To the Virgins

Image breaking is more than when a photograph does not load correctly on your web page. Image breaking, or iconoclasm originally occurred hundreds of years ago in Byzantium, later named Constantinople. Whether intentional connecting with the viewer as a means of meditation or trying not to connect so deliberately, as a means of teaching, Byzantine art had a way of connecting with its viewer on an emotional level. Some pieces, of Byzantine art, are avoiding connecting with the viewer for their…

they do not believe the story of his birth. One of the more miraculous things about Jesus is the story of his birth. Jesus' mother, Mary, was a virgin when Jesus was conceived. Not only was it a beautiful expression of the supernatural, but it was also a fulfillment of prophecy. Isaiah 7:14 says "Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold a virgin shall concieve, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel" (KJV).…

Angellica and creates a sour interpretation of the idiom “Love conquers all.” With this interpretation, love’s performance controls women and becomes a corrupted construct within Alphra Behn’s The Rover. To begin with, Angellica grieves that “My virgin heart, Moretta! Oh,’tis gone!” after realizing her love for Wilmore (4.2.161). In hailing…

construct. There are no biological indicators of it, yet it has been the determinant of a woman 's social worth, or at least an easy way for her social status to fall at the drop of a hat, for centuries. The logic behind the importance of a woman being a virgin until marriage was directly tied into the idea that a wife is her husband 's property. As continuing one 's…

season does not even begin till December 7 or 8. They call this day La Purisima, which celebrates the Virgin Mary. Families build altars in the entrance of the front door, and they leave the door wide open so that others may see their altar. Many are welcomed to come and worship in front of the altar. During December, children carry colorful bouquets or tropical flowers to the altar of the Virgin where they sing carols. On Christmas Eve, church bells beeckon the people to Midnight Mass and after…

know what his life would come to be. He finally got his answer on that special night. The Virgin Mary had appeared to him, holding two beautiful crowns.…

If one thing is certain, it is that men and women are looked at very differently as they age and change with time. Aging is viewed as a negative concept, particularly in women. In Robert Herrick’s poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” the speaker is expressing his subtle, insulting feelings that women should take advantage of their youth and marry young before they fall from their “prime” (line 15). Herrick uses symbolism and tone to convey the theme that women should seize the day…

The painter Parmigianino, in his art piece, Madonna with the long neck, captures a fused narrative that comes from another art piece, “Vision of Saint Jerome”. The piece portrays the virgin Mary holding a young baby Christ. The piece is an oil painting that measures 7 by 4 feet, and was created between the years of 1534 through 1540. Unfortunately the piece was never finished because the artist became deceased. The painting holds eight subjects. From left to right there stands a group of young…

bees swarm in Lily’s room but disappear when T. Ray enters the room. Lily then catches the bees in a jar as proof. She enjoys going out in T. Ray’s peach orchard at night and looking at some of her mother’s belongings, such as a picture of a black Virgin Mary with the town Tiburon, South Carolina written on the back. She believes that she was responsible for her mother’s death and remembers the day in ways a four-year-old might not unless it was very traumatic. Lily recalls her parents fighting,…

Altarpiece” by Robert Campin tell the story of the Annunciation. The annunciation is when the angel Gabriel comes and tell the virgin Mary that she is going to be the mother of Christ Jesus. The angel arrived in the sixth month of the year and Mary was very confused by her. The angel tells Mary that both her and her sister will have children. Mary is confused by this because she is a virgin and her sister is too old to have children. The angel explains that the Holy Spirit will come upon you and…