(1754). The "Triumph" allegorizes the victory of love over power: Venus points to Vulcan’s conquered heart‚ and the god gazes up at her like a love-sick boy. Though the most obvious reading might consider the tapestry as prefiguring the defeat of Mrs. Cheveley and reconciliation of the play’s lovers‚ the significance of the allegory is not so self-evident. Indeed‚ it takes on a number of meanings. In the story the tapestry tells‚ Venus conquers Vulcan only to commit adultery with his brother‚ Ares
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Class description: non-mathematical presentation of our knowledge of the universe. Includes birth and death of stars‚ formation of solar system‚ black holes‚ quasars‚ and the fourth dimension. Instructor: Erin O’ Connor Office: EBS112 Email: eboconnor@pipeline.sbcc.edu Office Hours: Monday- After class at 11 am and email. Tuesday- After class at 9:05 pm and email. Wednesday- EBS112 After class at 11 am (PS101) and email. Thursday- EBS112 email for appointment. Friday- EBS112 email for
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and is romantic at the same time. As a matter of fact‚ Sailor Moon is very funny. Of all the characters in the series‚ I would say the Inner Senshi (including Sailor Moon‚ Sailor Chibi Moon‚ Sailor Mercury‚ Sailor Mars‚ Sailor Jupiter‚ and Sailor Venus) are the most hilarious ones‚ because they’re still teens and are “enjoying” youth at the maximum. With their unique personalities‚ they make a great combo all together. In fact‚ Sailor Moon deals with a lot of action. A girl named Usagi Tsukino (translated
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city. Conspiring with the god of the winds‚ Juno whips up a storm‚ forcing the Trojans to take refuge in – you guessed it – Carthage. Luckily‚ Aeneas has connections. In fact‚ his mom‚ Venus‚ is the goddess of connections. She introduces him to Dido‚ the beautiful queen of Carthage‚ who is recently widowed. Venus gets Amor‚ the personification of love‚ to make Dido fall madly in love with Aeneas. That night‚ at a banquet in his honor‚ Aeneas
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Art History Museum Paper This past weekend‚ I decided to re-visit the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena and picked out the Reclining Nude by Jean-Antoine Watteau which dated 1713-1717 and its medium was oil on panel. Usually‚ the works of art that are showcased in a museum are hung along the sides of the walls for the viewers to have easy access to seeing them. The work of art I chose was placed in a very small insert along the wall that wasn’t even big enough to fit 5 people in. I would say that
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Through viewing the text All Summer In A Day and the film The Hunger Games‚ it is evident that both Ray Bradbury and Gary Ross used themes to convey a fictional world that criticises the world we live in. A variety of literary techniques were performed to portray this. Setting can be seen through the fictional worlds that both All Summer In A Day and The Hunger Games have illustrated to the audience. Characterisation is used to emphasise the correlation between the protagonists and the people within
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Quiché Maya The piece of literature‚ The Wooden People from the Popol Vuh‚ a Quiché Mayan myth‚ is a representation of the life‚ times‚ and cultural values of the Mayan culture of Mexico in the 16th century. The exact year it was written in is unknown. This myth is a Mayan creation story translated by Dennis Tedlock. The wooden people in the story refer to the first humans that the Maker‚ the Quiché Mayan god of creation‚ made out of wood. He grew displeased with his creation however‚ and so he
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Welcome to SCIE 150: The Science of Everything Today: Astronomy Today • Stars: how are they born‚ how do they live‚ how do they die ▫ How do different stars vary in these paths • Planets: how are they born ▫ What are the planets of our solar system like • Constellations are A. Stars that are nearby each other in space B. Stars that appear to be near each other‚ but may be very far apart The Sun • Our Sun is A. B. C. D. An average star A very small star A
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Hercules‚ Bacchus and Venus‚ based on the Greek gods Heracles‚ Dionysus and Aphrodite‚ were often found in the lararium‚ the shrine at which the head of the household would worship his ancestors‚ along with members of his family and his slaves. The lararia tend to feature paintings of Hercules‚ the legendary founder of Pompeii‚ while in small domestic shrines and courtyard gardens‚ theatrical masks and busts of Bacchus glorify the god of wine. The people also rendered homage to Venus‚ who as the city’s
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Mercury : Due to mercury being extremely close to the sun‚ causes its planet to have no atmosphere. If any air was ever around Mercury‚ it would have been within its early years and from that point to now‚ it is gone because of all of the heat being given off of the sun. Mercury has crazy weather issues because of the lack of atmosphere‚ which includes a drastic weather change within day to night.Whenever the sun touches the surface of Mercury‚ that is when the climate reaches its highess at
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