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something that ought to happen without reason. Relativists often do not have a reason for tolerance but are not accepting of intolerance according to Pojman. The actions of a French citizen who detonates a bomb in a crowded tourist attraction, say the Louvre, would have to be accepted as morally correct should that be a commonly accepted principle in France This is an example of Pojman’s connection between cultural relativism and tolerance. I think it is hard enough for a culture to distinguish…

Essay 1 I believe that the Renaissance was a bridge to modern society for many reasons. Some of those reasons being that many inventions created during the era are still used today; advances in science, art, and literature; and the reformation of religion that helped shape today's churches. These factors helped the Renaissance influence, or build a bridge to, modern society. Inventions created during the Renaissance are still used today. For example, the pencil was made during the…

Aphrodite of Melos (Venus Di Milo) Vera Feng AP Art History Thursday, October 2, 2014 Today, the famous Hellenistic sculpture of a goddess half-heartedly holding her garment over her hips sits in the Louvre. Although first thought to be carved by Praxiteles, the beloved Aphrodite of Melos (Venus Di Milo), dated ca. 150-125 BCE, is now understood to have been created by Alexandros of Antioch. This beautiful marble sculpture hails from Melos, Greece. Although a large part of this piece’s fame…

When one imagens the idea of a “good life” there are many different things might spring to mind. The Romans and Greeks had different ideas of this “good life” and so do I. The way one thinks about this achieved life can illuminate what values they hold. Romans value consistency. Greeks value the middle line, which is sometimes described as average. There are multiple others, but this paper mentions just a few. As shown in the textbook, tells us in Seneca’s On Tranquility of Mind explains that…

received acclaim through many of his famous paintings. His most well known painting is The Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is one of the most visited portraits in the world (Summers). Today, this painting is showcased at one of the most monumental museums, The Louvre. Here, over six million people visit and admire The Mona Lisa each year. The face of Mona Lisa remains a symbolic face of the Renaissance. Another one of Leonardo’s famous portraits was done of Gineva de Benci. The woman in his painting…

Throughout the centuries, art has been one of the most valuable forms of communication for all sorts of people wanting to express themselves. More precisely, painterly portraiture allowed artists to offer an even deeper glimpse into the souls of their subjects, as well as their own, for anyone willing to take the time and look. As people have evolved over the centuries, art has progressed in a parallel motion. The style, subject, and intent of a portrait provide details into the lives of the…

"[S]elling holidays is like selling dreams" (Holloway and Humphreys, 2012, p.10) and dreams live from inspiration as the initial impulse for planning holidays. Due to the tourism characteristic of mostly providing intangible products and services, “the tourism industry is highly information intensive and information is its lifeblood” (Benckendorff, Sheldon, & Fesenmaier, 2014, p.5). Consequently, information is key for consumers and tourism businesses to come together and to create a memorable…

“Picture it! Sparta, 490 B.C. Sparta, a powerful city-state in ancient Greece, is known for learning one thing, war. Different from its neighboring city-state, Athens, boys were taken away from their mothers at the age of seven and were taught the art of war, instead of mathematics, Philosophy, and other subjects. The Spartans are also known for defeating thousands of enemy soldiers with only 300 Spartan men at the battle of Thermopylae (even though they all died.) Those are the things I do…

The De Young , the famous fine arts museum of San Francisco, ranked 6th nationwide among museums .The De Young is home to a respected collection of American, African, and Oceanic art. The museum also plays host to major international exhibits, there's often an extra admission charge for these. The first time i came it was for a Keith Haring exhibit, this second visit i made the exhibit was Oscar de La Renta . The museum is Located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park just as the Legion of honor…

structure of what time and style a piece of art, artist or art movement they individually belong to . This lead into further development of Wincklemann's interest in creating a curatorial system in which art is divided by style and national school. The Louvre Museum adopted this theory when disbursing expositions throughout the exhibitions within the museum, marking history in the nineteenth century and time-lines to…