women, <br />
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The shop where I bought transfers, <br />
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And the piano and gramaphone shop <br />
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Where I used to stand <br />
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Staring at the huge shiny pianos and at the pictures <br />
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Of a white dog looking into a gramaphone. <br />
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How dull and greasy and grey and sordid it was! <br />
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On wet days -- it was always wet -- <br />
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I used to kneel on a chair <br />
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And look at it from the window. <br />
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The dirty yellow trams <br />
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Dragged noisily along <br />
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With a clatter of wheels and bells <br />
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And a humming of wires overhead. <br />
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They threw up the filthy rain-water from the hollow lines <br />
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And then the water ran back <br />
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Full of brownish foam bubbles. <br />
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There was nothing else to see --<br />
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It was all so dull -- <br />
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Except a few grey legs under shiny black umbrellas <br />
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Running along the grey shiny pavements; <br />
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Sometimes there was a waggon <br />
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Whose horses made a strange loud hollow sound <br />
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With their hoofs <br />
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Through the silent rain. <br />
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And there was a grey museum <br />
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Full of dead birds and dead insects and dead animals <br />
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And a few relics of the Romans -- dead also. <br />
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There was a sea-front, <br />
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A long asphalt walk with a bleak road beside it, <br />
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Three piers, a row of houses, <br />
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And a salt dirty smell from the little harbour. <br />
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I was like a moth -- <br />
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Like one of those grey Emperor moths <br />
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Which flutter through the vines at Capri. <br />
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And that damned little town was my match-box, <br />
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Against whose sides I beat and beat <br />
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Until my wings were torn and faded, and dingy <br />
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As that damned little town. <ref>Aldington, R. (n.d.). Childhood - Richard Aldington. Retrieved June 22, 2017, from https://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/richard-aldington/childhood-6/</ref><br />
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Richard Aldington wrote this poem at the age of 21 and, as seen in the background, he did not live a very happy life in general. As it can e inferred by the title, this poem narrates the depressing and traumatizing period of his childhood. The complete poem "Childhood" is over a hundred lines, which is why I chose only a section of the poem to talk about. I chose the third section because here Aldington talks about Dover, the town he grew up in, which had quite some similarities to London, starting by the weather. This is a very honest, crude and personal poem. His bitter and miserable childhood contrasts with the way any person would ever imagine what should be such a joyful and enjoyable part of anyone's life. In this third part of the poem, he talks specifically about Dover and its rainy weather and since the first lines he reveals his perspective about it. He complains about the rain, the smoke and the clouds that, according to him, seemed to always surround the valley. Everything that he expresses in the poem is in a negative way. He says that when he was finally able to see the sun, it was already too late. For this maybe he not only he meant "the sun" as a literal thing but also in a way in which, if you ever live through bad experiences for long enough it is hard to recognize when something good happens, as you get used to constant tragedy and that is all you expect. After this, he goes on a more personal level and talks about the street he lived in, which he compares to a drain. <br />
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As he proceeds to describe the places he used to go in the town with great amount of detail, he invites the readers to transport themselves to his childhood. It amazes me the way that he only focuses on the worst perspective of the town, which I am sure, could not have been nearly as ad as he describes. However, despite this, he says that "there was nothing else to see" as if he would have actually made an effort to look for a it of beauty in that place and failed. As he says "in rainy days-it was always rainy" he makes it seem as if there was no escape from that "depressing" panorama. He days "everything was dull" and then proceeds to say "except a few grey legs under shiny black umbrellas, running along the grey shiny pavements" making emphasis on the colors which were all dull as well. He keeps using the words dull, hollow, dingy and gray as he continues to describe the town and its weather. He has the most negative perspective I have ever heard of the museum, however, as I think this, I can almost hear him say "...it's true though, isn't it?". It is sad to think that the first thing to come to a kid's mind when being ale to observe such wonderful creatures so up close, is that they're dead. And then instead of showing interest in the captivating roman history, "oh, they're also dead". By the end on this section of the poem he talks not comparing himself to a moth inside of a matchbox. As he does this there are a few things to point out. First of al, the fact that instead of being a butterfly, he decides to be a moth, then the fact that he is in a matchbox meant that someone else put him there. This is almost as if he lamed his parent for carelessly putting him in a place where he felt trapped. Then as he descries how his wings were hurt and he couldn't fly he probably means to say that y growing up in a place where he was not meant to be, like the moth inside the matchbox, his aspirations were hurt and he was condemned to not be able to except his abilities at their full potential. In the last line of the poem he compares himself to the town, as if he had let the place he came from, define the rest of his life and he was damned to always be part of that town. <br />
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==Rain==<br />
By Don Paterson<br />
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I love all films that start with rain:<br />
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rain, braiding a windowpane<br />
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or darkening a hung-out dress<br />
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or streaming down her upturned face;<br />
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one long thundering downpour<br />
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right through the empty script and score<br />
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before the act, before the blame,<br />
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before the lens pulls through the frame<br />
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to where the woman sits alone<br />
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beside a silent telephone<br />
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or the dress lies ruined on the grass<br />
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or the girl walks off the overpass,<br />
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and all things flow out from that source<br />
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along their fatal watercourse.<br />
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However bad or overlong<br />
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such a film can do no wrong,<br />
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so when his native twang shows through<br />
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or when the boom dips into view<br />
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or when her speech starts to betray<br />
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its adaptation from the play,<br />
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I think to when we opened cold<br />
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on a rain-dark gutter, running gold<br />
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with the neon of a drugstore sign,<br />
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and I’d read into its blazing line:<br />
<br><br><br />
forget the ink, the milk, the blood—<br />
<br><br />
all was washed clean with the flood<br />
<br><br />
we rose up from the falling waters<br />
<br><br />
the fallen rain’s own sons and daughters<br />
<br><br><br />
and none of this, none of this matters. <ref>Paterson, D. (2017, June 18). Rain. Retrieved June 22, 2017, from http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/05/26/rain-poems-don-paterson</ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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In this poem about rain written by Don Paterson, he presents a whole different perspective from the one of Richard Aldington talking about the weather. Again since the first line, the perspective of the author is reveled and invites us to keep reading as the author contains in eight syllables per line every scene where rain is present in a movie. In this poem is beautiful the way Paterson describes his scenes. It is almost as if he only knew the most beautiful way to say things as simple as rain falling down a window. Instead he makes us visualize the drops falling and intertwining with each other as he says "braiding a windowpane". Also he makes us recall movie scenes where we have seen these images and makes us appreciate more the beauty of those scenes. The truth is that in movies, usually rain appears in sad parts just to add to the emotion as he says in the line "or streaming down her upturned face". Then as he says "before the act, before the blame, before the lens pulls through the frame" he seems to mean that whether it is being filmed or not, the rain is still there, beyond the movie. It exists whether we watch it or not and whether we are ale to appreciate it or not, it is beautiful. After this he recalls scenes where rain is used to create suspense "as a woman sits by the telephone" probably waiting for her lover to call or even maybe waiting to receive bad news. Then he says that no matter how bad the scene may seem or how wrong things start to go in the movie, that does not affect us because at the end of the day it is just a movie. Later, from my perspective, says that when bad things happen in the movie he starts thinking about how, just as in the movie, bad things happen in life and despite this the rain is able to wash away our problems as "we rise up from the falling waters". Just as in a movie, when a scene is rainy and sad it does not matter, because in the end, it is just going to e a scene of the movie, as that bad episode of our lives is just going to be that; an episode. I like the contrast this idea makes with the idea expressed in the previous poem as they both use the same object (the weather) to state opposing ideas. Also, as seen in the background, It is worthy of admiration how, Paterson is able to achieve such an accurate and understandable poem that is easy to appreciate, as he sticks to rhyme and meter. How he finds just the right words for each line to continue the same train of thought and guide us through the poem.<br />
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<br />
==Paper People==<br />
By Harry Baker, <br />
<br><br><br />
I like people.<br />
<br><br />
I’d like some paper people.<br />
<br><br />
They’d be purple paper people. <br />
<br><br />
Maybe pop-up purple paper people.<br />
<br><br />
Proper pop-up purple paper people.<br />
<br><br />
How do you prop up proper pop-up purple paper people?<br />
<br><br><br />
I’d probably prop up proper pop-up purple paper people<br />
<br><br />
with a proper pop-up purple people paperclip,<br />
<br><br />
but I’d pre-prepare appropriate adhesives as alternatives,<br />
<br><br />
a cheeky pack of Blu Tack just in case the paper slipped.<br />
<br><br />
I could build a pop-up metropolis.<br />
<br><br />
But I wouldn’t wanna deal with all the <br />
<br><br />
paper people politics,<br />
<br><br />
paper politicians with their <br />
<br><br />
paper-thin policies,<br />
<br><br />
broken promises <br />
<br><br />
without appropriate apologies.<br />
<br><br><br />
There’d be a little paper me. <br />
<br><br />
And a little paper you.<br />
<br><br />
And we could watch paper TV,<br />
<br> <br />
and it would all be pay-per-view.<br />
<br><br />
We’d see the poppy paper rappers <br />
<br><br />
rap about their paper package,<br />
<br><br />
or watch paper people carriers<br />
<br><br />
get stuck in paper traffic,<br />
<br><br />
on the A4. <br />
<br><br><br />
There’d be a paper <br />
<br><br />
princess Kate <br />
<br><br />
but we’d all stare at <br />
<br><br />
paper Pippa.<br />
<br><br />
And then we’d all live in fear of <br />
<br><br />
killer Jack the Paper-Ripper,<br />
<br><br />
because the paper propaganda <br />
<br><br />
propagates the people’s prejudices,<br />
<br><br />
papers printing pictures of the <br />
<br><br />
photogenic terrorists.<br />
<br><br><br />
A little paper me. <br />
<br><br />
And a little paper you.<br />
<br><br />
And in a pop-up population <br />
<br><br />
people’s problems pop up too.<br />
<br><br><br />
There’d be a pompous paper parliament <br />
<br><br />
who remained out of touch,<br />
<br><br />
and who ignored the people’s protests about <br />
<br><br />
all the paper cuts,<br />
<br><br />
then the peaceful paper protests <br />
<br><br />
would get blown to paper pieces,<br />
<br><br />
by the confetti cannons <br />
<br><br />
manned by pre-emptive police.<br />
<br><br><br />
Yes there’d still be <br />
<br><br />
paper money, <br />
<br><br />
so there’d still be <br />
<br><br />
paper greed,<br />
<br><br />
and the paper piggy bankers <br />
<br><br />
pocketing more than they need,<br />
<br><br />
purchasing the potpourri <br />
<br><br />
to pepper their paper properties,<br />
<br><br />
while others live in poverty <br />
<br><br />
and ain’t acknowledged properly.<br />
<br><br><br />
A proper poor economy, <br />
<br><br />
where so many are proper poor,<br />
<br><br />
yet while their needs get ignored,<br />
<br> <br />
the money goes to big wars.<br />
<br><br />
Origami armies <br />
<br><br />
unfold plans for paper planes,<br />
<br><br />
while we remain imprisoned <br />
<br><br />
by our own paper chains,<br />
<br><br />
but the greater shame,<br />
<br> <br />
is that it always seems to <br />
<br><br />
stay the same.<br />
<br><br />
What changes is who’s in power, <br />
<br><br />
choosing how to <br />
<br><br />
lay the blame,<br />
<br><br />
they’re naming names, <br />
<br><br />
forgetting these are names of people,<br />
<br><br />
because in the end <br />
<br><br />
it all comes down to people.<br />
<br><br><br />
I like people.<br />
<br><br />
Because even when the situation’s dire,<br />
<br><br />
It is only ever people <br />
<br><br />
who are able to inspire,<br />
<br><br />
and on paper, <br />
<br><br />
it’s hard to see how we all cope.<br />
<br><br />
But in the bottom of Pandora’s box <br />
<br><br />
there’s still hope,<br />
<br><br />
And I still hope <br />
<br><br />
because I believe in people.<br />
<br><br><br />
People like my grandparents.<br />
<br><br />
Who every single day since I was born, <br />
<br><br />
have taken time out of their morning <br />
<br><br />
to pray for me.<br />
<br><br />
That’s 7892 days straight <br />
<br><br />
of someone checking I’m okay, <br />
<br><br />
and that’s amazing.<br />
<br><br />
People like my aunt who puts on plays with prisoners.<br />
<br><br />
People who are capable of genuine forgiveness.<br />
<br><br />
People like the persecuted Palestinians.<br />
<br><br />
People who go out of their way to make your life better, <br />
<br><br />
and expect nothing in return.<br />
<br><br><br />
People have potential <br />
<br><br />
to be powerful.<br />
<br><br />
Just because the people in power <br />
<br><br />
tend to pretend to be victims,<br />
<br><br />
we don’t need to succumb to that system.<br />
<br><br />
And a paper population is no different.<br />
<br><br><br />
There’s a little paper me. <br />
<br><br />
And a little paper you.<br />
<br><br />
And we could watch paper TV,<br />
<br> <br />
and it would all be pay-per-view,<br />
<br><br />
and in a pop-up population <br />
<br><br />
people’s problems pop up too,<br />
<br><br />
But even if the whole world fell apart <br />
<br><br />
then we’d still make it through.<br />
<br><br><br />
Because we’re people.<ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 126-129 </ref><br />
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<br />
===Interpretation===<br />
<br><br />
I like the volatility if this poem, how it is funny, serious, sad, true and enjoyable all the way through. How Harry plays with the words that emphasize the sound of the letter p and that is his style all through the poem. He adds rhymes here and there without having to stick to the verse rules and even making the poem sound as a tongue twister sometimes. The poem also starts happy with the phrase "I like people". A phrase so vague and at the same time so full of meaning. Then he starts talking about "paper people" as if he did not want to talk directly about people. Similar to when you ask someone's advice for a problem "your friend" has, when it is really you who have the problem. Harry says he would build a pup-up paper metropolis but would not wand to deal with the "paper politics". Here is where the poem gets a little more serious as he complains about the politicians making useless "paper-thin" policies that do not actually help and then breaking the promises they do in their campaigns as they look for votes. Right after this he goes back to the funny side of the poem playing with words, like when he says that cars would "stuck in paper traffic on the A4" meaning the paper type as if it was also the name of a congested highway. Then he proceeds to help us give a setting to his paper metropolis and the rest of the references in the poem as he talks about the "paper princess Kate" and "Jack the paper ripper". As the poem goes through, he never lets it get too funny or too serious finding the perfect balance to make us reflect out what he s saying without making it tedious or boring. He talks about how "propaganda propagates people's prejudices" and I have been able to see this, specially in London, as in the past weeks of being here the city has suffered terrible terrorist attacks. The saddest thing is that the last one was an attack to a mosque inspired in islamofobia. And the media fosters this sometimes without the intention of doing so by "printing pictures of the photogenic terrorists" and making people think it could be any one of them.<br />
<br><br><br />
Harry also talks about sociopolitical concerns, just as Mathew Arnold used to do, the difference is that Harry adds humor to it and talks in a somewhat figurative language. He mentions how the parliament remains out of touch and how people are unable to peacefully protest. How there is a huge gap between the rich that have more than they need and the poor that are not acknowledged properly. How the economy is already poor and instead of dredging the population's needs the money goes to fund armed conflicts between nations. But despite all the rebellions and the wars, things never seem to change, it is always the same problems and the only thing that changes is the person in power, who is always the one to blame, but, it really? Harry makes us reflect that at the end of the day we are all people and we make mistakes and when we point our fingers and start laying the blame we forget "these are names of people". He goes towards the end of the poem in an optimistic perspective pointing out how even when the situations get rough, "it is only ever people who are able to inspire", and saying that there is still hope as long as we believe there is. Then he gives a simple example we can all relate to of how he believes in people, as he talks about his grandparents. He then proceeds to list people that without knowing it, are fighting for a bigger cause, people that inspire through their actions and "have the potential to be powerful". After that he exhorts us to do not fall into "the system" of hiding behind the excuse of "being victims" and he empowers us by his last lines, which are my favorite out of the whole poem and say that "even if the whole world fell apart then we’d still make it through because we’re people".<br />
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<br />
==My Own Reality in London==<br />
<br><br />
In this section I present poems of my own writing, to complement to the pictures taken and paintings made for the previous milestones of the protect "A London Full of Colour". I had the chance to visit London once again during the summer of 2017 as part of an Academic program of my university Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). During this experience I visited Museums, Palaces, Concerts, Plays and interacted with a great amount of all types of people. As part of the program, however, I had to keep a personal Travel Journal, narrating my day to day in this magnificent "World City". Throughout the program I not only stretched my intellectual capacities by doing independent studies, but I also explored new areas of my personality through art and developed a better sense of understanding of my own reality, acknowledging that my perception of it differs from that of others. Being here also made me more aware of my surroundings and of myself, as unfortunately, we lived together with London a great deal of tragedies in a very short period of time. As I learned more about the history of this place and the way it continues to grow despite the opposing circumstances, I was more and more motivated to leave (in some way) a piece of me to contribute to the beauty of this city. Just like the artists presented through this project, I leave here my own perception of London, which may not be that relevant to many, but it shows that each person has the capacity to create a reality for themselves and turn it into the life they wish to live. <br />
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===Lady London===<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
<br><br />
Through the development of this milestone it was possible to understand the reasons why each author chose a specific style and portrayed their own version of reality as well as their concerns with respect to it. Tracing the poets' literary developments through their lives provided a solid background that helped understand the peculiar nature of their greatest accomplishments and even the perspective from where they chose to write. Though it is true that weather conditions may influence a person's behavior and way of being and viewing life, (as seen in the previous Milestones linked to this one) a person's life experiences are the main sculptors of his or her perception of reality, which at the same time, will define his or her actions. At the beginning of the Milestone, we can see how Mathew Arnold's experiences guided him to become one of the most influential writers in the United Kingdom. He was often seen as a humanist more than just a social critic and exemplifies how shaped his character and and worked very hard to follow his passions and develop his talent raising awareness for a cause better than his own benefit. The section of Richard Aldington however, helps us understand why he gave a depressing scent to his writing and leaves us wondering if the negativity shown in his work was the effect or the cause of his tragedies. Later we see Don Paterson that uses poetry as his most perfect way of expression, taking careful attention to the rhyme and meter and giving poetry a new perspective. Finally, the contemporary poet and international poetry slam champion Harry Baker decides to express through poetry things that he knows about such as love, maths and (in some way) people. Doing so in the most creative way playing with the sounds and pronunciations of words. <br />
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All of the poets, besides being British have in common their strength of character when it came to poetry, as well as their love for it and their effort to (in their very own and individual ways) improve it. By the end of this Milestone, after interpreting the selected works of the authors presented in the background, I leave my own sets of poems that show the feelings I identified myself with while living in the City of London for nearly two months. I present my own work as well as the renown poets' work not only to fulfill my academic requirements, but to display my own version of reality in London and let the readers discover the wonders and calamities from which I was inspired to photograph, paint and write what I see as a London full of colour.<br />
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Colourful_Reality&diff=19766
Colourful Reality
2017-06-22T22:50:45Z
<p>Sreyes: </p>
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by [[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]<br><br />
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[[Kristy Giacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that I chose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. I have gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college. This project will combine my favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brighten the days of the viewers. The main message I wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. The goal of this Milestone, however, is to connect the emotions displayed in the pictures and the colors of the paintings in a creative way empathizing with the people walking by the site as a daily routine. The sets of paintings and pictures are accompanied by a poem of my own writing. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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It is in the beauty of a great writing where a person's real emotions are free to be exposed. "What makes a great writing so great?" you may think. I would say that the ability of a writer is to appeal to the readers' emotions precisely. In writing there is no such thing as truth, each writer is free to create their own reality, as dark or as colorful as they wish to do so. Though it is true that life experiences and situations shape a person's way of viewing life, each individual has the power to define his or her own reality and a way to do so is through literature. In this Milestone, the work of different poets is presented, as well as information about the writer's background and the path that lead to their accomplishments. The writers are chosen for their relevance as well as for the topics they cover in their poems, related to people's emotions, to symbolism, sociopolitical perspectives and to weather. Poetry has been a tool for many of these writers to use not only as a form of expression through art but also to raise awareness about their concerns. For the deliverable of this Milestone, a poem of each author presented in the background is chosen and interpreted by me. Poetry is for everyone and its power is beyond most people's imaginations, which is why, also as part of the deliverable, I included a poem of my own that links the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] to the painting made in [[Adding Pigment]] inspired by the works by the artists analyzed in [[Colourful Reality]]. <br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
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==Mathew Arnold==<br />
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In the biography published in the Encyclopedia Britannica this great literary character is introduced like this: "Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was an English Victorian poet and literary and social critic, noted especially for his classical attacks on the contemporary tastes and manners of the “Barbarians” (the aristocracy), the “Philistines” (the commercial middle class), and the “Populace.”" <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> He divided the society in these three categories and wrote about their realities from his perspective. Instead of referring to them as high, middle and low class, he called them "Barbarians", "Philistines" and "Populace". Also through his writings it is easy to get his idea of how society worked, specifically in the poems "West London" and "East London", where seeks to portray how the case of society relies in the working class, which, if we think about it, makes total sense. The working class is first of all where the great majority of people are situated, they are educated enough to actively participate in a roll of society contributing to the economy, and yet, are aware of the sociopolitical situation of their country because they are directly affected y it. They do not enjoy major privileges and they know that to get the bread to the tale they have to work for it, which they do. The high class instead, enjoy of all the privileges that come with being above everyone else and the lower class contribute very little to the economy and their voices are, if anything, barely heard."Arnold saw in the Philistines the key to the whole position; they were the most influential section of society; their strength was the nation’s strength, their crudeness its crudeness: the key was then to educate and humanize the Philistines." <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> <br />
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Mathew began his career as a poet and it was not hard for him to excel as he started to publish. This maybe influenced by the fact that he was the son of a very respected image, for his father, Thomas Arnold, was the headmaster of a renown college in England. Also his success was propelled by the way he wrote for a higher cause than himself. He wanted to make people conscious through his writing, so he raised awareness through his poetry which expressed his ideals for society. "a poetry that would address the moral needs of his readers, to animate and ennoble them” <ref> Matthew Arnold. (2015, October 04). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/matthew-arnold</ref> He was a man of great character and strong moral values that he worked to promote to his readers. Also, by the way he critiqued society in his poetry, he is considered to have "established criticism as an art form" and been inspiring English critiques until present times. According to a biography written by Hamilton and titled "A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold", Mathew became such an important image to represent English poetry that he was elected to the Oxford chair of poetry and very proud of this accomplishment, he wrote to his mother: "some 200 more voted than ever before".<ref>Letter from Mathew Arnold to his mother, May 10 1857. Ibid., pp. 357-358</ref><ref>Hamilton, I. (1999). A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold. New York: Basic Books, pp. 187-188</ref> This victory was only surpassed by the success of his first speech at Oxford, “On the Modern Element in Literature”, where according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, he gave a whole new definition to the word "modern": "being taken to mean not merely “contemporary”, but the spirit that, contemplating the vast and complex spectacle of life, craves for moral and intellectual “deliverance”". <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> This claim is also supported by the biography written by Hamilton, where he elaborates more about how Mathew believed that poetry was the best way to positively influence people and teach them morals, or as Mathew said: "a faith which could be thought of as a thing of beauty". <ref>Hamilton, I. (1999). A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold. New York: Basic Books, pp. 205-206</ref><br />
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For his many apportions Mr. Arnold has been considered one of the most influential writers of his time and he is the only person to have two memorials in Westminster Abbey, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.<ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> "A bust by Alfred Bruce-Joy" and "a mural tablet of Lepine limestone and green Westmorland slate with a motif of gilded flames, designed by Donald Buttress" can be seen in different sides of the Westminster Abbey according to its official website. The inscription in the tablet reads: "Remember Matthew Arnold 1822-1888 Poet and Critic. Let but the light appear and thy transfigured walls be touch'd with flame" and that quotation is taken from his poem to one of the Deans of Westminster. <ref>Westminster Abbey. (n.d.). Thomas and Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/thomas-and-matthew-arnold</ref> Being given the great honor of having two memorials in the abbey there is no way to deny his influence in English literature and the quality of his work. Mathew Arnold sets an example to all writers and invites them to believe in the power they have with their literature. In the same way, he invited us all to become aware of other people's situations and our roles in society.<br />
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==Richard Aldington==<br />
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Edward Godfree Aldington was born in a middle class family in Portsmouth, England, on 1892, however he grew up in a town called Dover at the Southeast end of the UK and since a very early age chose to be called Richard. <ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> What seems really interesting is the strength of his character, as, which kid would ever decide to change his or her own name? This detail helps us have a better idea of some traits of his personality. Now, about his life, as an adult he openly expressed he did not live the childhood he would have preferred. Through his poems people can have a very vivid picture of what the earliest days of his life were like, specially through his poem "Childhood", which setting is Dover. According to a biography written by Charles Doyle, "a great source of early dissatisfaction and insecurity for Aldington was his immediate environment".<ref>Doyle, C. (1989). Richard Aldington: a biography. Basingstoke: Macmillan, pp. 4-5</ref> In a letter written to a friend later in his life, he said: "The photo of poor old Dover is indeed shocking. The Victorian houses, with all their drab squalor, still had some remote trace of humanity, but these skyscraping slave-pens, industrial ergastula, give one the creeps. It is the same everywhere, and reflects the age, which will do itself justice"<ref>Aldington, R. letter to P. A. G. Aldington, May 21 1959 (Carbondale)</ref>. By this description, Dover does not sound very different to what London once was as seen in the first Milestone of this project ([[Colourless London]]). A gray place that, from Richard's perspective, as shown in his poem "Childhood", was dull, dark, stinky and hateful. He felt helpless in that town as if he was trapped there and unable to grow. In fact in the same biography previously mentioned, Charles Doyle realizes a repeated metaphor in Aldington's writings, the first one appears in the poem "Childhood" and the second one appears in the book "Rejected Guest":<br />
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From "Childhood":<br />
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Somebody found my chrysalis<br />
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And shut it in a match-box.<br />
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My shrivelled wings were beaten,<br />
<br><br />
Shed their colours in dusty scales <br />
<br><br />
Before the box was opened <br />
<br><br />
For the moth to fly. <br />
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From "Rejected Guest":<br />
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"A child, grubbing about in the garden, finds the chrysalis of a tiger moth. An old boot box is begged from the kitchen, a useless pile of unnecessary leaves is arranged for the treasure air-holes are punched. Every half-hour or so, the child into the box to the wonderful change it has been told about. Nothing happens, the box is forgotten, and then one day carelessly opened. The bright-winged creature lying dead." <ref>Aldington, R. (2005). Rejected guest. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publ. pp. 21</ref><br />
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With this visualization of himself and the town that saw him grow, it is not hard to identify the dark and depressing perspective of his works. The moth's metaphor however, was probably inspired by one of his hobbies as a child as stated in a biography written by Hernandez: "It was at Dover, also, that he began collecting butterflies; an occasional hobby that he would stay with for most of his life."<ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> After going through terrible childhood, his life did not become that much better, as when being an adult he had to go though very traumatic experiences and misfortunes such as having a stillborn child in his first marriage, a long and messy divorce and his participation in WWI. However, in spite of all these tragedies, he never topped writing. "The two and a half years that Aldington spent in active duty during WWI was to become perhaps the greatest single influence on his writing for the decades to follow." <ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> He used these events as a source of inspiration and did pretty well in his career for a while, until he caused controversy with one of his biographical books. As he wrote the biography of Lawrence of Arabia, who was admired by many, Aldington realized he was only a farce and when he published his book exposing all the lies, he got a lot of backs turned to him. "Aldington expected that he would be writing the biography of a hero, but in the process realized that the legend of the man was, in fact, legend indeed--and mostly of T.E. Lawrence's own making."<ref> Prose & Poetry - Richard Aldington. (n.d.). Retrieved June 21, 2017, from http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/aldington.htm</ref> <br />
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He suffered a lot from the critics after publishing this book even though it was later proven that he was right and for a writer with a bad reputation it is very hard to publish. Nevertheless, he did not give up and towards the end of his life things got a little bit better as in a visit to the USSR he said "Here, in the Soviet Union, for the first time in my life I have met with extraordinary warmth and attention. This is the happiest day of my life. I shall never forget it."<ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> Also, according to Doyle, after his death in 1962, "The Literary Gazette" published that "his work preserved the best tradition of British critical realism".<ref>Doyle, C. (1989). Richard Aldington: a biography. Basingstoke: Macmillan, pp. 323 </ref> With a life full of ups and downs, Aldington was one of the first English poets to discard the conventions of rhyme and meter but he discarded them for "a stricter and more difficult form which can hardly be called free verse because of the masterful control which regulates and balances every detail with the minutest precision". <ref>Kershaw, A., & Temple, F. J. (1965). Richard Aldington: an intimate portrait. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. pp. 7</ref> Also, after looking at a life so full of misfortunes, it is a little bit easier to understand the perspective of his writing.<br />
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==Don Paterson==<br />
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Don Paterson was born in 1963 in Scotland but moved to London at the age of 16 to work as a jazz musician and joined a band. According to "The British Council", him joining the jazz-folk ensemble Lammas, was one of the most influential factors all through his career. "Paterson’s strong ear for rhythm and understanding of the ‘sense in sound’ are partly attributable to his background in music" <ref>British Council. (2017). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/don-paterson</ref> Music is as much his passion as poetry is and even today he continues to play in Scotland as a professional musician. An astonishing fact about his life is that he taught himself the rules of rhyme and meter, and Egan his career as a self taught poet. He has a quite peculiar way of looking at his own profession, as in an interview with the journalist JP O'Malley, he asked Paterson if it was true he felt uncomfortable saying he was a poet, to what he answered; "I think that's true with most poets. I know only one or two who are comfortable with that. It's mainly because it's not a job of any kind. It's just something weirdly synaesthetic thing you do with words, and is probably symptomatic of a broader pathology. I think poetry is more of a diagnosis than a calling."<ref> O'Malley, J. (n.d.). An Interview with Don Paterson. Retrieved June 21, 2017, from http://asls.arts.gla.ac.uk/SWE/TBI/TBIIssue12/PatersonInterview.html </ref> It is sad to think that still in the 21st century it is hard to admit a profession for fear of judgement, specially a character like Patterson. However, in my opinion, he is not to blame, for maybe he doesn't want to deal with the comments and questions that come when you admit that you decided to pursue a career in literature. <br />
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Don Paterson has a great imagination worthy of admiration and by reading the interview, he also seems like a very down to earth person, someone that enjoys what he does and thats it. He does not pretend to be anyone's hero or use his poems as a gateway to escape his personal problems. He writes as inspiration comes to him and keeps close attention to every single word he chooses as he said "Ted Hughes used to talk about this: he said he knew a poem was finished when every word was listening to every other word."<ref>O'Malley, J. (n.d.). Profile: An Interview with Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://asls.arts.gla.ac.uk/SWE/TBI/TBIIssue12/PatersonInterview.html</ref> Reading a poem that has had so much thought put into it makes us appreciate poetry as a complex art form. His exemplary work has been widely acknowledged as he has received a great number of awards. According to "The Scottish Library", his collection "Nil Nil" won the Forward prize for best first collection, he was included on the list of 20 poets chosen for the Poetry Society’s ‘New Generation Poets’ promotion and became poetry editor at "Picador Macmillan".<ref>Scottish Poetry Library. (n.d.). Don Paterson . Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/don-paterson</ref> However, the awards don't end there, as stated in the official website of the Poetry Foundation: "God’s Gift to Women (1997) won both the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and Landing Light (2003) won the Whitbread Poetry Award and an unprecedented second T.S. Eliot Prize. Christina Patterson, reviewing Landing Light for the Independent, praised Paterson as “one of the few poets writing today whose work combines postmodern playfulness with a sense of yearning for the transcendental.” Paterson’s poem “A Private Bottling” won the Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition. He has won an Eric Gregory Award, three Book Awards from the Scottish Arts Council, and a Creative Scotland Award. The Poetry Society named Paterson one of the New Generation Poets and as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the English Association. For his service to literature, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2008 and received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2010."<ref>Poetry Foundation. (n.d.). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/don-paterson</ref> His work was so acknowledged that he won the T.S. Eliot Prize twice. A Life full of success that still continues and yet, he remains humble and down to earth. He seems like the kind of person that if you came across in the street, you would never imagine is so recognized by the quality of his work.<br />
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Don Paterson’s poems are so admirable because of the great deal of work he puts into them, and how, despite he sticks to the verse rules, that does not restrain his creativity and imagination for the lines flow with perfect sense. The hardest thing about doing this, at least for me, is definitely finding the right words to fit the rules without changing the original course of the poem. However, he must master a huge vocabulary, as he keeps the same trajectory of the poem at the same time as he keeps the rhyme and meter right. As Ben Wilkinson summed up in the British Council’s Writers Directory: "a sharp, witty and distinctive poetic voice, Paterson’s formal dexterity and dedication to poetic tradition are combined with contemporary postmodernist elements, producing poems of cutting-edge relevance, but also of intense, MacNeiceian lyrical beauty."<ref>Scottish Poetry Library. (n.d.). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/don-paterson</ref> Also, we must not forget that Patterson is still relatively young as has much more to offer as a poet and a musician. As he continues his career, we'll see what new wonders he creates for us to enjoy.<br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
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Harry Baker is not only one of my personal favorite poets, but also a great example for people that are too afraid to follow their passions. Harry grew up in London and he explains in his book "The Sunshine Kid" and in his YouTube videos how, as he was always an excellent student and enjoyed science, as his time to choose a career path approached, he was advised to study medicine and become a doctor. However, as he says, he discovered that despite enjoying science very much, "poetry was a more fun way of saving lives". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 9 </ref> So then he decided to study maths at Bristol after finishing his gap year between high school and college, which he thinks was one of the best decisions in his life, for it was along those times when he discovered Slam Poetry. Indeed, the first part of his book is called "Harry Baker's Super-Amazing Mega-Awesome Gap Year Adventures: Birth Of A Champion". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 19 </ref> In harry's poems it is easy to see how much he enjoys playing with the sounds of words and how at times the poem turns almost into a rap and sometimes it sounds like a tong twister. On the first note, Harry was actually a rapper before he started writing poetry. and one of his poems called "99 problems" he takes Jay-Z's lyrics and turns them into a poem about maths. In his book, he explains that from a young age he was told to write about things he knew about, and as he is a mathematician, this poem and others such as "59" talk about maths and numbers in the most creative way anyone could possibly imagine. He introduces the poem "59" as " a love poem about prime numbers" and he explains it is "the first proper poem he ever wrote".<ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 21-31</ref> With this poem he won his first "Poetry Slam Competition", which was a turning point that inspired him to keep writing and performing "almost every night", as he says later in his book. <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 43</ref><br />
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The Academy of American Poets explains in its official website that Slam Poetry is a movement that started in the U.S. somewhere between two or three decades ago and revived young people's interest in poetry. The way these work is that participants are given a few minutes in the stage to perform an original work of poetry written by themselves. The performances are individual or by groups and random members of the audience judge who wins. The website previously mentioned explains: "The work is judged as much on the manner and enthusiasm of its performance as its content or style, and many slam poems are not intended to be read silently from the page." <ref>A Brief Guide to Slam Poetry. (2015, October 06). Retrieved June 22, 2017, from https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/brief-guide-slam-poetry</ref> Harry became a London Slam Champion and was later invited to participate in the Poetry Slam World Cup of 2012 held in Paris, France. In his book, Harry tells the story of how this came to happen as well as all he had to do to go and the three poems he chose to participate. The first poem was "Dinosaur Love", the second one was "The Sunshine Kid" and the third poem, which he performed in the final, is called "Paper People". This poem is the one that made him win the Poetry Slam World Cup on 2012 and got him to become the youngest ever World Slam Champion. Harry is very proud to have this title as it has given him the chance to meet a lot of people and travel all around the world to perform. He is also very proud of his poem "Paper People" and this is easy to see baby the way he introduces it in his book: "So it's technically the best poem in the world". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 125</ref> Harry Baker is an inspiration because while being a mathematician he still follows his passion for poetry and excels at it at an international level. He is only in his early twenties and has already finished his degree, published a book and travelled the world meeting amazing people and doing what he likes. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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==West London==<br />
By Mathew Arnold<br />
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Crouch'd on the pavement close by Belgrave Square<br />
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A tramp I saw, ill, moody, and tongue-tied;<br />
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A babe was in her arms, and at her side<br />
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A girl; their clothes were rags, their feet were bare.<br />
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Some labouring men, whose work lay somewhere there,<br />
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Pass'd opposite; she touch'd her girl, who hied<br />
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Across, and begg'd and came back satisfied.<br />
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The rich she had let pass with frozen stare.<br />
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Thought I: Above her state this spirit towers;<br />
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She will not ask of aliens, but of friends,<br />
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Of sharers in a common human fate.<br />
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She turns from that cold succour, which attneds<br />
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The unknown little from the unknowing great,<br />
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And points us to a better time than ours. <ref>Arnold, Matthew. The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840–1867. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1909; Bartleby.com, 2011.</ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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The speaker of the poem sits in Belgrave Square and looks at a poor woman with her baby and young daughter, all dressed in rags, evidently from the lower class. Then, as some men from the working class pass by, the tramp sends the little girl to beg and she successfully brings back some money. However, as rich men pass by they make no effort to beg at all. Then the speaker explains how he realizes that the tramp will only beg from the working class who will understand her situation and are more likely to show some compassion and give her money. He also realized that from the perspective of the poor family, the rich men that walk by are "aliens" that would show no empathy at all for her cause, for which she sees no need to try to beg. In this short poem, Matthew Arnold criticizes society's lack of response to poverty. He lived in a period of modernization and was able to see the gap between social classes broaden as people became "aliens" for each other and all the empathic community that once existed was deteriorating. The title "West London" accentuates his idea of rupture of society caused by socioeconomic status, for that is considered to be a very wealthy side of the city. He uses this to accentuate the fact that poverty remains present despite the wealth of high class neighborhoods like West London. Finally, by the end of the poem, he leaves the readers with his desire for a change and an attempt of a wake up call. As he refers to the poor girl as the "unknown little" and to the rich as the "unknowing great" he shows how unconscious people have become and how he hopes for a better future. Just as it is explained in the background of this Milestone, he attempts to make his readers aware of society's situation so that hopefully they are more conscious about they reality and restore the lost morals of the broken community.<br />
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==Childhood III==<br />
By Richard Aldington<br />
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I hate that town; <br />
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I hate the town I lived in when I was little; <br />
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I hate to think of it. <br />
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There were always clouds, smoke, rain <br />
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In that dingly little valley. <br />
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It rained; it always rained. <br />
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I think I never saw the sun until I was nine -- <br />
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And then it was too late; <br />
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Everything's too late after the first seven years. <br />
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The long street we lived in <br />
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Was duller than a drain <br />
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And nearly as dingy. <br />
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There were the big College <br />
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And the pseudo-Gothic town-hall. <br />
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There were the sordid provincial shops -- <br />
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The grocer's, and the shops for women, <br />
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The shop where I bought transfers, <br />
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And the piano and gramaphone shop <br />
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Where I used to stand <br />
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Staring at the huge shiny pianos and at the pictures <br />
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Of a white dog looking into a gramaphone. <br />
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How dull and greasy and grey and sordid it was! <br />
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On wet days -- it was always wet -- <br />
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I used to kneel on a chair <br />
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And look at it from the window. <br />
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The dirty yellow trams <br />
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Dragged noisily along <br />
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With a clatter of wheels and bells <br />
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And a humming of wires overhead. <br />
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They threw up the filthy rain-water from the hollow lines <br />
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And then the water ran back <br />
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Full of brownish foam bubbles. <br />
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There was nothing else to see --<br />
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It was all so dull -- <br />
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Except a few grey legs under shiny black umbrellas <br />
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Running along the grey shiny pavements; <br />
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Sometimes there was a waggon <br />
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Whose horses made a strange loud hollow sound <br />
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With their hoofs <br />
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Through the silent rain. <br />
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And there was a grey museum <br />
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Full of dead birds and dead insects and dead animals <br />
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And a few relics of the Romans -- dead also. <br />
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There was a sea-front, <br />
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A long asphalt walk with a bleak road beside it, <br />
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Three piers, a row of houses, <br />
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And a salt dirty smell from the little harbour. <br />
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I was like a moth -- <br />
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Like one of those grey Emperor moths <br />
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Which flutter through the vines at Capri. <br />
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And that damned little town was my match-box, <br />
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Against whose sides I beat and beat <br />
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Until my wings were torn and faded, and dingy <br />
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As that damned little town. <ref>Aldington, R. (n.d.). Childhood - Richard Aldington. Retrieved June 22, 2017, from https://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/richard-aldington/childhood-6/</ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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Richard Aldington wrote this poem at the age of 21 and, as seen in the background, he did not live a very happy life in general. As it can e inferred by the title, this poem narrates the depressing and traumatizing period of his childhood. The complete poem "Childhood" is over a hundred lines, which is why I chose only a section of the poem to talk about. I chose the third section because here Aldington talks about Dover, the town he grew up in, which had quite some similarities to London, starting by the weather. This is a very honest, crude and personal poem. His bitter and miserable childhood contrasts with the way any person would ever imagine what should be such a joyful and enjoyable part of anyone's life. In this third part of the poem, he talks specifically about Dover and its rainy weather and since the first lines he reveals his perspective about it. He complains about the rain, the smoke and the clouds that, according to him, seemed to always surround the valley. Everything that he expresses in the poem is in a negative way. He says that when he was finally able to see the sun, it was already too late. For this maybe he not only he meant "the sun" as a literal thing but also in a way in which, if you ever live through bad experiences for long enough it is hard to recognize when something good happens, as you get used to constant tragedy and that is all you expect. After this, he goes on a more personal level and talks about the street he lived in, which he compares to a drain. <br />
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As he proceeds to describe the places he used to go in the town with great amount of detail, he invites the readers to transport themselves to his childhood. It amazes me the way that he only focuses on the worst perspective of the town, which I am sure, could not have been nearly as ad as he describes. However, despite this, he says that "there was nothing else to see" as if he would have actually made an effort to look for a it of beauty in that place and failed. As he says "in rainy days-it was always rainy" he makes it seem as if there was no escape from that "depressing" panorama. He days "everything was dull" and then proceeds to say "except a few grey legs under shiny black umbrellas, running along the grey shiny pavements" making emphasis on the colors which were all dull as well. He keeps using the words dull, hollow, dingy and gray as he continues to describe the town and its weather. He has the most negative perspective I have ever heard of the museum, however, as I think this, I can almost hear him say "...it's true though, isn't it?". It is sad to think that the first thing to come to a kid's mind when being ale to observe such wonderful creatures so up close, is that they're dead. And then instead of showing interest in the captivating roman history, "oh, they're also dead". By the end on this section of the poem he talks not comparing himself to a moth inside of a matchbox. As he does this there are a few things to point out. First of al, the fact that instead of being a butterfly, he decides to be a moth, then the fact that he is in a matchbox meant that someone else put him there. This is almost as if he lamed his parent for carelessly putting him in a place where he felt trapped. Then as he descries how his wings were hurt and he couldn't fly he probably means to say that y growing up in a place where he was not meant to be, like the moth inside the matchbox, his aspirations were hurt and he was condemned to not be able to except his abilities at their full potential. In the last line of the poem he compares himself to the town, as if he had let the place he came from, define the rest of his life and he was damned to always be part of that town. <br />
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==Rain==<br />
By Don Paterson<br />
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I love all films that start with rain:<br />
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rain, braiding a windowpane<br />
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or darkening a hung-out dress<br />
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or streaming down her upturned face;<br />
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one long thundering downpour<br />
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right through the empty script and score<br />
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before the act, before the blame,<br />
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before the lens pulls through the frame<br />
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to where the woman sits alone<br />
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beside a silent telephone<br />
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or the dress lies ruined on the grass<br />
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or the girl walks off the overpass,<br />
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and all things flow out from that source<br />
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along their fatal watercourse.<br />
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However bad or overlong<br />
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such a film can do no wrong,<br />
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so when his native twang shows through<br />
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or when the boom dips into view<br />
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or when her speech starts to betray<br />
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its adaptation from the play,<br />
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I think to when we opened cold<br />
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on a rain-dark gutter, running gold<br />
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with the neon of a drugstore sign,<br />
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and I’d read into its blazing line:<br />
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forget the ink, the milk, the blood—<br />
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all was washed clean with the flood<br />
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we rose up from the falling waters<br />
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the fallen rain’s own sons and daughters<br />
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and none of this, none of this matters. <ref>Paterson, D. (2017, June 18). Rain. Retrieved June 22, 2017, from http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/05/26/rain-poems-don-paterson</ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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In this poem about rain written by Don Paterson, he presents a whole different perspective from the one of Richard Aldington talking about the weather. Again since the first line, the perspective of the author is reveled and invites us to keep reading as the author contains in eight syllables per line every scene where rain is present in a movie. In this poem is beautiful the way Paterson describes his scenes. It is almost as if he only knew the most beautiful way to say things as simple as rain falling down a window. Instead he makes us visualize the drops falling and intertwining with each other as he says "braiding a windowpane". Also he makes us recall movie scenes where we have seen these images and makes us appreciate more the beauty of those scenes. The truth is that in movies, usually rain appears in sad parts just to add to the emotion as he says in the line "or streaming down her upturned face". Then as he says "before the act, before the blame, before the lens pulls through the frame" he seems to mean that whether it is being filmed or not, the rain is still there, beyond the movie. It exists whether we watch it or not and whether we are ale to appreciate it or not, it is beautiful. After this he recalls scenes where rain is used to create suspense "as a woman sits by the telephone" probably waiting for her lover to call or even maybe waiting to receive bad news. Then he says that no matter how bad the scene may seem or how wrong things start to go in the movie, that does not affect us because at the end of the day it is just a movie. Later, from my perspective, says that when bad things happen in the movie he starts thinking about how, just as in the movie, bad things happen in life and despite this the rain is able to wash away our problems as "we rise up from the falling waters". Just as in a movie, when a scene is rainy and sad it does not matter, because in the end, it is just going to e a scene of the movie, as that bad episode of our lives is just going to be that; an episode. I like the contrast this idea makes with the idea expressed in the previous poem as they both use the same object (the weather) to state opposing ideas. Also, as seen in the background, It is worthy of admiration how, Paterson is able to achieve such an accurate and understandable poem that is easy to appreciate, as he sticks to rhyme and meter. How he finds just the right words for each line to continue the same train of thought and guide us through the poem.<br />
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==Paper People==<br />
By Harry Baker, <br />
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I like people.<br />
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I’d like some paper people.<br />
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They’d be purple paper people. <br />
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Maybe pop-up purple paper people.<br />
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Proper pop-up purple paper people.<br />
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How do you prop up proper pop-up purple paper people?<br />
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I’d probably prop up proper pop-up purple paper people<br />
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with a proper pop-up purple people paperclip,<br />
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but I’d pre-prepare appropriate adhesives as alternatives,<br />
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a cheeky pack of Blu Tack just in case the paper slipped.<br />
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I could build a pop-up metropolis.<br />
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But I wouldn’t wanna deal with all the <br />
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paper people politics,<br />
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paper politicians with their <br />
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paper-thin policies,<br />
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broken promises <br />
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without appropriate apologies.<br />
<br><br><br />
There’d be a little paper me. <br />
<br><br />
And a little paper you.<br />
<br><br />
And we could watch paper TV,<br />
<br> <br />
and it would all be pay-per-view.<br />
<br><br />
We’d see the poppy paper rappers <br />
<br><br />
rap about their paper package,<br />
<br><br />
or watch paper people carriers<br />
<br><br />
get stuck in paper traffic,<br />
<br><br />
on the A4. <br />
<br><br><br />
There’d be a paper <br />
<br><br />
princess Kate <br />
<br><br />
but we’d all stare at <br />
<br><br />
paper Pippa.<br />
<br><br />
And then we’d all live in fear of <br />
<br><br />
killer Jack the Paper-Ripper,<br />
<br><br />
because the paper propaganda <br />
<br><br />
propagates the people’s prejudices,<br />
<br><br />
papers printing pictures of the <br />
<br><br />
photogenic terrorists.<br />
<br><br><br />
A little paper me. <br />
<br><br />
And a little paper you.<br />
<br><br />
And in a pop-up population <br />
<br><br />
people’s problems pop up too.<br />
<br><br><br />
There’d be a pompous paper parliament <br />
<br><br />
who remained out of touch,<br />
<br><br />
and who ignored the people’s protests about <br />
<br><br />
all the paper cuts,<br />
<br><br />
then the peaceful paper protests <br />
<br><br />
would get blown to paper pieces,<br />
<br><br />
by the confetti cannons <br />
<br><br />
manned by pre-emptive police.<br />
<br><br><br />
Yes there’d still be <br />
<br><br />
paper money, <br />
<br><br />
so there’d still be <br />
<br><br />
paper greed,<br />
<br><br />
and the paper piggy bankers <br />
<br><br />
pocketing more than they need,<br />
<br><br />
purchasing the potpourri <br />
<br><br />
to pepper their paper properties,<br />
<br><br />
while others live in poverty <br />
<br><br />
and ain’t acknowledged properly.<br />
<br><br><br />
A proper poor economy, <br />
<br><br />
where so many are proper poor,<br />
<br><br />
yet while their needs get ignored,<br />
<br> <br />
the money goes to big wars.<br />
<br><br />
Origami armies <br />
<br><br />
unfold plans for paper planes,<br />
<br><br />
while we remain imprisoned <br />
<br><br />
by our own paper chains,<br />
<br><br />
but the greater shame,<br />
<br> <br />
is that it always seems to <br />
<br><br />
stay the same.<br />
<br><br />
What changes is who’s in power, <br />
<br><br />
choosing how to <br />
<br><br />
lay the blame,<br />
<br><br />
they’re naming names, <br />
<br><br />
forgetting these are names of people,<br />
<br><br />
because in the end <br />
<br><br />
it all comes down to people.<br />
<br><br><br />
I like people.<br />
<br><br />
Because even when the situation’s dire,<br />
<br><br />
It is only ever people <br />
<br><br />
who are able to inspire,<br />
<br><br />
and on paper, <br />
<br><br />
it’s hard to see how we all cope.<br />
<br><br />
But in the bottom of Pandora’s box <br />
<br><br />
there’s still hope,<br />
<br><br />
And I still hope <br />
<br><br />
because I believe in people.<br />
<br><br><br />
People like my grandparents.<br />
<br><br />
Who every single day since I was born, <br />
<br><br />
have taken time out of their morning <br />
<br><br />
to pray for me.<br />
<br><br />
That’s 7892 days straight <br />
<br><br />
of someone checking I’m okay, <br />
<br><br />
and that’s amazing.<br />
<br><br />
People like my aunt who puts on plays with prisoners.<br />
<br><br />
People who are capable of genuine forgiveness.<br />
<br><br />
People like the persecuted Palestinians.<br />
<br><br />
People who go out of their way to make your life better, <br />
<br><br />
and expect nothing in return.<br />
<br><br><br />
People have potential <br />
<br><br />
to be powerful.<br />
<br><br />
Just because the people in power <br />
<br><br />
tend to pretend to be victims,<br />
<br><br />
we don’t need to succumb to that system.<br />
<br><br />
And a paper population is no different.<br />
<br><br><br />
There’s a little paper me. <br />
<br><br />
And a little paper you.<br />
<br><br />
And we could watch paper TV,<br />
<br> <br />
and it would all be pay-per-view,<br />
<br><br />
and in a pop-up population <br />
<br><br />
people’s problems pop up too,<br />
<br><br />
But even if the whole world fell apart <br />
<br><br />
then we’d still make it through.<br />
<br><br><br />
Because we’re people.<ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 126-129 </ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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I like the volatility if this poem, how it is funny, serious, sad, true and enjoyable all the way through. How Harry plays with the words that emphasize the sound of the letter p and that is his style all through the poem. He adds rhymes here and there without having to stick to the verse rules and even making the poem sound as a tongue twister sometimes. The poem also starts happy with the phrase "I like people". A phrase so vague and at the same time so full of meaning. Then he starts talking about "paper people" as if he did not want to talk directly about people. Similar to when you ask someone's advice for a problem "your friend" has, when it is really you who have the problem. Harry says he would build a pup-up paper metropolis but would not wand to deal with the "paper politics". Here is where the poem gets a little more serious as he complains about the politicians making useless "paper-thin" policies that do not actually help and then breaking the promises they do in their campaigns as they look for votes. Right after this he goes back to the funny side of the poem playing with words, like when he says that cars would "stuck in paper traffic on the A4" meaning the paper type as if it was also the name of a congested highway. Then he proceeds to help us give a setting to his paper metropolis and the rest of the references in the poem as he talks about the "paper princess Kate" and "Jack the paper ripper". As the poem goes through, he never lets it get too funny or too serious finding the perfect balance to make us reflect out what he s saying without making it tedious or boring. He talks about how "propaganda propagates people's prejudices" and I have been able to see this, specially in London, as in the past weeks of being here the city has suffered terrible terrorist attacks. The saddest thing is that the last one was an attack to a mosque inspired in islamofobia. And the media fosters this sometimes without the intention of doing so by "printing pictures of the photogenic terrorists" and making people think it could be any one of them.<br />
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Harry also talks about sociopolitical concerns, just as Mathew Arnold used to do, the difference is that Harry adds humor to it and talks in a somewhat figurative language. He mentions how the parliament remains out of touch and how people are unable to peacefully protest. How there is a huge gap between the rich that have more than they need and the poor that are not acknowledged properly. How the economy is already poor and instead of dredging the population's needs the money goes to fund armed conflicts between nations. But despite all the rebellions and the wars, things never seem to change, it is always the same problems and the only thing that changes is the person in power, who is always the one to blame, but, it really? Harry makes us reflect that at the end of the day we are all people and we make mistakes and when we point our fingers and start laying the blame we forget "these are names of people". He goes towards the end of the poem in an optimistic perspective pointing out how even when the situations get rough, "it is only ever people who are able to inspire", and saying that there is still hope as long as we believe there is. Then he gives a simple example we can all relate to of how he believes in people, as he talks about his grandparents. He then proceeds to list people that without knowing it, are fighting for a bigger cause, people that inspire through their actions and "have the potential to be powerful". After that he exhorts us to do not fall into "the system" of hiding behind the excuse of "being victims" and he empowers us by his last lines, which are my favorite out of the whole poem and say that "even if the whole world fell apart then we’d still make it through because we’re people".<br />
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==My Own Reality in London==<br />
<br><br />
In this section I present poems of my own writing, to complement to the pictures taken and paintings made for the previous milestones of the protect "A London Full of Colour". I had the chance to visit London once again during the summer of 2017 as part of an Academic program of my university Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). During this experience I visited Museums, Palaces, Concerts, Plays and interacted with a great amount of all types of people. As part of the program, however, I had to keep a personal Travel Journal, narrating my day to day in this magnificent "World City". Throughout the program I not only stretched my intellectual capacities by doing independent studies, but I also explored new areas of my personality through art and developed a better sense of understanding of my own reality, acknowledging that my perception of it differs from that of others. Being here also made me more aware of my surroundings and of myself, as unfortunately, we lived together with London a great deal of tragedies in a very short period of time. As I learned more about the history of this place and the way it continues to grow despite the opposing circumstances, I was more and more motivated to leave (in some way) a piece of me to contribute to the beauty of this city. Just like the artists presented through this project, I leave here my own perception of London, which may not be that relevant to many, but it shows that each person has the capacity to create a reality for themselves and turn it into the life they wish to live. <br />
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===Lady London===<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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Through the development of this milestone it was possible to understand the reasons why each author chose a specific style and portrayed their own version of reality as well as their concerns with respect to it. Tracing the poets' literary developments through their lives provided a solid background that helped understand the peculiar nature of their greatest accomplishments and even the perspective from where they chose to write. Though it is true that weather conditions may influence a person's behavior and way of being and viewing life, (as seen in the previous Milestones linked to this one) a person's life experiences are the main sculptors of his or her perception of reality, which at the same time, will define his or her actions. At the beginning of the Milestone, we can see how Mathew Arnold's experiences guided him to become one of the most influential writers in the United Kingdom. He was often seen as a humanist more than just a social critic and exemplifies how shaped his character and and worked very hard to follow his passions and develop his talent raising awareness for a cause better than his own benefit. The section of Richard Aldington however, helps us understand why he gave a depressing scent to his writing and leaves us wondering if the negativity shown in his work was the effect or the cause of his tragedies. Later we see Don Paterson that uses poetry as his most perfect way of expression, taking careful attention to the rhyme and meter and giving poetry a new perspective. Finally, the contemporary poet and international poetry slam champion Harry Baker decides to express through poetry things that he knows about such as love, maths and (in some way) people. Doing so in the most creative way playing with the sounds and pronunciations of words. <br />
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All of the poets, besides being British have in common their strength of character when it came to poetry, as well as their love for it and their effort to (in their very own and individual ways) improve it. By the end of this Milestone, after interpreting the selected works of the authors presented in the background, I leave my own sets of poems that show the feelings I identified myself with while living in the City of London for nearly two months. I present my own work as well as the renown poets' work not only to fulfill my academic requirements, but to display my own version of reality in London and let the readers discover the wonders and calamities from which I was inspired to photograph, paint and write what I see as a London full of colour.<br />
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Colourful_Reality&diff=19765
Colourful Reality
2017-06-22T22:49:56Z
<p>Sreyes: </p>
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by [[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]<br><br />
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[[Kristy Giacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that I chose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. I have gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college. This project will combine my favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brighten the days of the viewers. The main message I wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. The goal of this Milestone, however, is to connect the emotions displayed in the pictures and the colors of the paintings in a creative way empathizing with the people walking by the site as a daily routine. The sets of paintings and pictures are accompanied by a poem of my own writing. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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It is in the beauty of a great writing where a person's real emotions are free to be exposed. "What makes a great writing so great?" you may think. I would say that the ability of a writer is to appeal to the readers' emotions precisely. In writing there is no such thing as truth, each writer is free to create their own reality, as dark or as colorful as they wish to do so. Though it is true that life experiences and situations shape a person's way of viewing life, each individual has the power to define his or her own reality and a way to do so is through literature. In this Milestone, the work of different poets is presented, as well as information about the writer's background and the path that lead to their accomplishments. The writers are chosen for their relevance as well as for the topics they cover in their poems, related to people's emotions, to symbolism, sociopolitical perspectives and to weather. Poetry has been a tool for many of these writers to use not only as a form of expression through art but also to raise awareness about their concerns. For the deliverable of this Milestone, a poem of each author presented in the background is chosen and interpreted by me. Poetry is for everyone and its power is beyond most people's imaginations, which is why, also as part of the deliverable, I included a poem of my own that links the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] to the painting made in [[Adding Pigment]] inspired by the works by the artists analyzed in [[Colorful Reality]]. <br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
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==Mathew Arnold==<br />
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In the biography published in the Encyclopedia Britannica this great literary character is introduced like this: "Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was an English Victorian poet and literary and social critic, noted especially for his classical attacks on the contemporary tastes and manners of the “Barbarians” (the aristocracy), the “Philistines” (the commercial middle class), and the “Populace.”" <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> He divided the society in these three categories and wrote about their realities from his perspective. Instead of referring to them as high, middle and low class, he called them "Barbarians", "Philistines" and "Populace". Also through his writings it is easy to get his idea of how society worked, specifically in the poems "West London" and "East London", where seeks to portray how the case of society relies in the working class, which, if we think about it, makes total sense. The working class is first of all where the great majority of people are situated, they are educated enough to actively participate in a roll of society contributing to the economy, and yet, are aware of the sociopolitical situation of their country because they are directly affected y it. They do not enjoy major privileges and they know that to get the bread to the tale they have to work for it, which they do. The high class instead, enjoy of all the privileges that come with being above everyone else and the lower class contribute very little to the economy and their voices are, if anything, barely heard."Arnold saw in the Philistines the key to the whole position; they were the most influential section of society; their strength was the nation’s strength, their crudeness its crudeness: the key was then to educate and humanize the Philistines." <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> <br />
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Mathew began his career as a poet and it was not hard for him to excel as he started to publish. This maybe influenced by the fact that he was the son of a very respected image, for his father, Thomas Arnold, was the headmaster of a renown college in England. Also his success was propelled by the way he wrote for a higher cause than himself. He wanted to make people conscious through his writing, so he raised awareness through his poetry which expressed his ideals for society. "a poetry that would address the moral needs of his readers, to animate and ennoble them” <ref> Matthew Arnold. (2015, October 04). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/matthew-arnold</ref> He was a man of great character and strong moral values that he worked to promote to his readers. Also, by the way he critiqued society in his poetry, he is considered to have "established criticism as an art form" and been inspiring English critiques until present times. According to a biography written by Hamilton and titled "A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold", Mathew became such an important image to represent English poetry that he was elected to the Oxford chair of poetry and very proud of this accomplishment, he wrote to his mother: "some 200 more voted than ever before".<ref>Letter from Mathew Arnold to his mother, May 10 1857. Ibid., pp. 357-358</ref><ref>Hamilton, I. (1999). A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold. New York: Basic Books, pp. 187-188</ref> This victory was only surpassed by the success of his first speech at Oxford, “On the Modern Element in Literature”, where according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, he gave a whole new definition to the word "modern": "being taken to mean not merely “contemporary”, but the spirit that, contemplating the vast and complex spectacle of life, craves for moral and intellectual “deliverance”". <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> This claim is also supported by the biography written by Hamilton, where he elaborates more about how Mathew believed that poetry was the best way to positively influence people and teach them morals, or as Mathew said: "a faith which could be thought of as a thing of beauty". <ref>Hamilton, I. (1999). A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold. New York: Basic Books, pp. 205-206</ref><br />
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For his many apportions Mr. Arnold has been considered one of the most influential writers of his time and he is the only person to have two memorials in Westminster Abbey, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.<ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> "A bust by Alfred Bruce-Joy" and "a mural tablet of Lepine limestone and green Westmorland slate with a motif of gilded flames, designed by Donald Buttress" can be seen in different sides of the Westminster Abbey according to its official website. The inscription in the tablet reads: "Remember Matthew Arnold 1822-1888 Poet and Critic. Let but the light appear and thy transfigured walls be touch'd with flame" and that quotation is taken from his poem to one of the Deans of Westminster. <ref>Westminster Abbey. (n.d.). Thomas and Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/thomas-and-matthew-arnold</ref> Being given the great honor of having two memorials in the abbey there is no way to deny his influence in English literature and the quality of his work. Mathew Arnold sets an example to all writers and invites them to believe in the power they have with their literature. In the same way, he invited us all to become aware of other people's situations and our roles in society.<br />
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==Richard Aldington==<br />
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Edward Godfree Aldington was born in a middle class family in Portsmouth, England, on 1892, however he grew up in a town called Dover at the Southeast end of the UK and since a very early age chose to be called Richard. <ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> What seems really interesting is the strength of his character, as, which kid would ever decide to change his or her own name? This detail helps us have a better idea of some traits of his personality. Now, about his life, as an adult he openly expressed he did not live the childhood he would have preferred. Through his poems people can have a very vivid picture of what the earliest days of his life were like, specially through his poem "Childhood", which setting is Dover. According to a biography written by Charles Doyle, "a great source of early dissatisfaction and insecurity for Aldington was his immediate environment".<ref>Doyle, C. (1989). Richard Aldington: a biography. Basingstoke: Macmillan, pp. 4-5</ref> In a letter written to a friend later in his life, he said: "The photo of poor old Dover is indeed shocking. The Victorian houses, with all their drab squalor, still had some remote trace of humanity, but these skyscraping slave-pens, industrial ergastula, give one the creeps. It is the same everywhere, and reflects the age, which will do itself justice"<ref>Aldington, R. letter to P. A. G. Aldington, May 21 1959 (Carbondale)</ref>. By this description, Dover does not sound very different to what London once was as seen in the first Milestone of this project ([[Colourless London]]). A gray place that, from Richard's perspective, as shown in his poem "Childhood", was dull, dark, stinky and hateful. He felt helpless in that town as if he was trapped there and unable to grow. In fact in the same biography previously mentioned, Charles Doyle realizes a repeated metaphor in Aldington's writings, the first one appears in the poem "Childhood" and the second one appears in the book "Rejected Guest":<br />
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From "Childhood":<br />
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Somebody found my chrysalis<br />
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And shut it in a match-box.<br />
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My shrivelled wings were beaten,<br />
<br><br />
Shed their colours in dusty scales <br />
<br><br />
Before the box was opened <br />
<br><br />
For the moth to fly. <br />
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From "Rejected Guest":<br />
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"A child, grubbing about in the garden, finds the chrysalis of a tiger moth. An old boot box is begged from the kitchen, a useless pile of unnecessary leaves is arranged for the treasure air-holes are punched. Every half-hour or so, the child into the box to the wonderful change it has been told about. Nothing happens, the box is forgotten, and then one day carelessly opened. The bright-winged creature lying dead." <ref>Aldington, R. (2005). Rejected guest. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publ. pp. 21</ref><br />
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With this visualization of himself and the town that saw him grow, it is not hard to identify the dark and depressing perspective of his works. The moth's metaphor however, was probably inspired by one of his hobbies as a child as stated in a biography written by Hernandez: "It was at Dover, also, that he began collecting butterflies; an occasional hobby that he would stay with for most of his life."<ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> After going through terrible childhood, his life did not become that much better, as when being an adult he had to go though very traumatic experiences and misfortunes such as having a stillborn child in his first marriage, a long and messy divorce and his participation in WWI. However, in spite of all these tragedies, he never topped writing. "The two and a half years that Aldington spent in active duty during WWI was to become perhaps the greatest single influence on his writing for the decades to follow." <ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> He used these events as a source of inspiration and did pretty well in his career for a while, until he caused controversy with one of his biographical books. As he wrote the biography of Lawrence of Arabia, who was admired by many, Aldington realized he was only a farce and when he published his book exposing all the lies, he got a lot of backs turned to him. "Aldington expected that he would be writing the biography of a hero, but in the process realized that the legend of the man was, in fact, legend indeed--and mostly of T.E. Lawrence's own making."<ref> Prose & Poetry - Richard Aldington. (n.d.). Retrieved June 21, 2017, from http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/aldington.htm</ref> <br />
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He suffered a lot from the critics after publishing this book even though it was later proven that he was right and for a writer with a bad reputation it is very hard to publish. Nevertheless, he did not give up and towards the end of his life things got a little bit better as in a visit to the USSR he said "Here, in the Soviet Union, for the first time in my life I have met with extraordinary warmth and attention. This is the happiest day of my life. I shall never forget it."<ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> Also, according to Doyle, after his death in 1962, "The Literary Gazette" published that "his work preserved the best tradition of British critical realism".<ref>Doyle, C. (1989). Richard Aldington: a biography. Basingstoke: Macmillan, pp. 323 </ref> With a life full of ups and downs, Aldington was one of the first English poets to discard the conventions of rhyme and meter but he discarded them for "a stricter and more difficult form which can hardly be called free verse because of the masterful control which regulates and balances every detail with the minutest precision". <ref>Kershaw, A., & Temple, F. J. (1965). Richard Aldington: an intimate portrait. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. pp. 7</ref> Also, after looking at a life so full of misfortunes, it is a little bit easier to understand the perspective of his writing.<br />
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==Don Paterson==<br />
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Don Paterson was born in 1963 in Scotland but moved to London at the age of 16 to work as a jazz musician and joined a band. According to "The British Council", him joining the jazz-folk ensemble Lammas, was one of the most influential factors all through his career. "Paterson’s strong ear for rhythm and understanding of the ‘sense in sound’ are partly attributable to his background in music" <ref>British Council. (2017). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/don-paterson</ref> Music is as much his passion as poetry is and even today he continues to play in Scotland as a professional musician. An astonishing fact about his life is that he taught himself the rules of rhyme and meter, and Egan his career as a self taught poet. He has a quite peculiar way of looking at his own profession, as in an interview with the journalist JP O'Malley, he asked Paterson if it was true he felt uncomfortable saying he was a poet, to what he answered; "I think that's true with most poets. I know only one or two who are comfortable with that. It's mainly because it's not a job of any kind. It's just something weirdly synaesthetic thing you do with words, and is probably symptomatic of a broader pathology. I think poetry is more of a diagnosis than a calling."<ref> O'Malley, J. (n.d.). An Interview with Don Paterson. Retrieved June 21, 2017, from http://asls.arts.gla.ac.uk/SWE/TBI/TBIIssue12/PatersonInterview.html </ref> It is sad to think that still in the 21st century it is hard to admit a profession for fear of judgement, specially a character like Patterson. However, in my opinion, he is not to blame, for maybe he doesn't want to deal with the comments and questions that come when you admit that you decided to pursue a career in literature. <br />
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Don Paterson has a great imagination worthy of admiration and by reading the interview, he also seems like a very down to earth person, someone that enjoys what he does and thats it. He does not pretend to be anyone's hero or use his poems as a gateway to escape his personal problems. He writes as inspiration comes to him and keeps close attention to every single word he chooses as he said "Ted Hughes used to talk about this: he said he knew a poem was finished when every word was listening to every other word."<ref>O'Malley, J. (n.d.). Profile: An Interview with Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://asls.arts.gla.ac.uk/SWE/TBI/TBIIssue12/PatersonInterview.html</ref> Reading a poem that has had so much thought put into it makes us appreciate poetry as a complex art form. His exemplary work has been widely acknowledged as he has received a great number of awards. According to "The Scottish Library", his collection "Nil Nil" won the Forward prize for best first collection, he was included on the list of 20 poets chosen for the Poetry Society’s ‘New Generation Poets’ promotion and became poetry editor at "Picador Macmillan".<ref>Scottish Poetry Library. (n.d.). Don Paterson . Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/don-paterson</ref> However, the awards don't end there, as stated in the official website of the Poetry Foundation: "God’s Gift to Women (1997) won both the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and Landing Light (2003) won the Whitbread Poetry Award and an unprecedented second T.S. Eliot Prize. Christina Patterson, reviewing Landing Light for the Independent, praised Paterson as “one of the few poets writing today whose work combines postmodern playfulness with a sense of yearning for the transcendental.” Paterson’s poem “A Private Bottling” won the Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition. He has won an Eric Gregory Award, three Book Awards from the Scottish Arts Council, and a Creative Scotland Award. The Poetry Society named Paterson one of the New Generation Poets and as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the English Association. For his service to literature, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2008 and received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2010."<ref>Poetry Foundation. (n.d.). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/don-paterson</ref> His work was so acknowledged that he won the T.S. Eliot Prize twice. A Life full of success that still continues and yet, he remains humble and down to earth. He seems like the kind of person that if you came across in the street, you would never imagine is so recognized by the quality of his work.<br />
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Don Paterson’s poems are so admirable because of the great deal of work he puts into them, and how, despite he sticks to the verse rules, that does not restrain his creativity and imagination for the lines flow with perfect sense. The hardest thing about doing this, at least for me, is definitely finding the right words to fit the rules without changing the original course of the poem. However, he must master a huge vocabulary, as he keeps the same trajectory of the poem at the same time as he keeps the rhyme and meter right. As Ben Wilkinson summed up in the British Council’s Writers Directory: "a sharp, witty and distinctive poetic voice, Paterson’s formal dexterity and dedication to poetic tradition are combined with contemporary postmodernist elements, producing poems of cutting-edge relevance, but also of intense, MacNeiceian lyrical beauty."<ref>Scottish Poetry Library. (n.d.). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/don-paterson</ref> Also, we must not forget that Patterson is still relatively young as has much more to offer as a poet and a musician. As he continues his career, we'll see what new wonders he creates for us to enjoy.<br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
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Harry Baker is not only one of my personal favorite poets, but also a great example for people that are too afraid to follow their passions. Harry grew up in London and he explains in his book "The Sunshine Kid" and in his YouTube videos how, as he was always an excellent student and enjoyed science, as his time to choose a career path approached, he was advised to study medicine and become a doctor. However, as he says, he discovered that despite enjoying science very much, "poetry was a more fun way of saving lives". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 9 </ref> So then he decided to study maths at Bristol after finishing his gap year between high school and college, which he thinks was one of the best decisions in his life, for it was along those times when he discovered Slam Poetry. Indeed, the first part of his book is called "Harry Baker's Super-Amazing Mega-Awesome Gap Year Adventures: Birth Of A Champion". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 19 </ref> In harry's poems it is easy to see how much he enjoys playing with the sounds of words and how at times the poem turns almost into a rap and sometimes it sounds like a tong twister. On the first note, Harry was actually a rapper before he started writing poetry. and one of his poems called "99 problems" he takes Jay-Z's lyrics and turns them into a poem about maths. In his book, he explains that from a young age he was told to write about things he knew about, and as he is a mathematician, this poem and others such as "59" talk about maths and numbers in the most creative way anyone could possibly imagine. He introduces the poem "59" as " a love poem about prime numbers" and he explains it is "the first proper poem he ever wrote".<ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 21-31</ref> With this poem he won his first "Poetry Slam Competition", which was a turning point that inspired him to keep writing and performing "almost every night", as he says later in his book. <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 43</ref><br />
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The Academy of American Poets explains in its official website that Slam Poetry is a movement that started in the U.S. somewhere between two or three decades ago and revived young people's interest in poetry. The way these work is that participants are given a few minutes in the stage to perform an original work of poetry written by themselves. The performances are individual or by groups and random members of the audience judge who wins. The website previously mentioned explains: "The work is judged as much on the manner and enthusiasm of its performance as its content or style, and many slam poems are not intended to be read silently from the page." <ref>A Brief Guide to Slam Poetry. (2015, October 06). Retrieved June 22, 2017, from https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/brief-guide-slam-poetry</ref> Harry became a London Slam Champion and was later invited to participate in the Poetry Slam World Cup of 2012 held in Paris, France. In his book, Harry tells the story of how this came to happen as well as all he had to do to go and the three poems he chose to participate. The first poem was "Dinosaur Love", the second one was "The Sunshine Kid" and the third poem, which he performed in the final, is called "Paper People". This poem is the one that made him win the Poetry Slam World Cup on 2012 and got him to become the youngest ever World Slam Champion. Harry is very proud to have this title as it has given him the chance to meet a lot of people and travel all around the world to perform. He is also very proud of his poem "Paper People" and this is easy to see baby the way he introduces it in his book: "So it's technically the best poem in the world". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 125</ref> Harry Baker is an inspiration because while being a mathematician he still follows his passion for poetry and excels at it at an international level. He is only in his early twenties and has already finished his degree, published a book and travelled the world meeting amazing people and doing what he likes. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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==West London==<br />
By Mathew Arnold<br />
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Crouch'd on the pavement close by Belgrave Square<br />
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A tramp I saw, ill, moody, and tongue-tied;<br />
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A babe was in her arms, and at her side<br />
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A girl; their clothes were rags, their feet were bare.<br />
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Some labouring men, whose work lay somewhere there,<br />
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Pass'd opposite; she touch'd her girl, who hied<br />
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Across, and begg'd and came back satisfied.<br />
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The rich she had let pass with frozen stare.<br />
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Thought I: Above her state this spirit towers;<br />
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She will not ask of aliens, but of friends,<br />
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Of sharers in a common human fate.<br />
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She turns from that cold succour, which attneds<br />
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The unknown little from the unknowing great,<br />
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And points us to a better time than ours. <ref>Arnold, Matthew. The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840–1867. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1909; Bartleby.com, 2011.</ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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The speaker of the poem sits in Belgrave Square and looks at a poor woman with her baby and young daughter, all dressed in rags, evidently from the lower class. Then, as some men from the working class pass by, the tramp sends the little girl to beg and she successfully brings back some money. However, as rich men pass by they make no effort to beg at all. Then the speaker explains how he realizes that the tramp will only beg from the working class who will understand her situation and are more likely to show some compassion and give her money. He also realized that from the perspective of the poor family, the rich men that walk by are "aliens" that would show no empathy at all for her cause, for which she sees no need to try to beg. In this short poem, Matthew Arnold criticizes society's lack of response to poverty. He lived in a period of modernization and was able to see the gap between social classes broaden as people became "aliens" for each other and all the empathic community that once existed was deteriorating. The title "West London" accentuates his idea of rupture of society caused by socioeconomic status, for that is considered to be a very wealthy side of the city. He uses this to accentuate the fact that poverty remains present despite the wealth of high class neighborhoods like West London. Finally, by the end of the poem, he leaves the readers with his desire for a change and an attempt of a wake up call. As he refers to the poor girl as the "unknown little" and to the rich as the "unknowing great" he shows how unconscious people have become and how he hopes for a better future. Just as it is explained in the background of this Milestone, he attempts to make his readers aware of society's situation so that hopefully they are more conscious about they reality and restore the lost morals of the broken community.<br />
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==Childhood III==<br />
By Richard Aldington<br />
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I hate that town; <br />
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I hate the town I lived in when I was little; <br />
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I hate to think of it. <br />
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There were always clouds, smoke, rain <br />
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In that dingly little valley. <br />
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It rained; it always rained. <br />
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I think I never saw the sun until I was nine -- <br />
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And then it was too late; <br />
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Everything's too late after the first seven years. <br />
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The long street we lived in <br />
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Was duller than a drain <br />
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And nearly as dingy. <br />
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There were the big College <br />
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And the pseudo-Gothic town-hall. <br />
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There were the sordid provincial shops -- <br />
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The grocer's, and the shops for women, <br />
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The shop where I bought transfers, <br />
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And the piano and gramaphone shop <br />
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Where I used to stand <br />
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Staring at the huge shiny pianos and at the pictures <br />
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Of a white dog looking into a gramaphone. <br />
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How dull and greasy and grey and sordid it was! <br />
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On wet days -- it was always wet -- <br />
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I used to kneel on a chair <br />
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And look at it from the window. <br />
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The dirty yellow trams <br />
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Dragged noisily along <br />
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With a clatter of wheels and bells <br />
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And a humming of wires overhead. <br />
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They threw up the filthy rain-water from the hollow lines <br />
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And then the water ran back <br />
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Full of brownish foam bubbles. <br />
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There was nothing else to see --<br />
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It was all so dull -- <br />
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Except a few grey legs under shiny black umbrellas <br />
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Running along the grey shiny pavements; <br />
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Sometimes there was a waggon <br />
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Whose horses made a strange loud hollow sound <br />
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With their hoofs <br />
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Through the silent rain. <br />
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And there was a grey museum <br />
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Full of dead birds and dead insects and dead animals <br />
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And a few relics of the Romans -- dead also. <br />
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There was a sea-front, <br />
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A long asphalt walk with a bleak road beside it, <br />
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Three piers, a row of houses, <br />
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And a salt dirty smell from the little harbour. <br />
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I was like a moth -- <br />
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Like one of those grey Emperor moths <br />
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Which flutter through the vines at Capri. <br />
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And that damned little town was my match-box, <br />
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Against whose sides I beat and beat <br />
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Until my wings were torn and faded, and dingy <br />
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As that damned little town. <ref>Aldington, R. (n.d.). Childhood - Richard Aldington. Retrieved June 22, 2017, from https://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/richard-aldington/childhood-6/</ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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Richard Aldington wrote this poem at the age of 21 and, as seen in the background, he did not live a very happy life in general. As it can e inferred by the title, this poem narrates the depressing and traumatizing period of his childhood. The complete poem "Childhood" is over a hundred lines, which is why I chose only a section of the poem to talk about. I chose the third section because here Aldington talks about Dover, the town he grew up in, which had quite some similarities to London, starting by the weather. This is a very honest, crude and personal poem. His bitter and miserable childhood contrasts with the way any person would ever imagine what should be such a joyful and enjoyable part of anyone's life. In this third part of the poem, he talks specifically about Dover and its rainy weather and since the first lines he reveals his perspective about it. He complains about the rain, the smoke and the clouds that, according to him, seemed to always surround the valley. Everything that he expresses in the poem is in a negative way. He says that when he was finally able to see the sun, it was already too late. For this maybe he not only he meant "the sun" as a literal thing but also in a way in which, if you ever live through bad experiences for long enough it is hard to recognize when something good happens, as you get used to constant tragedy and that is all you expect. After this, he goes on a more personal level and talks about the street he lived in, which he compares to a drain. <br />
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As he proceeds to describe the places he used to go in the town with great amount of detail, he invites the readers to transport themselves to his childhood. It amazes me the way that he only focuses on the worst perspective of the town, which I am sure, could not have been nearly as ad as he describes. However, despite this, he says that "there was nothing else to see" as if he would have actually made an effort to look for a it of beauty in that place and failed. As he says "in rainy days-it was always rainy" he makes it seem as if there was no escape from that "depressing" panorama. He days "everything was dull" and then proceeds to say "except a few grey legs under shiny black umbrellas, running along the grey shiny pavements" making emphasis on the colors which were all dull as well. He keeps using the words dull, hollow, dingy and gray as he continues to describe the town and its weather. He has the most negative perspective I have ever heard of the museum, however, as I think this, I can almost hear him say "...it's true though, isn't it?". It is sad to think that the first thing to come to a kid's mind when being ale to observe such wonderful creatures so up close, is that they're dead. And then instead of showing interest in the captivating roman history, "oh, they're also dead". By the end on this section of the poem he talks not comparing himself to a moth inside of a matchbox. As he does this there are a few things to point out. First of al, the fact that instead of being a butterfly, he decides to be a moth, then the fact that he is in a matchbox meant that someone else put him there. This is almost as if he lamed his parent for carelessly putting him in a place where he felt trapped. Then as he descries how his wings were hurt and he couldn't fly he probably means to say that y growing up in a place where he was not meant to be, like the moth inside the matchbox, his aspirations were hurt and he was condemned to not be able to except his abilities at their full potential. In the last line of the poem he compares himself to the town, as if he had let the place he came from, define the rest of his life and he was damned to always be part of that town. <br />
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==Rain==<br />
By Don Paterson<br />
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I love all films that start with rain:<br />
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rain, braiding a windowpane<br />
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or darkening a hung-out dress<br />
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or streaming down her upturned face;<br />
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one long thundering downpour<br />
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right through the empty script and score<br />
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before the act, before the blame,<br />
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before the lens pulls through the frame<br />
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to where the woman sits alone<br />
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beside a silent telephone<br />
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or the dress lies ruined on the grass<br />
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or the girl walks off the overpass,<br />
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and all things flow out from that source<br />
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along their fatal watercourse.<br />
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However bad or overlong<br />
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such a film can do no wrong,<br />
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so when his native twang shows through<br />
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or when the boom dips into view<br />
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or when her speech starts to betray<br />
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its adaptation from the play,<br />
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I think to when we opened cold<br />
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on a rain-dark gutter, running gold<br />
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with the neon of a drugstore sign,<br />
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and I’d read into its blazing line:<br />
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forget the ink, the milk, the blood—<br />
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all was washed clean with the flood<br />
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we rose up from the falling waters<br />
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the fallen rain’s own sons and daughters<br />
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and none of this, none of this matters. <ref>Paterson, D. (2017, June 18). Rain. Retrieved June 22, 2017, from http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/05/26/rain-poems-don-paterson</ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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In this poem about rain written by Don Paterson, he presents a whole different perspective from the one of Richard Aldington talking about the weather. Again since the first line, the perspective of the author is reveled and invites us to keep reading as the author contains in eight syllables per line every scene where rain is present in a movie. In this poem is beautiful the way Paterson describes his scenes. It is almost as if he only knew the most beautiful way to say things as simple as rain falling down a window. Instead he makes us visualize the drops falling and intertwining with each other as he says "braiding a windowpane". Also he makes us recall movie scenes where we have seen these images and makes us appreciate more the beauty of those scenes. The truth is that in movies, usually rain appears in sad parts just to add to the emotion as he says in the line "or streaming down her upturned face". Then as he says "before the act, before the blame, before the lens pulls through the frame" he seems to mean that whether it is being filmed or not, the rain is still there, beyond the movie. It exists whether we watch it or not and whether we are ale to appreciate it or not, it is beautiful. After this he recalls scenes where rain is used to create suspense "as a woman sits by the telephone" probably waiting for her lover to call or even maybe waiting to receive bad news. Then he says that no matter how bad the scene may seem or how wrong things start to go in the movie, that does not affect us because at the end of the day it is just a movie. Later, from my perspective, says that when bad things happen in the movie he starts thinking about how, just as in the movie, bad things happen in life and despite this the rain is able to wash away our problems as "we rise up from the falling waters". Just as in a movie, when a scene is rainy and sad it does not matter, because in the end, it is just going to e a scene of the movie, as that bad episode of our lives is just going to be that; an episode. I like the contrast this idea makes with the idea expressed in the previous poem as they both use the same object (the weather) to state opposing ideas. Also, as seen in the background, It is worthy of admiration how, Paterson is able to achieve such an accurate and understandable poem that is easy to appreciate, as he sticks to rhyme and meter. How he finds just the right words for each line to continue the same train of thought and guide us through the poem.<br />
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==Paper People==<br />
By Harry Baker, <br />
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I like people.<br />
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I’d like some paper people.<br />
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They’d be purple paper people. <br />
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Maybe pop-up purple paper people.<br />
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Proper pop-up purple paper people.<br />
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How do you prop up proper pop-up purple paper people?<br />
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I’d probably prop up proper pop-up purple paper people<br />
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with a proper pop-up purple people paperclip,<br />
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but I’d pre-prepare appropriate adhesives as alternatives,<br />
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a cheeky pack of Blu Tack just in case the paper slipped.<br />
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I could build a pop-up metropolis.<br />
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But I wouldn’t wanna deal with all the <br />
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paper people politics,<br />
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paper politicians with their <br />
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paper-thin policies,<br />
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broken promises <br />
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without appropriate apologies.<br />
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There’d be a little paper me. <br />
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And a little paper you.<br />
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And we could watch paper TV,<br />
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and it would all be pay-per-view.<br />
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We’d see the poppy paper rappers <br />
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rap about their paper package,<br />
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or watch paper people carriers<br />
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get stuck in paper traffic,<br />
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on the A4. <br />
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There’d be a paper <br />
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princess Kate <br />
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but we’d all stare at <br />
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paper Pippa.<br />
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And then we’d all live in fear of <br />
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killer Jack the Paper-Ripper,<br />
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because the paper propaganda <br />
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propagates the people’s prejudices,<br />
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papers printing pictures of the <br />
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photogenic terrorists.<br />
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A little paper me. <br />
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And a little paper you.<br />
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And in a pop-up population <br />
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people’s problems pop up too.<br />
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There’d be a pompous paper parliament <br />
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who remained out of touch,<br />
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and who ignored the people’s protests about <br />
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all the paper cuts,<br />
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then the peaceful paper protests <br />
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would get blown to paper pieces,<br />
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by the confetti cannons <br />
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manned by pre-emptive police.<br />
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Yes there’d still be <br />
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paper money, <br />
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so there’d still be <br />
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paper greed,<br />
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and the paper piggy bankers <br />
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pocketing more than they need,<br />
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purchasing the potpourri <br />
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to pepper their paper properties,<br />
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while others live in poverty <br />
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and ain’t acknowledged properly.<br />
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A proper poor economy, <br />
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where so many are proper poor,<br />
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yet while their needs get ignored,<br />
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the money goes to big wars.<br />
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Origami armies <br />
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unfold plans for paper planes,<br />
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while we remain imprisoned <br />
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by our own paper chains,<br />
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but the greater shame,<br />
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is that it always seems to <br />
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stay the same.<br />
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What changes is who’s in power, <br />
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choosing how to <br />
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lay the blame,<br />
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they’re naming names, <br />
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forgetting these are names of people,<br />
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because in the end <br />
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it all comes down to people.<br />
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I like people.<br />
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Because even when the situation’s dire,<br />
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It is only ever people <br />
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who are able to inspire,<br />
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and on paper, <br />
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it’s hard to see how we all cope.<br />
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But in the bottom of Pandora’s box <br />
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there’s still hope,<br />
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And I still hope <br />
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because I believe in people.<br />
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People like my grandparents.<br />
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Who every single day since I was born, <br />
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have taken time out of their morning <br />
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to pray for me.<br />
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That’s 7892 days straight <br />
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of someone checking I’m okay, <br />
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and that’s amazing.<br />
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People like my aunt who puts on plays with prisoners.<br />
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People who are capable of genuine forgiveness.<br />
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People like the persecuted Palestinians.<br />
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People who go out of their way to make your life better, <br />
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and expect nothing in return.<br />
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People have potential <br />
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to be powerful.<br />
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Just because the people in power <br />
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tend to pretend to be victims,<br />
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we don’t need to succumb to that system.<br />
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And a paper population is no different.<br />
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There’s a little paper me. <br />
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And a little paper you.<br />
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And we could watch paper TV,<br />
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and it would all be pay-per-view,<br />
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and in a pop-up population <br />
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people’s problems pop up too,<br />
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But even if the whole world fell apart <br />
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then we’d still make it through.<br />
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Because we’re people.<ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 126-129 </ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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I like the volatility if this poem, how it is funny, serious, sad, true and enjoyable all the way through. How Harry plays with the words that emphasize the sound of the letter p and that is his style all through the poem. He adds rhymes here and there without having to stick to the verse rules and even making the poem sound as a tongue twister sometimes. The poem also starts happy with the phrase "I like people". A phrase so vague and at the same time so full of meaning. Then he starts talking about "paper people" as if he did not want to talk directly about people. Similar to when you ask someone's advice for a problem "your friend" has, when it is really you who have the problem. Harry says he would build a pup-up paper metropolis but would not wand to deal with the "paper politics". Here is where the poem gets a little more serious as he complains about the politicians making useless "paper-thin" policies that do not actually help and then breaking the promises they do in their campaigns as they look for votes. Right after this he goes back to the funny side of the poem playing with words, like when he says that cars would "stuck in paper traffic on the A4" meaning the paper type as if it was also the name of a congested highway. Then he proceeds to help us give a setting to his paper metropolis and the rest of the references in the poem as he talks about the "paper princess Kate" and "Jack the paper ripper". As the poem goes through, he never lets it get too funny or too serious finding the perfect balance to make us reflect out what he s saying without making it tedious or boring. He talks about how "propaganda propagates people's prejudices" and I have been able to see this, specially in London, as in the past weeks of being here the city has suffered terrible terrorist attacks. The saddest thing is that the last one was an attack to a mosque inspired in islamofobia. And the media fosters this sometimes without the intention of doing so by "printing pictures of the photogenic terrorists" and making people think it could be any one of them.<br />
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Harry also talks about sociopolitical concerns, just as Mathew Arnold used to do, the difference is that Harry adds humor to it and talks in a somewhat figurative language. He mentions how the parliament remains out of touch and how people are unable to peacefully protest. How there is a huge gap between the rich that have more than they need and the poor that are not acknowledged properly. How the economy is already poor and instead of dredging the population's needs the money goes to fund armed conflicts between nations. But despite all the rebellions and the wars, things never seem to change, it is always the same problems and the only thing that changes is the person in power, who is always the one to blame, but, it really? Harry makes us reflect that at the end of the day we are all people and we make mistakes and when we point our fingers and start laying the blame we forget "these are names of people". He goes towards the end of the poem in an optimistic perspective pointing out how even when the situations get rough, "it is only ever people who are able to inspire", and saying that there is still hope as long as we believe there is. Then he gives a simple example we can all relate to of how he believes in people, as he talks about his grandparents. He then proceeds to list people that without knowing it, are fighting for a bigger cause, people that inspire through their actions and "have the potential to be powerful". After that he exhorts us to do not fall into "the system" of hiding behind the excuse of "being victims" and he empowers us by his last lines, which are my favorite out of the whole poem and say that "even if the whole world fell apart then we’d still make it through because we’re people".<br />
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==My Own Reality in London==<br />
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In this section I present poems of my own writing, to complement to the pictures taken and paintings made for the previous milestones of the protect "A London Full of Colour". I had the chance to visit London once again during the summer of 2017 as part of an Academic program of my university Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). During this experience I visited Museums, Palaces, Concerts, Plays and interacted with a great amount of all types of people. As part of the program, however, I had to keep a personal Travel Journal, narrating my day to day in this magnificent "World City". Throughout the program I not only stretched my intellectual capacities by doing independent studies, but I also explored new areas of my personality through art and developed a better sense of understanding of my own reality, acknowledging that my perception of it differs from that of others. Being here also made me more aware of my surroundings and of myself, as unfortunately, we lived together with London a great deal of tragedies in a very short period of time. As I learned more about the history of this place and the way it continues to grow despite the opposing circumstances, I was more and more motivated to leave (in some way) a piece of me to contribute to the beauty of this city. Just like the artists presented through this project, I leave here my own perception of London, which may not be that relevant to many, but it shows that each person has the capacity to create a reality for themselves and turn it into the life they wish to live. <br />
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===Lady London===<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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Through the development of this milestone it was possible to understand the reasons why each author chose a specific style and portrayed their own version of reality as well as their concerns with respect to it. Tracing the poets' literary developments through their lives provided a solid background that helped understand the peculiar nature of their greatest accomplishments and even the perspective from where they chose to write. Though it is true that weather conditions may influence a person's behavior and way of being and viewing life, (as seen in the previous Milestones linked to this one) a person's life experiences are the main sculptors of his or her perception of reality, which at the same time, will define his or her actions. At the beginning of the Milestone, we can see how Mathew Arnold's experiences guided him to become one of the most influential writers in the United Kingdom. He was often seen as a humanist more than just a social critic and exemplifies how shaped his character and and worked very hard to follow his passions and develop his talent raising awareness for a cause better than his own benefit. The section of Richard Aldington however, helps us understand why he gave a depressing scent to his writing and leaves us wondering if the negativity shown in his work was the effect or the cause of his tragedies. Later we see Don Paterson that uses poetry as his most perfect way of expression, taking careful attention to the rhyme and meter and giving poetry a new perspective. Finally, the contemporary poet and international poetry slam champion Harry Baker decides to express through poetry things that he knows about such as love, maths and (in some way) people. Doing so in the most creative way playing with the sounds and pronunciations of words. <br />
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All of the poets, besides being British have in common their strength of character when it came to poetry, as well as their love for it and their effort to (in their very own and individual ways) improve it. By the end of this Milestone, after interpreting the selected works of the authors presented in the background, I leave my own sets of poems that show the feelings I identified myself with while living in the City of London for nearly two months. I present my own work as well as the renown poets' work not only to fulfill my academic requirements, but to display my own version of reality in London and let the readers discover the wonders and calamities from which I was inspired to photograph, paint and write what I see as a London full of colour.<br />
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Sreyes
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Colourful Reality
2017-06-22T22:36:11Z
<p>Sreyes: </p>
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by [[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]<br><br />
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[[Kristy Giacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that I chose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. I have gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college. This project will combine my favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brighten the days of the viewers. The main message I wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. The goal of this Milestone, however, is to connect the emotions displayed in the pictures and the colors of the paintings in a creative way empathizing with the people walking by the site as a daily routine. The sets of paintings and pictures are accompanied by a poem of my own writing. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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It is in the beauty of a great writing where a person's real emotions are free to be exposed. And what makes a great writing so great? I would say that the ability of a writer to appeal to the readers' emotions precisely. In writing there is no such thing as truth, each writer is free to create their own reality as dark or as colorful a they wish to do so. Though it is true that life experiences and situations shape a person's way of viewing life, each individual has the power to define his or her own reality and a way to do so is through literature. In this Milestone, the work of different poets is presented, as well as information about the writer's background and the path that lead to their accomplishments. The writers are chosen for their relevance as well as for the topics they cover in their poems, related to people's emotions, to symbolism, sociopolitical perspectives and to weather. Poetry has been a tool for many of these writers to use not only as a form of expression through art but also to raise awareness about their concerns. For the deliverable of this Milestone, a poem of each author presented in the background is chosen and interpreted by me. Poetry is for everyone and its power is beyond most people's imaginations, which is why, also as part of the deliverable, poems of my own will accompany each set of picture and painting done in the Milestones [[Colourless London]] and [[Adding Pigment]] that will encompass the same topics covered by the poets in the background. <br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
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==Mathew Arnold==<br />
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In the biography published in the Encyclopedia Britannica this great literary character is introduced like this: "Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was an English Victorian poet and literary and social critic, noted especially for his classical attacks on the contemporary tastes and manners of the “Barbarians” (the aristocracy), the “Philistines” (the commercial middle class), and the “Populace.”" <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> He divided the society in these three categories and wrote about their realities from his perspective. Instead of referring to them as high, middle and low class, he called them "Barbarians", "Philistines" and "Populace". Also through his writings it is easy to get his idea of how society worked, specifically in the poems "West London" and "East London", where seeks to portray how the case of society relies in the working class, which, if we think about it, makes total sense. The working class is first of all where the great majority of people are situated, they are educated enough to actively participate in a roll of society contributing to the economy, and yet, are aware of the sociopolitical situation of their country because they are directly affected y it. They do not enjoy major privileges and they know that to get the bread to the tale they have to work for it, which they do. The high class instead, enjoy of all the privileges that come with being above everyone else and the lower class contribute very little to the economy and their voices are, if anything, barely heard."Arnold saw in the Philistines the key to the whole position; they were the most influential section of society; their strength was the nation’s strength, their crudeness its crudeness: the key was then to educate and humanize the Philistines." <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> <br />
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Mathew began his career as a poet and it was not hard for him to excel as he started to publish. This maybe influenced by the fact that he was the son of a very respected image, for his father, Thomas Arnold, was the headmaster of a renown college in England. Also his success was propelled by the way he wrote for a higher cause than himself. He wanted to make people conscious through his writing, so he raised awareness through his poetry which expressed his ideals for society. "a poetry that would address the moral needs of his readers, to animate and ennoble them” <ref> Matthew Arnold. (2015, October 04). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/matthew-arnold</ref> He was a man of great character and strong moral values that he worked to promote to his readers. Also, by the way he critiqued society in his poetry, he is considered to have "established criticism as an art form" and been inspiring English critiques until present times. According to a biography written by Hamilton and titled "A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold", Mathew became such an important image to represent English poetry that he was elected to the Oxford chair of poetry and very proud of this accomplishment, he wrote to his mother: "some 200 more voted than ever before".<ref>Letter from Mathew Arnold to his mother, May 10 1857. Ibid., pp. 357-358</ref><ref>Hamilton, I. (1999). A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold. New York: Basic Books, pp. 187-188</ref> This victory was only surpassed by the success of his first speech at Oxford, “On the Modern Element in Literature”, where according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, he gave a whole new definition to the word "modern": "being taken to mean not merely “contemporary”, but the spirit that, contemplating the vast and complex spectacle of life, craves for moral and intellectual “deliverance”". <ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> This claim is also supported by the biography written by Hamilton, where he elaborates more about how Mathew believed that poetry was the best way to positively influence people and teach them morals, or as Mathew said: "a faith which could be thought of as a thing of beauty". <ref>Hamilton, I. (1999). A gift imprisoned: the poetic life of Matthew Arnold. New York: Basic Books, pp. 205-206</ref><br />
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For his many apportions Mr. Arnold has been considered one of the most influential writers of his time and he is the only person to have two memorials in Westminster Abbey, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.<ref>Willey, B. (2017, February 14). Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 14, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold</ref> "A bust by Alfred Bruce-Joy" and "a mural tablet of Lepine limestone and green Westmorland slate with a motif of gilded flames, designed by Donald Buttress" can be seen in different sides of the Westminster Abbey according to its official website. The inscription in the tablet reads: "Remember Matthew Arnold 1822-1888 Poet and Critic. Let but the light appear and thy transfigured walls be touch'd with flame" and that quotation is taken from his poem to one of the Deans of Westminster. <ref>Westminster Abbey. (n.d.). Thomas and Matthew Arnold. Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/thomas-and-matthew-arnold</ref> Being given the great honor of having two memorials in the abbey there is no way to deny his influence in English literature and the quality of his work. Mathew Arnold sets an example to all writers and invites them to believe in the power they have with their literature. In the same way, he invited us all to become aware of other people's situations and our roles in society.<br />
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==Richard Aldington==<br />
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Edward Godfree Aldington was born in a middle class family in Portsmouth, England, on 1892, however he grew up in a town called Dover at the Southeast end of the UK and since a very early age chose to be called Richard. <ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> What seems really interesting is the strength of his character, as, which kid would ever decide to change his or her own name? This detail helps us have a better idea of some traits of his personality. Now, about his life, as an adult he openly expressed he did not live the childhood he would have preferred. Through his poems people can have a very vivid picture of what the earliest days of his life were like, specially through his poem "Childhood", which setting is Dover. According to a biography written by Charles Doyle, "a great source of early dissatisfaction and insecurity for Aldington was his immediate environment".<ref>Doyle, C. (1989). Richard Aldington: a biography. Basingstoke: Macmillan, pp. 4-5</ref> In a letter written to a friend later in his life, he said: "The photo of poor old Dover is indeed shocking. The Victorian houses, with all their drab squalor, still had some remote trace of humanity, but these skyscraping slave-pens, industrial ergastula, give one the creeps. It is the same everywhere, and reflects the age, which will do itself justice"<ref>Aldington, R. letter to P. A. G. Aldington, May 21 1959 (Carbondale)</ref>. By this description, Dover does not sound very different to what London once was as seen in the first Milestone of this project ([[Colourless London]]). A gray place that, from Richard's perspective, as shown in his poem "Childhood", was dull, dark, stinky and hateful. He felt helpless in that town as if he was trapped there and unable to grow. In fact in the same biography previously mentioned, Charles Doyle realizes a repeated metaphor in Aldington's writings, the first one appears in the poem "Childhood" and the second one appears in the book "Rejected Guest":<br />
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From "Childhood":<br />
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Somebody found my chrysalis<br />
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And shut it in a match-box.<br />
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My shrivelled wings were beaten,<br />
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Shed their colours in dusty scales <br />
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Before the box was opened <br />
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For the moth to fly. <br />
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From "Rejected Guest":<br />
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"A child, grubbing about in the garden, finds the chrysalis of a tiger moth. An old boot box is begged from the kitchen, a useless pile of unnecessary leaves is arranged for the treasure air-holes are punched. Every half-hour or so, the child into the box to the wonderful change it has been told about. Nothing happens, the box is forgotten, and then one day carelessly opened. The bright-winged creature lying dead." <ref>Aldington, R. (2005). Rejected guest. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publ. pp. 21</ref><br />
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With this visualization of himself and the town that saw him grow, it is not hard to identify the dark and depressing perspective of his works. The moth's metaphor however, was probably inspired by one of his hobbies as a child as stated in a biography written by Hernandez: "It was at Dover, also, that he began collecting butterflies; an occasional hobby that he would stay with for most of his life."<ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> After going through terrible childhood, his life did not become that much better, as when being an adult he had to go though very traumatic experiences and misfortunes such as having a stillborn child in his first marriage, a long and messy divorce and his participation in WWI. However, in spite of all these tragedies, he never topped writing. "The two and a half years that Aldington spent in active duty during WWI was to become perhaps the greatest single influence on his writing for the decades to follow." <ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> He used these events as a source of inspiration and did pretty well in his career for a while, until he caused controversy with one of his biographical books. As he wrote the biography of Lawrence of Arabia, who was admired by many, Aldington realized he was only a farce and when he published his book exposing all the lies, he got a lot of backs turned to him. "Aldington expected that he would be writing the biography of a hero, but in the process realized that the legend of the man was, in fact, legend indeed--and mostly of T.E. Lawrence's own making."<ref> Prose & Poetry - Richard Aldington. (n.d.). Retrieved June 21, 2017, from http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/aldington.htm</ref> <br />
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He suffered a lot from the critics after publishing this book even though it was later proven that he was right and for a writer with a bad reputation it is very hard to publish. Nevertheless, he did not give up and towards the end of his life things got a little bit better as in a visit to the USSR he said "Here, in the Soviet Union, for the first time in my life I have met with extraordinary warmth and attention. This is the happiest day of my life. I shall never forget it."<ref>Hernandez, P. (n.d.). Richard Aldington - A Short Biography. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.imagists.org/aldington/biography.html</ref> Also, according to Doyle, after his death in 1962, "The Literary Gazette" published that "his work preserved the best tradition of British critical realism".<ref>Doyle, C. (1989). Richard Aldington: a biography. Basingstoke: Macmillan, pp. 323 </ref> With a life full of ups and downs, Aldington was one of the first English poets to discard the conventions of rhyme and meter but he discarded them for "a stricter and more difficult form which can hardly be called free verse because of the masterful control which regulates and balances every detail with the minutest precision". <ref>Kershaw, A., & Temple, F. J. (1965). Richard Aldington: an intimate portrait. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. pp. 7</ref> Also, after looking at a life so full of misfortunes, it is a little bit easier to understand the perspective of his writing.<br />
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==Don Paterson==<br />
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Don Paterson was born in 1963 in Scotland but moved to London at the age of 16 to work as a jazz musician and joined a band. According to "The British Council", him joining the jazz-folk ensemble Lammas, was one of the most influential factors all through his career. "Paterson’s strong ear for rhythm and understanding of the ‘sense in sound’ are partly attributable to his background in music" <ref>British Council. (2017). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/don-paterson</ref> Music is as much his passion as poetry is and even today he continues to play in Scotland as a professional musician. An astonishing fact about his life is that he taught himself the rules of rhyme and meter, and Egan his career as a self taught poet. He has a quite peculiar way of looking at his own profession, as in an interview with the journalist JP O'Malley, he asked Paterson if it was true he felt uncomfortable saying he was a poet, to what he answered; "I think that's true with most poets. I know only one or two who are comfortable with that. It's mainly because it's not a job of any kind. It's just something weirdly synaesthetic thing you do with words, and is probably symptomatic of a broader pathology. I think poetry is more of a diagnosis than a calling."<ref> O'Malley, J. (n.d.). An Interview with Don Paterson. Retrieved June 21, 2017, from http://asls.arts.gla.ac.uk/SWE/TBI/TBIIssue12/PatersonInterview.html </ref> It is sad to think that still in the 21st century it is hard to admit a profession for fear of judgement, specially a character like Patterson. However, in my opinion, he is not to blame, for maybe he doesn't want to deal with the comments and questions that come when you admit that you decided to pursue a career in literature. <br />
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Don Paterson has a great imagination worthy of admiration and by reading the interview, he also seems like a very down to earth person, someone that enjoys what he does and thats it. He does not pretend to be anyone's hero or use his poems as a gateway to escape his personal problems. He writes as inspiration comes to him and keeps close attention to every single word he chooses as he said "Ted Hughes used to talk about this: he said he knew a poem was finished when every word was listening to every other word."<ref>O'Malley, J. (n.d.). Profile: An Interview with Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://asls.arts.gla.ac.uk/SWE/TBI/TBIIssue12/PatersonInterview.html</ref> Reading a poem that has had so much thought put into it makes us appreciate poetry as a complex art form. His exemplary work has been widely acknowledged as he has received a great number of awards. According to "The Scottish Library", his collection "Nil Nil" won the Forward prize for best first collection, he was included on the list of 20 poets chosen for the Poetry Society’s ‘New Generation Poets’ promotion and became poetry editor at "Picador Macmillan".<ref>Scottish Poetry Library. (n.d.). Don Paterson . Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/don-paterson</ref> However, the awards don't end there, as stated in the official website of the Poetry Foundation: "God’s Gift to Women (1997) won both the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and Landing Light (2003) won the Whitbread Poetry Award and an unprecedented second T.S. Eliot Prize. Christina Patterson, reviewing Landing Light for the Independent, praised Paterson as “one of the few poets writing today whose work combines postmodern playfulness with a sense of yearning for the transcendental.” Paterson’s poem “A Private Bottling” won the Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition. He has won an Eric Gregory Award, three Book Awards from the Scottish Arts Council, and a Creative Scotland Award. The Poetry Society named Paterson one of the New Generation Poets and as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the English Association. For his service to literature, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2008 and received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2010."<ref>Poetry Foundation. (n.d.). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/don-paterson</ref> His work was so acknowledged that he won the T.S. Eliot Prize twice. A Life full of success that still continues and yet, he remains humble and down to earth. He seems like the kind of person that if you came across in the street, you would never imagine is so recognized by the quality of his work.<br />
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Don Paterson’s poems are so admirable because of the great deal of work he puts into them, and how, despite he sticks to the verse rules, that does not restrain his creativity and imagination for the lines flow with perfect sense. The hardest thing about doing this, at least for me, is definitely finding the right words to fit the rules without changing the original course of the poem. However, he must master a huge vocabulary, as he keeps the same trajectory of the poem at the same time as he keeps the rhyme and meter right. As Ben Wilkinson summed up in the British Council’s Writers Directory: "a sharp, witty and distinctive poetic voice, Paterson’s formal dexterity and dedication to poetic tradition are combined with contemporary postmodernist elements, producing poems of cutting-edge relevance, but also of intense, MacNeiceian lyrical beauty."<ref>Scottish Poetry Library. (n.d.). Don Paterson. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/don-paterson</ref> Also, we must not forget that Patterson is still relatively young as has much more to offer as a poet and a musician. As he continues his career, we'll see what new wonders he creates for us to enjoy.<br />
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==Harry Baker==<br />
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Harry Baker is not only one of my personal favorite poets, but also a great example for people that are too afraid to follow their passions. Harry grew up in London and he explains in his book "The Sunshine Kid" and in his YouTube videos how, as he was always an excellent student and enjoyed science, as his time to choose a career path approached, he was advised to study medicine and become a doctor. However, as he says, he discovered that despite enjoying science very much, "poetry was a more fun way of saving lives". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 9 </ref> So then he decided to study maths at Bristol after finishing his gap year between high school and college, which he thinks was one of the best decisions in his life, for it was along those times when he discovered Slam Poetry. Indeed, the first part of his book is called "Harry Baker's Super-Amazing Mega-Awesome Gap Year Adventures: Birth Of A Champion". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 19 </ref> In harry's poems it is easy to see how much he enjoys playing with the sounds of words and how at times the poem turns almost into a rap and sometimes it sounds like a tong twister. On the first note, Harry was actually a rapper before he started writing poetry. and one of his poems called "99 problems" he takes Jay-Z's lyrics and turns them into a poem about maths. In his book, he explains that from a young age he was told to write about things he knew about, and as he is a mathematician, this poem and others such as "59" talk about maths and numbers in the most creative way anyone could possibly imagine. He introduces the poem "59" as " a love poem about prime numbers" and he explains it is "the first proper poem he ever wrote".<ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 21-31</ref> With this poem he won his first "Poetry Slam Competition", which was a turning point that inspired him to keep writing and performing "almost every night", as he says later in his book. <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 43</ref><br />
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The Academy of American Poets explains in its official website that Slam Poetry is a movement that started in the U.S. somewhere between two or three decades ago and revived young people's interest in poetry. The way these work is that participants are given a few minutes in the stage to perform an original work of poetry written by themselves. The performances are individual or by groups and random members of the audience judge who wins. The website previously mentioned explains: "The work is judged as much on the manner and enthusiasm of its performance as its content or style, and many slam poems are not intended to be read silently from the page." <ref>A Brief Guide to Slam Poetry. (2015, October 06). Retrieved June 22, 2017, from https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/brief-guide-slam-poetry</ref> Harry became a London Slam Champion and was later invited to participate in the Poetry Slam World Cup of 2012 held in Paris, France. In his book, Harry tells the story of how this came to happen as well as all he had to do to go and the three poems he chose to participate. The first poem was "Dinosaur Love", the second one was "The Sunshine Kid" and the third poem, which he performed in the final, is called "Paper People". This poem is the one that made him win the Poetry Slam World Cup on 2012 and got him to become the youngest ever World Slam Champion. Harry is very proud to have this title as it has given him the chance to meet a lot of people and travel all around the world to perform. He is also very proud of his poem "Paper People" and this is easy to see baby the way he introduces it in his book: "So it's technically the best poem in the world". <ref>Baker, H. (2014). The Sunshine Kid. Portishead: Burning Eye Books. pp. 125</ref> Harry Baker is an inspiration because while being a mathematician he still follows his passion for poetry and excels at it at an international level. He is only in his early twenties and has already finished his degree, published a book and travelled the world meeting amazing people and doing what he likes. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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==West London==<br />
By Mathew Arnold<br />
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Crouch'd on the pavement close by Belgrave Square<br />
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A tramp I saw, ill, moody, and tongue-tied;<br />
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A babe was in her arms, and at her side<br />
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A girl; their clothes were rags, their feet were bare.<br />
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Some labouring men, whose work lay somewhere there,<br />
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Pass'd opposite; she touch'd her girl, who hied<br />
<br><br />
Across, and begg'd and came back satisfied.<br />
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The rich she had let pass with frozen stare.<br />
<br><br />
Thought I: Above her state this spirit towers;<br />
<br><br />
She will not ask of aliens, but of friends,<br />
<br><br />
Of sharers in a common human fate.<br />
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She turns from that cold succour, which attneds<br />
<br><br />
The unknown little from the unknowing great,<br />
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And points us to a better time than ours. <ref>Arnold, Matthew. The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840–1867. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1909; Bartleby.com, 2011.</ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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The speaker of the poem sits in Belgrave Square and looks at a poor woman with her baby and young daughter, all dressed in rags, evidently from the lower class. Then, as some men from the working class pass by, the tramp sends the little girl to beg and she successfully brings back some money. However, as rich men pass by they make no effort to beg at all. Then the speaker explains how he realizes that the tramp will only beg from the working class who will understand her situation and are more likely to show some compassion and give her money. He also realized that from the perspective of the poor family, the rich men that walk by are "aliens" that would show no empathy at all for her cause, for which she sees no need to try to beg. In this short poem, Matthew Arnold criticizes society's lack of response to poverty. He lived in a period of modernization and was able to see the gap between social classes broaden as people became "aliens" for each other and all the empathic community that once existed was deteriorating. The title "West London" accentuates his idea of rupture of society caused by socioeconomic status, for that is considered to be a very wealthy side of the city. He uses this to accentuate the fact that poverty remains present despite the wealth of high class neighborhoods like West London. Finally, by the end of the poem, he leaves the readers with his desire for a change and an attempt of a wake up call. As he refers to the poor girl as the "unknown little" and to the rich as the "unknowing great" he shows how unconscious people have become and how he hopes for a better future. Just as it is explained in the background of this Milestone, he attempts to make his readers aware of society's situation so that hopefully they are more conscious about they reality and restore the lost morals of the broken community.<br />
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==Childhood III==<br />
By Richard Aldington<br />
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I hate that town; <br />
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I hate the town I lived in when I was little; <br />
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I hate to think of it. <br />
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There were always clouds, smoke, rain <br />
<br><br />
In that dingly little valley. <br />
<br><br />
It rained; it always rained. <br />
<br><br />
I think I never saw the sun until I was nine -- <br />
<br><br />
And then it was too late; <br />
<br><br />
Everything's too late after the first seven years. <br />
<br><br><br />
The long street we lived in <br />
<br><br />
Was duller than a drain <br />
<br><br />
And nearly as dingy. <br />
<br><br />
There were the big College <br />
<br><br />
And the pseudo-Gothic town-hall. <br />
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There were the sordid provincial shops -- <br />
<br><br />
The grocer's, and the shops for women, <br />
<br><br />
The shop where I bought transfers, <br />
<br><br />
And the piano and gramaphone shop <br />
<br><br />
Where I used to stand <br />
<br><br />
Staring at the huge shiny pianos and at the pictures <br />
<br><br />
Of a white dog looking into a gramaphone. <br />
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How dull and greasy and grey and sordid it was! <br />
<br><br />
On wet days -- it was always wet -- <br />
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I used to kneel on a chair <br />
<br><br />
And look at it from the window. <br />
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The dirty yellow trams <br />
<br><br />
Dragged noisily along <br />
<br><br />
With a clatter of wheels and bells <br />
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And a humming of wires overhead. <br />
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They threw up the filthy rain-water from the hollow lines <br />
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And then the water ran back <br />
<br><br />
Full of brownish foam bubbles. <br />
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There was nothing else to see --<br />
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It was all so dull -- <br />
<br><br />
Except a few grey legs under shiny black umbrellas <br />
<br><br />
Running along the grey shiny pavements; <br />
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Sometimes there was a waggon <br />
<br><br />
Whose horses made a strange loud hollow sound <br />
<br><br />
With their hoofs <br />
<br><br />
Through the silent rain. <br />
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And there was a grey museum <br />
<br><br />
Full of dead birds and dead insects and dead animals <br />
<br><br />
And a few relics of the Romans -- dead also. <br />
<br><br />
There was a sea-front, <br />
<br><br />
A long asphalt walk with a bleak road beside it, <br />
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Three piers, a row of houses, <br />
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And a salt dirty smell from the little harbour. <br />
<br><br><br />
I was like a moth -- <br />
<br><br />
Like one of those grey Emperor moths <br />
<br><br />
Which flutter through the vines at Capri. <br />
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And that damned little town was my match-box, <br />
<br><br />
Against whose sides I beat and beat <br />
<br><br />
Until my wings were torn and faded, and dingy <br />
<br><br />
As that damned little town. <ref>Aldington, R. (n.d.). Childhood - Richard Aldington. Retrieved June 22, 2017, from https://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/richard-aldington/childhood-6/</ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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Richard Aldington wrote this poem at the age of 21 and, as seen in the background, he did not live a very happy life in general. As it can e inferred by the title, this poem narrates the depressing and traumatizing period of his childhood. The complete poem "Childhood" is over a hundred lines, which is why I chose only a section of the poem to talk about. I chose the third section because here Aldington talks about Dover, the town he grew up in, which had quite some similarities to London, starting by the weather. This is a very honest, crude and personal poem. His bitter and miserable childhood contrasts with the way any person would ever imagine what should be such a joyful and enjoyable part of anyone's life. In this third part of the poem, he talks specifically about Dover and its rainy weather and since the first lines he reveals his perspective about it. He complains about the rain, the smoke and the clouds that, according to him, seemed to always surround the valley. Everything that he expresses in the poem is in a negative way. He says that when he was finally able to see the sun, it was already too late. For this maybe he not only he meant "the sun" as a literal thing but also in a way in which, if you ever live through bad experiences for long enough it is hard to recognize when something good happens, as you get used to constant tragedy and that is all you expect. After this, he goes on a more personal level and talks about the street he lived in, which he compares to a drain. <br />
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As he proceeds to describe the places he used to go in the town with great amount of detail, he invites the readers to transport themselves to his childhood. It amazes me the way that he only focuses on the worst perspective of the town, which I am sure, could not have been nearly as ad as he describes. However, despite this, he says that "there was nothing else to see" as if he would have actually made an effort to look for a it of beauty in that place and failed. As he says "in rainy days-it was always rainy" he makes it seem as if there was no escape from that "depressing" panorama. He days "everything was dull" and then proceeds to say "except a few grey legs under shiny black umbrellas, running along the grey shiny pavements" making emphasis on the colors which were all dull as well. He keeps using the words dull, hollow, dingy and gray as he continues to describe the town and its weather. He has the most negative perspective I have ever heard of the museum, however, as I think this, I can almost hear him say "...it's true though, isn't it?". It is sad to think that the first thing to come to a kid's mind when being ale to observe such wonderful creatures so up close, is that they're dead. And then instead of showing interest in the captivating roman history, "oh, they're also dead". By the end on this section of the poem he talks not comparing himself to a moth inside of a matchbox. As he does this there are a few things to point out. First of al, the fact that instead of being a butterfly, he decides to be a moth, then the fact that he is in a matchbox meant that someone else put him there. This is almost as if he lamed his parent for carelessly putting him in a place where he felt trapped. Then as he descries how his wings were hurt and he couldn't fly he probably means to say that y growing up in a place where he was not meant to be, like the moth inside the matchbox, his aspirations were hurt and he was condemned to not be able to except his abilities at their full potential. In the last line of the poem he compares himself to the town, as if he had let the place he came from, define the rest of his life and he was damned to always be part of that town. <br />
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==Rain==<br />
By Don Paterson<br />
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I love all films that start with rain:<br />
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rain, braiding a windowpane<br />
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or darkening a hung-out dress<br />
<br><br />
or streaming down her upturned face;<br />
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one long thundering downpour<br />
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right through the empty script and score<br />
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before the act, before the blame,<br />
<br><br />
before the lens pulls through the frame<br />
<br><br><br />
to where the woman sits alone<br />
<br><br />
beside a silent telephone<br />
<br><br />
or the dress lies ruined on the grass<br />
<br><br />
or the girl walks off the overpass,<br />
<br><br><br />
and all things flow out from that source<br />
<br><br />
along their fatal watercourse.<br />
<br><br />
However bad or overlong<br />
<br><br />
such a film can do no wrong,<br />
<br><br><br />
so when his native twang shows through<br />
<br><br />
or when the boom dips into view<br />
<br><br />
or when her speech starts to betray<br />
<br><br />
its adaptation from the play,<br />
<br><br><br />
I think to when we opened cold<br />
<br><br />
on a rain-dark gutter, running gold<br />
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with the neon of a drugstore sign,<br />
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and I’d read into its blazing line:<br />
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forget the ink, the milk, the blood—<br />
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all was washed clean with the flood<br />
<br><br />
we rose up from the falling waters<br />
<br><br />
the fallen rain’s own sons and daughters<br />
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and none of this, none of this matters. <ref>Paterson, D. (2017, June 18). Rain. Retrieved June 22, 2017, from http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/05/26/rain-poems-don-paterson</ref><br />
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===Interpretation===<br />
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In this poem about rain written by Don Paterson, he presents a whole different perspective from the one of Richard Aldington talking about the weather. Again since the first line, the perspective of the author is reveled and invites us to keep reading as the author contains in eight syllables per line every scene where rain is present in a movie. In this poem is beautiful the way Paterson describes his scenes. It is almost as if he only knew the most beautiful way to say things as simple as rain falling down a window. Instead he makes us visualize the drops falling and intertwining with each other as he says "braiding a windowpane". Also he makes us recall movie scenes where we have seen these images and makes us appreciate more the beauty of those scenes. The truth is that in movies, usually rain appears in sad parts just to add to the emotion as he says in the line "or streaming down her upturned face". Then as he says "before the act, before the blame, before the lens pulls through the frame" he seems to mean that whether it is being filmed or not, the rain is still there, beyond the movie. It exists whether we watch it or not and whether we are ale to appreciate it or not, it is beautiful. After this he recalls scenes where rain is used to create suspense "as a woman sits by the telephone" probably waiting for her lover to call or even maybe waiting to receive bad news. Then he says that no matter how bad the scene may seem or how wrong things start to go in the movie, that does not affect us because at the end of the day it is just a movie. Later, from my perspective, says that when bad things happen in the movie he starts thinking about how, just as in the movie, bad things happen in life and despite this the rain is able to wash away our problems as "we rise up from the falling waters". Just as in a movie, when a scene is rainy and sad it does not matter, because in the end, it is just going to e a scene of the movie, as that bad episode of our lives is just going to be that; an episode. I like the contrast this idea makes with the idea expressed in the previous poem as they both use the same object (the weather) to state opposing ideas. Also, as seen in the background, It is worthy of admiration how, Paterson is able to achieve such an accurate and understandable poem that is easy to appreciate, as he sticks to rhyme and meter. How he finds just the right words for each line to continue the same train of thought and guide us through the poem.<br />
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==Paper People==<br />
By Harry Baker, <br />
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I like people.<br />
<br><br />
I’d like some paper people.<br />
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They’d be purple paper people. <br />
<br><br />
Maybe pop-up purple paper people.<br />
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Proper pop-up purple paper people.<br />
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How do you prop up proper pop-up purple paper people?<br />
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I’d probably prop up proper pop-up purple paper people<br />
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with a proper pop-up purple people paperclip,<br />
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but I’d pre-prepare appropriate adhesives as alternatives,<br />
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a cheeky pack of Blu Tack just in case the paper slipped.<br />
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I could build a pop-up metropolis.<br />
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But I wouldn’t wanna deal with all the <br />
<br><br />
paper people politics,<br />
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paper politicians with their <br />
<br><br />
paper-thin policies,<br />
<br><br />
broken promises <br />
<br><br />
without appropriate apologies.<br />
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There’d be a little paper me. <br />
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And a little paper you.<br />
<br><br />
And we could watch paper TV,<br />
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and it would all be pay-per-view.<br />
<br><br />
We’d see the poppy paper rappers <br />
<br><br />
rap about their paper package,<br />
<br><br />
or watch paper people carriers<br />
<br><br />
get stuck in paper traffic,<br />
<br><br />
on the A4. <br />
<br><br><br />
There’d be a paper <br />
<br><br />
princess Kate <br />
<br><br />
but we’d all stare at <br />
<br><br />
paper Pippa.<br />
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And then we’d all live in fear of <br />
<br><br />
killer Jack the Paper-Ripper,<br />
<br><br />
because the paper propaganda <br />
<br><br />
propagates the people’s prejudices,<br />
<br><br />
papers printing pictures of the <br />
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photogenic terrorists.<br />
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A little paper me. <br />
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And a little paper you.<br />
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And in a pop-up population <br />
<br><br />
people’s problems pop up too.<br />
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There’d be a pompous paper parliament <br />
<br><br />
who remained out of touch,<br />
<br><br />
and who ignored the people’s protests about <br />
<br><br />
all the paper cuts,<br />
<br><br />
then the peaceful paper protests <br />
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would get blown to paper pieces,<br />
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by the confetti cannons <br />
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manned by pre-emptive police.<br />
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Yes there’d still be <br />
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paper money, <br />
<br><br />
so there’d still be <br />
<br><br />
paper greed,<br />
<br><br />
and the paper piggy bankers <br />
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pocketing more than they need,<br />
<br><br />
purchasing the potpourri <br />
<br><br />
to pepper their paper properties,<br />
<br><br />
while others live in poverty <br />
<br><br />
and ain’t acknowledged properly.<br />
<br><br><br />
A proper poor economy, <br />
<br><br />
where so many are proper poor,<br />
<br><br />
yet while their needs get ignored,<br />
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the money goes to big wars.<br />
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Origami armies <br />
<br><br />
unfold plans for paper planes,<br />
<br><br />
while we remain imprisoned <br />
<br><br />
by our own paper chains,<br />
<br><br />
but the greater shame,<br />
<br> <br />
is that it always seems to <br />
<br><br />
stay the same.<br />
<br><br />
What changes is who’s in power, <br />
<br><br />
choosing how to <br />
<br><br />
lay the blame,<br />
<br><br />
they’re naming names, <br />
<br><br />
forgetting these are names of people,<br />
<br><br />
because in the end <br />
<br><br />
it all comes down to people.<br />
<br><br><br />
I like people.<br />
<br><br />
Because even when the situation’s dire,<br />
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It is only ever people <br />
<br><br />
who are able to inspire,<br />
<br><br />
and on paper, <br />
<br><br />
it’s hard to see how we all cope.<br />
<br><br />
But in the bottom of Pandora’s box <br />
<br><br />
there’s still hope,<br />
<br><br />
And I still hope <br />
<br><br />
because I believe in people.<br />
<br><br><br />
People like my grandparents.<br />
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Who every single day since I was born, <br />
<br><br />
have taken time out of their morning <br />
<br><br />
to pray for me.<br />
<br><br />
That’s 7892 days straight <br />
<br><br />
of someone checking I’m okay, <br />
<br><br />
and that’s amazing.<br />
<br><br />
People like my aunt who puts on plays with prisoners.<br />
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People who are capable of genuine forgiveness.<br />
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People like the persecuted Palestinians.<br />
<br><br />
People who go out of their way to make your life better, <br />
<br><br />
and expect nothing in return.<br />
<br><br><br />
People have potential <br />
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to be powerful.<br />
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I like the volatility if this poem, how it is funny, serious, sad, true and enjoyable all the way through. How Harry plays with the words that emphasize the sound of the letter p and that is his style all through the poem. He adds rhymes here and there without having to stick to the verse rules and even making the poem sound as a tongue twister sometimes. The poem also starts happy with the phrase "I like people". A phrase so vague and at the same time so full of meaning. Then he starts talking about "paper people" as if he did not want to talk directly about people. Similar to when you ask someone's advice for a problem "your friend" has, when it is really you who have the problem. Harry says he would build a pup-up paper metropolis but would not wand to deal with the "paper politics". Here is where the poem gets a little more serious as he complains about the politicians making useless "paper-thin" policies that do not actually help and then breaking the promises they do in their campaigns as they look for votes. Right after this he goes back to the funny side of the poem playing with words, like when he says that cars would "stuck in paper traffic on the A4" meaning the paper type as if it was also the name of a congested highway. Then he proceeds to help us give a setting to his paper metropolis and the rest of the references in the poem as he talks about the "paper princess Kate" and "Jack the paper ripper". As the poem goes through, he never lets it get too funny or too serious finding the perfect balance to make us reflect out what he s saying without making it tedious or boring. He talks about how "propaganda propagates people's prejudices" and I have been able to see this, specially in London, as in the past weeks of being here the city has suffered terrible terrorist attacks. The saddest thing is that the last one was an attack to a mosque inspired in islamofobia. And the media fosters this sometimes without the intention of doing so by "printing pictures of the photogenic terrorists" and making people think it could be any one of them.<br />
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Harry also talks about sociopolitical concerns, just as Mathew Arnold used to do, the difference is that Harry adds humor to it and talks in a somewhat figurative language. He mentions how the parliament remains out of touch and how people are unable to peacefully protest. How there is a huge gap between the rich that have more than they need and the poor that are not acknowledged properly. How the economy is already poor and instead of dredging the population's needs the money goes to fund armed conflicts between nations. But despite all the rebellions and the wars, things never seem to change, it is always the same problems and the only thing that changes is the person in power, who is always the one to blame, but, it really? Harry makes us reflect that at the end of the day we are all people and we make mistakes and when we point our fingers and start laying the blame we forget "these are names of people". He goes towards the end of the poem in an optimistic perspective pointing out how even when the situations get rough, "it is only ever people who are able to inspire", and saying that there is still hope as long as we believe there is. Then he gives a simple example we can all relate to of how he believes in people, as he talks about his grandparents. He then proceeds to list people that without knowing it, are fighting for a bigger cause, people that inspire through their actions and "have the potential to be powerful". After that he exhorts us to do not fall into "the system" of hiding behind the excuse of "being victims" and he empowers us by his last lines, which are my favorite out of the whole poem and say that "even if the whole world fell apart then we’d still make it through because we’re people".<br />
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==My Own Reality in London==<br />
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In this section I present poems of my own writing, to complement to the pictures taken and paintings made for the previous milestones of the protect "A London Full of Colour". I had the chance to visit London once again during the summer of 2017 as part of an Academic program of my university Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). During this experience I visited Museums, Palaces, Concerts, Plays and interacted with a great amount of all types of people. As part of the program, however, I had to keep a personal Travel Journal, narrating my day to day in this magnificent "World City". Throughout the program I not only stretched my intellectual capacities by doing independent studies, but I also explored new areas of my personality through art and developed a better sense of understanding of my own reality, acknowledging that my perception of it differs from that of others. Being here also made me more aware of my surroundings and of myself, as unfortunately, we lived together with London a great deal of tragedies in a very short period of time. As I learned more about the history of this place and the way it continues to grow despite the opposing circumstances, I was more and more motivated to leave (in some way) a piece of me to contribute to the beauty of this city. Just like the artists presented through this project, I leave here my own perception of London, which may not be that relevant to many, but it shows that each person has the capacity to create a reality for themselves and turn it into the life they wish to live. <br />
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Through the development of this milestone it was possible to understand the reasons why each author chose a specific style and portrayed their own version of reality as well as their concerns with respect to it. Tracing the poets' literary developments through their lives provided a solid background that helped understand the peculiar nature of their greatest accomplishments and even the perspective from where they chose to write. Though it is true that weather conditions may influence a person's behavior and way of being and viewing life, (as seen in the previous Milestones linked to this one) a person's life experiences are the main sculptors of his or her perception of reality, which at the same time, will define his or her actions. At the beginning of the Milestone, we can see how Mathew Arnold's experiences guided him to become one of the most influential writers in the United Kingdom. He was often seen as a humanist more than just a social critic and exemplifies how shaped his character and and worked very hard to follow his passions and develop his talent raising awareness for a cause better than his own benefit. The section of Richard Aldington however, helps us understand why he gave a depressing scent to his writing and leaves us wondering if the negativity shown in his work was the effect or the cause of his tragedies. Later we see Don Paterson that uses poetry as his most perfect way of expression, taking careful attention to the rhyme and meter and giving poetry a new perspective. Finally, the contemporary poet and international poetry slam champion Harry Baker decides to express through poetry things that he knows about such as love, maths and (in some way) people. Doing so in the most creative way playing with the sounds and pronunciations of words. <br />
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All of the poets, besides being British have in common their strength of character when it came to poetry, as well as their love for it and their effort to (in their very own and individual ways) improve it. By the end of this Milestone, after interpreting the selected works of the authors presented in the background, I leave my own sets of poems that show the feelings I identified myself with while living in the City of London for nearly two months. I present my own work as well as the renown poets' work not only to fulfill my academic requirements, but to display my own version of reality in London and let the readers discover the wonders and calamities from which I was inspired to photograph, paint and write what I see as a London full of colour.<br />
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<div>= <font color="#BC8F8F">Avant-Garde in London</font>=<br />
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==<font color=black>Abstract</font>==<br />
The aim of this project is to inform readers about the art, especially Avant-Garde. Art has been a big part of my life since six years old when I started taking art classes. I have always like to express myself in Art. However, with all my background in art, I never fully understood what this type of art meant. This project is for everyone who wants to learn more about art, from novices that have never encountered art in their lives to experts that have been painting all their lives but never fully understood this concept of art. My goal was for the readers to understand what Avant-Garde is and who are some of the most famous artists in this movements. At the end, I provided a guide to Avant-Garde art examples in London. Many of these works are within famous art galleries such as National Art Gallery and Tate Modern. Some pieces are really famous works of art while some pieces may go unnoticed however, they all impacted the world by being Avant-Garde. The guide includes four galleries in this city. I considered this to be the top places to observe avant-garde. My contribution to this guide was my opinion towards each magnificent gallery and pictures I took in each gallery.<br />
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==<font color=black>Introduction</font>==<br />
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Avant-Garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead, explore the terrain and seek out enemy soldiers. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is Avant-Garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered Avant-Gardists. As my deliverable, I created a [[#Guide to Avant-garde in London|Guide to Avant-Garde in London]]. In this guide, I provide many examples of works of art that the Avant-Gardists that I mentioned before. In addition, I also included two galleries that show more recent artists using this style. <br />
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In art, the term 'Avant-Garde' denotes artists that open up new and unexplored territory in their works and actions. The 'Avant-Gardists' are able to impact society with their ideas through the various painting that they create. "At the center of exhibitions and the most the unparallel energy of the international 'Avant-Garde' on the threshold of the new century." <ref name="lannoo">Bischoff, U., Lozo, K., Wit, G. D., & Theerlynck, S. (2016). The power of the avant-garde: now and then. Tielt: Lannoo .</ref> Artists within Avant-Garde are probably the best-known artists in history; Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh and much more. From Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in London and Paris to Constructivism in Russia and with individual artists such as Edvard Munch and Marcel Duchamp, Avant-Gardists have left an impression in the world. <ref name="lannoo">Bischoff, U., Lozo, K., Wit, G. D., & Theerlynck, S. (2016). The power of the avant-garde: now and then. Tielt: Lannoo .</ref><br />
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==<font color="black">History</font>==<br />
As mentioned above Avant-Garde is the movement in the 19th-century and 20th-century that was recognized by artists who didn't follow tradition. <br />
Many of the world's most prominent artists are considered Avant-Garde, but when and where did this term arise from? <br />
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===The Beginning===<br />
The term Avant-Garde was first used in art by Henri de Saint-Simon, a Socialist. As the art historian Donald Egbert said, "It has never previously been pointed out, I believe, that the figurative use of the word Avant-Garde to denote radically progressive leaders of both art and society." <ref>Egbert, D. (1970). The Idea of avant-garde in Art and Politics. Leonardo, 3(1), 75-86. doi:10.2307/1572057</ref> Saint-Simon was a French Utopian Socialist and predecessor of Karl Marx. <ref>Egbert, D. (1970). The Idea of avant-garde in Art and Politics. Leonardo, 3(1), 75-86. doi:10.2307/1572057</ref> In Egbert's paper, The Idea of Avant-Garde in Art and Politics, he explains how Saint-Simon believed that artists were best fitted to change the society and how in his book, ''Opinions littéraires, philosophiques et industrielles'', he said: <br />
::::::''It is we, artists who will serve you as an Avant-Garde, the power of the arts is, in fact, most immediate and most rapid: when ''<br />
::::::: ''we wish to '''spread new ideas''' among men, we inscribe them on marble or canvas. What a magnificent destiny'' <br />
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::::::::: ''marching in the van [i.e. vanguard] of all the intellectual faculties!'' <ref> T. (n.d.). Avant-garde – Art Term. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/avant-garde </ref> <br />
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In this simple quote, Saint-Simon talks about the power art, in general, has and how Avant-Garde plays a very important role in the world of art. Art has been a method of communication of ideas, ideas that artists want to spread and that is why it has power. Avant-Garde is a type of art that spreads new ideas that are going to change society and being in this movement is a smart choice. The key word in this quote is ''new'', as it is what defines artists in this movement and even though many artists don't follow or believe in Saint-Simon's beliefs of Socialism, they still consider themselves a part of this movement.<br />
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Avant-Garde started with realism, most prominently seen with Gustave Courbet. He was strongly influenced by the ideas of Socialism. <ref> Szabolcsi, Miklós. “Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde, Modernism: Questions and Suggestions.” New Literary History, vol. 3, no. 1, 1971, pp. 49–70. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/468380. </ref> Realism is also known as first modern art movement followed by Impressionism and because of this, we can conclude that Modern Art and Avant-Garde go hand in hand.<br />
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===The Movements and Protagonists===<br />
The nontraditional work of the Avant-Garde is influenced a lot by the environment around it. Each city, each state, each government, has their own social and political issues. Artists absorb those issues and express themselves through art, affecting their attitude through their paintings. The movement may have surged by Socialist ideals but during the years it changed to be just a form to identify art. No matter what the painter tries to express, if he pushes boundaries, uses their creativity as much as possible, and tries to express new ideas, they can be considered part of this movement. <ref> T. (n.d.). Avant-garde – Art Term. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/avant-garde </ref> "<br />
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Avant-Garde art is characterized by going against everything that is mainstream and hatred for the outdated and this is why most movements appear in reaction previous ideas. It all started with Impressionism going against Impressionism. After that, most movements appeared in reaction to Impressionism. <ref> Szabolcsi, Miklós. “Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde, Modernism: Questions and Suggestions.” New Literary History, vol. 3, no. 1, 1971, pp. 49–70. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/468380. </ref> Each movement has a unique technique and pattern to oppose past ones and by intentionally confronting traditional schools their works become avant-garde. Because of nontraditional style, many times avant-garde is classified as meaningless and without purpose. However each artist has an objective, and most want to impact the society. Below I wrote about some of my famous artists in this category and a little of their story. <br />
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====Impressionism====<br />
Impressionists based their style on sensation instead of copying the subject. It started in early 1870's after Realism. In contrary to the realist details, impressionists were objective and expressed their ideas through emotions and sensations. Many artists used short brush strokes and unblended vivid colors focusing on the effects of light. This style gave many works of art in this period a sense of spontaneity and modernity. This new form of art was not traditional and they had to be as creative as they could to give art this new style. Revolutionary artists within this movement include Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre Renoir, among others. <br />
*'''Claude Monet'''<br />
**As a French artist he is one of the best known artist in this movement and in the entire art history. He was actually so influential to Impressionism that this movement was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>You have to analyze the painting and interpret what Monet wanted to express. This exactly what Monet and most Impressionists wanted, to make us interpret the impression as this was his new style. Monet painted many of the same landscapes during different times of the day. This original technique helped him become famous. Each painting is unique, but we can see how can his idea ever-changing image, the indefinite and freely painted forms also point the way toward the more expressive painting techniques. <br />
*'''Camille Jacob Pissarro'''<br />
**Pissarro was one of the of the greatest Impressionist. He used high vivid colors and illumination in landscapes. Following Monet's example, he started painting the same landscape at different times of the day. In many of his paintings, his brushstrokes are very defined making the outline of the model not as defined. This is definitely not abstract art but it is not what was traditional at that time. He focused on locals and cities. <br />
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** While Pissarro depicted cities and locals, Renoir focused on the topics of rural life. He mainly painted people in their environment with an artistic irregularity. As part of this movement, most of his paintings barely outlined characters and objects in nature. He gave the impression that his subjects were there but he was not precise with the details. This instantaneous brushstrokes and vivid colors fit perfectly in the Impressionistic style. <br />
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===Post-Modernism===<br />
Impressionists paid attention to the fleeting effect of light, atmosphere, and movement. They were spontaneous and with sudden brushstrokes, they created an impression of a landscape. Post-Impressionism or Neo-impressionism emerged in reaction against Impressionism. It was led by Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Georges Seurat. They rejected Impressionism’s concern with the spontaneous and naturalistic rendering of light and color. They focused in symbols and structure with a formal order. They still had many things in common with the Impressionists but they stressed the artificiality in their landscapes. The Post-Impressionists also used scientific way as Seurat and Both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism include some of the most famous works of modern art such as Monet’s Waterlilies, a Series of Waterscapes and van Gogh’s Starry Night. <ref> Nochlin, Linda, ed. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, 1874–1904: Sources and Documents. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966. </ref> <br />
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*'''Degas'''<br />
**Degas was a radical painter that created many portraits of modern women and ballet dancers. He captured the gestures of each ballerina. The structure in his paintings and his new technique of compositional logic clearly shows how he parted from Impressionism. He parted from the undefined outlines of the Impressionism and replaced them with linear structuralism as we can see clearly in the most of his paintings of ballerinas. <br />
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*'''Paul Cezanne'''<br />
**Cezanne, like Degas, reacted against Impressionism. Cezanne, however, didn’t follow Degas, instead, he abandoned linear perspective and stayed small dabs of paint to express light. His paintings were not exact depict of nature. He expresses emotions in his paintings as no longer as an illusion but "imaginative and idyllic settings".<ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref> In this new style, he created he used alternated perspective and he represented his personal ideas about naturalness and an ideal life. His view of this nature always entailed an observation of his own perception. He obtained as a result harmony and unity of man and nature in his ideal world. This movement may not have started with him but he defenitly became the most infkuential painter in it. <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826</ref> <br />
*'''Georges Seurat'''<br />
**As styles changed a new technique appeared. Georges Seurat was a leader of the Neo-Impressionist technique and this technique is called Pointillism. This approach consisted of softly flickering surface of small dots or strokes of color. Seurat was the first to construct and compose using his spirit of investigator.<ref name="Taschen">Holzwarth, H. W., Taschen, L., & Elger, D. (2011). Modern art. Köln: Taschen.</ref><br />
* '''Vincent Van Gogh'''<br />
**Van Gogh was a great dutch painter. He was keen for precise details and colors.The colors he used was influenced a lot because of this movement. Before Van Gogh was part of post-modernism he used dark pallete of colors as we can observe in ''The Starry Night''. When he encountered this Post-modernism his style changed, he started using brighter colors and a new unique style of brushstrokes. "Instead of painting realistic paintings with dark muddy colors he started using bright colors with bold, thick brushstrokes. Van Gogh worked hard, and produced more than 2,000 paintings, drawings and sketches in the last ten years of his life."<ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref> His best-known works were created in the last two years of his life including many works found in the National Gallery. <ref> Painter, P. I. (1922). Vincent van Gogh.</ref> <br />
*'''Pablo Picasso'''<br />
**Picasso "''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon''. This would become the most important painting of the twentieth century, as the forerunner of Cubism, the most complete and radical artistic revolution since the Renaissance," <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826 </ref> Starting this movement and incredible art works within it, Picasso became "the most celebrated artists of the 20th century" <ref> Galenson, D., & Weinberg, B. (2001). Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism. The American Economic Review, 91(4), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/2677826 </ref><br />
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=Guide to Avant-Garde in London=<br />
Hopefully, by now you understand what Avant-Garde is in art and some artists that form part of it. Now, I aim to show you examples of galleries located in London, that contain artists in this movement, especially the ones above, and Avant-Garde in general. I chose four galleries in London that I believe contain the most Avant-Garde. In continuation with the history of Avant-Garde, I wrote about [[#Artists of the Past| Artists of the Past]] in the first two galleries, The National Gallery and Tate Modern. As you read through this section you will encounter a little information about each gallery and my personal opinion about it. You will also find key works within this galleries with a short explanation and pictures that I took when I visited them. Similarly, in the next section, [[#Galleries of the Present|Galleries of the Present]], you can find information about the gallery and my opinion but instead of artists in history, these galleries contain artists that are currently thriving in their careers in art and that have unique techniques, as true Avant-gardists. I also included pictures and the exact address of each gallery. <br />
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==Artists of the Past==<br />
London has so much history in galleries, museums, and the city itself. I chose two galleries that I believe you must see if you want to see Avant-garde. First, the magnificent National Gallery and the spectacular Tate Modern. <br />
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The well known National Gallery in London one of the most visited art galleries in the world. People from all over the world come to this gallery to admire works of art located here. The National Gallery contains works from almost all the artists mentioned above. It contains artists from all over the world and many time periods. This gallery is divided into time periods, in the map above each specific time period is a different color. My personal favorite is the are from 1700-1930 (green exhibitions in the map in Level 2) because it contains almost all the artists I mentioned above. <br />
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All thought the green zone you can find avant-garde artists. For the purpose of this project, I chose three rooms that had the most avant-garde art. In rooms 41,43 and 44, you can see art from Monet's time in London to Van Gogh's famous sunflowers. Each room has an explanation that I took from the galleries website for your better understanding of their location in history and pictures that I took while in the gallery. <br />
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====Room 41====<br />
"The works in this room demonstrate the continued vitality of painting as an artistic medium in the early 20th century. In his later years, Cézanne placed an increasing emphasis on structure and solidity, applying paint in regular, hatched brushstrokes, and using color rather than light to convey forms. Ground-breaking compositions such as his monumental Bathers won the respect of younger artists. Claude Monet had great admiration for Cézanne, whom he had known since the 1860s. Monet’s art, like that of Cézanne, evolved gradually. He explored light and color in series of paintings of specific subjects, undertaken at precise times of the day and recording particular atmospheric conditions. In his garden at Giverny in Normandy, Monet painted near-abstract pictures where forms seem to dissolve to the point of disintegration. These echo the chaos of the First World War when major artistic revolutions were underway." <ref> "Room 41 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:Cezamne.PNG| ''Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses)'' <br>Paul Cézanne<br />
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====Room 43====<br />
"In the 1880s some of the Impressionist artists were beginning to enjoy success. The cohesiveness of the initial group had waned, and they were exploring new ways of painting. Camille Pissarro began to work in the new style invented by Georges Seurat, whom he met in 1885. Seurat’s approach, based on scientific color theory, involved using countless tiny dots of pure color, placed in close proximity to each other. When viewed at a distance, the eye blends these individual marks into areas of solid color: a technique called divisionism or pointillism." <ref> "Room 43 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:SEURAT.PNG|''Bathers at Asnières'' <br> Georges Seurat<br />
File:Gaugin.PNG| ''Bowl of Fruit and Tankard before a Window'' <br> Paul Gauguin<br />
File:VanGough3.PNG| 'Sunflowers' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough2.PNG| 'Farms near Auvers' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough1.PNG|'Van Gogh's Chair' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
File:VAnGough.PNG| 'Long Grass with Butterflies' <br> 'Vincent van Gogh'<br />
VanGogh4.PNG|'Two Crabs' <br> 'Vincent van Gough<br />
File:Boulevard_at_night.PNG| ''The Boulevard Montmartre at Night'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:CP2.PNG| ''The Louvre under Snow'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
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====Room 44====<br />
"In the 1860s Edouard Manet shocked exhibition visitors in Paris with his unflinching scenes of modern life, painted boldly and using sober colors. His radical style made a profound impact on many artists. In the years to come, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Alfred Sisley and other young painters in Paris would display an even stronger interest than Manet in the informal aspects of contemporary life. These artists, who often worked in the open air along the river Seine, experimented with flickering brushstrokes and bright colors to capture the fleeting effects of light. They exploited technical advances, such as oil paint in tubes that could be easily transported. As true avant-gardist, they were ahead of the traditional painters using new techniques. " <ref> "Room 44 | Level 2 | Floorplans | Visiting | National ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017.</ref><br />
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File:MM1.PNG|''The Thames below Westminster''<br> Claude Monet<br />
File:MM.PNG|''Snow Scene at Argenteuil''<br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Manet.PNG|''Woman with a Cat'' <br> Edouard Manet<br />
File:Manet1.PNG| ''Music in the Tuileries Gardens''<br> Edouard Manet<br />
File:Monet_Havre44.PNG| ''The Museum at Le Havre'' <br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Monet_Gare_44.PNG| ''The Gare St-Lazare'' <br> Claude Monet<br />
File:Pissarro_Avenue44.PNG|''The Avenue, Sydenham'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:Pissarro_Fox44.PNG|''Fox Hill, Upper Norwood'' <br> Camille Pissarro<br />
File:Renoir1.PNG| ''The Skiff (La Yole)'' <br> 'Pierre-Auguste Renoir<br />
File:Renoir_Bay.PNG| ''Moulin Huet Bay, Guernsey'' <br> Pierre-Auguste Renoir<br />
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===[[Tate Modern]]===<br />
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I consider this Gallery the best place to observe modern and contemporary art. The unique architecture of the building misguide you at first, however, from the lowest level call the "The Tank" to the viewing level where you can see all the city, you can observe incredible works of art. As Modern Art and Avant-garde go together, this place is also great for avant-garde art. Many of the artists mentioned above can be found here and much more new artists that fall into this category. Below I provide information about three pieces that are irrefutably avant-garde. This pieces will mark this movement forever and being able to admire them in this gallery was amazing. <br />
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====Little Dancer Aged Fourteen====<br />
====Degas====<br />
"This sculpture was created by [[#Edgar Degas|Degas]]. The model for this sculpture was a ballet student. Degas first made a reddish-brown wax sculpture of her in the nude. Then, aiming for a naturalistic effect, he dressed it in clothing made of real fabrics. When the wax sculpture was first exhibited, contemporaries were shocked by the unprecedented realism of the piece. He created a sculpture like no one had seen before. Innocent though she may look to us today, Degas's Little Dancer Aged Fourteen caused an outcry when she was first exhibited at the 1881 impressionist exhibition in Paris. The figure was described variously as 'repulsive' and 'a threat to society'. Critics and the public were upset by the realism of the work but also because Degas had represented a provocative modern subject ... dancers were considered part of the seamier side of entertainment and little more than prostitutes. "<ref> Aged Fourteen', Edgar Degas, 1880-1, cast c.1922. Retrieved June 19, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/degas-little-dancer-aged-fourteen-n06076 </ref> <br />
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====Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper====<br />
====Pablo Picasso====<br />
"Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper is a small papier collé by Pablo Picasso, produced in 1913. It depicts a series of objects and paper fragments clustered on a table, the oval edge of which has been loosely drawn in the lower right of the composition. The abstracted forms of a guitar, glass, and bottle of the wine cut from white, gray and black colored papers are together with drawn lines indicating other elements of each object’s shape. The objects are shown from several perspectives: while the guitar and table appear to be seen from above; the bottle and glass are shown from the side. Picasso uses this new method of collage in controversy to traditional art." <ref>T. (n.d.). 'Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper', Pablo Picasso, 1913. Retrieved May 16, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/picasso-bottle-of-vieux-marc-glass-guitar-and-newspaper-t00414</ref><br />
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|data2 = Explore Materials and Objects (Room 4)<br />
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====Fountain====<br />
====Duchamp====<br />
"Fountain" is one of Duchamp’s most famous works and is widely seen as an icon of twentieth-century art. The original, which is lost, consisted of a standard urinal, usually presented on its back for exhibition purposes rather than upright, and was signed and dated ‘R. Mutt 1917’. Tate’s work is a 1964 replica and is made from glazed earthenware painted to resemble the original porcelain. The signature is reproduced in black paint. Fountain has been seen as a quintessential example, along with Duchamp’s Bottle Rack 1914, of what he called a ‘readymade’, an ordinary manufactured object designated by the artist as a work of art (and, in Duchamp’s case, interpreted in some way). Marcel Duchamp submitted his sculpture Fountain (an upside-down urinal) for an exhibition organised by the Society of Independents under a false name. Although the society was supposed to show everything submitted by members, the work scandalized the board and was rejected. Duchamp is cited as one of the most important figures in modern art, inspiring many later artists and art movements – notably conceptual art." <ref> Tate. "Avant-garde – Art Term." Tate. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 June 2017. </ref> <br />
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==Galleries from the Present==<br />
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===Serpentine Galleries===<br />
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London<br />
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The Serpentine Gallery is one of London's most popular art gallery showing modern and contemporary artwork. It is located in the center of Kensington Gardens. It has two galleries on either side of the Serpentine lake: the Serpentine Gallery and the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. Hyde Park is one of my favorite places in London, especially because of Serpentine Galleries. They provide a space where artists can show their paintings and everyone in the park can see it. They have seasonal shows and a summer pavilion. The architecture of the pavilions is unique and it is said to be the world's first and most ambitious architecture program of its kind. <br />
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====Seasonal Shows====<br />
This two galleries change seasonally and have eight shows per year. I focused on Summer 2017 summer shows: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! by Grayson Perry and A Series Of Utterly Improbable, yet Extraordinary Renditions by Arthur Jafa. <br />
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'''Serpentine Gallery': The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! by Grayson Perry''' <br> <br />
"Perry’s abiding interest in his audience informs his choice of universally human subjects. Working in a variety of traditional media such as ceramics, cast iron, bronze, printmaking and tapestry, Perry is best known for his ability to combine delicately crafted objects with scenes of contemporary life. His subject matter is drawn from his own childhood and life as a transvestite, as well as wider social issues ranging from class and politics to sex and religion." <ref> Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! (2017, June 08). Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/grayson-perry-most-popular-art-exhibition-ever </ref> <br />
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'''Serpentine Sackler Gallery: A Series Of Utterly Improbable, yet Extraordinary Renditions by Arthur Jafa. ''' <br> <br />
"Jafa’s work is driven by a recurrent question: how might one identify and develop a specifically Black visual aesthetics equal to the ‘power, beauty and alienation’ of Black music in US culture? <br> <br />
This new exhibition, titled A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions, takes the form of a site-specific installation at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in which Jafa has transformed the space with a series of new assemblages that encompass film, photography and found footage. The title of the exhibition relates to the sense of absence that Jafa observes as haunting Black life. The word ‘rendition’ refers to the artist’s interpretation of the aesthetics associated with Black being, which are historically-inscribed in images, objects and artefacts. By re-performing these narratives in the present, Jafa imagines and constructs new possibilities for making them visible. In addition to his exhibition at the Sackler Gallery, Jafa will also devise a new, site-specific event as part of the 2017 Park Nights series, which takes place in the Serpentine Pavilion, this year designed by Francis Kéré." <ref> "Arthur Jafa: A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions." Serpentine Galleries. N.p., 08 June 2017. Web. 21 June 2017. <http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/arthur-jafa-series-utterly-improbable-yet-extraordinary-renditions>. </ref> <br />
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|caption = Serpentine Pavilion 2017<br />
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|data2 = Francis Kéré<br />
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====Pavillion====<br />
Each year, they commission an architect to create a summer pavilion. The first one was created by Zaha Hadid in 2000 and since then there has being one every year. In 2016, the temporary venue was created by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels. He created this venue with fiberglass frame. The pyramid of blocks kind of resembles a glacial crevasse.<br />
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"For the 2017 Serpentine Pavillion was designed by Francis Kere. He was born in Burkina Faso, where he got the inspiration for this pavilion. He was inspired the tree that serves as a central meeting point for life in this village, his home. He used a new artistic and architectonic method into the design and he seeks to connect its visitors to nature and each other. An expansive roof, supported by a central steel framework, mimics a tree's canopy, allowing air to circulate freely while offering shelter against London rain and summer heat. He is trying to portrait a tree and how gathering under it was refreshing. He also portraits culture as he explains that he uses indigo blue because it is a key color for his culture. He invites everyone in to admire his work of art and new design. Just as this artist, every artist that creates a pavilion uses a new technique in his or er design. They can be considered avant-gardists because of this new methods. " <ref> "Serpentine Pavilion 2017 designed by Francis Kéré." Serpentine Galleries. N.p., 23 June 2017. Web. 21 June 2017. <http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/serpentine-pavilion-2017-designed-francis-k%C3%A9r%C3%A9>. </ref><br />
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===Unit London===<br />
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|data2 = 147-149 WARDOUR STREET<br />
SOHO, LONDON W1F 8WD<br />
11AM - 7PM, EVERY DAY<br />
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"Located in Soho, classified by tourists as one of the most Avant-Garde neighborhood, it is a spot for shadiness and cheap food and music, stand-up comedy and cabaret performances. This is a great area to experience different forms of culture, from cuisine to clubs."<ref> Neighborhood Guide to London. (2016, December 23). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from https://www.bohemiantrails.com/5-neighborhoods-of-london-avant-garde-traveler/ </ref> Unit London is located right it the middle of all this. This gallery looks simple from the outside but has some of the best modern art in London. You can see culture, Emotions, techniques in each work of art, "Founded in 2013 by two young artists, Unit London was born from a desire to break down the barriers of elitism and to include people in the contemporary art world - whether they be enthusiasts, first-timers, new collectors, or seasoned collectors and institutions - we strongly believe that everybody should be able to enjoy the world's most amazing art. "<ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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This Gallery is very inclusive and is open 7 days a week until the early evening. They provide a space for artists and visitors an open space to express themselves.<br />
"We have always wanted to provide a platform for the world's most exciting talent to showcase their work to the widest possible audience. We don't believe that incredible work should be reserved for only the select few. We are strong believers in the power of online, and we use digital and social media to broadcast our artists and their work to audiences all over the globe." <ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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|caption = 2017<br />
|label2 = MAterial <br />
|data2 = Fibreglass life-cast with prismatic finish.<br />
120 x 52 cm<br />
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Most Artists in this gallery started as street artists with u a unique aesthetic and technic has made them famous. A great example of this is the artists is Schoony. His brilliance has brought the art world by storm and his hyperrealist sculptures question war, mortality and contemporary society. PRISMATIC BRUISER is one of his most famous sculptures. It reminds me of Degas's. "Schoony’s background is rooted in special effects and prosthetics for the film industry, with his career spanning over twenty-five years. Since the age of fifteen he has worked on over a hundred films, his work and reputation for high-class pioneering techniques has reached the far corners of the world." Altogether with his unique technique Schoony has had many different themes, examining capitalism and pop culture. He has a keen eye that provides the capacity to create such magnificent sculptures. As the gallery says it their webpage: "Schoony’s career has gone from strength to strength, exhibiting widely throughout Europe and the US. His work has won him critical acclaim from the Times, The Independent and ArtNet News, he is also featured on Artsy." <ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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Another British artist that has had an exhibition at this gallery is Tom French, a highly collectible and well-regarded artist. He creates monochromatic canvases. This black and white canc=vases are unique and have very precise detail. In these canvases you can find faces, figures and skulls repeat and shadow one-another. This simplicity of colors allows him to transmit his message easily with no distraction. "Each scene is a snapshot of a story, with a dynamic between the characters working on various levels, which ties into the bigger picture; there's much more to these images than illusion alone." Tom French<br />
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'''Tom French'''<br />
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'''RED BURQUA, 2016 by Cecile Plaisance'''<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
[[File:Sreyes-map_(5).jpg|thumb|alt=Avant-Garde]]<br />
To conclude, Avant-Garde was a revolutionary movement of art that was recognized by its original and they had the crusade to influence society. Most of the artists in this movements are the world's most known artists including Monet, Van Gogh, and Picasso. Their styles are very different but their originality and goals were the same. I believe that this style is more than just a movement of art because of how it has affected the world and how it still does. In the guide I created I display both the past and the present avant-garde. I provide a map to the right for a better understanding of their location. The National Gallery(red) and Tate Modern(blue) are the two galleries with artist of the past and Serpentine Gallery(green) and Unit London(yellow) are the galleries with artists of the present. This project limits to some movements of avant-garde, however, further research will show that are a lot more movements. Each movement affects the world somehow. Art is more than a form of expression, it has the power to change the world. <br />
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https://maphub.net/sreyes/map <br><br />
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Adding_Pigment&diff=19747
Adding Pigment
2017-06-22T22:10:06Z
<p>Sreyes: </p>
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<div>=Adding Pigment=<br />
by [[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]] & [[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes ]]<br><br />
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|caption = A Homeless Man Adding Pigment to London<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that we choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. Kristy has gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college, while Sofia, as a future architectural engineer is able to provide insight from a different perspective, also having taken painting lessons since a very young age. This project combines our favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message that we wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. The goal of this Milestone, however, is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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The title of this Milestone was chosen to be "Adding Pigment" as for every person that goes through London is not only influenced by it and its weather as seen in [[Colourless London]], but at the same time, they leave a piece of them that adds to the beauty of this city. In the same way as they take inspiration from the amazing stories London has to tell, they create a new chapter, and if they do it well, a really good one. Each artist presented in the background of this Milestone was chosen because of their irrefutable relevance to the history of London in the artistic side. In the background, we present the way in which different situations they lived conducted them to become some of the most influential and inspiring individuals the streets of London have ever seen. Likewise, each artist is known to have revolutionized in some way their field "adding pigment" to the existing base of knowledge and techniques. From the fields of Painting, Literature and Architecture, we chose a set of six artists divided in "Artists from the Past" and "Artists from the Present" to, in some way, categorize them by periods and let the readers draw conclusions about the similar traits in their work. Inspired by these great minds, we leave in the deliverable our own works of art painting the same sites where pictures were taken for Colourless London, choosing a specific picture for each one and "replicating it" in some way with acrylic paintings, just the way David Hockey used to do with his photography. The difference, however, is that we aim to emphasize the contrast between the gray color palette seen in the pictures that characterizes London and the use of color in our paintings that represents our perspective of the city. In this way we seek to add pigment to the scenery in a literal and metaphorical way.<br />
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=Section 1: Background=<br />
==Artistic Component==<br />
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"Despite the widespread social anxiety caused by the fog, many artists found in it a source of inspiration from a wide broad of perspectives. For some, fog represented a looming presence, alive and malignant."<ref>Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: BELKNAP HARVARD. pp 1.</ref> This quote from "The London Fog" by Corton perfectly exemplifies the way in which some people used too feel about the fog, however, for some other many artists, the fog could be seen as magical or even romantic. The same thing could be seen from very different perspectives and used for many different purposes. The fog could be used by robbers to easily disappear after their theft and the same fog could also be used by artists like Monet to show the world the beauty of a city like London. Likewise the fog could be the source of sickness and depression or could also be the source of motivation and inspiration, giving a person's mind the push needed to boost their creativity. Just like that, the city of London has been the source of inspiration and spectator of some of the greatest minds the world has seen. From painters to writers to architects, London has evoked many "shades of feelings" that have driven locals and foreigners to accomplish great things. <br />
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==Artists From the Past==<br />
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Being a city immersed in its own history, London has seen a lot happening through its streets, and by digging in the past, it is easy to find a more gloomy, mysterious and heavy perspective of the fog, enraptured in all kinds of art. The following representatives were chosen because of their imminent and irrefutable success in their disciplines.<br />
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===Monet===<br />
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Claude Monet was a French artist of the Impressionist movement. He was actually so influential to this movement that it was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because, as stated in the book "Nature into art" by House, "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>The the viewer has to analyze, assume and connect the dots to figure out the purpose of the painting. This was not exactly abstract art but it was definitely different from any sort of traditional art at that time. Monet was a revolutionary and the complexity of his works continues to amaze the most demanding art critics and attract collectors from all over the globe. Unlike many other famous artists, when Monet started, he had no prior knowledge of art techniques, which may have been the cause of him developing his own. However, he was surely inspired by many other artists before him. Today Monet is one of the best-known artists in the world. In the creation of his own style, his purpose was to overcome the tradition of detailed works of art and use intense brushstrokes to create an impression of a painting. According to his biography, "Monet by himself", he started painting in Paris many scenes of the Seine river as well as impressions of landscapes of the place he lived in at different times of the day. This specific trait defines his work, because this technique was not only very useful for practice, but also allowed the viewer to perceive the scene from different perspectives of the same place and by the same artist as he played with the changes in light. We can clearly see this technique in one of his biggest collections of paintings; Water Lilies, that he painted when he was living in Givenchy. Monet moved a lot during his life mainly within France, however, during the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to London for two years. <ref> Monet, C., & Kendall, R. (2003). Monet by Himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 1. </ref> <br />
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During his time in London, he couldn't help but immerse himself in the captivating inspiration that emerged from the city's mesmerizing views. Using his technique, he painted many of its landscapes and buildings at different times of the day, as he was known for. He painted many views from the Thames, including Parliament and Westminster and even though it was only for a short period of time, his time in London marked his artistic career. In the book "London Fog, Christine Corton states: " His short stay in London resulted in the largest series of paintings that he had yet produced." <ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 182. </ref> Monet, as many other artists, admired the London fog and its presence in his paintings was not only evident, but often even highlighted. The fog gave his paintings some sort of uniqueness and contributed to his Impressionism. As Christine Corton said in her book ''London Fog'' Monet commented " Without the fog, London wouldn't be a beautiful city... It's the fog that gives it it's magnificent breadth".<ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 184. </ref> This was a very outlandish way of viewing one of the nation's greatest struggle, but once again, he was a revolutionary. He was most likely intrigued by the fog as it went alongside his style and it was in such an abundance he had never seen before. There was probably not another city in the world that united the large amounts of fog and the astonishing man-made landscapes that were also full of meaning and history. In his paintings, he portrays the fog as part of the landscape or the impression of the landscape, which gave him great popularity due to his creativity and the originality of his works. In that time, there was certainly no other painter like Monet.<br />
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Yet he did not paint with a lot of details, he created his works in such a way in which any Londoner would recognize the setting of his paintings. In addition to this, as he painted the same scene in different times of the day, he changed the colors to illustrate the different light patterns. The "special touch" or as we call it in this milestone "pigment" Monet added to his field was his originality and how even though he painted the same scene many times, each painting was unique. As posted in the official webpage of the National Gallery, in Monet's paintings "distance and perspective are abolished; a limitless expanse of water occupies our entire field of vision." <ref> https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-water-lilies </ref> His paintings portrayed the idea of constant change and the beauty of it, in House's book, "Nature into art", he explains how Monet worried a lot about "the ever-changing environment and the effects of light in his paintings." <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref> Even though it was the same landscape, this technique allowed the viewer imagine that it was a completely different environment. He focused a lot on the effects of light of the painting and used a distinct color palette for each painting. This different use of light and color provided him the irrefutable fame he keeps until today, when his biography is now studied at schools and his techniques are implemented by artists all around the world. <br />
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===Charles Dickens===<br />
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Charles Dickens was part of a huge family, being born the second of eight children on 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens and even though many people have heard about him and his work, not everyone knows about his middle names because he decided never to use them and e simply known as Charles Dickens. Even though he was raised with high aspirations of himself, it is almost impossible for him to have imagined the reach of his literary work in later years and how much his early life would influence him in the future. He was in London for the first time at the age of three because of his father's work. Although most people are unaware at such an early age, it is believed that he "absorbed the sights, smells and sounds of the City" according to his biography in the official Dickens London Tours. <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> As in any big family, money issues started to arise, however, that did not stop them from being happy in the early days. Nevertheless, it became a real problem for Charles when he was twelve, as his father was imprisoned for debt. To help with the family needs, Charles was forced to leave school and start working. We can easily infer that he did not make much money as a twelve year old, and that having his childhood taken away from him because of his parents mistakes left him very unhappy. For it was not his fault at all that his father was imprisoned, but yet he had to pay for his mistakes. This caused him great suffering but he sacrificed himself to help his family. As his biography by Biography.com Editors mentions, "He felt abandoned and betrayed by the adults who were supposed to take care of him."<ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> <br />
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Even though he had no clue back then, this situation gave him the freedom to explore the streets and corners of London. He got to know every secret the city had, and by paying close attention to his surroundings he was able to get to know it "like the back of his hand". However, Dickens is credited with a passion for London and according to Michael and Mollie Hardwick in their book Dickens's England, "he entertained no such thing". For he grew up in the streets of London and this was not by choice, which allowed him to "greedily observe and absorb the city" getting to know it with "extensive and peculiar knowledge" as said by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, "but not loving it". <ref>Hardwick, M., & Hardwick, M. (1970). Dickens's England. London: Dent</ref> Despite this, it was not all bad for young Charles, because living as an adult while being a child also must have formed his character from a very early age and force him to mature and above all... think. Then according to a biography posted by BBC, for a short period of time he was able to go back to school when his father received and inheritance and was let free. However, his freedom lasted for a short period of time, as by the age of fifteen the biography in BBC's official website tells that he got a job as an office boy to help out his family again. <ref> BBC . (n.d.). History - Charles Dickens. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml</ref>Maybe this was not what he would have wanted for himself but this job propelled his writing career. His career began as a journalist for a local news paper, as many other authors. This job also allowed him to get to know a lot of people and start building a network of contacts that would allow him to keep escalating up in his career. Even back then he could infer the importance of "knowing people" so he did and soon he started getting better and better jobs still as a journalist, collaborating also with other artists to create material for the press. He started publishing monthly parts of what he called "The Pickwick Papers" in the newspaper and it was a massive success. By this time, Charles's personal life was also going very well, as in 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, who would give him the great gift of parenthood about a year after. Charles gave his name to his first son with Catherine Hogarth, who would give him another nine children.<br />
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After his first great success, he started to write nonstop and still with great quality, style and attention to detail. Very few people know London as he did, which allowed him to be the voice of the city itself. He had a very special way of writing about London granted by the events he went through in his childhood to what he also added his own touch. His increasing popularity allowed him to travel the world with his wife and even live in different places with her. However, he never took traveling as a vacation, for he continued to write and publish during these periods of time as if his travels only inspired him more and more instead off exhausting him. He was also, in general, a very nice person as he helped to found "The Guild of Literature and Arts" which was an organization that helped young artists struggling to make it through by presenting plays to the public. As he has once struggled in his life he probably founded this to help other fellow artists struggle a little bit less as they started to build their career just like he did. In addition to this, he also often performed as a character in the plays presented by that organization. Close to the end of his life, Dickens separated from his wife and started to see his children less. In the biography of Charles Dickens posted in the official website of the Dickens London Tours, Charles's daughter Kate recalled, "My father was like a madman… He did not care a damn what happened to any of us. Nothing could surpass the misery and unhappiness of our house." <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> Also according to that same biography, rumors spread about Charles Dickens's marriage ending because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens died at the age of 58 in England and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The most amazing thing about his unique perspective of London is the way despite all the struggles his life brought to him, he never stopped writing. And this is proven by the fact that by the time of his death he left his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. <ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> Charles Dickens is taught in schools all around the world as one of the main characters of English Literature, and he became himself a source of inspiration immediately linked to London.<br />
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===Sir Christopher Wren===<br />
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Tinniswood said in his book "His invention so fertile" that Christopher Wren "was the greatest architect Britain has ever known" <ref> Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> London and its skyline wouldn't be as we know them nowadays if it wasn't for Sir Cristopher Wren and his irrefutable talent and hard work. In the year 1666, London was struck by a great tragedy that destroyed the majority of the city. This incident started as an honest mistake in a bakery shop. The Great Fire of London demolished many buildings in London including the greatest buildings. These buildings were not made of wood but when the rock was heated, it exploded. After this enormous catastrophe, Sir Christopher Wren was given the urgent task of reconstructing many churches. St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest work with his design of the dome. St. Paul was above all the work of his life, not only because of the magnitude of the project but also because of how much time he devoted to it. You can see this dome from various views from different angles of the city. Each angle shows the magnificent glory of its design, however, my personal favorite is from across the Millennium Bridge. This Cathedral is one of the most visited landmarks in the city because everyone wants to appreciate the design not only from the outside but also from the inside. Wren designed and reconstructed this building to wonder everyone that seeks to appreciate it today. <br />
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As incredible as it may sound, the architect that designed the majestic dome in St. Paul's Cathedral was also a skilled scientist with several other talents that were all probably useful in some way during the process of designing and building the cathedral. As Lisa Jardine said in her book about Wren called ''On a grander scale: The outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren'': "Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society"<ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref>, Wren was a genius. He started his career as a scientist and graduated from Oxford University, which fills the institution with pride and they ensure it is widely known. Sir Christopher Wren was very knowledgeable and his most intimate friends were also renown scientists, brilliant people responsible for the greatest accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. This is proven by the text written on the cover of the book "His invention so fertile: A life of Cristopher Wren" by Tinniswood and Graham: "Wren's famous research in science included: mapping the moon and the stars, investigating the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carrying out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood."<ref>Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> And not only did he make his own research but also collaborated with his fellow scientists' work as stated by the author Lisa Jardine: "His observations on comments, meteorology, and muscular action made vital contributions to the developing ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> Also, just as in Dickens's case, his network helped him escalate in his career, getting to know many important people of his time. As supported in the book "Wren" by Margaret Whinney, "His connection to the Royal Society brought him into personal touch the King. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings and lived and worked under six monarchs." <ref> Whinney, M. (1971). Wren. London: Thames & Hudson. </ref> As it is easy to assume, back then, it was extremely important to have contact with the King, it opened an infinite amount of doors sometimes without the need of even knocking. Wren's career as an architect succeeded mainly because of this connection with royal people, as when he was appointed to rebuild the city after The great Fire of London, he ended up building approximately 50 churches. And as everyone was delighted with the course of his work, Wren also worked at Hampton Court Palace rebuilding the south view.<br />
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It is important to emphasize as well how amazing it was that he succeeded in the field of architecture without any previous knowledge about it, making it up with the knowledge he had of other fields such as math. He is the greatest example of how, with hard work and the right connections, there is nothing unachievable. He must have had outstanding observation skills and was probably inspired by a couple of architects of his time. Little did he know he was to become an architect that would continue to inspire many, even centuries after his death. Also, as he succeeded in architecture, he never forgot his passion for science as many of this buildings had scientific purposes that very few people know about. It is easy to admire the magnificence of his buildings but as you pay close attention to the details he worked on for each one of them, it is impossible not to be filled with great astonishment. For example, as Lisa Jardine also explained in her book: "The Monument of the Great Fire of London was built with a subterranean laboratory and the southwest tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during its construction. Both were designed to function simultaneously as public monuments and as oversize scientific instruments." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> When we think about Sir Christopher Wren's contributions to the history of London it is like every church he made was "a stroke of his brush" (figuratively speaking) "adding pigment" to the London skyline and at the same time, devoting his life to his passions as he created a masterpieces of such magnitude as is St. Paul's Cathedral. He let his talents flourish so that all of us could be able to enjoy them. Finally, we could say that despite his fame and success he remains a modest man, for when he was dying he asked not to have a huge statue to honor him but to simply be buried in his greatest accomplishment, St. Paul's Cathedral, letting that be the "monument" to honor his death.<br />
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In more contemporary times, leaving behind the dense, yellow and deadly fog as an everyday scene, London is a setting that enraptures less mystery and more and more magic. More color and a wider variety of emotions are displayed in all forms of art.<br />
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===J.K. Rowling===<br />
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J.K. Rowling has impacted many people's lives with her books, people of all razes, nationalities, religions and even ages. She has inspired young people to discover the joy of reading and entertained adults with her stories full of magic, mystery and suspense. It is not uncommon to hear about adolescents that had never grabbed a book in their lives falling in love with the wonderful world of Harry Potter. And that is the thing, It is amazing how her reading had the power to impact a whole generation and turn them into "Potterheads". All it takes is a good book to inspire people to read and J.K. Rowling wrote many great pieces of literature that are still great gifts for people of all ages. She is best known for her Harry Potter Series, which made her worldwide famous, and apart from these, J.K. Rowling has written several more books. <br />
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Her official website starts her biography like this: "Joanne Rowling was born on 1965 just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales."<ref>J.K. Rowling. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/</ref> However, the places that marked her literature the most were London and Edinburgh. As a woman that developed in the generation of information and revolution of technology, she had the opportunity to travel a lot and live in many places even before being famous. After getting her degree she moved to London, where she was inspired to write about Harry Potter as she sat in a train station. In her biography written by Sean Smith it is said: "She conceived the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> It seems almost ironic that after traveling so much, she came to get the idea that would change her life forever in the same country where she was born. She was inspired by her surroundings and wrote what she observed adding a creative component to it; her personal touch. For example, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two: in Chapter 1 ''KING'S CROSS'' she wrote: "A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.". <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. pp. 6</ref> Every word is perfectly placed in her sentences and invites the audience to keep reading almost effortlessly; as if the words had the ability to flow by themselves into our imaginations. However, until then this line could belong to any story set in that station, until J.K. Rowling adds the magic in Chapter 2 ''PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS'' as she says: "And which is also busy, but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved project." <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown.pp.9</ref> She made of the streets of London a magical place full of wonders to discover that would only be available to "the chosen ones" to find out.<br />
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However, even though she started in London, she also moved a lot while she was writing the series. Another of the major cities that highly inspired her writing was Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like London, a city full of a great deal of history and mystery that was a perfect source of inspiration for the young writer's imagination. As we visited Edinburgh, it was easy to spot the settings she chose to incorporate in some of the scenes of the books. Settings such as Hogwarts, the Quiddich Stadium, the cemetery and Diagon Alley. Even the four houses of Hogwarts that in the books were "named after the four founders of the school" (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin) are suspected to e inspired by the houses of one of the most prestigious schools in Scotland that is set in Edinburgh and casually carry the same colors as the four houses in Hogwarts. "George Heriot’s houses Castle, Lauriston, Raeburn and Greyfriars correspond to Rowling’s own Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff." <ref>Hodder, A. (2015, October 18). The Top Places To Visit In Edinburgh for Harry Potter Fans. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-top-6-locations-for-harry-potter-fans-in-edinburgh/</ref> Also, George Heriot’s School has a sports tournament every four years with other two schools of the United Kingdom. Many of the characters' names were also presumably derived from people who died in the city and are buried in Greyfriars Cemetery. Going to Scotland and hearing everyone; from tour guides, to store owners, to residents, talk about all these peculiar similarities between the city and her books was a little bit disappointing, but it also made us realize that all these details have always been out there for anyone to use and she was the only one with the imagination and intellect to do so. J.K. Rowling left her "stroke of pigment" in Edinburgh just as she did in London, writing her stories mainly in local cafes, that today are touristic spots. A famous one is Elephant House, where now it is famously known for being "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" as the owners decided to announce it like. In several webpages they're announces with the following phrase: “Magic! Is the only way to describe The Elephant House. Experience the same atmosphere that J.K. Rowling did as she mulled over coffee writing her first Harry Potter novel. Experience the friendliness of the staff, our extensive menus and the magical view of Edinburgh Castle. Not to forget…the elephants”. <ref>The magic brew called Potter. (2016, October 09). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-magic-brew-called-Potter/article15396369.ece</ref><br />
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For her great influence in the pop culture today, her impact on the places where she wrote and her devotion to her passion for literature, J.K Rowling is a woman worthy of admiration. Also, J.K. Rowling's life before Harry Potter was not easy. Smith also wrote: "She encountered many obstacles and misfortunes before and during the writing process." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> She took a long time writing the first book in the Harry Potter series but she never gave up and all her hard work is now being recompensed. She is a highly admired author with an impeccable reputation and she is also very rich. In fact, J.K. Rowling is considered by Forbes to be the second highest paid woman in entertainment. <ref> The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. (2007, January 18). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html </ref> However, being rich is not comparable to the satisfaction she must feel as she receives flattering and well deserved positive reviews of her books and so much love from her fandom that beg fore more of the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Miss Rowling is a great example of a creator that took as much as she could from what her environment in Edinburgh and London had to offer and she gave back to other cities becoming part of them.<br />
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Image:JK1.PNG|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
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===David Hockney===<br />
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David Hockney, born on 1937, has become one of the most influential figures in modern art, mostly because of all the different techniques he used and the ones he developed for his work. Also because of all the disciplines where he excelled as an artist throughout his entire life, which still continues. According to Editors of Encycloprdia Britannica in their website, "David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art." <ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2017, April 26). David Hockney. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hockney</ref> The city were he was born, Bradford, was, just as London, a poor victim of the fog, in a biography written by Christopher Simon Sykes, he explains: "for the two hundred or so chimneys of the woollen mills were belching out fumes all day, which sank slowly into the basin in which the city lies, and made Bradford then one of the smokiest cities on earth".<ref>Sykes, C. S. (2011). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 1). London: Century, pp. 1-25</ref>. In that same book, the author reveals an interview with Hockney in which he says that he knew that he wanted to be an artist since the age of 10 and his parents always encouraged him to develop his talent. <ref>Interview with David Hockney by Christopher Simon Skyes, June 2009</ref> Hockney was also known to e quite a good student and hard working artist that loved experimenting with different forms of art. He also traveled quite a lot and loved the state of California in the U.S., where he still owns a house. This is supported in his biography by Biography.com Editors, "The swimming pools of L.A. were one of his favorite subjects, and he became known for large, iconic works such as A Bigger Splash." <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> One of the most outstanding characteristics of his work "A Bigger Splash" is the technique he used to paint. He first took the pictures of the people he was going to paint and then putting together a bunch of these pictures he would put the person in the pose he wanted to paint. An example of this technique is shown below in the pictures. where it is easier to appreciate the complexity of Hockney's work.<br />
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Besides being an admirable artist, he was never hesitant to show himself to the world and stand up for his personal beliefs. Also, his romances affected him so much that later in his life he suffered from depression after breaking up with a boyfriend that he lived with for a while. As mention in a website dedicated to David Hockney, "Hockney was devastated and started taking Valium to combat the depression and loneliness he suffered." <ref>David Hockney Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.davidhockney.com/bio.shtml</ref> However, despite all the tough times he went through in his life, he never let that intervene with his work as he has a huge amount of collections of different types of art always looking for a way to interact with the viewer through his work. As the American curator, Maurice Tuchman mentions in her book David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA, "Hockney is not at all involved in the creation of beauty as an end in itself. It is exactly this didactic urgency, this need to be heard plainly and to be understood clearly, which is the basis of his phenomenal popularity." <ref>Tuchman, M., & Barron, S. (1989). David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, pp. 13</ref> <br />
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In one of his expositions, also shown below, he wrote "Perspective should e reversed... specially in photography". He has definitely been a revolutionary artist that has been looked up to for over half a century now. Hockney is widely known for his adaptability and his ability to create new techniques using the emerging technologies. In photography, specifically he turned to “recreate photography” in a way in which, as he said in another interview with Sykes, “a photograph that could be described as having a strong illusion of reality”. <ref>Sykes, C. S. (2014). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 2). London: Century, pp. 160</ref> Though Hockney does not have a great number of photographies or paintings of London itself, he has been one of the most influential and innovative British artists for the past half a century. He developed a way to give a story to his images, instead of just leaving them as a single photograph. Through his collages, he makes his characters come to life and is able to transmit emotions and ideas, creating a reality for each one and showing it to its viewers. And with his method of combining photography and painting, he "added his pigment" to both fields. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to paint and exhibit, and advocates for funding for the arts. <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> <br />
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Image:DHH.jpg|''David Hockney Photographed by Paul Joyce, 1984''<br />
Image:DH09.jpg|"David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger. Image © David Hockney, used courtesy of Film Movement."<br />
Image:DH01.jpg|alt=Color photograph from a 35 mm negative|''Nick Wilder, 1966. Taken by Mark Lancaster''<br />
Image:DH00.jpg|''Portrait of Nick Wilder, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 72x 72 by David Hockney''<br />
Image:DH05.jpg|''Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 1st 1982 Composite Polaroid 70.5 x 130''<br />
Image:DH03.jpg|''Le Nid Du Duc, April 1972. Color photographs from 35 mm negatives''<br />
Image:DH02.jpg|alt=Composite color photograph taken from 35 mm negatives|''Peter, Kensington Gardens, April 1972''<br />
Image:DH04.jpg|''Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120. Private Collection, United Kingdom.''<br />
Image:DH06.jpg|''My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982, Photographic Collage 121 x 70''<br />
Image:DH08.jpg|''Perspective Should Be Reversed 2014, Photographic drawing printed on paper mounted on Dibond 108 x 177"<br />
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===Ken Shuttleworth===<br />
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Ken Shuttleworth, just as Christopher Wren, transformed completely London's skyline. According to his biography in his paper ''Form and Skin'', he was born in 1952 and studied at Leicester Polytechnic, where he got a degree with distinction in Architecture in 1977. According to that same paper, in 1974 he joined the architectural firm of Foster and Partners and shortly after became a registered architect. Then, in 1991 he became a partner of the firm "Fosters Associates", where he was responsible for the design of significant projects. <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref>Since his time at college, he has been known as a great designer. In class, he would take half of the time his classmates would to finish his designs. His fast and impressive work gave him the nickname "Ken the Pen". During his time in "Fosters Associates" he designed what "The Guardian" news paper called "some of the world's most iconic buildings"<ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref>. Referring to masterpieces such as the Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters and London's St Mary Axe or best known as "The Gherkin". <br />
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He certainly succeeded after college in "Foster Associates", however, in 2003 he decided to leave the firm. As Shuttleworth always thought architects to have a big purpose, he felt like he could do more than working for a big firm, and this was a particularly big firm. "The Guardian" published about it in 2003 saying that "with a staff of nearly 600 and over 100 projects on the computer screens", Foster Associates was "one of the world's busiest and highest-profile architectural practices." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> As he moved on from Foster Associates, he founded his own firm, "Make", in 2004. With him on the lead this firm was prompt to succed, and it did. In his paper "Form and Skin", he wrote: "It grew to one od the UK's foremost architectural firms." <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref> Looking back into his life, his passion for design began at very young age. "The Guardian news paper once wrote about how with the help of his father he followed his passion and magnified his talent: "His father, an accountant, encouraged him: "He hated being an accountant. He said, 'Whatever you do, you should really enjoy doing it'." "<ref> Fairs, M. (2003, January 22). Ken Shuttleworth: architecture's best-kept secret. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/jan/22/architecture.artsfeatures </ref> He followed his fathers advice and became a magnificent architect worthy of admiration. <br />
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"The Guardian" also wrote referring to Ken, ""He is one of the best hidden talents in the UK," says Stuart Lipton, the chairman of the government's architecture watchdog of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> This quote perfectly conveys to major ideas; the first one about his irrefutable talent, and the second one out how little is actually known about him. Unlike we had expected, finding information about Shuttleworth was somehow hard because he has always lived life with a low profile. However, after reading his papers and articles you can clearly see what an amazing architect he is. He wrote in the article "Throwing stones at those in glass houses, "Architects and environmental engineers have never had such an important role and we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity before it’s too late. Now is the time to wake up... and use our creativity, our curiosity and our passion for exploration... to help save the planet". Because of his passion and drive, he is a source of inspiration to many young architects. Reading his words reminded us that being an architect is an important role in the world and it is not just designing a pretty building. That sense of commitment and great creativity that he possesses and uses to improve our society is what makes him a person worthy of admiration. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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Using David Hockney's technique of "Painting with Pictures", we chose one picture of each site described in the Milestone [[Colourless London]] and we made them into paintings, emphasizing the use of bright colors inspired by different scenarios of London and making an imminent contrast with the pictures' monochromatic feel. Each set represents our own way of "adding pigment" to the city's most emblematic sites and to the way people usually perceive London.<br />
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==Tower Bridge==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Orange <br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:TB01.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Tower Bridge'']]<br />
| [[File:D02.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Tower Bridge Full of Colour'' <br> By Kristy Giacoman]] <br />
| [[File:EAWwalk8.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "The colors used were inspired by one of the pictures of the girls in this HUA program, Emily Wilson. She took this picture from the same bridge that I painted. The colors in the sunset inspired me to choose the color scheme in my work. However, I decided to paint a morning instead of a sunset, symbolizing a fresh start for the city of London. That is why the sky is a mostly blue and the bridge contains the colors of Emily's picture as if it had absorbed the sunset of the previous day, symbolizing that even though it is a fresh start, the past is still part of the city, or in this case, the painting.<br />
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==London Eye==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Violet<br />
**Ivory Black<br />
**Titanium White <br />
**Ultra Blue <br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:LE03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless London Eye'']]<br />
| [[File:D01.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''London Eye Full of Colour'' <br> by Kristy Giacoman]]<br />
| [[File:Purple.jpeg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Kristy: "Purple is the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and The London Eye is the world’s largest observation wheel and most popular paid tourist attraction in the whole country. Also Purple is my favorite color. Finally, I was inspired to choose that color scheme by this flowers I bought in Columbia Road Flower Market, in London. Because they enrapture the beauty I see in the streets of London, despite all opposing opinions and catastrophic events that have hit this city, which I like to think still stands strong."<br />
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==Big Ben==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Crimson Red<br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
***TitaniumWhite <br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:BB04.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Big Ben'']]<br />
| [[File:D03.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Big Ben Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:UK.png|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "I used the picture Kristy took ''Colourless Big Ben'' as a model and the colors in the flag of the United Kingdom as an inspiration to create this painting. I used the radiant colors in the flag to represent Parliament and the citizens in the UK. The Big Ben identifies London as the flag identifies the UK. With the use of different shades of blue I created a sky as in the picture. To show the different levels of the top of the building I used either blue or red for each level. What the blue drops of paint falling down the Big Ben represents the trust of the citizens of London in their government fading away by disappointment. I decided to convey this message as a strong statement, knowing that as the citizens are the base of the society, if they lose trust in their government, the structure will not stand for long.<br />
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==Gherkin==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Light Green <br />
**Vidridian <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
*Colors Used: Red, Blue, White.<br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:GH01.png|thumb|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Gherkin'']]<br />
| [[File:D04.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Gherkin Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes ]]<br />
| [[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Sofia: "This building is known as "The Gherkin" but its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. This nickname was given because of its similarity to the Mexican sour gherkin. The green colors used in this painting were inspired by two things, this Mexican sour gherkin, and the architect that designed it, Ken Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth cares deeply for the environment and saving the planet, which is why the color scheme that I chose contains greens and light blues, representing the colors of a field of grass. I liked the irony as well of painting a modern skyscraper with the same colors I would use to paint a plant. Also meaning that among all the development of the city, it is still important to keep the environment in mind, for London has already suffered enough by the filthiness of the fog."<br />
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==St. Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Raw Limber <br />
**Paynes' Grey <br />
**Phthalo Blue<br />
**Lake Blue<br />
** Light Green<br />
**Phthalo Green<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:SP03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless St. Paul's Cathedral'']]<br />
| [[File:Greeen.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|'' Green St Paul's '' ]]<br />
| [[File:.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes| "The Colourful St. Paul's Cathedral <br> by Kristy GIacoman and Sofia Reyes]]<br />
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Kristy and Sofia: "St. Paul's Cathedral represents the change in beliefs of the whole country. This painting was done by the both of us and we decided to use two pictures we took to inspire us and combine them into one, symbolizing how the different cultures and beliefs of the world merge to create this wonderful and "colorful" city of London. The green used is inspired by Sofia's picture and the grayish blue and purple have inspired the picture Kristy took. This painting represents unity within us and within London citizens. This unity comes to life in the deepest desires kept in the hearts of the good people of London that have been hurt by the recent events more than ever before. However, despite this, the hope of unity in diversity remains vibrant with people that are willing to stand up for it."<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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In this Milestone, artists from the past and from the present are compared and contrasted. There is one artist chosen for each of the fields involved in the project "A London Full of Colour"; Painting, Literature and Architecture. The intention was to outline the main differences in their styles and how they each one of them portrayed their environment from their very own perspectives and translated it into their works of art. In the same way, biographical facts are provided to give the reader a reference of how life circumstances and setting might have been influential in the artists' work. This Milestone is the linking point between [[Colourless London]] and [[Colourful Reality]], giving meaning to the rest of the project "[[user:akgiacoman|A London Full of Colour]]". <br />
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Finally, for the deliverable, our own work is presented. With this, we intend to show our own perspective of London which contrasts with the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] in an extreme way. We tried to add some pigment of our own to create a much more [[Colourful Reality]] for ourselves. The paintings emphasize the use of colors in a symbolic way, what they represent are our different emotions and life experiences that stoke our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways, but always resulting in a breath taking outcome. Life is our very own masterpiece, it is what we make it and it is not in the very least monochromatic. In the contrary, all the aspects of our lives merge to create a unique work of art, that certainly might not be of everyone's liking, but then again, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the artist that made the masterpiece. In some occasions, the artist regrets the path he or she took and if given a second chance, would have done things differently. However, the work is done, the masterpiece is complete, and we can either live in regret or move forward in such ways where each stoke is more precise and better thought than the previous one. Some other artists die without the proper acknowledgment that their work deserves, however, what people think of their work can never influence the magnitude of its quality. A masterpiece, is a masterpiece even when there is no one to admire it and most things done with effort and passion are worth a standing ovation. <br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]: <br> Introduction, Artistic Component, Artists From the Past, Artists From the Present, Charles Dickens, David Hockney, Conclusion & final edits of the other artists. Painted "Tower Bridge Full of Colour", "London Eye Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]: <br> Ken Shuttleworth, core information for Monet, Sir Christopher Wren & JK. Rowling & formatting of information in the deliverable. Painted "Big Ben Full of Colour", "Gherkin Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:vjmanzo|Vincent Manzo]] & [[User:Cclark|Constance Clark]]: <br> Advisors<br />
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=Adding_Pigment&diff=19743
Adding Pigment
2017-06-22T21:50:55Z
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[[User:akgiacoman|"A London Full of Colour"]] is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that we choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. Kristy has gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college, while Sofia, as a future architectural engineer is able to provide insight from a different perspective, also having taken painting lessons since a very young age. This project combines our favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message that we wish to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination. The goal of this Milestone, however, is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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The title of this Milestone was chosen to be "Adding Pigment" as for every person that goes through London is not only influenced by it and its weather as seen in [[Colourless London]], but at the same time, they leave a piece of them that adds to the beauty of this city. In the same way as they take inspiration from the amazing stories London has to tell, they create a new chapter, and if they do it well, a really good one. Each artist presented in the background of this Milestone was chosen because of their irrefutable relevance to the history of London in the artistic side. In the background, we present the way in which different situations they lived conducted them to become some of the most influential and inspiring individuals the streets of London have ever seen. Likewise, each artist is known to have revolutionized in some way their field "adding pigment" to the existing base of knowledge and techniques. From the fields of Painting, Literature and Architecture, we chose a set of six artists divided in "Artists from the Past" and "Artists from the Present" to, in some way, categorize them by periods and let the readers draw conclusions about the similar traits in their work. Inspired by these great minds, we leave in the deliverable our own works of art painting the same sites where pictures were taken for Colourless London, choosing a specific picture for each one and "replicating it" in some way with acrylic paintings, just the way David Hockey used to do with his photography. The difference, however, is that we aim to emphasize the contrast between the gray color palette seen in the pictures that characterizes London and the use of color in our paintings that represents our perspective of the city. In this way we seek to add pigment to the scenery in a literal and metaphorical way.<br />
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==Artistic Component==<br />
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"Despite the widespread social anxiety caused by the fog, many artists found in it a source of inspiration from a wide broad of perspectives. For some, fog represented a looming presence, alive and malignant."<ref>Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: BELKNAP HARVARD. pp 1.</ref> This quote from "The London Fog" by Corton perfectly exemplifies the way in which some people used too feel about the fog, however, for some other many artists, the fog could be seen as magical or even romantic. The same thing could be seen from very different perspectives and used for many different purposes. The fog could be used by robbers to easily disappear after their theft and the same fog could also be used by artists like Monet to show the world the beauty of a city like London. Likewise the fog could be the source of sickness and depression or could also be the source of motivation and inspiration, giving a person's mind the push needed to boost their creativity. Just like that, the city of London has been the source of inspiration and spectator of some of the greatest minds the world has seen. From painters to writers to architects, London has evoked many "shades of feelings" that have driven locals and foreigners to accomplish great things. <br />
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Being a city immersed in its own history, London has seen a lot happening through its streets, and by digging in the past, it is easy to find a more gloomy, mysterious and heavy perspective of the fog, enraptured in all kinds of art. The following representatives were chosen because of their imminent and irrefutable success in their disciplines.<br />
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===Monet===<br />
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Claude Monet was a French artist of the Impressionist movement. He was actually so influential to this movement that it was named after one of his paintings called ''Impression, Sunrise''. The painting was named like that because, as stated in the book "Nature into art" by House, "you can only see an impression of the sunrise and the person in it because he changed a lot his subjects and how he depicted them". <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>The the viewer has to analyze, assume and connect the dots to figure out the purpose of the painting. This was not exactly abstract art but it was definitely different from any sort of traditional art at that time. Monet was a revolutionary and the complexity of his works continues to amaze the most demanding art critics and attract collectors from all over the globe. Unlike many other famous artists, when Monet started, he had no prior knowledge of art techniques, which may have been the cause of him developing his own. However, he was surely inspired by many other artists before him. Today Monet is one of the best-known artists in the world. In the creation of his own style, his purpose was to overcome the tradition of detailed works of art and use intense brushstrokes to create an impression of a painting. According to his biography, "Monet by himself", he started painting in Paris many scenes of the Seine river as well as impressions of landscapes of the place he lived in at different times of the day. This specific trait defines his work, because this technique was not only very useful for practice, but also allowed the viewer to perceive the scene from different perspectives of the same place and by the same artist as he played with the changes in light. We can clearly see this technique in one of his biggest collections of paintings; Water Lilies, that he painted when he was living in Givenchy. Monet moved a lot during his life mainly within France, however, during the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to London for two years. <ref> Monet, C., & Kendall, R. (2003). Monet by Himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 1. </ref> <br />
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During his time in London, he couldn't help but immerse himself in the captivating inspiration that emerged from the city's mesmerizing views. Using his technique, he painted many of its landscapes and buildings at different times of the day, as he was known for. He painted many views from the Thames, including Parliament and Westminster and even though it was only for a short period of time, his time in London marked his artistic career. In the book "London Fog, Christine Corton states: " His short stay in London resulted in the largest series of paintings that he had yet produced." <ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 182. </ref> Monet, as many other artists, admired the London fog and its presence in his paintings was not only evident, but often even highlighted. The fog gave his paintings some sort of uniqueness and contributed to his Impressionism. As Christine Corton said in her book ''London Fog'' Monet commented " Without the fog, London wouldn't be a beautiful city... It's the fog that gives it it's magnificent breadth".<ref> Corton, C. L. (2015). London Fog: the biography. S.l.: Belknap Harvard. pp 184. </ref> This was a very outlandish way of viewing one of the nation's greatest struggle, but once again, he was a revolutionary. He was most likely intrigued by the fog as it went alongside his style and it was in such an abundance he had never seen before. There was probably not another city in the world that united the large amounts of fog and the astonishing man-made landscapes that were also full of meaning and history. In his paintings, he portrays the fog as part of the landscape or the impression of the landscape, which gave him great popularity due to his creativity and the originality of his works. In that time, there was certainly no other painter like Monet.<br />
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Yet he did not paint with a lot of details, he created his works in such a way in which any Londoner would recognize the setting of his paintings. In addition to this, as he painted the same scene in different times of the day, he changed the colors to illustrate the different light patterns. The "special touch" or as we call it in this milestone "pigment" Monet added to his field was his originality and how even though he painted the same scene many times, each painting was unique. As posted in the official webpage of the National Gallery, in Monet's paintings "distance and perspective are abolished; a limitless expanse of water occupies our entire field of vision." <ref> https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-monet-water-lilies </ref> His paintings portrayed the idea of constant change and the beauty of it, in House's book, "Nature into art", he explains how Monet worried a lot about "the ever-changing environment and the effects of light in his paintings." <ref> House, J. (1988). Nature into art. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref> Even though it was the same landscape, this technique allowed the viewer imagine that it was a completely different environment. He focused a lot on the effects of light of the painting and used a distinct color palette for each painting. This different use of light and color provided him the irrefutable fame he keeps until today, when his biography is now studied at schools and his techniques are implemented by artists all around the world. <br />
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===Charles Dickens===<br />
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Charles Dickens was part of a huge family, being born the second of eight children on 1812, in Portsmouth, England. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens and even though many people have heard about him and his work, not everyone knows about his middle names because he decided never to use them and e simply known as Charles Dickens. Even though he was raised with high aspirations of himself, it is almost impossible for him to have imagined the reach of his literary work in later years and how much his early life would influence him in the future. He was in London for the first time at the age of three because of his father's work. Although most people are unaware at such an early age, it is believed that he "absorbed the sights, smells and sounds of the City" according to his biography in the official Dickens London Tours. <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> As in any big family, money issues started to arise, however, that did not stop them from being happy in the early days. Nevertheless, it became a real problem for Charles when he was twelve, as his father was imprisoned for debt. To help with the family needs, Charles was forced to leave school and start working. We can easily infer that he did not make much money as a twelve year old, and that having his childhood taken away from him because of his parents mistakes left him very unhappy. For it was not his fault at all that his father was imprisoned, but yet he had to pay for his mistakes. This caused him great suffering but he sacrificed himself to help his family. As his biography by Biography.com Editors mentions, "He felt abandoned and betrayed by the adults who were supposed to take care of him."<ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> <br />
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Even though he had no clue back then, this situation gave him the freedom to explore the streets and corners of London. He got to know every secret the city had, and by paying close attention to his surroundings he was able to get to know it "like the back of his hand". However, Dickens is credited with a passion for London and according to Michael and Mollie Hardwick in their book Dickens's England, "he entertained no such thing". For he grew up in the streets of London and this was not by choice, which allowed him to "greedily observe and absorb the city" getting to know it with "extensive and peculiar knowledge" as said by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, "but not loving it". <ref>Hardwick, M., & Hardwick, M. (1970). Dickens's England. London: Dent</ref> Despite this, it was not all bad for young Charles, because living as an adult while being a child also must have formed his character from a very early age and force him to mature and above all... think. Then according to a biography posted by BBC, for a short period of time he was able to go back to school when his father received and inheritance and was let free. However, his freedom lasted for a short period of time, as by the age of fifteen the biography in BBC's official website tells that he got a job as an office boy to help out his family again. <ref> BBC . (n.d.). History - Charles Dickens. Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml</ref>Maybe this was not what he would have wanted for himself but this job propelled his writing career. His career began as a journalist for a local news paper, as many other authors. This job also allowed him to get to know a lot of people and start building a network of contacts that would allow him to keep escalating up in his career. Even back then he could infer the importance of "knowing people" so he did and soon he started getting better and better jobs still as a journalist, collaborating also with other artists to create material for the press. He started publishing monthly parts of what he called "The Pickwick Papers" in the newspaper and it was a massive success. By this time, Charles's personal life was also going very well, as in 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, who would give him the great gift of parenthood about a year after. Charles gave his name to his first son with Catherine Hogarth, who would give him another nine children.<br />
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After his first great success, he started to write nonstop and still with great quality, style and attention to detail. Very few people know London as he did, which allowed him to be the voice of the city itself. He had a very special way of writing about London granted by the events he went through in his childhood to what he also added his own touch. His increasing popularity allowed him to travel the world with his wife and even live in different places with her. However, he never took traveling as a vacation, for he continued to write and publish during these periods of time as if his travels only inspired him more and more instead off exhausting him. He was also, in general, a very nice person as he helped to found "The Guild of Literature and Arts" which was an organization that helped young artists struggling to make it through by presenting plays to the public. As he has once struggled in his life he probably founded this to help other fellow artists struggle a little bit less as they started to build their career just like he did. In addition to this, he also often performed as a character in the plays presented by that organization. Close to the end of his life, Dickens separated from his wife and started to see his children less. In the biography of Charles Dickens posted in the official website of the Dickens London Tours, Charles's daughter Kate recalled, "My father was like a madman… He did not care a damn what happened to any of us. Nothing could surpass the misery and unhappiness of our house." <ref>Charles Dickens Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from http://www.dickenslondontours.co.uk/dickens-biography.htm</ref> Also according to that same biography, rumors spread about Charles Dickens's marriage ending because he was having an affair with his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens died at the age of 58 in England and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The most amazing thing about his unique perspective of London is the way despite all the struggles his life brought to him, he never stopped writing. And this is proven by the fact that by the time of his death he left his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. <ref>Charles Dickens. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 06, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087</ref> Charles Dickens is taught in schools all around the world as one of the main characters of English Literature, and he became himself a source of inspiration immediately linked to London.<br />
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===Sir Christopher Wren===<br />
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Tinniswood said in his book "His invention so fertile" that Christopher Wren "was the greatest architect Britain has ever known" <ref> Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> London and its skyline wouldn't be as we know them nowadays if it wasn't for Sir Cristopher Wren and his irrefutable talent and hard work. In the year 1666, London was struck by a great tragedy that destroyed the majority of the city. This incident started as an honest mistake in a bakery shop. The Great Fire of London demolished many buildings in London including the greatest buildings. These buildings were not made of wood but when the rock was heated, it exploded. After this enormous catastrophe, Sir Christopher Wren was given the urgent task of reconstructing many churches. St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest work with his design of the dome. St. Paul was above all the work of his life, not only because of the magnitude of the project but also because of how much time he devoted to it. You can see this dome from various views from different angles of the city. Each angle shows the magnificent glory of its design, however, my personal favorite is from across the Millennium Bridge. This Cathedral is one of the most visited landmarks in the city because everyone wants to appreciate the design not only from the outside but also from the inside. Wren designed and reconstructed this building to wonder everyone that seeks to appreciate it today. <br />
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As incredible as it may sound, the architect that designed the majestic dome in St. Paul's Cathedral was also a skilled scientist with several other talents that were all probably useful in some way during the process of designing and building the cathedral. As Lisa Jardine said in her book about Wren called ''On a grander scale: The outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren'': "Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society"<ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref>, Wren was a genius. He started his career as a scientist and graduated from Oxford University, which fills the institution with pride and they ensure it is widely known. Sir Christopher Wren was very knowledgeable and his most intimate friends were also renown scientists, brilliant people responsible for the greatest accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. This is proven by the text written on the cover of the book "His invention so fertile: A life of Cristopher Wren" by Tinniswood and Graham: "Wren's famous research in science included: mapping the moon and the stars, investigating the problem of longitude and the rings of Saturn, and carrying out groundbreaking experiments into the circulation of the blood."<ref>Tinniswood, A., & Graham, N. (2005). His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren. London: Royal National Institute of the Blind.</ref> And not only did he make his own research but also collaborated with his fellow scientists' work as stated by the author Lisa Jardine: "His observations on comments, meteorology, and muscular action made vital contributions to the developing ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> Also, just as in Dickens's case, his network helped him escalate in his career, getting to know many important people of his time. As supported in the book "Wren" by Margaret Whinney, "His connection to the Royal Society brought him into personal touch the King. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings and lived and worked under six monarchs." <ref> Whinney, M. (1971). Wren. London: Thames & Hudson. </ref> As it is easy to assume, back then, it was extremely important to have contact with the King, it opened an infinite amount of doors sometimes without the need of even knocking. Wren's career as an architect succeeded mainly because of this connection with royal people, as when he was appointed to rebuild the city after The great Fire of London, he ended up building approximately 50 churches. And as everyone was delighted with the course of his work, Wren also worked at Hampton Court Palace rebuilding the south view.<br />
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It is important to emphasize as well how amazing it was that he succeeded in the field of architecture without any previous knowledge about it, making it up with the knowledge he had of other fields such as math. He is the greatest example of how, with hard work and the right connections, there is nothing unachievable. He must have had outstanding observation skills and was probably inspired by a couple of architects of his time. Little did he know he was to become an architect that would continue to inspire many, even centuries after his death. Also, as he succeeded in architecture, he never forgot his passion for science as many of this buildings had scientific purposes that very few people know about. It is easy to admire the magnificence of his buildings but as you pay close attention to the details he worked on for each one of them, it is impossible not to be filled with great astonishment. For example, as Lisa Jardine also explained in her book: "The Monument of the Great Fire of London was built with a subterranean laboratory and the southwest tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during its construction. Both were designed to function simultaneously as public monuments and as oversize scientific instruments." <ref> Jardine, L. (2004). On a grander scale: the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren. New York, NY: Perennial. </ref> When we think about Sir Christopher Wren's contributions to the history of London it is like every church he made was "a stroke of his brush" (figuratively speaking) "adding pigment" to the London skyline and at the same time, devoting his life to his passions as he created a masterpieces of such magnitude as is St. Paul's Cathedral. He let his talents flourish so that all of us could be able to enjoy them. Finally, we could say that despite his fame and success he remains a modest man, for when he was dying he asked not to have a huge statue to honor him but to simply be buried in his greatest accomplishment, St. Paul's Cathedral, letting that be the "monument" to honor his death.<br />
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In more contemporary times, leaving behind the dense, yellow and deadly fog as an everyday scene, London is a setting that enraptures less mystery and more and more magic. More color and a wider variety of emotions are displayed in all forms of art.<br />
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===J.K. Rowling===<br />
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J.K. Rowling has impacted many people's lives with her books, people of all razes, nationalities, religions and even ages. She has inspired young people to discover the joy of reading and entertained adults with her stories full of magic, mystery and suspense. It is not uncommon to hear about adolescents that had never grabbed a book in their lives falling in love with the wonderful world of Harry Potter. And that is the thing, It is amazing how her reading had the power to impact a whole generation and turn them into "Potterheads". All it takes is a good book to inspire people to read and J.K. Rowling wrote many great pieces of literature that are still great gifts for people of all ages. She is best known for her Harry Potter Series, which made her worldwide famous, and apart from these, J.K. Rowling has written several more books. <br />
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Her official website starts her biography like this: "Joanne Rowling was born on 1965 just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales."<ref>J.K. Rowling. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/</ref> However, the places that marked her literature the most were London and Edinburgh. As a woman that developed in the generation of information and revolution of technology, she had the opportunity to travel a lot and live in many places even before being famous. After getting her degree she moved to London, where she was inspired to write about Harry Potter as she sat in a train station. In her biography written by Sean Smith it is said: "She conceived the idea of Harry Potter while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> It seems almost ironic that after traveling so much, she came to get the idea that would change her life forever in the same country where she was born. She was inspired by her surroundings and wrote what she observed adding a creative component to it; her personal touch. For example, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two: in Chapter 1 ''KING'S CROSS'' she wrote: "A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.". <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. pp. 6</ref> Every word is perfectly placed in her sentences and invites the audience to keep reading almost effortlessly; as if the words had the ability to flow by themselves into our imaginations. However, until then this line could belong to any story set in that station, until J.K. Rowling adds the magic in Chapter 2 ''PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS'' as she says: "And which is also busy, but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved project." <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown.pp.9</ref> She made of the streets of London a magical place full of wonders to discover that would only be available to "the chosen ones" to find out.<br />
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However, even though she started in London, she also moved a lot while she was writing the series. Another of the major cities that highly inspired her writing was Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like London, a city full of a great deal of history and mystery that was a perfect source of inspiration for the young writer's imagination. As we visited Edinburgh, it was easy to spot the settings she chose to incorporate in some of the scenes of the books. Settings such as Hogwarts, the Quiddich Stadium, the cemetery and Diagon Alley. Even the four houses of Hogwarts that in the books were "named after the four founders of the school" (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin) are suspected to e inspired by the houses of one of the most prestigious schools in Scotland that is set in Edinburgh and casually carry the same colors as the four houses in Hogwarts. "George Heriot’s houses Castle, Lauriston, Raeburn and Greyfriars correspond to Rowling’s own Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff." <ref>Hodder, A. (2015, October 18). The Top Places To Visit In Edinburgh for Harry Potter Fans. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-top-6-locations-for-harry-potter-fans-in-edinburgh/</ref> Also, George Heriot’s School has a sports tournament every four years with other two schools of the United Kingdom. Many of the characters' names were also presumably derived from people who died in the city and are buried in Greyfriars Cemetery. Going to Scotland and hearing everyone; from tour guides, to store owners, to residents, talk about all these peculiar similarities between the city and her books was a little bit disappointing, but it also made us realize that all these details have always been out there for anyone to use and she was the only one with the imagination and intellect to do so. J.K. Rowling left her "stroke of pigment" in Edinburgh just as she did in London, writing her stories mainly in local cafes, that today are touristic spots. A famous one is Elephant House, where now it is famously known for being "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" as the owners decided to announce it like. In several webpages they're announces with the following phrase: “Magic! Is the only way to describe The Elephant House. Experience the same atmosphere that J.K. Rowling did as she mulled over coffee writing her first Harry Potter novel. Experience the friendliness of the staff, our extensive menus and the magical view of Edinburgh Castle. Not to forget…the elephants”. <ref>The magic brew called Potter. (2016, October 09). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-magic-brew-called-Potter/article15396369.ece</ref><br />
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For her great influence in the pop culture today, her impact on the places where she wrote and her devotion to her passion for literature, J.K Rowling is a woman worthy of admiration. Also, J.K. Rowling's life before Harry Potter was not easy. Smith also wrote: "She encountered many obstacles and misfortunes before and during the writing process." <ref> Smith, S., & Carrington, N. (2005). J K Rowling: a biography. London: Royal National Institute for the Blind. </ref> She took a long time writing the first book in the Harry Potter series but she never gave up and all her hard work is now being recompensed. She is a highly admired author with an impeccable reputation and she is also very rich. In fact, J.K. Rowling is considered by Forbes to be the second highest paid woman in entertainment. <ref> The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. (2007, January 18). Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html </ref> However, being rich is not comparable to the satisfaction she must feel as she receives flattering and well deserved positive reviews of her books and so much love from her fandom that beg fore more of the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Miss Rowling is a great example of a creator that took as much as she could from what her environment in Edinburgh and London had to offer and she gave back to other cities becoming part of them.<br />
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Image:JK1.PNG|''Harry Potter Series'' <ref> Thorne, J., Rowling, J. K., & Tiffany, J. (2016). Harry Potter and the cursed child: parts one and two. London: Little, Brown. </ref> <br />
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===David Hockney===<br />
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David Hockney, born on 1937, has become one of the most influential figures in modern art, mostly because of all the different techniques he used and the ones he developed for his work. Also because of all the disciplines where he excelled as an artist throughout his entire life, which still continues. According to Editors of Encycloprdia Britannica in their website, "David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer and one of the most important figures in modern art." <ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. (2017, April 26). David Hockney. Retrieved June 20, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hockney</ref> The city were he was born, Bradford, was, just as London, a poor victim of the fog, in a biography written by Christopher Simon Sykes, he explains: "for the two hundred or so chimneys of the woollen mills were belching out fumes all day, which sank slowly into the basin in which the city lies, and made Bradford then one of the smokiest cities on earth".<ref>Sykes, C. S. (2011). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 1). London: Century, pp. 1-25</ref>. In that same book, the author reveals an interview with Hockney in which he says that he knew that he wanted to be an artist since the age of 10 and his parents always encouraged him to develop his talent. <ref>Interview with David Hockney by Christopher Simon Skyes, June 2009</ref> Hockney was also known to e quite a good student and hard working artist that loved experimenting with different forms of art. He also traveled quite a lot and loved the state of California in the U.S., where he still owns a house. This is supported in his biography by Biography.com Editors, "The swimming pools of L.A. were one of his favorite subjects, and he became known for large, iconic works such as A Bigger Splash." <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> One of the most outstanding characteristics of his work "A Bigger Splash" is the technique he used to paint. He first took the pictures of the people he was going to paint and then putting together a bunch of these pictures he would put the person in the pose he wanted to paint. An example of this technique is shown below in the pictures. where it is easier to appreciate the complexity of Hockney's work.<br />
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Besides being an admirable artist, he was never hesitant to show himself to the world and stand up for his personal beliefs. Also, his romances affected him so much that later in his life he suffered from depression after breaking up with a boyfriend that he lived with for a while. As mention in a website dedicated to David Hockney, "Hockney was devastated and started taking Valium to combat the depression and loneliness he suffered." <ref>David Hockney Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from http://www.davidhockney.com/bio.shtml</ref> However, despite all the tough times he went through in his life, he never let that intervene with his work as he has a huge amount of collections of different types of art always looking for a way to interact with the viewer through his work. As the American curator, Maurice Tuchman mentions in her book David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA, "Hockney is not at all involved in the creation of beauty as an end in itself. It is exactly this didactic urgency, this need to be heard plainly and to be understood clearly, which is the basis of his phenomenal popularity." <ref>Tuchman, M., & Barron, S. (1989). David Hockney: a retrospective. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, pp. 13</ref> <br />
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In one of his expositions, also shown below, he wrote "Perspective should e reversed... specially in photography". He has definitely been a revolutionary artist that has been looked up to for over half a century now. Hockney is widely known for his adaptability and his ability to create new techniques using the emerging technologies. In photography, specifically he turned to “recreate photography” in a way in which, as he said in another interview with Sykes, “a photograph that could be described as having a strong illusion of reality”. <ref>Sykes, C. S. (2014). Hockney: The Biography (Vol. 2). London: Century, pp. 160</ref> Though Hockney does not have a great number of photographies or paintings of London itself, he has been one of the most influential and innovative British artists for the past half a century. He developed a way to give a story to his images, instead of just leaving them as a single photograph. Through his collages, he makes his characters come to life and is able to transmit emotions and ideas, creating a reality for each one and showing it to its viewers. And with his method of combining photography and painting, he "added his pigment" to both fields. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time. He continues to paint and exhibit, and advocates for funding for the arts. <ref>David Hockney. (2014, April 02). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/david-hockney-9340738</ref> <br />
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Image:DHH.jpg|''David Hockney Photographed by Paul Joyce, 1984''<br />
Image:DH09.jpg|"David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger. Image © David Hockney, used courtesy of Film Movement."<br />
Image:DH01.jpg|alt=Color photograph from a 35 mm negative|''Nick Wilder, 1966. Taken by Mark Lancaster''<br />
Image:DH00.jpg|''Portrait of Nick Wilder, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 72x 72 by David Hockney''<br />
Image:DH05.jpg|''Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 1st 1982 Composite Polaroid 70.5 x 130''<br />
Image:DH03.jpg|''Le Nid Du Duc, April 1972. Color photographs from 35 mm negatives''<br />
Image:DH02.jpg|alt=Composite color photograph taken from 35 mm negatives|''Peter, Kensington Gardens, April 1972''<br />
Image:DH04.jpg|''Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120. Private Collection, United Kingdom.''<br />
Image:DH06.jpg|''My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982, Photographic Collage 121 x 70''<br />
Image:DH08.jpg|''Perspective Should Be Reversed 2014, Photographic drawing printed on paper mounted on Dibond 108 x 177"<br />
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===Ken Shuttleworth===<br />
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Ken Shuttleworth, just as Christopher Wren, transformed completely London's skyline. According to his biography in his paper ''Form and Skin'', he was born in 1952 and studied at Leicester Polytechnic, where he got a degree with distinction in Architecture in 1977. According to that same paper, in 1974 he joined the architectural firm of Foster and Partners and shortly after became a registered architect. Then, in 1991 he became a partner of the firm "Fosters Associates", where he was responsible for the design of significant projects. <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref>Since his time at college, he has been known as a great designer. In class, he would take half of the time his classmates would to finish his designs. His fast and impressive work gave him the nickname "Ken the Pen". During his time in "Fosters Associates" he designed what "The Guardian" news paper called "some of the world's most iconic buildings"<ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref>. Referring to masterpieces such as the Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters and London's St Mary Axe or best known as "The Gherkin". <br />
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He certainly succeeded after college in "Foster Associates", however, in 2003 he decided to leave the firm. As Shuttleworth always thought architects to have a big purpose, he felt like he could do more than working for a big firm, and this was a particularly big firm. "The Guardian" published about it in 2003 saying that "with a staff of nearly 600 and over 100 projects on the computer screens", Foster Associates was "one of the world's busiest and highest-profile architectural practices." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> As he moved on from Foster Associates, he founded his own firm, "Make", in 2004. With him on the lead this firm was prompt to succed, and it did. In his paper "Form and Skin", he wrote: "It grew to one od the UK's foremost architectural firms." <ref> Shuttleworth, K., & Principal, M. (2008, March). Form and Skin: antidotes to transparency in high rise buildings. In Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress “Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future”, Dubai (pp. 481-484). </ref> Looking back into his life, his passion for design began at very young age. "The Guardian news paper once wrote about how with the help of his father he followed his passion and magnified his talent: "His father, an accountant, encouraged him: "He hated being an accountant. He said, 'Whatever you do, you should really enjoy doing it'." "<ref> Fairs, M. (2003, January 22). Ken Shuttleworth: architecture's best-kept secret. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/jan/22/architecture.artsfeatures </ref> He followed his fathers advice and became a magnificent architect worthy of admiration. <br />
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"The Guardian" also wrote referring to Ken, ""He is one of the best hidden talents in the UK," says Stuart Lipton, the chairman of the government's architecture watchdog of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)." <ref> Glancey, J. (2003, November 27). Controversial architect Ken the Pen has designs on new projects. Retrieved June 15, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/27/arts.artsnews2 </ref> This quote perfectly conveys to major ideas; the first one about his irrefutable talent, and the second one out how little is actually known about him. Unlike we had expected, finding information about Shuttleworth was somehow hard because he has always lived life with a low profile. However, after reading his papers and articles you can clearly see what an amazing architect he is. He wrote in the article "Throwing stones at those in glass houses, "Architects and environmental engineers have never had such an important role and we should take the initiative, seize the opportunity before it’s too late. Now is the time to wake up... and use our creativity, our curiosity and our passion for exploration... to help save the planet". Because of his passion and drive, he is a source of inspiration to many young architects. Reading his words reminded us that being an architect is an important role in the world and it is not just designing a pretty building. That sense of commitment and great creativity that he possesses and uses to improve our society is what makes him a person worthy of admiration. <br />
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=Section 2: Deliverable=<br />
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Using David Hockney's technique of "Painting with Pictures", we chose one picture of each site described in the Milestone [[Colourless London]] and we made them into paintings, emphasizing the use of bright colors inspired by Monet's impressionism and making an imminent contrast with the pictures' monochromatic feel. Each set represents our own way of "adding pigment" to the city's most emblematic sites and to the way people usually perceive London.<br />
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==Tower Bridge==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Orange <br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:TB01.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Tower Bridge'']]<br />
| [[File:D02.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Tower Bridge Full of Colour'' <br> By Kristy Giacoman]] <br />
| [[File:EAWwalk8.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors Used ]]<br />
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The colors used were inspired by one of the pictures of the girls in this HUA program, Emily Wilson. She took this picture from the same bridge I painted and the colors in the sunset inspired me to choose the color scheme in my work. However, I decided to paint a morning instead of a sunset, symbolizing a fresh start for the city of London. That is why the sky is a mostly blue and the bridge is of the colors of Emily's picture as if it had absorbed the sunset of the previous day, symbolizing that even though it is a fresh start, the past is still part of the city, or in this case, the painting.<br />
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==London Eye==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Violet<br />
**Ivory Black<br />
**Titanium White <br />
**Ultra Blue <br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:LE03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless London Eye'']]<br />
| [[File:D01.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''London Eye Full of Colour'' <br> by Kristy Giacoman]]<br />
| [[File:Purple.jpeg|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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Purple is the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and The London Eye world’s largest observation wheel and most popular paid tourist attraction in the whole country. Also Purple is my favorite color. Finally I was inspired to choose that color scheme by this flowers I bought in Columbia Road Flower Market, in London. Because they enrapture the beauty I see in the streets of London, despite all opposing opinions and catastrophic events that have hit this city, which I like to think still stands strong. <br />
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==Big Ben==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Crimson Red<br />
**Scarlet Red <br />
***TitaniumWhite <br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:BB04.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Big Ben'']]<br />
| [[File:D03.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Big Ben Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes]]<br />
| [[File:UK.png|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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I used the picture Kristy took ''Colourless Big Ben'' as a model and the colors in the flag of the United Kingdom as an inspiration to create this painting. I used the radiant colors in the flag to represent Parliament and the citizens in the UK. The Big Ben identifies London as the flag identifies the UK. With the use of different shades of blue, I created a sky as in the picture. To show the different levels of the top of the building I used either blue or red for each level. What the attract details represent is the trust of the citizens of London in their government fading away by disappointment. I decided to convey this message as a strong statement, knowing that as the citizens are the base of the society, if they loose trust in their government, the structure will not stand for long.<br />
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==Gherkin==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Lake Blue<br />
**Phithalo Blue<br />
**Light Green <br />
**Vidridian <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Lemon Yellow<br />
*Colors Used: Red, Blue, White.<br />
* Acrylic painting<br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:GH01.png|thumb|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless Gherkin'']]<br />
| [[File:D04.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes|''Gherkin Full of Colour'' <br> by Sofia Reyes ]]<br />
| [[File:Hyde_Park.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|The Colors We Used ]]<br />
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This building is known as "The Gherkin" but its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. This nickname was given because of its similarity to the Mexican sour gherkin. The green colors used in this painting were inspired by two things, this Mexican sour gherkin, and the architect that designed it, Ken Shuttleworth. Shuttleworth cares deeply for the environment and saving the planet, which is why the color scheme that I chose is in the greens and light blues, representing the colors of a field of grass. I liked the irony as well of painting a modern skyscraper with the same colors I would use to paint a plant. Also meaning that among all the development of the city, it is still important to keep the environment in mind, for London has already suffered enough by the filthiness of the fog.<br />
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==St. Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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* Acrylic Colors Used: <br />
**Cobalt Blue<br />
**Raw Limber <br />
**Paynes' Grey <br />
**Phthalo Blue<br />
**Lake Blue<br />
** Light Green<br />
**Phthalo Green<br />
**TitaniumWhite <br />
*Canvas Paper 9in x12in<br />
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| [[File:SP03.png|thumb|upright|alt=photo by Kristy Giacoman|''Colourless St. Paul's Cathedral'']]<br />
| [[File:Greeen.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=|'' Green St Paul's '' ]]<br />
| [[File:.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=Painted by Sofia Reyes| "The Colourful St. Paul's Cathedral <br> by Kristy GIacoman and Sofia Reyes]]<br />
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St. Paul's Cathedral represents the change in beliefs of the whole country. This painting was done by the both of us and we decided to use two pictures we took to inspire us and combine them into one, symbolizing how the different cultures and beliefs of the world merge to create this wonderful and "colorful" city of London. The green used is inspired by Sofia's picture and the grayish blue and purple have inspired the picture Kristy took. This painting represents unity within us and within London citizens. This unity comes to life in the deepest desires kept in the hearts of the good people of London that have been hurt by the recent events more than ever before. However, despite this, the hope of unity in diversity remains vibrant with people that are willing to stand up for it.<br />
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=Conclusion=<br />
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In this Milestone, artists from the past and from the present are compared and contrasted. There is one artist chosen for each of the fields involved in the project "A London Full of Colour"; Painting, Literature and Architecture. The intention was to outline the main differences in their styles and how they each one of them portrayed their environment from their very own perspectives and translated it into their works of art. In the same way, biographical facts are provided to give the reader a reference of how life circumstances and setting might have been influential in the artists' work. This Milestone is the linking point between [[Colourless London]] and [[Colourful Reality]], giving meaning to the rest of the project "[[user:akgiacoman|A London Full of Colour]]". <br />
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Finally, for the deliverable, our own work is presented. With this, we intend to show our own perspective of London which contrasts with the pictures taken in [[Colourless London]] in an extreme way. We tried to add some pigment of our own to create a much more [[Colourful Reality]] for ourselves. The paintings emphasize the use of colors in a symbolic way, what they represent are our different emotions and life experiences that stoke our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways, but always resulting in a breath taking outcome. Life is our very own masterpiece, it is what we make it and it is not in the very least monochromatic. In the contrary, all the aspects of our lives merge to create a unique work of art, that certainly might not be of everyone's liking, but then again, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the artist that made the masterpiece. In some occasions, the artist regrets the path he or she took and if given a second chance, would have done things differently. However, the work is done, the masterpiece is complete, and we can either live in regret or move forward in such ways where each stoke is more precise and better thought than the previous one. Some other artists die without the proper acknowledgment that their work deserves, however, what people think of their work can never influence the magnitude of its quality. A masterpiece, is a masterpiece even when there is no one to admire it and most things done with effort and passion are worth a standing ovation. <br />
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=References=<br />
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=Attribution of Work=<br />
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[[User:akgiacoman|Kristy Giacoman]]: <br> Introduction, Artistic Component, Artists From the Past, Artists From the Present, Charles Dickens, David Hockney, Conclusion & final edits of the other artists. Painted "Tower Bridge Full of Colour", "London Eye Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:sreyes|Sofia Reyes]]: <br> Ken Shuttleworth, core information for Monet, Sir Christopher Wren & JK. Rowling & formatting of information in the deliverable. Painted "Big Ben Full of Colour", "Gherkin Full of Colour" and collaborated to paint "St. Paul's Cathedral Full of Colour".<br />
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[[User:vjmanzo|Vincent Manzo]] & [[User:Cclark|Constance Clark]]: <br> Advisors<br />
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Sreyes
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<div>==Avant Garde==<br />
In French, the word avant-garde means "advanced guard" and they are the soldiers that go in front, they explore the territory before a fight and analyze the enemy. They are advanced and have knowledge like no one else has. Likewise, in art, avant-garde is a group of artists that are advanced by using new techniques and not following tradition. <br />
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*non-traditional<br />
*new Techniques <br />
*Modern Art<br />
The protagonists of this tendency were united by the urge to break free from tradition and win social acceptance for a new art. Most of them produced their works of art during the first third of the twentieth century until fascism and Stalinism crushed their movements in Europe. <ref name="Feminist">Schor, G. (2014). Woman: the feminist avant-garde of the 1970s: W<br />
orks from the Sammlung Verbund, Vienna. Brussels: Bozar Books.</ref> <ref name="Avant Garde">Bürger, P., & Shaw, M. (1984). Theory of the avant-garde. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.</ref> Because of its radical nature and the fact that it challenges existing ideas, processes, and forms; avant-garde artists and artworks often go hand-in-hand with controversy. <br />
The notion of the avant-garde Is based on the idea that art should be judged based on primarily on the quality and originality of the artist’s vision and ideas. This can be innovations on form, such as in cubism, which rejected traditional techniques of perspective, modeling, and foreshortening, and instead emphasized the two-dimensionality of the canvas and used multiple or contrasting vantage points. Other avant-garde artists had strong social programs, such as futurism or surrealism. <br />
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==History==<br />
As mentioned above avant-garde is the movement in the 19th-century and 20th-century that was recognized by artists who didn't follow tradition. <br />
may of the world's most prominent artists are considered avant-garde but who began using this term? <br />
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===the Begining===<br />
The term avant-garde was first used in art by Henri de Saint-Simon a socialist. As the art historian Donald Egbert said: "It has never previously been pointed out, I believe, that the figurative use of the word avant-garde to denote radically progressive leaders of both art and society" <ref>Egbert, D. (1970). The Idea of avant-garde in Art and Politics. Leonardo, 3(1), 75-86. doi:10.2307/1572057</ref> Saint-Simon was a French Utopian socialist and predecessor of Karl Marx. <ref>Egbert, D. (1970). The Idea of avant-garde in Art and Politics. Leonardo, 3(1), 75-86. doi:10.2307/1572057</ref> In Egbert's paper, The Idea of Avant-Garde in Art and Politics, he explains how Saint-Simon believed that artists were best fitted to change the society and how in his ''Opinions litteraires, philosophiques et industrielle'' he said: <br />
::::::''It is we, artists who will serve you as an avant-garde, the power of the arts is, in fact, most immediate and most rapid: when we wish to''<br />
::::::: '''spread new ideas''' among men, we inscribe them on marble or canvas. What a magnificent destiny'' for the arts <br />
:::::::: is that of exercising a positive power over society, a true priestly function '' and of <br />
::::::::: marching in the van [i.e. vanguard] of all the intellectual faculties!'' <ref> T. (n.d.). Avant-garde – Art Term. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/avant-garde </ref> <br />
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In this simple quote, he talks about many important things. He talks about the power art, in general, has and how avant-garde has very important. Art has been a method of communication of ideas, ideas that artists what to spread and that is why it has power. Avant-garde is a type of art that spreads new ideas that are going to change society and being in this movement is a smart choice. The key word in this quote is new, as it is what defines artists in this movement and even though many artists don't follow or believe in Saint-Simon's beliefs of socialism they still consider themselves part of this movement he first began.<br />
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Avant-garde started with realism, specially Gustave Courbet. He was strongly influenced by the ideas of socialism, Following the ideas of socialism Th avant-garde movement began with Expressionism specially with Avant-garde can be said<br />
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With realism, French painter Courbet is known to be the first Avant-garde artists just as he is considered the start of Modern Art. We can conclude that Modern Art and avant-garde go hand in hand.<br />
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<ref> Szabolcsi, M. (1971). Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde, Modernism: Questions and Suggestions. New Literary History, 3(1), 49-70. doi:10.2307/468380 </ref><br />
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===Up to the present===<br />
*In the past a few, now soo many <br />
*Maybe no new arists is going to be a Monet but they still have the same goals <br />
*The art develops around the world's problems<br />
*New techniques / New Culture<br />
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===Protagonists===<br />
*Impressionism <br />
**Claude Monet <br />
**Renoir<br />
**Pissaro <br />
**Manet <br />
*Post-Modernism <br />
**Cezanme<br />
**Degas<br />
**Seurat<br />
**Van Gogh <br />
*Cubism <br />
**Pablo Picasso <br />
**Duchamp <br />
**Gaugin<br />
*Abstract Art <br />
*Kandinsky<br />
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==National Gallery==<br />
The well known National Gallery in London one of the most visited art galleries in the world. People from all over the world come to this gallery to admire works of art located here. It contains artists from all over the world and many time periods. This gallery is divided into time periods, in the map above each specific time period is a different color. My personal favorite is the are from 1700-1930 (green on the map) because it contains almost all the artists I mentioned above. All thought the green zone you can find avant-garde artists. For the purpose of this project, I chose three rooms that had the most avant-garde art. In rooms 41,43 and 44, you can see art from Monet's time in London to Van Gogh's famous sunflowers.<br />
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==Tate Modern==<br />
I consider this Gallery the best place to observe modern and contemporary art. The unique architecture of the building misguide you at first, however, from the lowest level call the "The Tank" to the viewing level where you can see all the city, you can observe incredible works of art. As Modern Art and Avant-garde go together, this place is also great for avant-garde art. Many of the artists mentioned above can be found here and much more new artists that fall into this category. Below I provide information about three pieces that are irrefutably avant-garde. This pieces will mark this movement forever and being able to admire them in this gallery was amazing. <br />
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"Located in Soho, classified by tourists as one of the most Avant-Garde neighborhood, it is a spot for shadiness and cheap food and music, stand-up comedy and cabaret performances. This is a great area to experience different forms of culture, from cuisine to clubs."<ref> Neighborhood Guide to London. (2016, December 23). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from https://www.bohemiantrails.com/5-neighborhoods-of-london-avant-garde-traveler/ </ref> Unit London is located right it the middle of all this. This gallery looks simple from the outside but has some of the best modern art in London. You can see culture, Emotions, techniques in each work of art, "Founded in 2013 by two young artists, Unit London was born from a desire to break down the barriers of elitism and to include people in the contemporary art world - whether they be enthusiasts, first-timers, new collectors, or seasoned collectors and institutions - we strongly believe that everybody should be able to enjoy the world's most amazing art. "<ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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This Gallery is very inclusive and is open 7 days a week until the early evening. They provide a space for artists and visitors an open space to express themselves.<br />
''We have always wanted to provide a platform for the world's most exciting talent to showcase their work to the widest possible audience. We don't believe that incredible work should be reserved for only the select few. We are strong believers in the power of online, and we use digital and social media to broadcast our artists and their work to audiences all over the globe.'' <ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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Most Artists in this gallery started as street artists with u a unique aesthetic and technic has made them famous. A great example of this is the artists is Schoony. His brilliance has brought the art world by storm and his hyperrealist sculptures question war, mortality and contemporary society. PRISMATIC BRUISER is one of his most famous sculptures. It reminds me of Degas's. "Schoony’s background is rooted in special effects and prosthetics for the film industry, with his career spanning over twenty-five years. Since the age of fifteen he has worked on over a hundred films, his work and reputation for high-class pioneering techniques has reached the far corners of the world." <br />
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Altogether with his unique technique Schoony has had many different themes, examining capitalism and pop culture. He has a keen eye that provides the capacity to create such magnificent sculptures. As the gallery says it their webpage: "Schoony’s career has gone from strength to strength, exhibiting widely throughout Europe and the US. His work has won him critical acclaim from the Times, The Independent and ArtNet News, he is also featured on Artsy." <ref> About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://theunitldn.com/about-us/ </ref> <br />
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Another British artist that has had an exhibition at this gallery is Tom French, a highly collectible and well-regarded artist. He creates monochromatic canvases. This black and white canc=vases are unique and have very precise detail. In these canvases you can find faces, figures and skulls repeat and shadow one-another. This simplicity of colors allows him to transmit his message easily with no distraction. "Each scene is a snapshot of a story, with a dynamic between the characters working on various levels, which ties into the bigger picture; there's much more to these images than illusion alone." Tom French<br />
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===The Beginning===<br />
The term first appeared in reference to art during the first half of the nineteenth century in France. TH influential thinker Henri de Saint-Simon, one of the forerunners of socialism. He had this idea that artists, alongside scientists and industrialists, were leaders of a new society. In 1825 he wrote: <br />
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Avant-garde art can be said to begin in the 1850s with the realism of Gustave Courbet, who was strongly influenced by early socialist ideas. This was followed by the successive movements of modern art, and the term avant-garde is more or less synonymous with modern. The term avant-garde pretty much goes hand-in-hand with modern art. The Period 1851 to 1929 witnessed the rise of the major European avant-garde/modern groups: the Realists, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, Symbolists, Cubists, and Surrealists. In the time period, it was also a time of rapid social, economic, and political change, encompassing a revolution in communication systems and technology, and an unprecedented growth in the availability of printed images. <ref name="Oxford">Brettell, R. R. (2006). Modern art: 1851-1929: capitalism and representation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.</ref><br />
Some avant-garde movements such as Cubism, for example, have focused mainly on innovations of form, others such as Futurism, De Stijl or surrealism have had strong social programs.<br />
Impressionism started in the early 1870’s as an interval of time between Realism and Symbolism. Artists were detached from objectivity and based their ideals upon sensation. Ideas such as expression of sensations derived from nature without any preconceived knowledge of nature. Many artists used short brush strokes and unblended vivid colors focusing on the effects of light. This style gave many works of art in this period a sense of spontaneity and modernity. <ref name="Art Criticism">Venturi, L. (1941). The Aesthetic Idea of Impressionism. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 1(1), 34-45. doi:10.2307/426742..</ref><br />
Impressionism was founded by revolutionary artists such as starting with Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre Renoir, among others. Accused by critics as sketches or impressions and not finished art this artist painted the appearance of reality. Impressionist was too fond of free imagination and rejected objectivity and intellectualism. <br />
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====[[Claude Monet]]====<br />
It can be said that Monet is the father of Impressionism with his new technique of immediate perception. We can admire this technique in a painting in the Worcester Art Museum called Water Lilies (1908). You can easily recognize Monet’s “Water Lilies” as he painted approximately 250 of them. Each painting is unique, but we can see how can his idea ever-changing image, the indefinite and freely painted forms also point the way toward the more expressive painting techniques. He painted at different times of the day the same landscape. In the Worcester canvas, we observe how he captures the light and pastel colors possibly indicating that it is early morning. He created this close up of the pond as he was observing with the cluster of lilies in the left bottom corner of the painting. Is easy to recognize them as lilies with his use brushstrokes of warm pinks and pastel green. In the rest, we can find an impression of a reflection of a tree with scattered lilies on it. By capturing the moment as quick as possible the pond seems realistic but with not as clearly defined contour lines. "My only merit lies in having painted directly in front of nature, seeking to render my impressions of the most fleeting effects,” said Monet in a letter to Evan Charteris. <ref name="Jstor">Francis, H. (1960). Claude Monet Water Lilies. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 47(8), 192-198.</ref><br />
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====Pissarro====<br />
As Monet, Pissarro used high vivid colors and illumination in landscapes. Camille Jacob Pissarro one of the greatest Impressionist. His paintings were dominated with bluish-green color and small alternating patches. One great example of this is The Boulevard Montmartre at Night (1897) currently located at The National Gallery, London. With the use of paint strokes and intense colors, Pissarro leaves use with an impression of a boulevard. The use of dark shades of blue and Cadmium yellow lets us know that it is a night view. The Boulevard Montmartre as he saw it from his hotel room at the Hôtel de Russie on the corner of the Boulevard des Italiens and the Rue Drouot. Another thing Monet and Pissarro did in common was producing a series of paintings of this view at different times of the day. He was quite impressed with the boulevard and every single object in it. He ended up creating an appearance of an aerial view of this boulevard with unclear figures and bright colors, a key Impressionist theme. <ref> Stephens, Henry G. "Camille Pissarro, Impressionist." Brush and Pencil 13, no. 6 (1904): 411-35. doi:10.2307/25503707. </ref> <br />
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While Pissarro depicted cities and locals, Renoir focused on the topics of rural life. Renoir contended that the chief point in any artistic problem was an irregularity. Pierre Renoir paintings were mainly people in different situations. However, w e can observe that during this impressionist period, how in most of his paintings he barely outlined characters and objects in nature. As he saw art and natural beauty in been irregular. A great example of this is when Renoir worked with Monet at the Grenouillère specially Bathers at La Grenouillère. We can see in that the painting gives an impression of water and people as bathers. The details are not precise because of the way he used the brushstrokes of vivid color. This instantaneous brushstroke and vivid colors fit perfectly in the Impressionistic style. <ref> Venturi, Lionello. "The Aesthetic Idea of Impressionism." The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 1, no. 1 (1941): 34-45. doi:10.2307/426742. </ref> <br />
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====Edgar Degas====<br />
In the emergence of the Impressionists, we can include Edgar Degas. He was a radical painter that created many portraits of modern women and ballet dancers. In the “Dance Foyer at The Opera”, 1872 by Edgar Degas painting, we can observe how he captures the spontaneous gestures of each ballerina. The structure in this painting and many others that have a compositional logic clearly shows how he parted from Impressionism. He parted from the undefined outlines of the Impressionism and replaced them with linear structuralism as we can see clearly in the background with the mirror in this painting. <br />
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Impressionists paid attention to the fleeting effect of light, atmosphere, and movement. They were spontaneous and with sudden brushstrokes, they created an impression of a landscape. Post-Impressionism or Neo-impressionism emerged in reaction against Impressionism. It was led by Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Georges Seurat. They rejected Impressionism’s concern with the spontaneous and naturalistic rendering of light and color. They focused on symbols and structure with a formal order. They still had many things in common with the Impressionists but they stressed the artificiality in their landscapes. The Post-Impressionists also used scientific way as Seurat and Both Post-Impressionism includes some of the most famous works of modern art such as Van Gogh’s Starry Night. <ref> Nochlin, Linda, ed. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, 1874–1904: Sources and Documents. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966. </ref> <br />
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====Paul Cézanne====<br />
Paul Cézanne, like Degas, reacted against Impressionism. Cezanne, however, didn’t follow Degas instead he abandoned linear perspective and stayed small dabs of paint to express light. His paintings were not exactly depicted of nature. He expresses emotions in his paintings as no longer as an illusion but imaginative and idyllic settings. Two good examples of this description of Cézanne’s works are The Basket of Apples and The Large Bathers. They both have a unique style and warped perspective. <br />
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In “The Basket of Apples” there is no defined perspective. The edges of the table don’t match and the cookies seem to be in two different views. This is clearly not an immediate perception as Monet used, Cézanne is using his personal and unique view of the elements with an altered perception. In “The Basket of Apples” Cezanne painted a group of objects on a table, in The Bathers, Cézanne painted a group of nude figures. With blue and ochre as dominant colors, he represented his personal ideas about naturalness and an ideal life. His view of this nature always entailed an observation of his own perception. He obtained as a result harmony and unity of man and nature in his ideal world. He brings together several classics of art history that the artist then combines with his own view of nature. In ''The Large Bathers'' it is art that takes the place of the cultlike-religious dimension represented by the characters. Nature is perceived and defined through the medium and brings a compromise between naturalistic representation and logic. Encourage by Pissarro Cézanne abandoned his thickly encrusted surfaces and began to address technical problems of form and color by experimenting with subtly graduated tonal variations, or “constructive brushstrokes,” to create dimension in his objects. This rests on his famous ''taches de coulers'' the 'patches of color that are rudimentary in form and to large extent independent of the objects they are supposed to depict. <ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref> Like in The Bathers demonstrates a developed style and tonal scale, which recurs in his composition. <br />
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As styles changed a new technique appeared. Georges Seurat was a leader of the Neo-Impressionist technique and this technique is called Pointillism. This approach consisted of the softly flickering surface of small dots or strokes of color. Seurat was the first to construct and compose using his spirit of the investigator. He went to laboratories and disciple of Chevreul, where he got the initiative boldly discarded all attempt at the immediately picturesque. One of this greatest painting is Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte. He gives the viewers an aristocratic feeling and the austerity without sterility of modern creation. Seurat was the first who ceased to consider objects according to their apparent existence and preferred their value as a means of expression as we can clearly see in this painting. We can also appreciate the use of Pointillism technique. He painted this view of Parisians at a park on the banks of the River Seine with vivid unblended colors. He believed in scientific theories about color and expression, with led him to use lines and points in specific directions in his paintings. In this painting, we can observe the tiny strokes of paint in the entire painting. Instead of using different shades he uses the proximity of the points to create shadows. <ref name="Taschen">Holzwarth, H. W., Taschen, L., & Elger, D. (2011). Modern art. Köln: Taschen.</ref><br />
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Another artist that used Pointillism was Paul Signac. We were influenced by Monet but not as much as he was influenced by Seurat. Instead of focusing in the style of impressionism he went a more scientific way with Neo-Impressionism. Golfe Juan in Worcester exhibits this technique of Pointillism. This painting has small dots of color that create a fuse of vibrant colors. This painting was far from informal, Signac gave a system and structure to this painting. The defined various forms silhouetted against the background. Signac used scientific experiments in his paintings. In Golfe Juan, we can see the tones of blue, green and yellow as in nature as he followed one of these experiments. <br />
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As spiritual and romantic Van Gogh and Paul Gaugin were part of this style too. ''The Brooding Woman'', 1891, Paul Gaugin. This painting was owned by Degas. Degas once had this painting in his studio. The painting contains a Tahitian woman that is off center. This Tahitian woman has a withdrawn expression representing an unjust society and how they have no said their lives and have to stay home. He is getting away from a corrupt civilization. We can see in the pink floor and the lack of a vanishing point that he is being less naturalistic than Impressionists and we can see his Japanese influence in his work by scraping away details. Gaugin also painted ''Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?'' of 1897. This canvas, painted in Tahiti, was to be his legacy and a distillation of his experience of life and art. There is no dynamism or striving towards a goal in this work; there is a serenity of being. This epic overview is reflected in the figures, they represent the various age groups, together represent life itself in its totality.<ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref><br />
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=== Cubism===<br />
Cubism was a revolutionary new approach to representing reality invented in around 1907–08 by artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. They brought different views of subjects (usually objects or figures) together in the same picture, resulting in paintings that appear fragmented and abstracted. Cubism was one of the most influential styles of the twentieth century. It is generally agreed to have begun around 1907 with Picasso’s celebrated painting Demoiselles D’Avignon which included elements of cubist style. The name ‘cubism’ seems to have derived from a comment made by the critic Louis Vauxcelles who, on seeing some of Georges Braque’s paintings exhibited in Paris in 1908, described them as reducing everything to ‘geometric outlines, to cubes’.Cubism opened up almost infinite new possibilities for the treatment of visual reality in art and was the starting point for many later abstract styles including constructivism and neoplasticism.<ref>T. (n.d.). Cubism – Art Term. Retrieved May 16, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/c/cubism</ref><br />
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====Pablo Picasso====<br />
Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France. As one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, and Guernica. <ref name="google">T. (n.d.). Picasso. Retrieved May 18, 2017, fromhttps://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/search?q=Picasso</ref> He created the work that heralded the advent of uncompromising Modernism and completely changed art with ''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'' of 1907. this painting burned bridges with the past and how artists used to see reality. After this, almost all avant-garde artists became highly individual and researched instead of just watching their subject. This era is called the 'Golden Age'. Notwithstanding the clichés that endure in the popular imagination, Van Gogh was neither a mad genius, nor a starving, misunderstood artist. His art belonged to the avant-garde of his time, and as such was not accepted by the public at large; but Van Gogh had the support of an entire circle of friends, artists, and critics. He received financial help from his brother Theo, and by the end of his short career his paintings were exhibited in several major group shows in Paris and Brussels.<ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref><br />
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Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (French: [maʁsɛl dyʃɑ̃]; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, conceptual art and Dada, although he was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. <ref> Ian Chilvers & John Glaves-Smith, A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art. Oxford University Press, p. 203 </ref> Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the twentieth century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture.Duchamp has had an immense impact on twentieth-century and twenty first-century art; and he had a seminal influence on the development of conceptual art. By World War I, he had rejected the work of many of his fellow artists (like Henri Matisse) as "retinal" art, intended only to please the eye. Instead, Duchamp wanted to use art to serve the mind. <ref> Audio Arts: Volume 2 No 4. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/audio-arts/volume-2/number-4 </ref> <br />
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====Vasily Kandisky====<br />
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Vasily Kandinsky was among the key pioneers of abstract art, along with the painters such as Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich. He opened up an important new dimension of visual representation that explores another quality in pictures over and beyond portraying the directly apparent reality of the tangible word. <ref name="Prestel">Kandinsky, W., Friedel, H., Hoberg, A., & Benesch, E. (2016). Vasily Kandinsky. Munich: Prestel Verlag..</ref><br />
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The Intuition underlying Kandinsky's art has its origins in sources that rise far beyond all European Art Theory. His travels acquainted him with Modern Artists such as Seurat, van Gogh,<br />
Cezanne, Matisse, and Picasso. Yet the works themselves are devoid of any evidence to suggest that his own painting was influenced by the traditional art of that time. <ref name="Grohmann">Grohmann, W., & Briod, B. (1930). Vassily Kandinsky: sa vie, son oeuvre. Paris: Flammarion.</ref><br />
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Kandinsky found himself in a controversy to follow tradition and reality. The reality that impressionists like Monet included in their paintings. Kandinsky had new artistic objectives instead of "copying in paint". He sought to capture and represent in his painting a reality behind the visible world. The whole musicality of this paintings becomes evident in the use of the brush, the rhythm of the paint application, the intensity of the colors chosen, and the dimensions of the shapes and color fields were chosen. <ref name="Prestel"></ref><br />
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<font color=" #FF1493 ">"A London Full of Colour"</font> is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that I choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. I have gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college. This project combines my favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message I wished to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination.<br />
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'''Objective:''' The goal is to display London as it is and to capture through pictures emotions felt by the Londoners due to the weather. Pictures are taken from different perspectives and represent feelings of an average citizen.<br />
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In the course of two weeks, I researched the weather conditions in the United Kingdom, the origin of the deadly London fog and the relationship between people's emotions and weather conditions. This lead to the visual representation of my findings through a set of pictures taken on the city capturing the feelings talked about in the background. London looks like a majestic city and it's weather just adds to the mystery and enchantment of its beauty. However, people have had a different perspective than mine since centuries ago.<br />
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'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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'''Objective:''' The goal is to connect the emotions displayed in the pictures and the colors of the paintings in a creative way empathizing with the people walking by the site as a daily routine. The paintings and pictures are accompanied by a poem. <br />
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Just as Mathew Arnold said; "Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things". In this Milestone I explore the same reality from very different perspectives analyzing the lives of four of the most influential British Poets and one poem for each one of them. They all saw Britain grow and they grew with it as well, leaving a written proof of how each person is a master of their own destiny and how life is not about having, getting, and settling but about being, becoming and overcoming. These four authors that lived in very different times and lived in many places all through their lives show their personal view and chosen style through their work. We see through the writing of Mathew Arnold, Harry Baker, Richard Aldington and Don Patterson, different viewpoints about the weather and the sociopolitical situations that revolve around this the United Kingdom. What seems most interesting is the everlasting emotions displayed; everlasting in a way in which they are adopted again and again by newer generations as if the make choices and mistakes were made repeatedly throughout the ages. In this milestone it is possible to visualize the different perspectives of each author comparing them to each other and drawing your own conclusions.<br />
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<div>=<font color=" #4B 00 82 ">A London Full of Colour</font>=<br />
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=Overview=<br />
<font color=" # 99 32 CC ">"A London Full of Colour"</font> is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that I choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. I have gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college. This project combines my favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message I wished to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination.<br />
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=Milestone 1=<br />
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<font color=" # 99 32 CC ">'''Colourless London'''</font><br><br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to display London as it is and to capture through pictures emotions felt by the Londoners due to the weather. Pictures are taken from different perspectives and represent feelings of an average citizen.<br />
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In the course of two weeks, I researched the weather conditions in the United Kingdom, the origin of the deadly London fog and the relationship between people's emotions and weather conditions. This lead to the visual representation of my findings through a set of pictures taken on the city capturing the feelings talked about in the background. London looks like a majestic city and it's weather just adds to the mystery and enchantment of its beauty. However, people have had a different perspective than mine since centuries ago.<br />
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<font color=" #99 32 CC ">'''Adding Pigment'''</font><br><br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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=Milestone 3=<br />
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<font color=" # 99 32 CC ">'''Colourful Reality'''</font><br><br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to connect the emotions displayed in the pictures and the colors of the paintings in a creative way empathizing with the people walking by the site as a daily routine. The paintings and pictures are accompanied by a poem. <br />
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Just as Mathew Arnold said; "Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things". In this Milestone I explore the same reality from very different perspectives analyzing the lives of four of the most influential British Poets and one poem for each one of them. They all saw Britain grow and they grew with it as well, leaving a written proof of how each person is a master of their own destiny and how life is not about having, getting, and settling but about being, becoming and overcoming. These four authors that lived in very different times and lived in many places all through their lives show their personal view and chosen style through their work. We see through the writing of Mathew Arnold, Harry Baker, Richard Aldington and Don Patterson, different viewpoints about the weather and the sociopolitical situations that revolve around this the United Kingdom. What seems most interesting is the everlasting emotions displayed; everlasting in a way in which they are adopted again and again by newer generations as if the make choices and mistakes were made repeatedly throughout the ages. In this milestone it is possible to visualize the different perspectives of each author comparing them to each other and drawing your own conclusions.<br />
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=Activity Journal=<br />
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The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the [[Calendar 2017]]. The pictures posted were taken by Kristy Giacoman, Chris Tillotson and Sofia Reyes.<br />
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==Day #1 Westminster Abbey & the Tower of London ==<br />
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Monday May 8th 2017<br />
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Today we started the day quite early because we had to meet at the Westminster Abbey for a Tour. It was really interesting to go inside and listen to such numerous and wonderful different stories, some known to me and some unknown. We heard about people like the almost saint, Edward the Confessor, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth I and her sister (bloody) Mary, and many more. However, my favorite story remained untold. As we entered the church, I saw the Scouts Movement flag next to the Girl Guides flag but we were in such a hurry that I could barely see what that was about. I then proceeded to ask our tour guide about it and he assumed that there was some kind of memorial to the scouts there but he did not know much about it. It was indeed in honor of [[Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell of Gilwell]] and Lady Olave Baden Powell.<br />
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After the Tour, we went to the Tower of London, a place full of stories that help us place ourselves in distant times in that same place. The Tower of London is home to the Crown Jewels, and has exhibitions that range from methods of torture to the King’s beasts. About the last one, I thought it was really interesting how when people saw animals like a lynx or an alligator, those seemed as bizarre to them as a unicorn and other mythical creatures. It was also majestic to thing about monkeys, lions and peacocks running around and sadly sometimes fighting for the king’s amusement.<br />
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When we exited the [[Tower of London]], Sofia and I took our time to admire the London Bridge and decided that we were going to go back later. Also, we could see “the egg” at a distance and I was thinking on maybe also painting it as well as part of my project. I think I will be painting the London Bridge, the egg, the Big Ben, the London Eye and the Tower of London. I think those sceneries are inspiring, meaningful and represent many ages of the history that London has lived. After that we went to [[The British Library]] where we worked on our journals and milestones for the meeting. Professor Constance gave me great ideas about my project and seemed to really like it, which motivated me. I didn't like how late our meeting was though, but that was because we were the last team. Also it seems odd that there are teams of six and teams of four like us. I really like my team though they are all very nice and kind. Christopher is really funny, we have inside jokes and we laugh about them all the time. Trinity is always smiling and she has such a pretty face, so kind and friendly. Finally Ben is so smart! It is amazing how much he knows about everything, definitely a good person to have a conversation with. I am excited for the days to come and to get to know them better.<br />
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==Day #2 St Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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Tuesday May 9th 2017<br />
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Today we visited [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] and it was truly mesmerizing. We woke up at seven to get there before it was even open so we were basically the first people in. The cathedral is so gigantic and with so many details and commemorations of outstanding men and women in the history of England that it is impossible to not enjoy the visit. The dome has three different galleries, but unfortunately the two upper ones are not going to be open until about a month from now. When I was going up the stairs though, it felt like they were endless The gallery of whispers (the only one open) lets you see up closer the paintings about the life of [[St. Paul]]. That gallery receives its name because of an unintended characteristic of its architecture, when two people stand at opposite sides of the dome, if one whispers to the wall, the other person will hear it loud and clear. I liked that our tickets included a guided visit with headsets because as I walked through the tombs in the lower level, I was listening to the life stories of poets, writers, military men and religious men and women. What surprised me is that the architect of the church was buried in a very simple tomb in the lower level of the church and that is exactly how he intended it. It was almost as if he was saying, "if you are looking for my monument of commemoration just look around you". He designed and oversaw the construction of other 55 churches in London after the great fire, however, St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest accomplishment. I listen to every single one of te audios of stories, information and prayers and finished at about noon. Then I went with Ben and Christopher to the gardens of the church and after that we headed back home.<br />
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As soon as I got back to the apartment, I fell asleep in my bed, which was absolutely unintended and not very ideal because later that night I couldn't fall asleep until two in the morning. My best advise to future students that come is to be completely booked of exciting stuff to do the first week so you don't have time to take naps and at the same time you don't complain about it. When I woke up from my nap I went downstairs to the common room and cooked dinner with Sofia. It was the first time I ever made chicken all by myself, but I didn't tell anyone about it because I knew it couldn't be hard at all. Little did I know, because the kitchen is in the basement of the flat, it lacks of ventilation and the aspirator was not enough so the fire alarm ended up going off several times while we were cooking. The first time we evacuated the building, the second time we were about to and it just stoped. By the third time it started to go off we decided to implement an alternative method of solution (see picture). The turnout was actually delicious and everyone enjoyed the seasoned chicken with steamed vegetables with cheese. <br />
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==Day #3 Natural History Museum==<br />
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Wednesday May 10th 2017<br />
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Today I had a great time at the [[Natural History Museum]]. The museum had 5 zones where I saw expositions of very interesting things such as Volcanoes, earthquakes, insects, dinosaurs, birds, sea creatures and many more. It made me think of all the magnificent wonders our world encloses and that we don't have to travel far to unravel the great mysteries of life on earth. I realized that there is the same amount of work exploring little things as minerals and insects, as it is to explore huge things like dinosaurs and distant planets. I love nature, and it never stops to amaze me with its perfect mechanism. Everything is here for a reason and everything that happens comes as a result of something else, like an infinite chain reaction.<br />
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When my team and I felt like we were done, we split into two groups, half of us went back to the flats while Ben and I stayed sitting at a cafe in the library enjoying the free wifi and comfortable chairs. We stayed there because we thought it would be more convenient than paying to use the tube to go to the apartments and then for going to St. George's church for the afternoon meeting. This under the belief that St. George's church was a 45 minute walk from the natural history museum. We worked on our articles and milestones and I called my mom because today is Mother's Day in Mexico. At five we started walking to Aubrey's street. It was a loooong walk, but it was also in a pretty fancy neighborhood so I didn't mind it much. When we finally got there two minutes before six, I was exhausted and hungry. Exhausted because Ben is a really fast walker and I had to keep up and hungry because we skipped dinner. To our surprise nobody was there, and the church seemed closed and empty. Then Ben said "let's try the back door" and we sneaked to a private back little garden with pretty benches and all kinds of flowers in small pots. I sat down and Ben pulled his phone out and as he was looking though it he goes, "oh". We were in the wrong St. George's church. We were over an hour walk away from the right one and about 45 minutes by car. "We should tell professor Manzo" I said and he called him and said "we will be there in about half an hour, we will take the tube". We walked for a bit and went through about eight stops in the tube until we finally arrived to the one closest to the actual meeting place. The meeting was almost done and after it we all walked back to the flats to leave our stuff and find somewhere to eat. Sofia and I got lost looking for a specific restaurant we wanted to go and is was a bit scary but we finally found it and it was totally worth it. The irony is that it was 6 minutes away from our flats and it took us about half an hour walking to find it. Still worth it though, still worth it.<br />
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==Day #4 National Gallery==<br />
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Thursday May 11th 2017<br />
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Today we went to [[The National Gallery]] and I was pretty excited for it, but I did not like it at all. I love art but I did not know about the paintings nor the painters there so it was like watching a movie for the first time but with no sound; you can kinda guess what it is about, but it is hard to enjoy the experience. So I went through it, I saw the paintings, I read some info but I wish I had a tour guide like in [[Westminster Abbey]] or an audio set like in [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] because that would have definitely made the difference. After going through the expositions, I went with Trinity to a cafe in the lower level and had the best banana bread I have ever had, which made the visit a little bit more worth it. Then Sofia met me there at noon and we went outside to take pictures. There we saw Peter and Chris and we walked together to a Chipotle nearby. After eating lunch, we split again and as the boys headed back to the flats, Sofi and I walked towards the Buckingham Palace. We went to like three different parks and took over a thousand pictures. We saw people marching, riding horses, biking, playing with there pets and feeding squirrels, ducks, geese, pigeons and even swans. It was a beautiful afternoon and we had walked about six kilometers from the apartment when it started raining. We took the bus back which also works with the Oyster card and we cooked dinner again for everyone. This night's menu was lettuce wraps with grilled chicken and angel hair, avocados and almonds. It is Sofia's favorite food and I can totally see why. After that we cleaned up and we had an emergency meeting because apparently something happened with some students regarding drugs and alcohol so V.J and Constance reminded us about all the rules we are to follow to keep ourselves safe and sound.<br />
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It was so hard to fall asleep though because someone was having a karaoke night with songs like "This is me" from Camp Rock and "Push it" from Jump in and of course the whole High School Musical and Hannah Montana repertoire. It was so annoying, they were not even good singers and were probably pretty drunk, but oh well, it can't all be beautiful right? I hope to get good sleep during the weekend, because these past days have been rough and we have so much writing to do that breaks and naps are not a thing.<br />
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==Day #5 British Museum==<br />
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Friday May 12th 2017<br />
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Today I went to the [[British Museum]] and I am amazed by how great their collection is. They have things of all ages and from all over the world. Chris commented on how as they conquered new territories, they would bring back treasures to offer to the king. I loved to be able to go through most of the exhibitions. We learned a lot about Ancient Rome and Greece and they even had an exposition room dedicated to ancient Mexican civilizations. We walked the museum as a team and I think that made it more fun. We complemented the exposition with fun facts each of us knew about our areas of interest.<br />
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I am very happy this week is done though... It was amazing but also very tiring to be walking all over the city and pay attention to all the wonderful places we visited everyday. To then go somewhere and write about everything in the journals and then the daily articles. This week I created an article about [[Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell of Gilwell]], [[St. Paul]], and I contributed to the existing articles of the [[British Museum]], [[The National Gallery]] and the [[Natural History Museum]] by adding sections to each one of them. This weekend I want to be able to work hard on my milestone background because doing a daily article left me no time to work hard on it. Hopefully this weekend will be enough to get it completely done and go take pictures to the sites to start painting as soon as possible. The supplies are here and I can't wait to start using them. Being able to see London as a non tourist is exciting and I love that I have the opportunity to analyze and represent the reality of London citizens from different perspectives through my project.<br />
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==Day #6 Vivaldi, Four Seasons==<br />
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Saturday May 13th 2017<br />
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Today I felt pretty tired. But I woke up at nine, showered, did my laundry, made some soup and started working on my milestone resources right away. I found really interesting information and I know exactly what I have to do, I just have to start summarizing and writing the information. I really like my project, which makes it less painful to write about it, despite how much I dislike writing papers. In the afternoon, around three, Sofia and I walked to Nandos to have lunch. I love Nandos. When I was twelve years old, I went to the University of Cambridge to study for a summer and I remember gong to Nandos every single day. I became friends with everyone that worked there and they gave me free food all the time. After lunch I walked to Bedford Pl to dink tea with Professor Constance and discuss the progress I had made this week regarding to my milestone and the articles and journal entries. She is a historian, very kind and interesting to talk to. We had a great conversation and she gave me a book to use as a major resource for my background of the first milestone.<br />
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I left Professor Constance's flat around seven and took a bus to Trafalgar Square. I went there to listen to a concert in St. Martin in the Fields Church. It was Vivaldi, Four Seasons by Candlelight. It was a lovely presentation of the Festive Orchestra of London directed by Catherine Manson and with Miki Takahashi in the violin. The music made me think on a lot of things. It was almost as if the melodies guided my thoughts. The ups and downs, the emphasis, the solos and the unions of all the individual melodies that together formed that masterpiece was an amazing experience. Sometimes the music was slow and peaceful and when you least expected it, it “exploded” and turned fast and almost chaotic, but still beautiful. It was almost an allegory to life itself. How life is a masterpiece with its ups and down and moments of peace and moments of chaos. How life, is just as enjoyable in all those situations and it is also a collaborative work between different melodies that represent every aspect of what makes us be the way we are. How, in that same way, sometime we may lean more towards one of these aspects, letting it playing a solo, but we shall always come back to the rest because that makes our lives more exciting. Some pieces in the performance were full of melancholy and some even brought me to tears. It is amazing how art can touch our innermost fibers and how specifically music is able to make our souls vibrate to the sound of its instruments. I very much enjoyed this concert, and though because of it I had to go back home alone at night, I am very happy I went.<br />
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==Day #7 Mass & Milestones==<br />
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Sunday May 14th 2017<br />
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Today I got up, showered and went to mass to St. Peter's Church. It was nice, I like that it is so close to our flats and then they offer many services on Sundays. Then I went for a walk with Sofia, we went through a path where we had never been before through a residential area. All the Apartments looked the same from the outside, it was almost copy paste and I say almost because they all differed in one thing. All the doors were of different and very bright colors. It was lovely. When we got hungry, we had lunch in a Pret a Manger, resisting the temptation of Five Guys that was just across the street. After that we went to a Starbucks and worked on our Milestone 1, which is due tomorrow. <br />
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==Day #8 Museum of London==<br />
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Monday May 15th 2017<br />
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Today we met at 9:25am to walk to the [[Museum of London]], which took us less than expected and we arrived 12 minutes early. We ended up spending those 12 minutes and perhaps a couple more deciphering a small monument at the entrance of the museum, where the "s" where "f" or sometimes integral signs but with some exceptions. It was quite interesting, the monument was simulating to be a piece of paper with something written on it. It was a script written by [[John Wesley]], the founder of the Methodist Movement. We split as soon as we entered the museum; Ben went with Trinity and I went with Chris. It took us a little bit over an hour to of through it all and overall I think it is really interesting how a city has so much history revolving around it to fill the entirety of a museum. London has gone through such different ages, ideologies and rulers, always being one of the worlds most powerful and influential economies, that it is understandable how it has come to be today such an extraordinary place to visit and to live in. By the end of the museum there is a question the instantly popped into my mind, which is, what's next? How does the present contributes and what does the future hold for the marvelous city? Going through the exhibitions made me appreciate more being here, where so many great mind have contributed to science, music, philosophy, writing, architecture and man other disciplines.<br />
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After the museum Chris and I had lunch in a pub that is about five minutes away from our flats, we had a very nice conversation about politics, ideologies and contemporary controversies. It was great and I think we spent more time there talking than at the museum, which is funny. After that we went to my flat and worked on our individual journals and article entries for a couple of hours. Then we walked to the British Library and worked some more before our meeting with the professors. I told them about going to the concert on Saturday and they were very excited about it. On the walk back, Ben was telling Trinity and I his daily schedule... he wakes up at six every morning and starts being productive, no wonder why he is almost done with the milestone work. When I got home, I told everyone about it and we have an inside joke now... "be the Ben you wanna see in the world". So tonight I will try to go to bed early and wake up early tomorrow to work on my milestone, we'll see how it goes. <br />
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==Day #9 Wicked==<br />
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Tuesday May 16th 2017<br />
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I did it! I went to bed at ten last night and woke up at seven this morning. I had breakfast and started working on my milestone. Sofia and Katherine did the same so the inside joke ended up being a good source of inspiration after all... Today my team had no museums to visit so it was a lot of working on the milestone and doing some research on the places that I will visit this week. I also did some exercise when I felt sleepy and it really did wake me up. I've been reading a lot from the two books I have and I find it really interesting how people dealt with living in the worst times for London. When diseases were spreading and they knew very little about how to treat them, when everything was filthy and fog was so dense mortality rates went up and still, people went on with their lives. They lived, progressed, grew, did art, did music, fell in love, worked hard and prospered to what it has become today. It really is the best time to be alive... and not because we have no problems, but because we are aware of them and people are acting. We are able to learn from the past and improve our future. It was overall a very productive morning, I was very happy today.<br />
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As I didn't have any museum visits today, I bought tickets with Sofia to go to watch Wicked at seven thirty in the afternoon, but the theatre was quite far so we left the flats at five thirty and got there forty-five minutes prior to the start of the performance to pick up our tickets. After that we had dinner at a Pret a Manger and I bought a meal for a homeless man that was there. I am amazed by the indifference of some people when another person asks just for food. I understand that I can't feed all the homeless in London, but it takes less from me than what it means to some of them to be able to eat that one meal I give up for them. The play was fun, we really enjoyed it, I feel it was that kind of thing that is just as enjoyable for kids as it is for adults. There was a phrase that really made me think, "The truth isn't a thing of fact or reason. It is simply what everyone agrees on". This has been an issue since the beginning of time. What we call "true" or "fact" is as unstable as any belief. What is the truth? Is there even a truth? What I may believe to be true may not actually be the truth for someone else. And what was called "the truth" year ago is not accurate today. Though this was not the main message of the play, it stood up to me. I have been trying to better myself, lately more than ever. I've been trying to not take things to heart, because the only one affected is me. This quote was like a reassurance of the same message; to not take things too seriously or get carried away by the social rules. Things are what they are and they... happen. it is on us to assign a value to them and if we are wise enough we shall do so to our advantage. <br />
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==Day #10 Tate Bitain==<br />
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Wednesday May 17th 2017<br />
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Last night I arrived a bit late from the play, so I couldn't go to bed at the time I wanted to. Consequently, today I woke up at eight, took a shower and started heading out with my team to [[Tate Britain]]. We took the Tube because it was over an hour walk, however, when we got there we split up again, Trinity with Ben and Chris and I. This time it happened because we got distracted with the building of the National Security Agency that appears in all the James Bond movies. So we crossed the bridge, we took pictures and I took some shots from the Big Ben and the London Eye. We also walked beneath the bridge and we realized that the little tunnel is just like a scene in the Harry Potter movies, it was fun. It was raining, so after the pictures we walked to the museum. Chris and I had a lot of fun today, we definitely laughed a lot going through the expositions. Then I started joking around and he took some pictures of me in the museum. Some of those pictures came out really cool, others are just hilarious and I'm just glad we didn't get kicked out for being silly. <br />
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After the museum we walked to the London Eye and I took some pictures of the parliament and the Big Ben from the other side of the river. On our way there we found a bright orange rose growing in the top of the wall that decided the riverwalk from the street. I couldn't take a good shot of it because the wall was to high, so we kept walking. Later we saw a crack in the wall and Chris climbed it and went back to take pictures of the rose. It was beautiful to see that spot of color growing in the adversity of such a gray day. It got to a point where I gave up on holding my umbrella and we just walked in the rain. It was not too bad though. It is a nice rain that you can barely feel, you only realize it when you're completely wet. My shoes are gross though... and that is not ideal. We took the Tube to the station near our flat and on the walk there we had lunch in a street market. It took us longer to decide where to eat that what it took us to eat our food. <br />
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When we were done eating we went back to our flats. The ret of the day was pretty chill, I contributed to the article of the museum with a new section and read a little more of the book "The London Fog". Then I called my mom for about two hours and after that kept doing my article. When I felt like I was done I did some exercise and danced in my room. Sofia laughs at me when I do this, but it relaxes me to be silly, so I do it. I really enjoy talking to her, she is easy to open to and I believe we have a lot in common. We are Aplha Phi sisters, Latinas, smart, fun and hard working at the same time. Last night we had an awesome conversation and we had a lot of fun just in general. I am happy to have the chance to get to know her better this term because we will be living in the same house next year. So far, I've had a lot of fun with her, we also cook for each other and keep track of each other's locations when we're not together. We even got matching lunch boxes for ourselves. When I moved to the US one of the things that I missed the most is the kind of friendships I used to have back at home. American culture is so different, friendships are so awkward and even superficial at times. Latino culture places a lot of value in friendship, my mom always told me that friends are the family you get to choose for yourself and in a family everyone takes care of each other. My day ends by writing this article, it is already ten thirty and I can't believe how fast the day went by. It was a good day though, I felt really happy.<br />
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==Day #11 Victoria & Albert Museum==<br />
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Thursday May 18th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up and went to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], I woke up relatively late so I did not eat anything at all. We took the tube on our way there and then had to make a huge line because, as usual, we got there before the museum was open. We went inside, walked around a bit and did not really enjoy it to be honest. Chris and I got tired pretty quickly so we took some pictures and notes for the articles and left. I told him I needed to go to Harrods to take some pictures for my milestone and he was down so we did. Harrods was just a couple of blocks away in the same street. We went inside and it was just a lot, since the second you step in, it feels like you walk into a movie, or a book. It feels unreal, everything is so luxurious, so expensive, and they sell everything you could possibly want. From a tomato to chocolate with gold, or really expensive clothing, or home decor, or sportswear; they even have a Disney store in there. The store has six floors full of things that an average human would have to sell a kidney to afford, still, it was full of costumers. We spent more time there than what we spent in the museum. We explored the store and admired the articles sold there. It was almost like looking at an exposition because some things were so different, so unique. I wonder how the lives of people that were buying there are, I wonder if their worries are the same as mine. I wonder if I will ever be able to become one of them. I wonder if most of them worked for what they have or just inherited the fortune. There was a sign in one of the top floors that said “Just spend 300 pounds and…”. What?! I don’t even remember the end of the sentence. I want to be able to do that someday, to be like “Oh yeah JUST 300 pounds” like an everyday thing. The main stairs in Harrods have an Egyptian art theme and cost 20 million pounds. Also, the decoration in the store changes with the seasons, it is like a modern art display that is never the same. I ended up buying some Adidas sneakers for my sister because I know she has been wanting a pair for a long time, and my parents only let me buy one pair because of how expensive they were, so I got them for her. We took the tube on the way back and then had lunch at EAT, which was just like a Pret a Manger.<br />
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The rest of the day was pretty boring and I felt really tired. We had a meeting at six at the church so we headed out at around five thirty and started walking there. It was raining, which was not ideal, I wish the weekly meetings could be on my flat. I wouldn't mind and I think everyone else would appreciate it. But well, honestly it being in the church is not that bad either. The meeting was tense at times, or at least that is how we felt it. I think most of us are doing a pretty good job and I am personally really proud of those who are passionate about their projects and find a meaning to it beyond getting an A. I can't believe tomorrow is Friday, week two is almost over.. what?! No! it can't be! it feels like we just got here, we are just so busy all the time that days go by too fast.<br />
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==Day #12 Tate Modern==<br />
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Friday May 19th 2017<br />
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Woah! So much happened today! I went to Tate Modern and on our way there it started raining. I’ve come to the conclusion that I need new sneakers for myself, because London rain has destroyed my blue converse. Also, Ben and Trinity walk so fast! Hahahaha or maybe I am just really slow and Chris feels bad for me… Anyways, the walk there was very nice in spite of the rain. I took pictures in the way there and we walked under the bridge on our way to Tate. The building looks like a former boat garage according to Chris. The expositions were really engaging, full of meaning and full of feeling. I saw one in which the artist built a map by making a collage of pictures taken in London, and then did the same with the city of San Francisco, California. It looked like so much work but it was so amazing too! I loved how they had interactive expositions, in which the way you enjoy the piece depends on you too and not only on the artist. For example, Chris built a tower with some wooden blocks and then destroyed it on top of a castle that was built by someone else, we recorded it at it was really fun. Another exposition I loved was one that involved 40 speakers each one with a recording of a single person singing and all together (in a circle), made one of the choral melodies of Thomas Tallis. I love his music and sometimes I listen to it while doing work, so this exposition was exquisite for me. After we felt we were done we went to the tenth floor of the building to get a magnificent view of the city. Chris commented on how amazing it was to see how far the city expands in all directions from [[Tate Modern]], we took some pictures of each other and bought some bread with chocolate inside and ate it up there. In the gift shop I bought three books; “How to walk”, “How to relax” and “How to love”, hopefully to expand my wisdom and reflect a little during the weekend. Since Sofia is leaving me tonight to go to France to visit a friend and Chris’s mom and sister are coming to visit this weekend I will be pretty lonely. So I might go to a park or a garden and read my books, perhaps drink some tea. I just want enjoy being in London and not think of all the work I have to do for a couple of hours. I feel like I need it, which is why tonight I will not go to bed until I’m done with my to do list.<br />
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When we went outside from Tate I was a bunch of giant bubbles floating around and I went running to them. It was so beautiful to see them floating above the Thames and all around the people walking by. Also, there was a boy singing and playing some covers of Ed Sheeran on his guitar. He was really good, and quite good looking as well. Consequently, there were a lot of teenage girls around him enjoying his music and the bubbles. When Chris caught up to where I was he commented on the demographics of the people attracted to the boy and I told him it was just because us girls appreciate more talent; we both laughed. I felt once again, extremely fortunate to be in London. I am in love with this city, so obsessed with the people, the atmosphere, even the rain, I think it is wonderful and I sing and dance on the streets all the time. After enjoying a few songs, we walked to Borough market, such a colorful, busy place. I got a taste of every single free sample offered to me and was not hungry by lunch time at all. Chris was pretty hungry though, so we bought some fish and chips from the place that is supposed to sell the best fish and chips in the whole country, according to some award. However, Chris and I agreed on that they were pretty average. On our way back I took great pictures of the Tower Bridge from the London Bridge. We also went to St. Paul’s Cathedral and passed through the gardens, the roses there are not only gorgeous, but also smell wonderful. I had never in my life smelled anything similar to those roses. After that we entered some shops just to wander around and Chris ended up being some fake mustaches. As a personal social experiment, we put them on and walked through the streets of London with the mustaches on. The reactions of people were priceless! They could not help but smiling at us and you could tell some people tried to resist it but couldn’t. One man that was on a suit walking on the street just bursted laughing as soon as he saw us, his laugh made my day, and I’m sure we made his. Also some homeless people laughed at us and a woman in a wheelchair told us, “nice look, I like it” and smiled. Then a short, robust man that was frowning while crossing the street, couldn’t help smiling back as he passed us by. Even the construction workers that are making the building near the flats enjoyed our look. It was so great! I should do it more often, it is such an easy way to make people smile, and who doest need some silliness in their lives every once in a while. <br />
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When we got back to the flats, I started working on some stuff and called my mom, while Sofia was packing. Then we went to a shop nearby to buy some food. Sofia was really hungry and wanted to show me a gourmet pasta shop so she made me accompany her wearing my pajama shorts, my alpha phi sweater, my flip flops and my hair in a messy bun. I had never gone anywhere caring less on my looks. The guy that was on the counter of the store was really nice though, he was an old Italian man and after we bought our supplies he gave us two huge slices of chocolate cake for free. We came back home, cooked the pasta with a delicious sauce and ham that we also bought on the shop. It was the best dinner I have had here so far. Today was a great day, again, I am really happy.<br />
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==Day #13 Work Work Work==<br />
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Saturday May 20th 2017<br />
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I worked on my Milestone all day. I just really want to be done with it as soon as possible. I enjoy my topic but I don't like spending my days just working on this in the flat. I am in London and I would like to be wandering around more and having fun in places I want to go to. Instead, I am always working on my Milestone, and still I always feel like I am behind on schedule. I think of things I could be doing to have fun here but I always stop my train of thought to go back to work. I feel that the things that I have done to just have fun like going to parks, walking around the city, going to concerts and to plays are things I can't afford to do without sacrificing working time and consequently falling behind on schedule. Don't get me wrong, I am immensely happy to be in London, I just would like to have some more time to enjoy of the city without having to write an article about it.<br />
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==Day #14 Mass, Milestone & LSO==<br />
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Sunday May 21th 2017<br />
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Same activity as last Sunday, same feeling as yesterday... I just need to find a way of putting the pictures from my camera to my computer and upload them to the wiki to be done with my Milestone 1. I feel relieved, more than actually happy. Still not ready to start all over again by doing Milestone 2. In the afternoon Mary and I walked to Trafalgar Square to listen to the Open Air BMW Concert of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and honestly did not expect it to be as crowded as it was. Still, it was beautiful. The music so perfectly performed and with such precision and strength. Also it was a very beautiful sunny day today. Who doesn't enjoy of a free concert with such a nice climate. When we got there, we passed the first filter but not the second one so we had to limit ourselves to watch the performance through a screen with a los of other people. Soon after us they didn't let anyone else into that area anyways so it could have been worse. In the screen they kept focusing the pianist who played with a lot of passion every single one of the pieces; he moved and shook and turn red at times, always very focused in the piano. I love that this is posible here, to come to a free concert of the London Symphony Orchestra and that so many people are interested to attend. As a fun fact, the LSO has recorded the music for The Danish Girl, four of the Harry Potter movies, Superman and six of the original Star Wars movies. For this concert, they performed music of the composer Sergei Rachmaninov, whose hands were so big that they could stretch across 13 white notes on the piano (the average span is nine). The event was estimated for ten thousand people to attend and it was sponsored by BMW and the presenter announced that their goal was to bring classical music to the hearts of the people of London. It was not only for the classical music lovers but also for people that were listening it for the very first time. I thought that was a fantastic idea, I could see people of all ages there, I saw families, young couples, old couples, groups of friends and people that just went to enjoy the concert by themselves. There was a little boy dancing to the music with his brother that honestly made my day. I also saw people tearing, maybe recalling some memories with the music. It was fun to look at how each person enjoyed the music in a different way. I listened to most of the concert by myself and honestly I think I would have liked to have someone to share it with, someone that's could have enjoyed it as much as I did. <br />
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I did not like this concert as much as I likes Vivaldi though. That one felt more personal, as if the performers were playing just for me. I am really happy to be able to listen to more than just sound when I listen to music. I feel privileged to be touched and that some melodies evoke the most vivid emotions in me. I feel it as a complete experience, as such a magnificent way of expression, something that not only "not everyone can do" but also something that not everyone is able to appreciate. And it is such a shame, I feel bad for those that don't let themselves enjoy the journey of a good classical music concert. Anyways, when it was over Mary and I walked back home and made ourselves some dinner. At night I received really bad news from back home and it was impossible for me to be done with what I wanted to be done with for the day. However I am just really grateful for the friends I have and how willing they are to support me in rough times. Claire, Sebastian and Andre made my day and I love them. They made me realize that I'm not alone and how important their friendships are for me. Also that sometimes, you don't even ask for anything and people are just placed in the right place at the right time. Love might come from where you least expect it, but it will always come when you need it. I love how much I've been learning this summer, inside and outside of the London HUA Program.<br />
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==Day #15 Imperial War Museum==<br />
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Monday May 22th 2017<br />
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Officially so tired of Museums... hahahaha I don't know where to store more information about the history of the United Kingdom. I think I have received more information about historical events these past two weeks that I have in all of my school years. Today I woke up and did my makeup! For no particular reason, I just wanted to look pretty today. I went with my team to the [[Imperial War Museum]] (IWM) and we got there a little bit late because Chris thought is was somewhere it wasn't. He took us near the Churchill's War Rooms, the positive side of it is that we got to see a reversal of the National Guard from afar. I asked a policeman that was near and he explained that they are rehearsing for the parade that happens each year on the queen's birthday, which is the first week of June. Now I am really excited for that to happen. It will surely be quite an experience. We walked from there to the IWM and I think it is amazing how many artifacts are preserved in that place. There are enough to fill the five IWM that are in the UK, three of which are at London. After we were done walking through the exhibitions, Chris and I sat in the cafe and contributed on the Imperial War Museum article on the wiki. I wrote about the Model of the Royal Navy Battleship HMS Hercules that is displayed on level 0 in the World War I Galleries. It was a great thing for sure, so much engineering everywhere. There were signs everywhere about "Fighting for Peace" and it just made me think about the irony contained in that phrase.<br />
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After that I went back to the flat by myself to meet Sofia there, we went to have lunch at Nando's and then we made a list of 50 things to do before this term is over. We are both really excited about it and we'll meet later to schedule our activities so we have enough time for doing our activities, the museums, the articles, the meetings, the journals and the milestones. It will not be easy but I will not sacrifice neither my quality work nor the opportunity of being in London with a friend. Good thing I have this activity journal so if anyone wants to follow the list, they have an easy way of doing so.<br />
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==Day #16 Horniman Museum and Gardens==<br />
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Tuesday May 23th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up to a lot of missed calls of my friends from back home because they heard of the bombing in the Ariana Grande Concert in Manchester and they were worried about me. 19 people died and there are about 56 injured from a suicide bomber terrorist attack. Terrorist attacks are so scary, so sporadic, so random. There is no way to prepare for it or way to avoid it, you're kinda just living your life until it hits you. But anyways, back to the activity; it was such a long way to the [[Horniman Museum]] and Gardens. We took two busses and in both we sat at the top front of it. I love the double deckers. They let me see the city as if I was looking at a show, from a different level, a different perspective. When we got there we saw an exhibition of directed animals and, woah, nature is so amazing. After that we went outside and Chris and I wandered around the beautiful gardens and we saw a great variety of birds and bugs and we climbed trees and ran through the fields and we also saw some rams, sheep, goats and alpacas. It was a beautiful day too, perfect day to spend out in the gardens. There are some spots where you can see the whole city and the view is worth admiring. The place was also packed with little kids and I love how happy they looked, they were laughing and running around and sob were we. After that, Chris and I went to the cafeteria and ate some brownies, muffins and ice cream while we were doing our articles in our laptops. Then we took the bus back and we had a really nice conversation on the way back, which was a long way.<br />
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The second Milestone's outline is due today and mine is almost done but Sofia just told me she wants us to do it together so I might start my third one first and leave the second one for the end. Which not only means I am kind of behind but it all means I ned to start writing poetry and I will just say it has been a while. I love poetry but it is not easy for me to share what I write. As you can see if you've been reading my journals, I tend to get really personal in my writing. It is hard for me to limit myself when I write and I also know that some of my ideas differ from other people's ideas. It is certainly going to be an interesting thing. I want to keep very present the reason why I am doing this though. I did not choose this project because it was going to be easy or to get a good grade at it but I chose it because of what I want it to mean to me and maybe for other people too. Each one of us has the power to live the lives we want for ourselves, and it is on us to make the best of the time God gives us to be here and to help others do the same. So I want this project to be a reminder of that, that no matter what I go through in life, I can always love a colorful reality if I decide so.<br />
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==Day #17 Hampton Court Palace==<br />
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Wednesday May 24th 2017<br />
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The way to our destination was a little longer than what we expected it to, well, at least it was for Sofia, Chris and I. It all started when almost arriving at Farringdon Station I asked Chris, "You bought your ticket right?". At first I thought he was joking but then he started running back to the flat... I couldn't leave him so Sofia and I stayed and waited for me as the others boarded the train to [[Hampton Court Palace]]. When he came back, Sofia was guiding us and we boarded a train she told us to. Little did we know that train was on its way to Bedford and took us way south. When we realized we went down a a station that was an hour away from our destination. Then Chris took the lead and we changed platform to talk to one of the workers if the train that was about to leave was the one we should take. But the worker ignored us and blew his whistle as he signaled "all clear" to another worker. Then the train started beeping and Chris ran through the door, without even thinking about it I jumped in after him having the train's doors closing behind me and in front of Sofia. The train ws starting to move away from the station and away from her... "Oh my god" was all I was saying as Chris was calming me down. As I later talked to her through the phone she told us that the worker had told her that we were not in the right train. "Its ok, we'll go down in the next stop and figure it out from there"..... What?! The next stop was to the other side of the Thames, Blackfriars Station which was the one right before Farringdon. Long story short it took us another hour to get to Hampton Court Palace from Blackfriars Bridge. It was quite an adventure, quite a story to tell. <br />
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Hampton Court Palace was beautiful, mesmerizing, lovely. I know quite a few facts about King Henry VIII so I very much enjoyed the "museum" side of that place. Very interesting and intriguing story, once you start to pay attention to the history about the Tudors it is impossible not to, as Professor Constance would say "Drown in Tudor waters". But my favorite part of that place were definitely the gardens. We took lots of lovely pictures there and I am in love with every single one of them. We had a lot of fun despite our little inconvenience at the beginning and also because of it, e were the last to leave. Right before that, we ran through the gardens, lay by the shade of the trees, had lunch in the palace, smelled the perfume of the rose garden, saw ducks, geese, swans and deer and ran through the maze of the castle. <br />
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On our back we were all falling asleep and trying to keep each other away with jokes and anecdotes. We decided to go directly to the station nearest to the church where we meet each week. It was still too soon though, so we started a quest to find somewhere with wifi where we could work on our articles of the day. It was harder than we expected, because Starbuck, which was the only place with wifi, was full and then all the other cafes and restaurants did not have wifi for the costumers, which was annoying. We ended up in a Pret a Manger getting wifi from (I think) a hotel nearby. This week's meeting was very short and efficient, with a lot of good vibe from everyone, the only thing is that nobody commented nor asked questions about each other's projects. I like to think that is because maybe now we talk more to each other so we already know what the others are doing and how it is going. <br />
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==Day #18 Museum of London Docklands==<br />
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Thursday May 25th 2017<br />
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Honestly this was the best planned museum of the week. The [[Museum of London Docklands]] is set in such a creative way and it has costumes for you to wear in almost each exposition and also fun activities to do like painting and building things. Alright, maybe all those cool things were actually meant for kids but I will just say it was the best part of the museum for me. I love having fun as a little kid, and being silly and laugh and smile and making strangers laugh at my silliness. The museum was amazing, but I feel like every museum I go to it just becomes more and more difficult for me to enjoy the next ones. It is so much information already!!! Bt there is no greater gift than knowledge and wisdom, so even though I may feel a bit tired, I a mostly grateful. Today I was really happy, I was joking around and singing and dancing all the way to the museum and back. People often tell me I am "extra" and honestly I take that description with pride. I love being called extra, because that is exactly what I strive to do in every way. I want to put an extra effort, do more, help more, love more, laugh more, enjoy more, in general I want to live more. After the museum, Chris and I met Sofia at Nando's and we had a lovely lunch together. After that we went back to the flat and I worked on my article as Sofia packed for the weekend. I will visit some family friends at Bedford but I'm leaving until tomorrow. I will have time to go to other countries once the term is over and I see my parents and little sister. I miss them so much, specially my little sister, she is a little spark of joy in my life. She has always been and I am very inspired by her and her wisdom, despite her young age. <br />
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==Day #19 Bedford==<br />
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Friday May 26th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up pretty late, at eleven o clock, and got dressed. The flat was so quiet, almost everyone was already gone. Actually, I thought I was all by myself until I went down to make myself something to eat. Nicole told me that she was going to stay in the flat all through the weekend. After I ate, I packed and listened to some music, some Ted talks and some poetry. At four thirty I walked to St. Pancras International Station and it look me way less than I thought. I am glad I walked because in the way there I saw two car accidents and a huge traffic jam. When I got there I bought my ticket and went to Starbucks to wait for my uncle to arrive. He works in London and goes back to Bedford every day, so I met him on the station and the my aunt picked us up when we arrived. They had a barbecue in their house and invited some friends, the food was good and the people were really nice. We had a great time, telling jokes and anecdotes and playing some cricket. Later, when it was darker, we made a fire and we sat around it. <br />
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==Day #20 Cambridge==<br />
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Saturday May 27th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up and went to Cambridge. I studied English there when I was thirteen years old, I stayed there for two months by myself. Still today I think that was one one of the best summer experiences I've had in my life. I learned so much and grew so much, I feel it was more than an academic growth, an eye opener. It was the first time I got the chance to interact with people from all over the world, all in one place, same age. Going back there today felt nice, I ate in Nando's and then walk around in the market and the stores. For dinner I made pasta and garlic bread for everyone and it was really delicious.<br />
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==Day #21 Mass & BBQ==<br />
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Sunday May 28th 2017<br />
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I woke up early today to go to mass at eight and I realized that the church almost only had very old people going to mass. After that, I came back, had breakfast, changed into sportswear and went for a walk around Bedford. It was such a nice walk, the sun was out and there was a fresh wind blowing. I walked by the river for a while and saw a lot of beautiful swans and ducks, lots of them. When I came back I took a long and nice shower and got dressed because we were going to a barbecue at the house of my uncle's friends because their eldest son was turning eighteen. They are cubans, so latino music was playing most of the time, I got to talk to some guys my age, which was nice and the food was delicious and abundant. I had fun and then when it was over, we walked back to the house and went straight to bed.<br />
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==Day #22 Back to HUA==<br />
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Monday May 29th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up pretty late, and worked on my journals for the weekend and on my first milestone. I think I am pretty much done with it, but tomorrow I will talk to the advisors and see what they think about it. I need to work hard on the second one this week to also have it done and start paining as soon as possible. I think I will have a lot of fun doing that. I came back to the flat at around and I bought tickets for the Secret Cinema, I will be going with Sofia on the 7th and I couldn't be more excited! We're children of the revolution, and my character is a poet, which is super cool. The theme is Moulin Rouge and as Sofia had not seen the movie, we started watching it before going to bed.<br />
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==Day #23 Walk, Concert & Milestone==<br />
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Tuesday May 30th 2017<br />
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Today Sofia and I woke up at eight and went for a walk, we found a lovely coffee shop that was full of books and we had breakfast there. Then we went to an Oxfam shop and bought out outfits for the Secret Cinema. It was very fun to shop there, they had really old things and it was really cheap too. After that we walked around and entered expensive shops that we obviously can't afford just to look at things we really want but can't have, quite sad right? After our session of self torture, we walked to St. Martin in the Fields and listened to a free lunchtime concert of classical music. It was fuller than I expected it to be, but still lovely. In Trafalgar Square there was a huge crowd of Nigerian people waving their flags and dancing to some music that was playing. It was a patriotic display in memory of Biafran martyrs. As we walked by the National Gallery I saw a sign of a library and we followed it and found a really nice place to work on our milestones where we could access and even borrow about 20 books at a time. We don't plan on taking them home though, because we both agree we are way more productive working elsewhere.<br />
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==Day #24 Milestone==<br />
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Wednesday May 31st 2017<br />
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Today it was not as productive as I would have wanted it to be in terms of progress within my milestone, however, I did my budget for this month and it is the first time I have ever done that so it was really cool. I felt like such a grownup and I realized I have spent a lot of money on food, which I partially regret. This is a great learning experience and it is getting me ready for next year when I will not be living in the dorms anymore. On our way to the meeting today, Sofia and I took the 55 bus to the opposite way and took us a little to realize so we got 25 minutes late to the meeting, which was not ideal. On our way back we shopped some groceries and made dinner. Then I finished some work for my first Milestone and replied to some emails before going to bed.<br />
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==Day #25 London Science Museum==<br />
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Thursday May 1st 2017<br />
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Woah, today was so much fun! Sofia and I woke up early and got ready for the day because we were going to the same place today. We met the rest of my team plus Sam at 9:30 and we started heading over to the [[London Science Museum]] As usual we split up as soon as we got there, but this time we were four; Sofia, Chris, Sam and I. We walked through the lower expositions and the things we saw there were amazing, Then I found some stairs and decided to go explore. The upper levels of the museum are like a gigantic free arcade. Instead of giving you pictures to look at and information to read, it is full of interactive screens and mini games, each with its own story set to teach the player the topics of each exhibition. It is genius! I loved it so much and we all spent quite a while just playing in the different floors of the museum. When ew were done, we went to the gift shop and it was as cool as any other exposition, however, the only purchase was an "astronauts ice cream" that the boys bought which was like an ice cream sandwich shaped cookie that dissolved in your mouth. <br />
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After our adventures in the museum, we went to the statue of Saint Augustin and decided to go to the nearest convenience store and have a picnic at the park. So we walked a couple of blocks through a very fancy neighborhood with really fancy cars parked outside until we got to a street with several restaurants and other stores. We bought two pizzas and some snacks and walked to Hyde park. The weather was so nice; sunny with a fresh breeze that made the trees dance. We ate and chatted for a bit and then we proceeded to explore the rest of the park. Our plan was to chill at the Princess Diana's memorial but when we got there it was full of little kids running around and playing in the water. So we sat in a cafe nearby and worked on our journals, articles and milestones. After that we walked to Harrods and explored the store again because Sofia and Sam had never been there before and I just love that place.It was fun to walk around that expensive store, plus, every time I go I feel like I discover a new room where I had not been before. This time it was the "millionaire's gallery" with all kinds of things framed and signed by famous people in politics, sports and art. It amazes me how much people are willing to pay for an autograph, it is insane. <br />
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When we left Harrods, we took the tube to the Piccadilly Circus and took some picture there, to me, it looks like a mini version of Broadway, smaller but just as crowded. Then, to complete our list of 50 things to do in London, we took the tube to Liverpool Street to go to a secret bar hidden behind a refrigerator door in a restaurant called "The Breakfast Club". We got there and Sofia told me "You do the talking" and a waiter came and asked me "What may I help you with today?" I glanced at the restaurant and it looked almost absolutely empty. "We sat to go to the bar" I said, then he looked at me with a puzzled face and said "What? excuse me what bar are you talking about?" and I said "the bar behind the that refrigerator". I don't know how he could keep a straight face but he didn't let us in until I said the name f the bar which appeared to be the password to enter. The name of the bar is "The Major of Scaredy Cat Town". When we went through the refrigerator and downstairs, the bar was completely packed. We ordered standing and then we were bitted at a table in the corner of the bar. We ate some wings and nachos and talked for a bit until we decided it was time to go back home. The day was amazing, from the science museum, to the picnic at the park, to Harrods, to the Piccadilly Circus, to the secret pub. It was full of fun and a lot of walking and I want more days like that.<br />
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==Day #26 The Wallace Collection==<br />
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Friday June 2nd 2017<br />
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Today was incredibly productive! I woke up at seven and finished my journal from yesterday and worked on my articles. Then I had breakfast, showered and met my team at 9:30 to go to [[The Wallace Collection]]. It was interesting to go there, we walked around for a while and then worked on journals and articles. Sofia and I worked together on all the West Galleries and West Rooms and some other rooms such as the Boudoir and gave proper format to the rest of the article. We did so many contributions to the wiki and we worked really fast because we did it together. Also we started talking to one of the ladies there in the museum and she told us the story of the place. It used to be a house where four generations of a very rich and renown family lived. Four males inherited the house with all the collections, however the last one has and illegitimate son who didn't get his last name. That man was Mr. Wallace who married a lovely lady but died childless. When his widow felt her time was near she made the proper arrangements to give the house and the collection to the British Nation under some conditions. The house must remain with all the original items of the collection and they shall not be mixed with any other collections, so the Museum will always remain the same and it shall be free of charge. Finally the collection was to be named under her husband's name and not under the other four generation's name. I thought it was a very interesting story and I'm glad she shared it with us. It is also almost unimaginable to thing that people lived in a house with so many rooms and such expensive items in each one of the rooms.<br />
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I still need to upload all the pictures I have from each day to my journals and do some of the background for my Milestone. After the Wallace Collection Sofia and I went to Baker St. and ate at Chipotle. Then we went to the library near [[The National Gallery]] and worked there for a few hours. I love that library, it is free and it is so quiet and the people that work there are so very nice, (unlike the lady that works in the British Library). However, every time I work on my Milestone's background time goes by so slowly and I get tired so quickly. It is hard, but I want this project to be something I can be proud of so I will work as hard as I am able to. After our work at the library, we walked to the Big Ben, to the London Eye, to St. Paul's and finally back to the flat and met the boys, then we walked together to a burger place and we had milkshakes and dined. <br />
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==Day #27 Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson==<br />
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Saturday June 3rd 2017<br />
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Today I spent all my morning uploading pictures to my journals, hopefully not in vain... Also I proof read some of them and corrected some typos. Then I did my hair and makeup and Sofia and I planned the rest of the evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. I wouldn't recommend going there alone and a girl friend does not count. I had never been so cat called in my life, it was very uncomfortable and awkward but I guess that we were not in the prettiest area of London. However, it was early and the sun was out, so we were safe. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer.<br />
There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack. I got a lot of messages from friends asking about my wellbeing. Thank god everyone in the program is safe and sound. Takin out the terrorist attack it was a great day and a great night, tomorrow will be another mass and milestone day and honestly that is all I want to do. I need to work hard.<br />
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==Day #28 Mass & Milestone==<br />
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Sunday June 4th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up at 9 and started working on my Milestones, I am so behind it worries me, so Sofia and I schedules work times for this week so hopefully we will catch up with the schedule. This week we are going to Stonehenge and I couldn't be more excited. In the afternoon we went to mass, then had dinner in Nando's and went back to the flat. Then I video chatted with some friends and went straight to bed. I realized today that I have been eating terribly lately and it kinda shows, so I need to get on that as soon as possible.<br />
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==Day #29 Library & Meeting==<br />
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Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed.<br />
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==Day #30 Library & Shakespeare==<br />
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Tuesday June 6th 2017<br />
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Today Sofia woke me up at seven in the morning, and I took a long and nice shower and started working. I completed my journals and then did some research for my second Milestone because I have not finished it. Then at ten we headed to the Westminster Reference Library, however, we stopped at an Oxfam so Sofia could buy his outfit for the secret cinema. After that we bought some food for later at Salisbury. I bought curry chicken with rice and honestly just hoped for the best. Then as we walked to the library we saw an M&Ms World Store and Sofia asked if we could please go inside, so we did. I was kind of worried I was not going to have enough time to work but going into the store ended up inspiring us to choose color schemes for our paintings based on the combinations of colors in the M&Ms. So we took pictures and then we finally got to the library and worked there until itwe were hungry. I finished the part of the Milestone about Charles Dickens and felt really glad and relieved about it. Then we went to St. Martin in the Fields to use the toilets and eat. The curry chicken ended up being way more delicious than I expected. After that, we used the internet in St. Martin to load the map to the globe theatre and we headed out. on our way to the station, however, we made a few stops in a couple of stores and I bought a birthday present for Chris and a gift for my mother. Going to the Globe was probably the hardest thing we did today, yeah, harder than the Milestone... even harder than having to use public toilets! We had no clue how to get to the Thames river from St. Paul's, and we needed to cross it through the Millennial bridge to get to the Globe. Oh, and it was raining. When we finally found the way towards the Thames, we had to go through a really sketchy way under a tunnel and then realized that the stairs to go over the tunnel were closed because the walk way had fallen. So we had to keep walking parallel to the Thames for a while until we got to the bridge to the other side of the Globe. When we finally got to the entrance and got our backpacks checked, it took me like fifteen minutes to find my ticket... still under the rain. We had standing tickets, so we were supposed to watch the whole play standing in the rain, however, Sofia and I know better so we stood on the right side, under the roof where we were able to watch the scenario and stay perfectly dry. It was still pretty cold outside though, and the play was two hours long. <br />
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Now, about the actual play... It was not what I expected, not my style and not the most enjoyable version of Romeo and Juliet I have seen. After the play, however, the view while crossing the millennium bridge made me tear up. I felt so happy to be here. Grateful for all the things that had to happen for me to be here. Thinking about all the things that could have possibly gone wrong, even being here, and yet did not. Happy to appreciate the view; the people, the night, the stars, the breeze and the beautiful St. Paul's Cathedral that means so much for England and has now come to mean so much to me. So my major takeaway from today, rather than the play, was the walk back from it to the flat.<br />
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==Day #32 Stonehenge==<br />
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Woke up early, did my make up and got ready for the fantastic day ahead. I love to have the opportunity to visit a place so full of mystery and "magic". We were all worried to be late, because Professor Manzo said that whoever got there after 8:30 would be left behind and the rest would depart without him or her. Ironically, professor Manzo and Professor Constance were the last to arrive. The tour guide was really good and really funny. Also he made a good effort to remember all of our names so that definitely made the trip there way better. During the day we went to Stonehenge, Bath and Lockhart. I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==Day #33 Off to Scotland==<br />
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Friday June 7th 2017<br />
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I washed all my clothes and cleaned the mess that my room was. I also finished one of the paintings for my milestone and I'd say it turned out pretty well. I also got a new SIM card and now have 12 GB to use all around Europe for a month. I also went to print our train tickets, I wrote my journals and packed. Emily, Sofia and I left for the platform at ten and got there way before time. It was quite hard for me to sleep during the journey, but still I am very excited to be in Scotland. A new country to add to the list of "visited".<br />
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==Day #34 Edinburg==<br />
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Saturday June 7th 2017<br />
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Last night I almost couldn't sleep because of the train seats... they're so uncomfortable... I would wake up and change positions every couple of minutes because one of my limbs would go numb. Anyways, we are in Scotland!!! We got here at seven in the morning and we walked around through the gardens near the station and took pictures with "the important monument" which we later realized is in honor to Sir Walter Scott. Then we went to the hostal to leave my luggage and it seemed way better than the pictures online. Also, it was really cheap; it's name is Safe Stay and it is located near the Mile which is also absolutely convenient. The Mile is the Main Street in Edinburg and it is actually longer than a mile. We walked around and had breakfast in a great place. Sofia and Emily got waffles and I got a baguette, it was delicious and gave us energy to keep going. We went to a free tour and it was really interesting to know a little it of the history of ancient kings and queens which, just as in England, it was full of drama. The tour guide also talked about Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling. Turns out she got a lot of ideas from things that actually exist in Edinburg. Some names from the cemetery and the four houses from a school that is right next to the cemetery, that have the exact same colors as the houses from Hogwarts. Even the Quiddich stadium was inspired by a structure put right next to the Edinburg castle. When we got hungry it was really hard to find a place to eat, because Sofia is 17 and you have to show your ID before sitting at any pub in the city. You can't even just eat and drink nothing but water there, it is simply not allowed and they're very strict about it. After we ate , we went up the "important monument" and woah! there were not only a lot of stairs, but also they were extremely tight. The view was worth it though. We got to see all of the city and even the sea on one side and the mountains on the other. By the end of the day we hiked up to Calton Hill and had dinner there. We ought some fruit, sandwiches, juice and wine and watched the beautiful sunset from there. We also took lots and lots of pictures (of course) and then we walked back to the hostel. Sofia says that she wants to live in here someday, she is obsessed with the city and fingerling because of a series she watches named "Reign" that is set here.<br />
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==Day #35 Back to London==<br />
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Sunday June 8th 2017<br />
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Breakfast was good in a little local run y two young sisters. We hiked Arthur's seat, I was wearing a dress. It started raining and Scots are lazy and most stores were closed because it was Sunday. We walked around and couldn't get a mars bar. Then we went to the train station and on the way back to London I called my mom for most of he time. Looking outside the window was really pretty. When I got back I was really really tired and just wanted to go straight to bed. Sofia arrived two hours later because of problems with her ticket, and when she got here, she was just as tired as me.<br />
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==Day #36 Windsor Castle==<br />
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Monday June 9th 2017<br />
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We got there a bit late but it ended up working out perfectly because we saw the change of guards from the font row. We took lots of beautiful pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. Like WOAH!!! I stood over Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and I took a picture with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library.<br />
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<font color=" # 99 32 CC ">"A London Full of Colour"</font> is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that I choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. I have gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college. This project combines my favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message I wished to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination.<br />
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'''Objective:''' The goal is to display London as it is and to capture through pictures emotions felt by the Londoners due to the weather. Pictures are taken from different perspectives and represent feelings of an average citizen.<br />
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In the course of two weeks, I researched the weather conditions in the United Kingdom, the origin of the deadly London fog and the relationship between people's emotions and weather conditions. This lead to the visual representation of my findings through a set of pictures taken on the city capturing the feelings talked about in the background. London looks like a majestic city and it's weather just adds to the mystery and enchantment of its beauty. However, people have had a different perspective than mine since centuries ago.<br />
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'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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'''Objective:''' The goal is to connect the emotions displayed in the pictures and the colors of the paintings in a creative way empathizing with the people walking by the site as a daily routine. The paintings and pictures are accompanied by a poem. <br />
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Just as Mathew Arnold said; "Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things". In this Milestone I explore the same reality from very different perspectives analyzing the lives of four of the most influential British Poets and one poem for each one of them. They all saw Britain grow and they grew with it as well, leaving a written proof of how each person is a master of their own destiny and how life is not about having, getting, and settling but about being, becoming and overcoming. These four authors that lived in very different times and lived in many places all through their lives show their personal view and chosen style through their work. We see through the writing of Mathew Arnold, Harry Baker, Richard Aldington and Don Patterson, different viewpoints about the weather and the sociopolitical situations that revolve around this the United Kingdom. What seems most interesting is the everlasting emotions displayed; everlasting in a way in which they are adopted again and again by newer generations as if the make choices and mistakes were made repeatedly throughout the ages. In this milestone it is possible to visualize the different perspectives of each author comparing them to each other and drawing your own conclusions.<br />
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The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the [[Calendar 2017]]. The pictures posted were taken by Kristy Giacoman, Chris Tillotson and Sofia Reyes.<br />
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==Day #1 Westminster Abbey & the Tower of London ==<br />
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Monday May 8th 2017<br />
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Today we started the day quite early because we had to meet at the Westminster Abbey for a Tour. It was really interesting to go inside and listen to such numerous and wonderful different stories, some known to me and some unknown. We heard about people like the almost saint, Edward the Confessor, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth I and her sister (bloody) Mary, and many more. However, my favorite story remained untold. As we entered the church, I saw the Scouts Movement flag next to the Girl Guides flag but we were in such a hurry that I could barely see what that was about. I then proceeded to ask our tour guide about it and he assumed that there was some kind of memorial to the scouts there but he did not know much about it. It was indeed in honor of [[Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell of Gilwell]] and Lady Olave Baden Powell.<br />
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After the Tour, we went to the Tower of London, a place full of stories that help us place ourselves in distant times in that same place. The Tower of London is home to the Crown Jewels, and has exhibitions that range from methods of torture to the King’s beasts. About the last one, I thought it was really interesting how when people saw animals like a lynx or an alligator, those seemed as bizarre to them as a unicorn and other mythical creatures. It was also majestic to thing about monkeys, lions and peacocks running around and sadly sometimes fighting for the king’s amusement.<br />
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When we exited the [[Tower of London]], Sofia and I took our time to admire the London Bridge and decided that we were going to go back later. Also, we could see “the egg” at a distance and I was thinking on maybe also painting it as well as part of my project. I think I will be painting the London Bridge, the egg, the Big Ben, the London Eye and the Tower of London. I think those sceneries are inspiring, meaningful and represent many ages of the history that London has lived. After that we went to [[The British Library]] where we worked on our journals and milestones for the meeting. Professor Constance gave me great ideas about my project and seemed to really like it, which motivated me. I didn't like how late our meeting was though, but that was because we were the last team. Also it seems odd that there are teams of six and teams of four like us. I really like my team though they are all very nice and kind. Christopher is really funny, we have inside jokes and we laugh about them all the time. Trinity is always smiling and she has such a pretty face, so kind and friendly. Finally Ben is so smart! It is amazing how much he knows about everything, definitely a good person to have a conversation with. I am excited for the days to come and to get to know them better.<br />
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==Day #2 St Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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Tuesday May 9th 2017<br />
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Today we visited [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] and it was truly mesmerizing. We woke up at seven to get there before it was even open so we were basically the first people in. The cathedral is so gigantic and with so many details and commemorations of outstanding men and women in the history of England that it is impossible to not enjoy the visit. The dome has three different galleries, but unfortunately the two upper ones are not going to be open until about a month from now. When I was going up the stairs though, it felt like they were endless The gallery of whispers (the only one open) lets you see up closer the paintings about the life of [[St. Paul]]. That gallery receives its name because of an unintended characteristic of its architecture, when two people stand at opposite sides of the dome, if one whispers to the wall, the other person will hear it loud and clear. I liked that our tickets included a guided visit with headsets because as I walked through the tombs in the lower level, I was listening to the life stories of poets, writers, military men and religious men and women. What surprised me is that the architect of the church was buried in a very simple tomb in the lower level of the church and that is exactly how he intended it. It was almost as if he was saying, "if you are looking for my monument of commemoration just look around you". He designed and oversaw the construction of other 55 churches in London after the great fire, however, St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest accomplishment. I listen to every single one of te audios of stories, information and prayers and finished at about noon. Then I went with Ben and Christopher to the gardens of the church and after that we headed back home.<br />
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As soon as I got back to the apartment, I fell asleep in my bed, which was absolutely unintended and not very ideal because later that night I couldn't fall asleep until two in the morning. My best advise to future students that come is to be completely booked of exciting stuff to do the first week so you don't have time to take naps and at the same time you don't complain about it. When I woke up from my nap I went downstairs to the common room and cooked dinner with Sofia. It was the first time I ever made chicken all by myself, but I didn't tell anyone about it because I knew it couldn't be hard at all. Little did I know, because the kitchen is in the basement of the flat, it lacks of ventilation and the aspirator was not enough so the fire alarm ended up going off several times while we were cooking. The first time we evacuated the building, the second time we were about to and it just stoped. By the third time it started to go off we decided to implement an alternative method of solution (see picture). The turnout was actually delicious and everyone enjoyed the seasoned chicken with steamed vegetables with cheese. <br />
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==Day #3 Natural History Museum==<br />
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Wednesday May 10th 2017<br />
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Today I had a great time at the [[Natural History Museum]]. The museum had 5 zones where I saw expositions of very interesting things such as Volcanoes, earthquakes, insects, dinosaurs, birds, sea creatures and many more. It made me think of all the magnificent wonders our world encloses and that we don't have to travel far to unravel the great mysteries of life on earth. I realized that there is the same amount of work exploring little things as minerals and insects, as it is to explore huge things like dinosaurs and distant planets. I love nature, and it never stops to amaze me with its perfect mechanism. Everything is here for a reason and everything that happens comes as a result of something else, like an infinite chain reaction.<br />
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When my team and I felt like we were done, we split into two groups, half of us went back to the flats while Ben and I stayed sitting at a cafe in the library enjoying the free wifi and comfortable chairs. We stayed there because we thought it would be more convenient than paying to use the tube to go to the apartments and then for going to St. George's church for the afternoon meeting. This under the belief that St. George's church was a 45 minute walk from the natural history museum. We worked on our articles and milestones and I called my mom because today is Mother's Day in Mexico. At five we started walking to Aubrey's street. It was a loooong walk, but it was also in a pretty fancy neighborhood so I didn't mind it much. When we finally got there two minutes before six, I was exhausted and hungry. Exhausted because Ben is a really fast walker and I had to keep up and hungry because we skipped dinner. To our surprise nobody was there, and the church seemed closed and empty. Then Ben said "let's try the back door" and we sneaked to a private back little garden with pretty benches and all kinds of flowers in small pots. I sat down and Ben pulled his phone out and as he was looking though it he goes, "oh". We were in the wrong St. George's church. We were over an hour walk away from the right one and about 45 minutes by car. "We should tell professor Manzo" I said and he called him and said "we will be there in about half an hour, we will take the tube". We walked for a bit and went through about eight stops in the tube until we finally arrived to the one closest to the actual meeting place. The meeting was almost done and after it we all walked back to the flats to leave our stuff and find somewhere to eat. Sofia and I got lost looking for a specific restaurant we wanted to go and is was a bit scary but we finally found it and it was totally worth it. The irony is that it was 6 minutes away from our flats and it took us about half an hour walking to find it. Still worth it though, still worth it.<br />
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==Day #4 National Gallery==<br />
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Thursday May 11th 2017<br />
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Today we went to [[The National Gallery]] and I was pretty excited for it, but I did not like it at all. I love art but I did not know about the paintings nor the painters there so it was like watching a movie for the first time but with no sound; you can kinda guess what it is about, but it is hard to enjoy the experience. So I went through it, I saw the paintings, I read some info but I wish I had a tour guide like in [[Westminster Abbey]] or an audio set like in [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] because that would have definitely made the difference. After going through the expositions, I went with Trinity to a cafe in the lower level and had the best banana bread I have ever had, which made the visit a little bit more worth it. Then Sofia met me there at noon and we went outside to take pictures. There we saw Peter and Chris and we walked together to a Chipotle nearby. After eating lunch, we split again and as the boys headed back to the flats, Sofi and I walked towards the Buckingham Palace. We went to like three different parks and took over a thousand pictures. We saw people marching, riding horses, biking, playing with there pets and feeding squirrels, ducks, geese, pigeons and even swans. It was a beautiful afternoon and we had walked about six kilometers from the apartment when it started raining. We took the bus back which also works with the Oyster card and we cooked dinner again for everyone. This night's menu was lettuce wraps with grilled chicken and angel hair, avocados and almonds. It is Sofia's favorite food and I can totally see why. After that we cleaned up and we had an emergency meeting because apparently something happened with some students regarding drugs and alcohol so V.J and Constance reminded us about all the rules we are to follow to keep ourselves safe and sound.<br />
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It was so hard to fall asleep though because someone was having a karaoke night with songs like "This is me" from Camp Rock and "Push it" from Jump in and of course the whole High School Musical and Hannah Montana repertoire. It was so annoying, they were not even good singers and were probably pretty drunk, but oh well, it can't all be beautiful right? I hope to get good sleep during the weekend, because these past days have been rough and we have so much writing to do that breaks and naps are not a thing.<br />
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==Day #5 British Museum==<br />
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Friday May 12th 2017<br />
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Today I went to the [[British Museum]] and I am amazed by how great their collection is. They have things of all ages and from all over the world. Chris commented on how as they conquered new territories, they would bring back treasures to offer to the king. I loved to be able to go through most of the exhibitions. We learned a lot about Ancient Rome and Greece and they even had an exposition room dedicated to ancient Mexican civilizations. We walked the museum as a team and I think that made it more fun. We complemented the exposition with fun facts each of us knew about our areas of interest.<br />
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I am very happy this week is done though... It was amazing but also very tiring to be walking all over the city and pay attention to all the wonderful places we visited everyday. To then go somewhere and write about everything in the journals and then the daily articles. This week I created an article about [[Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell of Gilwell]], [[St. Paul]], and I contributed to the existing articles of the [[British Museum]], [[The National Gallery]] and the [[Natural History Museum]] by adding sections to each one of them. This weekend I want to be able to work hard on my milestone background because doing a daily article left me no time to work hard on it. Hopefully this weekend will be enough to get it completely done and go take pictures to the sites to start painting as soon as possible. The supplies are here and I can't wait to start using them. Being able to see London as a non tourist is exciting and I love that I have the opportunity to analyze and represent the reality of London citizens from different perspectives through my project.<br />
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==Day #6 Vivaldi, Four Seasons==<br />
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Saturday May 13th 2017<br />
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Today I felt pretty tired. But I woke up at nine, showered, did my laundry, made some soup and started working on my milestone resources right away. I found really interesting information and I know exactly what I have to do, I just have to start summarizing and writing the information. I really like my project, which makes it less painful to write about it, despite how much I dislike writing papers. In the afternoon, around three, Sofia and I walked to Nandos to have lunch. I love Nandos. When I was twelve years old, I went to the University of Cambridge to study for a summer and I remember gong to Nandos every single day. I became friends with everyone that worked there and they gave me free food all the time. After lunch I walked to Bedford Pl to dink tea with Professor Constance and discuss the progress I had made this week regarding to my milestone and the articles and journal entries. She is a historian, very kind and interesting to talk to. We had a great conversation and she gave me a book to use as a major resource for my background of the first milestone.<br />
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I left Professor Constance's flat around seven and took a bus to Trafalgar Square. I went there to listen to a concert in St. Martin in the Fields Church. It was Vivaldi, Four Seasons by Candlelight. It was a lovely presentation of the Festive Orchestra of London directed by Catherine Manson and with Miki Takahashi in the violin. The music made me think on a lot of things. It was almost as if the melodies guided my thoughts. The ups and downs, the emphasis, the solos and the unions of all the individual melodies that together formed that masterpiece was an amazing experience. Sometimes the music was slow and peaceful and when you least expected it, it “exploded” and turned fast and almost chaotic, but still beautiful. It was almost an allegory to life itself. How life is a masterpiece with its ups and down and moments of peace and moments of chaos. How life, is just as enjoyable in all those situations and it is also a collaborative work between different melodies that represent every aspect of what makes us be the way we are. How, in that same way, sometime we may lean more towards one of these aspects, letting it playing a solo, but we shall always come back to the rest because that makes our lives more exciting. Some pieces in the performance were full of melancholy and some even brought me to tears. It is amazing how art can touch our innermost fibers and how specifically music is able to make our souls vibrate to the sound of its instruments. I very much enjoyed this concert, and though because of it I had to go back home alone at night, I am very happy I went.<br />
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==Day #7 Mass & Milestones==<br />
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Sunday May 14th 2017<br />
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Today I got up, showered and went to mass to St. Peter's Church. It was nice, I like that it is so close to our flats and then they offer many services on Sundays. Then I went for a walk with Sofia, we went through a path where we had never been before through a residential area. All the Apartments looked the same from the outside, it was almost copy paste and I say almost because they all differed in one thing. All the doors were of different and very bright colors. It was lovely. When we got hungry, we had lunch in a Pret a Manger, resisting the temptation of Five Guys that was just across the street. After that we went to a Starbucks and worked on our Milestone 1, which is due tomorrow. <br />
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==Day #8 Museum of London==<br />
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Monday May 15th 2017<br />
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Today we met at 9:25am to walk to the [[Museum of London]], which took us less than expected and we arrived 12 minutes early. We ended up spending those 12 minutes and perhaps a couple more deciphering a small monument at the entrance of the museum, where the "s" where "f" or sometimes integral signs but with some exceptions. It was quite interesting, the monument was simulating to be a piece of paper with something written on it. It was a script written by [[John Wesley]], the founder of the Methodist Movement. We split as soon as we entered the museum; Ben went with Trinity and I went with Chris. It took us a little bit over an hour to of through it all and overall I think it is really interesting how a city has so much history revolving around it to fill the entirety of a museum. London has gone through such different ages, ideologies and rulers, always being one of the worlds most powerful and influential economies, that it is understandable how it has come to be today such an extraordinary place to visit and to live in. By the end of the museum there is a question the instantly popped into my mind, which is, what's next? How does the present contributes and what does the future hold for the marvelous city? Going through the exhibitions made me appreciate more being here, where so many great mind have contributed to science, music, philosophy, writing, architecture and man other disciplines.<br />
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After the museum Chris and I had lunch in a pub that is about five minutes away from our flats, we had a very nice conversation about politics, ideologies and contemporary controversies. It was great and I think we spent more time there talking than at the museum, which is funny. After that we went to my flat and worked on our individual journals and article entries for a couple of hours. Then we walked to the British Library and worked some more before our meeting with the professors. I told them about going to the concert on Saturday and they were very excited about it. On the walk back, Ben was telling Trinity and I his daily schedule... he wakes up at six every morning and starts being productive, no wonder why he is almost done with the milestone work. When I got home, I told everyone about it and we have an inside joke now... "be the Ben you wanna see in the world". So tonight I will try to go to bed early and wake up early tomorrow to work on my milestone, we'll see how it goes. <br />
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==Day #9 Wicked==<br />
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Tuesday May 16th 2017<br />
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I did it! I went to bed at ten last night and woke up at seven this morning. I had breakfast and started working on my milestone. Sofia and Katherine did the same so the inside joke ended up being a good source of inspiration after all... Today my team had no museums to visit so it was a lot of working on the milestone and doing some research on the places that I will visit this week. I also did some exercise when I felt sleepy and it really did wake me up. I've been reading a lot from the two books I have and I find it really interesting how people dealt with living in the worst times for London. When diseases were spreading and they knew very little about how to treat them, when everything was filthy and fog was so dense mortality rates went up and still, people went on with their lives. They lived, progressed, grew, did art, did music, fell in love, worked hard and prospered to what it has become today. It really is the best time to be alive... and not because we have no problems, but because we are aware of them and people are acting. We are able to learn from the past and improve our future. It was overall a very productive morning, I was very happy today.<br />
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As I didn't have any museum visits today, I bought tickets with Sofia to go to watch Wicked at seven thirty in the afternoon, but the theatre was quite far so we left the flats at five thirty and got there forty-five minutes prior to the start of the performance to pick up our tickets. After that we had dinner at a Pret a Manger and I bought a meal for a homeless man that was there. I am amazed by the indifference of some people when another person asks just for food. I understand that I can't feed all the homeless in London, but it takes less from me than what it means to some of them to be able to eat that one meal I give up for them. The play was fun, we really enjoyed it, I feel it was that kind of thing that is just as enjoyable for kids as it is for adults. There was a phrase that really made me think, "The truth isn't a thing of fact or reason. It is simply what everyone agrees on". This has been an issue since the beginning of time. What we call "true" or "fact" is as unstable as any belief. What is the truth? Is there even a truth? What I may believe to be true may not actually be the truth for someone else. And what was called "the truth" year ago is not accurate today. Though this was not the main message of the play, it stood up to me. I have been trying to better myself, lately more than ever. I've been trying to not take things to heart, because the only one affected is me. This quote was like a reassurance of the same message; to not take things too seriously or get carried away by the social rules. Things are what they are and they... happen. it is on us to assign a value to them and if we are wise enough we shall do so to our advantage. <br />
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==Day #10 Tate Bitain==<br />
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Wednesday May 17th 2017<br />
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Last night I arrived a bit late from the play, so I couldn't go to bed at the time I wanted to. Consequently, today I woke up at eight, took a shower and started heading out with my team to [[Tate Britain]]. We took the Tube because it was over an hour walk, however, when we got there we split up again, Trinity with Ben and Chris and I. This time it happened because we got distracted with the building of the National Security Agency that appears in all the James Bond movies. So we crossed the bridge, we took pictures and I took some shots from the Big Ben and the London Eye. We also walked beneath the bridge and we realized that the little tunnel is just like a scene in the Harry Potter movies, it was fun. It was raining, so after the pictures we walked to the museum. Chris and I had a lot of fun today, we definitely laughed a lot going through the expositions. Then I started joking around and he took some pictures of me in the museum. Some of those pictures came out really cool, others are just hilarious and I'm just glad we didn't get kicked out for being silly. <br />
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After the museum we walked to the London Eye and I took some pictures of the parliament and the Big Ben from the other side of the river. On our way there we found a bright orange rose growing in the top of the wall that decided the riverwalk from the street. I couldn't take a good shot of it because the wall was to high, so we kept walking. Later we saw a crack in the wall and Chris climbed it and went back to take pictures of the rose. It was beautiful to see that spot of color growing in the adversity of such a gray day. It got to a point where I gave up on holding my umbrella and we just walked in the rain. It was not too bad though. It is a nice rain that you can barely feel, you only realize it when you're completely wet. My shoes are gross though... and that is not ideal. We took the Tube to the station near our flat and on the walk there we had lunch in a street market. It took us longer to decide where to eat that what it took us to eat our food. <br />
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When we were done eating we went back to our flats. The ret of the day was pretty chill, I contributed to the article of the museum with a new section and read a little more of the book "The London Fog". Then I called my mom for about two hours and after that kept doing my article. When I felt like I was done I did some exercise and danced in my room. Sofia laughs at me when I do this, but it relaxes me to be silly, so I do it. I really enjoy talking to her, she is easy to open to and I believe we have a lot in common. We are Aplha Phi sisters, Latinas, smart, fun and hard working at the same time. Last night we had an awesome conversation and we had a lot of fun just in general. I am happy to have the chance to get to know her better this term because we will be living in the same house next year. So far, I've had a lot of fun with her, we also cook for each other and keep track of each other's locations when we're not together. We even got matching lunch boxes for ourselves. When I moved to the US one of the things that I missed the most is the kind of friendships I used to have back at home. American culture is so different, friendships are so awkward and even superficial at times. Latino culture places a lot of value in friendship, my mom always told me that friends are the family you get to choose for yourself and in a family everyone takes care of each other. My day ends by writing this article, it is already ten thirty and I can't believe how fast the day went by. It was a good day though, I felt really happy.<br />
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==Day #11 Victoria & Albert Museum==<br />
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Thursday May 18th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up and went to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], I woke up relatively late so I did not eat anything at all. We took the tube on our way there and then had to make a huge line because, as usual, we got there before the museum was open. We went inside, walked around a bit and did not really enjoy it to be honest. Chris and I got tired pretty quickly so we took some pictures and notes for the articles and left. I told him I needed to go to Harrods to take some pictures for my milestone and he was down so we did. Harrods was just a couple of blocks away in the same street. We went inside and it was just a lot, since the second you step in, it feels like you walk into a movie, or a book. It feels unreal, everything is so luxurious, so expensive, and they sell everything you could possibly want. From a tomato to chocolate with gold, or really expensive clothing, or home decor, or sportswear; they even have a Disney store in there. The store has six floors full of things that an average human would have to sell a kidney to afford, still, it was full of costumers. We spent more time there than what we spent in the museum. We explored the store and admired the articles sold there. It was almost like looking at an exposition because some things were so different, so unique. I wonder how the lives of people that were buying there are, I wonder if their worries are the same as mine. I wonder if I will ever be able to become one of them. I wonder if most of them worked for what they have or just inherited the fortune. There was a sign in one of the top floors that said “Just spend 300 pounds and…”. What?! I don’t even remember the end of the sentence. I want to be able to do that someday, to be like “Oh yeah JUST 300 pounds” like an everyday thing. The main stairs in Harrods have an Egyptian art theme and cost 20 million pounds. Also, the decoration in the store changes with the seasons, it is like a modern art display that is never the same. I ended up buying some Adidas sneakers for my sister because I know she has been wanting a pair for a long time, and my parents only let me buy one pair because of how expensive they were, so I got them for her. We took the tube on the way back and then had lunch at EAT, which was just like a Pret a Manger.<br />
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The rest of the day was pretty boring and I felt really tired. We had a meeting at six at the church so we headed out at around five thirty and started walking there. It was raining, which was not ideal, I wish the weekly meetings could be on my flat. I wouldn't mind and I think everyone else would appreciate it. But well, honestly it being in the church is not that bad either. The meeting was tense at times, or at least that is how we felt it. I think most of us are doing a pretty good job and I am personally really proud of those who are passionate about their projects and find a meaning to it beyond getting an A. I can't believe tomorrow is Friday, week two is almost over.. what?! No! it can't be! it feels like we just got here, we are just so busy all the time that days go by too fast.<br />
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==Day #12 Tate Modern==<br />
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Friday May 19th 2017<br />
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Woah! So much happened today! I went to Tate Modern and on our way there it started raining. I’ve come to the conclusion that I need new sneakers for myself, because London rain has destroyed my blue converse. Also, Ben and Trinity walk so fast! Hahahaha or maybe I am just really slow and Chris feels bad for me… Anyways, the walk there was very nice in spite of the rain. I took pictures in the way there and we walked under the bridge on our way to Tate. The building looks like a former boat garage according to Chris. The expositions were really engaging, full of meaning and full of feeling. I saw one in which the artist built a map by making a collage of pictures taken in London, and then did the same with the city of San Francisco, California. It looked like so much work but it was so amazing too! I loved how they had interactive expositions, in which the way you enjoy the piece depends on you too and not only on the artist. For example, Chris built a tower with some wooden blocks and then destroyed it on top of a castle that was built by someone else, we recorded it at it was really fun. Another exposition I loved was one that involved 40 speakers each one with a recording of a single person singing and all together (in a circle), made one of the choral melodies of Thomas Tallis. I love his music and sometimes I listen to it while doing work, so this exposition was exquisite for me. After we felt we were done we went to the tenth floor of the building to get a magnificent view of the city. Chris commented on how amazing it was to see how far the city expands in all directions from [[Tate Modern]], we took some pictures of each other and bought some bread with chocolate inside and ate it up there. In the gift shop I bought three books; “How to walk”, “How to relax” and “How to love”, hopefully to expand my wisdom and reflect a little during the weekend. Since Sofia is leaving me tonight to go to France to visit a friend and Chris’s mom and sister are coming to visit this weekend I will be pretty lonely. So I might go to a park or a garden and read my books, perhaps drink some tea. I just want enjoy being in London and not think of all the work I have to do for a couple of hours. I feel like I need it, which is why tonight I will not go to bed until I’m done with my to do list.<br />
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When we went outside from Tate I was a bunch of giant bubbles floating around and I went running to them. It was so beautiful to see them floating above the Thames and all around the people walking by. Also, there was a boy singing and playing some covers of Ed Sheeran on his guitar. He was really good, and quite good looking as well. Consequently, there were a lot of teenage girls around him enjoying his music and the bubbles. When Chris caught up to where I was he commented on the demographics of the people attracted to the boy and I told him it was just because us girls appreciate more talent; we both laughed. I felt once again, extremely fortunate to be in London. I am in love with this city, so obsessed with the people, the atmosphere, even the rain, I think it is wonderful and I sing and dance on the streets all the time. After enjoying a few songs, we walked to Borough market, such a colorful, busy place. I got a taste of every single free sample offered to me and was not hungry by lunch time at all. Chris was pretty hungry though, so we bought some fish and chips from the place that is supposed to sell the best fish and chips in the whole country, according to some award. However, Chris and I agreed on that they were pretty average. On our way back I took great pictures of the Tower Bridge from the London Bridge. We also went to St. Paul’s Cathedral and passed through the gardens, the roses there are not only gorgeous, but also smell wonderful. I had never in my life smelled anything similar to those roses. After that we entered some shops just to wander around and Chris ended up being some fake mustaches. As a personal social experiment, we put them on and walked through the streets of London with the mustaches on. The reactions of people were priceless! They could not help but smiling at us and you could tell some people tried to resist it but couldn’t. One man that was on a suit walking on the street just bursted laughing as soon as he saw us, his laugh made my day, and I’m sure we made his. Also some homeless people laughed at us and a woman in a wheelchair told us, “nice look, I like it” and smiled. Then a short, robust man that was frowning while crossing the street, couldn’t help smiling back as he passed us by. Even the construction workers that are making the building near the flats enjoyed our look. It was so great! I should do it more often, it is such an easy way to make people smile, and who doest need some silliness in their lives every once in a while. <br />
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When we got back to the flats, I started working on some stuff and called my mom, while Sofia was packing. Then we went to a shop nearby to buy some food. Sofia was really hungry and wanted to show me a gourmet pasta shop so she made me accompany her wearing my pajama shorts, my alpha phi sweater, my flip flops and my hair in a messy bun. I had never gone anywhere caring less on my looks. The guy that was on the counter of the store was really nice though, he was an old Italian man and after we bought our supplies he gave us two huge slices of chocolate cake for free. We came back home, cooked the pasta with a delicious sauce and ham that we also bought on the shop. It was the best dinner I have had here so far. Today was a great day, again, I am really happy.<br />
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==Day #13 Work Work Work==<br />
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Saturday May 20th 2017<br />
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I worked on my Milestone all day. I just really want to be done with it as soon as possible. I enjoy my topic but I don't like spending my days just working on this in the flat. I am in London and I would like to be wandering around more and having fun in places I want to go to. Instead, I am always working on my Milestone, and still I always feel like I am behind on schedule. I think of things I could be doing to have fun here but I always stop my train of thought to go back to work. I feel that the things that I have done to just have fun like going to parks, walking around the city, going to concerts and to plays are things I can't afford to do without sacrificing working time and consequently falling behind on schedule. Don't get me wrong, I am immensely happy to be in London, I just would like to have some more time to enjoy of the city without having to write an article about it.<br />
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==Day #14 Mass, Milestone & LSO==<br />
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Sunday May 21th 2017<br />
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Same activity as last Sunday, same feeling as yesterday... I just need to find a way of putting the pictures from my camera to my computer and upload them to the wiki to be done with my Milestone 1. I feel relieved, more than actually happy. Still not ready to start all over again by doing Milestone 2. In the afternoon Mary and I walked to Trafalgar Square to listen to the Open Air BMW Concert of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and honestly did not expect it to be as crowded as it was. Still, it was beautiful. The music so perfectly performed and with such precision and strength. Also it was a very beautiful sunny day today. Who doesn't enjoy of a free concert with such a nice climate. When we got there, we passed the first filter but not the second one so we had to limit ourselves to watch the performance through a screen with a los of other people. Soon after us they didn't let anyone else into that area anyways so it could have been worse. In the screen they kept focusing the pianist who played with a lot of passion every single one of the pieces; he moved and shook and turn red at times, always very focused in the piano. I love that this is posible here, to come to a free concert of the London Symphony Orchestra and that so many people are interested to attend. As a fun fact, the LSO has recorded the music for The Danish Girl, four of the Harry Potter movies, Superman and six of the original Star Wars movies. For this concert, they performed music of the composer Sergei Rachmaninov, whose hands were so big that they could stretch across 13 white notes on the piano (the average span is nine). The event was estimated for ten thousand people to attend and it was sponsored by BMW and the presenter announced that their goal was to bring classical music to the hearts of the people of London. It was not only for the classical music lovers but also for people that were listening it for the very first time. I thought that was a fantastic idea, I could see people of all ages there, I saw families, young couples, old couples, groups of friends and people that just went to enjoy the concert by themselves. There was a little boy dancing to the music with his brother that honestly made my day. I also saw people tearing, maybe recalling some memories with the music. It was fun to look at how each person enjoyed the music in a different way. I listened to most of the concert by myself and honestly I think I would have liked to have someone to share it with, someone that's could have enjoyed it as much as I did. <br />
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I did not like this concert as much as I likes Vivaldi though. That one felt more personal, as if the performers were playing just for me. I am really happy to be able to listen to more than just sound when I listen to music. I feel privileged to be touched and that some melodies evoke the most vivid emotions in me. I feel it as a complete experience, as such a magnificent way of expression, something that not only "not everyone can do" but also something that not everyone is able to appreciate. And it is such a shame, I feel bad for those that don't let themselves enjoy the journey of a good classical music concert. Anyways, when it was over Mary and I walked back home and made ourselves some dinner. At night I received really bad news from back home and it was impossible for me to be done with what I wanted to be done with for the day. However I am just really grateful for the friends I have and how willing they are to support me in rough times. Claire, Sebastian and Andre made my day and I love them. They made me realize that I'm not alone and how important their friendships are for me. Also that sometimes, you don't even ask for anything and people are just placed in the right place at the right time. Love might come from where you least expect it, but it will always come when you need it. I love how much I've been learning this summer, inside and outside of the London HUA Program.<br />
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==Day #15 Imperial War Museum==<br />
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Monday May 22th 2017<br />
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Officially so tired of Museums... hahahaha I don't know where to store more information about the history of the United Kingdom. I think I have received more information about historical events these past two weeks that I have in all of my school years. Today I woke up and did my makeup! For no particular reason, I just wanted to look pretty today. I went with my team to the [[Imperial War Museum]] (IWM) and we got there a little bit late because Chris thought is was somewhere it wasn't. He took us near the Churchill's War Rooms, the positive side of it is that we got to see a reversal of the National Guard from afar. I asked a policeman that was near and he explained that they are rehearsing for the parade that happens each year on the queen's birthday, which is the first week of June. Now I am really excited for that to happen. It will surely be quite an experience. We walked from there to the IWM and I think it is amazing how many artifacts are preserved in that place. There are enough to fill the five IWM that are in the UK, three of which are at London. After we were done walking through the exhibitions, Chris and I sat in the cafe and contributed on the Imperial War Museum article on the wiki. I wrote about the Model of the Royal Navy Battleship HMS Hercules that is displayed on level 0 in the World War I Galleries. It was a great thing for sure, so much engineering everywhere. There were signs everywhere about "Fighting for Peace" and it just made me think about the irony contained in that phrase.<br />
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After that I went back to the flat by myself to meet Sofia there, we went to have lunch at Nando's and then we made a list of 50 things to do before this term is over. We are both really excited about it and we'll meet later to schedule our activities so we have enough time for doing our activities, the museums, the articles, the meetings, the journals and the milestones. It will not be easy but I will not sacrifice neither my quality work nor the opportunity of being in London with a friend. Good thing I have this activity journal so if anyone wants to follow the list, they have an easy way of doing so.<br />
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==Day #16 Horniman Museum and Gardens==<br />
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Tuesday May 23th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up to a lot of missed calls of my friends from back home because they heard of the bombing in the Ariana Grande Concert in Manchester and they were worried about me. 19 people died and there are about 56 injured from a suicide bomber terrorist attack. Terrorist attacks are so scary, so sporadic, so random. There is no way to prepare for it or way to avoid it, you're kinda just living your life until it hits you. But anyways, back to the activity; it was such a long way to the [[Horniman Museum]] and Gardens. We took two busses and in both we sat at the top front of it. I love the double deckers. They let me see the city as if I was looking at a show, from a different level, a different perspective. When we got there we saw an exhibition of directed animals and, woah, nature is so amazing. After that we went outside and Chris and I wandered around the beautiful gardens and we saw a great variety of birds and bugs and we climbed trees and ran through the fields and we also saw some rams, sheep, goats and alpacas. It was a beautiful day too, perfect day to spend out in the gardens. There are some spots where you can see the whole city and the view is worth admiring. The place was also packed with little kids and I love how happy they looked, they were laughing and running around and sob were we. After that, Chris and I went to the cafeteria and ate some brownies, muffins and ice cream while we were doing our articles in our laptops. Then we took the bus back and we had a really nice conversation on the way back, which was a long way.<br />
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The second Milestone's outline is due today and mine is almost done but Sofia just told me she wants us to do it together so I might start my third one first and leave the second one for the end. Which not only means I am kind of behind but it all means I ned to start writing poetry and I will just say it has been a while. I love poetry but it is not easy for me to share what I write. As you can see if you've been reading my journals, I tend to get really personal in my writing. It is hard for me to limit myself when I write and I also know that some of my ideas differ from other people's ideas. It is certainly going to be an interesting thing. I want to keep very present the reason why I am doing this though. I did not choose this project because it was going to be easy or to get a good grade at it but I chose it because of what I want it to mean to me and maybe for other people too. Each one of us has the power to live the lives we want for ourselves, and it is on us to make the best of the time God gives us to be here and to help others do the same. So I want this project to be a reminder of that, that no matter what I go through in life, I can always love a colorful reality if I decide so.<br />
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==Day #17 Hampton Court Palace==<br />
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Wednesday May 24th 2017<br />
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The way to our destination was a little longer than what we expected it to, well, at least it was for Sofia, Chris and I. It all started when almost arriving at Farringdon Station I asked Chris, "You bought your ticket right?". At first I thought he was joking but then he started running back to the flat... I couldn't leave him so Sofia and I stayed and waited for me as the others boarded the train to [[Hampton Court Palace]]. When he came back, Sofia was guiding us and we boarded a train she told us to. Little did we know that train was on its way to Bedford and took us way south. When we realized we went down a a station that was an hour away from our destination. Then Chris took the lead and we changed platform to talk to one of the workers if the train that was about to leave was the one we should take. But the worker ignored us and blew his whistle as he signaled "all clear" to another worker. Then the train started beeping and Chris ran through the door, without even thinking about it I jumped in after him having the train's doors closing behind me and in front of Sofia. The train ws starting to move away from the station and away from her... "Oh my god" was all I was saying as Chris was calming me down. As I later talked to her through the phone she told us that the worker had told her that we were not in the right train. "Its ok, we'll go down in the next stop and figure it out from there"..... What?! The next stop was to the other side of the Thames, Blackfriars Station which was the one right before Farringdon. Long story short it took us another hour to get to Hampton Court Palace from Blackfriars Bridge. It was quite an adventure, quite a story to tell. <br />
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Hampton Court Palace was beautiful, mesmerizing, lovely. I know quite a few facts about King Henry VIII so I very much enjoyed the "museum" side of that place. Very interesting and intriguing story, once you start to pay attention to the history about the Tudors it is impossible not to, as Professor Constance would say "Drown in Tudor waters". But my favorite part of that place were definitely the gardens. We took lots of lovely pictures there and I am in love with every single one of them. We had a lot of fun despite our little inconvenience at the beginning and also because of it, e were the last to leave. Right before that, we ran through the gardens, lay by the shade of the trees, had lunch in the palace, smelled the perfume of the rose garden, saw ducks, geese, swans and deer and ran through the maze of the castle. <br />
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On our back we were all falling asleep and trying to keep each other away with jokes and anecdotes. We decided to go directly to the station nearest to the church where we meet each week. It was still too soon though, so we started a quest to find somewhere with wifi where we could work on our articles of the day. It was harder than we expected, because Starbuck, which was the only place with wifi, was full and then all the other cafes and restaurants did not have wifi for the costumers, which was annoying. We ended up in a Pret a Manger getting wifi from (I think) a hotel nearby. This week's meeting was very short and efficient, with a lot of good vibe from everyone, the only thing is that nobody commented nor asked questions about each other's projects. I like to think that is because maybe now we talk more to each other so we already know what the others are doing and how it is going. <br />
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==Day #18 Museum of London Docklands==<br />
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Thursday May 25th 2017<br />
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Honestly this was the best planned museum of the week. The [[Museum of London Docklands]] is set in such a creative way and it has costumes for you to wear in almost each exposition and also fun activities to do like painting and building things. Alright, maybe all those cool things were actually meant for kids but I will just say it was the best part of the museum for me. I love having fun as a little kid, and being silly and laugh and smile and making strangers laugh at my silliness. The museum was amazing, but I feel like every museum I go to it just becomes more and more difficult for me to enjoy the next ones. It is so much information already!!! Bt there is no greater gift than knowledge and wisdom, so even though I may feel a bit tired, I a mostly grateful. Today I was really happy, I was joking around and singing and dancing all the way to the museum and back. People often tell me I am "extra" and honestly I take that description with pride. I love being called extra, because that is exactly what I strive to do in every way. I want to put an extra effort, do more, help more, love more, laugh more, enjoy more, in general I want to live more. After the museum, Chris and I met Sofia at Nando's and we had a lovely lunch together. After that we went back to the flat and I worked on my article as Sofia packed for the weekend. I will visit some family friends at Bedford but I'm leaving until tomorrow. I will have time to go to other countries once the term is over and I see my parents and little sister. I miss them so much, specially my little sister, she is a little spark of joy in my life. She has always been and I am very inspired by her and her wisdom, despite her young age. <br />
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==Day #19 Bedford==<br />
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Friday May 26th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up pretty late, at eleven o clock, and got dressed. The flat was so quiet, almost everyone was already gone. Actually, I thought I was all by myself until I went down to make myself something to eat. Nicole told me that she was going to stay in the flat all through the weekend. After I ate, I packed and listened to some music, some Ted talks and some poetry. At four thirty I walked to St. Pancras International Station and it look me way less than I thought. I am glad I walked because in the way there I saw two car accidents and a huge traffic jam. When I got there I bought my ticket and went to Starbucks to wait for my uncle to arrive. He works in London and goes back to Bedford every day, so I met him on the station and the my aunt picked us up when we arrived. They had a barbecue in their house and invited some friends, the food was good and the people were really nice. We had a great time, telling jokes and anecdotes and playing some cricket. Later, when it was darker, we made a fire and we sat around it. <br />
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==Day #20 Cambridge==<br />
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Saturday May 27th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up and went to Cambridge. I studied English there when I was thirteen years old, I stayed there for two months by myself. Still today I think that was one one of the best summer experiences I've had in my life. I learned so much and grew so much, I feel it was more than an academic growth, an eye opener. It was the first time I got the chance to interact with people from all over the world, all in one place, same age. Going back there today felt nice, I ate in Nando's and then walk around in the market and the stores. For dinner I made pasta and garlic bread for everyone and it was really delicious.<br />
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==Day #21 Mass & BBQ==<br />
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Sunday May 28th 2017<br />
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I woke up early today to go to mass at eight and I realized that the church almost only had very old people going to mass. After that, I came back, had breakfast, changed into sportswear and went for a walk around Bedford. It was such a nice walk, the sun was out and there was a fresh wind blowing. I walked by the river for a while and saw a lot of beautiful swans and ducks, lots of them. When I came back I took a long and nice shower and got dressed because we were going to a barbecue at the house of my uncle's friends because their eldest son was turning eighteen. They are cubans, so latino music was playing most of the time, I got to talk to some guys my age, which was nice and the food was delicious and abundant. I had fun and then when it was over, we walked back to the house and went straight to bed.<br />
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==Day #22 Back to HUA==<br />
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Monday May 29th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up pretty late, and worked on my journals for the weekend and on my first milestone. I think I am pretty much done with it, but tomorrow I will talk to the advisors and see what they think about it. I need to work hard on the second one this week to also have it done and start paining as soon as possible. I think I will have a lot of fun doing that. I came back to the flat at around and I bought tickets for the Secret Cinema, I will be going with Sofia on the 7th and I couldn't be more excited! We're children of the revolution, and my character is a poet, which is super cool. The theme is Moulin Rouge and as Sofia had not seen the movie, we started watching it before going to bed.<br />
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==Day #23 Walk, Concert & Milestone==<br />
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Tuesday May 30th 2017<br />
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Today Sofia and I woke up at eight and went for a walk, we found a lovely coffee shop that was full of books and we had breakfast there. Then we went to an Oxfam shop and bought out outfits for the Secret Cinema. It was very fun to shop there, they had really old things and it was really cheap too. After that we walked around and entered expensive shops that we obviously can't afford just to look at things we really want but can't have, quite sad right? After our session of self torture, we walked to St. Martin in the Fields and listened to a free lunchtime concert of classical music. It was fuller than I expected it to be, but still lovely. In Trafalgar Square there was a huge crowd of Nigerian people waving their flags and dancing to some music that was playing. It was a patriotic display in memory of Biafran martyrs. As we walked by the National Gallery I saw a sign of a library and we followed it and found a really nice place to work on our milestones where we could access and even borrow about 20 books at a time. We don't plan on taking them home though, because we both agree we are way more productive working elsewhere.<br />
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==Day #24 Milestone==<br />
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Wednesday May 31st 2017<br />
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Today it was not as productive as I would have wanted it to be in terms of progress within my milestone, however, I did my budget for this month and it is the first time I have ever done that so it was really cool. I felt like such a grownup and I realized I have spent a lot of money on food, which I partially regret. This is a great learning experience and it is getting me ready for next year when I will not be living in the dorms anymore. On our way to the meeting today, Sofia and I took the 55 bus to the opposite way and took us a little to realize so we got 25 minutes late to the meeting, which was not ideal. On our way back we shopped some groceries and made dinner. Then I finished some work for my first Milestone and replied to some emails before going to bed.<br />
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==Day #25 London Science Museum==<br />
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Thursday May 1st 2017<br />
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Woah, today was so much fun! Sofia and I woke up early and got ready for the day because we were going to the same place today. We met the rest of my team plus Sam at 9:30 and we started heading over to the [[London Science Museum]] As usual we split up as soon as we got there, but this time we were four; Sofia, Chris, Sam and I. We walked through the lower expositions and the things we saw there were amazing, Then I found some stairs and decided to go explore. The upper levels of the museum are like a gigantic free arcade. Instead of giving you pictures to look at and information to read, it is full of interactive screens and mini games, each with its own story set to teach the player the topics of each exhibition. It is genius! I loved it so much and we all spent quite a while just playing in the different floors of the museum. When ew were done, we went to the gift shop and it was as cool as any other exposition, however, the only purchase was an "astronauts ice cream" that the boys bought which was like an ice cream sandwich shaped cookie that dissolved in your mouth. <br />
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After our adventures in the museum, we went to the statue of Saint Augustin and decided to go to the nearest convenience store and have a picnic at the park. So we walked a couple of blocks through a very fancy neighborhood with really fancy cars parked outside until we got to a street with several restaurants and other stores. We bought two pizzas and some snacks and walked to Hyde park. The weather was so nice; sunny with a fresh breeze that made the trees dance. We ate and chatted for a bit and then we proceeded to explore the rest of the park. Our plan was to chill at the Princess Diana's memorial but when we got there it was full of little kids running around and playing in the water. So we sat in a cafe nearby and worked on our journals, articles and milestones. After that we walked to Harrods and explored the store again because Sofia and Sam had never been there before and I just love that place.It was fun to walk around that expensive store, plus, every time I go I feel like I discover a new room where I had not been before. This time it was the "millionaire's gallery" with all kinds of things framed and signed by famous people in politics, sports and art. It amazes me how much people are willing to pay for an autograph, it is insane. <br />
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When we left Harrods, we took the tube to the Piccadilly Circus and took some picture there, to me, it looks like a mini version of Broadway, smaller but just as crowded. Then, to complete our list of 50 things to do in London, we took the tube to Liverpool Street to go to a secret bar hidden behind a refrigerator door in a restaurant called "The Breakfast Club". We got there and Sofia told me "You do the talking" and a waiter came and asked me "What may I help you with today?" I glanced at the restaurant and it looked almost absolutely empty. "We sat to go to the bar" I said, then he looked at me with a puzzled face and said "What? excuse me what bar are you talking about?" and I said "the bar behind the that refrigerator". I don't know how he could keep a straight face but he didn't let us in until I said the name f the bar which appeared to be the password to enter. The name of the bar is "The Major of Scaredy Cat Town". When we went through the refrigerator and downstairs, the bar was completely packed. We ordered standing and then we were bitted at a table in the corner of the bar. We ate some wings and nachos and talked for a bit until we decided it was time to go back home. The day was amazing, from the science museum, to the picnic at the park, to Harrods, to the Piccadilly Circus, to the secret pub. It was full of fun and a lot of walking and I want more days like that.<br />
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==Day #26 The Wallace Collection==<br />
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Today was incredibly productive! I woke up at seven and finished my journal from yesterday and worked on my articles. Then I had breakfast, showered and met my team at 9:30 to go to [[The Wallace Collection]]. It was interesting to go there, we walked around for a while and then worked on journals and articles. Sofia and I worked together on all the West Galleries and West Rooms and some other rooms such as the Boudoir and gave proper format to the rest of the article. We did so many contributions to the wiki and we worked really fast because we did it together. Also we started talking to one of the ladies there in the museum and she told us the story of the place. It used to be a house where four generations of a very rich and renown family lived. Four males inherited the house with all the collections, however the last one has and illegitimate son who didn't get his last name. That man was Mr. Wallace who married a lovely lady but died childless. When his widow felt her time was near she made the proper arrangements to give the house and the collection to the British Nation under some conditions. The house must remain with all the original items of the collection and they shall not be mixed with any other collections, so the Museum will always remain the same and it shall be free of charge. Finally the collection was to be named under her husband's name and not under the other four generation's name. I thought it was a very interesting story and I'm glad she shared it with us. It is also almost unimaginable to thing that people lived in a house with so many rooms and such expensive items in each one of the rooms.<br />
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I still need to upload all the pictures I have from each day to my journals and do some of the background for my Milestone. After the Wallace Collection Sofia and I went to Baker St. and ate at Chipotle. Then we went to the library near [[The National Gallery]] and worked there for a few hours. I love that library, it is free and it is so quiet and the people that work there are so very nice, (unlike the lady that works in the British Library). However, every time I work on my Milestone's background time goes by so slowly and I get tired so quickly. It is hard, but I want this project to be something I can be proud of so I will work as hard as I am able to. After our work at the library, we walked to the Big Ben, to the London Eye, to St. Paul's and finally back to the flat and met the boys, then we walked together to a burger place and we had milkshakes and dined. <br />
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==Day #27 Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson==<br />
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Today I spent all my morning uploading pictures to my journals, hopefully not in vain... Also I proof read some of them and corrected some typos. Then I did my hair and makeup and Sofia and I planned the rest of the evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. I wouldn't recommend going there alone and a girl friend does not count. I had never been so cat called in my life, it was very uncomfortable and awkward but I guess that we were not in the prettiest area of London. However, it was early and the sun was out, so we were safe. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer.<br />
There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack. I got a lot of messages from friends asking about my wellbeing. Thank god everyone in the program is safe and sound. Takin out the terrorist attack it was a great day and a great night, tomorrow will be another mass and milestone day and honestly that is all I want to do. I need to work hard.<br />
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==Day #28 Mass & Milestone==<br />
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Sunday June 4th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up at 9 and started working on my Milestones, I am so behind it worries me, so Sofia and I schedules work times for this week so hopefully we will catch up with the schedule. This week we are going to Stonehenge and I couldn't be more excited. In the afternoon we went to mass, then had dinner in Nando's and went back to the flat. Then I video chatted with some friends and went straight to bed. I realized today that I have been eating terribly lately and it kinda shows, so I need to get on that as soon as possible.<br />
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==Day #29 Library & Meeting==<br />
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Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed.<br />
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==Day #30 Library & Shakespeare==<br />
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Tuesday June 6th 2017<br />
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Today Sofia woke me up at seven in the morning, and I took a long and nice shower and started working. I completed my journals and then did some research for my second Milestone because I have not finished it. Then at ten we headed to the Westminster Reference Library, however, we stopped at an Oxfam so Sofia could buy his outfit for the secret cinema. After that we bought some food for later at Salisbury. I bought curry chicken with rice and honestly just hoped for the best. Then as we walked to the library we saw an M&Ms World Store and Sofia asked if we could please go inside, so we did. I was kind of worried I was not going to have enough time to work but going into the store ended up inspiring us to choose color schemes for our paintings based on the combinations of colors in the M&Ms. So we took pictures and then we finally got to the library and worked there until itwe were hungry. I finished the part of the Milestone about Charles Dickens and felt really glad and relieved about it. Then we went to St. Martin in the Fields to use the toilets and eat. The curry chicken ended up being way more delicious than I expected. After that, we used the internet in St. Martin to load the map to the globe theatre and we headed out. on our way to the station, however, we made a few stops in a couple of stores and I bought a birthday present for Chris and a gift for my mother. Going to the Globe was probably the hardest thing we did today, yeah, harder than the Milestone... even harder than having to use public toilets! We had no clue how to get to the Thames river from St. Paul's, and we needed to cross it through the Millennial bridge to get to the Globe. Oh, and it was raining. When we finally found the way towards the Thames, we had to go through a really sketchy way under a tunnel and then realized that the stairs to go over the tunnel were closed because the walk way had fallen. So we had to keep walking parallel to the Thames for a while until we got to the bridge to the other side of the Globe. When we finally got to the entrance and got our backpacks checked, it took me like fifteen minutes to find my ticket... still under the rain. We had standing tickets, so we were supposed to watch the whole play standing in the rain, however, Sofia and I know better so we stood on the right side, under the roof where we were able to watch the scenario and stay perfectly dry. It was still pretty cold outside though, and the play was two hours long. <br />
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Now, about the actual play... It was not what I expected, not my style and not the most enjoyable version of Romeo and Juliet I have seen. After the play, however, the view while crossing the millennium bridge made me tear up. I felt so happy to be here. Grateful for all the things that had to happen for me to be here. Thinking about all the things that could have possibly gone wrong, even being here, and yet did not. Happy to appreciate the view; the people, the night, the stars, the breeze and the beautiful St. Paul's Cathedral that means so much for England and has now come to mean so much to me. So my major takeaway from today, rather than the play, was the walk back from it to the flat.<br />
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==Day #32 Stonehenge==<br />
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Woke up early, did my make up and got ready for the fantastic day ahead. I love to have the opportunity to visit a place so full of mystery and "magic". We were all worried to be late, because Professor Manzo said that whoever got there after 8:30 would be left behind and the rest would depart without him or her. Ironically, professor Manzo and Professor Constance were the last to arrive. The tour guide was really good and really funny. Also he made a good effort to remember all of our names so that definitely made the trip there way better. During the day we went to Stonehenge, Bath and Lockhart. I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==Day #33 Off to Scotland==<br />
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Friday June 7th 2017<br />
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I washed all my clothes and cleaned the mess that my room was. I also finished one of the paintings for my milestone and I'd say it turned out pretty well. I also got a new SIM card and now have 12 GB to use all around Europe for a month. I also went to print our train tickets, I wrote my journals and packed. Emily, Sofia and I left for the platform at ten and got there way before time. It was quite hard for me to sleep during the journey, but still I am very excited to be in Scotland. A new country to add to the list of "visited".<br />
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==Day #34 Edinburg==<br />
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Saturday June 7th 2017<br />
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Last night I almost couldn't sleep because of the train seats... they're so uncomfortable... I would wake up and change positions every couple of minutes because one of my limbs would go numb. Anyways, we are in Scotland!!! We got here at seven in the morning and we walked around through the gardens near the station and took pictures with "the important monument" which we later realized is in honor to Sir Walter Scott. Then we went to the hostal to leave my luggage and it seemed way better than the pictures online. Also, it was really cheap; it's name is Safe Stay and it is located near the Mile which is also absolutely convenient. The Mile is the Main Street in Edinburg and it is actually longer than a mile. We walked around and had breakfast in a great place. Sofia and Emily got waffles and I got a baguette, it was delicious and gave us energy to keep going. We went to a free tour and it was really interesting to know a little it of the history of ancient kings and queens which, just as in England, it was full of drama. The tour guide also talked about Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling. Turns out she got a lot of ideas from things that actually exist in Edinburg. Some names from the cemetery and the four houses from a school that is right next to the cemetery, that have the exact same colors as the houses from Hogwarts. Even the Quiddich stadium was inspired by a structure put right next to the Edinburg castle. When we got hungry it was really hard to find a place to eat, because Sofia is 17 and you have to show your ID before sitting at any pub in the city. You can't even just eat and drink nothing but water there, it is simply not allowed and they're very strict about it. After we ate , we went up the "important monument" and woah! there were not only a lot of stairs, but also they were extremely tight. The view was worth it though. We got to see all of the city and even the sea on one side and the mountains on the other. By the end of the day we hiked up to Calton Hill and had dinner there. We ought some fruit, sandwiches, juice and wine and watched the beautiful sunset from there. We also took lots and lots of pictures (of course) and then we walked back to the hostel. Sofia says that she wants to live in here someday, she is obsessed with the city and fingerling because of a series she watches named "Reign" that is set here.<br />
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==Day #35 Back to London==<br />
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Sunday June 8th 2017<br />
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Breakfast was good in a little local run y two young sisters. We hiked Arthur's seat, I was wearing a dress. It started raining and Scots are lazy and most stores were closed because it was Sunday. We walked around and couldn't get a mars bar. Then we went to the train station and on the way back to London I called my mom for most of he time. Looking outside the window was really pretty. When I got back I was really really tired and just wanted to go straight to bed. Sofia arrived two hours later because of problems with her ticket, and when she got here, she was just as tired as me.<br />
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==Day #36 Windsor Castle==<br />
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Monday June 9th 2017<br />
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We got there a bit late but it ended up working out perfectly because we saw the change of guards from the font row. We took lots of beautiful pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. Like WOAH!!! I stood over Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and I took a picture with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library.<br />
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<font color=" #4B 00 823 ">"A London Full of Colour"</font> is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that I choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. I have gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college. This project combines my favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message I wished to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination.<br />
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<font color=" # 99 32 CC ">'''Colourless London'''</font><br><br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to display London as it is and to capture through pictures emotions felt by the Londoners due to the weather. Pictures are taken from different perspectives and represent feelings of an average citizen.<br />
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In the course of two weeks, I researched the weather conditions in the United Kingdom, the origin of the deadly London fog and the relationship between people's emotions and weather conditions. This lead to the visual representation of my findings through a set of pictures taken on the city capturing the feelings talked about in the background. London looks like a majestic city and it's weather just adds to the mystery and enchantment of its beauty. However, people have had a different perspective than mine since centuries ago.<br />
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'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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'''Objective:''' The goal is to connect the emotions displayed in the pictures and the colors of the paintings in a creative way empathizing with the people walking by the site as a daily routine. The paintings and pictures are accompanied by a poem. <br />
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Just as Mathew Arnold said; "Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things". In this Milestone I explore the same reality from very different perspectives analyzing the lives of four of the most influential British Poets and one poem for each one of them. They all saw Britain grow and they grew with it as well, leaving a written proof of how each person is a master of their own destiny and how life is not about having, getting, and settling but about being, becoming and overcoming. These four authors that lived in very different times and lived in many places all through their lives show their personal view and chosen style through their work. We see through the writing of Mathew Arnold, Harry Baker, Richard Aldington and Don Patterson, different viewpoints about the weather and the sociopolitical situations that revolve around this the United Kingdom. What seems most interesting is the everlasting emotions displayed; everlasting in a way in which they are adopted again and again by newer generations as if the make choices and mistakes were made repeatedly throughout the ages. In this milestone it is possible to visualize the different perspectives of each author comparing them to each other and drawing your own conclusions.<br />
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The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the [[Calendar 2017]]. The pictures posted were taken by Kristy Giacoman, Chris Tillotson and Sofia Reyes.<br />
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==Day #1 Westminster Abbey & the Tower of London ==<br />
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Monday May 8th 2017<br />
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Today we started the day quite early because we had to meet at the Westminster Abbey for a Tour. It was really interesting to go inside and listen to such numerous and wonderful different stories, some known to me and some unknown. We heard about people like the almost saint, Edward the Confessor, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth I and her sister (bloody) Mary, and many more. However, my favorite story remained untold. As we entered the church, I saw the Scouts Movement flag next to the Girl Guides flag but we were in such a hurry that I could barely see what that was about. I then proceeded to ask our tour guide about it and he assumed that there was some kind of memorial to the scouts there but he did not know much about it. It was indeed in honor of [[Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell of Gilwell]] and Lady Olave Baden Powell.<br />
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After the Tour, we went to the Tower of London, a place full of stories that help us place ourselves in distant times in that same place. The Tower of London is home to the Crown Jewels, and has exhibitions that range from methods of torture to the King’s beasts. About the last one, I thought it was really interesting how when people saw animals like a lynx or an alligator, those seemed as bizarre to them as a unicorn and other mythical creatures. It was also majestic to thing about monkeys, lions and peacocks running around and sadly sometimes fighting for the king’s amusement.<br />
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When we exited the [[Tower of London]], Sofia and I took our time to admire the London Bridge and decided that we were going to go back later. Also, we could see “the egg” at a distance and I was thinking on maybe also painting it as well as part of my project. I think I will be painting the London Bridge, the egg, the Big Ben, the London Eye and the Tower of London. I think those sceneries are inspiring, meaningful and represent many ages of the history that London has lived. After that we went to [[The British Library]] where we worked on our journals and milestones for the meeting. Professor Constance gave me great ideas about my project and seemed to really like it, which motivated me. I didn't like how late our meeting was though, but that was because we were the last team. Also it seems odd that there are teams of six and teams of four like us. I really like my team though they are all very nice and kind. Christopher is really funny, we have inside jokes and we laugh about them all the time. Trinity is always smiling and she has such a pretty face, so kind and friendly. Finally Ben is so smart! It is amazing how much he knows about everything, definitely a good person to have a conversation with. I am excited for the days to come and to get to know them better.<br />
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==Day #2 St Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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Today we visited [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] and it was truly mesmerizing. We woke up at seven to get there before it was even open so we were basically the first people in. The cathedral is so gigantic and with so many details and commemorations of outstanding men and women in the history of England that it is impossible to not enjoy the visit. The dome has three different galleries, but unfortunately the two upper ones are not going to be open until about a month from now. When I was going up the stairs though, it felt like they were endless The gallery of whispers (the only one open) lets you see up closer the paintings about the life of [[St. Paul]]. That gallery receives its name because of an unintended characteristic of its architecture, when two people stand at opposite sides of the dome, if one whispers to the wall, the other person will hear it loud and clear. I liked that our tickets included a guided visit with headsets because as I walked through the tombs in the lower level, I was listening to the life stories of poets, writers, military men and religious men and women. What surprised me is that the architect of the church was buried in a very simple tomb in the lower level of the church and that is exactly how he intended it. It was almost as if he was saying, "if you are looking for my monument of commemoration just look around you". He designed and oversaw the construction of other 55 churches in London after the great fire, however, St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest accomplishment. I listen to every single one of te audios of stories, information and prayers and finished at about noon. Then I went with Ben and Christopher to the gardens of the church and after that we headed back home.<br />
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As soon as I got back to the apartment, I fell asleep in my bed, which was absolutely unintended and not very ideal because later that night I couldn't fall asleep until two in the morning. My best advise to future students that come is to be completely booked of exciting stuff to do the first week so you don't have time to take naps and at the same time you don't complain about it. When I woke up from my nap I went downstairs to the common room and cooked dinner with Sofia. It was the first time I ever made chicken all by myself, but I didn't tell anyone about it because I knew it couldn't be hard at all. Little did I know, because the kitchen is in the basement of the flat, it lacks of ventilation and the aspirator was not enough so the fire alarm ended up going off several times while we were cooking. The first time we evacuated the building, the second time we were about to and it just stoped. By the third time it started to go off we decided to implement an alternative method of solution (see picture). The turnout was actually delicious and everyone enjoyed the seasoned chicken with steamed vegetables with cheese. <br />
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==Day #3 Natural History Museum==<br />
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Wednesday May 10th 2017<br />
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Today I had a great time at the [[Natural History Museum]]. The museum had 5 zones where I saw expositions of very interesting things such as Volcanoes, earthquakes, insects, dinosaurs, birds, sea creatures and many more. It made me think of all the magnificent wonders our world encloses and that we don't have to travel far to unravel the great mysteries of life on earth. I realized that there is the same amount of work exploring little things as minerals and insects, as it is to explore huge things like dinosaurs and distant planets. I love nature, and it never stops to amaze me with its perfect mechanism. Everything is here for a reason and everything that happens comes as a result of something else, like an infinite chain reaction.<br />
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When my team and I felt like we were done, we split into two groups, half of us went back to the flats while Ben and I stayed sitting at a cafe in the library enjoying the free wifi and comfortable chairs. We stayed there because we thought it would be more convenient than paying to use the tube to go to the apartments and then for going to St. George's church for the afternoon meeting. This under the belief that St. George's church was a 45 minute walk from the natural history museum. We worked on our articles and milestones and I called my mom because today is Mother's Day in Mexico. At five we started walking to Aubrey's street. It was a loooong walk, but it was also in a pretty fancy neighborhood so I didn't mind it much. When we finally got there two minutes before six, I was exhausted and hungry. Exhausted because Ben is a really fast walker and I had to keep up and hungry because we skipped dinner. To our surprise nobody was there, and the church seemed closed and empty. Then Ben said "let's try the back door" and we sneaked to a private back little garden with pretty benches and all kinds of flowers in small pots. I sat down and Ben pulled his phone out and as he was looking though it he goes, "oh". We were in the wrong St. George's church. We were over an hour walk away from the right one and about 45 minutes by car. "We should tell professor Manzo" I said and he called him and said "we will be there in about half an hour, we will take the tube". We walked for a bit and went through about eight stops in the tube until we finally arrived to the one closest to the actual meeting place. The meeting was almost done and after it we all walked back to the flats to leave our stuff and find somewhere to eat. Sofia and I got lost looking for a specific restaurant we wanted to go and is was a bit scary but we finally found it and it was totally worth it. The irony is that it was 6 minutes away from our flats and it took us about half an hour walking to find it. Still worth it though, still worth it.<br />
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==Day #4 National Gallery==<br />
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Thursday May 11th 2017<br />
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Today we went to [[The National Gallery]] and I was pretty excited for it, but I did not like it at all. I love art but I did not know about the paintings nor the painters there so it was like watching a movie for the first time but with no sound; you can kinda guess what it is about, but it is hard to enjoy the experience. So I went through it, I saw the paintings, I read some info but I wish I had a tour guide like in [[Westminster Abbey]] or an audio set like in [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] because that would have definitely made the difference. After going through the expositions, I went with Trinity to a cafe in the lower level and had the best banana bread I have ever had, which made the visit a little bit more worth it. Then Sofia met me there at noon and we went outside to take pictures. There we saw Peter and Chris and we walked together to a Chipotle nearby. After eating lunch, we split again and as the boys headed back to the flats, Sofi and I walked towards the Buckingham Palace. We went to like three different parks and took over a thousand pictures. We saw people marching, riding horses, biking, playing with there pets and feeding squirrels, ducks, geese, pigeons and even swans. It was a beautiful afternoon and we had walked about six kilometers from the apartment when it started raining. We took the bus back which also works with the Oyster card and we cooked dinner again for everyone. This night's menu was lettuce wraps with grilled chicken and angel hair, avocados and almonds. It is Sofia's favorite food and I can totally see why. After that we cleaned up and we had an emergency meeting because apparently something happened with some students regarding drugs and alcohol so V.J and Constance reminded us about all the rules we are to follow to keep ourselves safe and sound.<br />
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==Day #5 British Museum==<br />
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Friday May 12th 2017<br />
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Today I went to the [[British Museum]] and I am amazed by how great their collection is. They have things of all ages and from all over the world. Chris commented on how as they conquered new territories, they would bring back treasures to offer to the king. I loved to be able to go through most of the exhibitions. We learned a lot about Ancient Rome and Greece and they even had an exposition room dedicated to ancient Mexican civilizations. We walked the museum as a team and I think that made it more fun. We complemented the exposition with fun facts each of us knew about our areas of interest.<br />
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I am very happy this week is done though... It was amazing but also very tiring to be walking all over the city and pay attention to all the wonderful places we visited everyday. To then go somewhere and write about everything in the journals and then the daily articles. This week I created an article about [[Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell of Gilwell]], [[St. Paul]], and I contributed to the existing articles of the [[British Museum]], [[The National Gallery]] and the [[Natural History Museum]] by adding sections to each one of them. This weekend I want to be able to work hard on my milestone background because doing a daily article left me no time to work hard on it. Hopefully this weekend will be enough to get it completely done and go take pictures to the sites to start painting as soon as possible. The supplies are here and I can't wait to start using them. Being able to see London as a non tourist is exciting and I love that I have the opportunity to analyze and represent the reality of London citizens from different perspectives through my project.<br />
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==Day #6 Vivaldi, Four Seasons==<br />
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Saturday May 13th 2017<br />
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Today I felt pretty tired. But I woke up at nine, showered, did my laundry, made some soup and started working on my milestone resources right away. I found really interesting information and I know exactly what I have to do, I just have to start summarizing and writing the information. I really like my project, which makes it less painful to write about it, despite how much I dislike writing papers. In the afternoon, around three, Sofia and I walked to Nandos to have lunch. I love Nandos. When I was twelve years old, I went to the University of Cambridge to study for a summer and I remember gong to Nandos every single day. I became friends with everyone that worked there and they gave me free food all the time. After lunch I walked to Bedford Pl to dink tea with Professor Constance and discuss the progress I had made this week regarding to my milestone and the articles and journal entries. She is a historian, very kind and interesting to talk to. We had a great conversation and she gave me a book to use as a major resource for my background of the first milestone.<br />
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I left Professor Constance's flat around seven and took a bus to Trafalgar Square. I went there to listen to a concert in St. Martin in the Fields Church. It was Vivaldi, Four Seasons by Candlelight. It was a lovely presentation of the Festive Orchestra of London directed by Catherine Manson and with Miki Takahashi in the violin. The music made me think on a lot of things. It was almost as if the melodies guided my thoughts. The ups and downs, the emphasis, the solos and the unions of all the individual melodies that together formed that masterpiece was an amazing experience. Sometimes the music was slow and peaceful and when you least expected it, it “exploded” and turned fast and almost chaotic, but still beautiful. It was almost an allegory to life itself. How life is a masterpiece with its ups and down and moments of peace and moments of chaos. How life, is just as enjoyable in all those situations and it is also a collaborative work between different melodies that represent every aspect of what makes us be the way we are. How, in that same way, sometime we may lean more towards one of these aspects, letting it playing a solo, but we shall always come back to the rest because that makes our lives more exciting. Some pieces in the performance were full of melancholy and some even brought me to tears. It is amazing how art can touch our innermost fibers and how specifically music is able to make our souls vibrate to the sound of its instruments. I very much enjoyed this concert, and though because of it I had to go back home alone at night, I am very happy I went.<br />
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==Day #7 Mass & Milestones==<br />
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Sunday May 14th 2017<br />
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Today I got up, showered and went to mass to St. Peter's Church. It was nice, I like that it is so close to our flats and then they offer many services on Sundays. Then I went for a walk with Sofia, we went through a path where we had never been before through a residential area. All the Apartments looked the same from the outside, it was almost copy paste and I say almost because they all differed in one thing. All the doors were of different and very bright colors. It was lovely. When we got hungry, we had lunch in a Pret a Manger, resisting the temptation of Five Guys that was just across the street. After that we went to a Starbucks and worked on our Milestone 1, which is due tomorrow. <br />
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==Day #8 Museum of London==<br />
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Monday May 15th 2017<br />
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Today we met at 9:25am to walk to the [[Museum of London]], which took us less than expected and we arrived 12 minutes early. We ended up spending those 12 minutes and perhaps a couple more deciphering a small monument at the entrance of the museum, where the "s" where "f" or sometimes integral signs but with some exceptions. It was quite interesting, the monument was simulating to be a piece of paper with something written on it. It was a script written by [[John Wesley]], the founder of the Methodist Movement. We split as soon as we entered the museum; Ben went with Trinity and I went with Chris. It took us a little bit over an hour to of through it all and overall I think it is really interesting how a city has so much history revolving around it to fill the entirety of a museum. London has gone through such different ages, ideologies and rulers, always being one of the worlds most powerful and influential economies, that it is understandable how it has come to be today such an extraordinary place to visit and to live in. By the end of the museum there is a question the instantly popped into my mind, which is, what's next? How does the present contributes and what does the future hold for the marvelous city? Going through the exhibitions made me appreciate more being here, where so many great mind have contributed to science, music, philosophy, writing, architecture and man other disciplines.<br />
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After the museum Chris and I had lunch in a pub that is about five minutes away from our flats, we had a very nice conversation about politics, ideologies and contemporary controversies. It was great and I think we spent more time there talking than at the museum, which is funny. After that we went to my flat and worked on our individual journals and article entries for a couple of hours. Then we walked to the British Library and worked some more before our meeting with the professors. I told them about going to the concert on Saturday and they were very excited about it. On the walk back, Ben was telling Trinity and I his daily schedule... he wakes up at six every morning and starts being productive, no wonder why he is almost done with the milestone work. When I got home, I told everyone about it and we have an inside joke now... "be the Ben you wanna see in the world". So tonight I will try to go to bed early and wake up early tomorrow to work on my milestone, we'll see how it goes. <br />
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==Day #9 Wicked==<br />
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Tuesday May 16th 2017<br />
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I did it! I went to bed at ten last night and woke up at seven this morning. I had breakfast and started working on my milestone. Sofia and Katherine did the same so the inside joke ended up being a good source of inspiration after all... Today my team had no museums to visit so it was a lot of working on the milestone and doing some research on the places that I will visit this week. I also did some exercise when I felt sleepy and it really did wake me up. I've been reading a lot from the two books I have and I find it really interesting how people dealt with living in the worst times for London. When diseases were spreading and they knew very little about how to treat them, when everything was filthy and fog was so dense mortality rates went up and still, people went on with their lives. They lived, progressed, grew, did art, did music, fell in love, worked hard and prospered to what it has become today. It really is the best time to be alive... and not because we have no problems, but because we are aware of them and people are acting. We are able to learn from the past and improve our future. It was overall a very productive morning, I was very happy today.<br />
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As I didn't have any museum visits today, I bought tickets with Sofia to go to watch Wicked at seven thirty in the afternoon, but the theatre was quite far so we left the flats at five thirty and got there forty-five minutes prior to the start of the performance to pick up our tickets. After that we had dinner at a Pret a Manger and I bought a meal for a homeless man that was there. I am amazed by the indifference of some people when another person asks just for food. I understand that I can't feed all the homeless in London, but it takes less from me than what it means to some of them to be able to eat that one meal I give up for them. The play was fun, we really enjoyed it, I feel it was that kind of thing that is just as enjoyable for kids as it is for adults. There was a phrase that really made me think, "The truth isn't a thing of fact or reason. It is simply what everyone agrees on". This has been an issue since the beginning of time. What we call "true" or "fact" is as unstable as any belief. What is the truth? Is there even a truth? What I may believe to be true may not actually be the truth for someone else. And what was called "the truth" year ago is not accurate today. Though this was not the main message of the play, it stood up to me. I have been trying to better myself, lately more than ever. I've been trying to not take things to heart, because the only one affected is me. This quote was like a reassurance of the same message; to not take things too seriously or get carried away by the social rules. Things are what they are and they... happen. it is on us to assign a value to them and if we are wise enough we shall do so to our advantage. <br />
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==Day #10 Tate Bitain==<br />
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Wednesday May 17th 2017<br />
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Last night I arrived a bit late from the play, so I couldn't go to bed at the time I wanted to. Consequently, today I woke up at eight, took a shower and started heading out with my team to [[Tate Britain]]. We took the Tube because it was over an hour walk, however, when we got there we split up again, Trinity with Ben and Chris and I. This time it happened because we got distracted with the building of the National Security Agency that appears in all the James Bond movies. So we crossed the bridge, we took pictures and I took some shots from the Big Ben and the London Eye. We also walked beneath the bridge and we realized that the little tunnel is just like a scene in the Harry Potter movies, it was fun. It was raining, so after the pictures we walked to the museum. Chris and I had a lot of fun today, we definitely laughed a lot going through the expositions. Then I started joking around and he took some pictures of me in the museum. Some of those pictures came out really cool, others are just hilarious and I'm just glad we didn't get kicked out for being silly. <br />
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After the museum we walked to the London Eye and I took some pictures of the parliament and the Big Ben from the other side of the river. On our way there we found a bright orange rose growing in the top of the wall that decided the riverwalk from the street. I couldn't take a good shot of it because the wall was to high, so we kept walking. Later we saw a crack in the wall and Chris climbed it and went back to take pictures of the rose. It was beautiful to see that spot of color growing in the adversity of such a gray day. It got to a point where I gave up on holding my umbrella and we just walked in the rain. It was not too bad though. It is a nice rain that you can barely feel, you only realize it when you're completely wet. My shoes are gross though... and that is not ideal. We took the Tube to the station near our flat and on the walk there we had lunch in a street market. It took us longer to decide where to eat that what it took us to eat our food. <br />
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When we were done eating we went back to our flats. The ret of the day was pretty chill, I contributed to the article of the museum with a new section and read a little more of the book "The London Fog". Then I called my mom for about two hours and after that kept doing my article. When I felt like I was done I did some exercise and danced in my room. Sofia laughs at me when I do this, but it relaxes me to be silly, so I do it. I really enjoy talking to her, she is easy to open to and I believe we have a lot in common. We are Aplha Phi sisters, Latinas, smart, fun and hard working at the same time. Last night we had an awesome conversation and we had a lot of fun just in general. I am happy to have the chance to get to know her better this term because we will be living in the same house next year. So far, I've had a lot of fun with her, we also cook for each other and keep track of each other's locations when we're not together. We even got matching lunch boxes for ourselves. When I moved to the US one of the things that I missed the most is the kind of friendships I used to have back at home. American culture is so different, friendships are so awkward and even superficial at times. Latino culture places a lot of value in friendship, my mom always told me that friends are the family you get to choose for yourself and in a family everyone takes care of each other. My day ends by writing this article, it is already ten thirty and I can't believe how fast the day went by. It was a good day though, I felt really happy.<br />
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==Day #11 Victoria & Albert Museum==<br />
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Thursday May 18th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up and went to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], I woke up relatively late so I did not eat anything at all. We took the tube on our way there and then had to make a huge line because, as usual, we got there before the museum was open. We went inside, walked around a bit and did not really enjoy it to be honest. Chris and I got tired pretty quickly so we took some pictures and notes for the articles and left. I told him I needed to go to Harrods to take some pictures for my milestone and he was down so we did. Harrods was just a couple of blocks away in the same street. We went inside and it was just a lot, since the second you step in, it feels like you walk into a movie, or a book. It feels unreal, everything is so luxurious, so expensive, and they sell everything you could possibly want. From a tomato to chocolate with gold, or really expensive clothing, or home decor, or sportswear; they even have a Disney store in there. The store has six floors full of things that an average human would have to sell a kidney to afford, still, it was full of costumers. We spent more time there than what we spent in the museum. We explored the store and admired the articles sold there. It was almost like looking at an exposition because some things were so different, so unique. I wonder how the lives of people that were buying there are, I wonder if their worries are the same as mine. I wonder if I will ever be able to become one of them. I wonder if most of them worked for what they have or just inherited the fortune. There was a sign in one of the top floors that said “Just spend 300 pounds and…”. What?! I don’t even remember the end of the sentence. I want to be able to do that someday, to be like “Oh yeah JUST 300 pounds” like an everyday thing. The main stairs in Harrods have an Egyptian art theme and cost 20 million pounds. Also, the decoration in the store changes with the seasons, it is like a modern art display that is never the same. I ended up buying some Adidas sneakers for my sister because I know she has been wanting a pair for a long time, and my parents only let me buy one pair because of how expensive they were, so I got them for her. We took the tube on the way back and then had lunch at EAT, which was just like a Pret a Manger.<br />
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The rest of the day was pretty boring and I felt really tired. We had a meeting at six at the church so we headed out at around five thirty and started walking there. It was raining, which was not ideal, I wish the weekly meetings could be on my flat. I wouldn't mind and I think everyone else would appreciate it. But well, honestly it being in the church is not that bad either. The meeting was tense at times, or at least that is how we felt it. I think most of us are doing a pretty good job and I am personally really proud of those who are passionate about their projects and find a meaning to it beyond getting an A. I can't believe tomorrow is Friday, week two is almost over.. what?! No! it can't be! it feels like we just got here, we are just so busy all the time that days go by too fast.<br />
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==Day #12 Tate Modern==<br />
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Friday May 19th 2017<br />
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Woah! So much happened today! I went to Tate Modern and on our way there it started raining. I’ve come to the conclusion that I need new sneakers for myself, because London rain has destroyed my blue converse. Also, Ben and Trinity walk so fast! Hahahaha or maybe I am just really slow and Chris feels bad for me… Anyways, the walk there was very nice in spite of the rain. I took pictures in the way there and we walked under the bridge on our way to Tate. The building looks like a former boat garage according to Chris. The expositions were really engaging, full of meaning and full of feeling. I saw one in which the artist built a map by making a collage of pictures taken in London, and then did the same with the city of San Francisco, California. It looked like so much work but it was so amazing too! I loved how they had interactive expositions, in which the way you enjoy the piece depends on you too and not only on the artist. For example, Chris built a tower with some wooden blocks and then destroyed it on top of a castle that was built by someone else, we recorded it at it was really fun. Another exposition I loved was one that involved 40 speakers each one with a recording of a single person singing and all together (in a circle), made one of the choral melodies of Thomas Tallis. I love his music and sometimes I listen to it while doing work, so this exposition was exquisite for me. After we felt we were done we went to the tenth floor of the building to get a magnificent view of the city. Chris commented on how amazing it was to see how far the city expands in all directions from [[Tate Modern]], we took some pictures of each other and bought some bread with chocolate inside and ate it up there. In the gift shop I bought three books; “How to walk”, “How to relax” and “How to love”, hopefully to expand my wisdom and reflect a little during the weekend. Since Sofia is leaving me tonight to go to France to visit a friend and Chris’s mom and sister are coming to visit this weekend I will be pretty lonely. So I might go to a park or a garden and read my books, perhaps drink some tea. I just want enjoy being in London and not think of all the work I have to do for a couple of hours. I feel like I need it, which is why tonight I will not go to bed until I’m done with my to do list.<br />
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When we went outside from Tate I was a bunch of giant bubbles floating around and I went running to them. It was so beautiful to see them floating above the Thames and all around the people walking by. Also, there was a boy singing and playing some covers of Ed Sheeran on his guitar. He was really good, and quite good looking as well. Consequently, there were a lot of teenage girls around him enjoying his music and the bubbles. When Chris caught up to where I was he commented on the demographics of the people attracted to the boy and I told him it was just because us girls appreciate more talent; we both laughed. I felt once again, extremely fortunate to be in London. I am in love with this city, so obsessed with the people, the atmosphere, even the rain, I think it is wonderful and I sing and dance on the streets all the time. After enjoying a few songs, we walked to Borough market, such a colorful, busy place. I got a taste of every single free sample offered to me and was not hungry by lunch time at all. Chris was pretty hungry though, so we bought some fish and chips from the place that is supposed to sell the best fish and chips in the whole country, according to some award. However, Chris and I agreed on that they were pretty average. On our way back I took great pictures of the Tower Bridge from the London Bridge. We also went to St. Paul’s Cathedral and passed through the gardens, the roses there are not only gorgeous, but also smell wonderful. I had never in my life smelled anything similar to those roses. After that we entered some shops just to wander around and Chris ended up being some fake mustaches. As a personal social experiment, we put them on and walked through the streets of London with the mustaches on. The reactions of people were priceless! They could not help but smiling at us and you could tell some people tried to resist it but couldn’t. One man that was on a suit walking on the street just bursted laughing as soon as he saw us, his laugh made my day, and I’m sure we made his. Also some homeless people laughed at us and a woman in a wheelchair told us, “nice look, I like it” and smiled. Then a short, robust man that was frowning while crossing the street, couldn’t help smiling back as he passed us by. Even the construction workers that are making the building near the flats enjoyed our look. It was so great! I should do it more often, it is such an easy way to make people smile, and who doest need some silliness in their lives every once in a while. <br />
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When we got back to the flats, I started working on some stuff and called my mom, while Sofia was packing. Then we went to a shop nearby to buy some food. Sofia was really hungry and wanted to show me a gourmet pasta shop so she made me accompany her wearing my pajama shorts, my alpha phi sweater, my flip flops and my hair in a messy bun. I had never gone anywhere caring less on my looks. The guy that was on the counter of the store was really nice though, he was an old Italian man and after we bought our supplies he gave us two huge slices of chocolate cake for free. We came back home, cooked the pasta with a delicious sauce and ham that we also bought on the shop. It was the best dinner I have had here so far. Today was a great day, again, I am really happy.<br />
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==Day #13 Work Work Work==<br />
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Saturday May 20th 2017<br />
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I worked on my Milestone all day. I just really want to be done with it as soon as possible. I enjoy my topic but I don't like spending my days just working on this in the flat. I am in London and I would like to be wandering around more and having fun in places I want to go to. Instead, I am always working on my Milestone, and still I always feel like I am behind on schedule. I think of things I could be doing to have fun here but I always stop my train of thought to go back to work. I feel that the things that I have done to just have fun like going to parks, walking around the city, going to concerts and to plays are things I can't afford to do without sacrificing working time and consequently falling behind on schedule. Don't get me wrong, I am immensely happy to be in London, I just would like to have some more time to enjoy of the city without having to write an article about it.<br />
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==Day #14 Mass, Milestone & LSO==<br />
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Sunday May 21th 2017<br />
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Same activity as last Sunday, same feeling as yesterday... I just need to find a way of putting the pictures from my camera to my computer and upload them to the wiki to be done with my Milestone 1. I feel relieved, more than actually happy. Still not ready to start all over again by doing Milestone 2. In the afternoon Mary and I walked to Trafalgar Square to listen to the Open Air BMW Concert of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and honestly did not expect it to be as crowded as it was. Still, it was beautiful. The music so perfectly performed and with such precision and strength. Also it was a very beautiful sunny day today. Who doesn't enjoy of a free concert with such a nice climate. When we got there, we passed the first filter but not the second one so we had to limit ourselves to watch the performance through a screen with a los of other people. Soon after us they didn't let anyone else into that area anyways so it could have been worse. In the screen they kept focusing the pianist who played with a lot of passion every single one of the pieces; he moved and shook and turn red at times, always very focused in the piano. I love that this is posible here, to come to a free concert of the London Symphony Orchestra and that so many people are interested to attend. As a fun fact, the LSO has recorded the music for The Danish Girl, four of the Harry Potter movies, Superman and six of the original Star Wars movies. For this concert, they performed music of the composer Sergei Rachmaninov, whose hands were so big that they could stretch across 13 white notes on the piano (the average span is nine). The event was estimated for ten thousand people to attend and it was sponsored by BMW and the presenter announced that their goal was to bring classical music to the hearts of the people of London. It was not only for the classical music lovers but also for people that were listening it for the very first time. I thought that was a fantastic idea, I could see people of all ages there, I saw families, young couples, old couples, groups of friends and people that just went to enjoy the concert by themselves. There was a little boy dancing to the music with his brother that honestly made my day. I also saw people tearing, maybe recalling some memories with the music. It was fun to look at how each person enjoyed the music in a different way. I listened to most of the concert by myself and honestly I think I would have liked to have someone to share it with, someone that's could have enjoyed it as much as I did. <br />
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I did not like this concert as much as I likes Vivaldi though. That one felt more personal, as if the performers were playing just for me. I am really happy to be able to listen to more than just sound when I listen to music. I feel privileged to be touched and that some melodies evoke the most vivid emotions in me. I feel it as a complete experience, as such a magnificent way of expression, something that not only "not everyone can do" but also something that not everyone is able to appreciate. And it is such a shame, I feel bad for those that don't let themselves enjoy the journey of a good classical music concert. Anyways, when it was over Mary and I walked back home and made ourselves some dinner. At night I received really bad news from back home and it was impossible for me to be done with what I wanted to be done with for the day. However I am just really grateful for the friends I have and how willing they are to support me in rough times. Claire, Sebastian and Andre made my day and I love them. They made me realize that I'm not alone and how important their friendships are for me. Also that sometimes, you don't even ask for anything and people are just placed in the right place at the right time. Love might come from where you least expect it, but it will always come when you need it. I love how much I've been learning this summer, inside and outside of the London HUA Program.<br />
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==Day #15 Imperial War Museum==<br />
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Monday May 22th 2017<br />
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Officially so tired of Museums... hahahaha I don't know where to store more information about the history of the United Kingdom. I think I have received more information about historical events these past two weeks that I have in all of my school years. Today I woke up and did my makeup! For no particular reason, I just wanted to look pretty today. I went with my team to the [[Imperial War Museum]] (IWM) and we got there a little bit late because Chris thought is was somewhere it wasn't. He took us near the Churchill's War Rooms, the positive side of it is that we got to see a reversal of the National Guard from afar. I asked a policeman that was near and he explained that they are rehearsing for the parade that happens each year on the queen's birthday, which is the first week of June. Now I am really excited for that to happen. It will surely be quite an experience. We walked from there to the IWM and I think it is amazing how many artifacts are preserved in that place. There are enough to fill the five IWM that are in the UK, three of which are at London. After we were done walking through the exhibitions, Chris and I sat in the cafe and contributed on the Imperial War Museum article on the wiki. I wrote about the Model of the Royal Navy Battleship HMS Hercules that is displayed on level 0 in the World War I Galleries. It was a great thing for sure, so much engineering everywhere. There were signs everywhere about "Fighting for Peace" and it just made me think about the irony contained in that phrase.<br />
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After that I went back to the flat by myself to meet Sofia there, we went to have lunch at Nando's and then we made a list of 50 things to do before this term is over. We are both really excited about it and we'll meet later to schedule our activities so we have enough time for doing our activities, the museums, the articles, the meetings, the journals and the milestones. It will not be easy but I will not sacrifice neither my quality work nor the opportunity of being in London with a friend. Good thing I have this activity journal so if anyone wants to follow the list, they have an easy way of doing so.<br />
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==Day #16 Horniman Museum and Gardens==<br />
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Tuesday May 23th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up to a lot of missed calls of my friends from back home because they heard of the bombing in the Ariana Grande Concert in Manchester and they were worried about me. 19 people died and there are about 56 injured from a suicide bomber terrorist attack. Terrorist attacks are so scary, so sporadic, so random. There is no way to prepare for it or way to avoid it, you're kinda just living your life until it hits you. But anyways, back to the activity; it was such a long way to the [[Horniman Museum]] and Gardens. We took two busses and in both we sat at the top front of it. I love the double deckers. They let me see the city as if I was looking at a show, from a different level, a different perspective. When we got there we saw an exhibition of directed animals and, woah, nature is so amazing. After that we went outside and Chris and I wandered around the beautiful gardens and we saw a great variety of birds and bugs and we climbed trees and ran through the fields and we also saw some rams, sheep, goats and alpacas. It was a beautiful day too, perfect day to spend out in the gardens. There are some spots where you can see the whole city and the view is worth admiring. The place was also packed with little kids and I love how happy they looked, they were laughing and running around and sob were we. After that, Chris and I went to the cafeteria and ate some brownies, muffins and ice cream while we were doing our articles in our laptops. Then we took the bus back and we had a really nice conversation on the way back, which was a long way.<br />
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The second Milestone's outline is due today and mine is almost done but Sofia just told me she wants us to do it together so I might start my third one first and leave the second one for the end. Which not only means I am kind of behind but it all means I ned to start writing poetry and I will just say it has been a while. I love poetry but it is not easy for me to share what I write. As you can see if you've been reading my journals, I tend to get really personal in my writing. It is hard for me to limit myself when I write and I also know that some of my ideas differ from other people's ideas. It is certainly going to be an interesting thing. I want to keep very present the reason why I am doing this though. I did not choose this project because it was going to be easy or to get a good grade at it but I chose it because of what I want it to mean to me and maybe for other people too. Each one of us has the power to live the lives we want for ourselves, and it is on us to make the best of the time God gives us to be here and to help others do the same. So I want this project to be a reminder of that, that no matter what I go through in life, I can always love a colorful reality if I decide so.<br />
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==Day #17 Hampton Court Palace==<br />
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Wednesday May 24th 2017<br />
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The way to our destination was a little longer than what we expected it to, well, at least it was for Sofia, Chris and I. It all started when almost arriving at Farringdon Station I asked Chris, "You bought your ticket right?". At first I thought he was joking but then he started running back to the flat... I couldn't leave him so Sofia and I stayed and waited for me as the others boarded the train to [[Hampton Court Palace]]. When he came back, Sofia was guiding us and we boarded a train she told us to. Little did we know that train was on its way to Bedford and took us way south. When we realized we went down a a station that was an hour away from our destination. Then Chris took the lead and we changed platform to talk to one of the workers if the train that was about to leave was the one we should take. But the worker ignored us and blew his whistle as he signaled "all clear" to another worker. Then the train started beeping and Chris ran through the door, without even thinking about it I jumped in after him having the train's doors closing behind me and in front of Sofia. The train ws starting to move away from the station and away from her... "Oh my god" was all I was saying as Chris was calming me down. As I later talked to her through the phone she told us that the worker had told her that we were not in the right train. "Its ok, we'll go down in the next stop and figure it out from there"..... What?! The next stop was to the other side of the Thames, Blackfriars Station which was the one right before Farringdon. Long story short it took us another hour to get to Hampton Court Palace from Blackfriars Bridge. It was quite an adventure, quite a story to tell. <br />
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Hampton Court Palace was beautiful, mesmerizing, lovely. I know quite a few facts about King Henry VIII so I very much enjoyed the "museum" side of that place. Very interesting and intriguing story, once you start to pay attention to the history about the Tudors it is impossible not to, as Professor Constance would say "Drown in Tudor waters". But my favorite part of that place were definitely the gardens. We took lots of lovely pictures there and I am in love with every single one of them. We had a lot of fun despite our little inconvenience at the beginning and also because of it, e were the last to leave. Right before that, we ran through the gardens, lay by the shade of the trees, had lunch in the palace, smelled the perfume of the rose garden, saw ducks, geese, swans and deer and ran through the maze of the castle. <br />
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On our back we were all falling asleep and trying to keep each other away with jokes and anecdotes. We decided to go directly to the station nearest to the church where we meet each week. It was still too soon though, so we started a quest to find somewhere with wifi where we could work on our articles of the day. It was harder than we expected, because Starbuck, which was the only place with wifi, was full and then all the other cafes and restaurants did not have wifi for the costumers, which was annoying. We ended up in a Pret a Manger getting wifi from (I think) a hotel nearby. This week's meeting was very short and efficient, with a lot of good vibe from everyone, the only thing is that nobody commented nor asked questions about each other's projects. I like to think that is because maybe now we talk more to each other so we already know what the others are doing and how it is going. <br />
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==Day #18 Museum of London Docklands==<br />
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Thursday May 25th 2017<br />
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Honestly this was the best planned museum of the week. The [[Museum of London Docklands]] is set in such a creative way and it has costumes for you to wear in almost each exposition and also fun activities to do like painting and building things. Alright, maybe all those cool things were actually meant for kids but I will just say it was the best part of the museum for me. I love having fun as a little kid, and being silly and laugh and smile and making strangers laugh at my silliness. The museum was amazing, but I feel like every museum I go to it just becomes more and more difficult for me to enjoy the next ones. It is so much information already!!! Bt there is no greater gift than knowledge and wisdom, so even though I may feel a bit tired, I a mostly grateful. Today I was really happy, I was joking around and singing and dancing all the way to the museum and back. People often tell me I am "extra" and honestly I take that description with pride. I love being called extra, because that is exactly what I strive to do in every way. I want to put an extra effort, do more, help more, love more, laugh more, enjoy more, in general I want to live more. After the museum, Chris and I met Sofia at Nando's and we had a lovely lunch together. After that we went back to the flat and I worked on my article as Sofia packed for the weekend. I will visit some family friends at Bedford but I'm leaving until tomorrow. I will have time to go to other countries once the term is over and I see my parents and little sister. I miss them so much, specially my little sister, she is a little spark of joy in my life. She has always been and I am very inspired by her and her wisdom, despite her young age. <br />
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==Day #19 Bedford==<br />
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Friday May 26th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up pretty late, at eleven o clock, and got dressed. The flat was so quiet, almost everyone was already gone. Actually, I thought I was all by myself until I went down to make myself something to eat. Nicole told me that she was going to stay in the flat all through the weekend. After I ate, I packed and listened to some music, some Ted talks and some poetry. At four thirty I walked to St. Pancras International Station and it look me way less than I thought. I am glad I walked because in the way there I saw two car accidents and a huge traffic jam. When I got there I bought my ticket and went to Starbucks to wait for my uncle to arrive. He works in London and goes back to Bedford every day, so I met him on the station and the my aunt picked us up when we arrived. They had a barbecue in their house and invited some friends, the food was good and the people were really nice. We had a great time, telling jokes and anecdotes and playing some cricket. Later, when it was darker, we made a fire and we sat around it. <br />
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==Day #20 Cambridge==<br />
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Saturday May 27th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up and went to Cambridge. I studied English there when I was thirteen years old, I stayed there for two months by myself. Still today I think that was one one of the best summer experiences I've had in my life. I learned so much and grew so much, I feel it was more than an academic growth, an eye opener. It was the first time I got the chance to interact with people from all over the world, all in one place, same age. Going back there today felt nice, I ate in Nando's and then walk around in the market and the stores. For dinner I made pasta and garlic bread for everyone and it was really delicious.<br />
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==Day #21 Mass & BBQ==<br />
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Sunday May 28th 2017<br />
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I woke up early today to go to mass at eight and I realized that the church almost only had very old people going to mass. After that, I came back, had breakfast, changed into sportswear and went for a walk around Bedford. It was such a nice walk, the sun was out and there was a fresh wind blowing. I walked by the river for a while and saw a lot of beautiful swans and ducks, lots of them. When I came back I took a long and nice shower and got dressed because we were going to a barbecue at the house of my uncle's friends because their eldest son was turning eighteen. They are cubans, so latino music was playing most of the time, I got to talk to some guys my age, which was nice and the food was delicious and abundant. I had fun and then when it was over, we walked back to the house and went straight to bed.<br />
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==Day #22 Back to HUA==<br />
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Monday May 29th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up pretty late, and worked on my journals for the weekend and on my first milestone. I think I am pretty much done with it, but tomorrow I will talk to the advisors and see what they think about it. I need to work hard on the second one this week to also have it done and start paining as soon as possible. I think I will have a lot of fun doing that. I came back to the flat at around and I bought tickets for the Secret Cinema, I will be going with Sofia on the 7th and I couldn't be more excited! We're children of the revolution, and my character is a poet, which is super cool. The theme is Moulin Rouge and as Sofia had not seen the movie, we started watching it before going to bed.<br />
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==Day #23 Walk, Concert & Milestone==<br />
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Tuesday May 30th 2017<br />
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Today Sofia and I woke up at eight and went for a walk, we found a lovely coffee shop that was full of books and we had breakfast there. Then we went to an Oxfam shop and bought out outfits for the Secret Cinema. It was very fun to shop there, they had really old things and it was really cheap too. After that we walked around and entered expensive shops that we obviously can't afford just to look at things we really want but can't have, quite sad right? After our session of self torture, we walked to St. Martin in the Fields and listened to a free lunchtime concert of classical music. It was fuller than I expected it to be, but still lovely. In Trafalgar Square there was a huge crowd of Nigerian people waving their flags and dancing to some music that was playing. It was a patriotic display in memory of Biafran martyrs. As we walked by the National Gallery I saw a sign of a library and we followed it and found a really nice place to work on our milestones where we could access and even borrow about 20 books at a time. We don't plan on taking them home though, because we both agree we are way more productive working elsewhere.<br />
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==Day #24 Milestone==<br />
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Wednesday May 31st 2017<br />
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Today it was not as productive as I would have wanted it to be in terms of progress within my milestone, however, I did my budget for this month and it is the first time I have ever done that so it was really cool. I felt like such a grownup and I realized I have spent a lot of money on food, which I partially regret. This is a great learning experience and it is getting me ready for next year when I will not be living in the dorms anymore. On our way to the meeting today, Sofia and I took the 55 bus to the opposite way and took us a little to realize so we got 25 minutes late to the meeting, which was not ideal. On our way back we shopped some groceries and made dinner. Then I finished some work for my first Milestone and replied to some emails before going to bed.<br />
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==Day #25 London Science Museum==<br />
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Thursday May 1st 2017<br />
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Woah, today was so much fun! Sofia and I woke up early and got ready for the day because we were going to the same place today. We met the rest of my team plus Sam at 9:30 and we started heading over to the [[London Science Museum]] As usual we split up as soon as we got there, but this time we were four; Sofia, Chris, Sam and I. We walked through the lower expositions and the things we saw there were amazing, Then I found some stairs and decided to go explore. The upper levels of the museum are like a gigantic free arcade. Instead of giving you pictures to look at and information to read, it is full of interactive screens and mini games, each with its own story set to teach the player the topics of each exhibition. It is genius! I loved it so much and we all spent quite a while just playing in the different floors of the museum. When ew were done, we went to the gift shop and it was as cool as any other exposition, however, the only purchase was an "astronauts ice cream" that the boys bought which was like an ice cream sandwich shaped cookie that dissolved in your mouth. <br />
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After our adventures in the museum, we went to the statue of Saint Augustin and decided to go to the nearest convenience store and have a picnic at the park. So we walked a couple of blocks through a very fancy neighborhood with really fancy cars parked outside until we got to a street with several restaurants and other stores. We bought two pizzas and some snacks and walked to Hyde park. The weather was so nice; sunny with a fresh breeze that made the trees dance. We ate and chatted for a bit and then we proceeded to explore the rest of the park. Our plan was to chill at the Princess Diana's memorial but when we got there it was full of little kids running around and playing in the water. So we sat in a cafe nearby and worked on our journals, articles and milestones. After that we walked to Harrods and explored the store again because Sofia and Sam had never been there before and I just love that place.It was fun to walk around that expensive store, plus, every time I go I feel like I discover a new room where I had not been before. This time it was the "millionaire's gallery" with all kinds of things framed and signed by famous people in politics, sports and art. It amazes me how much people are willing to pay for an autograph, it is insane. <br />
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When we left Harrods, we took the tube to the Piccadilly Circus and took some picture there, to me, it looks like a mini version of Broadway, smaller but just as crowded. Then, to complete our list of 50 things to do in London, we took the tube to Liverpool Street to go to a secret bar hidden behind a refrigerator door in a restaurant called "The Breakfast Club". We got there and Sofia told me "You do the talking" and a waiter came and asked me "What may I help you with today?" I glanced at the restaurant and it looked almost absolutely empty. "We sat to go to the bar" I said, then he looked at me with a puzzled face and said "What? excuse me what bar are you talking about?" and I said "the bar behind the that refrigerator". I don't know how he could keep a straight face but he didn't let us in until I said the name f the bar which appeared to be the password to enter. The name of the bar is "The Major of Scaredy Cat Town". When we went through the refrigerator and downstairs, the bar was completely packed. We ordered standing and then we were bitted at a table in the corner of the bar. We ate some wings and nachos and talked for a bit until we decided it was time to go back home. The day was amazing, from the science museum, to the picnic at the park, to Harrods, to the Piccadilly Circus, to the secret pub. It was full of fun and a lot of walking and I want more days like that.<br />
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==Day #26 The Wallace Collection==<br />
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Friday June 2nd 2017<br />
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Today was incredibly productive! I woke up at seven and finished my journal from yesterday and worked on my articles. Then I had breakfast, showered and met my team at 9:30 to go to [[The Wallace Collection]]. It was interesting to go there, we walked around for a while and then worked on journals and articles. Sofia and I worked together on all the West Galleries and West Rooms and some other rooms such as the Boudoir and gave proper format to the rest of the article. We did so many contributions to the wiki and we worked really fast because we did it together. Also we started talking to one of the ladies there in the museum and she told us the story of the place. It used to be a house where four generations of a very rich and renown family lived. Four males inherited the house with all the collections, however the last one has and illegitimate son who didn't get his last name. That man was Mr. Wallace who married a lovely lady but died childless. When his widow felt her time was near she made the proper arrangements to give the house and the collection to the British Nation under some conditions. The house must remain with all the original items of the collection and they shall not be mixed with any other collections, so the Museum will always remain the same and it shall be free of charge. Finally the collection was to be named under her husband's name and not under the other four generation's name. I thought it was a very interesting story and I'm glad she shared it with us. It is also almost unimaginable to thing that people lived in a house with so many rooms and such expensive items in each one of the rooms.<br />
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I still need to upload all the pictures I have from each day to my journals and do some of the background for my Milestone. After the Wallace Collection Sofia and I went to Baker St. and ate at Chipotle. Then we went to the library near [[The National Gallery]] and worked there for a few hours. I love that library, it is free and it is so quiet and the people that work there are so very nice, (unlike the lady that works in the British Library). However, every time I work on my Milestone's background time goes by so slowly and I get tired so quickly. It is hard, but I want this project to be something I can be proud of so I will work as hard as I am able to. After our work at the library, we walked to the Big Ben, to the London Eye, to St. Paul's and finally back to the flat and met the boys, then we walked together to a burger place and we had milkshakes and dined. <br />
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==Day #27 Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson==<br />
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Saturday June 3rd 2017<br />
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Today I spent all my morning uploading pictures to my journals, hopefully not in vain... Also I proof read some of them and corrected some typos. Then I did my hair and makeup and Sofia and I planned the rest of the evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. I wouldn't recommend going there alone and a girl friend does not count. I had never been so cat called in my life, it was very uncomfortable and awkward but I guess that we were not in the prettiest area of London. However, it was early and the sun was out, so we were safe. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer.<br />
There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack. I got a lot of messages from friends asking about my wellbeing. Thank god everyone in the program is safe and sound. Takin out the terrorist attack it was a great day and a great night, tomorrow will be another mass and milestone day and honestly that is all I want to do. I need to work hard.<br />
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==Day #28 Mass & Milestone==<br />
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Today I woke up at 9 and started working on my Milestones, I am so behind it worries me, so Sofia and I schedules work times for this week so hopefully we will catch up with the schedule. This week we are going to Stonehenge and I couldn't be more excited. In the afternoon we went to mass, then had dinner in Nando's and went back to the flat. Then I video chatted with some friends and went straight to bed. I realized today that I have been eating terribly lately and it kinda shows, so I need to get on that as soon as possible.<br />
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==Day #29 Library & Meeting==<br />
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Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed.<br />
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==Day #30 Library & Shakespeare==<br />
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Tuesday June 6th 2017<br />
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Today Sofia woke me up at seven in the morning, and I took a long and nice shower and started working. I completed my journals and then did some research for my second Milestone because I have not finished it. Then at ten we headed to the Westminster Reference Library, however, we stopped at an Oxfam so Sofia could buy his outfit for the secret cinema. After that we bought some food for later at Salisbury. I bought curry chicken with rice and honestly just hoped for the best. Then as we walked to the library we saw an M&Ms World Store and Sofia asked if we could please go inside, so we did. I was kind of worried I was not going to have enough time to work but going into the store ended up inspiring us to choose color schemes for our paintings based on the combinations of colors in the M&Ms. So we took pictures and then we finally got to the library and worked there until itwe were hungry. I finished the part of the Milestone about Charles Dickens and felt really glad and relieved about it. Then we went to St. Martin in the Fields to use the toilets and eat. The curry chicken ended up being way more delicious than I expected. After that, we used the internet in St. Martin to load the map to the globe theatre and we headed out. on our way to the station, however, we made a few stops in a couple of stores and I bought a birthday present for Chris and a gift for my mother. Going to the Globe was probably the hardest thing we did today, yeah, harder than the Milestone... even harder than having to use public toilets! We had no clue how to get to the Thames river from St. Paul's, and we needed to cross it through the Millennial bridge to get to the Globe. Oh, and it was raining. When we finally found the way towards the Thames, we had to go through a really sketchy way under a tunnel and then realized that the stairs to go over the tunnel were closed because the walk way had fallen. So we had to keep walking parallel to the Thames for a while until we got to the bridge to the other side of the Globe. When we finally got to the entrance and got our backpacks checked, it took me like fifteen minutes to find my ticket... still under the rain. We had standing tickets, so we were supposed to watch the whole play standing in the rain, however, Sofia and I know better so we stood on the right side, under the roof where we were able to watch the scenario and stay perfectly dry. It was still pretty cold outside though, and the play was two hours long. <br />
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Now, about the actual play... It was not what I expected, not my style and not the most enjoyable version of Romeo and Juliet I have seen. After the play, however, the view while crossing the millennium bridge made me tear up. I felt so happy to be here. Grateful for all the things that had to happen for me to be here. Thinking about all the things that could have possibly gone wrong, even being here, and yet did not. Happy to appreciate the view; the people, the night, the stars, the breeze and the beautiful St. Paul's Cathedral that means so much for England and has now come to mean so much to me. So my major takeaway from today, rather than the play, was the walk back from it to the flat.<br />
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==Day #32 Stonehenge==<br />
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Woke up early, did my make up and got ready for the fantastic day ahead. I love to have the opportunity to visit a place so full of mystery and "magic". We were all worried to be late, because Professor Manzo said that whoever got there after 8:30 would be left behind and the rest would depart without him or her. Ironically, professor Manzo and Professor Constance were the last to arrive. The tour guide was really good and really funny. Also he made a good effort to remember all of our names so that definitely made the trip there way better. During the day we went to Stonehenge, Bath and Lockhart. I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==Day #33 Off to Scotland==<br />
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Friday June 7th 2017<br />
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I washed all my clothes and cleaned the mess that my room was. I also finished one of the paintings for my milestone and I'd say it turned out pretty well. I also got a new SIM card and now have 12 GB to use all around Europe for a month. I also went to print our train tickets, I wrote my journals and packed. Emily, Sofia and I left for the platform at ten and got there way before time. It was quite hard for me to sleep during the journey, but still I am very excited to be in Scotland. A new country to add to the list of "visited".<br />
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==Day #34 Edinburg==<br />
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Saturday June 7th 2017<br />
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Last night I almost couldn't sleep because of the train seats... they're so uncomfortable... I would wake up and change positions every couple of minutes because one of my limbs would go numb. Anyways, we are in Scotland!!! We got here at seven in the morning and we walked around through the gardens near the station and took pictures with "the important monument" which we later realized is in honor to Sir Walter Scott. Then we went to the hostal to leave my luggage and it seemed way better than the pictures online. Also, it was really cheap; it's name is Safe Stay and it is located near the Mile which is also absolutely convenient. The Mile is the Main Street in Edinburg and it is actually longer than a mile. We walked around and had breakfast in a great place. Sofia and Emily got waffles and I got a baguette, it was delicious and gave us energy to keep going. We went to a free tour and it was really interesting to know a little it of the history of ancient kings and queens which, just as in England, it was full of drama. The tour guide also talked about Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling. Turns out she got a lot of ideas from things that actually exist in Edinburg. Some names from the cemetery and the four houses from a school that is right next to the cemetery, that have the exact same colors as the houses from Hogwarts. Even the Quiddich stadium was inspired by a structure put right next to the Edinburg castle. When we got hungry it was really hard to find a place to eat, because Sofia is 17 and you have to show your ID before sitting at any pub in the city. You can't even just eat and drink nothing but water there, it is simply not allowed and they're very strict about it. After we ate , we went up the "important monument" and woah! there were not only a lot of stairs, but also they were extremely tight. The view was worth it though. We got to see all of the city and even the sea on one side and the mountains on the other. By the end of the day we hiked up to Calton Hill and had dinner there. We ought some fruit, sandwiches, juice and wine and watched the beautiful sunset from there. We also took lots and lots of pictures (of course) and then we walked back to the hostel. Sofia says that she wants to live in here someday, she is obsessed with the city and fingerling because of a series she watches named "Reign" that is set here.<br />
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==Day #35 Back to London==<br />
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Sunday June 8th 2017<br />
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Breakfast was good in a little local run y two young sisters. We hiked Arthur's seat, I was wearing a dress. It started raining and Scots are lazy and most stores were closed because it was Sunday. We walked around and couldn't get a mars bar. Then we went to the train station and on the way back to London I called my mom for most of he time. Looking outside the window was really pretty. When I got back I was really really tired and just wanted to go straight to bed. Sofia arrived two hours later because of problems with her ticket, and when she got here, she was just as tired as me.<br />
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==Day #36 Windsor Castle==<br />
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Monday June 9th 2017<br />
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We got there a bit late but it ended up working out perfectly because we saw the change of guards from the font row. We took lots of beautiful pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. Like WOAH!!! I stood over Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and I took a picture with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library.<br />
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=Overview=<br />
<font color=" #FF1493 ">"A London Full of Colour"</font> is a project that aims to portray a different reality of the daily life of London citizens. By picturing different scenarios in their reality comparing them to the reality that I choose for each one of them, the audience is able to admire the beauty and uniqueness of the city from a different perspective. I have gone to international poetry competitions and taken painting and photography courses before arriving to college. This project combines my favorite forms of expression through art and hopefully brightens the days of the viewers. The main message I wished to convey is that every single one of us chooses the reality they want to live in, meaning that the same place could be seen as a prison for our souls or a wonderland for our imagination.<br />
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<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Colourless London'''</font><br><br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to display London as it is and to capture through pictures emotions felt by the Londoners due to the weather. Pictures are taken from different perspectives and represent feelings of an average citizen.<br />
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In the course of two weeks, I researched the weather conditions in the United Kingdom, the origin of the deadly London fog and the relationship between people's emotions and weather conditions. This lead to the visual representation of my findings through a set of pictures taken on the city capturing the feelings talked about in the background. London looks like a majestic city and it's weather just adds to the mystery and enchantment of its beauty. However, people have had a different perspective than mine since centuries ago.<br />
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<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Adding Pigment'''</font><br><br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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'''Objective:''' The goal is to connect the emotions displayed in the pictures and the colors of the paintings in a creative way empathizing with the people walking by the site as a daily routine. The paintings and pictures are accompanied by a poem. <br />
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Just as Mathew Arnold said; "Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things". In this Milestone I explore the same reality from very different perspectives analyzing the lives of four of the most influential British Poets and one poem for each one of them. They all saw Britain grow and they grew with it as well, leaving a written proof of how each person is a master of their own destiny and how life is not about having, getting, and settling but about being, becoming and overcoming. These four authors that lived in very different times and lived in many places all through their lives show their personal view and chosen style through their work. We see through the writing of Mathew Arnold, Harry Baker, Richard Aldington and Don Patterson, different viewpoints about the weather and the sociopolitical situations that revolve around this the United Kingdom. What seems most interesting is the everlasting emotions displayed; everlasting in a way in which they are adopted again and again by newer generations as if the make choices and mistakes were made repeatedly throughout the ages. In this milestone it is possible to visualize the different perspectives of each author comparing them to each other and drawing your own conclusions.<br />
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=Activity Journal=<br />
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The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the [[Calendar 2017]]. The pictures posted were taken by Kristy Giacoman, Chris Tillotson and Sofia Reyes.<br />
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==Day #1 Westminster Abbey & the Tower of London ==<br />
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Monday May 8th 2017<br />
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Today we started the day quite early because we had to meet at the Westminster Abbey for a Tour. It was really interesting to go inside and listen to such numerous and wonderful different stories, some known to me and some unknown. We heard about people like the almost saint, Edward the Confessor, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth I and her sister (bloody) Mary, and many more. However, my favorite story remained untold. As we entered the church, I saw the Scouts Movement flag next to the Girl Guides flag but we were in such a hurry that I could barely see what that was about. I then proceeded to ask our tour guide about it and he assumed that there was some kind of memorial to the scouts there but he did not know much about it. It was indeed in honor of [[Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell of Gilwell]] and Lady Olave Baden Powell.<br />
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After the Tour, we went to the Tower of London, a place full of stories that help us place ourselves in distant times in that same place. The Tower of London is home to the Crown Jewels, and has exhibitions that range from methods of torture to the King’s beasts. About the last one, I thought it was really interesting how when people saw animals like a lynx or an alligator, those seemed as bizarre to them as a unicorn and other mythical creatures. It was also majestic to thing about monkeys, lions and peacocks running around and sadly sometimes fighting for the king’s amusement.<br />
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When we exited the [[Tower of London]], Sofia and I took our time to admire the London Bridge and decided that we were going to go back later. Also, we could see “the egg” at a distance and I was thinking on maybe also painting it as well as part of my project. I think I will be painting the London Bridge, the egg, the Big Ben, the London Eye and the Tower of London. I think those sceneries are inspiring, meaningful and represent many ages of the history that London has lived. After that we went to [[The British Library]] where we worked on our journals and milestones for the meeting. Professor Constance gave me great ideas about my project and seemed to really like it, which motivated me. I didn't like how late our meeting was though, but that was because we were the last team. Also it seems odd that there are teams of six and teams of four like us. I really like my team though they are all very nice and kind. Christopher is really funny, we have inside jokes and we laugh about them all the time. Trinity is always smiling and she has such a pretty face, so kind and friendly. Finally Ben is so smart! It is amazing how much he knows about everything, definitely a good person to have a conversation with. I am excited for the days to come and to get to know them better.<br />
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==Day #2 St Paul's Cathedral==<br />
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Tuesday May 9th 2017<br />
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Today we visited [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] and it was truly mesmerizing. We woke up at seven to get there before it was even open so we were basically the first people in. The cathedral is so gigantic and with so many details and commemorations of outstanding men and women in the history of England that it is impossible to not enjoy the visit. The dome has three different galleries, but unfortunately the two upper ones are not going to be open until about a month from now. When I was going up the stairs though, it felt like they were endless The gallery of whispers (the only one open) lets you see up closer the paintings about the life of [[St. Paul]]. That gallery receives its name because of an unintended characteristic of its architecture, when two people stand at opposite sides of the dome, if one whispers to the wall, the other person will hear it loud and clear. I liked that our tickets included a guided visit with headsets because as I walked through the tombs in the lower level, I was listening to the life stories of poets, writers, military men and religious men and women. What surprised me is that the architect of the church was buried in a very simple tomb in the lower level of the church and that is exactly how he intended it. It was almost as if he was saying, "if you are looking for my monument of commemoration just look around you". He designed and oversaw the construction of other 55 churches in London after the great fire, however, St. Paul's Cathedral was his biggest accomplishment. I listen to every single one of te audios of stories, information and prayers and finished at about noon. Then I went with Ben and Christopher to the gardens of the church and after that we headed back home.<br />
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As soon as I got back to the apartment, I fell asleep in my bed, which was absolutely unintended and not very ideal because later that night I couldn't fall asleep until two in the morning. My best advise to future students that come is to be completely booked of exciting stuff to do the first week so you don't have time to take naps and at the same time you don't complain about it. When I woke up from my nap I went downstairs to the common room and cooked dinner with Sofia. It was the first time I ever made chicken all by myself, but I didn't tell anyone about it because I knew it couldn't be hard at all. Little did I know, because the kitchen is in the basement of the flat, it lacks of ventilation and the aspirator was not enough so the fire alarm ended up going off several times while we were cooking. The first time we evacuated the building, the second time we were about to and it just stoped. By the third time it started to go off we decided to implement an alternative method of solution (see picture). The turnout was actually delicious and everyone enjoyed the seasoned chicken with steamed vegetables with cheese. <br />
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==Day #3 Natural History Museum==<br />
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Today I had a great time at the [[Natural History Museum]]. The museum had 5 zones where I saw expositions of very interesting things such as Volcanoes, earthquakes, insects, dinosaurs, birds, sea creatures and many more. It made me think of all the magnificent wonders our world encloses and that we don't have to travel far to unravel the great mysteries of life on earth. I realized that there is the same amount of work exploring little things as minerals and insects, as it is to explore huge things like dinosaurs and distant planets. I love nature, and it never stops to amaze me with its perfect mechanism. Everything is here for a reason and everything that happens comes as a result of something else, like an infinite chain reaction.<br />
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When my team and I felt like we were done, we split into two groups, half of us went back to the flats while Ben and I stayed sitting at a cafe in the library enjoying the free wifi and comfortable chairs. We stayed there because we thought it would be more convenient than paying to use the tube to go to the apartments and then for going to St. George's church for the afternoon meeting. This under the belief that St. George's church was a 45 minute walk from the natural history museum. We worked on our articles and milestones and I called my mom because today is Mother's Day in Mexico. At five we started walking to Aubrey's street. It was a loooong walk, but it was also in a pretty fancy neighborhood so I didn't mind it much. When we finally got there two minutes before six, I was exhausted and hungry. Exhausted because Ben is a really fast walker and I had to keep up and hungry because we skipped dinner. To our surprise nobody was there, and the church seemed closed and empty. Then Ben said "let's try the back door" and we sneaked to a private back little garden with pretty benches and all kinds of flowers in small pots. I sat down and Ben pulled his phone out and as he was looking though it he goes, "oh". We were in the wrong St. George's church. We were over an hour walk away from the right one and about 45 minutes by car. "We should tell professor Manzo" I said and he called him and said "we will be there in about half an hour, we will take the tube". We walked for a bit and went through about eight stops in the tube until we finally arrived to the one closest to the actual meeting place. The meeting was almost done and after it we all walked back to the flats to leave our stuff and find somewhere to eat. Sofia and I got lost looking for a specific restaurant we wanted to go and is was a bit scary but we finally found it and it was totally worth it. The irony is that it was 6 minutes away from our flats and it took us about half an hour walking to find it. Still worth it though, still worth it.<br />
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==Day #4 National Gallery==<br />
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Thursday May 11th 2017<br />
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Today we went to [[The National Gallery]] and I was pretty excited for it, but I did not like it at all. I love art but I did not know about the paintings nor the painters there so it was like watching a movie for the first time but with no sound; you can kinda guess what it is about, but it is hard to enjoy the experience. So I went through it, I saw the paintings, I read some info but I wish I had a tour guide like in [[Westminster Abbey]] or an audio set like in [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] because that would have definitely made the difference. After going through the expositions, I went with Trinity to a cafe in the lower level and had the best banana bread I have ever had, which made the visit a little bit more worth it. Then Sofia met me there at noon and we went outside to take pictures. There we saw Peter and Chris and we walked together to a Chipotle nearby. After eating lunch, we split again and as the boys headed back to the flats, Sofi and I walked towards the Buckingham Palace. We went to like three different parks and took over a thousand pictures. We saw people marching, riding horses, biking, playing with there pets and feeding squirrels, ducks, geese, pigeons and even swans. It was a beautiful afternoon and we had walked about six kilometers from the apartment when it started raining. We took the bus back which also works with the Oyster card and we cooked dinner again for everyone. This night's menu was lettuce wraps with grilled chicken and angel hair, avocados and almonds. It is Sofia's favorite food and I can totally see why. After that we cleaned up and we had an emergency meeting because apparently something happened with some students regarding drugs and alcohol so V.J and Constance reminded us about all the rules we are to follow to keep ourselves safe and sound.<br />
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It was so hard to fall asleep though because someone was having a karaoke night with songs like "This is me" from Camp Rock and "Push it" from Jump in and of course the whole High School Musical and Hannah Montana repertoire. It was so annoying, they were not even good singers and were probably pretty drunk, but oh well, it can't all be beautiful right? I hope to get good sleep during the weekend, because these past days have been rough and we have so much writing to do that breaks and naps are not a thing.<br />
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==Day #5 British Museum==<br />
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Friday May 12th 2017<br />
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Today I went to the [[British Museum]] and I am amazed by how great their collection is. They have things of all ages and from all over the world. Chris commented on how as they conquered new territories, they would bring back treasures to offer to the king. I loved to be able to go through most of the exhibitions. We learned a lot about Ancient Rome and Greece and they even had an exposition room dedicated to ancient Mexican civilizations. We walked the museum as a team and I think that made it more fun. We complemented the exposition with fun facts each of us knew about our areas of interest.<br />
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I am very happy this week is done though... It was amazing but also very tiring to be walking all over the city and pay attention to all the wonderful places we visited everyday. To then go somewhere and write about everything in the journals and then the daily articles. This week I created an article about [[Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell of Gilwell]], [[St. Paul]], and I contributed to the existing articles of the [[British Museum]], [[The National Gallery]] and the [[Natural History Museum]] by adding sections to each one of them. This weekend I want to be able to work hard on my milestone background because doing a daily article left me no time to work hard on it. Hopefully this weekend will be enough to get it completely done and go take pictures to the sites to start painting as soon as possible. The supplies are here and I can't wait to start using them. Being able to see London as a non tourist is exciting and I love that I have the opportunity to analyze and represent the reality of London citizens from different perspectives through my project.<br />
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==Day #6 Vivaldi, Four Seasons==<br />
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Saturday May 13th 2017<br />
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Today I felt pretty tired. But I woke up at nine, showered, did my laundry, made some soup and started working on my milestone resources right away. I found really interesting information and I know exactly what I have to do, I just have to start summarizing and writing the information. I really like my project, which makes it less painful to write about it, despite how much I dislike writing papers. In the afternoon, around three, Sofia and I walked to Nandos to have lunch. I love Nandos. When I was twelve years old, I went to the University of Cambridge to study for a summer and I remember gong to Nandos every single day. I became friends with everyone that worked there and they gave me free food all the time. After lunch I walked to Bedford Pl to dink tea with Professor Constance and discuss the progress I had made this week regarding to my milestone and the articles and journal entries. She is a historian, very kind and interesting to talk to. We had a great conversation and she gave me a book to use as a major resource for my background of the first milestone.<br />
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I left Professor Constance's flat around seven and took a bus to Trafalgar Square. I went there to listen to a concert in St. Martin in the Fields Church. It was Vivaldi, Four Seasons by Candlelight. It was a lovely presentation of the Festive Orchestra of London directed by Catherine Manson and with Miki Takahashi in the violin. The music made me think on a lot of things. It was almost as if the melodies guided my thoughts. The ups and downs, the emphasis, the solos and the unions of all the individual melodies that together formed that masterpiece was an amazing experience. Sometimes the music was slow and peaceful and when you least expected it, it “exploded” and turned fast and almost chaotic, but still beautiful. It was almost an allegory to life itself. How life is a masterpiece with its ups and down and moments of peace and moments of chaos. How life, is just as enjoyable in all those situations and it is also a collaborative work between different melodies that represent every aspect of what makes us be the way we are. How, in that same way, sometime we may lean more towards one of these aspects, letting it playing a solo, but we shall always come back to the rest because that makes our lives more exciting. Some pieces in the performance were full of melancholy and some even brought me to tears. It is amazing how art can touch our innermost fibers and how specifically music is able to make our souls vibrate to the sound of its instruments. I very much enjoyed this concert, and though because of it I had to go back home alone at night, I am very happy I went.<br />
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==Day #7 Mass & Milestones==<br />
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Sunday May 14th 2017<br />
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Today I got up, showered and went to mass to St. Peter's Church. It was nice, I like that it is so close to our flats and then they offer many services on Sundays. Then I went for a walk with Sofia, we went through a path where we had never been before through a residential area. All the Apartments looked the same from the outside, it was almost copy paste and I say almost because they all differed in one thing. All the doors were of different and very bright colors. It was lovely. When we got hungry, we had lunch in a Pret a Manger, resisting the temptation of Five Guys that was just across the street. After that we went to a Starbucks and worked on our Milestone 1, which is due tomorrow. <br />
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==Day #8 Museum of London==<br />
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Monday May 15th 2017<br />
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Today we met at 9:25am to walk to the [[Museum of London]], which took us less than expected and we arrived 12 minutes early. We ended up spending those 12 minutes and perhaps a couple more deciphering a small monument at the entrance of the museum, where the "s" where "f" or sometimes integral signs but with some exceptions. It was quite interesting, the monument was simulating to be a piece of paper with something written on it. It was a script written by [[John Wesley]], the founder of the Methodist Movement. We split as soon as we entered the museum; Ben went with Trinity and I went with Chris. It took us a little bit over an hour to of through it all and overall I think it is really interesting how a city has so much history revolving around it to fill the entirety of a museum. London has gone through such different ages, ideologies and rulers, always being one of the worlds most powerful and influential economies, that it is understandable how it has come to be today such an extraordinary place to visit and to live in. By the end of the museum there is a question the instantly popped into my mind, which is, what's next? How does the present contributes and what does the future hold for the marvelous city? Going through the exhibitions made me appreciate more being here, where so many great mind have contributed to science, music, philosophy, writing, architecture and man other disciplines.<br />
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After the museum Chris and I had lunch in a pub that is about five minutes away from our flats, we had a very nice conversation about politics, ideologies and contemporary controversies. It was great and I think we spent more time there talking than at the museum, which is funny. After that we went to my flat and worked on our individual journals and article entries for a couple of hours. Then we walked to the British Library and worked some more before our meeting with the professors. I told them about going to the concert on Saturday and they were very excited about it. On the walk back, Ben was telling Trinity and I his daily schedule... he wakes up at six every morning and starts being productive, no wonder why he is almost done with the milestone work. When I got home, I told everyone about it and we have an inside joke now... "be the Ben you wanna see in the world". So tonight I will try to go to bed early and wake up early tomorrow to work on my milestone, we'll see how it goes. <br />
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==Day #9 Wicked==<br />
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Tuesday May 16th 2017<br />
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I did it! I went to bed at ten last night and woke up at seven this morning. I had breakfast and started working on my milestone. Sofia and Katherine did the same so the inside joke ended up being a good source of inspiration after all... Today my team had no museums to visit so it was a lot of working on the milestone and doing some research on the places that I will visit this week. I also did some exercise when I felt sleepy and it really did wake me up. I've been reading a lot from the two books I have and I find it really interesting how people dealt with living in the worst times for London. When diseases were spreading and they knew very little about how to treat them, when everything was filthy and fog was so dense mortality rates went up and still, people went on with their lives. They lived, progressed, grew, did art, did music, fell in love, worked hard and prospered to what it has become today. It really is the best time to be alive... and not because we have no problems, but because we are aware of them and people are acting. We are able to learn from the past and improve our future. It was overall a very productive morning, I was very happy today.<br />
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As I didn't have any museum visits today, I bought tickets with Sofia to go to watch Wicked at seven thirty in the afternoon, but the theatre was quite far so we left the flats at five thirty and got there forty-five minutes prior to the start of the performance to pick up our tickets. After that we had dinner at a Pret a Manger and I bought a meal for a homeless man that was there. I am amazed by the indifference of some people when another person asks just for food. I understand that I can't feed all the homeless in London, but it takes less from me than what it means to some of them to be able to eat that one meal I give up for them. The play was fun, we really enjoyed it, I feel it was that kind of thing that is just as enjoyable for kids as it is for adults. There was a phrase that really made me think, "The truth isn't a thing of fact or reason. It is simply what everyone agrees on". This has been an issue since the beginning of time. What we call "true" or "fact" is as unstable as any belief. What is the truth? Is there even a truth? What I may believe to be true may not actually be the truth for someone else. And what was called "the truth" year ago is not accurate today. Though this was not the main message of the play, it stood up to me. I have been trying to better myself, lately more than ever. I've been trying to not take things to heart, because the only one affected is me. This quote was like a reassurance of the same message; to not take things too seriously or get carried away by the social rules. Things are what they are and they... happen. it is on us to assign a value to them and if we are wise enough we shall do so to our advantage. <br />
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==Day #10 Tate Bitain==<br />
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Wednesday May 17th 2017<br />
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Last night I arrived a bit late from the play, so I couldn't go to bed at the time I wanted to. Consequently, today I woke up at eight, took a shower and started heading out with my team to [[Tate Britain]]. We took the Tube because it was over an hour walk, however, when we got there we split up again, Trinity with Ben and Chris and I. This time it happened because we got distracted with the building of the National Security Agency that appears in all the James Bond movies. So we crossed the bridge, we took pictures and I took some shots from the Big Ben and the London Eye. We also walked beneath the bridge and we realized that the little tunnel is just like a scene in the Harry Potter movies, it was fun. It was raining, so after the pictures we walked to the museum. Chris and I had a lot of fun today, we definitely laughed a lot going through the expositions. Then I started joking around and he took some pictures of me in the museum. Some of those pictures came out really cool, others are just hilarious and I'm just glad we didn't get kicked out for being silly. <br />
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After the museum we walked to the London Eye and I took some pictures of the parliament and the Big Ben from the other side of the river. On our way there we found a bright orange rose growing in the top of the wall that decided the riverwalk from the street. I couldn't take a good shot of it because the wall was to high, so we kept walking. Later we saw a crack in the wall and Chris climbed it and went back to take pictures of the rose. It was beautiful to see that spot of color growing in the adversity of such a gray day. It got to a point where I gave up on holding my umbrella and we just walked in the rain. It was not too bad though. It is a nice rain that you can barely feel, you only realize it when you're completely wet. My shoes are gross though... and that is not ideal. We took the Tube to the station near our flat and on the walk there we had lunch in a street market. It took us longer to decide where to eat that what it took us to eat our food. <br />
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When we were done eating we went back to our flats. The ret of the day was pretty chill, I contributed to the article of the museum with a new section and read a little more of the book "The London Fog". Then I called my mom for about two hours and after that kept doing my article. When I felt like I was done I did some exercise and danced in my room. Sofia laughs at me when I do this, but it relaxes me to be silly, so I do it. I really enjoy talking to her, she is easy to open to and I believe we have a lot in common. We are Aplha Phi sisters, Latinas, smart, fun and hard working at the same time. Last night we had an awesome conversation and we had a lot of fun just in general. I am happy to have the chance to get to know her better this term because we will be living in the same house next year. So far, I've had a lot of fun with her, we also cook for each other and keep track of each other's locations when we're not together. We even got matching lunch boxes for ourselves. When I moved to the US one of the things that I missed the most is the kind of friendships I used to have back at home. American culture is so different, friendships are so awkward and even superficial at times. Latino culture places a lot of value in friendship, my mom always told me that friends are the family you get to choose for yourself and in a family everyone takes care of each other. My day ends by writing this article, it is already ten thirty and I can't believe how fast the day went by. It was a good day though, I felt really happy.<br />
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==Day #11 Victoria & Albert Museum==<br />
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Thursday May 18th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up and went to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], I woke up relatively late so I did not eat anything at all. We took the tube on our way there and then had to make a huge line because, as usual, we got there before the museum was open. We went inside, walked around a bit and did not really enjoy it to be honest. Chris and I got tired pretty quickly so we took some pictures and notes for the articles and left. I told him I needed to go to Harrods to take some pictures for my milestone and he was down so we did. Harrods was just a couple of blocks away in the same street. We went inside and it was just a lot, since the second you step in, it feels like you walk into a movie, or a book. It feels unreal, everything is so luxurious, so expensive, and they sell everything you could possibly want. From a tomato to chocolate with gold, or really expensive clothing, or home decor, or sportswear; they even have a Disney store in there. The store has six floors full of things that an average human would have to sell a kidney to afford, still, it was full of costumers. We spent more time there than what we spent in the museum. We explored the store and admired the articles sold there. It was almost like looking at an exposition because some things were so different, so unique. I wonder how the lives of people that were buying there are, I wonder if their worries are the same as mine. I wonder if I will ever be able to become one of them. I wonder if most of them worked for what they have or just inherited the fortune. There was a sign in one of the top floors that said “Just spend 300 pounds and…”. What?! I don’t even remember the end of the sentence. I want to be able to do that someday, to be like “Oh yeah JUST 300 pounds” like an everyday thing. The main stairs in Harrods have an Egyptian art theme and cost 20 million pounds. Also, the decoration in the store changes with the seasons, it is like a modern art display that is never the same. I ended up buying some Adidas sneakers for my sister because I know she has been wanting a pair for a long time, and my parents only let me buy one pair because of how expensive they were, so I got them for her. We took the tube on the way back and then had lunch at EAT, which was just like a Pret a Manger.<br />
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The rest of the day was pretty boring and I felt really tired. We had a meeting at six at the church so we headed out at around five thirty and started walking there. It was raining, which was not ideal, I wish the weekly meetings could be on my flat. I wouldn't mind and I think everyone else would appreciate it. But well, honestly it being in the church is not that bad either. The meeting was tense at times, or at least that is how we felt it. I think most of us are doing a pretty good job and I am personally really proud of those who are passionate about their projects and find a meaning to it beyond getting an A. I can't believe tomorrow is Friday, week two is almost over.. what?! No! it can't be! it feels like we just got here, we are just so busy all the time that days go by too fast.<br />
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==Day #12 Tate Modern==<br />
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Friday May 19th 2017<br />
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Woah! So much happened today! I went to Tate Modern and on our way there it started raining. I’ve come to the conclusion that I need new sneakers for myself, because London rain has destroyed my blue converse. Also, Ben and Trinity walk so fast! Hahahaha or maybe I am just really slow and Chris feels bad for me… Anyways, the walk there was very nice in spite of the rain. I took pictures in the way there and we walked under the bridge on our way to Tate. The building looks like a former boat garage according to Chris. The expositions were really engaging, full of meaning and full of feeling. I saw one in which the artist built a map by making a collage of pictures taken in London, and then did the same with the city of San Francisco, California. It looked like so much work but it was so amazing too! I loved how they had interactive expositions, in which the way you enjoy the piece depends on you too and not only on the artist. For example, Chris built a tower with some wooden blocks and then destroyed it on top of a castle that was built by someone else, we recorded it at it was really fun. Another exposition I loved was one that involved 40 speakers each one with a recording of a single person singing and all together (in a circle), made one of the choral melodies of Thomas Tallis. I love his music and sometimes I listen to it while doing work, so this exposition was exquisite for me. After we felt we were done we went to the tenth floor of the building to get a magnificent view of the city. Chris commented on how amazing it was to see how far the city expands in all directions from [[Tate Modern]], we took some pictures of each other and bought some bread with chocolate inside and ate it up there. In the gift shop I bought three books; “How to walk”, “How to relax” and “How to love”, hopefully to expand my wisdom and reflect a little during the weekend. Since Sofia is leaving me tonight to go to France to visit a friend and Chris’s mom and sister are coming to visit this weekend I will be pretty lonely. So I might go to a park or a garden and read my books, perhaps drink some tea. I just want enjoy being in London and not think of all the work I have to do for a couple of hours. I feel like I need it, which is why tonight I will not go to bed until I’m done with my to do list.<br />
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When we went outside from Tate I was a bunch of giant bubbles floating around and I went running to them. It was so beautiful to see them floating above the Thames and all around the people walking by. Also, there was a boy singing and playing some covers of Ed Sheeran on his guitar. He was really good, and quite good looking as well. Consequently, there were a lot of teenage girls around him enjoying his music and the bubbles. When Chris caught up to where I was he commented on the demographics of the people attracted to the boy and I told him it was just because us girls appreciate more talent; we both laughed. I felt once again, extremely fortunate to be in London. I am in love with this city, so obsessed with the people, the atmosphere, even the rain, I think it is wonderful and I sing and dance on the streets all the time. After enjoying a few songs, we walked to Borough market, such a colorful, busy place. I got a taste of every single free sample offered to me and was not hungry by lunch time at all. Chris was pretty hungry though, so we bought some fish and chips from the place that is supposed to sell the best fish and chips in the whole country, according to some award. However, Chris and I agreed on that they were pretty average. On our way back I took great pictures of the Tower Bridge from the London Bridge. We also went to St. Paul’s Cathedral and passed through the gardens, the roses there are not only gorgeous, but also smell wonderful. I had never in my life smelled anything similar to those roses. After that we entered some shops just to wander around and Chris ended up being some fake mustaches. As a personal social experiment, we put them on and walked through the streets of London with the mustaches on. The reactions of people were priceless! They could not help but smiling at us and you could tell some people tried to resist it but couldn’t. One man that was on a suit walking on the street just bursted laughing as soon as he saw us, his laugh made my day, and I’m sure we made his. Also some homeless people laughed at us and a woman in a wheelchair told us, “nice look, I like it” and smiled. Then a short, robust man that was frowning while crossing the street, couldn’t help smiling back as he passed us by. Even the construction workers that are making the building near the flats enjoyed our look. It was so great! I should do it more often, it is such an easy way to make people smile, and who doest need some silliness in their lives every once in a while. <br />
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When we got back to the flats, I started working on some stuff and called my mom, while Sofia was packing. Then we went to a shop nearby to buy some food. Sofia was really hungry and wanted to show me a gourmet pasta shop so she made me accompany her wearing my pajama shorts, my alpha phi sweater, my flip flops and my hair in a messy bun. I had never gone anywhere caring less on my looks. The guy that was on the counter of the store was really nice though, he was an old Italian man and after we bought our supplies he gave us two huge slices of chocolate cake for free. We came back home, cooked the pasta with a delicious sauce and ham that we also bought on the shop. It was the best dinner I have had here so far. Today was a great day, again, I am really happy.<br />
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==Day #13 Work Work Work==<br />
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Saturday May 20th 2017<br />
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I worked on my Milestone all day. I just really want to be done with it as soon as possible. I enjoy my topic but I don't like spending my days just working on this in the flat. I am in London and I would like to be wandering around more and having fun in places I want to go to. Instead, I am always working on my Milestone, and still I always feel like I am behind on schedule. I think of things I could be doing to have fun here but I always stop my train of thought to go back to work. I feel that the things that I have done to just have fun like going to parks, walking around the city, going to concerts and to plays are things I can't afford to do without sacrificing working time and consequently falling behind on schedule. Don't get me wrong, I am immensely happy to be in London, I just would like to have some more time to enjoy of the city without having to write an article about it.<br />
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==Day #14 Mass, Milestone & LSO==<br />
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Sunday May 21th 2017<br />
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Same activity as last Sunday, same feeling as yesterday... I just need to find a way of putting the pictures from my camera to my computer and upload them to the wiki to be done with my Milestone 1. I feel relieved, more than actually happy. Still not ready to start all over again by doing Milestone 2. In the afternoon Mary and I walked to Trafalgar Square to listen to the Open Air BMW Concert of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and honestly did not expect it to be as crowded as it was. Still, it was beautiful. The music so perfectly performed and with such precision and strength. Also it was a very beautiful sunny day today. Who doesn't enjoy of a free concert with such a nice climate. When we got there, we passed the first filter but not the second one so we had to limit ourselves to watch the performance through a screen with a los of other people. Soon after us they didn't let anyone else into that area anyways so it could have been worse. In the screen they kept focusing the pianist who played with a lot of passion every single one of the pieces; he moved and shook and turn red at times, always very focused in the piano. I love that this is posible here, to come to a free concert of the London Symphony Orchestra and that so many people are interested to attend. As a fun fact, the LSO has recorded the music for The Danish Girl, four of the Harry Potter movies, Superman and six of the original Star Wars movies. For this concert, they performed music of the composer Sergei Rachmaninov, whose hands were so big that they could stretch across 13 white notes on the piano (the average span is nine). The event was estimated for ten thousand people to attend and it was sponsored by BMW and the presenter announced that their goal was to bring classical music to the hearts of the people of London. It was not only for the classical music lovers but also for people that were listening it for the very first time. I thought that was a fantastic idea, I could see people of all ages there, I saw families, young couples, old couples, groups of friends and people that just went to enjoy the concert by themselves. There was a little boy dancing to the music with his brother that honestly made my day. I also saw people tearing, maybe recalling some memories with the music. It was fun to look at how each person enjoyed the music in a different way. I listened to most of the concert by myself and honestly I think I would have liked to have someone to share it with, someone that's could have enjoyed it as much as I did. <br />
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I did not like this concert as much as I likes Vivaldi though. That one felt more personal, as if the performers were playing just for me. I am really happy to be able to listen to more than just sound when I listen to music. I feel privileged to be touched and that some melodies evoke the most vivid emotions in me. I feel it as a complete experience, as such a magnificent way of expression, something that not only "not everyone can do" but also something that not everyone is able to appreciate. And it is such a shame, I feel bad for those that don't let themselves enjoy the journey of a good classical music concert. Anyways, when it was over Mary and I walked back home and made ourselves some dinner. At night I received really bad news from back home and it was impossible for me to be done with what I wanted to be done with for the day. However I am just really grateful for the friends I have and how willing they are to support me in rough times. Claire, Sebastian and Andre made my day and I love them. They made me realize that I'm not alone and how important their friendships are for me. Also that sometimes, you don't even ask for anything and people are just placed in the right place at the right time. Love might come from where you least expect it, but it will always come when you need it. I love how much I've been learning this summer, inside and outside of the London HUA Program.<br />
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==Day #15 Imperial War Museum==<br />
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Monday May 22th 2017<br />
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Officially so tired of Museums... hahahaha I don't know where to store more information about the history of the United Kingdom. I think I have received more information about historical events these past two weeks that I have in all of my school years. Today I woke up and did my makeup! For no particular reason, I just wanted to look pretty today. I went with my team to the [[Imperial War Museum]] (IWM) and we got there a little bit late because Chris thought is was somewhere it wasn't. He took us near the Churchill's War Rooms, the positive side of it is that we got to see a reversal of the National Guard from afar. I asked a policeman that was near and he explained that they are rehearsing for the parade that happens each year on the queen's birthday, which is the first week of June. Now I am really excited for that to happen. It will surely be quite an experience. We walked from there to the IWM and I think it is amazing how many artifacts are preserved in that place. There are enough to fill the five IWM that are in the UK, three of which are at London. After we were done walking through the exhibitions, Chris and I sat in the cafe and contributed on the Imperial War Museum article on the wiki. I wrote about the Model of the Royal Navy Battleship HMS Hercules that is displayed on level 0 in the World War I Galleries. It was a great thing for sure, so much engineering everywhere. There were signs everywhere about "Fighting for Peace" and it just made me think about the irony contained in that phrase.<br />
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After that I went back to the flat by myself to meet Sofia there, we went to have lunch at Nando's and then we made a list of 50 things to do before this term is over. We are both really excited about it and we'll meet later to schedule our activities so we have enough time for doing our activities, the museums, the articles, the meetings, the journals and the milestones. It will not be easy but I will not sacrifice neither my quality work nor the opportunity of being in London with a friend. Good thing I have this activity journal so if anyone wants to follow the list, they have an easy way of doing so.<br />
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==Day #16 Horniman Museum and Gardens==<br />
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Today I woke up to a lot of missed calls of my friends from back home because they heard of the bombing in the Ariana Grande Concert in Manchester and they were worried about me. 19 people died and there are about 56 injured from a suicide bomber terrorist attack. Terrorist attacks are so scary, so sporadic, so random. There is no way to prepare for it or way to avoid it, you're kinda just living your life until it hits you. But anyways, back to the activity; it was such a long way to the [[Horniman Museum]] and Gardens. We took two busses and in both we sat at the top front of it. I love the double deckers. They let me see the city as if I was looking at a show, from a different level, a different perspective. When we got there we saw an exhibition of directed animals and, woah, nature is so amazing. After that we went outside and Chris and I wandered around the beautiful gardens and we saw a great variety of birds and bugs and we climbed trees and ran through the fields and we also saw some rams, sheep, goats and alpacas. It was a beautiful day too, perfect day to spend out in the gardens. There are some spots where you can see the whole city and the view is worth admiring. The place was also packed with little kids and I love how happy they looked, they were laughing and running around and sob were we. After that, Chris and I went to the cafeteria and ate some brownies, muffins and ice cream while we were doing our articles in our laptops. Then we took the bus back and we had a really nice conversation on the way back, which was a long way.<br />
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The second Milestone's outline is due today and mine is almost done but Sofia just told me she wants us to do it together so I might start my third one first and leave the second one for the end. Which not only means I am kind of behind but it all means I ned to start writing poetry and I will just say it has been a while. I love poetry but it is not easy for me to share what I write. As you can see if you've been reading my journals, I tend to get really personal in my writing. It is hard for me to limit myself when I write and I also know that some of my ideas differ from other people's ideas. It is certainly going to be an interesting thing. I want to keep very present the reason why I am doing this though. I did not choose this project because it was going to be easy or to get a good grade at it but I chose it because of what I want it to mean to me and maybe for other people too. Each one of us has the power to live the lives we want for ourselves, and it is on us to make the best of the time God gives us to be here and to help others do the same. So I want this project to be a reminder of that, that no matter what I go through in life, I can always love a colorful reality if I decide so.<br />
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==Day #17 Hampton Court Palace==<br />
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Wednesday May 24th 2017<br />
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The way to our destination was a little longer than what we expected it to, well, at least it was for Sofia, Chris and I. It all started when almost arriving at Farringdon Station I asked Chris, "You bought your ticket right?". At first I thought he was joking but then he started running back to the flat... I couldn't leave him so Sofia and I stayed and waited for me as the others boarded the train to [[Hampton Court Palace]]. When he came back, Sofia was guiding us and we boarded a train she told us to. Little did we know that train was on its way to Bedford and took us way south. When we realized we went down a a station that was an hour away from our destination. Then Chris took the lead and we changed platform to talk to one of the workers if the train that was about to leave was the one we should take. But the worker ignored us and blew his whistle as he signaled "all clear" to another worker. Then the train started beeping and Chris ran through the door, without even thinking about it I jumped in after him having the train's doors closing behind me and in front of Sofia. The train ws starting to move away from the station and away from her... "Oh my god" was all I was saying as Chris was calming me down. As I later talked to her through the phone she told us that the worker had told her that we were not in the right train. "Its ok, we'll go down in the next stop and figure it out from there"..... What?! The next stop was to the other side of the Thames, Blackfriars Station which was the one right before Farringdon. Long story short it took us another hour to get to Hampton Court Palace from Blackfriars Bridge. It was quite an adventure, quite a story to tell. <br />
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Hampton Court Palace was beautiful, mesmerizing, lovely. I know quite a few facts about King Henry VIII so I very much enjoyed the "museum" side of that place. Very interesting and intriguing story, once you start to pay attention to the history about the Tudors it is impossible not to, as Professor Constance would say "Drown in Tudor waters". But my favorite part of that place were definitely the gardens. We took lots of lovely pictures there and I am in love with every single one of them. We had a lot of fun despite our little inconvenience at the beginning and also because of it, e were the last to leave. Right before that, we ran through the gardens, lay by the shade of the trees, had lunch in the palace, smelled the perfume of the rose garden, saw ducks, geese, swans and deer and ran through the maze of the castle. <br />
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On our back we were all falling asleep and trying to keep each other away with jokes and anecdotes. We decided to go directly to the station nearest to the church where we meet each week. It was still too soon though, so we started a quest to find somewhere with wifi where we could work on our articles of the day. It was harder than we expected, because Starbuck, which was the only place with wifi, was full and then all the other cafes and restaurants did not have wifi for the costumers, which was annoying. We ended up in a Pret a Manger getting wifi from (I think) a hotel nearby. This week's meeting was very short and efficient, with a lot of good vibe from everyone, the only thing is that nobody commented nor asked questions about each other's projects. I like to think that is because maybe now we talk more to each other so we already know what the others are doing and how it is going. <br />
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==Day #18 Museum of London Docklands==<br />
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Thursday May 25th 2017<br />
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Honestly this was the best planned museum of the week. The [[Museum of London Docklands]] is set in such a creative way and it has costumes for you to wear in almost each exposition and also fun activities to do like painting and building things. Alright, maybe all those cool things were actually meant for kids but I will just say it was the best part of the museum for me. I love having fun as a little kid, and being silly and laugh and smile and making strangers laugh at my silliness. The museum was amazing, but I feel like every museum I go to it just becomes more and more difficult for me to enjoy the next ones. It is so much information already!!! Bt there is no greater gift than knowledge and wisdom, so even though I may feel a bit tired, I a mostly grateful. Today I was really happy, I was joking around and singing and dancing all the way to the museum and back. People often tell me I am "extra" and honestly I take that description with pride. I love being called extra, because that is exactly what I strive to do in every way. I want to put an extra effort, do more, help more, love more, laugh more, enjoy more, in general I want to live more. After the museum, Chris and I met Sofia at Nando's and we had a lovely lunch together. After that we went back to the flat and I worked on my article as Sofia packed for the weekend. I will visit some family friends at Bedford but I'm leaving until tomorrow. I will have time to go to other countries once the term is over and I see my parents and little sister. I miss them so much, specially my little sister, she is a little spark of joy in my life. She has always been and I am very inspired by her and her wisdom, despite her young age. <br />
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==Day #19 Bedford==<br />
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Friday May 26th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up pretty late, at eleven o clock, and got dressed. The flat was so quiet, almost everyone was already gone. Actually, I thought I was all by myself until I went down to make myself something to eat. Nicole told me that she was going to stay in the flat all through the weekend. After I ate, I packed and listened to some music, some Ted talks and some poetry. At four thirty I walked to St. Pancras International Station and it look me way less than I thought. I am glad I walked because in the way there I saw two car accidents and a huge traffic jam. When I got there I bought my ticket and went to Starbucks to wait for my uncle to arrive. He works in London and goes back to Bedford every day, so I met him on the station and the my aunt picked us up when we arrived. They had a barbecue in their house and invited some friends, the food was good and the people were really nice. We had a great time, telling jokes and anecdotes and playing some cricket. Later, when it was darker, we made a fire and we sat around it. <br />
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==Day #20 Cambridge==<br />
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Saturday May 27th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up and went to Cambridge. I studied English there when I was thirteen years old, I stayed there for two months by myself. Still today I think that was one one of the best summer experiences I've had in my life. I learned so much and grew so much, I feel it was more than an academic growth, an eye opener. It was the first time I got the chance to interact with people from all over the world, all in one place, same age. Going back there today felt nice, I ate in Nando's and then walk around in the market and the stores. For dinner I made pasta and garlic bread for everyone and it was really delicious.<br />
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==Day #21 Mass & BBQ==<br />
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Sunday May 28th 2017<br />
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I woke up early today to go to mass at eight and I realized that the church almost only had very old people going to mass. After that, I came back, had breakfast, changed into sportswear and went for a walk around Bedford. It was such a nice walk, the sun was out and there was a fresh wind blowing. I walked by the river for a while and saw a lot of beautiful swans and ducks, lots of them. When I came back I took a long and nice shower and got dressed because we were going to a barbecue at the house of my uncle's friends because their eldest son was turning eighteen. They are cubans, so latino music was playing most of the time, I got to talk to some guys my age, which was nice and the food was delicious and abundant. I had fun and then when it was over, we walked back to the house and went straight to bed.<br />
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==Day #22 Back to HUA==<br />
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Monday May 29th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up pretty late, and worked on my journals for the weekend and on my first milestone. I think I am pretty much done with it, but tomorrow I will talk to the advisors and see what they think about it. I need to work hard on the second one this week to also have it done and start paining as soon as possible. I think I will have a lot of fun doing that. I came back to the flat at around and I bought tickets for the Secret Cinema, I will be going with Sofia on the 7th and I couldn't be more excited! We're children of the revolution, and my character is a poet, which is super cool. The theme is Moulin Rouge and as Sofia had not seen the movie, we started watching it before going to bed.<br />
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==Day #23 Walk, Concert & Milestone==<br />
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Tuesday May 30th 2017<br />
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Today Sofia and I woke up at eight and went for a walk, we found a lovely coffee shop that was full of books and we had breakfast there. Then we went to an Oxfam shop and bought out outfits for the Secret Cinema. It was very fun to shop there, they had really old things and it was really cheap too. After that we walked around and entered expensive shops that we obviously can't afford just to look at things we really want but can't have, quite sad right? After our session of self torture, we walked to St. Martin in the Fields and listened to a free lunchtime concert of classical music. It was fuller than I expected it to be, but still lovely. In Trafalgar Square there was a huge crowd of Nigerian people waving their flags and dancing to some music that was playing. It was a patriotic display in memory of Biafran martyrs. As we walked by the National Gallery I saw a sign of a library and we followed it and found a really nice place to work on our milestones where we could access and even borrow about 20 books at a time. We don't plan on taking them home though, because we both agree we are way more productive working elsewhere.<br />
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==Day #24 Milestone==<br />
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Wednesday May 31st 2017<br />
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Today it was not as productive as I would have wanted it to be in terms of progress within my milestone, however, I did my budget for this month and it is the first time I have ever done that so it was really cool. I felt like such a grownup and I realized I have spent a lot of money on food, which I partially regret. This is a great learning experience and it is getting me ready for next year when I will not be living in the dorms anymore. On our way to the meeting today, Sofia and I took the 55 bus to the opposite way and took us a little to realize so we got 25 minutes late to the meeting, which was not ideal. On our way back we shopped some groceries and made dinner. Then I finished some work for my first Milestone and replied to some emails before going to bed.<br />
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==Day #25 London Science Museum==<br />
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Thursday May 1st 2017<br />
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Woah, today was so much fun! Sofia and I woke up early and got ready for the day because we were going to the same place today. We met the rest of my team plus Sam at 9:30 and we started heading over to the [[London Science Museum]] As usual we split up as soon as we got there, but this time we were four; Sofia, Chris, Sam and I. We walked through the lower expositions and the things we saw there were amazing, Then I found some stairs and decided to go explore. The upper levels of the museum are like a gigantic free arcade. Instead of giving you pictures to look at and information to read, it is full of interactive screens and mini games, each with its own story set to teach the player the topics of each exhibition. It is genius! I loved it so much and we all spent quite a while just playing in the different floors of the museum. When ew were done, we went to the gift shop and it was as cool as any other exposition, however, the only purchase was an "astronauts ice cream" that the boys bought which was like an ice cream sandwich shaped cookie that dissolved in your mouth. <br />
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After our adventures in the museum, we went to the statue of Saint Augustin and decided to go to the nearest convenience store and have a picnic at the park. So we walked a couple of blocks through a very fancy neighborhood with really fancy cars parked outside until we got to a street with several restaurants and other stores. We bought two pizzas and some snacks and walked to Hyde park. The weather was so nice; sunny with a fresh breeze that made the trees dance. We ate and chatted for a bit and then we proceeded to explore the rest of the park. Our plan was to chill at the Princess Diana's memorial but when we got there it was full of little kids running around and playing in the water. So we sat in a cafe nearby and worked on our journals, articles and milestones. After that we walked to Harrods and explored the store again because Sofia and Sam had never been there before and I just love that place.It was fun to walk around that expensive store, plus, every time I go I feel like I discover a new room where I had not been before. This time it was the "millionaire's gallery" with all kinds of things framed and signed by famous people in politics, sports and art. It amazes me how much people are willing to pay for an autograph, it is insane. <br />
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When we left Harrods, we took the tube to the Piccadilly Circus and took some picture there, to me, it looks like a mini version of Broadway, smaller but just as crowded. Then, to complete our list of 50 things to do in London, we took the tube to Liverpool Street to go to a secret bar hidden behind a refrigerator door in a restaurant called "The Breakfast Club". We got there and Sofia told me "You do the talking" and a waiter came and asked me "What may I help you with today?" I glanced at the restaurant and it looked almost absolutely empty. "We sat to go to the bar" I said, then he looked at me with a puzzled face and said "What? excuse me what bar are you talking about?" and I said "the bar behind the that refrigerator". I don't know how he could keep a straight face but he didn't let us in until I said the name f the bar which appeared to be the password to enter. The name of the bar is "The Major of Scaredy Cat Town". When we went through the refrigerator and downstairs, the bar was completely packed. We ordered standing and then we were bitted at a table in the corner of the bar. We ate some wings and nachos and talked for a bit until we decided it was time to go back home. The day was amazing, from the science museum, to the picnic at the park, to Harrods, to the Piccadilly Circus, to the secret pub. It was full of fun and a lot of walking and I want more days like that.<br />
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==Day #26 The Wallace Collection==<br />
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Friday June 2nd 2017<br />
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Today was incredibly productive! I woke up at seven and finished my journal from yesterday and worked on my articles. Then I had breakfast, showered and met my team at 9:30 to go to [[The Wallace Collection]]. It was interesting to go there, we walked around for a while and then worked on journals and articles. Sofia and I worked together on all the West Galleries and West Rooms and some other rooms such as the Boudoir and gave proper format to the rest of the article. We did so many contributions to the wiki and we worked really fast because we did it together. Also we started talking to one of the ladies there in the museum and she told us the story of the place. It used to be a house where four generations of a very rich and renown family lived. Four males inherited the house with all the collections, however the last one has and illegitimate son who didn't get his last name. That man was Mr. Wallace who married a lovely lady but died childless. When his widow felt her time was near she made the proper arrangements to give the house and the collection to the British Nation under some conditions. The house must remain with all the original items of the collection and they shall not be mixed with any other collections, so the Museum will always remain the same and it shall be free of charge. Finally the collection was to be named under her husband's name and not under the other four generation's name. I thought it was a very interesting story and I'm glad she shared it with us. It is also almost unimaginable to thing that people lived in a house with so many rooms and such expensive items in each one of the rooms.<br />
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I still need to upload all the pictures I have from each day to my journals and do some of the background for my Milestone. After the Wallace Collection Sofia and I went to Baker St. and ate at Chipotle. Then we went to the library near [[The National Gallery]] and worked there for a few hours. I love that library, it is free and it is so quiet and the people that work there are so very nice, (unlike the lady that works in the British Library). However, every time I work on my Milestone's background time goes by so slowly and I get tired so quickly. It is hard, but I want this project to be something I can be proud of so I will work as hard as I am able to. After our work at the library, we walked to the Big Ben, to the London Eye, to St. Paul's and finally back to the flat and met the boys, then we walked together to a burger place and we had milkshakes and dined. <br />
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==Day #27 Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson==<br />
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Saturday June 3rd 2017<br />
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Today I spent all my morning uploading pictures to my journals, hopefully not in vain... Also I proof read some of them and corrected some typos. Then I did my hair and makeup and Sofia and I planned the rest of the evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. I wouldn't recommend going there alone and a girl friend does not count. I had never been so cat called in my life, it was very uncomfortable and awkward but I guess that we were not in the prettiest area of London. However, it was early and the sun was out, so we were safe. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer.<br />
There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack. I got a lot of messages from friends asking about my wellbeing. Thank god everyone in the program is safe and sound. Takin out the terrorist attack it was a great day and a great night, tomorrow will be another mass and milestone day and honestly that is all I want to do. I need to work hard.<br />
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==Day #28 Mass & Milestone==<br />
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Sunday June 4th 2017<br />
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Today I woke up at 9 and started working on my Milestones, I am so behind it worries me, so Sofia and I schedules work times for this week so hopefully we will catch up with the schedule. This week we are going to Stonehenge and I couldn't be more excited. In the afternoon we went to mass, then had dinner in Nando's and went back to the flat. Then I video chatted with some friends and went straight to bed. I realized today that I have been eating terribly lately and it kinda shows, so I need to get on that as soon as possible.<br />
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==Day #29 Library & Meeting==<br />
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Monday June 5th 2017<br />
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Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed.<br />
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==Day #30 Library & Shakespeare==<br />
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Tuesday June 6th 2017<br />
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Today Sofia woke me up at seven in the morning, and I took a long and nice shower and started working. I completed my journals and then did some research for my second Milestone because I have not finished it. Then at ten we headed to the Westminster Reference Library, however, we stopped at an Oxfam so Sofia could buy his outfit for the secret cinema. After that we bought some food for later at Salisbury. I bought curry chicken with rice and honestly just hoped for the best. Then as we walked to the library we saw an M&Ms World Store and Sofia asked if we could please go inside, so we did. I was kind of worried I was not going to have enough time to work but going into the store ended up inspiring us to choose color schemes for our paintings based on the combinations of colors in the M&Ms. So we took pictures and then we finally got to the library and worked there until itwe were hungry. I finished the part of the Milestone about Charles Dickens and felt really glad and relieved about it. Then we went to St. Martin in the Fields to use the toilets and eat. The curry chicken ended up being way more delicious than I expected. After that, we used the internet in St. Martin to load the map to the globe theatre and we headed out. on our way to the station, however, we made a few stops in a couple of stores and I bought a birthday present for Chris and a gift for my mother. Going to the Globe was probably the hardest thing we did today, yeah, harder than the Milestone... even harder than having to use public toilets! We had no clue how to get to the Thames river from St. Paul's, and we needed to cross it through the Millennial bridge to get to the Globe. Oh, and it was raining. When we finally found the way towards the Thames, we had to go through a really sketchy way under a tunnel and then realized that the stairs to go over the tunnel were closed because the walk way had fallen. So we had to keep walking parallel to the Thames for a while until we got to the bridge to the other side of the Globe. When we finally got to the entrance and got our backpacks checked, it took me like fifteen minutes to find my ticket... still under the rain. We had standing tickets, so we were supposed to watch the whole play standing in the rain, however, Sofia and I know better so we stood on the right side, under the roof where we were able to watch the scenario and stay perfectly dry. It was still pretty cold outside though, and the play was two hours long. <br />
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Now, about the actual play... It was not what I expected, not my style and not the most enjoyable version of Romeo and Juliet I have seen. After the play, however, the view while crossing the millennium bridge made me tear up. I felt so happy to be here. Grateful for all the things that had to happen for me to be here. Thinking about all the things that could have possibly gone wrong, even being here, and yet did not. Happy to appreciate the view; the people, the night, the stars, the breeze and the beautiful St. Paul's Cathedral that means so much for England and has now come to mean so much to me. So my major takeaway from today, rather than the play, was the walk back from it to the flat.<br />
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==Day #32 Stonehenge==<br />
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Thursday June 7th 2017<br />
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Woke up early, did my make up and got ready for the fantastic day ahead. I love to have the opportunity to visit a place so full of mystery and "magic". We were all worried to be late, because Professor Manzo said that whoever got there after 8:30 would be left behind and the rest would depart without him or her. Ironically, professor Manzo and Professor Constance were the last to arrive. The tour guide was really good and really funny. Also he made a good effort to remember all of our names so that definitely made the trip there way better. During the day we went to Stonehenge, Bath and Lockhart. I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==Day #33 Off to Scotland==<br />
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Friday June 7th 2017<br />
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I washed all my clothes and cleaned the mess that my room was. I also finished one of the paintings for my milestone and I'd say it turned out pretty well. I also got a new SIM card and now have 12 GB to use all around Europe for a month. I also went to print our train tickets, I wrote my journals and packed. Emily, Sofia and I left for the platform at ten and got there way before time. It was quite hard for me to sleep during the journey, but still I am very excited to be in Scotland. A new country to add to the list of "visited".<br />
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==Day #34 Edinburg==<br />
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Saturday June 7th 2017<br />
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Last night I almost couldn't sleep because of the train seats... they're so uncomfortable... I would wake up and change positions every couple of minutes because one of my limbs would go numb. Anyways, we are in Scotland!!! We got here at seven in the morning and we walked around through the gardens near the station and took pictures with "the important monument" which we later realized is in honor to Sir Walter Scott. Then we went to the hostal to leave my luggage and it seemed way better than the pictures online. Also, it was really cheap; it's name is Safe Stay and it is located near the Mile which is also absolutely convenient. The Mile is the Main Street in Edinburg and it is actually longer than a mile. We walked around and had breakfast in a great place. Sofia and Emily got waffles and I got a baguette, it was delicious and gave us energy to keep going. We went to a free tour and it was really interesting to know a little it of the history of ancient kings and queens which, just as in England, it was full of drama. The tour guide also talked about Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling. Turns out she got a lot of ideas from things that actually exist in Edinburg. Some names from the cemetery and the four houses from a school that is right next to the cemetery, that have the exact same colors as the houses from Hogwarts. Even the Quiddich stadium was inspired by a structure put right next to the Edinburg castle. When we got hungry it was really hard to find a place to eat, because Sofia is 17 and you have to show your ID before sitting at any pub in the city. You can't even just eat and drink nothing but water there, it is simply not allowed and they're very strict about it. After we ate , we went up the "important monument" and woah! there were not only a lot of stairs, but also they were extremely tight. The view was worth it though. We got to see all of the city and even the sea on one side and the mountains on the other. By the end of the day we hiked up to Calton Hill and had dinner there. We ought some fruit, sandwiches, juice and wine and watched the beautiful sunset from there. We also took lots and lots of pictures (of course) and then we walked back to the hostel. Sofia says that she wants to live in here someday, she is obsessed with the city and fingerling because of a series she watches named "Reign" that is set here.<br />
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==Day #35 Back to London==<br />
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Sunday June 8th 2017<br />
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Breakfast was good in a little local run y two young sisters. We hiked Arthur's seat, I was wearing a dress. It started raining and Scots are lazy and most stores were closed because it was Sunday. We walked around and couldn't get a mars bar. Then we went to the train station and on the way back to London I called my mom for most of he time. Looking outside the window was really pretty. When I got back I was really really tired and just wanted to go straight to bed. Sofia arrived two hours later because of problems with her ticket, and when she got here, she was just as tired as me.<br />
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==Day #36 Windsor Castle==<br />
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Monday June 9th 2017<br />
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We got there a bit late but it ended up working out perfectly because we saw the change of guards from the font row. We took lots of beautiful pictures and I fan-girled with all the Tudor stuff. Like WOAH!!! I stood over Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and I took a picture with the tomb of the Duke of Suffolk who was also one of King Henry's bffs. It was amazing and the views were majestic. I loved the castle and Mary's dollhouse was truly a work of art. It is a shame we could not take pictures in the apartments though but it is understandable I guess. y the end we met a Chinese woman that did not speak English at all but took amazing pictures of Sofia and I. We communicated through hand signals and she told people to move away from the background of our picture. She was so nice and sweet when we said goodbye we hugged her. So adorable, so nice, these people are like chicken soups for my soul. After that, we went to Nando's and then back to London to make it to the meeting at the Library.<br />
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===My Complete Contributions===<br />
====[[Special:Contributions/akgiacoman|All of My Created Content and Edits]]====<br />
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|caption = Me in London<br />
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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=Galley Documentary=<br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
In this project, I collaborated with [[#Jacob Dupois|Jacob]].<br />
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Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: Jacob set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while Sofia was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London. <br />
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[[Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary|Read More]] <br />
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=Adding Pigment=<br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 1|Week1]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Westminster Abbey and Tower of London| Westminster Abbey and Tower of London]] <br />
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* [[#British Museum|British Museum]] <br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
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* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#V&A Museum|V&A Museum]] <br />
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[[#Tate Modern|Tate Modern]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 3|Week 3]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Imperial War Museum|Imperial War Museum]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 4|Week 4]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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[[#Work on Milestone|Work work..,]] <br />
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[[#Unit London|Unit London]] <br />
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[[#London Science Museum|London Science Museum]] <br />
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[[#The Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 5|Week5]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 5,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 6,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 7,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 5'' <br><br />
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* [[#Work on Milestone| Work on Milestone]] <br />
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* [[#Library|Library]] <br />
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* [[#Secret Cinema|Secret Cinema]] <br />
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* [[#Stonehedge and Bath|Stonehedge and Bath]] <br />
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* [[#Painting|Painting]] <br />
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* [[#Scotland|Scotland]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 6|Week6]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 13,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 14,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 6'' <br><br />
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* [[#Windsor Castle| Windsor Castle]] <br />
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* [[#Reach the Sky|Reach the Sky]] <br />
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* [[#Serpentine Galleries|Serpentine Galleries]] <br />
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* [[#Libraries|Libraries]] <br />
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* [[#Thames and Bubbles|Soon]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 7|Week 7]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 20,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 21,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 23,2017'''<br />
! ''The End'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Harry Baker|Harry Baker]]<br />
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[[#The End|The End]]<br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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Image:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Entance''<br />
Image:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Mosaics''<br />
Image:Group_Picture.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Group Picture''<br />
Image:Change_of_guard.PNG|''Tower of London <br> Change of Guard'' <br />
Image:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|''Tower of London <br> White Tower'' <br />
Image:Towe_of_London.PNG|''Tower of London <br> London Bridge''<br />
Image:Raven.png|''Tower of London <br> Raven'<br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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Image:British_Museum.PNG|Main Area of British Museum<br />
Image:Sculpture_BM.PNG|Angient Egipt <br />
Image:Jewel.PNG|Jewel of ancient Europe<br />
Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
Image:Hyde_Park.PNG|Hyde Park<br />
Image:Statua.PNG|Albert's Memorial<br />
Image:Hyde_Flower.PNG|Flower in Hype Park<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in.<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" <br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
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Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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=Week 4=<br />
==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
The day came, June 7,2017, a Wednesday.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
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===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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====[[Special:Contributions/Sreyes|All of My Created Content and Edits]]====<br />
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Sreyes
https://londonhuawiki.wpi.edu/index.php?title=User:Sreyes&diff=19716
User:Sreyes
2017-06-22T21:06:17Z
<p>Sreyes: </p>
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<div>=<font color="#FC5F">Art</font> <font color="#FF5F8">Around</font> <font color="#87CEFA>Us</font>=<br />
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|title = Sofia Reyes Castillo<br />
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|caption = Me in London<br />
|label2 = Date<br />
|data2 = Summer 2017<br />
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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=Galley Documentary=<br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
In this project, I colaborated with [[#Jacob Dupois|Jacob]].<br />
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Our project summarizes the different types of documentary film and their origins, and looks at the fundamentals behind what goes into making a documentary film. The deliverable we created is a short poetic documentary. Originally we set out to create individual projects that had overlapped: Jacob set out to create a documentary on the Serpentine Pavilion, while Sofia was looking at modern art in galleries, including Serpentine. Once we combined our project into a documentary about several galleries, we decided to focus our background on the history of documentary, using the vast resources available on cinema here in London. The background of the project outlines types of documentary films, with historical examples, and the process involved in making a documentary film come to be. For our creative piece, we shot and edited a short documentary using several of these styles and what we had learned. Our film showcases modern art galleries across the city of London. <br />
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[[Modern Galleries in London: a Documentary|Read More]] <br />
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=Adding Pigment=<br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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[[Adding Pigment|Read More]] <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 1|Week1]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
* [[#Westminster Abbey and Tower of London| Westminster Abbey and Tower of London]] <br />
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* [[#British Museum|British Museum]] <br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
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* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#V&A Museum|V&A Museum]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Tate Modern|Tate Modern]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 3|Week 3]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Imperial War Museum|Imperial War Museum]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 4|Week 4]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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[[#Work on Milestone|Work work..,]] <br />
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[[#Unit London|Unit London]] <br />
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[[#London Science Museum|London Science Museum]] <br />
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[[#The Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]] <br />
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[[#Weekend 4|Weekend 4]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 5|Week5]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 5,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 6,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 7,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 5'' <br><br />
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* [[#Work on Milestone| Work on Milestone]] <br />
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* [[#Library|Library]] <br />
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* [[#Secret Cinema|Secret Cinema]] <br />
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* [[#Stonehedge and Bath|Stonehedge and Bath]] <br />
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* [[#Painting|Painting]] <br />
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* [[#Scotland|Scotland]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 6|Week6]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 13,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 14,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 6'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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* [[#Windsor Castle| Windsor Castle]] <br />
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* [[#Reach the Sky|Reach the Sky]] <br />
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* [[#Serpentine Galleries|Serpentine Galleries]] <br />
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* [[#Libraries|Libraries]] <br />
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* [[#Thames and Bubbles|Soon]] <br />
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|-<br />
! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 7|Week 7]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
June 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 20,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 21,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 23,2017'''<br />
! ''The End'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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! <br />
[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Work|Work]] <br />
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[[#Harry Baker|Harry Baker]]<br />
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[[#The End|The End]]<br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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Image:Change_of_guard.PNG|''Tower of London <br> Change of Guard'' <br />
Image:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|''Tower of London <br> White Tower'' <br />
Image:Towe_of_London.PNG|''Tower of London <br> London Bridge''<br />
Image:Raven.png|''Tower of London <br> Raven'<br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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Image:Jewel.PNG|Jewel of ancient Europe<br />
Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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Image:Seurat.PNG|Bathers at Asnières<br>George Seurat<br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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Image:National_History_Museum.PNG|Layers of Earth<br />
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Image:Inside.PNG|Inside Darwin Center<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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Image:LightsTate.PNG|''Forms in Space…by Light'' (in Time) <br> by: Wyn Evans<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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Image:Re.PNG|Medieval&Renaissance (1350-1600)<br />
Image:Stained_Glass.PNG|Stained glass from Mariawald<br />
Image:Buddism.PNG|Buddhism Asia<br />
Image:Pink.PNG|Pink Floyd Exhibition<br />
Image:court.PNG|Courtyard<br />
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Image:Wi.JPG|Wicked in Apollo and Victoria Theater <br />
Image:W1.JPG|Wicked Cast<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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TO BE CONTINUED <br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in.<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" <br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
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Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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=Week 4=<br />
==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
The day came, June 7,2017, a Wednesday.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
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===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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====[[Special:Contributions/Sreyes|All of My Created Content and Edits]]====<br />
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Sreyes
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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=Galley Documentary=<br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
As we research how art has being documented in the past and investigate the types of documentary, kmy partner Jacob and I <br />
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Below the objective statement, Insert a one or two paragraph summary of your findings from having reached this milestone. <br />
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=Adding Pigment=<br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 1'' <br><br />
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* [[#Westminster Abbey and Tower of London| Westminster Abbey and Tower of London]] <br />
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* [[#British Museum|British Museum]] <br />
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* [[#St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Cathedral]] <br />
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* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
|-style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 3|Week 3]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Imperial War Museum|Imperial War Museum]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
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[[#Long Weekend|Bank Holiday]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 4|Week 4]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
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[[#Unit London|Unit London]] <br />
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[[#London Science Museum|London Science Museum]] <br />
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[[#The Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]] <br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 5,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 6,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 7,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 9,2017'''<br />
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* [[#Library|Library]] <br />
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* [[#Secret Cinema|Secret Cinema]] <br />
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* [[#Stonehedge and Bath|Stonehedge and Bath]] <br />
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* [[#Painting|Painting]] <br />
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* [[#Scotland|Scotland]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 6|Week6]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
June 12,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
June 13,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
June 14,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
June 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
June 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 6'' <br><br />
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* [[#Windsor Castle| Windsor Castle]] <br />
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* [[#Reach the Sky|Reach the Sky]] <br />
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* [[#Serpentine Galleries|Serpentine Galleries]] <br />
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* [[#Libraries|Libraries]] <br />
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* [[#Thames and Bubbles|Soon]] <br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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Image:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Entance''<br />
Image:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Mosaics''<br />
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Image:Change_of_guard.PNG|''Tower of London <br> Change of Guard'' <br />
Image:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|''Tower of London <br> White Tower'' <br />
Image:Towe_of_London.PNG|''Tower of London <br> London Bridge''<br />
Image:Raven.png|''Tower of London <br> Raven'<br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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Image:Sculpture_BM.PNG|Angient Egipt <br />
Image:Jewel.PNG|Jewel of ancient Europe<br />
Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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Image:SP_Art.jpg| Mary by CBloxx<br />
Image:Great_Fire_of_London_Museum.jpg|Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:View_GFL.PNG|View from Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:Stairs.PNG|A Thousand Stairs<br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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Image:National_Art_Gallery.PNG|National Gallery<br />
Image:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|The Boulevard Montmartre at Night<br>Pissarro<br />
Image:Seurat.PNG|Bathers at Asnières<br>George Seurat<br />
Image:Cezane.PNG|The Large Bathers<br>Cézanne<br />
Image:four Seasons.PNG|Four Times of Day<br>Corot<br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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Image:Outside.PNG|Natural History Museum<br />
Image:National_History_Museum.PNG|Layers of Earth<br />
Image:Olivia_Birds.PNG|Birds <br />
Image:Pupil.PNG|Darwin Center <br />
Image:Inside.PNG|Inside Darwin Center<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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Image:Angel.PNG|Angel <br />
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Image:LightsTate.PNG|''Forms in Space…by Light'' (in Time) <br> by: Wyn Evans<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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Image:Re.PNG|Medieval&Renaissance (1350-1600)<br />
Image:Stained_Glass.PNG|Stained glass from Mariawald<br />
Image:Buddism.PNG|Buddhism Asia<br />
Image:Pink.PNG|Pink Floyd Exhibition<br />
Image:court.PNG|Courtyard<br />
Image:Nal.PNG|NAL<br />
Image:Wi.JPG|Wicked in Apollo and Victoria Theater <br />
Image:W1.JPG|Wicked Cast<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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TO BE CONTINUED <br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in.<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" <br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
===Hampton Court Palace ===<br />
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Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
The day came, June 7,2017, a Wednesday.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
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===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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====[[Special:Contributions/Sreyes|All of My Created Content and Edits]]====<br />
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Sreyes
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==Overview==<br />
I am aiming to influence the readers to believe that art is more than just seeing paintings in a Museum, art has a power in the world. Art has beeing part of my life since I was really little. I attended art classes since i was 6 years old. I have always like to express myself in Art. With this project I want to explore on past art and research how it affected the world around. <br />
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=Modernist Avant-Garde=<br />
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===Milestone 1===<br />
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'''Objective:''' Explain avant-garde and tell a little about its history and create a guide for avant-garde in London.<br />
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Avant-garde means ''advance guard'' or Vanguard. In the military, they're the ones out front. They are usually small groups of particularly bold and attentive soldiers that see what's ahead and explore the terrain and seek out the enemy. But what does it mean in art? In this milestone, I wrote about what is the avant-garde, its history and some very prominent artists that have been considered avant-gardists. As my deliverable, I created a Guide to Avant-garde in London. In this guide, I provide many pictures of examples of works of art of the Avant-gardist that I mentioned before andI also included two galleries that show more recent artists.<br />
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[[Avant Garde|Read More]] <br />
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=Galley Documentary=<br />
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==Milestone 2==<br />
As we research how art has being documented in the past and investigate the types of documentary, kmy partner Jacob and I <br />
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Below the objective statement, Insert a one or two paragraph summary of your findings from having reached this milestone. <br />
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=Adding Pigment=<br />
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==Milestone 3==<br />
'''Objective:''' The goal is to paint five acrylic surrealistic paintings of the most emblematic sites in London exaggerating the use of bright colors instead of the usual gray palette that is seen due to the weather. <br />
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The background exposes six different artists from three different fields; painting, literature, and architecture. From the magnificent paintings of Monet to the Breathtaking structures of Sir Christopher Wren and the stories of Charles Dickens together with Hockney's photographs, London is the birthplace of some of the most breathtaking artistic masterpieces. Unique, mesmerizing and complex, yet with a somehow volatile approach, artists throughout the history of this city have each shared their view through their work. Each one is analyzed in regard to the link between their style and perspective, and their setting and life circumstances. The artists are divided in "Artists from the past" and "Artists from the present" and while the first category shows monochromatic and deep emotions about the scenery in London, the second one proposes a new and brighter perspective to the same issue this city has dealt with for years. <br />
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=<font color=" #FF1493 ">'''Activity Journal'''</font>=<br />
The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar. <br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 8,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 9,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 10,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 11,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 12,2017'''<br />
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* [[#National Gallery|National Gallery]] <br />
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* [[#National History Museum|National History Museum]] <br />
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* [[#Nandos|Nandos]] <br />
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! <span style="font-size:100%">[[#Week 2|Week 2]]</span><br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 15,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 16,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 17,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 18,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 19,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 2'' <br><br />
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[[#Tate Britain|Tate Britain]] <br />
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[[#Museum of London|Museum of London]] <br />
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[[#Paris|Paris]]<br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
! ''Weekend 3'' <br><br />
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[[#Museum of London Docks|Museum of London Docks]] <br />
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[[#Imperial War Museum|Imperial War Museum]] <br />
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[[#Hapton Gardens|Hapton Gardens]] <br />
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[[#Horniman Museum|Horniman Museum]] <br />
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! ''Monday <br><br />
May 22,2017'''<br />
! ''Tuesday <br><br />
May 23,2017'''<br />
! ''Wednesday <br><br />
May 24,2017'''<br />
! ''Thursday <br><br />
May 25,2017'''<br />
! ''Friday <br><br />
May 26,2017'''<br />
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=Week 1=<br />
==May 8, 2017==<br />
===Westminster Abbey and Tower of London===<br />
It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building. <br />
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First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial and he explained that they put remembrance poppy on memorials because of a poppy flower that grew in battlefields.Our tour had to last 90 min but becaise of all of the history in this building it lasted almost 2 hours. The stories inside go from kings to queen, even Isaac Newton has a memorial. Personaly I loved Mary Queen of Scoots Memorial. Even the ouside of this building has history. Carl told us a story of a man that sacrifice himself during WWI to save another men life. In his honor they created a memorial in above the entrace of the building. With many other people that did create things. <br />
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[[Tower of London]] I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown. We got to see the guards and their apparel and how they change guards. A thing that amazed me the most was the animals the the crown had before. From Lions to polar bears. Because of its dangers they no longer have them, they only have ravens that belong to the queen. If you ever go to the Tower of London do not miss the crown jewels. I have no words to describe how Seeing with my eyes this precious fortune. <br />
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Image:Westminster_Abbey_2.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Entance''<br />
Image:Westminster_Abbey.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Mosaics''<br />
Image:Group_Picture.PNG|''Westminster Abbey <br> Group Picture''<br />
Image:Change_of_guard.PNG|''Tower of London <br> Change of Guard'' <br />
Image:Tower_of_London_building.PNG|''Tower of London <br> White Tower'' <br />
Image:Towe_of_London.PNG|''Tower of London <br> London Bridge''<br />
Image:Raven.png|''Tower of London <br> Raven'<br />
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==May 9, 2017==<br />
===British Museum===<br />
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After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the [[British Museum]] in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern roof in the main area. As you get In you observe a giant room with a high irregular ceiling. The ceiling appears like a giant fluorescent light bulb. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the times Egypt to America. The museum is I learned a lot about Greek too, it is amazing how much we can understand just by the sculptures in this museum. After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Natalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum.<br />
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Inspired by my knowledge in the Mayan culture from high school, I contributed to a section in the [[British Museum]] referring to America and past civilizations. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.<br />
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Image:British_Museum.PNG|Main Area of British Museum<br />
Image:Sculpture_BM.PNG|Angient Egipt <br />
Image:Jewel.PNG|Jewel of ancient Europe<br />
Image:Tania.jpg|Serpentine Gallery<br>Tania Bruguera<br />
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==May 10, 2017==<br />
===St. Paul's Cathedral===<br />
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In general I have been enjoying my experience at London. Many things impress me. And [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] was definitely one of these things. I have always wondered why St. Paul's was one of the most popular places in London. When I got there I understood. The structure of the building is astonishing and it is incredible how this building has over stand many fires and has gone many reconstructions. I also appreciated the art within the cathedral. I was impressed first by the art in the roof. It is inevitable to admire the art in the famous dome by Sir James Thormill. Finding an artist was not easy. People were worried that the painter was going to be too catholic. He was chosen because he was British and Protestant. The painting in the dome talks about the life of St. Paul and the Fall and Redemption of human kind. In the three domes found in the ceiling of Quite and Aisle we can find mosaics that refer to God's creation of life. All this I learned though Audio Guide given us for free at the entrance. The audio guides were very interactive and I learned a lot with them, definitely a highlight of the day. <br />
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In the rest of the museum I found two pieces of art that I loved Mary by CBloxx, the most famous woman street artist. Out of the three upper galleries two of them where closed but the third one was incredible. The whisper room was what it seemed a thousand stairs up. From this room we could see the cathedral from above. I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building from that angle. After what seemed a thousand stairs we could appreciate more the dome and see the navy and transepts. This gallery also had the ability to transport sound really easily. If you whispered in the wall from one side of the room a person at the other side of the room could hear it. <br />
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After we left St. Paul's Cathedral we worked on a cute cafe. I contributed to the [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] with [[St. Paul's Cathedral|The Art from Inside]] because I was so impressed by the work of Sir James Thormill. After working for a while we went outside. Unusual to happen in London, it was really sunny andno clouds in the sky. I decided to explore and complete items missing in the scavenger hunt. I went to The Monument of Great fire of London near the tower of London. I saw this tall building and wondered if i would get to the top. I asked ans for students it was 3.5 pounds. This 3.5 pounds were definitely worth it, the view was amazing. You can see the entire city. <br />
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Image:St_Pauls.PNG|St. Paul's Cathedral<br />
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Image:SP_Art.jpg| Mary by CBloxx<br />
Image:Great_Fire_of_London_Museum.jpg|Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:View_GFL.PNG|View from Great Fire of London Monument<br />
Image:Stairs.PNG|A Thousand Stairs<br />
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==May 11, 2017==<br />
===National Gallery===<br />
So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it. The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square in Central London. In front of the building you can always find local artists that do street art with chalk or with demonstrations. this museum contains more than 2,300 paintings. Because the entry is free of charge and it has so many known paintings it is one of the most visited art museum in the world. <br />
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Works of art in this museum date from the mid-13th century to 1900. I admired all the works of painters I have studied all my life. Personally my favorite era in art is Modern Art. I have read and written of painters from Monet to Cézanne. I have seen some of their works in museums in American including many in Worcester Art Museum. However in this Gallery I got to see their most famous paintings. Paintings like Bathers at Asnières, George Seurat, Sunflowers, Vicent van Gogh and many of Monet's paintings. Seeing the paintings I knew soo much about was priceless. After taking endless pictures we left. in our way out we encounter a concert going on in the square. Art is in the air in this area. <br />
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Image:National_Art_Gallery.PNG|National Gallery<br />
Image:Boulevard_at_night.PNG|The Boulevard Montmartre at Night<br>Pissarro<br />
Image:Seurat.PNG|Bathers at Asnières<br>George Seurat<br />
Image:Cezane.PNG|The Large Bathers<br>Cézanne<br />
Image:four Seasons.PNG|Four Times of Day<br>Corot<br />
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==May 12, 2017==<br />
===Natural History Museum===<br />
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We came to the [[Natural History Museum]]. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then.<br />
The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum.<br />
As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section called [[#Measuring and Predicting|Measuring and Predicting]] in the [[Natural History Museum]].<br />
In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.<br />
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We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs.<br />
After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the Darwin Center also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.<br />
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As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.<br />
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Image:Outside.PNG|Natural History Museum<br />
Image:National_History_Museum.PNG|Layers of Earth<br />
Image:Olivia_Birds.PNG|Birds <br />
Image:Pupil.PNG|Darwin Center <br />
Image:Inside.PNG|Inside Darwin Center<br />
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==Weekend 1==<br />
===Nando's and Starbucks===<br />
This weekend was mainly to work on my milestone. Kristy and I went to Nando's for lunch near or flat. I decided to work on my milestone the rest of the weekend. on sunday we went to mass and later to Starbucks to work. We stayed there for hours. I almost finish the background of my milestone and created a few articles that related to my milestone. I created a article for [[Claude Monet]] and started one for [[Vincent Van Gogh]]. <br />
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=Week 2=<br />
==May 15, 2017==<br />
===Tate Britain===<br />
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This is week 2. We had a warm welcome to London, literally mostly sunny maybe cloudy. I was starting to believe that rainy London was a myth. However, I woke up this morning to rain. As I checked the weather I saw the real London was here. It is going to be cloudy and rainy all week! But that is not going to affect anything just maybe our cloth and shoes.<br />
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Today we came to Tate Britain. This art museum is located in central London in the waterline of the Thames. From outside it seems like a simple and small museum. However, it has an amazing collection and it is anything but small. As you enter, neon lights in the main corridor are the first thing you noticed. This neon lights form a work of art produced by Wyn Evans. This British artists created this worked called |''Forms in Space…by Light'' with 2km of neon lights.<br />
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This art museum exhibits British artists since 1540 and it goes all the way to the modern present. Marked carefully by time each exhibition has a designated time period. It started with portraits of important people in British history. However, as you went along, you saw how everything topics were changing. It went from traditional to modern. I was impressed by both, the old landscapes and the modern canvases and sculptures. Olivia and I finished looking at all the exhibitions but it was not time to leave. We stayed in the Tate Library. I found really good books there and decided to stay there till our weekly group meeting with our advisors.<br />
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Image:Angel.PNG|Angel <br />
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Image:LightsTate.PNG|''Forms in Space…by Light'' (in Time) <br> by: Wyn Evans<br />
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==May 16, 2017==<br />
===V&A Museum===<br />
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As always Our group meet 9:15 in the courtyards. We went to national history museum last week and we got there no problem using the tube. Today we went to V&A, which it is besides it and it was not that easy to get there. We went to a Honnor Oak station instead of Farrington, our usual. As we got to Honor Oak we saw it was closed from 7:30-10:00am so we had to walk to Convent Garden station. We got there after 30 min of walking and took the Picadilly line to V&A. We got there past 10, which wasn't bad considering we had a delay.<br />
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As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been to this museum before. But today I got to see it all. I went from the space exhibition to renaissance. I looked more carefully at exhibits. I noticed that most of them had been donations. For example,<br />
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery and The Rosalinde and ArthurGilbert Galleries. In the main floor I saw renaissance and medieval times is Europe but then it was mainly Asia. China with Buddhism, and Japan with their beautiful apparels and much more. However as you went to the other floors I saw Europe at it finest. Amazing jewelry and Silver and Gold.<br />
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The last time I came in through the back door so I went to the top floor first. And the first thing I saw was ceramics. Ever since then I have been wanting to see them again. And I saw them today. The biggest collection of ceramics I have ever seen. It was incredible. I had ceramics from every continent from 3000BC to present. I was so intrigued that I decided to contribute to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] article with a section in ceramics.<br />
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After finishing my article with the help of the information in the museum and taking a lot of pictures for it. I went to National Art Library. I stayed there working in my milestone till 5 and had to get back to the flat in a hurry because I was late. I was late to my 7:30 tickets to ''Wicked''. We we went to see it in the Apollo and Victoria theatre near the Victoria Bus Station. This station is 47 min away from our flat so we wanted to our flat by 6. But don't worry everything worked perfectly and we got to se ''Wicked''. The show and the cast was amazing. The stage was so well designed and complemented perfect the musical. I loved it.<br />
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Image:Re.PNG|Medieval&Renaissance (1350-1600)<br />
Image:Stained_Glass.PNG|Stained glass from Mariawald<br />
Image:Buddism.PNG|Buddhism Asia<br />
Image:Pink.PNG|Pink Floyd Exhibition<br />
Image:court.PNG|Courtyard<br />
Image:Nal.PNG|NAL<br />
Image:Wi.JPG|Wicked in Apollo and Victoria Theater <br />
Image:W1.JPG|Wicked Cast<br />
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==May 17, 2017==<br />
===Tate Modern===<br />
Our advisors always ask us to write in our journals entries how the places we go relate to our projects. Most of the time I the sites don't have much to do with mine, however, today it had everything to do with my project. I have been studying the origins and life of Modern Art and its artists. Being at this museum gave me the opportunity to see some of the works of most famous modern artists. I also got to know many other incredible artists and their work of arts. Besides admiring works of art I was able to work a lot in my deliverable with works of Picasso and Degas. To explain how incredible this museum was to me I will tell you that today time flied by so fast. Usually I take 1-2 hours to tour an entire museum. Today I got to Tate Modern a little before 10 and went in exactly at 10. I decided to go up to down, so I started in the fourth floor. When I was half way through floor 4 I saw my phone and the time indicated 11 o clock. It was 11 and I was half way through my first floor. It barely felt like an hour. After that I kept going and left at 2 o clock. I only left because I was staving and I wanted to have lunch in the Borough Market. <br />
After a short walk from Tate Modern I got to Borough Market. I walked around by all the stands looking for what I was something to eat. <br />
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==May 18, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London===<br />
The last museum of the week, Museum of London. I learned a lot about of London today. From its beginnings to the plague of London. I learned about the people who first populated the area. I also learned about the Black Death. The Black Death began in Asia and had killed thousand of people. "the living could barely bury the dead" from 1346. to 1353. by 1350 the plague had killed 40,000 people. And by the end it killed half of London's population. London was slow to recover after the Black Death, there was more epidemics and the population remained low for 200 years. But by 1348 London was stronger than ever. But that was not the end of the plague they got hit by the great plague again 1665. Shortly after that The Great Fire of London happened in 1666. Ever since I went to St. Paul's Cathedral I was intrigued by the Great Fire of London. So I decided to create an Article about it.<br />
For me that is the most I interesting part of this history but there is so much more. How London recovered from the plague and the fire and became a flourished city that everyone wanted to live in. The over crowded London and all its problems. The Wold Wars and its results and Modern London. If you want to learn more about London go to this [[Museum of London|link]]. (I contributed in the section of Expanding Cities.) You can also go though the Victorian Walk in this museum which portraits places in London as they were before. Today I also started working on my second Milestone.<br />
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==May 19, 2017==<br />
===Paris===<br />
Today I am leaving to Paris and I am so excited. But first I need to finish all of my assignments. I have been working on Journals and Articles and I am almost done. <br />
After working all day Like at 7 I left for my bus. I decided to go on bus to Paris because it was cheaper, like a lot cheaper, and I didn't mind the overnight bus. <br />
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I got there early morning...<br />
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TO BE CONTINUED <br />
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=Week 3=<br />
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==May 22, 2017==<br />
===Museum of London Docklands===<br />
Last Thursday I when I was planning my third week and second milestone I noticed that this week locations are far from our apartment. I was used to a location being 15-30min away in the tube. But this week most our places to go are 45-60min away. I took the jubilee line to today's location, Museum of London Docklands. As I got out of my station I followed my map to the museum. Honesty it is said it was supposed to take me 12min to get there and I took more than 30min. But then I finally got there and meet up with my group.<br />
This in one of the Museum of London museums last week I went to the biggest one. Today, this one have the story of the docks and that shoreline area of London. First I saw about the ware house.<br />
When we finished all the expositions in the three floors. We left. Oliva, Emily and me decided to take a ferry because it was such a nice day. The fare was a bit high but we got a nice view of the Thames River and the Tower Bridge. I had a snack infront of Tower of London reminded all the good memories from our first day here. Times flies by. I decided to go to our flat to change to something more weather appropriate.<br />
"The journey starts in floor three" you read as you went in.<br />
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==May 23, 2017==<br />
===Imperial War Museum===<br />
This morning I woke up with many messages from my family asking if i was alright. I was confused and then I saw the news. In one of the cities nearby, Manchester, there was a terrible attack that left 19 people dead. I can't imagine the pain for the families ok te victims. ****<br />
Today our group's activity was [[Imperial War Museum]]. As I got there I saw the map to see what I was going to see first. Generally in most museums, the last floor or the 0 floor has no galleries. But in this museum for me it had the most important Gallery. I have always appreciated the importantance of the World Wars,specially World War 1. As the museum says "The First World War shaped the modern world. Some of the ideas which motivated people to fight, seem strange to us now. Others seem familiar. Different generations have taken different standpoints as to what the war meant and we still grapple with its meaning today. What was its impact? What did it achieve? Is it still important? Why do we remember it in the way that we do?" <br />
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I spend an hour in this First Gallery. <br />
In the Secind Floor I appreaciated objects, stories, and videos exploring the turning points in the Second World War. <br />
The Second World War transformed the world. Other galleries that you can find in this museum are the Holocaust, Secret War and other temporary galleries. In my opinion the Holocaust Gallery was the most impressive one. It took the fifth floors and part of the fourth. The story of this part of history is shocking by itself but this Gallery gave it a shocking and amazing perspective. I learned so much. In general I learned a lot from this museum. I really liked it and I could definitely come back. <br />
Also today I learned that people from Britain are called Britoins, honestly I had never heard it before. This museum is located inside a park and in front of the north entrance you can find pretty roses. I love taking pictures of flowers. I took 100+ pictures just of the outside of the building with the flowers. <br />
As we planned, Jacob and I meet up in the White Cube to work on our milestone. Trains and Buses were really delayed today so we got later than we were suppose too.we got there and saw incredible exhibitions and started recording for our documentary. I really liked the structure of the building. After recording we went to a cafe infront of the building that was very modern and had really good shakes. <br />
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==May 24, 2017==<br />
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Today we went to Hampton Court Palace. This is definitely the the farthest location we have been to. I was an hour and 15min away. We got a little delay at the beginning but that didn't stop us. We enjoyed the hot summer weather and explore this beautiful castle. <br />
The castle was home to many royalty of England including Henry VIII. William III also lived here and I learned his story. This palace has gone through many restorations that changed the way it looks. <br />
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We started exploring the castle and came a cross a very elevated roof and beautiful wall paintings that went all the way up the ceiling. We went in and had a view of the beautiful gardens in the back of the castle. The first door lead to a room full of weapons in the wall. As we went on the hallway there a corridor of opened doors that guided us to different locations were William III lived. It included everything from dinning place to his most private bedroom where only his closest friends could enter at the time. After the last door we reached the stairs,They were really small in comparison to everything else. We went down and the story of William III continued. This downstairs part was more public and it was where he did his parties. The next part we saw was Henry VIII story. In comparison to William's part of the castle this part was more like a museum explaining the incredible history of him and his wives. <br />
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This palace is also known for three other things Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens are home to the world’s oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, 3 National Plant Collections, over 8000 trees and 650 acres of historic parkland. The Great Vines planted in 1768, the Hampton Court Palace grape vine is the largest grape vine in the world. Hampton Court Palace’s Gardens where amazing, seeing perfect green grass wonderfully decorated. It was perfect. Kristy and I took so many pictures. When we where just about to leave we went into the maze. We couldn't find our way out but it was fun. On our way out we went by Henry VIII's Rose Gardens. There were some many beutiful roses. Could this place get any better, mazes, vines, roses and more roses. I absolutely enjoyed this place. <br />
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==May 25, 2017==<br />
===Horniman Museum===<br />
Before I start talking about my experience in Horiman Museum I will like you to know my best friend is a Biologist. I always get pictures of her animals, from worms to ardillas. Every time we see and animal she says the scientific name and explains to me where does it lives and main characteristics. Being in this museum was like being with her. Honestly it was a little weird seeing animales disecados. But Iearned a lot of how many animals evolved with a clear image about how they look. There are soo many different types of animals and soo much information about them, it is impossible to know it all. One thing that amazed me the most was the use of animals. there was a section dedicated just for decoration and cloth. I decided to contibute to the [[Horniman Museum]] page with more information about this. <br />
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After we finished inside we went to gardens outside. The gardens had an awesome view of London skyline and many flowers. At the end we also saw sheep and some birds. at the end near the cafe we found a white building that looked like a glass castle. We were almost ready to leave and everyone decided to get smoothies. On our way to the shop we came across this pretty house. We took some pictures. Emily, Olivia and I had to leave, we had a plane to catch. <br />
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==Long Weekend==<br />
===Amsterdam===<br />
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Fries. Bikes. Canals.<br />
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=Week 4=<br />
==May 30,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Vacation is over back to work.<br />
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Kristy an I went to a cafe with and objective to work. We found a cafe near Covent Garden which was great. There had go food and books everywhere. However, it didn't have Wifi which is essential to our work. We decided to walk towards Trafalgar Square in search of a place to work. As soon as we got there Kristy had an idea. We could work in St Martins in the Fields. She had been there before for concerts and lunch. They had a big dinning area, a gift store and a study place downstairs. We got there and it was so crowded. As we were heading out we noticed that there was a free concert in the church upstairs.<br />
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It was the free Lunch time Concert. The U.K's oldest free Lunch time Concert Series has been entertaining audiences from around the world at St Martins for 67 years. We got to the church a few minutes before the concert started. I admire the art they had hanging from the roof. They started playing and it was magical. The concert was really beautiful.<br />
We left St Martin and continued our quest for a place to work. Very near by we found it. It was a library. It seemed small but really quite. We sat down in a free desk and started working. Free wifi and tons of resources this place was great. This library is part of the city of Westminster libraries which are "normal" libraries. "Normal meaning you can just borrow a book without any kind of card or request form like in the British Library and NAL. It was perfect!<br />
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==May 31,2017==<br />
===Unit London===<br />
I kept working on my second milestone. As you may know I am working with Jacob creating a documentary. We have recorded one out of our three galleries in London. Today we recorded Unit London. This Gallery located in SoHo may seem small but it is full of art. Recently famous artists present their work there. We were talking to one of the workers there about the artists and he mentioned that the main artist in exhibition at that time was a street artist but now one of his works in worth about £15,000.<br />
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==June 1,2017==<br />
===London Science Museum===<br />
The [[London Science Museum]] is a really interactive museum and it is a little different that other museums we have been before. In the ground floor you can find exhibitions about space, rockets and aviation and all normal things for museums. However, as you went up you found different types of exhibitions. For example, the second floor was about the human body. It explained many aspects of the body with interactive virtual games. In the center you could also play with your friends what it seemed like brain games. Chris, Kristy, Sam and I played it and we learned a lot from it. the exhibitions continued in the second and third floor with the themes of Atmosphere and Engineering your future. By the end Kristy said "This is like a huge arcade for learning science". I really liked the museum, It goes really well with the setting of a tech school as WPI is. <br />
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Chris, Kristy, Sam and I decided to have a picnic in Hyde Park since we were soo close, and today was the perfect day to do it. It was sunny and warm and many families were playing around. We walked all over the park passing by Albert's Memorial, Keingston Palace, Queens Victoria Memorial Garden, Serpentine Galleries, and Princess Diana's Fountain Memorial. If you read one of my first journal entries you can see that I already observed all this memorials. However, when I last visited it was not summer yet. There was spotted families playing and the memorials where basically empty. As you can see from the picture bellow, the park was full with families and little kind playing around. The memorial was so full we could take pictures inside. We decided to work on a cafe with a nice view of the park.<br />
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==June 2,2017==<br />
===Wallace Collection===<br />
Today we went to Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house with 25 galleries of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury. As we went in we were ask to leave our bags in the cloakroom. After we left our bags we went exploring. Chris, Kristy and I decided to go upstairs first. We went up by red carpeted stairs. The First room I went in this first floor was the Large Drawing Room. This room had an amazing chandelier and many other impressive decorations inside the green silk covered walls. I decided to write about this room and other West Galleries in contribution to the [[The Wallace Collection]] with Kristy's help. Chris disappeared but Kristy and I kept exploring.We walk along the rooms, each with magnificent decorations and furniture and each covered with different color silk. <br />
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We had a couple of questions so we ask one of the persons working there. Her name was Shelby and she told us the story of the Wallace Collection. She told us how Sir Richard Wallace was owner before it was a collection. Wallace was the fourth generation to inherit the collection and he was a great collector himself. After his death his wife Lady Wallace decided to honor her husband by donating the Collection to the country. She Donated the collection to the British nation in 1897 with several conditions. She asked for the collection to be called Wallace Collection and for it to be a close collection. Being a close collection the museum cannot borrow pieces from other museums neither get any new pieces. I found it really interesting, the story of the place is amazing and the works of art it has are even more amazing. <br />
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Looking for a place for lunch we came across Baker Street which is really close by to the collection. For all the fans of Sherlock Holmes you probably know that this is the street where he lives in the series. This British series is about a famous detective that solves crimes around London. After lunch Kristy and I went to City of Westminster Library work on Milestones. <br />
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==Weekend 4==<br />
Shoreditch, Urban Food Fest & BallieBallerson<br />
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Kristy and I plannedour Saturday evening. We took a bus to Shoreditch St. and had a whole photoshoot with graffitis on the street. The pictures came out really cool and after that we met the boys at the Urban Food Fest that happens every Saturday during the summer. There was music, giant jenga in the tables and lots of food and drinks to try. We ate there and then we stared to head to BallieBallerson. The 25 pounds you pay to get in are worth it, because it is not only a giant balls pool but it links like they light up with led lights at the same beat of the music. Plus they have a guy that paints your face with neon colors for free inside and they look lit with the black light. They also have a good variety of drinks and dancing in the pool of balls is so much fun. At the end of the day we're all bigger children. The scary part is that in the middle of the night there were another two terrorist attacks in the Tower Bridge and in Borough Market. Which is really scary, because we're not only living really close but also those are places we could have totally been at that night. Again, there is no way to prepare for a terrorist attack.<br />
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=Week 5=<br />
==June 5,2017==<br />
===Work on Milestone===<br />
Today Sofia and I woke up really early and worked on the Milestone in the flat for a while, then we had breakfast, I did some exercise and we got ready to go to the Library. We took a bus to Westminster Reference Library and worked there from eleven until five. I read a lot about David Hockney and Sofia about Monet and we each contributed to the Milestone we are doing together. After that we went to the British Library and had our meetings with the advisors. Then we walked back to the flat, had dinner and went to bed. <br />
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==June 6,,2017==<br />
===Library===<br />
This week it has really easy for me to wake up. Which is really good for my milestones. I woke up at 7 today, showered and got ready to work. I worked on my bed for a hour or so and then Kristy and I decided to leave at 10. We are doing a Secret Cinema show tomorrow so we had to buy cloths for it. I can't explain much about the secret cinema but I am soo excited. We fortunately found our clothes easily and went directly to the library. We went to our usual Westminster Reference Library. We always go through the same path in Chinatown to get to the library but today we decided to take a different path. This new lead us to M&M world and Lego Store. They were both really cool, very touristy but cool. After a few pictures and a short walk we got to the library. I like it there because they have a big variety of sources and the librarians are really nice. Another thing I love about this library is the location. It has so many things going around it. Trafalgar Square is a fight beside it. You can even see the sign of the National Gallery from the window. You can also find many restaurants and the Apollo Theater is also near by.<br />
As I mentioned before Kristy and I are working on the third milestone together. We are going to do some painting. I am so excited for that but first we need to do our background. We divided our artists in two so we have four each. Yesterday I did Monet, today I did Sir Christopher Wren. I learned a lot about him. I knew he designed the dome for St Paul's Cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He was a scientist to. He had an amazing life.<br />
Today we had an activity planned in our HUA program, Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theater. Kristy and I decided we needed to leave early because we had a few stops in the way to the Globe. Neither of us had data in our cellphones so we basing ourselves with pictures of maps and nothing else.we kind our way but a little hard and one of the street was a little creepy but we got to the theater 7:15.<br />
We entered and looked for the place to enter. We were on the Yard which meant we had to stand the whole play. 7:30 the play started. First scene: two ladies with their faces painted like clowns where giving birth. Defenitly not what I was expecting. The play just kept weird. I guess it is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet but it was still weird. The play finished around 10. Jacob, Kristy, Grant and I walked back home and passing the Millenium Bridge. We had an amazing view of London's skyline and infront we could see St Pauls Cathedral which was amazingly beutiful at that time of the day. <br />
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==June 7,2017==<br />
===Secret Cinema===<br />
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Best night ever!!<br />
First of all let's start by the fact that we had been preparing for this night for a week. Knowing we're little of what we were paying for and hoping it would be at least worth it, we bought tickets for the Secret Cinema Moulin Rouge!<br />
Two days after making the purchase online we received an email of acceptance to the "Society of Love" as "Children of the Revolution". We were the dreamers, the rebels and the risk takers. Each one of us received a character from year 1899: Kristy was a young African American poet named Fraces Harper and Sofia was an American inventor named Mary Anderson. We were given their stories with the command of reading it, absorbing it and developing it, as well as buying proper clothes for the occasion.<br />
The day came, June 7,2017, a Wednesday.<br />
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==June 8,2017==<br />
===Stonehedge and Bath===<br />
So today I went to Stonhedge, Bath, and Lacock.<br />
I woke up really early and got ready for this amazing day trip with all the HUA members. I have always wanted to go to Stonehedge, it looked amazing in pictures. All of my flatmates and three other girls were waiting in the bus stop. The bus we were suppose to take to the meeting place was delayed. We were all worried to be late, however we were one of the first to get there. Both our professors got there like 15 minutes after and introducing our guide Andrew. He was really friendly and really funny. He also tried to remember all our names which was incredible. We started the day going to Stonehedge. We later went to Bath. At last we went to Lac I learned that the druids were not the ones to make Stonehenge, unlike common belief. The rocks there were put five thousand years ago. They were already here even before Jesus was! Three thousand years before him indeed! That is almost unbelievable! It was really rainy, windy and cold, but that didn't keep Sofia and I from taking great pictures of each other. We spent almost a whole hour doing so, and the rest just wandering around the very expensive gift shop. Bath was alright, we barely had time to eat, I did not like my food and then we did a walking tour. The tour guide started talking about the Tudors and it was funny to realize I knew a bit more than him about the story of his country. He gave some facts wrong like saying that king Henry VIII asked Cromwell to make his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid. He actually asked the cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and killed him after he failed. Apart from that I enjoyed the tour guide's stories. There're natural springs in bath, however, if you try to bath in them you're likely to die because of the sulphuric gasses that come out and the many bacteria that proliferate in the environment. I saw several homeless people in the city, and I can't hep but to feel sad every time, I wish I could do so much for them. After Bath, we went to a "secret place" were Godricks Hollow was filmed in the Harry Potter movies. So we looked at the church, at "Harry's house" and we walked around for a little bit before heading back to London. We arrived at eight and we went directly to Nando's to celebrate Chris's birthday that is tomorrow. We stayed there until eleven and we had lots of fun chatting and eating some peri peri. <br />
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==June 9,2017==<br />
===Painting===<br />
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===My Complete Contributions===<br />
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