...The Art of Love, written by Ovid, was a set of three books, the first being a guide or rule book on how to “pick-up” women and the second book a rule book on how to keep the woman you have or “caught” satisfied and interested in you. The third and final book that he wrote was written for women on what to do to catch and keep a man, since he felt it was only fair for women to also be “armed” when it comes to picking- up men. The rules that Ovid describes in The Art of Love are similar to the rules that most people follow in the “cruising and catching” game because they are effective and produce results, although not all the rules described in Ovid’s book are still used, a great majority of them are and have not changed after so many years. My overall perception for Ovid’s poem would be that of surprise. I would describe it as surprising because the “moves” that were implemented thousands of years ago are still very accurate and being used today. What Ovid’s poem tells me is that the “game” between men and women has not changed even though men and women have. Although most of the rules that Ovid writes about are now common sense in the dating world, such as choosing the best place to meet women just as fishermen know the best places to cast their nets to catch fish, and are followed by everyone. Ovid’s poem must have been written by experiences that he had and by the experiences that yielded the best results. In order for him to write a poem that describes what goes on today...
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...Ovid's "Art of Love" Rings True in the Twentieth Century It is a physical truth that the male and female sexes were made to fit together as counterparts. Animal corresponding parts come together to perform intercourse in order to regenerate a species. In nature there are hundreds of mating rituals and courting practices used when a male or female seeks a mate. Each pursuer looks for certain aspects of a potential mate. People analyze personal traits when looking for a mate, but the mating ritual is no longer simply based on instinct. Society's materialism and commercialism have complicated the search for love and companionship, which are spurred by a social need for love and marriage. Ovid's didactic work on "The Art of Love" is a comical and universal instruction guide on how to attract the opposite sex. In his instruction he stereotypes men and women in opposite ways and he makes generalizations that show how men and women are counterparts to each other. Ovid uses stereotypes to further the mocking tone of his criticism of the society that Augustus banished him from. The stereotypes seem to be ridiculous, but Ovid uses them because they are in actuality true. Ovid's advice to men and women is essentially to be manipulative and to please the other with lies and false intentions. He mocks the society that he lives in, and he even mocks some potential readers of his book. The people who he mocks most often are women as a sex. The entire point of The Art of Love is to instruct...
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...2012-13 arts supplement For Spring 2013 or Fall 2013 Enrollment Check specific college information in our online Requirements Grid to ensure a member institution uses this form. AR TO THE APPLIC ANT Female Legal Name ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Male Last/Family/Sur (Enter name exactly as it appears on official documents.) First/Given Middle (complete) Jr., etc. Birth Date _______________ Social Security # _______________________________________ Decision Plan ______________________________________ mm/dd/yyyy (Optional) Address ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Number & Street Apartment # City/Town State/Province Country Area Code ZIP/Postal Code E-mail Address ______________________________________________________________ Phone (_____________) ________ _ _______________________ School you now attend ________________________________________________________ CEEB/ACT Code _____________________________________ ARTS MEDIUM Please indicate your area of interest and provide supplementary materials, as required. Music Theater Dance Film Visual Arts Art Studio ___________________________ Drawing _____________ _______________ _ Design ___________________________ Photography _______________________ Painting ____________________________ Other _____________________________ Instrument __________________________...
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...Cai Guo-Qiang use of alternative media is unique and risk-taking. The one I love the most is the airplane and how it reflects our society and the world today. On page 299, 2.4.12 the painting in the glass windows where they used objects in their glass such as colorful flowers and this reminds me of how Cai saying that he love art hung up. I love the fact that he used unique tools that you wouldn't ever see in artwork such as shaper objects, gun power, and things that people worship.I love it because its the truth of the real world. Just about everything he does is outgoing and reflects plans also what China and the world been through. The subject and content Cai Guo-Qiang is dealing with are taking chances, influenced by his father, gunpowders,...
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...Picasso drew many drawings , but in his lifetime, he only sold one of the many , and now he is one of the most famous artist in the world. When I grow up I want to be a famous artist or cartoonist like Picasso or Walt Disney. Right now, some of my favorite type of art are, drawing Manga, painting and sketching realistic objects. I think art is my passion. If I have free time, the first thing on my mind is drawing manga. One day in summer break I had nothing to do but stare at the ceiling. So I started to doodle. I kept on doodling, I started to love draw manga. Ever since the time I found the out that I love to draw manga, I keep on making my free time longer so I could draw manga. So far, I draw every day it is like if there's no drawing...
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...Will Hawkins is the Museum Coordinator at the Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, home of The Westervelt Collection. Mr. Hawkins graduated from Huntington College in Montgomery, AL with a degree in History. After college, he began working in the restaurant industry and continued for 15 years. While working in Tuscaloosa, he began volunteering with the Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, and shortly after, he was hired as a member of the staff and worked his way up to becoming the Museum Coordinator. The Tuscaloosa Museum of Art houses The Westervelt Collection comprised of approximately 1000 works of fine and decorative arts. The collection was amassed by Jack Warner as investments for Gulf States Paper, now the Westervelt Company. Operating under a nonprofit foundation, the museum was asked by the Westervelt Company to share its collection with the community. Being a collection that was pieced together simply by the tastes of one man, the Westervelt Collection is remarkably cohesive. Hawkins stated that's he is always amazed at the story told through the pieces of art. There are four paid staff members at the museum. Mr. Hawkins and Kathy Thurman are the only two professional staff members. The museum employs two part-time college students. Mr. Hawkins’s duties as Museum Coordinator include a very wide range of daily tasks. From handling the art to training docents and from scheduling tours to giving them himself, Hawkins’s day is packed with many different tasks. The museum has gone through...
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...Ever since film critic Roger Ebert stated that video games were not art, there has been much debate regarding the issue. According to Ebert, art provides instruction about “life, love, disease and death, principles and morality, humor and tragedy” (Reese). Therefore, I believe that games can be art because they can apply to someone personally and emotionally. For example, a very simple game called Passage could make people cry. It uses the freedom of choice and the interpretation of life to make the game very personal. Because it illustrates aspects of life such as “emotional devastation” (Reese), life, love, etc., it fits Ebert’s definition of art. Not all games are art, but those that incorporate the processes of life are art. Another reason...
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...Introduction This week’s discussion forum topic is to identify a favorite work of art. While I’m not sure I have one absolute favorite, I can easily identify one of my favorites and will be happy to introduce you to this piece. Of course, if you are already familiar with the artist then I hope you enjoy refreshing your memory. Discussion Several years ago, at an estate sale in a neighboring town, I found a large wooden art piece that had always been one of my favorites. While it isn’t an original by any stretch of the imagination, it is something that brings me joy. After happily exchanging some cash for it, I rushed home and hung it prominently over our piano. The artist is Alphonse Mucha and he lived 1860–1939. He became very well known...
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...Mrs. Bewey Bowden didn’t begin her career in painting. However, she has always worked in the creative arts, Mrs. Bewey Bowden began her career as a drama and speech teacher. From 1958 to 1985, she taught classes at Belhaven College, which is now Belhaven University. Subsequent to her passion for the theatrical arts, an affection for painting developed. Mrs. Bowden said, “That’s where I found my passion for colors, on stage. I learned the principles of using color are the same on both stage and when applied to canvas.” Mrs. Bowden didn’t take any formal art education classes, however, and began painting as a hobby. Mrs. Bowden says that she has been painting now for well over forty years. Mrs. Bowden has always had a love for performing, and she found that painting was “another way of performing and expressing herself.” For her the canvas is the “stage” and the colors are the “leading acts.”...
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...Music is Beautiful Art Art can be categorized as many different things, whether that’s movie productions, paintings/drawings, music productions, theatre performances, etc. “Tolstoy does not define art in terms of its ability to express form and beauty, but instead defines art in terms of its ability to communicate concepts of morality. For Tolstoy, aesthetic values are defined by moral values” (Tolstoy, Para. 1). Popular things that are considered to be art are usually paintings, moldings, etc., but there are plenty of other categories that is art. Art must have five attributes that all go hand in hand. Art must be beautiful, meaningful, flow, easily accessible, and requires talent. The R&B Soul Music category may not seem as art to some; but it in fact is art. Aaliyah’s album Age Aint Nothin But A Number, is relatable Art that speaks to the mind and soul. Her music speaks to the mind and soul simply because music is emotion. Emotions could be sadness, happiness, the feeling of love, etc. One allowing themselves to open up to...
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... Art is very unique in every aspect of its presentation. In my case, I chose to work on a black box with some items whose color relates to that of the box too. When I looked at this box, I came up with many questions like to who does this box belong to and why is it black. I had a deep feeling that the owner of this box was a simple man who was neatly organized as per his items inside the box. The color black on most of his items also made me feel that this person was not the kind of a person to mess with. Since as per my perception black things are usually owned by tough people such as a hit man and tough government agent such as the CIA. This led me to illustrate on each item and what it represents alone based on what I felt and as per art. Art tell a story of something or a person and below is the story of the person who owns this as per my perception. Items The cigarettes and coin The cigarettes reveals to us that the owner of the box loves to smoke. And when I saw them I had a feeling that the owner was a regular smoker. That is why there is a cigarette on top of that box so as to remind him that he must smoke. Another reason for having the cigarette can reveal that this person is a cool guy who loves to party. As for the coins, I felt that they might reveal a different story which either the person is organized since we can see how neatly they are arranged or he loves money but he doesn’t earn much. The sunglasses,...
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...The last leaf - Art for Human Life (Literary criticism essay) After reading the story, perhapsmany readers can say that American artists’ life is so poor. It seems be totally true. Nothing their property is. Their residences are bad too, “north windows and eighteenth-century gables and Dutch attics and low rents”. Sue and Johnsy are those kind of artist. However, Old Buhrman is the best exemplary one. So is it true that “The last leaf” was written in order toaccuse the misery of American artists? It must be NO. The profound meaning of the story, as the main sound of a song, is the deep-felt love between poor artists. That love wins poverty, disease. That love is more valuable than art. It makes art become alive. The time when that love is revealed is “a cold, unseen stranger” appears and touches his cold fingers on little Johnsy whose blood is going dry by wind from the west. Sue, herfriend, does everything for her with a big heart. Sue draws many more illustrated paintings to earn money to buy soup, wine. She invites doctor to come to see her friend. Shecooks, comforts Johnsy to eat and drink medicine. With Sue, the biggest hope of her is to see Johnsy become happy with her desperation, drawing the Naples guff.So noble that love is. But it is not strong enough to drown Johnsy’s desperation. Reading these pages, readers seem to be nearly strangled by her bigger and bigger desperation: “I want to see the last one fall. I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of thinking. I want to...
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...1922, Siqueiros returned to Mexico City to work as a muralist for Álvaro Obregón’s revolutionary government. Then Secretary of Public Education José Vasconcelos made a mission of educating the masses through public art and hired scores of artists and writers to build a modern Mexican culture. Siqueiros, Rivera and José Orozco worked together under Vasconcelos, who supported the muralist movement by commissioning murals for prominent buildings in Mexico City. Still, the artists working at the Preparatoria realized that many of their early works lacked the "public" nature envisioned in their ideology. In 1923 Siqueiros helped found the Syndicate of Revolutionary Mexican Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, which addressed the problem of widespread public access through its union paper, El Machete. That year the paper published – "for the proletariat of the world" – a manifesto, which Siqueiros helped author, on the necessity of a "collective" art, which would serve as "ideological propaganda" to educate the masses and overcome bourgeois, individualist art. Siqueiros hoped to create a style that would bridge national and universal art. In his work as well as his writing, Siqueiros sought a social realism that at once hailed the proletariat peoples of Mexico and the world while avoiding the clichés of trendy "Primitivism" and "Indianism" 1932 at the Italian Hall at Olvera Street in Los Angeles.[11] Painting fresco on an outside wall – visible to passersby as well as intentional viewers...
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...The last leaf - Art for Human Life (Literary criticism essay) 08/06/2009 08:17 | 1,819 lượt xem After reading the story, perhapsmany readers can say that American artists’ life is so poor. It seems be totally true. Nothing their property is. Their residences are bad too, “north windows and eighteenth-century gables and Dutch attics and low rents”. Sue and Johnsy are those kind of artist. However, Old Buhrman is the best exemplary one. So is it true that “The last leaf” was written in order toaccuse the misery of American artists? It must be NO. The profound meaning of the story, as the main sound of a song, is the deep-felt love between poor artists. That love wins poverty, disease. That love is more valuable than art. It makes art become alive. The time when that love is revealed is “a cold, unseen stranger” appears and touches his cold fingers on little Johnsy whose blood is going dry by wind from the west. Sue, herfriend, does everything for her with a big heart. Sue draws many more illustrated paintings to earn money to buy soup, wine. She invites doctor to come to see her friend. Shecooks, comforts Johnsy to eat and drink medicine. With Sue, the biggest hope of her is to see Johnsy become happy with her desperation, drawing the Naples guff.So noble that love is. But it is not strong enough to drown Johnsy’s desperation. Reading these pages, readers seem to be nearly strangled by her bigger and bigger desperation: “I want to see the last one fall. I'm tired of waiting...
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...The idea of art has been guided by human psychological necessities and an understanding of life been escorted by religious beliefs. Throughout human history, it is easily visible the effect that human desire to define their existence have had in the development of art, social hierarchies and moral principles. High Renaissance (1490 - 1527) and Italian Baroque (late 16th century - early 18th century) are period styles greatly influence by occurrences at the time. Michelangelo’s Moses is an immense representative of the High Renaissance styles, as well as, Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne for The Italian Baroque Style. We are going to explore both artworks, comparing and contrasting the meaning behind their existence, their respective cultural and historical events as an influence on their individual time period. Initially, in 1505 Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to build his tomb. Michelangelo consenting, dedicated 6 months choosing marble at Carrara, for his initial massive design which in theory was to have 40 statues. The project was postponed due to a lack of funds, and a new commission by the Pope, rumored to be the...
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