10 Pictures

Irish Champions, Mike O'Malley, Irish, Photo

Canadian Rowers, Lindsay Mayer, Japanese, Photo

Marines in Fallujah, Pat Dollard, American, Photo

Blackhawks Score, Jonathon Roewhick, American Photo

Italian National Team, Chris Pearson, Italian, Photo

Argentina wins 7, Jonathon stones, Austrailian, Photo

Bruins take another bite out of Philly, Mike Mcdermott, Photograph, American

Building For the Long Haul, Jeremy Harris, Photograph, American

Consturction Workers on Canary Wharf Tower, Victor Watts, Photograph, British

Four men and women helping woman over wall on assault course, Photograph, Manchan, Nationality Unknown

Narrative 5

It was gray and muddy the morning Rosen got hit. Me, him, and Nick Lee were patrolling one of the muddy streets of Neong, a city we had been stationed at for awhile. While quietly chatting about home, the war, and people back at camp, our conversation was interrupted by a sudden crack of faraway rifle. We quickly flopped into a nearby ditch and and took a second to catch our breath .”Anyone get hit?” I asked after a few tense moments.“ A better question is where our shooter is,” Lee said and nearly got hit by a bullet that whistled by as he risked his head for a glance. “We need to get out of here” Rosen said. “You got any ideas?” I asked him. “Yeah, I'll run for those houses to the right, once he shoots at me, you guys go for the house on the left, we'll meet in the alley” he answered. “Are you crazy? You're gonna get killed man,” Lee said in response. “You got any better plans?” And with that Rosen ran out of the ditch. When he was about halfway across the street we started moving, and to my right I saw Rosen who was nearly there and I though he was going to to make it without getting hit. I thought wrong, as just as Rosen was nearing the house the rifle cracked again and Rosen span about and fell behind the house with a yell. Me and Lee had reached safety and we went through the alley to get Rosen. We found him there holding his bleeding thigh and gasping. “Jesus man, what did I tell you” Lee said as we ran over to him. “I don't think i'll be able to move on my own, help me up” Rosen told us. Lee bandaged up his leg and we slowly helped him to his feet, me and Lee keeping him up as best as we could. We made our way out of the small alleyway, making sure we didn't move from out behind the houses. As we neared camp we helped Rosen over to the medics. “Guess you took one for the team this time, eh Rosen?” The medic had asked. “Yeah so it seems” Rosen managed to say. “ Thanks for bringing me back guys” Rosen said as he laid down. “ We should be the ones thanking you, saved us all.” I told him with a grin.

Narrative 4

The throngs of people in the stadium were roaring as Mr. Pierce hoisted me high into the air, above his team and into the deafening noise above us. Though he was the only one holding me up, it was not him alone that brought me into his arms. No, it was everyone, from the coach, to the bench players, to the starters, they all did it, and they all earned me. Each of them were so happy to see me, so excited, so jovial, just as they always are. But their opposition was quite the opposite, crushed, frustrated, upset beyond measure, but the only thing to blame were themselves, failing to work as well as the well oiled machine that was Mr. Pierce's Celtics. You see, they only depended on a few talented players to win, and because of that it was the men in green that were the ones to embrace and touch me. But only minutes before, I sat in a back room, patiently waiting to be given to the victor. I heard the yells of the crowd, the whistles, and lastly the buzzer that signaled that the game was over. I was then taken out of the room and into flashing lights and colors. Looking up at the scoreboard, I saw that these fans would go home very happy, as BOS scored 40 more points than VIS. I heard that it was a very good game for Boston, with the man holding me playing unselfishly, passing the ball, helping his team, relying on his team. That was what made them win in my opinion, that the team relied on each other, not just one man. As the cheers rained down on us, our procession made it's way into the locker room, where Champagne bottles popped and fizzed onto me and those few men were nearly as loud as the 20,000 outside, with their yells and their happiness. They hugged each other, congratulated each other, told other what an honor it was to be on the same team as one another, it was a very happy day for all of them, you could just feel it by being in the room. Lots of couldn't have done it without yous and we're the best in the worlds were thrown about. But in the midst of all the noise, I sat silently, patiently waiting to be in the trophy case in the stadium, next to other copies of myself, where I would sit and be admired by fans to come for many, many years. A mute testament to the teamwork and hard work that went into that game.

Pictures

Snap the Whip, Winslow Homer, Oil, Youngstown Ohio

Eel Spearing at Setauket, William Sidney Mount, Oil, Cooperstown NY

Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap, George Caleb Bingham, Oil, Unknown Location

The Death of General Wolfe, Benjamin West, Oil, Ottawa Canada


Watson and the Shark, John Singleton Copley, Oil, Washington DC


The Death of General Jospeh Warren At the Battle of Bunker Hill, John Trumball, Oil, New Haven CT


Westward the Course of Empire Takes it's Way, Emanuel Luetz, Unknown Medium, Washington D.C.

The Iron-Workers' Noon-Time, Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Oil, San Fransico CA

Miracle on Ice, Heinz Kluetmeier, Photograph, Americana

2004 World Champions, Al Behman, Photograph, American

Western Figurative, Connie Chadwell, Oil, Texas


Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima, Joe Rosenthal, Photograph, American


Ferrari Pit Crew, Vince Caliguri, Photograph, Italian

Crab Season, Andrew McGarry, Photograph, American

Celtics Celebration, Mike Segar, Photograph, American

Alley Oop, Andrew Levine, Photograph, American

Teamwork Explained, Artist Unknown, Pencil

Rescue at 14,000 Feet, Jonathon Horn, Photograph,

Minnesota Orchestra, Euan Kerr, Photograph, Scottish

Helping Someone, Norman Schwarzkopf

Biography 2

Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1836 and growing up in Cambridge, Winslow Homer became one of the all-time leading figures in American art, known for his marine genre paintings and for his espousing of realism, especially of American life. From the 1880s until his death in 1910, his work was focused on issues of mortality and the forces of nature such as violent storms at sea. Between 1884 and 1889, he did numerous etchings of his own paintings and watercolors.Homer had no formal artistic training until he was apprenticed to a lithographer, J.H. Bufford, but Homer disliked lithography and got work as an illustrator for Ballou's Pictorial. From 1859 to 1883, he worked from New York for Harper's Weekly, and from October 1861 to May, 1862, was one of their Civil War illustrators. He served as a special correspondent to cover the outbreak of the War, and attached to the Army of the Potomac, and filled his sketch book with informal studies of uniforms, weapons and the daily activities of the individual soldiers. From this period, he gleaned subject matter that ultimately became some of the outstanding paintings of the Civil War.He also studied at the National Academy of Design where Frederick Rondel was a major influence, but during the early years of his career, illustration was his "bread and butter."After the Civil War, he traveled and studied in Europe for several years including France from 1866 to 1867, where he shared a studio in Montmartre with fellow artist Albert Warren Kelsey. Several small paintings are extant from that period as are the three illustrations for Harper's Weekly that had helped to finance his trip. He returned to New York and settled for thirteen years in New York where his studio proximity to that of Eastman Johnson, genre painter, was a major influence. Many of Homer's early New York paintings were of leisurely figures in landscape, reflecting his time in France influenced by the Impressionists. For much of his residency in New York, he lived and worked in the famous Tenth Street Studio Building, and became increasingly exploring in his subject matter--rural life, childhood remembrances including summers at Lake George, Saratoga Springs, and the Adirondack Mountains. One of his most famous paintings, Snap the Whip from 1872, owes much to French plein-air painting and to the genre style of William Sidney Mount. In 1873, he began working in watercolor, and many of his most acclaimed works are in that medium.From 1881 to 1882, he was in England near Tynemounth on the rugged coast of the North Sea at the small fishing village of Cullercoats, and he began doing scenes, harsher in tone, of figures struggling heroically in landscape. There he worked almost exclusively in watercolor.Settling permanently in the seclusion of Prout's Neck, a remote area on the coast of Maine, he strove not only for solitude but for the closest approximation he could find in the United States to that same English coast. At Prout's Neck, he was able to indulge his love of the outdoors, his fascination with the moods of the weather and the people in the landscape. He traveled all over for seascapes, boating, and sporting scenes and also made several trips to Caribbean Sea locations including Bermuda, the Bahamas and Cuba, where he did a number of marine scenes ominous in tone. Homer never married and in his most productive years lived a highly secluded life, seemingly content according to his letters and family accounts. In 2004, the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine began a two-year campaign to raise 12 million dollars for acquisition, preservation and endowment of Homer's studio at Prouts Neck.The Associated Press reported that on May 5, 1998, Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, paid $30 million for Lost on the Grand Banks, the last major seascape by Winslow Homer still in private hands. The price paid at a secret private sale is easily a record for American art according to The New York Times, citing anonymous art experts. The 'Times' had the following: "The seller, John Spoor Broome, a businessman from Southern California, would not discuss the price or buyer. Broome bought "Lost on the Grand Banks" from his grandmother in the 1940s. The painting measures nearly 32 by 50 inches and portrays a dramatic image from 1885 of two fishermen in a choppy sea peering over the side of their small boat. "

Sources:Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American ArtMatthew Baigell, Dictionary of American ArtPeter Falk, Who Was Who in American ArtArt-Talk, November-December 2004Associated Press, May 1998

Narrative 3

“10 down 10 to go...” groaned Matt as both we threw a crab pot overboard. “God, how heavy are these things, and these waves don't help anyone.” As tiring as it was to listen to, he had a point. The Bering Sea was quite turbulent, and being wet in 30 degree weather isn't the most pleasant thing. We had already been out at sea for 5 days and I was already exhausted, as the short fishing season has us working with very little rest. “Ugh, why do we have to use dead fish as bait, this stuff is nasty.” Steve said as he and Chris put bait into the crab pot. “I mean seriously, this stuff is so nasty,” he said as a particularly violent wave smashed into the boat.“Try to finish up quick boys, I'm not liking the weather today” came captain Carl's voice over the loud-speaker. “Yeah, like we can go any fast-” Steve began to say, but he was interrupted but a massive wave which sent him overboard into the cold ocean.

“ Oh my God, hey grab the life preserver!” Chris yelled to me. If drowning didn't kill Steve, the below freezing water would. “Hang on, man we're gonna get you!” Matt yelled to Steve. I grabbed the flotation ring off the small rack by the door and ran back over to the side of the boat nearly falling on the wet deck's surface. I hurled the ring at Steve, who was now flailing desperately in the icy water. He managed to spot the nearby ring in the water and struggled over to it. As he grabbed onto it Chris yelled “Alright, don't let go we're gonna drag you in!” “Ready, Pull!” he yelled to the rest of us. We all yanked at once and seemingly the ocean seemed to pull on Steve, trying to bring him below the water. Before long we managed to bring him over to the side of the boat.”Alright, when I say go pull him up. Ready, go!” Chris yelled over the crash of the sea, and at once we all yanked upwards and slowly reeled Steve back into the boat. He reached over the wall and rolled onto the deck shivering and coughing. “You alright?” Chris asked him. “ Yeah, but can you tell Carl I might turn in a little early today?” “Yeah I don't think he'll mind,” Matt said with a smile.

Websites

http://iwojima.com/John BradleyThis is a website that has information about the battle of Iwo Jima. soldiers have an extremely strong sense of comradery, so I think a website about war is a good example of teamwork. Soldiers were very close to their friends, and often worked together and shared effort to stay alive and get the job done.

http://www.sportsknowhow.com/lacrosse/history/lacrosse-history.shtmlUnited States Lacrosse League This website is about the history of lacrosse, a very team based sport. Being on a team, I know firsthand that teamwork is very essential to the game and winning. Because of this I feel that lacrosse is a great example of teamwork.

http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/futbol/espana/ ESPN This a website about Spanish soccer. I think this shows a great international aspect of teamwork, showing that teamwork is everywhere.

http://wheatoncollege.edu/quarterly/q2008fall/teamwork.html Wheaton College
This shows teamwork through science. The scientists together make discoveries, it is not one lone man. Without help the scientists would achieve nothing. They would have no-one to assist them with their findings, showing how necessary teamwork is.

http://yedda.com/questions/causes_people_religion_philosophy_1495155191356/
This a website that talks about the psychology of why some people dont work well with others. It also talks about why teams just don't work sometimes

http://www.mysticmadness.com/good-team.html
Word Press A link that shows the components of a good team , and what makes a good leader or team-member.

http://www.highperformanceteams.org/hpt_history.htmHigh Performance Teams This website shows examples of teamwork throughout
history

http://storiesfortrainers.com/charlesplumbsparachutes.aspxCorporate University Xchange A short story about recognizing the little ways people help us achieve our goals.

http://www.essortment.com/hobbies/fivewaysgoodt_sfbl.htmPage Wise Talks about how to be a better team-mate and why it's better to think of the team first.

http://www.woopidoo.com/articles/chriswidener/successful-teams.htm Woopidoo This a website that talks about team-members knowing their roles.

Poems/Excerpts

Rachel Willies- Green Up Poem
The time has come once again
To show what we can do
To work together as a team
Not just one or two.
Together we can do anything our hearts desire.
You know we have done it even though we are tired.
So let's look to one another for comfort and cheer
Let's lean on each other as we cry our tears.
Because together we have a goal that we have all set
And that's to be the best team the judges have seen yet.
So let's go out on that floor as a winning team
Let's do what we do best and make that crowd scream.
Because together we can do it.
Together we can.
Together we can be the best team in the land



This poem relates to the concept of teamwork for a few reasons. One reason is how it talks about how the team needs to work together to acheive their goals. It also says "cry our tears" meaning the team is going to share their victories and their losses. The poem also says lean on each other meaning they will use each other for support, which help in their victory. This poem with the concept of teamwork quite nicely.

With a Little Help From My Friends- The Beatles
What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm,I get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.

This song excerpt relates to teamwork as well. The Beatles talk about how they will succeed if they have help from their friends. This will make them better and further their goals. They cannot do it alone but with help, their goals are more easily attainable.


There was a most important job that needed to be done,
And no reason NOT to do it, there was absolutely none.
But in vital matters such as this the thing you have to ask,
is WHO exactly will it be who’ll carry out this task.
ANYBODY could have told you that EVERYBODY knew,
that this was something SOMEBODY would surely have to do.
NOBODY was unwilling,
ANYBODY had the ability,
but NOBODY thought he was supposed to be the one.
It seemed to be a job that ANYBODY could have done,
If ANYBODY thought he was supposed to be the one.
But since EVERYBODY recogized that ANYBODY could,
EVERYBODY took for granted that SOMEBODY would.
But NOBODY told ANYBODY that we are aware of,
That he would be in charge of seeing it was taken care of.
And NOBODY took it on himself to follow through and DO,
What EVERYBODY thought that SOMEBODY would do.
When what EVERYBODY needs so did not get done at all,
EVERYBODY was complaining that SOMEBODY dropped the ball.
ANYBODY then could see it was an awful crying shame,
And EVERYBODY looked around for SOMEBODY to blame.
SOMEBODY should have done the job and EVERYBODY would have,
But in the end NOBODY did what ANYBOY could have.

Charles Osgood

This poem shows the negative effects of not working as a team. The people didn't communicate and because of this the job that needed doing was not completed. If they had worked together as a team the "most important job" could have been easily completed, but because nobody was willing to step up, the job was not completed.


Teamwork is crucial
Don't think it miniscule
It means everything
To accomplish anything
It's called cooperation.
TEAM is an acronym
The meaning enlightening
Together
Everybody
Accomplishes
More
Therefore
We should learn
To work together
Not be hard as leather
Nor soft as a feather
Not be critical and cold
Neither shun being bold
Don't beat me down
To the dirty ground
But don't flatter me
And thereby deny me
From being all I could be
I certainly do need thee.
We undoubtedly can't be
All that we were meant to be
Without a collaborative effort
A hearty commitment to exert
Ourselves together fully
Or drive each other crazy
Produce peaceably collectively
Or perish pathetically individually
Teamwork is the key consistently
The most important ingredient
The sustaining saving solvent
Stay together against deterrence
Improve the national defence
Unite and pledge allegiance
Take rest. Don't be so intense.
Live together in communities dense
Discover technological brilliance
Engineer and build a Mercedes Benz
Legislate new laws and adherence
Place people over proud pretense.
Get some collective societal sense
Whence you can make a few pence
Thence we can rejoice and dance
Fearlessly take a chance and advance
Kindly forgive, forget, and be resilient
Overcome being emotionally buoyant
Elegantly articulate being verbally fluent
Prefer, get along, and be considerate
Us, over me, as we show sensitivity
Less of me, more of we triumphantly
Teamwork makes us indefeatable
Our energy can be indefatigable
Resources multiply indefinable
Profound intelligence undebatable
Care and compassion supernatural
Mightily power increases exponential
A team is invaluable and monumental
Together for us nothing is impossible.

This poem talks about why teamwork is important. It talks about how teamwork can make people "indefeatable" and that "together for us nothing is impossible." both of which are true. If people can work together as a team, then most of what they want to acheive is very possible. The acronym the author uses in the beginning is also true "Together Everyone Acheives More". If everyone wants to acheive one thing, together its a lot easier to reach.

Queen, We Are the Champions
I've paid my dues
- Time after time
- I've done my sentence But committed no crime
- And bad mistakes I've made a few I've had my share of sand kicked in my face
- But I've come through We are the champions - my friends And we'll keep on fighting
- till the end
- We are the champions
- We are the champions No time for losers 'Cause we are the champions - of the world
- I've taken my bows And my curtain calls
- You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it
- I thank you all
- But it's been no bed of roses No pleasure cruise
- I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
- And I ain't gonna lose
- We are the champions - my friends And we'll keep on fighting - till the end
- We are the champions
- We are the champions No time for losers 'Cause we are the champions - of the world

This song shows that together this team has succeeded, but it took a lot of hardwork and dedication.

Now it's early in his career. Just as he once did with Schwartz, Bryant keeps NBA teammates after practice as guinea pigs. "He was notorious for asking me to stay late to work on a move," says George, who played for L.A. from 1999 to 2006. "He'd say, ‘Stand there for a minute. I want to try something.' " And then Bryant would unveil a spin move, or a cross-over, or something else he'd picked up watching tape, and do it over and over and over. "The crazy thing about it is, he has the ability to put new elements in his game overnight," says George. "Like, for example, he might say, ‘Stay after and guard this move. Let me try it on you,' and he'll do it the next day in the game." George pauses to let this sink in. "Most of us, we'll try it alone, then we'll try it in practice, then in a scrimmage, and only then will we bring it out for a seven o'clock game. He'd do it the next day — and it would work." The Art of A Beauttiful Game, Chris Ballard

This excerpt relates to my concept because it shows that, by working harder and working together, people can improve upon themselves, somehting that wouldnt be possible if they didnt want to win and do better.

“Coach Clawson, get our playmakers the ball,” he begins, the whites of eyes large as he slaps himself in the chest with his hands. “I’m sick of this s---. We got too many good players at wide receiver and too many good running backs to do this s---! We all been talking about it. If they playing 10 yards off G. Jones why we running one yard passes? Let’s get our playmakers the ball, coach, and score!” On Rocky Top, Clay Travis

This is a speech an angry player gives. He thinks that the team needs to work together and they can win. But they are not playing smartly and giving the ball to the wrong people and losing because of it.

By setting up this dinner, I have guaranteed myself one thing at every Final Four: regardless of what happens to my basketball team during that season, I will always have my team with me at the Final Four. Some years I will coach my team. Other years I will drink wine with my team. But one way or the other, I'll always have my team with me. That's a pretty good deal for an old coach. John Feinstein, The Last Dance

This a book written by a coach, and what he means by this is his team he his coaching now is very important to him, and that his old team is very important, showing how loyal he is to his teams.

Together we stand , divided we fall ,
Come on now people , let's get on the ball and work together ,
Come on , come on let's work together , now now people ,
'Cause together we will stand ev'ry , ev'ry girl and a man ...

Before when things go wrong , as they sometimes will ,
And the road that you travel , it stays all up hill ,
Let's work together , come on , come on ,
let's work together ,Now now people ,
you know together we will stand ,Ev'ry boy , girl , woman and a man ...
Let's Work Together ,Canned Heat

This song excerpt is about how if people try to go off on their own, they will fail, but together they will succeed.

So just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on

This song shows that people need teamwork to get help, and to help others in their endeavors.

*A team cannot be duplicated; it is one of a kind.Teamwork is a structure of strength that is reinforced by smaller connections among the individuals that make it up. It is friendship and trust. It is finding out just what it means to lay it all on the line, leave everything on the court, and to dig deep within to reach your goals as one. New members will join, and others will eventually leave, but the team will always remain. The bonds formed, the progress made, and the success that was achieved will live on long past the season’s end
Teamwork, Sarah Anothofer

This poem shows that a bond made between a team is unique, and only those players can exerience it.

In sports or school
In class or at home
Found anywhere
Or everywhere
Working together
Equality
Sharing the work
50/50
Together, Author unknown

This poem talks about how teamcan be found everywhere and how work should be shared.

Step by step the longest march can be won, can be won
Many stones can form an arch, singly none, singly none
And by union what we will can be accomplished still
Drops of water turn a mill, singly none, singly none.

From Ruthie Gorton, from the preamble to the constitution
of the United Mineworkers of America

A small verse that talks about how most things need to be done together, and how alone these things don't happen.

The stream sings it to the river, the river sings it to the sea
The sea sings it to the boat that carries you and me

The boat we are sailing in was built by many hands
And the sea we are sailing on, it touches every land

So with our hopes we set the sails
And face the winds once more
And with our hearts we chart the waters never sailed before

Somos El Barco, Lorre Wyatt

This children's song was written to teach children about teamwork and it does a good job.

Give me some men who are stout-hearted men
Who will fight for the right they adore
Start me with ten who are stout-hearted men
And I'll soon give you ten thousand more-ore

Shoulder to shoulder, and bolder and bolder
They grow as they go to the fore
Then there's nothing in the world
Can halt or mar a plan
When stout-hearted men
Can stick together - man - to man...

This song is about how teams grow when they work together and how if they stick together they'll be unbeatable.

A team had four members called Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done.
Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.
Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.
Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job.
Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

A summarized twist on a poem used earlier, showing that communication is key in teams.

I, my, mine-and the blatant me
My presence is but a speckle, in this awesome galaxy
Actions that I take pride in, has been said and done
Thus goes the saying-‘There is nothing new under the sun.’
Thinking individuals that we are
We have the right to criticize
We’re bestowed with the power of thought you see,
We have the power to analyze.
Let’s accept the corrections, with an open mind and heart
And keep the project ticking
Of which we are a part.

Author Unknown, Title Unknown

This poem talks about how someone wants to change their selfish ideas they once had for a more team-based thought process.

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress.Working together is success."
Henry Ford about his assembly line.

This quote shows that everyone has a place and a job and once these spots are recognized and people work with each other everything works much better.

"Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play." Coach Dean Smith to Michael Jordan in his freshman year at UNC

This quote shows that even though Michael Jordan was the best player, if he didn't work with his team, his coach did not want him.

"Win together today, and we walk together forever" Fred Shero before the Philadelphia Flyers won their first cup - written on a board

This quote comes from a coach who reminded his players that, if they worked together they would eventually win the Stanley Cup.

"United we stand; divided we fall. "
Aesop in "The Four Oxen and the Lion" in Fables, also known as "The Lion and the Bulls"

Together the animals will succeed, but alone they will fail.

By union the smallest states thrive, by discord the greatest are destroyed.
Gaius Sallustius Crispus in Bellum Iugurthinum Ch. X

If the countries work together, even the smallest ones will be successful.

Critique 3

The picture I am critiquing is an oil on canvas, Snap the Whip by Winslow Homer. The subject matter of the picture is 19th century boys at play. I think this picture does a good job of capturing both the essence of American spirit and a feeling of camaraderie between the boys.

Snap the Whip has many elements of art in it. One of which is how Winslow Homer uses different shades of green in the forested hills above the boys. The focal point of the picture is the boys at play, while in the field of the painting there is a large forest. There is a contrast in light value between the meadow where the boys are playing and the forest that sits above them. There is a good harmony between the different colors of the wildflowers and and the different colors of the trees. The artist did a good job of balancing the details on the boys on left and right. The lighting in the picture is focused on the boys creating a highlight on them. There is a subtle building far away in the left of the painting. The people on the far left do not have clear features, but are figurative.

The focal point of this picture is the boys at play. I think this picture tells a narrative of these friends who were bored and decided to play this game. Together, they are trying to get other boys to come off from the chain while their parents look on.

Museums of Teamwork

http://thesportsmuseum.com/index.html
A hands on museum that explores the different sports of today.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1268
A museum of the battle of Iwo Jima and the flag raising.

http://www.uslacrosse.org/TopNav/MuseumHallofFame/VisittheMuseum.aspx
A museum about the history of lacrosse and the hall of fame.

http://community.baseballhall.org/Page.aspx?pid=329
Baseball Hall of Fame and museum

http://www.olympic.org/en/content/The-Olympic-Museum/
A museum dedicated to the history of the Olmpic games.

Narrative 1
“Man this mountain is big.” Harlon said as we slowly crept up the war-torn surface of Mt. Suribachi. “Quiet down and stay low, we've lost too many people already” Sgt. Strank said. And he had a point. We had been fired on so heavily when we came ashore, it's a wonder any of us were alive. The Japanese were embedded underground, they could see us, but we couldn't see them. Many more people would have died had Strank not seen the movement of guns on the mountain. He was a great guy, always thinking of other before himself. He knew the value of teamwork. He had trained us in boot camp, and gave his lessons us lectures on the importance of working together often. And how right his teachings were. If not for these guys, I'd be dead, they've pulled me out of a lot of close calls, and I owe them. As we continued to creep up the mountain- side, we were all fearing that at any moment we could we would be ambushed. A reporter and a photographer had come with us. Wanted to get some heroic shots for the papers, I guess. We had to get up this mountain and plant our flag, to show the other guys that we had the high point of the island. I guess it would make a good picture. As we neared the final few feet to the top of the mountain, Strank had us stop. He peered over the small ledge than ran up on the peak. He motioned for us to follow. We carried the large, brass flagpole up onto the small ledge. “On three” Bradley, another Sergeant, said. “1...2....3!” we all said at once and at once strained to get the heavy thing up. It weighed a lot, but many hands make light work, and soon enough we had set up the Stars and Stripes high over the island. Even from our high points we could hear the cheers and whoops from our friends down below. We heard our men and we knew that together we could take on anything. And we would succeed through blood, sweat, and teamwork.

Websites

http://iwojima.com/
John Bradley
This is a website that has information about the battle of Iwo Jima. soldiers have an extremely strong sense of comradery, so I think a website about war is a good example of teamwork. Soldiers were very close to their friends, and often worked together and shared effort to stay alive and get the job done.

http://www.sportsknowhow.com/lacrosse/history/lacrosse-history.shtml
United States Lacrosse League
This website is about the history of lacrosse, a very team based sport. Being on a team, I know firsthand that teamwork is very essential to the game and winning. Because of this I feel that lacrosse is a great example of teamwork.

http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/futbol/espana/
ESPN
This a website about Spanish soccer. I think this shows a great international aspect of teamwork, showing that teamwork is everywhere.

http://wheatoncollege.edu/quarterly/q2008fall/teamwork.html
Wheaton College
This shows teamwork through science. The scienctists together make discoveries, it is not one lone man. Without help the scientists would acheive nothing. They would have no-one to assist them with their findings, showing how nessecary teamwork is.

http://yedda.com/questions/causes_people_religion_philosophy_1495155191356/
Question/Answer Site
This a website that talks about the physchology of why some people dont work well with others. It also talks about why teams just don't work sometimes.

http://www.mysticmadness.com/good-team.html
Word Press
A link that shows the components of a good team , and what makes a good leader or team-member.

http://www.highperformanceteams.org/hpt_history.htm
High Performance Teams
This website shows examples of teamwork throughout history

http://storiesfortrainers.com/charlesplumbsparachutes.aspx
Corporate University Xchange
A short story about recognizing the little ways people help us achieve our goals.

http://www.essortment.com/hobbies/fivewaysgoodt_sfbl.htm
Page Wise
Talks about how to be a better team-mate and why it's better to think of the team first.

http://www.woopidoo.com/articles/chriswidener/successful-teams.htm
Woopidoo
This a website that talks about team-members knowing their roles.

Emanuel Leutze
LEUTZE, Emanuel, historical painter, born in Gmund, Wurtemberg, 24 May, 1816; died in Washington, D. C.. 18 July, 1868. His parents emigrated to the United States soon after his birth, and at first settled in Philadelphia, but subsequently removed to Fredericksburg, Virginia His early education was good, though not especially in the direction of art. The first development of his artistic talent occurred while he was attending the sick bed of his father, when he attempted drawing to occupy the long hours of waiting. He soon became skilful, and projected a plan for publishing, in Washington, portraits of eminent American statesmen, in which, however, he met with but slight encouragement. About 1840 he produced a painting whose merits were such as to procure him many orders, so that in 1841 he was enabled to study in Dusseldorf under Lessing. He devoted himself to historical subjects, choosing in preference those having a relation to the discovery or history of America. His first noteworthy painting in Europe, "Columbus before the Council of Salamanca," was purchased by the Dusseldorf art union; and a companion picture, "Columbus in Chains," procured him the gold medal of the Brussels art exhibition, and was subsequently purchased by the Art union in New York. In 1843 he studied the works of Cornelius and Kaulbach at Munich, and, while there, finished his "Columbus before the Queen." On the completion of this picture he visited Venice and Rome, making studies from Titian and Michael Angelo, and, after a tour in Italy, returned to Diisseldorf in 1845, where he married and made his home. For fourteen years he continued in that city, during which period he painted "Landing of the Norsemen in America," "Cromwell and his Daughter," "The Court of Queen Elizabeth," "Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn," "The Iconoclast," "John Knox and Mary Stuart," and the series of pictures illustrating striking events in the war of the Revolution, of which the more important were "Washington Crossing the Delaware," "Washington at Mortmouth," "Washington at the Battle of Monongahela," "News from Lexington," "Sergeant Jasper," and "Washington at Princeton." In 1859 Mr. Leutze returned to the United States and opened a studio in New York city. Early in 1860 he received a commission from the government for a large mural picture, to be painted on one of the staircases in the Capitol at Washington. The subject chosen was "Westward the Star of Empire takes its Way," and the painting was to be executed in fresco. So earnestly did the artist enter into this work that he not only made the then difficult journey to the base of the Rocky mountains, for the purpose of local study, but, on his return, again departed for Munich, that he might learn from Kaulbach the mechanism of fresco painting. He was elected a member of the National academy in 1860, and in 1867 exhibited his "Elaine" there. After his death there were shown at the academy his "Mother's Visit, .... Storming of Teocalli, Mexico," and "Settlement of Maryland by Lord Baltimore," together with portraits of General Grant, General Burnside, and several artists. His "Mary Stuart hearing the First Mass at Holyrood after her Return from France" was at the Paris exhibition of 1867. Besides his "Westward Ho!" as it is sometimes called, he had received other commissions from the government, which were only in the "cartoon" state at his death. One of these, "Civilization," was intended for the senate-chamber. He had also made a sketch in pencil of an historical painting of the largest size. entitled 's "The Emancipation." One of the artist most successful works is "Lafayette in Prison at Olmutz Visited by his Relatives" (1861).--His eldest son, Eugene H. C., entered the United States navy 4 March, 1863, and was commissioned lieutenant in 1871, which rank he still (1887) holds.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 VirtualologyTM

Soure: http://www.famousamericans.net/emanuelleutze/

Paintings of Teamwork

Watson and the Shark, John Singleton Copley, Oil, Washington D.C.

The Death of General Jospeh Warren At the Battle of Bunker Hill, John Trumball, Oil, New Haven CT

Westward the Course of Empire Takes it's Way, Emanuel Luetz, Unknown Medium, Washington D.C.

The Iron-Workers' Noon-Time, Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Oil, San Fransico CA

Snap the Whip, Winslow Homer, Oil, Youngstown OH

Eel Spearing at Setauket, William Sidney Mount, Oil, Cooperstown NY

Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap, George Caleb Bingham, Oil, Unknown Location

The Death of General Wolfe, Benjamin West, Oil, Ottawa Canada

Critique 1

The picture I am critquing is a photograph called The Miracle on Ice. The picture was taken by Heinz Kluetmeier. The subject matter in the picture is a celebrating hockey team. I beleive the phtographer did a good job of capturing the moment, and you get a real sense that the team is genuinly happy.

Many princiapls of art can be found in the picture. One of which is the balance of light colors on the bottom and the dark colors on the top. There's also an allusion to the team being succesful based on the celebrating. Another element in the picture is the audience in the field on picture, and the team being the focal point. I think the picture tells a narrative that this etam is victorious and trimpuhed against the odds. There is an emphasis on the team making you less likely to look at the crowd and more at the team. There is a nice harmony between te darker elements and the lighter ones with dark up top and light down bottom. There is a contrast between in light between the corwd and the players. There is a high light value on the bottom and low light value up top. There is also a highlight on the players on the ice making them stand out more than the crowd. Those are some principals of art you can find within the picture.

The focal point of the picture is the three hockey players next to the boards hugging, and one of them has his stick up. This picture tells a very clear and obvious narrative of success and hardwork. This team has struggled against the odds to acheive their goal. Through determination and teamwork they have succeeded.

Critique 2

The picture I am critiquing is the photograph, 2004 World Champions by Al Behman. The subject matter of the piece is baseball. A comment I have on the picture is that I think the photographer did a good job of capturing all the members of the team which helps suggest that this was a team effort.

There are a few elements of art present in this picture. One element in the picture is an allusion to the Red Sox winning a very important game and achieving their goals. The focal point of this picture is the team huddled together celebrating. There movement with the team coming together celebrating. In the field of the picture there is a happy crowd of people. There is an emphasis on the team as they are in the middle of the picture. The team is juxtaposed close together as they are celebrating. The photographer has balanced the team and the crowd so we can how both are reacting. There is a highlight on the team, as it is centered in the picture. The crowd cheering and the players celebrating creates a nice harmony in the picture. The picture as a whole has a light value,with few dark areas on the picture.

The focal point of this of this picture is the team that is cheering and celebrating. To me this picture paints a very clear narrative. This team has achieved their ultimate goal. Through hard work, determination and teamwork, this team has defied the odds and won. They know that they couldn't have done this without teamwork and they are very thankful for each other.

Declaration

As a member of a few sports teams I know the value of teamwork firsthand. Wthout teamwork, winning is near impossible. Teamwork to me means banding together to acheive a higher goal, sharing victory and sharing deafeat. I beleive that more can be accomplished when a team effort is given, instead of a singular effort. In a team you have people to rely on, to back you up, and to work towards a common goal with. In my opinion teamwork is the best way to acheive something.

Teamwork inspires me in an number of ways. One way is that though everyone may not get equal credit, nobody really cares as long the goal is met. An example of this is in sports. The linemen may not get as much credit as the quarterback, but they work just as hard knowing their postion may not be as glorified but is just as needed. Teamwork helps us do things that would'nt be possible alone.

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200710/r195249_741571.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Sports_Illustrated_Miracle_on_Ice_cover.jpg http://lakelouise.com/images/Image/Lake%20Louise/Dog_Sledding.jpg
http://www.sligocameraclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Iwo%20Jima.jpg
http://www.infowars.net/pictures/may08/090508workers.jpg
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/pictures/2007/07/31/Sandcastle460.jpg
http://www.chrishanaoka.com/img/geese.jpg
http://www.dailypainters.com/paintings/55689/Teamwork-original-oil-western-figurative-painting/Connie-Chadwell
Connie Chadwell Title: Unknown Texas
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2008/03/13/prix01_gallery__578x400.jpg
Vince Caligiuri Ferrari Pit Crew Location unknown