Michelangelo’s Sogno is a black chalk drawing on unprepared‚ cream-colored paper. Slightly larger than 8 x 12 inches‚ the drawing requires close-hand examination. At the center of the Sogno‚ an idealized male nude perches precariously on an open box filled with masks. His upper torso twists to his left as he leans on a sphere for support. He turns his head in the opposite direction‚ looking upward and over his right shoulder to watch a winged creature descent from above. Considerably smaller
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On a warm day in 3000 B.C on Mount Olympus Poseidon was swimming on his own time Hermes is the most interesting god because‚ he is described as a moving freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine. It is a mind blowing fact that a god is not caring where he goes‚ it’s crazy to people. So starting off‚ Hermes was born in a cave on the mount Cheyne. Zeus had impregnated Maia when it was nighttime and Hermes was born by the time dawn was up. He is an Olympian God of roads‚ travel‚ language
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According to Mary Hermes and Keiki Kawai’ae’a (2012)‚ “Speaking through an indigenous language is one of the deepest forms of identity reclamation and validation for people of indigenous heritage” (p. 307). Mary Hermes is helping to revitalize the Ojibwe language in the Great Lakes region. Hermes changed her major to curriculum studies and where she worked in a tribal school for five years‚ finishing her dissertation on culture-based schooling in 1995. Keiki help with the development of the Na Honua
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Hermes English/Greek Mythology Hermes the messenger of gods; this is the title given to one of the most fascinating gods in Greek mythology. Hermes (also called Mercury) is a god that is a big symbol for many things today. This Greek god is one out of a variety of the characters in stories that have changed the way we look at Greek Myth. One night in Olympia‚ Zeus‚ the greatest god of all‚ went out and impregnated Maia‚ the daughter of Atlas. The Next morning she bore Hermes‚ who was born in a
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Bauhaus is a German school of design established in Weimar in 1919 by Walter Gropius. Its aim was to bring people working in architecture‚ modern technology‚ and the decorative arts together to learn from one another. Realizing that mass production had to be the precondition of successful design in the machine age‚ its members rejected the Arts and Crafts Movement. The school developed a style that was spare‚ functional‚ and geometric. Bauhaus designs are highly prized today‚ but when the school
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Statue of Liberty Impatiently Awaits Repairs On November 30 2012‚ New York’s‚ Statue of Liberty‚ was brutally disturbed by Mother Nature powerful waves‚ Sandy. Hurricane Sandy has made an impact on the grounds of The Statue of liberty worth about $56 Million. About 75% of the island flooded‚ damaging the island‚ but the statue itself emerged unscathed. Up till today‚ the New York Harbor landmark still remains closed as workers repair the damage wreaked on Liberty Island. With money being tight for
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selfish‚ mischievous‚ impatient liars who show no remorse. Some tricksters have hidden meanings behind their rudeness that carry good intentions. All cultures have archetypal‚ male tricksters. In the Greek and African myths‚ Hermes and Legba are both messengers of god. Hermes‚ through is intelligence‚ makes a convincing appeal to Zeus who gives him the duties of “making of treaties‚ the promotion of commerce‚ and the maintenance of free rights of way for travelers on any road in the world” (165).
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Marble Statue of a Wounded Warrior Marble Statue of a Wounded Warrior is a Roman statue‚ crafted in the second century A.D.‚ as a copy of a bronze Greek statue cast between 460 and 450 B.C. Though sculpted with obvious technical aptitude‚ Wounded Warrior is riddled with anatomical imprecision and is inhibited by a reluctance to depict the unsightliness of injury in combat. The first time I laid my eyes on this exquisite artifact‚ I was astonished by its fierce presence. The orientation
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Writing Assignment #1 - Formal Analysis of a Painting. Find the art that you want to write about in an online museumclick on the link below to find a list of museums- choose a "Notable Art Museum" (at bottom of web page) not a gallery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_museum Directions: Choose one work that particularly engages you. Take time to look at the work in detail; make a simple sketch of the work. Ask yourself: "How does the piece ‘work’? What is the artist doing? Why do I have a
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Running Head: Comparison & Contrast Essay ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !1 A FORMAL ANALYSIS OF MARY CASSATT’S In the Loge ! ! A FORMAL ANALYSIS OF MARY CASSATT’S In the Loge Comparison & Contrast Essay !2 ! Mary Cassatt created her oil on canvas painting In the Loge in 1878. The two dimensional painting measures 81.28 x 66.04 cm / 32 x 26 inches and is currently on display at the Museum
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