Essays Tagged: "Pittsburgh"

Biography on Andy Warhol

ufferend from several nervous breakdowns. Overcoming this he graduates from schenley high school in Pittsburgh in 1945, enrolls in the Carnegie Institute of Technology and graduated in june of 1949.Mo ...

(1 pages) 137 3 3.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

A basic outline of the Element Iron. Useful for replacing a lab on Iron (if so instucted), or as a brief history of Iron.

tamins and steel. Iron is also a supplementary cure to a common case of Anemia. Steel originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1875. This newfound idea, started out to be a cheap investment by Andrew ...

(2 pages) 76 1 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

Arts in Society.

of 7.2%, lower grade point averages and worse attendance records. At Manchester Craftmen's Guild in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a program that includes classes like ceramics, music, and photography, is ...

(6 pages) 165 0 3.2 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Book Report on Blood Tracks by Karen Rose Cercone.

d for my report was the mystery novel by Karen Rose Cercone, Blood Tracks. The story takes place in Pittsburgh in late November 1905. The story is portrayed in the 3rd person point of view. The main c ... y County Police Department. Helen Sorby is a radical writer and a settlement-house director in East Pittsburgh. Art Taggart is Milo's portly partner and is one of the few non-corrupt detectives in the ...

(4 pages) 29 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Andy Warhol: the American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and film maker

Andy Warhol, the American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and film maker was born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928, shortly afterwards settling in New York. The only son of immigrant, Cz ... nt, Czech parents, Andy finished high school and went on to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, graduating in 1949 with hopes of becoming an art teacher in the public schools. While in ...

(8 pages) 101 1 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol, the American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and filmmaker was born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928, shortly afterwards settling in New York. The middle son of immigrant, ... nt, Czech parents, Andy finished high school and went on to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, graduating in 1949 with hopes of becoming an art teacher in the public schools. While in ...

(8 pages) 78 1 4.1 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Andy Warhol Artist and Filmmaker

ted to the interesting and complicated nature of his art.Andrew Warhola, was born August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Czechoslovakian immigrants. Like millions of ot ... veral years his family's financial situation improved and he attended a commercial design course at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute of Technology. Although he was very shy and had a strong fear of fai ...

(3 pages) 58 0 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Andrew Carnegie and his life

ere able to come to America by selling all their belongings and borrowing more money. They moved to Pittsburgh. At that time Pittsburgh was covered with soot, scorched by fire, and foul with industria ... ive years, while steel may only have to be replaced every twenty years.In 1873, he bought land near Pittsburgh and established J. Edgar Thomson Steel Works which was the most modern factory of it's ti ...

(4 pages) 76 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Andrew Carnegie

rom Glasgow, the Carnegies wasted little time settling in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, where relatives already existed and were there to provide help. Allegheny City provided ... in ideals and training for their children. At age 15, Carnegie became a telegraph messenger boy in Pittsburgh. He learned to send and decipher telegraphic messages and became a telegraph operator at ...

(5 pages) 75 0 1.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Buses: Part 5

and Southern Comfort until we got to Mike's first house and switched cars. After that we headed to Pittsburgh, KS, a college town some miles away from Ft. Scott: Mikes second house was located there. ... I had joined. We kept talking and drinking; I felt as if I knew them all of my life. We made it to Pittsburgh in the record time of ten minutes, they had told me. We got to Mike's house and jumped ou ...

(5 pages) 27 0 3.8 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Causal Analysis of Pauls Case by Willa Cather

l is a self-oriented boy, concerned with money, wealth, and glamour. He lives on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "It [is] a highly respectable street, where all the houses [are] exactly a ...

(3 pages) 63 0 0.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Andy Warhol ( the life of )

Andy Warhol, the American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and film maker, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 6, 1928 and died in 1987 in New York. Shortly after his birth, hi ... nt, Czech parents, Andy finished high school and went on to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, graduating in 1949 with hopes of becoming a public school art teacher. Soon, he will fin ... f becoming a public school art teacher. Soon, he will find that teaching is not his niche. While in Pittsburgh, he worked for a department store arranging window displays. His boss used to always tell ...

(8 pages) 160 2 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Casino: A Jackpot for Pittsburgh?

Is a casino a good idea for the city of Pittsburgh?"Hey guys, you wanna head over to the casino tonight?" Imagine this becoming part of an e ... no tonight?" Imagine this becoming part of an everyday conversation at most college campuses in the Pittsburgh area. With plans currently being made to construct a casino in the Pittsburgh area, this ... a considerable number of changes that would occur with the installation of a casino in the city of Pittsburgh. There would be a significant increase in the overall financial/economical growth and tou ...

(6 pages) 9 0 5.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Analysis of a Concert: Classical vs. Popular

was also prepared to be in an extremely different atmosphere and culture for both shows. I am from Pittsburgh and my mother actually works for the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops Orchestra so I was able to ... examine the classical concert since it was the first one I attended.At this Gershwin tribute where Pittsburgh Pops Conductor Marvin Hamlisch exploited Gershwin's "An American in Paris" and "Rhapsody ...

(6 pages) 32 0 3.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Affirmative Action

int his country. A recent Urban Benchmarks' study found that of 71 metro areas surveyed nationwide, Pittsburgh had the highest rate of employment-related problems among non-Hispanic whites between the ...

(3 pages) 65 0 0.0 Feb/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The craziest two weeks of my life

ne saying, "what a boring day this is." I said" things haven't been this bad since I moved to Pittsburgh." Just as I was done saying that I saw a bright light in the alley. When I looked o ... stigation, they found him guilty of arson.This was probably the craziest two weeks since I lived in Pittsburgh. But after all this confusion I was able to find out who did it, throw him around the bar ...

(3 pages) 1098 0 0.0 Jun/2001

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Art Rooney

Pittsburgh's Hero Art Rooney What I learned doing this report, is that no owner was as beloved as Ar ... doing this report, is that no owner was as beloved as Art Rooney was.He was born on July 27, 1901 a Pittsburgh native. He was the oldest of nine children. Rooney was quite the exceptional athlete. He ... 925 but his career was cut short because of an arm injury. He played football for many teams in the Pittsburgh area.He married Kathlee McNulty in 1931 and then had 5 sons. In 1964, he was inducted int ...

(1 pages) 2044 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1928 and was raised in a coal-mining town in Philadelphia. Andy always ...

(4 pages) 7 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Andy Warhol

rhola's work is completely about the spirit of culture in modern society.Andrew Warhola was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928, Pennsylvania in 1928, to a poverty-stricken immigrant family. Havi ... s.Andrew's fame as an artist lasted longer than fifteen minutes. It began at Carnegie University in Pittsburgh, where he learned valuable lessons in getting attention. He was a shy person and loved to ...

(7 pages) 45 0 0.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Art Essays

Arthur Joseph Rooney and his effects on Pittsburgh, and their Steeler fans.

Arthur Joseph RooneyArthur Rooney Sr. founded the Pittsburgh Steelers Football franchise on nothing more than the winnings from a horse race, was a ki ... ed individual. "If anything, Mr. Rooney is remembered more fondly. He represented a kinder, gentler Pittsburgh, certainly a more innocent time in the professional sports world."(excerpt from "Doing It ... , said [Art's son] Dan Rooney. "We all knew and loved the Chief," said Sophie Masloff, the Mayor of Pittsburgh at the time of Rooney's death. "My fondest memory of playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers ...

(4 pages) 17 0 5.0 May/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History