Ahmad Art History 102 April 28‚ 2011 Artemisia Gentileschi‚ Venus and Cupid‚ ca. 1625-30. Oil on canvas‚ 38 x 56 5/6 inches. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts‚ Richmond‚ VA. Artemisia Gentileschi’s Venus and Cupid is a painting of an angel caressing a woman resting on the bed. In actuality‚ the painting is about Venus‚ the Goddess of Love‚ who is asleep in a very luxurious and classical environment. While she is asleep‚ Cupid diligently wields a peacock-feathered fan to keep away pests‚ which makes
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The Role of Dreams in the Human Psyche. Plan: 1) The history of dream perception in indigenous cultures. 2) The modern theories of sleep and dream interpretation. 3) Jung ’s archetypes. The Meaning of Sleep and Dreams identified by Freud‚ Jung‚ and other theorists. We all dream. Every night - as we dim the light of consciousness - we enter the realm of the dream. In this dream state our imagination runs free with little or no interference from our conscious mind
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The American psyche has always been a point of discussion among other cultures; they are often called stupid‚ ignorant and war-happy. During the McCarthy era of 1950-1954‚ however‚ they were more so being cautious of the Communist threat than being paranoid. Senator Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957) knew "how to win power‚ headlines and a passionately loyal following by manipulation" (Hugh Brogan). It was said "The McCarthy witch hunts were not born of fantasy‚" (Alan Axelrod) that is‚ the American people
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Canova’s Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss‚
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Bronzino’s Venus‚ Cupid‚ Folly‚ and Time (c. mid 1540’s) is an astounding painting which includes intricate symbolism.# The painting has provoked much scholarly controversy and‚ to this day no one art historian can agree on what the overall idea of the painting is.# One source says that Bronzino was commissioned for this work not only as a demonstration of painterly excellence‚ but as a demonstration of Florentine intellectual cleverness‚ necessary both for the invention of the imagery and for
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goddess’s hand in marriage. Despite Aphrodite’s marriage to Hephaestus she was known to have had many affairs with various gods and mortal men. One of Aphrodite’s most well known lovers was Ares‚ the god of war‚ who was the father of her son Eros or Cupid. As myth has it Helios one day discovered the affair between Ares and Aphrodite‚ and the sun god chose to inform her husband
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The Representation of Psyche in A Streetcar Named Desire The characters of Blanche Dubois‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ and Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire are all representations of the basic parts of the human psyche. The three basic parts of the human psyche are: the Id (the sense of desire with disregard to consequences)‚ the Superego (the individual’s sense of right and wrong and guilt)‚ and the Ego (the mediator of the Id and Superego‚ trying to satisfy both at once). Despite the f
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143 A Assignment 1 Word Count: Antonio Canova’s Sculpture: Psyche Revived by Love’s Kiss This statue follows a common theme about the Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses‚ which have always had an intriguing amount of drama. This in which gave the sculptors and artists of many decades time to express these feelings throughout their work. This particular sculpture is done by Antonio Canova about the story of Psyche and how Cupid awoke her with a kiss after completing tasks put forth to her by
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implicate people who are undocumented in this country. Legal violence creates conditions that hurt those who are immigrants in the United States. Internment of the psyche is the internment that produces multiple forms of power and control of a human. Legal violence and internment of the psyche own two different definitions. Internment of the psyche is the mistreatment in an approach that is unspoken. It is almost as if an innocent person who is being watched and hold the possibility of being attacked while
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Aschenbach’s behavior becomes more and more reckless and comes closer to giving over to his desire. This woeful tale reveals an interesting interpretation of Freud’s theory on the psyche as Aschenbach struggles with his id‚ ego‚ and superego. According to Freudian theory‚ the id is the unconscious component of the psyche and it is often responsible for impulses (McLeod). The id insists we act on our desires immediately in order to prolong any pain (McLeod).
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