respected artists of these periods. In this regard‚ the masterpiece David‚ created by Michelangelo‚ has been compared with the Antonio Canova’s statue Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss. Both of these works reflect the artistic advancement of their ages. David represents the renaissance art by reflecting the political situation of that time‚ whereas Psyche Revised by Cupid’s Kiss‚ depicts the artist’s focus on the Roman and other classical arts. Although alike as two of the greatest advancing periods in
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The Green Room ’The Green Room’ is the name Munch gave to a series of eight or so works painted in the later part of 1906 and in 1907. They are: ’Weeping Girl‚’ ’Zum Sussen Madel‚’ ’Desire‚’ ’Hatred‚’ ’Jealousy‚’ ’Consolation‚’ ’Cupid and Psyche’ and ’The Murderess’ motifs. The series is a cheerless combination of the Love‚ Anxiety and Death motifs in ’The Frieze of Life;’ there is none of the rejoicing of love found in ’Eye in Eye’ or ’The Dance of Life’ nor is there the acceptance that the pain
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Greek God Research Paper: Eros. Eros is the god of love and sexual desire. Although that’s what he is mainly known for‚ some myths believe him to be a fertility god as well. After Chaos‚ Eros is one of the primal gods of the generation. Eros was as powerful as Zeus‚ Cronus‚ or Uranus before they were born in Greek stories later on. It is said that Eros‚ the most handsome‚ could break the will of the wisest gods or strongest mortal when scratched by one of his arrows. I chose Eros because to me
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Compare and contrast two Pompeian houses. What do they each tell us about the status of their owners? Within Pompeii‚ the size and decorative aspects of someone’s home explained a lot about their monetary wealth and what sort of social status they upheld. People who had money and good social status would decorate their homes with High Greek culture for example myths and mosaics of Greek heroes. Whereas people from a lower class‚ tended to use less grandeur within the decorative style of their
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Ancient Greek Deities and Their Human Characteristics The ancient Greek Gods and their myths have existed in the human imagination and spirit for as long as man has had the ability to pass down their fables. Since before the dawn of recorded events‚ when man was limited to oral communications‚ the people of ancient Greece recounted to each other and to succeeding generations a variety of myths and legends surrounding the everlasting anecdotes of these magnetizing heroes. Some of these stories
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2. Adonis--one day Aphr. and Cupid are playing; Cupid hits her by accident; she falls in love with Adonis; he changes her (she doesn’t go to the heavens and begins to hunt); she warns him not to hunt big scary animals (boars and bears); he doesn’t listen; he dies; she names a flower after him (Anemone-or wind flower). (BVIII c.) 3. Tasks for Psyche: why? what??—Aphr. Jealous of attention Psyche gets; when psyche comes to pray to her and ask for help (a husband)
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CLASSICS 300-I STUDY GUIDE #3 With reference to the incident of Horatius Cocles on the Pons Sublicius‚ who was the enemy? What is pudor? What role did pudor play in the battle between Horatius Cocles and his foes? Why did Horatius Cocles pray to Tiberine pater? What is particularly significant about the Tiberine part of this? What is particularly significant about the pater part of this? How was Horatius Cocles rewarded for his heroism? What does this tell us about Livy’s view of
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from the energies of departed souls. Mythology – All the myths of a particular society gathered together. Greek mythology is the most well-known – talks about gods and how they made cities and how they influenced the Greek culture. The tale of Psyche and Cupid – they were husband and wife but she couldn’t look at him or else he would leave her. Narrative – An account in prose or verse (poetry) of an actual or a fictional event or a sequence of events; a story. Another word for this term could be story
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those who honor and praise the gods find rewards. Having faith in a prophecy is better than trying to circumvent it. Faith also appears in more nuanced situations having to do with trust and belief. Psyche‚ for example‚ cannot bear to not see her husband during the daylight‚ so she chooses to see Cupid in the light‚ against his wishes. Although eventually she redeems
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a beautiful princess dear to the god of love‚ Eros (Cupid)‚ who would visit her in a darkened room in a palace. One night she used an agate lamp to discover his identity. Later‚ at the urging of Eros‚ Zeus gave her the gift of immortality. Eros then married her. THEMES the beauty of a woman with whom Poe became acquainted when he was 14 beauty = woman’s soul and body Helen of Troy the quintessence of physical beauty (beginning) Psyche the quintessence of soulful beauty (end) IMAGERY
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