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    The first Greek Stoic was Zeno of Citium. He arrived in Athens when he was twenty-two years old and studied with a group known as the Cynics but that does not mean the same as it does today. In Greek it meant doglike or without shame. These people tried to live natural lives‚ using minimal hygiene and clothes and permitting incest and cannibalism. He started teaching when he was thirty-three in the Athenian stoa. A stoa is a long colonnade where there was usually a marketplace. The Stoics preferred

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    Jordyn Rolli Dr. Magee HNRS 103 5 May 2017 The History of the Olympic Games; Honoring Unity Although a great number people in the 21st century believe that the concept of ‘tradition’ merely prevents the progression and advancement of the present world‚ not all traditions perpetuate ignorance. At the heart of most long-standing established practices lies an idea that at least one person did not want the rest of the world to forget. The different types of traditions range from lighthearted

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    conquered Greece‚ they adapted the gods the Greeks were worshipping. Most‚ if not all‚ of the Greek deities were renamed and given slightly different characteristics. Not only were Greek gods added into the Roman religion‚ but also as Rome grew and expanded across the empire (see Fig.1.) they took ideas from other countries and their religions. “As the Romans extended their dominance throughout the Mediterranean world‚ their policy in general was to

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    told in a culture to either explain natural phenomenons or to simply entertain. Greek Folklore is primarily based on mythology because that is how the Greek believed the world was created. They believed that the gods did everything for them and guided them throughout their lives.In Greek history there was much confusion on how the world came to be. As a result‚ they turned to mythical gods as a source of where all life is generated from. This mythology was the base of all greek history and taught

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    Art History Study Guide for Final Review for final exam‚ Art 2‚ Renaissance to Modern The questions on the test will be taken from the categories below. I have left out some artists entirely and in some cases limited the objects being considered for questions. You will choose ten or twelve questions from 16 or more possibilities. Art of Venice (two questions) Titian Giorgione Palladio (Villa Rotonda only) El Greco (Laocoon [National Gallery‚ DC] and View of Toledo [Met]‚ see Met

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    ELVIRA SUKAMTOH SARA COTTER ART HIST 110 ------------------------------------------------- 15 MARCH 2013 The two paintings that appeal to me the most are the genre-painting‚ In Grandmother’s Time by Thomas Eakins (1876) and Tattered and Torn by Alfred Kappes (1886). The main subjects for the two paintings are the woman at the center of the composition. Through the differences in color‚ light‚ and the objects in the composition‚ these two paintings express two different stories. These paintings

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    Religion can make a deep contribution to how we understand and see ourselves as human beings. As Tim said before‚ religion contributes to culture‚ society‚ music‚ architecture‚ the arts and how we view the world. One aspect that has been heavily influenced by religion is Art. The paintings that are based around religion are some of the most recognised and inspiring pieces of art in history. For example‚ paintings in the Sistine Chapel such as ‘The Creation of Eve’ and ‘The Creation of Adam’ by Michelangelo

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    Contemplation Over the weekend I went to the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana‚ they had interesting exhibits on The Art of Van Cleef & Arpels and Revolution to Romanticism. As I walked through the exhibit of Van Cleef‚ the jewelry they had was exquisite and each piece had its own form of history to it. They had jewelry that Grace Kelly wore on her wedding day‚ which were a set of pearls that had a diamond in the middle of them they were so beautiful to look at. After finishing this exhibit‚ the next

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    Roman Culture (753 B.C.E. ­ C.E. 476) • Dated from the legendary founding of Rome by  Romulus in 753 B.C.E. to the fall of the Western  half of the Roman Empire in C.E. 476. • The Roman Mythos • The goddess Venus and the mortal  Anchises have  Venus Anchises a son named Aeneas‚ whose story is told by the  Aeneas Roman poet Virgil in an epic called the  Aeneid.   Aeneid Roman poet Virgil Aeneas’ descendents rule the Kingdom of Alba in  Italy.  One of his descendents‚ Rhea Silvia‚ is  Rhea Silvia

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    In this essay I will consider the features of Zeus as emphasised by mythology‚ and draw conclusions on the nature of the Greek gods as opposed to Christianity. According to Hesiod’s Works and Days‚ before Zeus ruled gods and mortals his father Cronus dictated a golden race. This was the first of four races created by the gods. The last three were fashioned by Zeus after he took the golden throne of Olympus from Cronus. The silver race came after the golden race and were destroyed by Zeus because

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