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    academic painters. Instead, women have been painted and sculptured from the viewpoint of men, often nude, passive, waiting and beautiful. These reclining nudes were intended as objects of desire painted from, and for a male perspective. For example, The Venus of Urbino, 1538, (Figure 1), by Titian was created for the Duke of Urbino Guidobaldo II Della Rovere, as a present for his young wife, Giulia Varano. This artwork was purposefully erotic, as a reminder to the young woman of her marital obligations

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    Walter Groundcherry

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    Introduction Walter’s groundcherry (Physalis walteri) is a wildflower that is native to the Northeastern United States and found throughout Florida (7). Additionally, it has been listed as a species present in a site profile of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (3). It was cataloged as present in Duval county as far back in June of 1958 and in St. Johns County in April of 2000 (8). The genus of groundcherry belongs to the family Solanaceae, which refers to the potato

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    Serena was an ordinary girl, who love space. She would stare into space with her telescope, because Serena wanted to be an astronaut when she gets older. Serena has a brother, a sister, a mother, and a father in her family, and they live in Texas. They are also somewhat rich, because her mother is a scientist and her father is a plantologist. At school, Serena was also pretty normal, since she didn't stand out from the rest of the kids. She would keep getting B on her grades, and Serena would sometimes

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    Summer in a Day” has loneliness in it because their was this one girl that was from earth and moved to Venus. In Venus they only see the sun every seven years and for only two hours. Margot remembered what the sun looked like when she was back in Ohio but none of the kids believe her. So she was different from everyone and

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    culture is the definition of beauty. I feel like the Venus of Willendorf, the Venus de Milo, and Eve is from the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus all show three different perspectives of beauty. The Venus of Willendorf and the Venus de Milo are two ancient day venus sculptures representing two different views on beauty. The Venus of Willendorf is a small 4.5 inch limestone figure of a Goddess which is believed to be used as a fertility symbol, while the Venus de Milo is a tall ancient Greek statue of a Goddess

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    Venus Bust Analysis

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    have recreated a bust of Venus. A bust is a sculpture of a person’s head, shoulders, and chest. This allows you to include very intricate details and helps you achieve a goal in realism. There were many sculptures of Venus in ancient Rome, including the Venus Genetrix, meaning “Mother Venus” in Latin. I chose to create a bust so I could, too, focus on the intricate details, though my version is very small, it might have been less accurate had I done the Venus Genetrix. Venus busts like this one have

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    All Summer In A Day

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    The short story “All Summer in a Day” takes place on the planet Venus. It was written in March 1954 by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury’s life experiences influenced him to write “All Summer in a Day.”The story uses foreshadowing to reveal the themes of jealousy and isolation. Ray Bradbury went through several life events that led him to write the sci-fi short story “All Summer in a Day.” In Ray Bradbury’s early years he loved magicians and would regularly do science projects with his grandfather. He

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    All Summer in a Day The short story, “All Summer in A Day”, by Ray Bradbury, was written in 1954. This story is about how people live in a planet called Venus. In Venus, it always rains. The last time the sun came out was seven years ago. It is always rainy there and people are tired of seeing it rain. One of the major events that happens in this story is that one day the sun comes out, but not for long. The mood in the story shifts from exciting to defeated to remorseful. In the beginning of

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    Pollock refers the avent-garde gambit as a three-term gameplay: reference, deference, and difference. The avent-garde gambit is a complete contrast to other modern art. Modern art tells the story through individuals and their body and facial expression. As Pollock states: to be marked in the avent-garde gambit with art, you must "relate your work to what 's going on, defer to the existing leader of the work or project which represented the latest move, the last word, or what was considered the definitive

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    Syllabus Assignment For my syllabus assignment, I found a fascinating article titled “Why Women Smile” by Amy Cunningham. This is a great piece that looks at how women’s emotions are still heavily influenced by society, whether its suppressing certain emotions or exaggerating false ones. While this article was written over a decade ago, I feel like the points brought up and the overall message are still very relevant in todays culture and society. The author, Amy Cunningham, is a freelance author

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