The Rotunda

In the novel Frankenstein, and the two poems of "Miss Brill" and "To Jane: The Recollection", nature exposes itself as a healer for the individual, whose beauty restores their happiness and tranquility. Through the serenity and peaceful scenery depicted through the imagery in nature, the individual is cleansed and purified of their grief. This is shown many times throughout Frankenstein, allowing the individual to help himself or herself after a horrific event and find calm in nature. This is…

Should illegal immigrant’s offspring be entitled to all the privileges of an American citizen? Or should they be deprived of this blessing just because some people are too close minded? Birthright citizenship has always been an issue with many Americans. In his essay “An Argument to be made about Immigrant Babies and Citizenship,” George Will writes about a “simple reform that would drain some scalding steam from immigration arguments… thereby removing an incentive for illegal immigration.”…

The piece that I am going to be talking about is the Athena and Erechtheus mosaic. These too we studied in the high classical period about 430bce - 406 BCE. Athena was selected to be the god of Athens after she won a match by planting an olive tree. Erechtheus was a god from the Iliad that gave up his daughter to win a war for Athens. In the background we see the acropolis with the temple of Athena Nike in the front then to the left of that we see the propylaia, the picture gallery, then behind…

Civil Rights activist. During fer lifetime, she received many accolades, including the NAACP's highest award (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). Upon her death in 2005, she was the first woman to lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda. Rosa's childhood brought her early experiences with racial discrimination. When she was young, she was taught to read by her mother. After going to school, she met first racial discrimination in her lifetime. At beginning of the twenty…

Growing up in Los Angeles, the Griffith Observatory has always been a staple of my childhood. I remember taking class trips and driving up the windy road of Mount Hollywood, where the hills would reveal the white glowing citadel, a symbol that embodies wonder and amazement. My most vivid memory was having the opportunity to look through the Zeiss Telescope and to see the planet Saturn, just barely being able to make out the rings. This moment was deeply rooted in my mind as I visited the…

Philbrook Essay There is all kinds of artwork and amazing pieces that most people have never seen before. But I got the opportunity to go to and see and admire one of a kind art work, with my art appreciation class when we went to the Philbrook museum last Friday, April 7th. We got to look at the amazing architecture, sculptures, beautiful, art work, and to learn more about the museum and the history of it. When I got there my first impression of the building was that it was very beautiful…

Completed in 1851, the Charles Street Jail was a collaboration between architect Gridley James Fox Bryant, widely considered Boston’s most accomplished architect of the time, and Rev. Louis Dwight, a prominent Yale-educated penologist whose travels shaped his interest in and advocacy for prison reform. Thought to be one of the best examples of the “Boston Granite Style” of the mid-19th century, the building “resonated with a strength and dignity appropriate for the era and for Bostonians’…

inscribed on it. That statue has Jefferson in his middle life holding the Declaration of Independence in his left hand. Here are five quotes from the Jefferson Memorial. One of the quotes is in the “Rotunda”, the others in the “Southwest, Northwest, Southeast, and finally Northeast porticos”. The “Rotunda” quote is "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." This is from a letter to Benjamin Rush on September 23, 1800. The Southeast…

inside and outside of the buildings on Capitol Hill, including the U.S. Capitol, the Supreme Court Building, the Russell Senate Office Building, the Cannon House Office Building and the Library of Congress” (Corinthian Columns par. 1). “The Capitol Rotunda was intended to recall the Pantheon, the ancient Roman temple” (Capitol Hill Neoclassical Architecture par.…

contributions to this compromise along with the Missouri Compromise and the Tariff Compromise earned me the title of “Great Compromiser.” Clay died on June 29, 1852 from tuberculosis. He was the first to receive the honor of being laid in the Capitol rotunda, and he was buried in Lexington,…