the basilisk‚ and its paralytic venom is believed to have caused the notion that the basilisk can kill simply by looking. As such‚ belief in the basilisks’ existence would have only been perpetuated by sightings of the hooded cobra‚ with its’ lethal gaze acting as an explanation for its ability to paralyse at a time when no other explanation for this ability was
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Daniel Dunson Reading and Writing Art Criticism Meta-paper April‚ 2011 Looking at Blackness with New Eyes In 1995 feminist‚ author‚ racial theorist‚ professor and theorist *bell hooks interviewed the acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems for her published book‚ Art on My Mind: Visual Politics. In bell hooks’ interview with Carrie Mae Weems‚ a question is raised and continues to be raised throughout their discussion: Can black images be viewed transcendently‚ or is the viewer
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and pour himself a drink a moment later. The amber liquid flowing into the glass captured his attention momentarily‚ and there even was a fleeting hint of a smile on the young mans lips‚ in response to Weismann’s offer. "Thank you." he murmured‚ his gaze still fixed on the amber liquid. ’If I refuse the offer he will have an opinion. If I accept it‚ he will have one‚ too. Shit.’ See the dilemma he was in? Whatever he would do‚ it will tell the doctor something about him. Maybe more than he wanted him
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Prostitution in the Philippines - A time for change Introduction A Jesuit priest was asked to write the foreword of a book that deals with prostitution and human trafficking in the Philippines. He wrote the following: A foreigner came to our country. Then‚ as so many foreigners cheerfully do‚ he published his first deep impressions. The last sentence of his article was sad. He said: “The tragedy of the Philippines is this: in one of the world’s loveliest countries‚ some of the world’s
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(1977). Tourism and conservation: Conflict‚ coexistence or symbiosis? Parks‚ 1‚ 3–6. Butler‚ R. W. (1991). Tourism‚ environment and sustainable development. Environmental Conservation‚ 18(3)‚ 201–209. Chang‚ T. C. (2000). Singapore’s little India: A tourist attraction as a contested landscape. Urban Studies‚ 37(2)‚ 343–366. Coppock‚ J. T. (1982). Tourism and conservation. Tourism Management‚ 3(4)‚ 270–276. Dana‚ L. P. (1999). The social cost of tourism. Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly
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The history of the videophone examines the nature of irresolution of imaginary identification even into adulthood. It is not simply that the post mirror stage child supplants imaginary relations upon entry to the symbolic order on the basis of the newly accessed image‚ but that an indefiniteness remains. Following the mirror stage‚ the child does enter the symbolic order on the basis of an image of a contained self‚ by way of paternal law severing the prior relationship with the mother‚ but the subject
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respect that the Spanish society was not ready to view this "obscene" image. She was considered obscene because of her provocative position of frontal nudity‚ and because this is the first time a nude has been painted in awareness of the painter; her gaze is focused outward. About thirty years later‚ in 1814‚ Ingres paints "La Grande Odalisque"(see fig. 3). She‚ like Goya’s "Maja" was rejected at first by society‚ but for different reasons. She was not rejected because she was "obscene‚" but because
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symptoms to help with a diagnosis‚ Arnold portrays six. Arnold’s three most visible symptoms include flat and expressionless gaze‚ social withdrawal‚ and the inability to cry. A flat‚ lifeless face was the way Arnold looked from the moment of the gunshot to when he climbed into bed. Earlier that evening‚ Arnold sat silently listening to the conversations of visitors. His gaze was expressionless and locked on the floor. Uncle Andy says‚ “Not a tear in his eye.” Arnold didn’t and couldn’t comprehend
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making them key components of the feminist movement‚ and The Broken Column is no exception. Frida Kahlo’s The Broken Column expresses her self-reflection on her own body and past experiences as well as challenging classically held ideas about the male gaze and the role of female artists in the sublime. The Broken Column‚ an oil on Masonite painting at 39.8 by 30.6 centimeters‚ provides a detailed self-reflection on the impact of her injuries she sustained many years earlier and how those injuries impacted
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The theme of the male gaze is common in most modernist works‚ regardless of the time period or artistic movement in which they were created. The notion that Picasso and Courbet were formulating a composition that both sexualizes and dissuades the female form would be unbeknownst
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