far divorced from its original context, making it difficult for modern audiences to understand how an ancient viewer may have regarded such images in antiquity. This paper examines images of the mulier equitans (the “woman astride” position) in Roman art, specifically Pompeii, in order to shed light on its effect on the male viewer in antiquity. Overall, images of the mulier equitans provide more than simply a joke or humerous
At the start the film during the “dream sequence” I got a feel for the movie I was about to watch. This attention grabber caught me off guard right away and was unlike any film that I’ve seen from this period in film history. I think the pace of the film was magnificent, Major Ben Marco and his fellow soldiers were all experiencing the same nightmare and I think the film editor spaced this out and brought it all back together superbly. I liked how the editor was able
Pictures are among the most important parts of human expression. From the earliest days of mankind, we have used drawings to express our emotions, desires, and fears. The image above offers a variety of opposing themes, all woven together into a creative vista. The light and dark colors in the picture offer a conflicting theme of childhood and adulthood. Children view the outside world as mysterious and intimidating. They solely depend on the adults in their life to give them advice. That’s why much
The Beauty of The Colossal Pair, Thebes The work of art I chose was “The Colossal Pair, Thebes” by Frank Dillon. I chose this particular piece because I have a fascination with Egyptian art and culture. The painting was appealing and the color of it was soothing and beckoning to me. Many of the painting in Saint Louis Art Museum were beautiful and captivating; however, the painting I chose was different and stood out among the rest. “The Colossal Pair, Thebes” was painted during the Romanticism
Hot and sexy Beyonce Knowles is a versatile and multitalented lady in every sense of the word. A complete package, you can say, for she is not only an American R&B soloist or singer – she is also a songwriter, a music video director, a record producer, an actress, a dancer, and of course, a fashion designer. Beyonce was born in the city of Houston in Texas and rose to fame in the 1990's. It is here that she and her siblings were brought up. During this period Beyonce was one of the lead singers of
The Statues of Memi and Sabu and Gudea Since prehistoric times sculpture has been used to represent people, ideas, and beliefs. Sculpture is the rendering of art in the third dimension. Often sculpture is formed with metal, wood, stone, ceramics, bone, etc. But no matter the material, most often the purpose of sculpture is to show an association with religion, or simply to express a held belief (wiki, N.D.). In Statues of Memi and Sabu and Statue of Gudea, we see similarities and differences but
The Unfairness of Life The “Girl at the Mirror” is simple but yet a meaningful painting by Norman Rockwell that depicts a young girl posing in front of a mirror with a magazine on her lap and an unsettled disgruntled expression on her face. The scene captured by Rockwell is aptly described by a quote from the Chinese philosopher Confucius “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it,” (qtd. in “Confucius Quotes”). The painting consists of a series of small details that lead up to the big picture
this piece accurately depicts how the differences between children can come together to form something beautiful. Through this painting, the concept of how every child matters is brought to light. Every Child Matters is a bright and vivid work of art. In this piece, Fuller employed her own style of pointillism. Pointillism is a painting technique, which utilizes patterns of many small dots of varying colors to depict an image. In Fuller’s crude style of pointillism, she used the fingers of many
Imagine a world, where every song is censored down to the very last slang or swear. Imagine a society where artists no longer have the option to express themselves freely and are harnessed by censors. There are many reasons why music lyrics should not be censored. The most obvious reason is that artists who write explicit lyrics are protected under the first amendment of the constitution which gives freedom of expression and freedom of speech. A second reason there would be no standard of censoring
that face with such focus and intensity that we are unable to draw any middling conclusions but that lynching should be stopped, and by extension, the cruelty of white Americans towards black Americans should be ended. Its importance in civil rights history is