The story behind David’s “Oath of the Horatill” are the first book of Livy‚ “The History of Rome” (sections 24-6) which was elaborated by Dionysius in book 3 of his Roman Antiquities. It depicted a scene from a Roman legend about a rivalry between two warring cities‚ Rome and Alba Longa. And stresses the importance of masculine self-sacrifice for one’s country and patriotism when the male triplets from a Roman family‚ the Horatii‚ agree to end the war by combating three brothers
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Title: The Raft Author: S.A. Bodeen Pages:231 Girl named Robie and she’s 15. Max is a point and he’s almost 20. She lives on an island midway atoll in the middle of the pacific. She is going to go she her aunt in Hawii. So she gets herself a plane ticket to Hawii to see her aunt‚ and no one knows that she is going. She gets on the plane and they crash. They fall into the middle of the ocean and no one knows that
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position of the Horatii are reaching strongly in order to take the swords from the father; all of them stand steady and strong in muscle. The father holds the swords over his head‚ grips them tightly and all the men intently gaze at the swords. It stresses that all four of them are highly value of what the swords stand for‚ the Horatii are confident in taking up the swords. While the men are
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masterpieces‚ the David was created by Michelangelo in Florence between 1501 and 1504. It is made of marble‚ measuring 5.17 meters tall. It depicts a male nude figure that represents David‚ a biblical hero. Traditionally‚ David was portrayed after his victorious triumph over Goliath. Looking back at both Verrochio’s and Donatello’s Davids‚ the sculpture was depicted standing over Goliath’s severed head. However‚ Michelangelo depicted David before the battle. Michelangelo’s David will become one of
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The Raft of the Medusa was an oil painting with Gericault’s interpretation of what happened when a French naval ship Medusa was wrecked and survivors were forced onto a raft. The painting shows the dead bodies that were used as food for the surviving group. It also seems like this is the point when they are calling out to another ship to
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Analyze the Hotel Industry in Porter Five Competitive Forces Dr. David S. Y. Cheng‚ Faculty (Business) Upper Iowa University – Hong Kong Campus ABSTRACT This article is going to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Hotel Industry on a global basis and to study the viability of a hotel project‚ taking into account the five competitive forces of Michael Porter’s Model. The main competitive forces and factors within those forces will determine the feasibility and potential profitability in a
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Jacques-Louis David’s The Oath of the Horatii (1784-85) is an oil on canvas painting in the Neo-Classical style. With the oath sworn on three swords by the three sons of Horatius‚ triplet brothers sworn to defend Rome against the city-state of Alba Longa in a duel against the Curiatii‚ as its focal point‚ David’s painting uses myth and legend from the ancient world in combination with his visual style to make an argument for the Republic before the French Revolution. The Horatii risk their lives (and
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Raft of the Medusa vs. Le Dejeuner sur L’Herbe In “The Raft of the Medusa” by Theodore Gericault there was use of the Baroque treatment of light in this painting. There is a physically powerful contrast between the spread-out group of survivors to the movement of the raft itself. There is a sharp contrast of light and dark colors of dynamic poses. There is a black man at the top of the survivors that is waving a rag or piece of cloth in desperation for rescue. The raft is full of saddened
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artistic scene in the 1760s‚ to his untimely death in 1825‚ Jacques Louis David achieved a level of fame and recognition beyond that of most other artists of his time. He relied on monarchical patronage‚ then voted to behead the king. He created history paintings to inspire a Revolution‚ then became infatuated with an emperor. David had fingers in every pie: painting‚ politics‚ propaganda‚ education — but somehow he kept his head. David is one of the chosen few who lived to see the Bourbon monarchy both
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each by a different artist. The two works of art I am going to focus on are both sculptures that depict the biblical figure of David. One of them is by Donatello and the other by Michelangelo. Donatello’s “David” is an Italian early renaissance sculpture that was commissioned in the 1440’s and stands 158cm high which is life sized. It depicts a young David after he has slain Goliath this can be seen by the fact that buy his feet is Goliaths head. He is a modest youthful nude (except from
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