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Sunday, May 7, 2006 at 7:36 PM
Edited Sunday, May 7, 2006 at 7:37 PM Ok so this new class I'm taking, seems really intersting! even though its an online class, i feel like i can learn more and explore all the forms of art, music , dance, philosphy, sculpture even though i will never meet my professor face to face. I will get to learn about my people (Assyrians), and see some naked sculptures of the Romans, and bacially open up my mind for once. The class starts tommorow, but i already logged on and introduced myself and read some of the textbook, i've never been so intrested in learning before, but this class is unique. Here's what i learned so far: did you know that the oldest significant Mediterranean development began with the Minoans and that they were peace loving!!! or the type of stage that sticks out into the audience is called a thrust! —adams_babymomma |
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Sunday, May 7, 2006 at 7:41 PM Follow Mandee's lead and bring in True Romance into class and show the scene with Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper talking about Sicilians, the Moors and eggplants, you'll get an A+++. —greymatters |
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Monday, May 8, 2006 at 5:33 PM and this one too, in the book they define this artist as "romantic demon" The artist is a "romantic demon"? Who is the artist? And what is the painting called? Because I quite like it, actually. Along with the one above - what are they called? —aphrodite |
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Monday, May 8, 2006 at 5:38 PM
Edited Monday, May 8, 2006 at 5:39 PM The first is Death of Sardanapalus by Delacroix and the second is The Turkish Bath by Ingres. They're both Romantic painters but I'm not sure where 'demon' came from. —anobody |
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Monday, May 8, 2006 at 5:56 PM Under that second picture, in my textbook it says "illustrate the romantic fascination with the demonic and grotesque by examples from several arts. In some romantic works, evil took the recognizable form of demons and witches. —adams_babymomma |
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Monday, May 8, 2006 at 6:47 PM
Edited Monday, May 8, 2006 at 6:47 PM That second painting, the Turkish Bath, was in my Art History class last year. Basically it had something to do with a Western fascination with the idea of a harem. (Naturally I don't need to explain why they found it fascinating.) —Dark Laith |
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Monday, May 8, 2006 at 6:54 PM Hmmmmm..... I wonder what I'd have to do to get a harem. —anobody |
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Monday, May 8, 2006 at 6:59 PM Duct tape and an ether rag.
;) —catloaf |
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Monday, May 8, 2006 at 8:28 PM Those women are Rubenesque and therefore disgusting. I'm now disgusted. —greymatters |
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Monday, May 8, 2006 at 8:56 PM And here I thought you preferred your women rotund, Grey. Funny - you learn something new every day. —anobody |
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at 12:58 AM Someone's not doing their job!*cough cough* (Jewboy) *cough cough* 
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at 11:55 AM Well in the textbook, it says that the artist was not immune to the seductions of exoticism. His turkish bath offers a key-hole veiw of a turkish harem as he imagined it, an erotic feast of the senses.
I am really enjoying my Humanties class, i already read 2 chapters, and did a lot of research on some of the paintings and it wasnt even required. I also posted many critical thinking questions on the discussion board for my online class. My teacher is impressed!
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at 6:00 PM I don't know, actually.
I don't know if a backpack company would want to be associated with murder.
I don't know if a knife company would want to be associated with murder.
I don't know if a moose would want to be associated with murder. —greymatters |
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Friday, May 12, 2006 at 3:18 PM A Native American Creation Tale
How Man Was Created
After Sat-kon-ri-o, the Good Spirit, had made the animals, birds and other creatures and had placed them to live and multiply upon the earth, he rested. As he gazed around at his various creations, it seemed to him that there was something lacking. For a long time the Good Spirit pondered over this thought. Finally he decided to make a creature that would resemble himself. Going to the bank of a river he took a piece of clay, and out of it he fashioned a little clay man. After he had modeled it, he built a fire and, setting the little clay man in the fire, waited for it to bake. The day was beautiful. The songs of the birds filled the air. The river sang a song and, as the Good Spirit listened to this song, he became very sleepy. He soon fell asleep beside the fire. When he finally awoke, he rushed to the fire and removed the clay man. He had slept too long. His little man was burnt black. According to the Mohawks, this little man was the first Negro his skin was black. He had been over baked. The Good Spirit was not satisfied. Taking a fresh piece of clay, he fashioned another man and, placing him in the fire, waited for him to bake, determined this time to stay awake and watch his little man to see that he would not be over baked. But the river sang its usual sleepy song. The Good Spirit, in spite of all he could do, fell asleep. But this time he slept only a little while. Awakening at last, he ran to the fire and removed his little man. Behold, it was half baked. This, say the Mohawks was the first white man. He was half baked! The Good Spirit was still unsatisfied. Searching along the riverbank he hunted until he found a bed of perfect red clay. This time he took great care and modeled a very fine clay man. Taking the clay man to the fire, he allowed it to bake. Determined to stay awake, the Good Spirit stood beside the fire, after a while Sat-kon-se-re-io removed the clay man. Behold, it was just right--a man the red color of the sunset sky. It was the first Mohawk Indian. —adams_babymomma |
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Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 4:32 PM
Edited Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 4:37 PM William Bouguereau he's such a perv. 
I've always preferred Botticelli's version. 
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