Jessica Foltz Concert Report #3 On Friday‚ May 2‚ 2014 at 5:30 P.M. I attended my favorite concert yet at the Morrison Center Recital Hall. It was a cello concert with graduate Jacob Saunders‚ accompanied by Betsi Hodges on the piano. The scene was beautiful‚ and the energy was great. White Christmas lights‚ and the position of the instruments made me feel like I was at a classy coffee shop in France. The cello and piano were the first instruments I ever learned how to play‚ and I went with
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the piece is created in. Particularly‚ in the 10th-17th century there is a rebirth of classical ideas‚ in this case Venus. I will be analyzing two Venuses‚ The Venus of Urbino by Titian and the Venus of Rokeby by Velazquez. Specifically‚ how does time period as well as commissioner influence the painting? And does this cause a change in the symbolic meaning and connotation of Venus? The renaissance was a time of rebirth influenced by classical ideas. Many artists found inspiration from the Greeks
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12/27/2012 Rachel | The Williams Sisters | Venus Williams Serena Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17‚ 1980)‚ is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 24 as of December 24‚ 2012 in singles. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women’s Tennis Association on three separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on February 25‚ 2002‚ becoming the first African American woman to achieve
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the reader into a fantastical world ruled by Venus. Creation and generation‚ nature and nurture‚ all lie within her realm. While perhaps foreign to modern audiences‚ such a world would have been familiar to Lucretius’ original Roman audience. In the next few lines‚ however‚ this familiar world experiences upheaval. Venus is usurped as Man becomes the protagonist. More specifically‚ Epicurus emerges as the champion of humanity. As the poem proceeds‚ Venus appears further stripped of significance‚ while
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loved the cave paintings‚ I decided to research the Venus of Willendorf figurine. It is a prehistoric statue of a woman. There are similar statues as well. They are referred to as Venus Figurines and they are from the Aurignacian or Gravettian period of the upper Palaeolithic age. They were found from Western Europe to Siberia and were carved from ivory‚ bone‚ soft stone‚ or they were made from clay. The specific sculpture I chose was the Venus of Willendorf. It was found in 1908 by a man named Johann
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Alyssa Marchozzi Mary Brown October 23‚ 2014 Art History A Venus de Milo Throughout history‚ we have discovered many amazing art pieces that have changed the world. One that stands out among them is the sculpture Venus de Milo which is known to be Aphrodite‚ the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is believed to be created by Alexander of Antioch during the Hellenistic Greek time period from 150-125 BCE. Prior to its discovery it is known to have had arms with the left one holding an apple
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VENUS: FEATURES AND EXPLORATIONS by Jessa Marie A. Derecho English 4-Faith Mrs. Esther P. Ocubillo 01 March 2011 VENUS: FEATURES AND EXPLORATIONS Venus is one of the most beautiful and tantalizing heavenly body. It is much closer to Earth than any other planets. Venus is a brilliant object in the night sky and sometimes brighter than any other stars in the heavens. Only the Sun and the Moon outshines her. Like the remaining planets‚ Venus revolves around the Sun inside the solar
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The piece I chose is Venus on Fire by Erika Verzutti. This artwork is a bronze sculpture made up of three different type of forms based on pumpkins and other vegetation. A small bumpy sphere that has been flattened on one side sits on the bottom under the center of the middle piece that resembles a kobocha squash. This middle piece over hangs the bottom one by a couple of inches. Placed on top center with is large side down‚ tapering up to a peak is a figure that resembles an indented soursop or
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The Venus Fly Trap The Venus Fly Trap‚ Dionaea muscipula‚ is a carnivorous plant native to the bogs and swamplands of North and South Carolina(Halpern 2). It preys on insects with its uniquely shaped terminal portion of its leaves. Each leaf has two primary regions: the leaf-base and the trapping mechanism(Souza 3). The flat typical leaf-like region is called the leaf-base and it is capable of carrying out photosynthesis and grows out of the ground. The trapping mechanism‚ called the leaf-blade
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art comparison C Compare and Contrast: The Sleeping Venus and Olympia Ben Storms [pic] The Sleeping Venus/Dresden Venus‚ Giorgione with landscape and sky by Titian. 1510 [pic] Olympia‚ Ĕdouard Manet. 1863 The Sleeping Venus‚ or Dresden Venus‚ is by Italian Renaissance artist Giorgione. It is one of the last works but Giorgione and the landscape and sky were actually finished by Titian after Giorgione’s death in 1510. The painting portrays
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