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    Rococo is a genre of art that allows the artist and the viewer to give in to their fantasies. In nature these types of art are not serious‚ are very ornamental‚ they are extremely extravagant‚ and are very whimsical. The Neoclassical genre depicts heroism‚ civic virtue‚ and moralistic. These types of paintings would use both fact and fiction to portray the lesson at hand. Lastly‚ the Romantic Art genre portrays imagination and elaborate emotions. This genre challenged traditional society norms by

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    artists. He’s realm is of his paintings specifically his portraits and altarpieces. However‚ when browsing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ one comes across this breathtaking painting with much substance; Venus is accidently struck by the child‚ cupid‚ and falls in love with

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    1.0 Introduction Over the past long period‚ products and brands continue proliferate. A good analysis and understanding of brand value and market segmentation is more essential than ever. Based on the theory of brand‚ product‚ market segmentation and target‚ a new product will be developed in the market to improve company’s performance and make profit. The information generated from this report is used for strategic planning‚ resource allocation and tactical marketing. 2.0 Branding What

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    Mannerism: The anti-High Renaissance The height of Italian Renaissance art had reached its summit in the late 15th century with the advent of the three masters of the High Renaissance: Leonardo‚ Michelangelo‚ and Raphael. Their works of art exhibited the pinnacle of man’s aesthetic ability in creating realistic depiction of the world through anatomically detailed human bodies‚ harmonious perspectival space‚ and emphasis on uniformity derived from nature. However this astounding progress in artistic

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    Musicians is a painting which was created by the great Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1595. It is currently held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This masterpiece is an example of the Italian Baroque style of painting‚ and was crafted as oil on canvas with dimensions of 36 1/4 x 46 5/8 in 36 1/4 x 46 5/8 inches. The painting was created for Caravaggio’s first patron Cardinal Francesco del Monte who had a great interest in music. The picture displays four young

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    audience can clearly see‚ at this point‚ that she is lying to herself about her feelings for Benedick‚ she pokes fun at Benedick when she refers to Benedick challenging cupid‚ it is related to his self image as ‘loved of all ladies’ she is trying to say that he is stupid and that this statement is far from the truth‚ this link to cupid could perhaps be a clue to the audience of the love between Benedick and Beatrice to come in the future. When Benedick first enters and Beatrice starts their conversation

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    The earliest mosaics in the palace are black and white geometric patterns‚ a popular pattern in Italy at the time. The most well known mosaic in the Fishbourne palace is the Cupid on a Dolphin‚ which depicts cupid holding a trident on the back of a dolphin. The main interest in this building lies in how lavish it was for its time and place. The south coast of England was an ideal stronghold for Roman operations in its conquest. However‚ Romano-British

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    Augustus of Primaporta is clothed except for the small cupid at his feet. Augustus is shown wearing the cuirass‚ or breastplate of a military general. According to the University of Michigan‚ Augustus ’s breastplate tells the story of his "pay-back" victory over the Parthians only it does so by means of a symbolic allegory‚ filled with gods and goddesses. This manifests Augustus ’s role as imperator‚ or head of Rome ’s military forces and the small cupid hints at Augustus ’s divine descent from

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    he did have some relationships with Coronis‚ a princess‚ and Calliope‚ goddess of music‚ sound and dance. Apollo is known for his notorious pursuit of Daphne. The story goes as told‚ Cupid was sitting by the river bank‚ looking at his arrows. Some which were gold tipped of gold and the remainder were lead tipped. Cupid flew up to Mnt. Parnassus‚ where he struck Daphne with a lead arrow‚ for fear‚ and Apollo with gold‚ for love. As soon as Apollo sees Daphne he would fall in love. Daphne fearing Apollo

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    [pic] ROLLO MAY 1909 - 1994 Dr. C. George Boeree [pic] Biography Rollo May was born April 21‚ 1909‚ in Ada‚ Ohio.  His childhood was not particularly pleasant:  His parents didn’t get along and eventually divorced‚ and his sister had a psychotic breakdown. After a brief stint at Michigan State (he was asked to leave because of his involvement with a radical student magazine)‚ he attended Oberlin College in Ohio‚ where he received his bachelors degree. After graduation‚ he went to Greece‚

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