illustrated by the mans raised hand. Which in turn suggests the man is taking an oath‚ And the arranged robe of the woman. Now we can understand why the two people are in the doorway‚ it is safe to believe that they are the witnesses to the marriage of Arnolfini and his wife. But there is more
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Jan van Eyck’s work‚ The Arnolfini Portrait‚ is a famous piece of Flemish portraiture with a lively history of interpretation (Hall xviii). Most interpretations of the work hinge upon the symbolism found in the iconography of the work‚ while others rely upon the presumption that the work is nothing but masterfully rendered naturalism‚ while still others apply various modern art history methodologies. In this paper I will provide a brief survey of the leading interpretations and methods that have
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piece. If I have no knowledge of art‚ I can look at “Arnolfini and His Bride” by Jan Van Eyck‚ and construct personal knowledge of my perceived beauty and value of the piece using sense perception and emotion. Since my perspective‚ background‚ and artistic preferences are unique to myself‚ and‚ as a result‚ I will not assign the same value to a piece as anyone else‚ uniformities in personal artistic knowledge need not exist. When I look at the Arnolfini Portrait‚ I am struck by how the oil paint on the
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Wagner‚ feminism was not the first thing on his mind and that is prevalent in most of his operas. However‚ in the plot of the Ring Cycle and Die Walküre‚ he wrote in a strong‚ independent heroine in Brünnhilde‚ or at least in her development. Don Giovanni shares the story of the womanizer who still sometimes gets sympathy from audiences as a tragic hero‚ although that is not the case. Each of these operas and their composers made a statement in regard to gender construction in their era’s society
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trans and ed‚ The Black Death‚ (Manchester: Manchester University Press‚ 1994)‚ 43 7 Giovanni Boccaccio‚ “The Plague in Florence‚” in The Black Death‚ Rosemary Horrox‚ trans and ed‚ (Manchester: Manchester University Press‚ 1994)‚ 27-28 8 ibid‚ 30 9 ibid‚ 33 10 Louis Heyligen‚ “The Plague in Avignon‚” in Rosemary Horrox‚ trans and ed‚ The Black Death‚ (Manchester: Manchester University Press‚ 1994)‚ 44 11 Giovanni Boccaccio‚ “The Plague in Florence‚” in The Black Death‚ Rosemary Horrox‚ trans and
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The eyewitness account of the plague in Florence‚ Italy in 1384‚ talked about by Marilyn Migiel‚ was the author of the Decameron himself. Giovanni Boccaccio’s account of the plague is seemingly an eyewitness account because he “filtered his stories through other literary and historical descriptions of plagues” (Migiel 17). Boccaccio describes the plague as having baffling symptoms‚ the certainty of death‚ the overbearing presence of death and the dying‚ the procedures for trying to avoid the plague
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Rustico and Alibech by Giovanni Boccaccio I tried to find a better picture‚ or at least the more decent one. But Rustico and Alibech is just a short story piece of literary by Giovanni Boccaccio‚ and the fact that it was written ages ago‚ it would seem impossible to leastwise find a good cover. Anyway‚ I wouldn’t be doing the reflection about its looks but of course‚ by its content. I am really wondering why my literature professor loves to give us erotic pieces to read. Just like this schtick
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MUH Essay 2 Sarah Ostrowski Wayne State University Question 4: Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture was a very interesting song; there were many changes through out the piece. It started out sounding like a battle symphony where Tchaikovsky used the instruments to make a choppy sound‚ which reminded me of a march‚ as well as gun sounds. He has a great use of crescendo at the beginning. Along with increasing the sound level he also increases the tempo and
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Religion in the first and the last day story of the Decameron\ Giovanni Bocaccio‚ an Italian author of the fourteenth century‚ is most noted for writing the Decameron‚ a series of 100 stories that are structured in a frame narrative. Each of these one hundred novellas presents a particular theme ranging from love‚ death‚ fortune‚ wit‚ sex and of course‚ religion. The action is taking place in Florence during the Black Death that struck the city in 1348. These were the times when religion
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I chose the poem "Possum Crossing" by Nikki Giovanni and I feel that the poem has meaning to life in the fact that we mistake some things for what they’re really not. The thesis of this poem is that things can be confusing and hard to understand‚ and sometimes easy to mistake something for something else. The poem starts off as a woman is driving her car down the road and she sees what she believes to be a possum. The woman thinks about all the times that she has come close to hitting something
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