Lucian Freud, Naked Portrait, 1972-1973
In this article we examine Lucian Freud’s: Naked Portrait, 1972-1973
Van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife
By Hope Elena Sardella 12/21/2019 There has been a long-standing argument among scholars on the actual meaning of the Van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife. Originally painted in the time period of the Northern Renaissance in nineteen forty-three. From my observation from several interpretations, it is in my educated opinion that this portrait has […]
Wind Power – An indepth analysis of the Energy & Environmental System
Author: Hope-Elena Sardella, 8/16/2019 The demand for energy is virtually ceaseless. With only a finite supply of natural resources, countries across the globe are striving to find sustainable sources of power in the hope of phasing out fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal, and petroleum. More importantly, certain populations have had the capacity to […]
Solar Power Vs. Coal
Author: Hope-Elena Sardella , 8/13/19, ENV 322 Energy & Environmental Systems In the United States, it’s an open secret that humans are dependent on non-renewable resources such as natural gas, coal, and petroleum. Comparatively, a secret that is not so open is the shockingly low amount of renewable energy consumed. Sources of renewable energy like […]
The Citizens of Colorado take on Big Oil
Author: Hope-Elena Sardella, ENV 322 As it stands the citizens of Colorado state are rising against the forces of Big Oil, who are eager to extract the minerals abundant beneath Colorado soil. The natural resource of crude oil production has been notoriously problematic for the state over the past decade. Author Gross (2013) studied the […]
Coal and Oil
Author: Hope-Elena Sardella Coal and Oil are two of the most significant driving forces in the fossil fuel industry in the United States. In 2012 it was reported that the United States used 17.4 quadrillion BTUs of Coal, and 32.5 Quadrillion BTUs of petrol (Jones & Mayfield, 2016, pg. 6). Coal is primarily used to […]
The Jane Elliot Experiment
Author: Hope-Elena Sardella, ANT101 Jane Elliot was a grade school teacher in 1968. Following the death of Martin Luther King, she felt called to teach her class about racial prejudices, unlike any one in her time; through interactively teaching her students. To accomplish this task, Ms. Elliot divided her third-grade class by eye-color. The first […]
Personal Stories & One’s Testimony- An intrinsic part of Cultural Anthropology
Author : Hope-Elena Sardella, ANT101 Stories are an intrinsic part of who we are. More often than not we may inadvertently reenact an event we have read in a story or seen on TV because our brains can’t differentiate that the event in the TV show is not happening – (Hamilton, 2014). As a child, […]
Film that has been affected by the internet and social media
By Hope Sardella I have chosen to talk about Blue Velvet (1986). David Lynch is the writer and director of blue velvet, and as history has shown, his work is usually not well received by the general public, mainly because he is so progressive and ahead of his time. Although this film was produced in […]
Main Character Review of Blue Velvet’s Kyle Maclachlan, Isabella Rossellini, and Dennis Hopper
By Hope-Elena Sardella Kyle MacLachlan – Kyle MacLachlan plays the role of “Jeffrey” the main protagonist and character of the film. We would consider Kyle MacLachlan as the “star” (or most well-known actor) of Blue Velvet (1986). MacLachlan represent’s the detective character indicative of film noir genre, as well as an individual being “caught up in a dangerous […]