ART HUMANITIES: MASTERPIECES OF WESTERN ART Dr. Martina Mims W-1121‚ Section 029 mm783@columbia.edu Spring 2015 Office hours: Th 2:30 to 3:30 Tues./Th.: 1:10 – 2:25 p.m. Schermerhorn 915 Schermerhorn 604 This course‚ a part of the Core Curriculum at Columbia University‚ introduces selected works central to the Western tradition
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William. "Virgil‚ History‚ and Prophecy ." Philosophy and Literature 29.1 (2005): 73-88. Web. 30 April 2010. Gittes‚ Tobias Foster. "O vendetta di Dio: The Motif of Rape and Retaliation in Dante ’s Inferno." MLN 120.1 (2005): 1-29. Web. 11 Apr 2010. Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans. Charles Martin. New York: Norton‚ 2005. Print. Tambling‚ Jeremy. "Monstrous Tyranny‚ Men of Blood: Dante and "Inferno" XII." Modern Language Review. 98.4 (2003): 881-97. JSTOR. Web. 11 Apr 2010. Virgil. The Aeneid. Trans. Robert
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Sophocles wrote Oedipus the King in the 5th century BCE‚ in contrast with the work of the Roman Ovid. The character of King Oedipus demonstrates his attitude of overconfidence from the beginning‚ as he speaks to the children outside his palace and introduces himself as‚ “I‚ Oedipus whom all men call the Great” (Oedipus the King 73). As a result of
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Sound design was by Michael Hyde. This production shows students continuing their development as actors thru the form of Theatre. Metamorphoses is a play that is staged as a series of vignettes. It was originally based on the poem by the Roman poet Ovid. He uses ancient Greek Mythology to explain the events happening in the vignettes. Gods like Poseidon‚ Hermes Americo Lanni. Or Hades and Midas played by Brandon Gailliard. Zeus and Bacchus were played by Benjamin Hill. Who could forget Aphrodite played
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The Waste Land ‘The Waste Land’‚by T.S.Eliot‚ is widely regarded as ‘one of the most important poem of 20th century’ and a central text in modernist poetry.Published in 1922‚the 434 line poem was first appered in united Kingdom.Eliot’s poem loosely follows the legend of the holy Grail and Fisher Kin g combined with the Contemporary condition of British society.He employees many literary and cultural allusions from the western canon‚from Buddism and the Hindu Upanishad in the poem.Of course‚the
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They wanted to change the way they were. Ovid‚ a roman poet‚ sheltered the ground work for making the idea of "courtly love" acceptable. "He pictured the lover as a slave of passion- sighing‚ trembling‚ growing tired and pale‚ to the extent of even dying for love". (The Editors of Encyclopædia
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She was worshipped in a shrine outside Rome‚ in portaViminalis (Ovid‚ Fest. 16M). Nenia is believed to look after those who live out their last days. On the contrary‚Nenia is also a song‚ sung in the funeral rites of Romans. Grammarian Diomedes calls neniaas the “last and ultimate song that‚ together with lamentation
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The Critics of Poetry Poetry has been around for many centuries and has influenced people all over the world. In prehistoric and ancient societies‚ poetry was used as a way to record cultural events or to explain stories. Poetry could have been used in many different styles or techniques‚ and because of this‚ there have been discussions over what form of poetry would be best appropriate based on one’s culture or society. Two perfect examples of these controversies over the function of poetry
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Amongst their numerous accomplishments‚ the ancient Greeks are credited with inventing competitive athletics‚ drama‚ democracy‚ oratory‚ rhetoric‚ biology‚ zoology‚ and the atomic theory. Several ancient Greek concepts have since been applied in civilizations throughout much of Western history. Greek principles in literature and drama‚ as well as those in art and government‚ are thus said to have had a continuing impact on people in countless phases of history. Certain themes in literature
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Life as a woman in Athens A historic view point by Cecil Fuson. Being a woman in Ancient Athens was not what the movies and Plays led me to believe. The Athenian Democracy was a democracy of the minority. Every man‚ no matter their class had equal say in the ruling of the government. But Women‚ Slaves and Foreigners had zero civil rights and no influence on how things were done. Because the Athenian’s were a very exclusive society‚ they rarely allowed outsiders share in the privileges the citizens
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