Cupid

In Virgil’s The Aeneid, the reader is introduced to the character Dido. Beginning with the influence of Cupid, this vulnerable Queen of Carthage was a malleable mortal; predetermined to suffer the hardships of life and the outside influences of fate. By introducing this character, one may question the motives the author intended for the reader to form based off of the facts presented about the queen in relation to the Roman morals during Virgil’s time. Was Dido a great leader who simply could…

are there to add a message for the marriage that it has everlasting achievement, peace, and protection. Above Venus we see her son cupid, I believe that he is there to just reinforce the marriage of love. Why he is pointed to the Three Graces I have no clue but my guess would be since it was a gift to Lorenzo it is the feminine virtues that have fallen in love and cupid shooting them with the love arrow for all aspects of a Lorenzo has fell in…

both Psyche and Augustus participated in selfless acts for the community which were valued highly by Romans in their pursuit towards deification. In most religious practices, people don't become gods but more just believe in them. In the story of “Cupid and Psyche”, a mortal woman becomes a deity after being bullied by a jealous God for her beauty and all the men of the town falling for her. Venus’ altar had been deserted due to the fact that they were all over the new young child Psyche, which…

When comparing modern day beauty, such as that of Gisele Bundchen, Angelina Jolie, and Kate Middleton to the works created during the High Renaissance and Mannerism area, there are numerous similarities found alongside many differences. While some aspects of fashions have changed with the ages, others seem to remain timeless. Long, lustrous and thick hair has for the most part continually remained popular, particularly among women. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has long hair, worn over the…

one of his arrows has hit Pluto, god of the Underworld, causing him to fall in love with Proserpine, the daughter of the goddess of nature, Ceres (Dryden). Pluto, then, proceeds to kidnap Proserpine from the field. Though the story does not say why Cupid has shot an arrow at Pluto, one can only assume that it was done for the sake of getting even, and once again, a mortal suffers at the hands of childishness (Dryden). Meanwhile Proserpine is in the Underworld, Ceres has killed all of Sicily’s…

sunlight. This is due to the rich greens and blues from the vibrant forest in the background. Because Venus is the physical representation of beauty and lust, and cupid also connected to the idea of love, part of me believes the expressions shown have a deeper meaning than just the typical depictions the two have had in the past. Cupid appears to be trying to get away, mischievous in a way, while Venus tries to hold him back. This can symbolize sexual frustration in the character and in society,…

The eighteenth century, Rococo era, was a light-hearted time being pre-revolutionary. This was a period the postmodern world would attempt to emulate. Rococo was a time of, intellectual, social, and political achievements. Not until the eighteenth century did many of the plans and ideas of the last one-hundred years were finally undertaken. Mathematics and the sciences were being accepted and embraced. They were changing the way that society thought and acted. Democracy began to seed in the…

allusions to give the reader another way to look at what is happening in his play. Egeus tells Theseus “But this other man has cast a spell over my child’s heart” (page 5). This sentence is an allusion of a mythological character named Cupid. This boy has taken her heart like Cupid when he shoots people with arrows and casts a spell over their hearts. When Egeus approaches Theseus he says “Long live Theseus, our famous and respected duke” (page 3). This sentence is an allusion of a group of…

just a small history. Joost Daalder (2004) in his “Pre- History of Beatrice and Benedick,” suggests that Beatrice believes that Benedick is more capable than Cupid when it comes to making a woman swoon over him. He quotes Beatrice saying, “[Benedick] challenged Cupid at the flight; and my uncle’s fool, reading the challenge, subscribed for Cupid and challenged him at the bird-bolt” (Daalder 2004, pg.523). This would suggest that Beatrice had indeed already previously fallen for Benedick and for…

Johannes Vermeer’s “A Maid Asleep,” painted around 1657, is one of his earlier paintings, in which Vermeer experimented with “genre painting.” Although not particularly popular during his own time, he is now revered as one of the best Dutch artists. Perhaps his lack of recognition during the seventeenth century was due to the small amount of paintings he produced or the fact that only a small group of people bought his paintings in Delft, the city he lived in. The small group of people found…