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  2022 Reding List Personally,  with the Pandemic on the back end and the ability to leave my home now more and more.  With that I have been reading a lot less than I was the previous year due to being stuck at home.  I still maintain regular reading of all my education text books and books to keep up with school.  I enjoyed each read and each text had something to teach or show about myself or people as a whole. Beaumarchais, Pierre. The  Marriage of Figaro.   Elephant Paperbacks, 1778. The Marriage of Figaro is a romantic comedy at its core.  It is about a common man and his love trying to marry together while they're those above him seek to stop that Through clever the planning of figaro and his hilarious nature/ antics he overcomes his obstacles, gets his love, and outsmarts those who seek to hurt him and his love.  The story is funny romantic and drama all throughout but concludes that through clever wit and smarts one can accomplish what he wants and desires. Holiday, Ryan. 

 Museum Visit May 12, 2022 Portrait of Dr. Haustein Portrait of Dr. Haustein 1928 Oil on Canvas Christian Schad      The work I chose from the Thyssen - Bornemisza Museum was the Portrait of Dr. Haustein  produced 1928 by Christian Schad. The painting is an Oil on canvas depicting the Dermatologist Dr. Haustein with what is believed to be the shadow of his wife in the background.       While living in Berlin during the 1920-1930's Schad would spend a great deal of time engrossing himself in the nightlife of berlin.  This led him to gathering places of the wealthy elite and some of the most prestigious people in Berlin.  One of which was Dr. Haustein's salons.  Christian Schad would describe and remember the salon as "Extreme intellectual and erotic license, typical of 1920's Berlin"(Schad, 1928).  This led to the Portrait being created for the owner Dr. Haustein.     The painting aside from denotations from Rapheal also followed the "New objectivity" and