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I. Phenomenological Description and Interpretation
All five of the archetypal shapes are in my self-portrait. First of all, the outside appearance is that of a square of rectangle. I feel that people who do not know me do not perceive any of the characteristics that the other shapes represent. Stability is the only characteristic represented by the shapes that people perceive of me. Inside my stable world is a circle in the middle of the bottom of the box. Within the circle is a triangle. This represents how spirituality is the center of my inner self and I find balance within my spirituality. Coming up from the center of the box is a spiral. As the spiral reaches its apex, there is an equidistant cross. This represents how I am constantly growing in order to reach a critical decision-making time of my life (what I want to do for the rest of my life).
All of the Yoruba chromatics have been used in portraying my personality. But the most abundant type by far is dudu. The majority of the inside of my box are colors of brown, black, and gray. These colors show how I am very practical and down to earth. People who do not know me see me as down to earth and this does not change even when one gets to know me. The person at the bottom of the box has all three types on him. This represents how at some point in time my close friends see all the personality traits (aloof, passionate, and practical). The inside of the circle at the bottom of the box is colored orange. This shows how I am more passionate when it comes to my spirituality. The inside of the triangle is colored shades of red and blue. This shows how I am passionate, yet cool since I have found a balance.
Sexton 2
The color contrast of my self-portrait is very weak. There are no strong contrasts between light and dark. I am not dramatic or intense by any means. The weak contrast in colors illustrates how I have a subtle personality. The lack of pastel colors shows that I do not have a delicate personality.
The line directions in my self-portrait are all horizontal and vertical. The majority of the direction is horizontal, which shows how my personality is very passive. The vertical lines show that I have a stable personality as well as the potential to be dynamic.
In this essay, the author
- Describes the contents of the article and explains the purpose of this article.
- Explains that the five archetypal shapes are in their self-portrait. stability is the only characteristic represented by the shapes that people perceive of them.
- Explains that all of the yoruba chromatics have been used in portraying their personality. the most abundant type by far is dudu.
- Describes the contents of the article.
- Analyzes how the color contrast of their self-portrait is weak. there are no strong contrasts between light and dark. the lack of pastel colors shows that they do not have a delicate personality.
- Explains that the line directions in their self-portrait are all horizontal and vertical. the lack of diagonal lines demonstrates that they do not have a dramatic personality.
- Analyzes how the different textures on the box show how different people might perceive me differently depending on how and where you look at me.
- Describes the contents of the article.
- Analyzes how tin foil can produce ambiguous pictures, and how it reflects the feelings and ideas of people around them.
- Explains how their self-portrait starts with a tin foil box, where they have to see themselves the right way in order to reflect themselves.
- Describes the contents of the article.
- Analyzes how the yoruba chromatics and the australian aboriginal dreamtime art relates to their self-portrait.
- Explains that spirituality, healing, and transcendence is one theme of expressionism that relates to their self-portrait. the navajo night chant was used to heal people that were sick.
- Analyzes how metamorphosis is a piece of literature from realism/idealism that relates to their self-portrait.
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- The Effects of Color on Personality and Relationshipsexplanatory essayThe research has shown that there is direct correlation between color and personality. In planning the next painting of ones house they should take this data into account.
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- Explains how color affects people's moods and personalities, and how they are affected by their surroundings.
- Explains that aristotle theorized that color existed in the form of rays sent down from the heavens by god. his theory was disputed until the renaissance when aguilonius and sigfrid forsius developed more sophisticated color systems.
- Explains that colors have subtle effects on our moods. psychologists have long since theorized that people's preferences for color and color mixes have deep physiological affects on your mood or feeling.
- Explains that color has been used for years in medical treatments around the world. before we can discuss how these colors affect us, we must examine what each color represents independently.
- Explains that red is a powerful healing agent for healing diseases of the blood and circulation. it is not to be used on people with high blood pressure or anxiety.
- Explains that orange is also a color of energy. it is used to increase immunity, increase sexual potency, to help in all digestive ailments, chest and kidney diseases.
- Explains that yellow is the color of intellect and it is used for mental stimulation. it is good for clearing a foggy head.
- Explains that green is the color of harmony and balance. it is good for tired nerves and helps with the heart area.
- Explains that blue is the color of truth, serenity and harmony. it is good for cooling, calming, reconstructing, and protecting.
- Explains that indigo has all the attributes of blue plus it is good for the head. it is used for diseases of the ears, nose and eyes.
- Explains that purple is good for mental and nervous problems, rheumatism and epilepsy, helps with pain, is used in deep tissue work, and helps heal the bones.
- Explains lavender is the color of equilibrium, and it helps with spiritual healing.
- Explains that white is the color of purity, which purifies the body on the highest levels, and silver is peace and persistence.
- Explains that black is a color that is not used very often but it will help bring patients to grace. women are more aware of color and prefer red to blue while men prefer blue to red.
- Explains that red and yellow aren't the only "warm" colors, nor blue and green are "cool".
- Explains that "white" paints have a slight bluish or purplish cast, while warm whites might carry pink, yellow, red, or orange tinges.
- Explains that the definition of color is different depending on the culture that a person lives in.
- Explains how faber birren defines the commonalities of colors of the spectrum by associating them with two moods.
- Explains that the interpretation of color is dependent upon the culture in which someone is raised. men are expected to paint their bodies with the blood of the animals that they kill.
- Explains that the colors on different countries flags are important to each country's pride. in america, red, white, and blue have a certain type of significance.
- Illustrates the difference of how color is viewed between cultures by illustrating the following table:color by geography color western europe & usa chinajapanmiddle east
- Explains that culture plays a large part in how color affects us. the ancient egyptians, chinese, and indians had believed in chromotherapy, or healing with colors.
- Recommends taking color and personality into account when planning the next painting of one's house.
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- Opines that the gold/blue personality fits them perfectly, with the exception of an "unusually accurate memory" and a desire for order and organization that borders on ocd.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that the exhibition degas: form, movement and the antique at the tampa museum of art focuses on the french impressionist's fascination with motion and shape and his influences from greek and roman art.
- Explains that the exhibition begins with pieces of greek and roman art from the tampa museum of art's personal collection and features vases and statues that compliment degas work.
- Analyzes degas's ability to express movement through imbalance and asymmetry in rearing horse, thoroughbred horse walking, and horse with jockey.
- Analyzes how degas captures the poised nature of the dancer's movements in both dancer looking at the sole of her right foot and dance
- Analyzes how degas's statues spanish dancer and grande arabesque demonstrates his ability to convey dancelike rhythm and motion in his work.
- Analyzes how degas creates sculptures that capture poses and moments naturally. in dancer ready to dance, with right foot forward and fourth position front, the viewer feels as though they are with the ballerina preparing to move.
- Analyzes how degas captures the beauty of everyday women and his ability to show things that are commonplace in a new light in his statues schoolgirl and pregnant woman.
- Analyzes how degas' sculpture, the little dancer age fourteen, expresses the curiosity and innocence of the young ballerina and gives her an almost lifelike appearance.
- Analyzes how degas uses warm primary colors, bright red and yellow, and contrasts them with the dark browns and grays in the background to draw the viewer’s eye toward the ballerina.
- Analyzes how trois danseuses degas conveys motion in a two-dimensional medium by juxtaposing the images of three ballerinas in different stages of movement.
- Analyzes how degas uses soft light colors to create a playful atmosphere in deux danseuses au foyer. he captures the closeness and friendship between the two ballerinas through positive and negative space.
- Analyzes how degas in three dancers in yellow skirts uses warm colors, yellow and orange on the ballerinas dress and in the background, accents them with the cool blue beads.
- Opines that degas' femme à sa toilette is one of his favorite drawings. he captures the spontaneity of the women's movement and her harsh facial expression giving the drawing a distinct feeling of calmness and concentration.
- Opines that the exhibition degas: form, movement and the antique gave them a unique chance to see the works of the revolutionary artist.
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- Explains that personality is one of the hardest things in psychology to measure because it is not a behavior that can be observed and is open to be interpreted by the person who is observing it.
- Explains that graphology is popular among job employment and is gaining acceptance in corporate america. it is not widely accepted in the psychological community because of its lack of numerical support.
- Explains that handwriting predicting personality traits has the characteristics of being a myth because of person-situation theory.
- Analyzes how the person's writing influences the validity of handwriting predicting personality traits. the upper part of letters are supposed to tell about a person’s spiritual and intellectual interests, ethical and reflective powers, idealistic qualities of imagination, vision, and religious aspirations.
- Argues that handwriting expressing personality traits is too complex to be correlated and has no real concrete results.
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- Explains that history plays a very important role in the development of art and architecture.
- Explains that the edict of milan was proclaimed by the roman emperor constantine after he defeated the emperor maxentius at the battle of the milvian bridge.
- Explains that the edict of milan led to the establishment of religious toleration throughout rome and brought an end to christian persecutions. constantine was trying to unite the roman empire under his control through a civil war with licinius.
- Explains that emperor constantine supported christianity and encouraged christian art and architecture. he built churches in rome and jerusalem, which were considered the holy land.
- Compares the building of santa sabina to the classical ones, and explains how light was used as a symbol of divinity and represented jesus christ.
- Describes how the edict of milan made the roman empire a huge contributor to christian art and architecture and created an revolution in history.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how marilyn stokstad explains that the history of art has continuously changed over time, and will continue to do so as long as humanity continues to evolve and time continues.
- Analyzes how stokstad describes the belief that africa is the cradle of history of mankind and how that belief is unshakeable.
- Explains that rock sculptures are significant to the history of african art, and the igbo ukwu metal sculptures and carvings also fall within this category.
- Explains that stokstad refers to african art as being the beginning of all art, but gothic art, which originated in the powerful monarchy of paris, dominated european art and architecture for over four hundred years.
- Explains that gothic architecture is perhaps the most iconic visual from this era, as this time period arose new architects who erected buildings in this grandeur styles.
- Explains that architecture is not the only major aspect of early african art. paintings and sculptures awed and amused the population during this time.
- Analyzes how stokstad describes gothic art and african art in completely different light, yet they reflect similar themes and structures. both deal with incredible attention to detail, and both were the beginning of a new wave of art styles.
- Analyzes how stokstad's vivid descriptions and solid factual information make it easy for the reader to see the immense world that has been opened up just for them.
- Describes the works of stokstad, marilyn, frankl, paul, and lloyd, kenneth.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that a paradigm is just another word for perception in the book "7 habits of highly effective teens".
- Explains that the business game was an amazing idea, but there wasn't much of a teamwork. the marketing department was the hardest, and everyone took responsibility for the whole project.
- Opines that everyone should apply the proactive concept of taking responsibility, if they make mistakes, they must have no one else to blame.
- Explains that a paradigm is important because it's like setting yourself some values, some ideas or some principles that you live your life by.
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In this essay, the author
- Opines that they have thoroughly enjoyed the process of creating their personal mandala. they explain that grey represents their family life, which is an important part of who they are.
- Explains how the color yellow is spread all over their mandala and in the middle showing how it is important in all aspects of their life.
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- Explains that they took the true colors personality color test because of their orange color, which is associated with excitement. one weakness is being carefree and not being able to stay on task.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how artists like jan van eyck, melchior broederlam, and robert campin contributed to the rise of the early renaissance by enhancing visual effects with the use of pious symbols.
- Analyzes how van eyck's ghent altarpiece was not simply a representation of symbols that alluded to christianity; his vivid sense of the actual world allowed him to reconstruct reality along with its endless limitations.
- Explains that jan van eyck's early life was unknown as records did not reveal factual information regarding his birth and childhood. he was appointed by philip the good and the duke of burgundy to relay important missions.
- Analyzes van eyck's artistic and scientific knowledge and abilities. his artistic mastery is reflected by his adept use of oil paintings and his knowledge of reconstructing reality in his paintings.
- Analyzes how van eyck's ghent altarpiece exemplifies flemish altarpieces during the early renaissance, while broederlam and campin also created pious symbolisms and use of oil medium.
- Explains that the polyptych ghent altarpiece stands high and wide when closed and extends from 2.60m to 5.20m when opened. pious symbols were not to be unexpected with the structure of this time period.
- Analyzes how the ghent altarpiece incorporated many of its figures and symbols from the chapel that joos vijd purchased.
- Analyzes how van eyck incorporated non-secular symbols into the adoration of the mystic lamb.
- Analyzes how the ghent altarpiece utilizes the physical form of jesus or god, since annunciation is the event that leads to his birth. the lamb symbolizes both the sacrifice of christ and the bloodless repetition of that sacrifice in the mass.
- Analyzes how van eyck implemented a before and after theme in the polyptych.
- Analyzes how jan van eyck's approach to aesthetic beauty and knowledge of science is evident in his adoration of the mystic lamb.
- Describes faggin, giorgio t and hughes, robert. the complete paintings of the van eycks.
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