Mary McLeod Bethune

DESCRIPTION: Literal Qualities ABOUT THE WORK: Marry Cassatt created the painting The Child’s Bath in 1893. The painting is oil on canvas and is currently in the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. FROM THE WORK: Immediately we see a woman who is wearing a stripped tunic with her hair tied in a bun holding a small child who is wearing a towel around her waist. The woman appears to be washing the small child’s feet in a china bowl containing water with a pitcher nearby. The woman…

Virgin and Child between Saints Theodore and George serves the same function of being a devotional piece to the Virgin Mary as the Rottgen Pieta. The Rottgen Pieta dates circa 1300 and was created by painted wood. The Virgin Mary is depicted in complete opposite ways in each of the artworks. In the Virgin and Child between Saints Theodore and George, the artist shows the Virgin Mary as a strong, imperial mother by draping her in a dark and bold purple robe. The artist also utilizes hierarchy of…

that women may possess. On the other hand, what about the Virgin Mary? Some see the Virgin Mary undoing the evil caused by Eve (Bennet Pg. 194). However even though she is Jesus mother that’s still not enough to convince some of the men the worthiness of women. “ Men have been so ungrateful by forgetting that thanks to a woman, the Virgin Mary that the gates of paradise have been open to them”( De Pizan Pg. 130). Although the Virgin Mary is pure and important figure in Christian faith because…

Queen Elizabeth I: The Divergent Leader of England Queen Elizabeth I, commonly called “The Virgin Queen,” was the Queen of England throughout the late Sixteenth Century. She proceeded to become queen following her half half-sister, Queen Mary of Scots, reign. She set precedents in forth that are still being followed today many national leaders and everyday people. Queen Elizabeth I was a divergent, caring leader and the epitome of a non-conformist, revolutionizing a nation. Queen Elizabeth…

Edward VI wrote in his will that the throne be passed on to Lady Jane Grey, his once removed cousin, however after later scrutiny the throne was passed to Mary I. Lady Jane Grey was deposed by Mary I within thirteen days…

Virgin Mary. The painting had many effects achieved through painting over gold, which would make the painting much more valuable since it had been painted over gold. Seeing as the piece was done on something of actual monetary value, it would therefore signify that the art depicted shows an interest and strong values in religion itself. The crown on the Virgin Mary itself features glass gems as well. The objects most likely had been designed in order to show the beauty of the Virgin Mary and…

The picturesque landscape of the Old South has deeply engrained itself into the minds of many. Decades preceding the Civil War was a time of mansions, plantations and the idealistic Southern gentleman, his exquisite wife, their children and their slaves. Each plantation had a stoic white mansion with Roman pillars, surrounded by fields of cotton and tobacco filled with field hands harmonizing in song. The iconic image that the Old South lives by, the family enjoying church on Sunday mornings,…

Queen Elizabeth I was the reigning queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to her death in 1603. This period is regarded as a time with flowering intellectual, artistic, and political achievement. Queen Elizabeth I was a lady of cunning, intellect and stamina, which catapulted England into a preeminent world power. Although Queen Elizabeth was never married because she was so devoted to her country; she had many suitors and several lovers. In her speech to the troops at Tilbury, Queen Elizabeth…

The Virgin Mary was born in the town of Nazareth. God had witnessed her as she grew up and was delighted by what he saw. Although Mary had free will, she chose not to sin. She was just a poor girl from a humble family who had little expectations that her life would be any different from most, but she was wrong. God sent the angel, Gabriel, to deliver a message to Mary. Gabriel told her that she was to give birth to the son of God and remain a virgin. Mary was delighted by this news. Mary was a…

Donatello’s Mary Magdalene was a sculpture created during the Italian Renaissance in 1455, it was placed in the convent at Santa Maria di Cestello. Donatello’s Mary Magdalene was believed to have been created for a source of hope and inspiration to repent prostitutes at Covenant Santa Maria di Castello.1 This artwork is looked at today as an example of penitence, Renaissance realism, as well as one of the most famous expressions of female emotion.2 Not only is Donatello’s Mary Magdalene known…