The concept of ‘The Blonde’ has been ever changing over time and across different contexts. Meanings and cultural ideologies associated with blondeness have shifted due to the change in context at varying points of time. Blondeness has been represented and viewed differently from one culture to another where the context and values play a crucial role in these representations. In the movie‚ “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”‚ Marilyn Monroe is portrayed as the archetypal blonde bombshell that uses her sexuality
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Sandro Botticelli’s painting Primavera has been a subject of discussion and admiration for many centuries. The reason being‚ why exactly is that so? Botticelli’s Primavera was orinally painted for the intentions of giving it to a soon-to-be groom and bride for their wedding as a gift. The image depicts a few figures‚ mostly women‚ portrayed in a lush garden. Simple enough‚ but there lies a deeper meaning behind it. It is meant to portray and give the message of a soon-to-be bride to be submissive
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The Birth of Venus (1635) ------------------------------------------------- Nicolas Poussin ------------------------------------------------- Sean E. Masih Art History 102 August 25‚ 2013 While the Philadelphia Museum of Art may not house some of the more famous artwork from the Baroque period‚ their acquisition of Poussin’s “Birth of Venus” was nothing short of a savvy purchase. Hungry for Western currency‚ the painting was sold by the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in 1930 under
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The works of Sandro Botticelli are among the most revered of renaissance painting. The sweeping curves of his women and the ethereal beauty of their gazes are recognized instantaneously: from a grandmother in a small town to the cognoscenti of New York or Paris‚ few can claim to be unmoved by his work. Patronized by the Vatican as well as one of the most rich and powerful Florentines of his time‚ Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici‚ Botticelli was hugely popular in his own day. His most magnificent
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Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement The purpose of the present paper is to discuss a very interesting piece of art‚ Fra Filippo Lippi’s “Portrait of a woman with a man at a Casement”. I will begin by the analysis of the formal qualities of the painting such as the composition‚ the color‚ line‚ texture‚ proportion‚ balance‚ contrast and rhythm. I will then discuss how the work fits a certain stylistic category. I will demonstrate that the painting reflects the social and cultural trends of
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How far do you agree with the view that Fra Lippo Lippi is simply a ’saucy and loud mouthed monk’? The story of Fra Lippo Lippi focuses on a debate of art‚ whether it should be realistic or didactic and idealistic‚ the narrators comments could be seen as drunk ramblings or rather an artist who wants to defend his preference of realism over tradition. The poem starts off quite energetically with Fra Lippo Lippi being captured “I am poor brother Lippo‚ by your leave”‚ it seems self-deprecating from
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The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)- Renaissance Venus of Urbino (Titan)- Renaissance The Birth of Venus (Cabanel)- 19th Century Venus Fauvist-Cubist - 20th Century Mythology of Aphrodite/Venus The mythology of Venus lies within the roots of Neolithic Greece. Known as ‘Eurynome’‚ which translates to the “wide wandering one”‚ she was born of primal Chaos‚ dancing on the water. Eurynome transformed the North Wind into
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In ’Edgewater Angels’‚ Sandro Mallet tells the stories of gangbanging in a powerful manner that never hesitates to hit the reader upside the head with strong connected cram words to convey his point of view. His stories are powerful vignettes of a subculture of urban survival. Sunny Toomer is the sort of ringleader of a group of twelve year old boys who are making an instant leap from the playtime of childhood to a life of violence and hopelessness in the ugly projects of San Pedro. Meallet proves
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Primavera Sandro Botticelli followed a different path than many artists and painters of his time‚ which in turn gave him a unique edge. Instead of basing his work on the ideas of light and shade‚ he incorporated the element of line‚ into many of his works of art‚ and he also relied heavily on drawing beforehand. This and his inclusion of classcism‚ individualsim‚ and his own play on realism are the aspects that set Botticelli apart and made him unique during the Early Renaissance period.
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The story of Lucretia and her subsequent tragedy is a reflection on women’s position in Roman society and how they were treated. This story both offers some historical context to the modern Latin learner but also teaches a very valuable lesson. While many women were seen as less than men during this time period‚ Livy’s description of Lucretia’s rape and Brutus’s plan to avenge her honor offers a different perspective. As an artistic representation of this piece‚ Botticelli’s The Tragedy of Lucretia
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