Cult of the Virgin in the Gothic Era: Was there another side to the Virgin’s image? In the Gothic era‚ when it was popular for artist to create images and symbols of the Virgin Mary‚ began the Cult of the Virgin. Many artists focused on the Virgin Mary with Christ as the main topic in their art work. Did all the creations made of the Virgin portray her as good? Could some of the artists want to give a negative interpretation of the Virgin that could have only been seen through the artist’s eye
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Levy‚ Karyne. "Virgin America Wants To Turn Boring Plane Flights Into Awesome Networking Sessions." Business Insider. Business Insider‚ Inc.‚ 12 Feb. 2014. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. . This article in Business Insider directly pertains to Virgin America‚ an airline company‚ who is trying something new with their passengers. Virgin America acknowledges that every time you are on a plane it is at best a very leisurely experience but many times air travel involves frustrating limitations for the passenger
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- The art piece I chose from my book is The Virgin of Guadalupe on page forty. I chose this specific piece because it’s an image I have associated with my Mexican culture for the entirety of my life. It’s a brilliant example of how culture‚ religion and art intertwine. As the tradition is told‚ Virgin Mary first appeared to Juan Diego‚ a peasant‚ as he was crossing a hillside near present-day Mexico City. She appeared as a dark-skinned woman who spoke Nahuatl‚ Juan Diego’s native language. This woman
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Based on the passage from The Miraculous Apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe‚ the main word seemed to be “Her.” It was very interesting to go from reading a poem about a woman who was constantly being oppressed and silenced for her gender (“To a Gentleman of Peru”) to go on to read a story about a man being called to worship a woman. Despite the conflict between the Spanish and the Native Americans‚ both cultures had similarities regarding their physical traits as well as their treatment of women
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Leonardo da Vinci‚ Virgin and Child with St. Anne‚ 1510‚ oil on panel This piece‚ painted in about 1510‚ was rumoured to have been commissioned by Louis XII to celebrate his daughter’s birth in 1499 but by the time da Vinci had finished the piece and was satisfied with it‚ it was too late. Two women and a small infant child dominate the frame and are all seated in a very idealistic outdoor‚ natural setting. St Anne is seated centrally‚ her body covered by the Virgin Mary who sits on her
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Running head: Contemporary Business- BUS 508 April 28‚ 2012 Assignment #2 Diversification Strategies “Virgin Group and Benetton Group” Gilbert Feliciano II Professor- Dr. Brian Collins Strayer University CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS- BUS 508 2 ABSTRACT The diversification literature has largely focused on the degree of applicability of firm resources to a new industry: A firm should diversify into more related industries since synergistic benefits decrease with the distance between
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Virgin and child with Lilies Currently situated at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston‚ Luca della Robbia’s Virgin and Child with Lilies is a sculpture created in relief to give the impression that it has been raised above the background plane. This fine piece of art has been sculpted from terracotta‚ a glazed clay-based ceramic and along with clear religious aspects; the work of art is given a hard realism via individual techniques of the artist. The relief shows colors such as blue‚ white‚
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The Virgin of Mary has taken up thousands of different forms in Christianity. Each form of The Virgin of Mary has its own story but one quality remains consistent: the purity and chastity of The Virgin Mary. In Our Virgin of Guadalupe a somber and heart rending version of The Virgin Mary can be seen as she is depicted as a pregnant woman‚ looking down and being in sorrow because of her son’s death as she sees the crown of thorns on the ground. Through the use of composition that highlights The Virgin
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Virgin Australia Airline Report Report on external environment and management functions Taffy Ghozali‚ Hafizhah Chandra Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to examine Virgin Blue’s external environment followed by its impacts to the organization as well as how management functions could help overcome the external environment for the organization to compete properly in the domestic airline market. Virgin Australia is Australia’s second largest domestic airline‚ commenced in
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England‚ Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson struggled in school and dropped out at age 16‚ a decision that ultimately lead to the creation of Virgin Records. His entrepreneurial projects started in the music industry and expanded into other sectors making Branson a billionaire. His Virgin Group holds more than 200 companies‚ including the recent Virgin Galactic‚a space tourism company. Branson is also known for his adventurous spirit and sporting achievements such as crossing oceans in a hot-air-balloon
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