Herodias

unique ways Gozzoli approaches the subject beyond what we see from his contemporaries. One major indicator is the color used in the costumes of the work. We see colors being used to make connections between figures in the depictions of Herod and Herodias. Both are shown dressed in a vivid red that, though it appears in other elements of the painting, establishes them as a visual pair and mirror of each other. There is a second, pair that are connected through a carefully constructed mirroring of

The speaker mocks Charles Darwin the scientist and the man as well. She doubts the theory of evolution which says that apes are the origin of human species reducing it into mere likeliness to a chimpanzee: “Mrs Darwin” thus fittingly originates in a zoo, with a wife’s contemptuous casual remark written down in a diary entry, mocking the Great Victorian figure but also recalling and mimicking the attention paid by gender criticism to diaries as a private female space allowing intimate counter-discourse

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born in Milan, Italy in 1571. The Italian Baroque artist is commonly referred to as simply Caravaggio, as this was the town in northern Italy his family moved to in 1576 to escape a plague. Realism, naturalism, and theatrical use of chiaroscuro are characteristic of his paintings. This dramatic shift from light to dark became known as tenebrism. He often painted straight onto canvas with minimal preparation and created scenes that appear to be an expansion of

The original story of Midas is from a Greek Mythology. He makes a wish, which gives him the ability to be able to turn everything he touches into gold. However, he eventually dies of starvation as a result of his ‘vain prayer’ for the golden touch. This morality tale tells us to be careful about what we wish for. Mrs. Midas is a poem written from the point of view of the wife of the mythical King Midas. She speaks against her husband’s actions and slowly separates herself from him. This poem conveys

The paintings Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist, by Guido Reni and Cupid Chastised, by Bartolomeo Manfredi are both 17th century visual representations of a story. The story behind Salome is the interesting biblical story of the beheading of St. John the Baptist, as it’s title suggests. The story goes that Salome performed a dance for the king and his guests. Herod Antipas saw Salome’s dance and was so impressed, and drunk, that he promised to give her whatever she asked of him. After

V:1. Chapter continues the persecution of the early church. The chapter begins, “Now about that time.” This time refers to the famine described in verse 27 of chapter 11. This Herod is Herod Agrippa 1, the grandson of Herod the Great, who had all the baby boys in Bethlehem murdered in his attempt to kill the baby Jesus. Luke says Herod laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. Why would Herod persecute the church? The people generally do not like the Herodian family

paintings that he created a strong connection with, is the painting ‘Salome’. The story of Salome is a biblical account that starts with King Herod. Herod had thrown John the Baptist in prison for the sake of his wife Herodias. However, as Herod married his brother’s wife, Herodias, and John the Baptist confronted Herod about this saying “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” Because of

Herod apparently has appropriated his position of power through marriage to Herodias (70). The Tetrarch seems to always be in a position of wanting more than he already has. In the play, his desire for his brother’s power (conflated with his desire for his brother’s wife and her royal lineage,) led him to imprison and finally to execute his brother: “the Tetrarch’s brother, his older brother, the first husband of Herodias the Queen, was imprisoned…At the end of the twelve years he had to be

This paper will describe the painting of jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875): Study for baptism of Christ. The painting was done for St. Nicholas-du-Chardon net church, 1844-45. This painting maintained classical, French style. The painting shows two figures, center left is John; further to the right is Jesus. John is in the foreground, and the center point of the painting is his head in profile. John kneels on a rock which allows him to be slightly elevated above Jesus, who bows his head towards

Literary Context To grasp more fully the miraculous feeding, it is important to understand that this passage and miracle took place during Jesus’ ministry in Mark. In Matthew 14:1-21 takes place during the progressive crisis of the Messiah’s ministry and in Luke 9:7-17 occurs during the Christological turning point and end of the Galilean ministry. Mark’s Gospel was the first of the Synoptic Gospels and because of this it was the basis of writing for Matthew and Luke . Mark uses intercalation