To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

Miguel Gonzalez’s piece titled The Virgin of Guadalupe depicts the Virgin of Guadalupe in the center, with a smaller image in very corner and a beautifully decorated frame encompassing her image. She is shown looking down with her head a bit tilted to the left, a pose that characterizes her and distinguishes her from different virgins. She is in the center, with a beige background that most likely represents Juan Diego’s tilma, where her image appeared for the first time. Emanating from her…

Bruce Chao Comparison between Master of the Straus Madonna (The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) of c. 1395–1400 and Virgin and Child with Donor ( the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) of c. 1480 by Antoniazzo Romano ARTH 1381 Mon/Wed/Fri 10-11AM I pledge that in the following paper, I have not represented as my own work the work of another without appropriately acknowledging the source. Bruce Chao The Pictorial style of Italian Art have continually changed throughout the late…

phrase “Carpe diem” means to “seize the day.” This motto is used as a common theme throughout literature and poetry. In Robert Herrick’s “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” and Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress,” the theme of Carpe diem is coupled with a message that urges young women into relationships due to the destructive power of the passing of time. Herrick and Marvell are able to get the theme across by the manipulation of the elements of poetry to support and aid the readers to…

course, I have wanted to do my share and submit something. Do I actually have time for that though? Probably not with all the requirements each contest asks for along with my school work, being involved in Spring Arbor University’s Student Government, their school paper “The Pulse,” and a few other extracurricular activities I participate in. Among the million other people who would be entering in these contests, would the time, or lack there of, I would put into that project really be worth it…

The United States Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of St.Croix, St.John, and St.Thomas, and many other surrounding minor islands. The total land area of the territory is 133 square miles. The USVI’s capital is Charlotte Amalie on the island of St.Thomas. Until well into the 20th century, sugarcane and, to a lesser extent, cotton provided the main economic base. The harbor at St.Thomas also generated some income. When the United States acquired the islands, both social and economic…

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Silk Road there were many items, traditions, religions, techniques and much more were being traded from West to East, vice versa. Jerusalem is a city of the Silk Road because it is located in the middle of the East and West. Many people might traveled from Europe to China for the variety of raw materials, such as silk. Therefore, Jerusalem can be the city with many different beliefs, cultures and products. For example, Virgin and Child Enthroned and the Crucifixion painting, and the wool…

He uses paintings like An Allegory of America Nursing Foreigners by an anonymous artist, Virgin of Guadalupe by Sebstián Salcedo, Del Español, y la Yndia nace el Mestizo, or lo común, humilde, quieto, y sensillo by José Joaquín Magón, The Preaching of Saint Thomas in Tlaxcala and the Introduction of Veneration of the Holy Cross by Juan Manuel…

“the reader to identify with characters ‘who receive’ Jesus and ‘do’ God’s will” (Achtemeier 662). This claim is evident throughout the Gospel of Matthew and in The Parable of the Ten Virgins, as Matthew would constantly “persuade the reader to emulate their example” (Achtemeier 662). The Parable of the Ten Virgins symbolizes God’s Parousia during the eschaton. Matthew conveys a moral to his readers, indicating that those of the Church who are prepared for Jesus’ second arrival will be saved,…

The Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe A Marian apparition, an extraordinary appearance by the Blessed Virgin Mary. The figure is normally named after the town where it took place in, or a nickname given to Mary on the event of the apparition. In Catholicism, our woman of Guadalupe is the patron saint in Mexico, envisioned as a pure women clothed in a blue mantle. Her hands are folded, her eyes are looking downward and she is surrounded by a brilliant gleam. She is standing upright on a…