Madonna

him all the time, filling them with drawings of everything he saw and imagined. In his system, imagination meant a recombination of things (or the parts of things) which already existed, and creating some previously unimagined form (Radford). The Madonna and Child with St. Anne is just one example of Leonardo's increasing use of a "pyramidal" composition or grouping of figures. Leonardo's portraits of women were positioned with 3/4 of their profiles showing and he used this before many other…

Since the beginning of human history, there have been several obstacles that have shaped this planet—from the first existence of Homo sapiens, to the development of tools and art, to the creation of the first civilizations like those in Ancient Mesopotamia to great western civilizations that have derived during the time like Ancient Greece and then Ancient Rome. But society was not always structural in which technology kept rising for the better. The Dark Ages or better known as the Middle Ages,…

Jeanette Winterson’s The Poetics of Sex stands as a prevalent piece of writing that sheds light on the truth and relevance of LGBTQ+ social justice and awareness. The text addresses a series of frequently asked questions that a member of the lesbian community could find both redundant and slightly offensive. Through symbolic writing, Winterson paints a picture of two lovers not bound by society’s conceptions or structures. Using the pseudonyms for herself and her lover Winterson depicts them as…

double sexual standard with both women and men: repressive rules for women’s sexuality and sexual freedom for men. The ideology of moral values only served to provoke rampant prostitution. The idea of double standards was based on the division between Madonna and whore, between the “respectable” or the “fallen.” Women were viewed as either controlling or enhancing male sexual behaviour. As a result, their sexual identity was an implication on determining whether they were viewed as respectable…

and grief mirror that of the camp’s death and grief. Arguably the reader feels a strong sense of pathos to the mother more than the child due to her love and grief that we are witness to. In the first line of the poem the mother is compared to the ‘Madonna’ making the child Jesus. This strong comparison emphasises the mother’s strong love to her child. The alliteration of the letter ‘t’ emphasises the mother’s soft and loving nature.. The mother’s attempt to save her child’s life would be…

Nicholas Wadley notes those telling characteristics in his observations of certainly one of Michelangelo’s sculptures titled Madonna of the steps: “there may be also an echo of Donatello in the manner the playful, fat youngsters intensify by way of contrast to the solemnity of the Virgin.” (Wadley, 38) Wadley indicates on this statement that Michelangelo’s association of this precise…

Name: Riya Tulsyan UB No: 50068527 Individual Assignment #1 Gandhi's doctrine expressed seven sins: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principle. These transgressions are submitted commonplace good to go and in individuals lives. Wealth without work, this alludes to the act of getting something to no end - controlling markets and stakes so you…

“To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others” (Boccaccio). There is not a definition of a perfect human, and many come in different shapes and sizes. One thing that everyone has in common is the struggle of life. In this specific quote, Giovanni Boccaccio refers to the treatment of women in society, which leads to a lifetime of internal suffering.…

The Renaissance was a time period in which there was a plethora of ideas and expression. Authors like Shakespeare were exploring with the written word, and improvements in science were on the rise. With all these advancements in literature and science, another subject was taking a turn in a new direction. This subject offered a glimpse into the people’s beliefs and interests through images. The Renaissance created a boom in new art that influenced the people of the time. As mentioned before,…

Have you ever asked a little girl what she wants to be when she grows up? The usual response is no different from her male counterparts. As young children they don’t pay much mind to gender roles. Girls and boys are equally likely to have confidence in their athletic and leadership skills. As girls grow up they grow more and more doubtful and discouraged from those things. Women are originally not so insecure and we have our own ideas of what we want in life. What is to blame for this sudden…