Art has changed a great deal since it began many centuries ago. ... Both cultures had exquisite pieces of art, but they were very different from each other. The amazing thing about art is that no matter how many differences exist, it is still beautiful in its own sense. ... The Greeks used a combination of ideal parts in their art, making it elegant, but at the same time not showing any actual people. This can also be supported by the fact that even the faces that are on the Greek pieces of art are considered to be perfect unlike all humans. ...

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Women in Ancient Art Women are the foundations of life. ... Following the changes in society, art represented women differently also. ... Towards the end of the Romantic period, a group of seven artists sometimes called the "Last Romantics" began a style of art of romantic art that followed Raphael, who was considered to have perfected art in itself. ... In the 18th century, art took a new turn. ... The images of women in art have changed from art movement to art movement, reflecting social status, expectations, perceptions, and women's issues. ...

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John Berger's "Ways of Seeing," examines the role of the female body in art. ... She is skinny, fit, and has perfect hair and skin. ... The models in the VS Perfect Body advertisement are an example of the 5% of women. ... Advertisements, like the one on the left, set an unrealistic standard for a man's perfect body. ... Berger does an excellent job explaining the role women had in art. ...

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Another popular element of Ancient Greek art of this time was Idealism, or the representation of the "ideal" human, perfect in every way. ... The Hellenistic period also fell in a time when the woman figure was being discovered and revealed in art. ... The treatment of the form is also an important aspect of a work of art. ... This effect adds to the individual's realism, yet as explained earlier, the being is quite idealized with perfectly smooth skin, a perfect complexion, lovely features on his/her face and perfectly carved locks of hair. ... Therefore the being seems to be perfect ...

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Perfect. It was perfect"." ... Sometimes the dancers are still unsatisfied due to which they put even more pressure on themselves in their strive to be absolutely perfect for their audience. This shows how hard-working dancers need to be in order for people to appreciate the true beauty of their art. It is important to consider these aspects when we sit down to watch a form of art that relies on such precise fluid body movements. ...

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There was three types of art painting, sculpture, and architecture. ... In Greek they were inspiration from Egyptian art, and over centuries they evolved there unique way of art. ... So a successful work of art is perfect in which we humans find the need to be. ... The object of the current short hand description is to show the development of art and the human perception of the world, which is reflected in the art, starting from the Archaic Greece. ... Egyptians wanted their art to be stiff and plain. ...

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In the third stanza, Bradstreet openly criticizes her work, "My foolish, broken, blemished Muse so sings; / All this to mend, alas, no art is able, / "Cause nature made it so irreparable" (16-18). ... In the next stanza, Bradstreet boldly states her work will never be perfect. The line, "Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure: / A weak or wounded brain admits no cure" (23-24) says the problems she has with her writings are not something you can fix easily if at all. ...

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This perpetuates the notion that women are just prizes, and legitimate pieces of art. ... It is also interesting to note that these women always have the perfect or "ultimate" bodies; they are well toned, and have a small waist with large spherically rounded breasts. ... Females are subjected to images of women with the perfect body, the perfect skin, the perfect woman to the point that they might go to extremes to look like the women in the media. ...

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Even though she had what seemed to be a small role because the play was about Othello, she was a picture perfect example of a victim of domestic violence, even to the very end. ... No, the art is protected and appreciated just how the artist intended. If your intention is to deconstruct they play, insert your own perspective or ideas into the work of art, then it is no longer Waiting for Godot, it has now been transformed into something else. ... However, without women, these plays would not be the complete works of art that have endured through the ages. ...

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Simpson believes that art, especially photography, has the ability to change the world for the better. ... Although her work falls within the tradition in African-American art, it is open to many different interpretations. ... This adds almost perfect vertical symmetry to the piece. ...

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As they grow older, they take on new influences like TV or magazines and look up to the seemingly perfect people they see in the movies or strutting the runway. ... In their article, Gender Roles, Amanda Ryan and Sadie Hoxmeier explains that, "Gender Roles have forced society to form a stereotype of what the 'perfect woman' and 'perfect man' should be. People base this 'perfect woman and man' off of what they see in magazines, television shows, advertisements, music, and art" (5). ... In the commercials we see a mouthwatering, beautiful burger with fr...

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Lawrence uses these women to represent soul, spirit, and flesh; helping Paul pursue his goal of becoming a perfect man. ... But it was this tragic girl who was Paul's bosom friend to his art natural gift and ability. ... Morel, Miriam kept an eye on Paul's art creation, but the mother paid more attention to the achievement and fame that was brought by art, while Miriam focused on her lover's deeper feelings for nature, the great enthusiasm to art. ... From his mother, he got the warmth of life and the strength for creativity, but Miriam changed this warmth into art enthusiasm, ...

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"Turn on the TV, read a book, or go to the movie, and you"ll find hurt women disturbingly prominent in our art... For instance, the movie 10, an older film debuted in 1979, but all about the perfect woman in a middle-aged man's quest for sexual justification. ... As one critic puts it, "Frequently funny sex farce with middle-age crisis impaired Moore obsessed with goddess fixation Derek (dig those iconic cornrows) with humorous results in a badly dated film about rating a woman a perfect "10" and the sexual hang-ups with aging and vice versa." ...

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The right selection of the fragrance for the day or evening is the main ingredient to the success of attracting the perfect woman or arousing interest in woman throughout the day. ... In many people's views, rhetorical language or communication is the art of being able to influence and control others. ...

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It must also be taken into consideration that during the time the play was written women were supposed to fulfill certain duties like supporting their husbands, taking good care of their children and making sure that everything remain perfect inside and house. ... The very best art cleanses the soul, and Henrik Ibsen is gentle in doing that as he scrubs you with a brittle brush in the freezing waters of fjords. ...

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The love between Florizel and Perdita, the reunification of Leontes with his lost daughter and wife bring to the play a perfect ending. ... (I.12) It is obvious that if possible, they want to live in the perfect innocent world forever. ... As we can see, in most of the play, Hermione's existence is a perfect icon rather than a character. ... Her answer for Polixenes about the flowers, nature and art in actIV reveals her nimble thinking, her gracious temperance. While like Hermione, the perfect feminine temperance is destined to be pushed out of the masculine society. ...

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This objectification, which manifests itself in the extraordinary emphasis on a woman's physical attractiveness in American culture, as well as in the almost continuous display of the nude or seminude female body in art, advertising, and the mass media, constitutes an eroticizing of sexual inequality - as opposed to merely a celebrating of female sexuality - because it implicitly imposes a male perspective on the definition of female sexuality. ... The establishing, by men, of a perfect female physical norm, was simply a solution to the women's movement and reproductive freedom. ...

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The last part of the description tells us of her social skills, especially her knowledge of "remedies of love", an "art" which she well understands. ... A good example of this comes early in the 'General Prologue' in the form of the Prioress.There is nothing lacking in her character as a medieval woman - she has good manners,speaks French (a sign of belonging to the upper classes) "ful faire and fetisly", she is "ofgreet desport" (that is to say, merry and good-tempered), she is pretty and "charitable".However, Chaucer describes some attributes and features which cannot be reconc...

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Grand Isle is a place for relaxation and escape, and it becomes the perfect setting for Edna Pontellier's Romantic Journey. ... Yet, upon closer investigation, there is the feeling that she is not happy with this life and perhaps it is not as perfect as it seems. ...

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The Sign of Modesty and faith From head-to-toe, burqa to long cloak, khimar to jilbaab , chadors to silky-smooth hijab, each of these apparels are various forms of hijab . Hijab! What is it really? The word hijab (pronounced hee-jaab) is an Arabic word which literally means "to cover", "to ...

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Not only is this woman condemned for eating the fruit of the sacred tree, but she is also banished from the perfect garden and forced to reckon with the man who was banished along side of her. ... Bradstreet examines the art of the "pen,"" or writing, through eight, six lined stanzas, which document her suppressed views of equality. ...

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Given the elaborate details that accompany so much of Indian taste, be it food or religious devotion, popular art or the convolutions of family filiality, the girl is trained to exactly adhere to minutia. ... Rukmani is presented as the perfect Indian woman. ...

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