My Big Fat Greek Wedding Characterization: Gus Portokalos In the movie‚ ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding”‚ Gus Portokalos is the father of the main character‚ Toula Portokalos‚ and is the patriarch of the Portokalos family. He is portrayed as a man who has a lot of pride for his country and can be ethnocentric if his ideas are different from others. He wants Toula to marry a Greek man and doesn’t want Toula to leave him. However‚ Toula falls in love with a non-greek man‚ Ian. This causes Gus to show ethnocentrism
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April 2‚ 2014 Art Appreciation IP UNIT2 Part 1: My first Ancient Art piece I choose from the New York Museum was the Head of a roaring lion from the Neo-Assyrian period. My second piece of Art was chosen from Washington‚ DC Museum. I chose the Head of a pharaoh from the Ancient Egyptian Art. Part 2: While comparing and contrasting between the two Arts I noticed that they both where created With strength in mind as the subject and content matter but it was hard not to notice the different materials
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WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY Early Humans Australopithecines1st to grow the opposable thumb Homo Habilis“Man of Skill”‚ Traits‚ 2.5-1.5 million BC‚ Brain size = 700 cubic cm Achievements Made tools from lava rock‚Use tools to cut meat and crack bones‚ Homo Erectus‚ “Upright Man” Traits‚1.6 - 30‚000 million BC‚ More intelligent and adaptable‚ Brain size 1‚000 Cubic cm Achievements Used intelligence to develop technology Neanderthal Traits‚ 200‚000 – 30‚000 BC‚ Brain size 1‚450 cubic cm Powerfully built
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Ancient Greek Art: Archaic‚ Classical‚ and Hellenistic By: Catherine Marten CLA3114 sect. 02D3 Spring 2013 Art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination‚ usually through visual forms. Art in ancient Greece went through a variety of changes throughout its history‚ especially from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. These changes are mainly due to the different views in Greek society that developed throughout these periods
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Athens. With the help of Phidias and Praxiteles‚ Athens became a marvel of the Classical Age. Buildings such as the Parthenon and the Statue of Zeus‚ created by Phidias‚ attracted many people to Athens with the intent of contributing to the already astounding culture. A view of the Acropolis; “Dominating the entire summit of the Acropolis‚ of course‚ was the breathtaking sight of the Parthenon. Designed by the architect Ictinus and master sculptor Phidias‚ it was 237 feet long‚ 110 feet wide‚ some 65 feet
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Many of the ideas and concepts that the Ancient Greeks thought up are still used today. Only a few examples of these include Sports‚ Myth‚ and Daily Life. There are many examples of how these ideas are still used today in modern culture. Let’s start with Sports. Sports were very important to the Ancient Greeks. They had contact and noncontact sports. Their biggest event that they had were the Olympics‚ because that was where they could show off their skills in the different sports. That is the first
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first‚ sacred sites were merely a simple altar in a designated area‚ but over time massive temples came to be built in honour of a particular god and these usually housed a cult statue of the deity‚ most famously the huge statue of Athena in the Parthenon of Athens or Zeus at Olympia. In time‚ a whole complex of temples to lesser gods could spring up around the main temple‚ creating a large sacred complex‚ often built on an acropolis dominating a city or surrounding area.This sacred area was separated
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of Adam” and substituted a bowl of pasta in place of Adam‚ so God was touching a bowl of pasta instead of Adam. Pretty Cheeky‚ to say the least. Of course‚ there is also the Greek restaurants that use a picture of the Acropolis of Athens or the Parthenon in their menu or painted on the walls. I think‚ it is all to bring a bit of authenticity‚ to the restaurant or create a sense of ambiance‚ but if you ask me‚ it just creates a sense of gaudiness. It reminds me of Marcel Duchamp and his taking
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keep your ship on the wine-dark sea but‚ as I bid you‚ remember to work the land.” The Greeks also mentioned the rising of the Pleiades in the ancient text Geoponica‚ a twenty-book collection of agricultural lore. The Hecatompedon temple and the Parthenon are oriented to their
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There are few buildings in the world today that have survived the ravages of time so well as the Pantheon in Rome. This is mainly due to superior engineering. The Pantheon has often been copied‚ sometimes equaled but never surpassed‚ it had more architectural innovations than most modern buildings. This makes the Pantheon really extraordinary since it was built around 125 AD under the aegis of the emperor Hadrian. Superior engineering The plan is simple enough: a circular enclosure aside a rectangular
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