After visiting the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts‚ I will write about four art works. The first one is called Salome Receiving the Head of St. John the Baptist by Andrea Solario. The work is very colorful‚ and it shows chiaroscuro with the dark background and light on the faces of Salome and John the Baptist. The focal point is on John’s head. This is one of Solario’s most notable works‚ and the figure style is influenced by Leonardo Da Vinci. The story behind the painting is that Herodias had a quarrel
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Lesson 1 : Man: The Crown of Creation ***A Christian Philosophy of Man In order to break down the complexities of man‚ one must enumerate and dissect the many facets and relationships of man’s being. ***Concept of Man as the Crown of Creation Man is considered as the crown of all God’s creation because he is the only created thing made in the “image” and “likeness” of God and‚ therefore‚ uniquely distinct in his existence. No other creature is like man; he is one of a kind. Only man has been
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Introduction to Philosophy Finals Reflection Output A. Summary KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge is formed and acquired in the course of our life though cognition and it is not inborn and develops from our own ignorance. John Locke compared it with tabula rasa or some sort of a blank sheet upon which nothing is written. These are Data or images of the object which stimulated our sense-organs-sight‚ hearing‚ touch‚ taste and smell are‚ in a manner of speaking‚ raw-materials
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maybe a couple of extra credits that I will announce in class. There won’t be any tricks or additional material on the test. All illustration numbers on the study guide refer to the illustrations in the 14th edition of the Gardner’s text. From the art works listed on the complete study guide‚ twenty will appear on the actual test plus two for extra credit. For each slide that I show on the day(s) of the midterm slide exam‚ you will need to know the name or description of the object (like “the Standard
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Art is something that can cause difference of opinion‚ controversy‚ and many other contemporary issues. Art can also been viewed in many different mediums; such as music‚ paintings‚ the written word whether that be prose or poetry‚ photography as well as many more forms. I will be discussing the famous painter of Van Gogh and a painting that he described as ugly. Van Gogh described this painting as “…one of the ugliest I have done…” He then stated that he tried to show the fervor of the human
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chapter 2 pg.14-25 Socrates: The First Moralist Socrates (c.470-399 B.C) he was 70 years old when he died‚ his father was Sophroniscus‚ a sculptor‚ his mother Phaenarete‚ was a midwife. Socrates was likely a stonemason and a sculptor before turning to philosophy. He was a soldier during the Peloponnesian War. He has walked barefoot across ice‚ meditated standing up for thirty-six hours. He had the ability to ignore physical discomfort in order to achieve some greater mental or spiritual objective.The oracle
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During the Early to High Empire period‚ the Roman Empire was at the peak of wealth‚ power and status. In light of maintaining this reputation‚ emperors and artists used art and architecture to display their times of achievement and hierarchy. Two constant themes that I saw within Roman art is both imperial and social propaganda. Commissioned by the Roman Senate to celebrate the peace established in the empire after Augustus’ victories‚ Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Peace)‚ was a great illustration
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people in our history. Lemkin grew up in a Jewish family and was one of three children born to Joseph and Bella Lemkin. His father was a farmer and his mother a highly intellectual woman who was a painter‚ linguist‚ and philosophy student with a large collection of books on literature and history. With his mother as an influence‚ Lemkin mastered ten languages by the age of 14‚ including French‚ Spanish‚ Hebrew‚ Yiddish‚ and Russian. His mother being why he becomes a great asset to our history because he
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looks like a giant staircase. 4. Why do we know so much about Egyptian society and art? 5. What were the two most important types of Egyptian architecture? How were they similar and different? 6. Select an example of Old Kingdom sculpture illustrated in this chapter. How is it typical of the sculpture created during the tat period? Be able to identify the civilization of where the art piece came from of the following works: The slide will be shown without the title.
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The Importance of Philosophy in Education Philosophy is a study that seeks to understand the mysteries of existence and reality. It tries to discover the nature of truth and knowledge and to find what is of basic value and importance in life‚ by studying philosophy‚ people can clarify what they believe‚ and they can be motivated to think about ultimate questions. Philosophy is a system of principles that are used for guiding us in what we do in life. The reason philosophy is important is because
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