Lubbock

The first stage of this term paper project presented one with the basic knowledge of two important pieces of European Renaissance artwork, including a formal analysis on both pieces, the sculpture and the painting’s separate but largely cohesive meanings as well as their original intent, and finally their provenances. Research into Giorgione’s Col Tempo (or La Vecchia) and Gregor Erhart’s Vanitas served as a beneficial jumping off point into the portrayal of older women during the Renaissance…

would be there for one another. My mom 's family makes that image come to life; we don 't visit them that often, but when we do they are outstanding. My dad 's family, however, is a whole different story. His mom and two of his three brothers live in Lubbock with us. His third brother lives in Arkansas and I do not know much about him. I have always had problems with one of my dad 's younger brothers, specifically his daughter, my cousin. I am not sure what it was, but she has always had…

This painting is one of many versions of the biblical story of Judith beheading Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi, a well-known female painter of the Baroque period. Although she gained acclaim as a painter, few women of her time had the opportunity to become an artist, a privilege afforded to her in part because her father owned a studio and painted, as well. In the Bible, Holofernes, an Assyrian bully and enemy to Israel, slaughtered his way into the city of Bethulia, a town at the entrance…

uncle Vas in 1952(8). The San Angelo residence was confirmed by an address on the passenger list for my family and also my great grandfather, Demetrios owned a restaurant named Coney Island Sandwich Shop (6 & 8). They eventually made their way to Lubbock, Texas and opened up another restaurant. Where my papou ended up meeting my mawmaw, Judy, who was 16 at the time that they got married and he was 29. I found out while doing research on Greeks in America that most of them owned restaurants…

Carthon. Carthon was a go-getter sort of boy. Little did anyone know at the time, but Carthon would live well into his 90’s! When World War II began, Carthon would leave his college studies at Texas Technical College (later Texas Tech University) in Lubbock, Texas and volunteer for the Army Air Corps. Carthon became a pilot and flew planes throughout the duration of the Second World War and made a career out of the Air Corps. That lucky son-of-a-gun became a highly decorated Colonel and not only…