Kouros

discussed in Blink was thin-slicing. A topic that I will get further into during this summary. The book begins talking about the J. Paul Getty Museum and an art dealer named Gianfranco Becchina. This art dealer believed that he had the statue of Kouros that dated back from the sixth century BC. There were only two-hundred of these in the world, but most of them were in terrible shape. The one Bucchina possessed was in near perfect condition, and he wanted to sell his for roughly $10 million.

that is irrelevant and zeroes in on what really matters, and allows us to act on this through our “gut reaction.” Gladwell has some interesting evidence to back up his claim. In Blink, he begins with a story about an ancient Greek statute known as kouros that was offered to the Gerry Museum, LA. Relying on thorough scientific analysis, the curators of the museum believed the statue to be genuine and bought it for a huge sum of $ 10 million. But other art historians, upon first viewing the statue,

rapid cognition throughout the book and compares each situation to each other. For example, the book begins with a question of intuition at the J. Paul Getty Museum. An art dealer named Gianfranco Becchina claimed to have a marble statue called a Kouros. There are only about two hundred of these statues in existence but this one was in perfect condition and had an asking price of $10 million. The Getty was cautious before buying the statue and continued a further investigation to determine if it

the middle of the National Archeological Museum, Naples, Italy. Made of bronze yet so full of life, the Spear Bearer is one of many ancient Greek sculptures surviving, as good as new, till this day. On the other side of the world stands the New York Kouros at the Metropolitan Museum, rigid and awkward, and all together unrealistic. However, Greek art, especially Greek sculpture and vase painting has not always portrayed the human body in such a perfect and idealistic way. Up until 500 BCE, Greek sculpture

leading to a certain place, the purpose of these mosaics will be to give men walking through a greater sense of fear and powerless of the place the Ishtar gate leads to. Artist: Unknown and Polykleitos Civilization: Greece and Roman Title: Anavysos Kouros and Spear bearer (Doryphorous)

understand that, “there can be as much value [in a decision made] in the blink of an eye as in [one that is made after] months of rational analysis” (Gladwell 7). Gladwell also utilizes hyperboles in his introduction during the beginning with the kouros scandal anecdote. “... In a single glance, [Zeri, Harrison and the other art historian experts] were able to understand more about the essence of the statute than the team at the Getty was able to understand after fourteen months” (Gladwell 3). Although

perfume. This signifies that the man is powerful and unstoppable. Let us not forget that this is an advert, so the producers of this work are trying to sell their product. What the producers are saying is that this man is powerful with KOUROS. For example the man is represented standing in a straight posture slightly sideways looking just above us. That signifies that the man is superior and is full of pride. This is also signifies that he is more superior than us, because

introduction, Gladwell provides the reader with cause and effect. There’s a chain of events that eventually lead to the refusal of the statue by the museum. In the beginning, the museum was first approached by a rather old individual possessing a kouros. This resulted in the fourteen months of careful inspection, and investigation that followed the initial offer. Once the legal and scientific team hired by the museum completed their task, the museum hired fellow artist and sculptures to view the

Having watched an interesting movie about the Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land) Team such as Lone Survivor or any other movies about wars, has anyone of us thought about how those task force teams could deal with the “hot” situations they encounter while doing their jobs? How can they make decisions that quickly so as to survive in those circumstances? According to Malcom Gladwell, the author of Blink, human beings have an ability to make unconsciously quick decisions, which is called thin-slicing,

few minutes later she goes around the room to check on the kids work, “Jimmy why are you drawing a helicopter? You are supposed to be drawing your family.” Jimmy replies, “This is my family. The helicopter is my parents.” According to Chrystyna D. Kouros, the Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychology at Southern Methodist University, “Helicopter parenting is a pattern of parenting that includes high levels of warmth and support, but also high levels of control and low autonomy.” Helicopter