The artist name is Judith Goldstein‚ a child Holocaust survivor‚ and she was born in Vilna‚ Poland. The name of her work of art is Joys and Sorrow. In 1941‚ the Nazis sent most of Vilna’s Jews to the Ghetto where Judith and her family spent the next two years. Following the liquidation of the Ghetto in 1943‚ Judith and her mother spent the next two years in concentration camps in Latvia and Poland. Somehow‚ Judith‚ her mother‚ and her brother survived and were sent to a banished person’s camp in
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Cranach the Elder’s Judith with the Head of Holofernes‚ was created in the midst of both the High and Late Renaissance. The oil painting on linden created in 1530‚ is in traditional portrait style‚ and showcased Judith immediately after the beheading. The image of Judith holding the decapitated head of Holofernes uses the contrasting nature of the scene in its advantage. The painting contains both the gruesome head and the elegant beauty of the murderous widow. Appropriately‚ Judith is dressed in an
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Bartolome de Las Casas was born around 1484 in Sevilla‚ Spain. He went to Granada in 1497 to be a soldier‚ but he ended up enrolling in the Sevilla cathedral in order to study Latin. He went to Hispaniola with the governor in 1502. He was given an Encomienda for his participation in multiple expeditions. He became a lay teacher of catechism and evangelized the natives. In 1512-1513‚ he became the first ordained priest in America. He received an allotment of Indian serfs after the conquest of Cuba
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Katerina Siroruka Liberal thinkers are suspicious of state power and argue that the state needs to be limited. John Stuart Mill and Judith Shklar understand state power differently‚ to the extent in which may be harmful in the method and purpose of limitation. Mill believed that rulers are potential tyrants and that the citizens should be protected against a tyranny government. Shklar believed that the state should be protected against the abusive‚ cruel and evil powers that can be
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19‚ 2014 Chapter 2 Assessment In Judith Beheading Holofernes‚ created in 1599‚ Michelangelo Mensi da Caravaggio uses high contrast and vivid lines to capture the dramatic essence of the beheading of Holofernes. In this rectangular oil painting done on canvas measuring 57 inches by 77 inches‚ the realistic view of the physical and emotional human state is depicted in a vulgar manner. Caravaggio’s painting illustrates a book in the catholic Bible dedicated to Judith in which she depicts an example
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Judith Jarvis Thomson’s defence on abortion Most arguments concerning the abortion issue hinge on the moral status or standing of the fetus with respect to the rights it possesses and the obligations that are directly owed to it. These arguments typically fall into two commonly termed categories: pro-life and pro-choice. Pro-life advocates tend to place the status of the fetus first. They argue human beings including a fetus‚ have an intrinsic value that confers them the right not to be unjustly
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In Casa do Menor’s 2009 campaign advertisement entitled Hands‚ a little blonde girl is standing in the middle of a living room‚ naked. However‚ innumerable masculine hands that seem to be touching her in a sensual manner array her body.Also‚ she is holding a blonde Barbie doll in her hand with her gaze fixed at the camera. The background setting is of a normal living room with a coffee table‚ sofa‚ chair‚ and photographs on the wall. There are also books neatly stacked on top of each other on a small
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Bartolome de las Casas was a priest who seems to have his own personal Reformation. Who was once a money-maker in the Caribbean colonies with slaves working on his vast property‚ Las Casas’ perspective changed. He began to view the destructive invasion of Europeans in Hispaniola as wrong and unchristian. The landowner became a priest‚ and as his opinion on the enslavement of the natives developed over time‚ he produced written works for Indian rights. For example‚ A Short Account of the Destruction
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worsened. In particular‚ Las Casas shares the story of a native lord named Hatuey set to execution for escaping the Spanish. Knowing the Spanish were Christian and sought Heaven in the afterlife‚ Hatuey told the friar at the execution that he desired to go to Hell. Of course‚ when reading about the many cruelties the native inhabitants suffered at the hands of the Spaniards‚ I understand Las Casas hoped to end these exploits with his writings. At some point‚ after Las Casas provided a copy of his account
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LIFE THE POWERS OF MOURNING AND VIOLENCE • JUDITH BUTLER VERSO London • New York First published by Verso 1004 © judith Butler 1004 All rights reserved The moral rights of the author have been assened I 3 j 7 9 10 8 6 4 l Verso UK: 6 Meard Street‚ London WIF oEG USA: 180 Varick S1reet‚ New York‚ NY 10014-4600 www. versobooks.com Verso is the imprint of New Left Books British. Lihrary Cataloguing in Puhlication Data Butler‚ judith P. Precarious life: the powers of mourning and
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