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Eufemia Graybill
At KIPP Triumph Academy, we believe in college graduation for all St. Louis children in order to build a better tomorrow for our community.
We teach and learn a rigorous academic curriculum, rich with literacy and standards-aligned instruction. We believe in developing character mindsets and skills in order to thrive inside and outside of our walls. We build on strengths, we persevere through obstacles, and we share our stories while achieving our goals. Our successes are marked by academic gains and achievement, expressed joy, and educational opportunities presented throughout the journey.
As one team, we celebrate triumphs big and small.
In this moral work, the triumph of Death over mundane things is symbolized by a large army of skeletons razing the Earth. The background is a barren landscape in which scenes of destruction are still taking place. In the foreground, Death leads his armies from his reddish horse, destroying the world of the living. The latter are led to an enormous coffin with no hope for salvation. All of the social institutions are included in this composition and neither power nor devotion can save them. Some attempt to struggle against their dark destiny while others are resigned to their fate. Only a pair of lovers, at the lower right, remains outside the future they too will have to suffer. This painting depicts a customary theme in medieval literature: the dance of Death, which was frequently used by Northern artists. Bruegel casts the entire work in a reddish-brown tone that gives the scene an infernal aspect appropriate for the subject at hand. This scene is influenced by both the medieval tradition of the Dance of Death and by depictions of the Triumph of Death in Italian painting. The profusion of scenes and moralizing sense applied by the artists are part of Hieronymous Boschs influence on this work.
Before the election of 1824, Louisa Catherine threw a ball that, counterintuitively, honored war hero and rival candidate Andrew Jackson on the anniversary of his triumph at the Battle of New Orleans.
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