...Gauguin and Tahitian Inspiration and Spirituality The artwork that I chose to write about the form, content, and function is Day of the God (Mahana no Atua), created in 1894 by Paul Gauguin in Paris after Gauguin had returned from Tahiti. It is oil on canvas, 26 7/8 x 36 inches. This piece of artwork depicts a group of women in an island setting. In the upper right portion of the painting, there are two women carrying a large tray above their heads. They are both dressed in white, ankle length strapless dresses. Both women have long, black hair and the women closer to the center of the painting seems to have her hair in a low ponytail. They are standing on a grassy embankment of green. In front of them is a pink embankment. There is a thin strip of yellow sandy beach that leads to the ocean behind them. In the background there is a wave with a white crest and a group of palm trees. The sky above the two ladies is partly cloudy with a vibrant blue peeking out from behind the white and grey cloud. In the upper center portion of the painting, there is a large figure standing on top of a brown platform surrounded by a group of rocks. The ocean looms behind the figure and the pink and purple embankment is in front of the figure. This figure has brownish grey skin and is wearing a blue codpiece with brown trim on the top. There is a blue skirt attached to the back portion of the codpiece, from hip to hip. This skirt seems to extend longer...
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...Spread across nearly 2,000,000 square miles of the South Pacific, in an area as large as the continent of Europe, lies the Territory of French Polynesia and its principal island, Tahiti. Settlers from Southeast Asia are thought to have first arrived in the Marquesas Islands, in the northeastern part of what is today called French Polynesia, around 300 AD and in the Society Islands, including Tahiti, to the west by about 800 AD. Prior to the first European contact, the islands were ruled by a hierarchy of hereditary tribal chiefs. The first Europeans to visit the area were the English explorers Samuel Wallis in 1767 and James Cook in 1769. French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville arrived in 1768 and claimed the islands for France. In the late 1700s occasional ships arrived in the islands, most notably the H.M.S. Bounty in 1788, captained by William Bligh. The first missionaries, from the London Missionary Society, arrived in the islands in 1797. By 1815, with the support of the most powerful ruling family in the islands, the Pomares, the British missionaries had secured a strong influence in much of the Society Islands, doing everything possible to eliminate traditional Polynesian culture by barring traditional dance and music as well as destroying carvings and temples associated with native religion. The French continued to hold influence over the Marquesian Archipelago and eventually were successful in expelling the British and securing influence over much of what...
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...SOCIALIZATION AND THE TAHITIAN CULTURE Rodolfo C. Pimentel Columbia Southern University SOC 1010 Socialization and the Tahitian Culture Introduction to the Tahitian Culture The culture that I chose to research was Tahiti. I have always wanted to visit the islands of Tahiti to experience the beautiful landscape, rich culture and friendly locals. Currently, Tahiti is a nation in the Pacific which is blended in the French and Polynesian heritage. The language spoken in Tahiti is mainly Tahitian and Tuamotu while English and French are learned as secondary languages. The number...
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...Have you ever lost someone that you loved? That is what happened to Mitch Rapp in my book, Consent to Kill, by Vince Flynn. And now, not a single thing is going to stop him from getting retribution. Mitch will not stop until he pays retribution to those who conspired to kill him, and who ended up killing his wife. Going through countries like a girl goes through clothes, ☺ (simile) Mitch is leaving behind him a trail of bodies. There are three settings in the book where Mitch Rapp really finds himself; in the safe house in Virginia, while he is recuperating, in Saudi Arabia, where it is his first kill since the death of his wife, and in Tahiti, where Rapp meets the assassins that killed his wife, face to face. One of the settings that Mitch...
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...Megan Semulka Modern Art in London 18 November 2015 How has the representation of women and female identity changed over the course of modern and contemporary art? Women have always been a common subject of art not only created by male artists, but female artists as well. In the late 1960s, the feminist art movement emerged following the women’s suffrage movement. The art during this era included works that obviously dealt with the female body even if the artists did not fully establish themselves as feminists. On the other hand, there were artists, like Paul Gauguin, who represented women in a different way. He spent some time in Tahiti to change his inspiration for art and discovered different subjects that included young Tahitian women. His pieces were so different from the pieces during the feminist art movement because his art typically did not give a precise purpose or meaning. Feminist art was representing something so powerful that it almost always needed a strict meaning. Another piece of art that almost contradicts the feminist art movement is Olympia by Edouard Manet. Consisting of a nude woman, this painting could suggest the views of women by the artist and even their role in society. Looking at these three different types of art really helps understanding the difference of representation of women over the course of the years. The feminist art movement started in the 1960’s shortly after women gained the right to vote due to the women’s suffrage movement...
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...the author described Harriet Blosset. Patricia Fara described her as “Harriet Blosset was rich, beautiful, and delighted to be watching opera with her fiancé, a wealthy young Lincolnshire landowner called Joseph Banks. “ If someone were to read that the first sentence of Sex, Botany and Empire they make think that this is a non-fiction story about a romance from the 18th century rather than a non-fiction book about plants. This was very surprising for me as the reader, but I think Patricia Fara’s writing style made the book more exciting. I found the book extremely interesting, not dry and textbook like as I thought it would be. In this chapter, the author wrote about Banks adventure to Tahiti. I found it extremely interesting that even though the voyage took place in the eighteenth century Tahiti is still known as “the island of love”. I also found it rather comical that Banks fiancée Harriet Blosset became extremely depressed after the departure of Joseph Banks. Yet, Banks seemed to have an amazing time on his endeavor and even had an affair with Otheothea. I also found it funny how so little has changed even though this took place three hundred years ago. This is in regards to gossiping; today we have countless articles speculating certain celebrities and their adulterous ways. Even though this took place in the eighteenth century poets would write about Banks cheating with the Tahitian prostitute. In this...
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...Captain James Cook: British Explorer Kamryn Nieves Captain James Cook was a British explorer. He explored the Hawaiian islands, New Zealand, and the coastline of Australia. Captain Cooks first journey was to a Southern continent that was thought to exist but didn't. The reason he went out to explore was to observe the "Transit Of Venus". The Transit Of Venus is when Venus comes between the earth and the sun and appears as a large black dot crossing the sun. Many scientist went on the voyage with Cook. During his journey, he sailed from England, to Brazil, past Cape Horn, and to Tahiti. Cape Horn is the tip of South Africa. He stayed there for months, to study more about the "Transit Of Venus". He started sailing again, and found the society islands. Cook sailed to New Zealand, on October 6, 1769. His crew members got in a argument with the oldest colonist of New Zealand called the "Maori". He mapped out the two very important islands. The strait between these two islands is now called "Cook Strait". Cook sailed his ship called the "Endeavor" and mapped out the eastern coast of Australia. The "Endeavor" was partly damaged by coral, for a day and almost sank in "The Great Barrier Reef". In Northern Queensland, Australia, they started repairing their ship and finally finished on August 6, 1770.Cook sailed through the strait between Australia and New Guinea. He stopped at Batavia Java in October 1770. Around 30 members...
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...and somewhere that will add to our family memories. I have researched several popular vacation locations and finally found Bora Bora, one of the islands in the French Polynesian chain, near Tahiti. Bora Bora has all the ingredients for a wonderful family vacation that we will remember the rest of our lives. Bora Bora is known as a popular exotic destination and will be a great location for our vacation. The main requirement for the place I want our family to go for our vacation is that it has a variety of activities so that we can all fill our time with fun. Of course, vacations are supposed to be relaxing, so wherever we go it should be a place that soothes the soul. Bora Bora has all the requirements but is not within our vacation budget, so I did further review on this travel destination in order to show my family this is a once in a lifetime vacation. To meet all of our vacation requirements, I knew the place would have to be tropical. I researched many places including Hawaii and Mexico. Vacations to either one of those places would be wonderful, but neither seemed to be the right place to make the memories I was trying to make. I discussed these vacation spots with my family and then got even more imaginative: I researched the Bahamas, Fiji, and Tahiti. While I was looking at Tahiti the name of another island in the French Polynesian chain kept coming up, Bora Bora. So, on a whim, I started to look at a...
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...William Bligh was appointed the captain of the Bounty. The mission of the trip was to travel to Tahiti to obtain breadfruit trees for transplanting in the West Indies for the purpose of producing food for the slaves owned by the English nobility. There where multiple reasons for the mutiny, however the main cause was the leadership style of Captain Bligh. He was viewed as a tyrant on the ship, acting more of a dictator than a leader. The second-in-command, Fletcher Christian had a participative or facilitator type leadership style that caused conflict. The different styles often caused strife among the two men, ultimately leading to the munity. (The Bounty 1984) This paper discusses the comparison and contract of Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian leadership styles. The Leaders The two main characters of the voyage are Captain Bligh and his second –in-command, Fletcher Christian. The trip to the Tahiti was one of difficulty in regards to overcrowding, lack of food or water; also what the crew considers the tranny of Captain Bligh. The stay on the island was beneficial to the crew as they enjoyed the tropics and became friendly with the natives, especially with the women. Upon the announcement of the ship’s departure for the travel to the West Indies the crew realized the conditions would be the same or worse on the trip. They did not want to leave the comforts of the Tahiti. (The Bounty, 1984) The crew’s fears became true with the overcrowding and Captain Bligh accusations...
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...History and Polynesian Tattoos History is all about studying past events and how they relate to human beings. The study of historical events informs us of the things that helped shape the world as we know it today. While most continue to evolve the way our predecessors did, some continue to carry on the traditions of the old world. Polynesian tattoos are one of those traditions that have withstood the test of time and maintained their heritage. In this paper I will cover the history of Polynesian tattoos and the events going on in the world at that time. On the basis of mythology, humans learned the art of tattooing from the 2 sons of the God of Creation Ta’aroa. Tattooing was operated by high trained shamans (tahua) in the religious ceremony, who was an expert in the meanings of the tattoo and skills of the art (www.apolynesiantattoo.com, 2014). The origin of the Samoan tatau is believed to have been introduced to the Samoa islands by two Fiji women, who came ashore with the tools and knowledge of tattooing. The tale proclaimed that the two sisters sang a song, which chanted that women are only to be tattooed, but as they neared the beach shores, the song mistakenly became reversed, indicating that only the men will be tattooed (www.nps.gov, 2014). Getting tattooed is a sacred ceremony in Polynesian culture. Tattoos and their location on the body were determined by one’s genealogy, position within the society and personal achievements (www.apolynesiantattoo.com). ...
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...Integrated Marketing Strategy Campaigns Tahiti Tourisme The goals of this business was to develop a brand strategy that would help them define the target market, aligning their brand with insights from tourists as well as establishing awareness and preference of new and recurrent visitors. Tahiti Tourisme focused on promoting the exclusiveness and reward that the islands have to offer. They defined and created awareness of these attributes through their integrated strategy. Their campaign used a variety of platforms that were paid, earned and owned. They took advantage of social media and used ads on YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, as well as on magazine ads and billboards. Through these channels the privacy and seclusion attributes were strongly advertised, as well as the beauty and exotic qualities of this destination. They were also able to establish public relations through endorsements, being featured in different movies and TV shows like National Geographic and The Bachelorette. The company was able to increase their brand awareness by a 45%, increasing their website visits by 17%, their social channels by 69% and their visitors’ arrivals by a 109%. Their integrated marketing campaign allowed them to grow significantly their page views and engagement, as well as a better and stronger brand awareness through the relationships they established with key travel media. I believe their integrated marketing strategy helped them achieved their goals, focusing on the...
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...When Darwin reached the top of the mountain calculating it to be about 2,600 feet in elevation, he said the countryside looked predominantly cultivated (Voyage Journal pg.572). M. Lesson, in the voyage of the Coquille, has stated, that the central plain of the island appeared like the basin of a grand crater, and that La Pouce and the other mountains once formed parts of a connected wall. From our elevated position we enjoyed an excellent view over this great mass of volcanic matter. (Voyage Journal pg. 572). “Captain FitzRoy, before arriving here, said he expected the island would have a character intermediate between that of the Galapagos and Tahiti. This is a very exact comparison; but it will convey a definite idea to few, excepting to those who were on board the Beagle. It is a very pleasant country, but it has not the charms of Tahiti, or the grandeur of a Brazilian landscape”(Voyage Journal pg.572). Mauritius was a place where the criminals from India were exiled. Darwin’s perspective of these people was different than any other because he called them well collective and quiet. The older men had beards of pure white, he also described them as noble looking. (Darwin Diary pg.509). Darwin found it interesting for most people to talk in french. Even French Englishmen talked to their servants in french. He noted that there was a theater in town as well. (Darwin Diary pg.511). The perspective Charles Darwin had of these criminals was very interesting. While in Mauritius he...
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...THE PEARL MARKET TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. HISTORY OF FINE PEARLS MYTHS. ................................................................................... 2 .MAJOR CATEGORIES OF FINE PEARLS. ............................................................................ 3 III. THE VALUE OF FINE PEARLS. ........................................................................................... 3 IV. CULTURED PEARLS – MAN AND NATURE JOIN FORCES. ................................................. 4 V. HISTORY OF CULTURED PEARLS 100 YEARS. ................................................................... 4 VI. IMITATIONS – ALL MAN. ................................................................................................... 4 VII. MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CULTURED PEARLS . ................................................................. 5 VIII. PEARL CULTIVATION AREAS. .......................................................................................... 6 IX. CREATING CULTURED PEARLS. ...................................................................................... 6 X. XI. PEARL PRODUCTION – Volume...
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...When you hear the word tattoo what is the first thing you think of? The art form is probably your answer, where ink is injected into the skin and turned into a design that is now on display for the rest of one’s life. This however is the third definition of the word. The first use of the word originated from the Dutch word taptoe literally meaning ‘close the tap of the cask. It was changed to tattoo in the mid seventeenth century in Britain approximately a hundred years before the definition we know so well. A tattoo is the evening drum or bugle signal recalling soldiers to their quarters for the night, it soon became more associated with simple the sound of the drums instead of closing up a fort, another definition came along; rhymic tapping...
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...Annotated Bibliography Primary Source: Captain James Cook is a British explorer who visited six out of seven continents in 3 voyages. James mapped the lands from New Zealand to Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean in great detail and on a scale that has never been seen. While he was on his voyage he surveyed and named the features, and recorded the islands and coastlines on a European map for the first time. He shows a combination of seamship, superior surveying and cartographic skills, physical courage and an ability to lead men in adverse conditions. In his 1st voyage was in 1766, James Cook wanted to observe Venus in order to help him calculate the distance between the Sun and Earth, this lead him to Tahiti. His 2nd voyage in 1772, one of his goals...
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