God the Father in Western art

viewed. It aims to provide solutions through literary means to the problems faced by blacks in a Western world. Afrofuturism can be expressed through various art forms. One very innovative mode of expressing afrofuturism is through comics with black protagonists. The idea of a black character being the powerful protagonist in science fiction comics was formally rejected and seen as absurd by the Western world. However, advancements in cultural diversity and acceptance have made the realization…

had the answer to, such as “where did the world come from?”. They served many different purposes, but for the ancient Greeks, it was their religion. They were polytheistic, which means they believed in multiple gods. These gods were categorized in pantheons, which are groups of specific gods and goddesses. Greek myths go as far back to before 1100 BC, where the Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations combined their individual ideas and customs to what created the well known myths. These stories were…

valuable discoveries in human existence. The record and the substance were used to assemble the hammurabi code, it can tell a lot about how life in the empire was. In most cases, punishment was left to the gods to determine. The code was interpreted from the beginning to the ending addressed from the gods. There is a lot about the Babylonian society that can be learned through reading the Code of Hammurabi such as social, political, religious, and economic laws and rituals. In 1780 BCE the…

Adkins, Lesley, and Roy A. Adkins. "Literature in Ancient Greece." Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece, Updated Edition. Facts On File, 2005. Ancient and Medieval History Online. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. As for science, literature did not exist as much. According to Adkins “Only a small amount of literature survives, including the names of over 370 playwrights, 44 complete plays, and titles and fragments of more than 1,600 other plays.” Greek literature commenced with poetry and was told as oral epic…

the artists family structure, it provides a reasonable reason for the dynamic of the family of the sculpture. His dedication towards his family played a factor to his strong belief that family is the foundation of the economy. Metaphorically, as an art professor at The University of Texas at Austin for thirty years, Umlauf developed a relationship with the university as his family. Due to this relationship manifested between him and the university, the placement of the sculpture was determined…

Michelangelo is one of the greatest artists in history. He showed his passion for art through his works, which have become masterpieces that are looked up to today. Many of his works of paintings, sculptures, and architectures are ranked highly in existences. The beauty of his work had made him an unmatched artist that many have tried to become. Michelangelo’s style of art resulted in the chain movement in the Western art after the high renaissance and was one most famous artist in the Italian…

life is not worth living." Without examining life, no change will ever come to people or cultures. Western Culture has developed over centuries, drawing on many archaic civilization’s qualities. Perhaps the most important influencer was that of Ancient Greece; a society that sought a balance, order, and harmony that people have emulated for thousands of years. The Greeks laid the foundations for Western Civilization with their formation of philosophy, history, democracy, and other elements that…

This is a report on the similarities of the Greek and Egyptian gods.Egyptian and Greeks have very similar gods, myths, religious festivals, and sacrifices to the gods. The Greeks highly regarded Egyptian magic and thought if it as secret knowledge. The Egyptian gods are an economical and a social staple in and Egypt, so are the Greek gods in all of the different city-states. In Egypt, the Gods weren’t a reason to go to the war, unlike the Greeks. To the Greeks, in the…

Parsley 2. Black Storm Comin’ 3. Wilson, Diane L. 4. First Colton Wescott 5. Colton, Althea, and Jewel Wescott 6. I like this book because, it tells some about the circumstances that people had to deal with during the western expansion. Also it is an interesting book to read if you like westerns. It tells some about what The Pony Express rode horses through and why the mail was slower than not that today we have fast mail but it is now faster. Character Analysis • Colton, “On the morning of…

The ancient Polis of Athens was the fount head of philosophy and democratic ideals in the ancient world. Since it’s very beginning the Hellenistic world saw the development of a radical and unconventional art and way of thinking and appreciation of wisdom. This art of thinking and achieving wisdom is Philosophy. Philosophy comes from the Greek word of Philosophia which literally translates to the love of wisdom. In the ancient Hellenistic world especially in mainland Greece on the Attica…