Castillo Ceramics and Sculpture Period 4 12/15/12 The Thinker The Thinker was a sculpture created by Auguste Rodin in 1882. It was originally made of plaster‚ but other recreations of it are made of bronze. The Thinker was originally part of The Gates of Hell‚ which represented the poet Dante as he contemplated writing The Divine Comedy. The size of the statue varies between the many copies‚ but the original was around 2 feet. The original Thinker had a smooth texture and a dark color. The statue has
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Harrisburg Area Community College “What Makes My Thinker Think…” Robert Nasuti Humanities 201: World Mythology Professor Pappadakis 27 April 2013 Robert Nasuti Professor Pappadakis Humanities 201 27 April 2013 “What Makes My Thinker Think…” The processes used to record the myths‚ stories and events of history come in many different forms. The most common mode of capturing the past is the ever-familiar writings found in the endless pages of written documents
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WHAT’S YOUR STYLE—SENSER‚ INTUITOR‚ THINKER‚ FEELER? Individuals differ in the way they interact with others and the way they gather and evaluate information for problem solving and decision making. Four psychological functions identified by Carl Jung are related to this process: sensation‚ intuition‚ thinking‚ and feeling. Before you read further‚ complete the Problem-Solving Diagnostic Questionnaire (Part A)‚ and then check the scoring key that appears in Part B. It has no right or wrong
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finished‚ and many wonder if Rodin really was finished or not. Rodin made the Gates of Hell to resemble his thoughts on Dante’s Inferno with his own twist. Rodin also placed various sculptures of his others works into the Gates of Hell including The Thinker‚ the Three Shades‚ Fleeting Love‚ and I am Beautiful to name a few. (Elsen‚ 1985) History of the Gates of Hell Rodin was asked to build a monumental bronze doors for a new museum of arts. Although‚ Rodin was allowed to decide what to base the doors
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can assume that the author is the main character in this story and he established his own point of view. Golding in his essay divides people into three groups: grade-three thinkers‚ grade-two thinkers‚ and grade-one thinkers. He also claims that more than ninety percent of humans are representatives of first kind thinkers. The story begins when author was a young boy and he attended to grammar school. His headmaster called for him and met at his cabin. In the office he has three statues‚ which
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particular grade. A grade-three thinker is the most common of the grades‚ "Man is a gregarious animal‚ and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the same way on the side of a hill"‚ (Golding 220). He is trying to portray that grade-three thinkers will individually do what it takes to be correct in what they are trying to accomplish. Golding points out three statues which one of his teachers keep above his desk and cupboards‚ Venus‚ who represents love‚ Rodin ’s Thinker‚ which represents pure thought
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To some people art is very important‚ to others it is nothing. To most‚ it is nice‚ but fades besides the everyday problems of physical survival‚ housing‚ food‚ money‚ children‚ etc. The value boils down to what you think you are: a meat machine or a spiritual being. For a meat machine‚ naturally anything that is not about physical survival is very secondary. The spiritual being needs more than physical product‚ but sources for development of mind and thought. There appears to be something about
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Meng Yuan Professor George Baker TA Megan Metcalf Art History 54 Dec.6.2012 Formal Analysis: Sculpture With significant differences in shapes‚ volumes‚ texture and settings‚ Auguste Rodin’s Walking Man and Richard Serra’s T.E.U.C.L.A.‚ two conspicuous sculptures in UCLA sculpture garden‚ both demonstrate the combination of movement and stillness to viewers. Though‚ Rodin’s sculpture mainly represents it through a posture of a body in motion‚ while Serra tries to represent it by creating an
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After taking critical thinking in UB‚ I believe that the core being of a good critical thinker is to be able to determine the difference between what is valid and what is not. The difference between what is valid and what is sound is that validness has to deal with what is more true and the truth tends to demolish all lies. Nevertheless‚ being a good critical thinker isn’t only about what is true and what is not but it is also about how a person is able to deconstruct an impossible problem and somehow
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What’s a successful person’s greatest resource in difficult times? Good thinking! Good thinkers are always in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job‚ but the person who knows why will always be his boss. Good thinkers solve problems‚ they never lack ideas for building an organization‚ and they always have hope for a better future. Good thinkers rarely find themselves at the mercy of ruthless people who would take advantage of them or try to deceive them‚ people like Nazi dictator
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