Thanksgiving Dinner Table

The Pathman Lewis Annual Thanksgiving Potluck Luncheon will be held on Thursday, November 16th at 12PM. I’ve added this event to everyone’s respective calendar.

At first glance, Giovanni Paolo Pannini’s Picture Gallery with Views of Modern Rome (1757) reveals very little past the outsider-looking-in perspective we are given from Pannini’s perspective. In the center is the Duc de Choiseul surrounded by detailed views of Roman architecture including buildings, fountains, and monuments and several infamous sculptures from the 17th and 18th centuries. While looking at the painting, it is hard to pinpoint one focal point within the composition when the walls of the gallery are filled with paintings from the floor to the ceiling. The focus becomes about the space Pannini has created and it does not focus on one specific object or figure. Each view of Rome seen in the imagined gallery adds to the illusion of Rome as an ideal city and to the idea of its beauty. By showing a space that reflects this beauty through the numerous paintings, sculptures, and architecture Pannini’s painting transforms into an allegory. Even though this painting was commissioned to commemorate Rome, he is able to portray the city and its architecture through a well respected and scholarly environment uncharacteristic of any known space or time. These characteristics cause the which allows it by creating a fictitious These allegorical characteristics do not become known unless you take a closer look at Picture Gallery with Views of Modern Rome (1757).

Part One: Apollo and Daphne, a Baroque sculpture, was chiseled by Bernini during the time of the Catholic Reformation, or Counter-Reformation. The Catholic Reformation was when the Catholic Church began a movement to gain a larger following of Catholicism and reclaim power. As a result, church leaders (in this case Cardinal Borghese) commissioned works of art that had a sensory appeal and could evoke a more emotional response by capturing the attention of its observer. For this reason, Apollo and Daphne, a marble sculpture, engages the observer with its movement and dynamic portrayal of human bodies. With its attention to details such as texture and near life-like portrayal, Apollo and Daphne draws in the viewer just as the Catholic Reformation aimed to draw in followers of the church.

Painted by a Naples painter in 420 BC, the Terracotta Lebes Gamikos is an intricately painted vase that depicts the preparations of a wedding. Attributed to Attic during the Greek classical period, it is now found in a gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This terra-cotta vase emphasizes the role of women in Greek society through the illustrations depicting the actions of women as they prepare for a wedding, highlighting their role in the oikos. At a first glance, the illustrations between the register capture all audience’s attention. Although there are geometric patterns lining the top and bottom of the central illustrations, they hold no comparison to the intricate detail placed in the central image on the vase.

The new emphasis on learning, especially via direct observation of the natural world, led to new artistic techniques that allowed artists to mimic those of the ancients. The Early Renaissance was, therefore, a progression of observing the works of the ancients, and undergoing a new process of trial-and-error learning from prior mistakes and tracing the path of artistic creation. The aim of the artists was to better their abilities at portraying human characteristics, both physical and emotional, while creating a more ideal finished product, something that was as significant in presence as the natural world itself. Much progress was made in these campaigns during the Early Renaissance, and the emergence of the High Renaissance was characterized by the true mastery of the method of creating mankind’s body and emotions[1], and an artwork as balanced as nature itself. Jean Hey’s “The Annunciation” demonstrates the product of this final Renaissance transition.

Between the Classical period and Hellenistic period, sculptural style change occurred leading to distinguishing features that showcase cultural values of the society. Carrie Tovar, Curator of Art in the College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University, discusses in her article, Battered, But Unbeaten: A New Getty Acquisition, how artisans of the Hellenistic period possessed the ability to display the subjects of their pieces with ruthless

Everything was dark, Christopher was nowhere to be found. I was alone my biggest fear came to life as I looked at it in the mirror. In my hand I held a handful of painkillers in my hand with cough syrup. “HELP, I CAN'T BREATHE” I yelled, it was official, no one was there for me. I was on my own with no way out. Standing in my own puddle of blood from my stabbed back my fear became a reality. Where’s my manners, my name Aisha and this is my story about betrayal. It all started thanksgiving dinner, oh I was in awe to see my family. It's been nearly 5 years since we sat at a table all together, but we had been reasons. The last we saw one another was at my sister's faith funeral, she killed herself from depression. “Okay the table is set ”, my

The culture of Tuscany during the renaissance was distinguished by its fine arts caused by the Roman Empire taking over of Constantinople, which brought Greek knowledge of math, science, architecture, and the arts to the Tuscan region. In this particular time period, (1429-1519) if it were not for the introduction of new understandings in math and science, the Tuscans would not have had the advancements in art and architecture we use to this day. To further expand on this topic, we must look into additional aspects of Tuscany's culture including geography, work, folkways, and religion.

Hallmark movies are a drug; pulling me that direction commencing after Thanksgiving. Weaving in and out of the character development and unpredictable romantic curves and snowstorms requires savory seasonal comfort food; fuel for focus. Shells stuffed with creamy ricotta cheese and more cheese is a family pick—so when a browned pumpkin sauce delivered the darling parcels, created by Adrianna Adarme of, A Cozy Kitchen, I was clearly in cheesy carb heaven. Although the recipe is simple, serval steps are in order. Create time and space to assemble the dish earlier or yesterday so all that’s necessary is to heat them through before show time. And, besides, what else are you going to do with that pesky half can of leftover pumpkin puree? I

Throughout history we see many things reused or repeated. This is true in art, many artworks use influences of previous artists and or styles for their work. The reuse of old ideas is present in many artworks to date. One piece created in the last century is Seated Nude by Aristide Maillol which was created in 1902. By using his experiences in France and his travels around Europe, Maillol experienced many different cultures. With the presence of past cultural artifacts in our as influences in Europe even today we see evidence of many past cultures. Classical Greek Art is one that is very present even today. Seated Nude specifically shows Maillol’s admiration of the Mediterranean with its influences in Greek Classical Art. By the use of naturalistic and organic feature while highlighting realism and humanism, Maillol shows Classical constructs through his piece.

I am reminded as I am currently sitting in the back of the ambulance transporting a patient to St Louis Missouri from Fort Smith Arkansas that a majority of my holidays are spent working. Now that I think about it, three out of my last four Thanksgivings were spent at work. I have gotten so used to working holidays that it just seems normal to me. I do miss out on multiple family get-togethers, but when you spend one third of your life living at an ambulance station your co-workers become family as well. We work twenty four hours on duty, and forty eight hours off from work. I typically always work with the same three people and being at the ambulance station is a lot like being at home. We have your typical living room, kitchen, bedrooms, and bathrooms similar home, but we also have other rooms like a gym, equipment room, offices, locker room, and training rooms.

“The recovery of classical antiquity…produced what I shall call a ‘normative gaze; namely, an ideal from which to offer and compare observations. This idea was drawn primarily from classical aesthetic values of beauty, proportion, and human form and classical cultural standards of moderation, self-control, and harmony” (97).

Many people have a turning point when they decide they need to workout. Either there doctor tells them they need to, they look in the mirror and don’t like what they see, or they just want to better themselves. My turning point came when I was at my cousin's’ house for Thanksgiving. My brother and my cousins were all climbing up on hay bales but I couldn’t because I was chunky and not strong enough to climb up the hay bales. As a young kid this made me feel awful because they were having fun and taunting me because I couldn’t climb up there with them and I had to stand on the ground and watch them have all the fun. From this point on I decided that I did not want to be chunky any longer, and I wanted to be stronger than everyone else in my

The Painters and Clients Fifteenth-Century in Italy by Baxandall, clarifies how the style of painting in any society reflects the visual skills and propensities that develop out of daily life. He attempted to recuperate the expectation of painters and audience, the things they would have thought would be vital and the things they would have underappreciate. Baxandall considered different kinds of knowledge to compose a picture of Quattrocento. [Ibid, 64] Italian paintings of the fifteenth century in some sense encapsulate, reflect, or offer information about the protocol governing how people interact with each other.

Thanksgiving is a holiday that was started long ago, by the Native Americans and Pilgrims. They were the “trendsetters” of this now-famous holiday, where it adapted from a three day celebration to a one day holiday. The trendsetting, and adaption of Thanksgiving can be compared to Giotto, a very famous and equally important painter, who was alive during the early Renaissance. Giotto was certainly a trendsetter of Renaissance art, since his stunning paintings display characteristics of both the “Medieval” and “Renaissance” aspects of the time periods. For example, Giotto’s painting “Mourning Christ’s Death” reflected Medieval characteristics of art, since it was not three dimensional, and important religious people had inhuman halos around their heads. This made the painting look less humanistic, with less ideals of the Renaissance values since the subjects were slightly inhuman. Yet, he was certainly a trendsetter, since some foreshadowing of Renaissance ideals showed up in his painting, like how the setting was on the beautiful planet earth, and how all of the subjects in the painting wore very emotional expressions. This gave the painting a more realistic and emotional feel, which is a big characteristic of Renaissance art.