Centaur

his first piece of work was the Madonna of the stairs. He explains that Mary, Mother of God, is sitting on a rock where she foresees his death and is on his stairway of heaven. Then he explains his second piece of art known as, the Battle of the Centaurs, which was about the wild forces of life that are locked in a heroic combat. These two sculpture helped Michelangelo discover where is mind was set at and what his passion of theme was…

Long long ago the king of Sephoris ordered all of the most talented harp players in the world to come and try to play most beautiful song at his palace. None of them could play a song beautiful enough that could please the king and queen. From that day on the king is still finding a harp player that could play the most beautiful song. Adam is the son of Apollo-God of music and light. Adam was born in a small town called Tapioca. There he would grow into a young healthy man. Adam was always being…

Dr. Janet Abu-Lughod is one of the most important and influential female historians. Abu-Lughod was an urban sociologist who taught at both the New School for Social Research, and the American University in Cairo, Egypt. In 1989 Dr. Abu-Lughod drew on her culturally diverse and scientific background and published a book titled Before European Hegemony, in this book she contends that Europe’s world economic system that developed after Columbus’ stumbled upon the Americas was not a new and…

In the genre of political television programs, most shows are noted for their serious and dramatic acting and plot. Many of those shows have a male as the main character while the women are noted to be minor, yet important characters to the plot. That is not the case for the popular series Parks and Recreation (2009 - 2015). Based in small town Pawnee, Indiana the show centers around the life of government workers in the parks department. The series presents issues of feminism, and patriarchy.…

In response to the Florentine poet Benedetto Varchi’s request for his contribution to the paragone debate being conducted among some of his contemporaries, the celebrated Italian architect, painter, poet, and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti writes: Though he ultimately follows up on this assertion by confessing that, in his old age, he has acquiesced to the idea that painting and sculpture are, in fact, ‘one and the same’ in that they both ‘proceed from one and the same faculty of…

Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, a little village in Tuscany, Italy. His father, Lodovico Buonarroti, was working briefly in the small village where his second out five sons was born with his wife, Francesca Neri and shortly after Michelangelo's birth, his family moved back to Florence because his father went back to working for the Florentine government. Michelangelo was placed with a family of stonecutters. He considered Florence to be his true home until the day…

I have always been a fan of the different interpretations people have of Heaven, Hell, or the in-between, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is one of my favorite interpretations, taking you on Journeys beyond belief. The divine comedy is separated into 3 Canticle, which means hymn, song or psalm, Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio) and Paradise (Paradiso). The story by many is said to be real and by some non-religious orientated people it is meant to be as basic mythology, of one man’s…

Having power is a privilege, however once the power is abused, it grants the opportunity to influence one into believing that they are superior to others. In the two myths, Cupid and Psyche, and The Adventures of Odysseus, found in the Mythology by Edith Hamilton, Hamilton uses multiple characters to describe how the irresponsible use of power leads to damaging results. The abuse of power has the ability to cause emotional, mental, or physical pain among other individuals. It forces the…

In the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter is revealed to a new world learning the truths about who is he is, and the world around him. He makes trusted friends and enemies, and in the end gives his life for the betterment of the world. It starts with young boy, unaware of His magical Powers or his history is brought into the hidden world of Magic and Wizards. For most his life was tucked away behind his almost cruel Aunt and Uncle, unaware of what he is and especially who he is. Hagrid, a large…

For this activity, I selected two gods and a hero: Zeus, Hera, and Achilles. Zeus and Hera are principal actors in the Olympian thread of the plot, and inseparable in their entanglements, both with each other and with mortals. I felt that I would understand the Iliad itself better if I understood these supreme gods better. Achilles is, of course, the hero of the Iliad and is the axis of the entire storyline. I will present, in order, the biographies of these three characters. Then I will explain…