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The Forum Romanum, the Roman name for what we usually call the Roman Forum, was the center of the Roman Empire’s power. The Forum came into existence at a crossing of two important roads. One ran parallel to the Tiber River, the other perpendicular. From the beginning, the Forum was required to satisfy two fundamental…

My name is Hayley Romansky, and it is my goal in life to become a successful graphic designer. Art has been my passion ever since I was born. My dad often tells me and many others the story of how I was “outdrawing him at four years old”. I can remember as early as elementary…

The movie Fight Club and Kalle Lasns book Culture Jam, both make strong accusations towards the evolving flaws of current American culture. In their own unique ways, this film and paperback express an alarming concern for growing consumerism, the power of the media, and the control popular culture and conformity have over us as individuals….

The New York Museum holds most artistic works from as early as the impressionist movement. Among the pieces of art that impresses in the Museum of Modern Art is the painting “The Starry Night” done by Vincent Van Gogh in 1889. It is oil on canvas painting that depicts a night filled with swirling clouds,…

The Death of Socrates is a 1787 oil on canvas painting by Jacques-Louis David. At approximately 50 in x 77.2 in, the glorious painting hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of An located in New York City. It is a historical painting and like many of his works of an, it focuses on a classical subject,…

John Boorman adapted the “Passing of Arthur” in the movie “Excalibur.” Movies are not the only adaptations of Tennyson’s poem but there are several art and music adaptations. Examples of these adaptations include music by Loreena McKennit and paintings by John William Waterhouse, Howard Pyle and Arthur Rackham. In Bela Balazs’s Art Form and Material…

Absurdity is defined as that which is contrary to reason; clearly untrue, unreasonable or ridiculous. It is often a topic in existentialist writings relating to life. This subject is prevalent in Camus The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus. Camus depicts absurdity bringing about happiness or indifference in each of these literary works. In The…

“A way of life.” Many people use this expression as a way to talk about their subsistence and how they perceive their everyday life. What they fail to recognize, however, is the fact that their way of living is connected in a much broader category than they think. Anthropologists study these categories broad, narrow, present,…

As a child, I dealt with insecurities such as having low self-esteem. My family, dance team, and community have given me unconditional support when I dealt with these doubts. This has served me to become resilient and moved me to persevere in the face of adversity. These valuable lessons have aided me to mature into…

In the kingdom of human understanding, a refined deep approach appeared, however, one, that aims not to impose an answer but to set fire the spark of self-examination and self-discovery. This method, with his roots in old wisdom, found renewed expediency in modern psychology, offering a road in the direction of cognitive transformation and emotional…