St. Judith/Jutta St. Judith of Kulmsee‚ also known as St. Judith of Prussia‚ was born circa 1200 in Thuringia (central Germany). She died on May 12‚ 1260 at Kulmsee in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Order. Judith imitated the life of St. Elizabeth of Hungary‚ who was the Duchess of Thuringia during her youth. Not much is known about her youth‚ but it is known that Judith was married at the age of 15 to a nobleman and bore his children. She raised her children in a contemplative and mystical
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Judith beheading Holofernes 1. Painted by the Italian artist Caravaggio‚ in 1598 around the 16th century. During the art movement of Baroque period. 2. It is a history painting 3. The media: Oil on canvas / The method: The lighting in this painting is dramatic‚ as though a single flame is illuminating the entire scene‚ causing the shadows to recede far into the background and the highlights to protrude outwards. This is most evident in the red curtain behind Holofernes. The techniques:
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ties throughout the first line “South of my days’ circle‚ part of my blood’s country‚”. Colloquial language is used to imply that the traveller is friendly “will turn up again some day in a wave of rambler roses‚”. Halfway through the first stanza‚ Judith Wright uses personification to create an image of a fragile landscape of winter through “of bony slopes wincing under the water”. Her deep connection to the land and seasons highlights her context‚ which is a connection with the Australian bush.
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One of the greatest Italian Renaissance artists is Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi‚ who we simply know as Donatello. He was born in Florence around 1386. He was the son of a Florentine wood carder‚ Niccolo di Betto di Bardi. How he began his career as a sculptor is undetermined although it is known that Donatello was educated in the residence of the Martelli Family and got his first artistic training at a goldsmith’s workshop and from one of the sculptors working at the cathedral of Florence in
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March showers filled the air one afternoon across Middle Georgia. I was off of work so my Great Dane buddy and I decided to stay at home to keep from floating away. I decided to log on to My Space and see what’s happening around Warner Robins. I was scrolling through the people you may know list‚ page after page to see who was online. I clicked on a link‚ the link brought me to a page and I was floored she was so beautiful. I read the profile‚ it was everything I was it was so prefect almost unbelievable
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has suffered from an addiction‚ and knows the effect that it has on not only the addict‚ but their families. It also highlights the ignorance in today’s society‚ as many are unaware of their sad existence. Main Idea The poem Metho Drinker by Judith Wright tells the story of a homeless man and his addiction to Methylated Spirits‚ an addiction which is slowly killing him. Living in winter’s harsh conditions “under the death of winters leaves he lies” he hides away from society. He is alone and
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Judith Beveridge is an Australian poet well known for her skill in illuminating humanity through the means of the natural world in poems such as The Two Brothers and Fox in a Tree Stump. Beveridge uses techniques such as personification of nature to show the contradictions of how innocent yet destructive humanity can be. As a feminist poet‚ Beveridge commonly expresses the characters in stereotypical roles in a manner of females being innocent and kind whereas males are destructive and harsh
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Yet‚ the story of Judith is only a part of the Hebrew bible and mentioned in the Catholic Old Testament. It is not recognized in Protestant Christianity‚ the religion that requires women to be subservient to the men in their lives; “Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness
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The Warner brothers decided to keep making silent movies‚ but to use the new invention to record music to accompany the silent pictures. The record would replace the live musicians in the theater. Many small town theaters could only afford to hire a single piano-player to accompany their movies‚ but with these new sound movies‚ a recording of a full orchestra could be played‚ and the Warner brothers though that people would like this better. It also meant that the brothers got to choose for themselves
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Judith – Old English and Vulgate Versions Upon looking closely at the Old English and Vulgate versions of Judith‚ one can catch a glimpse of how culture was during the time they were written by comparing and contrasting the elements of the story that are presented and modified. The distinct differences that can be found between the Old English and the vulgate versions of Judith provide a clear view of what the Anglo-Saxons considered to be important‚ and what they felt required respect. When comparing
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