God the Father in Western art

Titan and the other is a god. Chronos leads the Titans with a strong hand and dictatorial rule while Zeus is more democratic in listening to the gods. In addition, Chronos eats his children representing how bad leaders will destroy their followers which are contrasted with Zeus, who helps and supports his fellow gods. Hesiod is also a shepherd that shows the value of humility and unpretentious leadership. The book Theogeny should be analyzed according to the symbolism of each god or goddesses in accord

honoured burial, the other to unburied shame?” Antigone’s offer to Ismene (“Wilt thou aid this hand to lift the dead?) is quickly rejected, so that Antigone must bury Polynices by herself. Antigone is a religious person who respects the laws of the gods more than those of men:   Nay, be what thou wilt; but I will bury him: well for me to die in doing that. I shall rest, a loved one with him whom I have loved, sinless in my crime; for I owe a longer allegiance to the dead than to the living:

done by Alexander during his lifetime. Alexander was in a drunken state at a party and began to boast about him surpassing his father. Alexander also gave Cleitus orders to go out to the steppe in central Asia in order to fight the nomads. Cleitus was angered by this and he stated to Alexander that he was only able to accomplish what he had because of the help of his father. This outraged Alexander, so he grabbed a javelin and threw it through Cleitus’ heart. Alexander came to his senses and realized

Aristophanes successfully turned the founder of Western philosophy into an insulting caricature by exaggerating his physical features in an effort to present him as unattractive and ridiculous to his audience. One of the contributing factors to Aristophanes’ selection of Socrates as the subject of mockery

As his son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, recalled about his father, “when he listened to a rich and many-voiced fugue, he could soon say, after the first entries of the subjects, what contrapuntal devices it would be possible to apply, and which of them the composer by rights ought to apply… In counterpoints and

William Blake was born in London on November 28, 1757 to James and Catherine Blake. His father, James was a hosier (seller of legwear) in London. Blake had four brothers, James, John, Richard and Robert; and a sister named Catherine (Harris 5). Blake got along best with his younger brother, Robert as they shared an interest in art (Clarke 1). As a young boy, Blake claimed to have had visions of God, spirits, prophets and angels. When he was four he is claimed to have seen God’s head in his window

Introduction A set out on a longest journey for a Chinese Buddhist named Xuanzang and did the journey. He traveled by land, west on the silk Road across the Central Asia before turning south to india. His goal was to spread the Buddhist learning and forming India and China closer ties. He traveled through dangerous ways, like Gobi Desert and Tian Shan Mountains that he nearly die of thirst. In India, Xuanzang studied with Buddhist monks and visited sacred buddhist sites. At the time, China

The Renaissance Sides 1 The Renaissance period was between 1400-1600 century. It began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe. The Renaissance time is were self paintings mostly came from. In most of the painting the people were nude. They started making the painting 3D. There are many things about the Renaissance. Renaissance means born a new. The concept enshrined in the world of Renaissance is actually one of rebirth. It was considered the beginning of modern history. The High Renaissance

Art wraps itself in the darkest aspects of humanity. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver survey colonialism with the lense of tragedy, representing its pain in similar manners. Both novels revolve around the perpetration of destruction, showing how each tragic hero encourages the growth of suffering in the world around them. This growth of suffering adds to the tragic vision of colonialism as shown in both novels. Both novels examine colonialism via a

illuminating the figures on each side. This helps create sense of space and believability. This same painting was also painted by another artist in Siena named Duccio. The more mature work of Giotto which made him the leader in the development of the western paining is the fresno’s in the Arena Chapple. These painting were executed as Fresco, a method whereby moist plaster was applied only to an area of the painting that could be painted within that same day. It is possible that Giotto could have employed