...The story of David and Goliath dates back many years. Goliath was a Philistine giant who challenged the Israelites to fight him. He was dressed in full armor. David was a young Israelite who was sent to bring news to his brothers. While David was delivering this news, he heard Goliath shouting, which made him volunteer to fight the giant. David had on no armor, as his he carried the “Armor of God”. He approached the giant with a sling and some large stones. As Goliath tried to stab him, David flung a stone at him. The stone smashed into Goliath’s forehead which brought him to the ground. David took the opportunity to cut off his head and kill him. Many artists have created sculptures to encompass the great victory of David. These artworks all contrast with one another, but still portray the same story. In this essay I will be comparing these pieces of art made by three different artists. Donatello created the first sculpture in the 1440’s. This was during the early Renaissance era. His medium of choice was bronze. He used the lost wax method, or the process in which a duplicate sculpture (in this case bronze) is cast from an original sculpture of wax. The wax is put into a mold and then melted back out. Then bronze is deposited into the mold. This means that the statue is hollow on the inside. It was made in several different...
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...Who is David? Many might know him as a kid, a shepherd, a king, an adulterer, and more. He is a character in the bible who defeated Goliath, a Philistine giant, using a slingshot and stones. He is considered to be an ancestor of Jesus, which makes him a popular figure in the Christian world. He became an inspiration to many works of art. A bronze, life-size statue of David was sculpted by Donatello. He is an Italian sculptor and was the most influential individual artist of the fifteenth century in Italy. Donatello’s David’s earliest known reference was in 1469, when it was described as being in the center of the courtyard of the Medici Palace. However, no records of the statue show why or for whom it was created. Five centuries later, Donatello’s David is...
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...mighty power”* was that of David and the Goliath. This is the famous tale of a young peasant, David, that courageously and unarmed defeated the terrifying King of Israel Goliath, and immediately became a model figure to the Hebrews.* Several artists such as Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo and Bernini, produced sculptures of the grand David between the Renaissance and the Early Barroque. Nonetheless, the two Davids that are known to stand out the most were made by Donatello...
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...Most people would define the term “hero” as a someone who is “a person who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model or ideal” (www.dictionary.com) Although Christians and Greek agree on some characteristics that a hero should have, there is one distinct different: the glorification of God or man. The Greek defined a hero as someone who accomplish extraordinary deeds to glorify himself. Odysseus, the main hero of The Odyssey by Homer, is a perfect example of an ideal hero in the Greek’s perspective. The readers can identify many hero characteristics through Odysseus’ choice of action during his encounter with the Cyclops. Even though Odysseus has to face a thousand...
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...greatly and so created many new methods in portraying the mind of the artist. Two such great sculptors of the Renaissance were Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi and Michelangelo did Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. Michelanglo and David are most famous for creating the sculptures of David from the High and Low Renaissance respectively. The sculptures’ of Donatello and Michelangelo are both drastically different, evidenced by the influences of their respective Patrons, the time period that the sculptures depicted and the symbolism behind each sculpture. The influences of the two sculptures are important to find out how the final result of each Sculpture was. Donatello’s David was commissioned by the Medici family, at the time it was thought out of the ordinary for a member or a group of government to commission a piece of art. The fact that the Medici commissioned this artwork is what influenced this sculpture to be unique. The Medici commissioned this sculpture because they wanted it to be a symbol of Florence. They would place the finished sculpture in a public area. Because of this outrageous notion Donatello decided to completely transform David. A naked David depicted his boldness and represented that of Florence. The last rendition of the prophet, which David...
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...premise of dualism has existed for thousands of years. The war against good versus evil has raged since biblical times. From Cain versus Abel to David versus Goliath, the sagas have been epic. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, Young Goodman Brown and Washington Irving’s, The Devil and Tom Walker are two examples of works containing this same premise. Within both stories good and evil wage war via each of the protagonist’s encounter with the devil, the roles of the wives in the stories, and is also illustrated in the cast of supporting characters. Note: This is my thesis sentence! What this reveals is my body paragraphs will pertain to these statements! My first body paragraph would have to examples of Tom Walker’s and Goodman Brown’s struggle with good and evil. I might even have specific quotes from each of the stories that supported my argument. I would also include several sentences to compare and contrast the two protagonists’ good and evil qualities. My second body paragraph would speak to the roles of the wives in the stories and how good versus evil was exemplified through these characters. I would include compare and contrast the two wives here. I would reveal (through the text) specific examples of each wife’s good and/or evil qualities. My third body paragraph would have examples (comparisons and contrasts) of good and evil shown through the various “supporting” characters within the stories. Here I would include information on people like Goody Cloyse...
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...Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Michelangelo Buonarroti : Compare and Contrast David This paper will focus on Bernini’s and Michelangelo’s work of art called David. The works of both artists are incredible, beautiful, and breathtaking. The works have interpretations of mythologies and Old Testament stories that originated millenniums ago. Both artists had the ability to produce such rich and poignant emotional content; their works are still able to invoke a deeply affecting response in viewers today. Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475, at Caprese, in Tuscany (Michelangelo). He was the second of five brothers. Michelangelo lost his mother at the early age of 6. After his mothers passing Michelangelo had a neglected childhood. Throughout his childhood he managed to remain quiet and keep to himself. However, the boy was very intelligent and his father recognized this and sent him off to school (Michelangelo). Michelangelo is known as one of the greatest artists of all time. Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born on November 7, 1598 in Naples and thrived as a Baroque sculptor from the approximate age of eight until his death in 1680. The Baroque style Bernini encompassed was an artistic movement inspired by the Catholic Church after the Counter-Reformation. Baroque sculptures provide a range of viewpoints. Bernini’s Borghese works were similar to performances rather than a sculpture frozen in time (Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures: Another View). His influences included Renaissance masters...
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...Artists and Artworks from the Baroque Period Nathan Hale American Intercontinental University Abstract The author of this paper examines three works of art from three different artists from the Baroque Period. He compares the different works of art and discusses similarities, differences, and the techniques that were used. The Baroque period ran from 1600 to 1770, Artist of that time used different techniques that were used during the renaissance period to bring drama to art. An immense amount of art in that period shows fantastic energy and emotion. These pieces of art that were designed and created during the Baroque period brought out emotion in the onlookers of the paintings and sculptures. Some of the ways the artist conveyed emotions in their pieces or works is they used dramatic use of light, scale and composition and the curves and the counter curves. The pieces usually hit the onlooker first, by the emotions that were portrayed by the way the artist conveyed his image in his pieces. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggios is said to have lived the most dangerous and darkest life of most painters, it is said that he lived his life without any restraints. He painted ordinary people as models and painted them with unforgiving realism. His feeling against tradition gave new meaning to traditional themes in religious painting. In his early painting you can see his full revolt against both mannerism and classicism...
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...Nicholas McPherson February 7, 2016 Week Three Study Questions Chapter 11 2. Define the Deuteronomist History, and describe its principle themes. - It is generally agreed that the Deuteronomist history originated independently of the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers, and the history of the books of Chronicles; most of scholars followed all the way back or most of it to the Babylonian exile, and put it with people rewording of both the Tetrateuch and Jeremiah. The principles of Deuteronomy are that Israel must follow the Law, and gain God’s blessing or ignore it, get cursed, and be forced out of their homeland by Israel’s enemies. 4. In the book of Joshua, how is Joshua presented as the successor of Moses? Compare Deuteronomy 27 with Joshua 8.30-35. - Throughout the book, there appears to be continuity between Moses’ leadership and Joshua’s, with proof that God was developing this succession, and he had chosen the people as leaders. It kind of seems like before his death, God showed Moses into preparing Joshua to be his worthy successor, because Moses had picked Joshua to lead the Israelite army to battle. The reason was to receive the Ten Commandments up the mountain with him. It was also to guard the tent during the meeting of God and Moses. On the night prior to his death, Moses asked nearly begging God to provide a successor to take his place. God led Moses toward Joshua. When comparing Deuteronomy 27 to Joshua 8.30-35, the book of Joshua said...
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...the contrary, David did not love her back. As the bible shows us in David story, Michal demonstrated her love to David in many circumstances and in all her stages in life. To prove this point I will study the scenes where Michal revealed her love to David by simple words or acts. For example when she affirms that she loves him and lets her father know about it, when David gets in trouble with Saul and she saves him from danger, and when she got remarried with Palti and her love to King David remained constant. On the other hand, David never truthfully responds or declares that he is in love with Michal. We can see that David only used her to fulfill his objectives and when he did not need her he abandoned her and did not look for her until she he needed her again. Along with this, we can also compare the relationship that David had with Michal with the relationship that he had with some of his other wives like Bathsheba and Abigail. 1 Samuel 18:20 shows us how Michal had fallen in love with David even before they got married. As 1 Samuel 16: 12 mentions, David was “ruddy-cheeked, bright eyed, and handsome.” These characteristics made him attractive to many of the women of the time. Along with this, his fame and power started to grow right after he killed goliath (1 Sam 18: 5-9), therefore Michal sees him as a hero and someone she sees herself with. Using her influence as the daughter of King Saul, Michal lets her father know about what she is feeling for David hoping that she...
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...I chose to further examine the film Hoosiers from week 13 of class. After reviewing the film I will compare it with chapter 13 of Major Problems. Hoosiers really caught my interest as a great underdog story and that is why I chose to further study the 1986 classic. I always had heard people talk about this movie but I had never seen it. In this paper I will discuss the historical period Hoosiers is set in, compare and contrast major themes from the week, and evaluate the film based on its effectiveness. Hoosiers is a fictional movie that is actually based on real events in a small town in Indiana. It is based on a true story but does change some of the truths, as evidenced by the ESPN article. The message I gathered from the film was that anything is possible if you can work hard and accept change. The little town of Hickory was very set in its ways and uncooperative of the new basketball coach. Once the town and players learned to accept something different, the team flourished. The argument the film presents is to never count someone out. No matter how small a school or town is, hard work can trump talent and compete with the big boys. The message of acceptance resonates with the viewer and is most likely why Hoosiers is so highly regarded as a sports movie. The historical period that Hoosiers is set in is 1952 rural Indiana. In this time period, people are more centralized around common goals and the entire town knows when someone moves in. There are no...
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...Benefits of Cloud Computing Customer and Vendor Perspective The need for information is just as strong today, if not stronger, than it was hundreds of years ago. But the ways we access information, and the forms it exists in, are dramatically different. I would like to compare the past two decades‘ changing landscape of digital information to the California Gold Rush of the 1800s. As they did during the Gold Rush, droves of people are jumping on the band wagon with the hope of achieving unprecedented riches and their 15 minutes of fame. Today, they hope to do it by creating content to post on social channels (like YouTube videos, controversial stories, and provocative blogs). The similarities end when we look to the future, however, since the supply of digital content, unlike that of gold, is only going to get bigger in the coming decades. In fact, there‘s no end in sight when we consider that the number of people on the planet today with smart phones is expected to rise dramatically. There is no doubt that technology plays an integral role in the success of almost every business today. Every company is spending money on technology. Of course, every company is different in how they use technology but many companies use the same core programs to run their business, Messaging, Collaboration, Business Applications, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and IT Services There‘s been a thunderstorm of white noise surrounding cloud computing. Vendors, pundits, and analysts took...
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...It is a shared realisation among marketers that customer loyalty stems from purchase satisfaction, however in the current climate of “me-too” products, sceptical consumers and media fragmentation, loyalty has become something more complicated to achieve. In this new century, the satisfaction-loyalty model may no longer be as relevant to explain the behaviour of consumers (McAlexander, Kim & Roberts, 2003). While there may be many ways to build customer loyalty, this essay will examine the notion of brand community to build long-term loyalty. A range of literature will be examined and an example will be used to further illustrate the theory of brand community. I will begin by defining the terms used and by looking at the traditional satisfaction-loyalty model. Neal, Quester and Hawkins (2003) define loyalty as a consumer’s commitment to a brand because they believe it satisfactorily meets their overall needs and they have formed an emotional attachment to the brand. However this definition of loyalty presumes that satisfaction is an antecedent to loyalty. A less presumptuous definition of loyalty, and the one this essay will make use of, states that loyalty is a deeply held: ‘commitment to re-buy or re-patronize a preferred product/service consistently in the future, thereby causing repetitive same-brand or same brand-set purchasing, despite situational influences and marketing efforts having the potential to cause switching behavior” (Oliver, 1999, p.34). Neal et al (2003)...
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...Chapter 1 What is social psychology? LEARNING OUTCOMES When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to: 1 Outline the main differences between experimental and critical approaches to social psychology. 2 Describe the three main ‘metaphysical battles’ between them. 3 Trace the origins of social psychology through the work of William McDougall and William James, and the contributions made by Völkerpsychologie and crowd psychology. 4 Describe the two contrasting images of ‘the person’ in social psychology. 5 Identify the roots of and describe the historical development of both experimental and critical social psychology. 6 Describe the main elements of Modernism and Postmodernism, and how these relate to contemporary social psychology. 7 Explain how these two approaches are different, and why they cannot be integrated. Introduction On a March night in 1964, Kitty Genovese was attacked by a maniac as she came home from work at 3 A.M. Thirty-eight of her Kew Gardens neighbors came to their windows when she cried out in terror – but no one came to her assistance. Even though the attack, which resulted in her death, lasted more than half an hour, no one even so much as called the police. . . . The thirty-eight witnesses to Kitty 3 4 FOUNDATIONS AND PRINCIPLES Genovese’s murder did not merely look at the scene once and then ignore it. Instead they continued to stare out, fascinated, distressed, unwilling to act but unable...
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...Case studies Learning excellence: Southwest Airlines’ approach Ulla K. Bunz and Jeanne D. Maes Introduction With the airline industry in the USA hardly making financial records, how has it been possible for a small company such as Southwest Airlines to completely satisfy their customers since 1971? (Bovier, 1993). What lessons has the management of Southwest Airlines learned in such a relatively short time period? How have these lessons enabled the company to capture such a portion of the market? (Bovier, 1993; George and Jones, 1996) Southwest Airlines began its service in 1971. Since then the killer-whale painted planes have become familiar to their customers and to corporate America. Besides being profitable, expanding constantly and defending its high place on the Fortune 500 list, Southwest has a very special trait: attitude (Bovier, 1993). The Southwest perspective stems from CEO Herb Kelleher and Southwest’s employee motivation. The purpose of this article is to discover the sources of success of Southwest Airlines as a company with high employee motivation. Three factors will be addressed: (1) Southwest as an “excellent” company; (2) the source of employee motivation in this “excellent” company; and (3) whether lessons learned can adequately address potential future problems for Southwest. The authors Ulla K. Bunz and Jeanne D. Maes are based at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. Abstract In an era in which adapting to change means survival, it is...
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