Idealism

The production of art in the ancient world saw numerous styles and traversed many cultures. Throughout this period of art production, techniques improved, materials of the ancient world were explored, and artists perfected their craft. The art of ancient Greece is superior to the art of all other periods because of the attention to detail, perfectionism in architecture, and the ability to fully accomplish realistic representations of ideal human proportions while also adapting old techniques and…

Throughout our discussion of French realism we see the concepts of materialism and selfishness prominently. Similarly we constantly see similar circumstances, values, and overall how society today has not differentiated from how it was in this period. While the means of these similarities have changed, you can still see the same fundamental principles in both times. One prime example of this is how material possessions dictate where we stand in society along with how we stand socially. In…

for so long and to work so tirelessly towards its fulfillment, even with the “foul dust” that rests on his dream (Fitzgerald 14). Despite Gatsby’s vulgarity and self-delusion, Nick respects him for his strength and for the unselfish nature of his idealism. Unlike the Buchanans, Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson, and the many guests who attended Gatsby’s parties, Gatsby does not use his wealth in a selfish way. His sole purpose for gathering his wealth and lavish lifestyle is centered on the attainment…

In his novel Moby-Dick, Herman Melville exposes humankind’s ingrained lust to conquer the natural world through the narrative of a doomed whaling voyage. A Dark Romantic, Melville seeks to depict the inner turmoil of humanity and the innate evil of mankind. The titular whale Moby-Dick represents nature and serves to prove that man can never overcome the power of earth. Melville portrays Moby-Dick as an indestructible whale with incredible strength and invincible might. Ahab has previously…

Jürgen Moltmann Jürgen Moltmann was born in Hamburg, Germany, on April 8, 1926. Moltmann was raised in a rather “enlightened secular” home, he underwent a no very profound Christian socialization. He also grew up poets and philosophers of the German Idealism: Lessing, Goethe, and Nietzsche. As the time being, far from Christianity, the church and the Bible. He was drafted at the end of 1944, to fight in WWII in the German army at the age of eighteen. During the war he served as a solider for…

Many would argue that America is an exemplary model for democracy, leadership, innovation and even happiness. The 20th century was the century of American. The nation pulled out of the great depression stronger than ever. America stopped Hitler, and communism. America turned to building and changing the world. America walked on the moon. American made it possible for millions to go to college and start business. America is a melting pot for diversity, where people from all lifestyles can come…

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio born 1572 in Milan, Italy. Caravaggio, was an Italian artist who worked and practice mostly in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. He is most famous for his paintings of flowers and fruit in his factory-like workshop, a small Boy Peeling a Fruit (his earliest known painting), a boy with a Basket of Fruit, and a young Sick Bacchus, supposedly a self-portrait done while healing from a serious illness that ended his employment for a while in 1594.…

Before constant advancements and the line driven western society marked their place in America, the Native American culture was based on an interrupted circle. The Native American way of life was anti-hierarchical and lacked chaos inflicted from outer societies. The line driven western society is comparable to a line that disregards the past in order to succeed in the future. This viewpoint punctured the Indian sphere through forced assimilation and harmful generalized statements about the…

The mysterious, and often ambiguous nature of both beauty and truth has long enticed those who are attracted by beauty’s allure and truths intrigue. Over the course of time, it can be concluded that there is an utter significance in the perception of death. Emily Dickinson’s “I died for Beauty—but was scarce” carries both a philosophical and allegorical facet, in the fact that society’s standards do not always carry the best motive. Dickinson’s excessive use of the dash causes sudden pauses in…

Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman, while essential in understanding democratic idealism, cannot offer another very important viewpoint (9). He adds Douglass, Ellison, and Baldwin to the list of American democratic idealists because they have “experienced trying to achieve democratic individualism in the face of systemic subjugation”…