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Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

Livy's History of Rome/Heroes & Villains

king also ordered killed. They were subsequently left to die of exposure and were discovered by a she-wolf. Discovered by the king...

Judaism and Ancient Egyptian Religion

the soul: the Egyptians thought that the there were several "psychical elements" comprising existence, including the ka (Dyson). T...

Medea, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Pagan and Jewish Women

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Pagan women with Jewish women in ancient Greek and Roman societies in terms of the...

Comparing the Empire of Ancient Rome with Ancient Greece

to Egypt would also pay homage to some Egyptian Gods such as Isis and Horus. In Britain and Gaul there is evidence of the Romans m...

Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, and Women's Roles

time expresses: "Rank creates its rules: A woman is asked about her husband, A man is asked about his rank" (Callender 12). By fa...

Contemporary Egyptian Art in a Global Context

been contemporary Egyptian art. 2. Contemporary Egyptian Art and its Historical Western Influence Egypt has been influenced by w...

Free Rider And Rational Choice Theory

free rider problem: "external or collective consequences of individual actions...[and] structures of communication and networks wh...

Silent v. Sound/Art in Film

"at heart, I was always a silent movie man" (Twatio 14). One reason why early silent films appear odd or stilted to modern audie...

PROGRAM DESIGN: INTRODUCING A UNIVERSITY PROGRAM IN ART THERAPY

news is that this proposal doesnt necessarily need to outline the benefits to the state, as the state has already targeted the art...

The “Sensation” Art Show, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1999

stuff "winning rather than off-putting," noting that he is an "equal-opportunity elephant-dung employer," using it to make support...

The Depiction of Reality in the Age of Global Production

In all cases they may be seen as art that is breaking boundaries as they are seeking to break down social barriers and taboos, dea...

Yinka Shonibare/A Flying Machine for Every Man, etc.

of Shonibares characters via their clothing. While Victorian in style, the design for the wax fabrics originated in the Dutch colo...

National Museum of African Art

this series, while painted in the late nineteenth century, looks very much as if it were from the Byzantine era. The site gives th...

Narrative Style Comparison Between Classic Mode and Art Cinema

In five pages these two modes of narrative cinema are examined in terms of the differences between classic and art cinema as revea...

Erving Goffman's Dramaturgical Approach to Human Interaction

is indebted to both of these predecessors. Kenny (2008) observes that "Anyone familiar with Goffmans dramaturgical approach will n...

Analysis of Art

it was carved. (African masks were often made of wood).2 The color is a very dark brown and there are different textures that woul...

Art Therapy And ADHD - Research Proposal

environments? Bias Question that will be generated: If an ADHD child can focus for 1 hour of art therapy, does that provide suffi...

MoMA Exhibits

space" spread over several buildings (About MoMA - Museum history, 2007). One of these, the "Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Educatio...

Performance Art and Theater

In five pages this paper discusses the differences between performance art and theater with an example of theater being the Broadw...

Modernism, Feminism, and Art Essays

Nine essays totalling seventy five pages provide an integration of perspectives regarding socialization, art and art history on fe...

Fountain of 1917 by Marcel Duchamp

In seven pages this infamous work of art is examined in terms of its impact and how it forever changed the history of art. Eight ...

Kinetic Art and Real Movement

only one right way to do something. As artists we are only limited by our imaginations. The same is true for from one "ism" or p...

Feminism, The Female Form, and Postmodern Art

This paper addresses the ways in which the female body has been adorned and admired throughout the history of art. The author com...

Modification of the Body

In a paper consisting of 20 pages body modification is examined in terms of psychology and history with elective amputation, scari...

Synthetic Cubism and the Works of Pablo Picasso

28). Similarly, it has been stated that abstract art grew out of the virtual disappearance of the recognizable nude or still lif...

Society, Religion, and Art of the Renaissance

In three pages this paper examines the society, religion, and art of the Renaissance with a consideration of the importance of rel...

Cimabue and Duccio or 'Madonna Enthroned' Times Two

in society Introduction One way that art history has been studied is to trace the development of the realistic portrayal of the h...