Arts & Humanities - 30 December 2007

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means war, if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist- I really believe he is Antichrist- I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend, no longer my 'faithful slave,' as you call yourself! But how do you do? I see I have frightened you- sit down and tell me all the news."

It was in July, 1805, and the speaker was the well-known Anna Pavlovna Scherer, maid of honor and favorite of the Empress Marya Fedorovna. With these words she greeted Prince Vasili Kuragin, a man of high rank and importance, who was the first to arrive at her reception. Anna Pavlovna had had a cough for some days. She was, as she said, suffering from la grippe; grippe being then a new word in St. Petersburg, used only by the elite.

2007-12-30 23:53:47 · 14 answers · asked by tyler durden Oƒƒicial 6 in History

2007-12-30 23:47:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-12-30 23:38:07 · 5 answers · asked by Satya R 2 in Philosophy

I do pencil shading
here are a few examples (there just really quick pics, no pic to look from, i also did a few people but i dont have them with me right now) I would like to dry anything but horses (i do them all the time) anything you think looks cool or something. http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j227/rember89/Photo48.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j227/rember89/Photo42-1.jpg
could u post some photos i could draw

2007-12-30 23:29:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Drawing & Illustration

A little list here :

Olympus E-410
Canon 350D
Canon XTi / Canon 400D
Nikon D40
Sony A100
Pentax K100D Super
Pentax 110D

Which is the best for a beginner? Are they all good cameras? Which would you say are the 3/4 best on the list that are better for a beginner, however wont need to be replaced for 2/3 years to come?

Thanks A lot!

Also, where can you find good cheap camera? Is second hand still good? Can i trust a website ?

Cheers

2007-12-30 23:26:34 · 10 answers · asked by JP 1 in Photography

2007-12-30 23:15:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

Family from germany picture is of girl standing on foot chair looing at mirror looking back a herself. above and sides are angles looking down. scene seams to be 1600-1700 periods. only name i see is m goodan or m goodmon year was 93

2007-12-30 23:11:12 · 8 answers · asked by christina m 2 in Painting

Pls arrange in orders: a) have it edited by a proffesional editor b) hire an agent c) have your copyrights d)have an isbn number? happy new year, guys!

2007-12-30 22:53:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

Background to my Q is this:

It happens alot here. The answerers, I have generically described try to reformulate the Q's by asking Q's that defocus the central idea in the Q. This Q is based on my having asked over 1070 Q's in two years. Is this good Q&A? Is this the kind of Q&A helpful. I would really prefer to limit my Q to Q-askers w/many Q's under their belt(hunter's metaphor), but I will consider well-formed insightful thoughts by intelligent pt-driven answerers. This Q matters to me bec I would like to see Philosophy Q&A improve here & be nontrivial & less distorted than it is. That is my motive ,so no one need speculate about that element which is irrelevant to answering my Q! IMO The Q-asker should never be the subject of the A to the Q .The ideas in the Q are fair game(another hunter's metaphor), but comments re the Q-asker, motives,defects, etc are ad hominem fallacies. Ad hominem attacks are considered, from a logial POV irrelevant & evidence of immature thoughts.

2007-12-30 22:50:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-12-30 22:40:06 · 8 answers · asked by gabriel.chau 1 in Other - Arts & Humanities

It's about two kids- one rich and the other poor. I'm not sure about their ages. Anyway, i think the poor one is shocked that the rich kid befriended him/her.

2007-12-30 22:38:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

I've got Paint Shop Pro 9, I've got a brand new Wacom Intuos3 and I grew up drawing comics so I've got all the ingredients needed to make a good drawing/graphic...

My problem is that when I'm drawing my normal charactors on the digital screen, they seem pixelated instead of a smooth "pen like" appearance.

I'm trying to get that smooth natural pen like look (without having to use other programs like Corel Painter 10 or Photoshop)... so are there any other digital artists like me who know how to achieve this look? Thanks a million for your input!

My settings are: (Round) Size:2 Hardness: 100 Step:1 Density & Thickness: 100 (Paint Shop Pro 9)

2007-12-30 22:29:09 · 5 answers · asked by Wolffman 3 in Drawing & Illustration

I have a set of 4 intricate Chinese paper cuts. They are each in their own protective covers (cardboard back, tissue paper cover) and all four are kept together in their original packaging. They must tell a story, but I don't know which order they should be in or what the story is. I have pictures of them if anyone is interested. I don't want to sell them, but would love to know as much about them as possible.

Any help wouldbe much appreciated!

2007-12-30 22:16:52 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Visual Arts

Who was the first published American woman writer (poet)?

2007-12-30 21:51:27 · 30 answers · asked by nancykep 3 in Books & Authors

2007-12-30 21:37:35 · 12 answers · asked by sweetgal 3 in Books & Authors

2007-12-30 21:36:43 · 3 answers · asked by tolu a 1 in Philosophy

To cut a long story short, i've wanted to get into acting for several years now, but for reasons I don't really want to go into 'cause it'll take too long, I haven't been able to...

With my studies going on this year, and then I leave school to get a job or whatever I want to do, I don't feel as though there is enough time to get into a drama class as most school's only accept up to 18 years old. And I can't get into drama school as I don't have the relevant experience to go with the academic capabilities I have. Also, for the last few years my confidence has taken a complete knocking and i'd love to get this back and portray everything through acting. It's what I want to do, I know it, i'd love to be on stage etc., but I feel it's too late... it's there any websites with guidance for new actors who have no previous experience?

Also with my part-time job I can't go to the evening class I wanted to go to and I can't afford to give up my job =(

Thanks

2007-12-30 21:26:28 · 2 answers · asked by yorkshirelass2007 1 in Theater & Acting

i seem to be working all the time. i work full time as a customer associate. and it just seems when i wake up, i go to work, and when i come home, its dinner and then bed. apart from my two days off a week (which seem to go extremely quick) my life revolves around work!

2007-12-30 21:05:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

using photoshop cs2 how can i make skin look less pale and removing that flash side effects (skin becoming even more pale) when photo is shot in the dark room and wheb a person hasn't got a sun tan.

2007-12-30 21:03:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Photography

My history teacher has commented on this a few times, and from any pictures in my history book of Stalin, he seems to have his left hand either out of the picture, disreetly hidden or in his pocket. Is it true that his left hand was shrivelled or whithered?

2007-12-30 20:58:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

2007-12-30 20:49:23 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

2007-12-30 20:47:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

I try to redraw art on a picture using the pen tool on a separate layer (new layer). After draw with the pen tool I sometime want to make the line or part of the line lighter so it would blend in with the original line. I try using the dode tool but it seem to never work even if I set the exposure rate to a 100 it seem to never make a different. I try other tool such as the burn and blur tool to see if it work on the layer and it work fine so I was wondering why doesn't the dodge tool work. Can someone please help me out.

2007-12-30 20:41:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Drawing & Illustration

Tell me what you think it is?

2007-12-30 20:31:38 · 14 answers · asked by Mr.Allen 2 in Philosophy

i cant make my pictures bigger because it became blurd especially when i tried to stretch it........ so, how? where? can i make it big..................

2007-12-30 20:31:04 · 3 answers · asked by rina 1 in Photography

2007-12-30 20:27:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

i want to get many different opinions from all of you abou this book.

2007-12-30 20:10:07 · 2 answers · asked by kimmie88861 1 in Books & Authors

Nowaday I think, I forget everything alot. I don't know why. I drink, but not too much. I don't smoke.

2007-12-30 19:58:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-12-30 19:53:00 · 23 answers · asked by Banshee 7 in Philosophy

personally, for me its fantasy.

augh, im a sucker for things like: Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl, Eragon, etc.

2007-12-30 19:32:46 · 9 answers · asked by -ish 2 in Books & Authors