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    Extacy of St. Theresa

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    Lorenzo Bernini Basic information: Period of completion: 1647-1652 Medium used: Marble height: c. 11’ 6" (3.5m) Provenance: Santa Maria della Vittoria‚ Rome Interpretation/analysis: The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (alternatively Saint Teresa in Ecstasy or Transverberation of Saint Teresa; in Italian L’Estasi di Santa Teresa or Santa Teresa in estasi) is the central sculptural group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel‚ Santa Maria della Vittoria‚ Rome. It was

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    Heroes and Saints In the reading for this week‚ Cherrie Moraga highlighted a key problem in society that persists some twenty-four years later. It is evident that the people of the county are coping with health risks and disease due to the contaminated water and living conditions that they are forced to live in. Officials silence the women who are courageous enough to stand up for their right. It is hard to make a change when ones freedom of speech is constantly oppressed. Cerizita and Amparo’s

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    The American Dream

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    The Saints of the Media: Irish‚ Russians‚ and Italians Don’t judge a book by its cover. One of the most cliché sayings ever imagined onto the planet. While this cliché may be extremely overused‚ there is some truth to it. Whether or not we want to admit‚ we all judge people the first time we meet them. More often than not‚ stereotypes about that that group of person also come to mind. These range anywhere from gender‚ ethnic‚ and even socio-economic stereotypes. Because of the unavoidable nature

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    "Art is not what you see‚ but what you make others see"-Edgar Degas. In the 17th century art In Europe‚ Gianlorenzo Bernini gave us a beautiful painting "Saint Teresa of Avlia in Ecstasy" 1645-1652. We also look at a another well done painting by Caravaggio "The Conversation is St. Paul" in 1601. Looking at both of these paintings we see they both have a huge influence on Baroque art. Taking a closer look at each painting gives us a better understanding on how important these two paintings really

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    The Divided Line in The Confessions of Saint Augustine “He who knows the truth‚ knows the light‚ and he who knows it knows eternity.” (171). Saint Augustine explains throughout The Confessions the challenges he faced in search for the divinity truth. The struggles and triumphs Saint Augustine conquered at each level of the Divided Line presented in Plato’s The Republic. In Book I of the Confessions‚ Augustine describes his early childhood as being deceitful. He emphasizes on the teachings

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    The Boondock Saints movie exhibits and demonstrates many possible causes and reasons for social deviance. One example of this is shown in the Subjective view of deviance through a Constructionist Theory. The Subjectivist believes that a deviant person is a conscious‚ feeling‚ thinking subject and that one should understand the experience of that person. From a Constructionist perspective‚ deviants are actively seeking meanings in the deviant activities. The brothers in the movie are seeking meaning

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    St. Nicholas Attention!!! Santa Clause is a lie! Most people already know that it’s our parents who put presents underneath the tree and there is no fat guy in a sleigh with magical flying reindeer‚ that gives presents to good little children around the world. The shocker is the lie goes deeper than that. St. Nicholas wasn’t fat or jolly‚ and didn’t own any reindeer. Therefore‚ Santa Clause isn’t real‚ period. No what’s‚ ifs‚ or buts‚ about it. Nicholas was born a monk and became a bishop that did

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    some mistakes but the biggest mistake he made was to choose to die. His family will suffer for it. In a time when his family needed him to be strong‚ he failed them. This makes us think‚ what is worth dying for? Christian martyrs are recognized as saints for a reason. They gave up their life for their faith. They made the ultimate sacrifice to God. Faith is something that is worth

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    Halloween In The 1930's

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    October 31st was the night before All Saints’ Day‚ thusly it was originally referred to as All Hallow’s Eve‚ and later it was called Halloween. The name has persisted for hundreds of years despite the drastic evolution of the holiday. Many other ancient Gaelic traditions play central parts in the celebration.

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    Saint John Brown DBQ

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    and deep devotion‚ further separating the two in both ideals and motives of pre-Civil War 1863. However you may slice it‚ Brown’s actions were proved to be “the errors of a fanatic‚ not the crimes of a felon” in his self righteousness (Doc A). ‘Saint John’ Brown was sung of as often more than Jesus to both black slaves and abolitionists. To them‚ instead of murdering innocent

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