The Third of May 1808

Utilising, “The Study Diamond: effects, techniques, context and meaning” (The Open University, 2013, p. 76), this essay will argue through close visual analysis from an art history point of view that Picasso’s Guernica is a form of protest. The essay will also argue that Guernica’s meaning has changed to include becoming a symbol of peace and continues to fulfil its purpose as a form of protest. A large mural, Guernica is an example of Synthetic Cubism painted by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Created

The first piece of artwork I would like to talk about from Picasso is one that many people may be familiar with and has the name “Guernica”. This work was created in Picasso’s Paris studio in 1937 ("Guernica: Testimony of War”). This piece in an oil on canvas painting, and currently is on display at Spain’s national museum, Reina Sofía, a museum of modern art. The entire painting is twenty-five foot, five and three-quarter inches long and eleven foot, five and a half inches tall. This painting depicts

The individual that is acting using those archetypes may as well possess all the riches and the power found in this world, yet if consciousness hasn't been gained, what’s left is a puppet in a life of illusions that equals to a lifeless state of being; a bone dry, arid, walking corpse. The beauty, that sometimes

     When the Federalist party was organized in 1791, those people who favored a strong central government and a loose constitutional interpretation coagulated and followed the ideals of men such as Alexander Hamilton. The first opposition political party in the United States was the Republican party, which held power, nationally, between 1801 and 1825. Those who were in favor of states rights and a strict construction of the constitution fell under the leadership of Thomas

"The Brothers Grimm were academics best known for publishing collections of folk tales and fairy tales, which became massively popular." (Zipes p. 7) "Born in Hanau, Germany, a year apart, with Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm born the oldest, on January 4, 1985, and Wilhelm Karl Grimm on February 24, 1786. Their family consisted of nine other siblings, six of which survived infancy, and their parents." (Zipes p. 9) Their early childhood was described as "idyllic" with them living in a beautiful countryside

The Fifth Symphony composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven is one of my favorite classical pieces. Beethoven was a famous deaf composer and the most leading influential musical figure in the Romantic era. The Fifth Symphony was written between 1804 and 1808. Beethoven held a concert to debut his pieces, but it did not go as well as planned. The audience was bored and tired from sitting in the auditorium too long that their interest level decreased. It was not until a critic by the name of E.T.A Hoffmann

Colombia Colombia, which is the 28th largest country in the world, is the second largest country in South America, and has more than 46 million people living there. It is also the third largest Spanish-speaking country in the world (US). “Colombia is situated in South America, bordered by Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Ocean” (Colombia Weather). Between the Caribbean and the Pacific, the country has the most bio diverse land, which includes the Rainforest

conversation, of religious groups, the religious chaos on this time, and how Lauren’s character is similar to other religious icons during these times there is evidence that Butler’s novel could be an inquisition. One-third of the entire population, being accused of heresy by the other two thirds and was lead

The common perception that a typical person will have if you mention "Napoleon" is the idea of a short, angry, and bossy little man who is aggressive to compensate for being little, in other words having a "Napoleon Complex". Ironically the idea that Napoleon was a short man is false as he was average height for his size at the time. A more useful way to look at a Napoleon complex would be to describe it as, a person who is driven by a perceived handicap to overcompensate in other aspects, in their

existence. The American blackface minstrelsy is an American form of entertainment, which was founded by Thomas Rice, Dan Emmett, Edwin P. Christy and Stephen Foster whom was the major white innovator of the minstrel music. “Rice, was born in New York in 1808. He tried unsuccessfully to break into New York theater, then drifted west, working as stagehand and bit player through the Mississippi Valley. In 1831, imitating a shuffle he had seen performed by a black man on the Cincinnati levee, Rice for the