The Rape of the Sabine Women

Jordan Root Ms.Takash Mythology 3rd Hour April 4th, 2016 The War of the Aesir and the Vanir In Norse mythology, gods and goddesses usually belong to one of two tribes: the Aesir and the Vanir. Throughout most of the Norse tales, deities from the two tribes get along fairly easily, and it’s hard to pin down firm distinctions between the two groups. But there was a time when that wasn’t the case. The War of the Gods The Vanir goddess Freya was always the foremost practitioner of the art of seidr

who are the victims of rape and sexual assault. So, I created a model for a poster which protests this campus, and also nationwide rape culture. The first element of

Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665 Pictori philosopho (Blunt, 3), “Painter-philosopher” was a name given to Nicolas Poussin by Serous d’ Agincourt in 1782. Agincourt later found out that the name Pictori philosopho had already been given to the German artist Anton Raphael Mengas.      Nicolas Poussin was born in 1594 in the town of Les Andelys on the Seine. He came from a nobel family that was ruined by religious wars according to Giovanni Pietro Bellori. No actual proof of this

The Way to “The Ways” I Modi—the “ways,” the “modes,” the “positions,” the “postures” —with such a simple name, I was surprised to realize that somehow this work had never crossed my path in all these years of studying the history of art. Even an advanced course focusing on fetishism, in art that is, failed to reveal to me the frankness of these drawings, while exposing me to similar subjects in arts ranging from the primitive, as produced by the first peoples of the Earth, to contemporary photography

Rome’s Origin Story The legend goes that there is a king named Numitor. Numitor has a younger brother who steals the throne and forces Rhea Silvia, Numitor’s daughter, to be a virgin so no one can take the throne from him. Mars (Ares) comes and rapes Rhea Silvia while she sleeps. She becomes pregnant with twins named Romulus and Remus. Rhea Silvia is thrown into the river while Romulus and Remus are put in a reed basket and floated down river to die. Amulius didn’t want the twins to usurp the the

bloodline, and the purity of the roles of males and females, serves as a guiding concept when analyzing what is acceptable and not in ancient Rome. Pudicitia is the core value in Roman sex culture, and in all cases it is clear that the purity of Roman women, men, and free born bloodline is the utmost concern. Both girls and men, however particularly girls, were imagined to uphold pudicitia, a fancy virtue that will be translated as restraint or chastity. A girl with a high degree of pudicitia, that is

the atmosphere? To answer this question many things have to be considered. To start with lets look at the start of the Rome, at the first celebration of the Consualia in honour of Consus (an ancient god of agriculture) the rape of the Sabine Women is believed to have happened. Romulus (founder of Rome) held chariot races

The flourishing of Greece did not last long, but a long enough to time to shape western civilization. Greek culture bestowed its richness on the modern world in politics, architecture, and the arts. It is necessary to highlight the literary work of Homer. The Iliad and Odyssey are not just mere ancient stories. The genius of Homer in his works describe the essence of the human being. Even today we can see our own reflection in his lines. In his stories he brings to light the innermost feelings of

The Greek golden ages shaped western civilization. Greek culture bestowed its richness on the modern world in politics, architecture, and the arts. It is necessary to highlight the literary work of Homer. The Iliad and Odyssey are not just mere ancient stories. The genius of Homer in his works describe the essence of the human being. Even today we can see our own reflection in his lines. In his stories he brings to light the innermost feelings of a person. Humanity is broadcasted along his pages

not the first to paint Judith Slaying Holofernes. Her father had painted Judith. Michelangelo, Botticelli and Caravaggio had painted Judith. Donatello had sculpted Judith. But she was the first to interpret the story of Judith, in a time when women had few rights, as an allegory for female dominance. In comparison with other contemporary versions, the composition, dramatic style, and emotions of the characters present a violently feminist view that may have stemmed from Gentileschi's own experiences