La Dolce Vita

Live 'La Dolce Vita,' or The Sweet Life, in this Sebastopol house, which boasts 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom and sleeps 2. You’ll be ideally located minutes from thrilling outdoor activities and pristine beaches, making your vacation an unforgettable one! This one-of-a-kind Sebastopol vacation rental home can easily accommodate couples and small families throughout the 1,200 square feet of stylishly appointed living space, allowing for you and your travel companion to comfortably indulge in everything the inviting home has to offer! The property comes fully furnished with a gourmet kitchen and all of the necessary amenities of home, including air conditioning, central heating, soft linens, complimentary toiletries, wireless internet access, flat…

argument with the paparazzi, and there is always that one person that feels the need to say, “They signed up for it,” but that’s not true. These celebrities signed up to do what they love; they signed up to do a job just like any other person. What they didn’t do is sign up to have drones fly over their homes, be followed and yelled at as the walk down the street, or be photographed as they are eating dinner with their family and friends. The definitely did not sign up to have their privacy…

The Vatican post the release of La Dolce Vita condemned the film as being pornographic and an insult to the traditional Italian Catholic church. The film with its play on the Italian essence of Hollywood was extravagant and not what could be considered as following the practices of the Catholic Church. But, why then did some believe that aspects of the film point to false spirituality? This falsity was seen in the opening scene as a statue of Jesus Christ was flown over the city, symbolizing…

Maurice Pefura is a contemporary artist and talented architect in Paris. In 2008 Maurice Pefura's work was on display at Heart Gallerie located in Paris France. However, one of Pefura's recent pieces of artwork, The Silent Way, Beatrice is currently on display for The Divine Comedy exhibition at SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia. The Silent Way, Beatrice was created in 2013. Pefura's inspiration for this work of art is to portray a woman named Beatrice, who was loved deeply by a man named…

Beatriz Milhazes was born in the 1960; her father was a lawyer and mother was an art historian (Ebony 130). In 1981, she earns her degree in journalism but after that year she attended a visual art school called Rios Escola de Artes Visuals do Parque Lage (Ebony 130). In 1993, she started showing her art internationally in countries such as Europe and Latin America (Ebony 130). During the mid-1990’s she showed her work in brazil where she created her set designs for a dance company and her…

It is these three Christian themes of love towards God, free will, and suffering that are significantly present in Dante’s Purgatorio. Dante Aligheieri was an Italian poet from Florence, who wrote his most famous poem, the Divine Comedy, in exile. Dante wrote the Divine Comedy for his idealized love, Beatrice, who appears in the trilogy as a goal for Dante. He traverses Hell, Purgatory, and even into Heaven to find and be with Beatrice. In the first part of his poem, titled Inferno, Dante, led…

sell their expensive products to everyone they can, even if it means portraying a ridiculously unrealistic, yet lavish, lifestyle. They want people to think, “Hey, this could be me!” Michael Kors, Gucci, and Dolce & Gabbana are a few of the companies that are pushing an exciting lifestyle. What’s the likeliness of receiving this wonderful lifestyle after buying their product? The likeliness doesn’t exist. If anything, the only thing that’ll happen will be getting a flatter wallet. Although it my…

Advertisements have a role in today’s pop cultures by selling products through gender discrimination and sexism. In particular, Dolce and Gabbana’s advertisements, as shown in the appendix, have altered its message to the public in a completely different direction with the use of visual realism. It focuses more on gender discrimination as displayed in the visuals from the advertisement. These unacceptable portrayals show the dominant men overpowering the women and is an example of Andre Bazin’s…

“Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking, or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; the female sex,” Mahatma Gandhi. Perfume companies use women’s sexuality to manufacture an appealing that will sell more of a product. There have been many studies that have looked at sexism and the over sexualization of women. Although previous research has overlooked portraying women this way and how it affects young girls in the way they…

the sirens to be unconscious. And for the siren queen, a diamond encrusted silver sword must be used to slay her for she is immortal. Markeus nods his head, gathers the elements given to him and is off to his journey. When Markeus reaches the rocky coasts of Athens, he spots the guardian siren named Mayia. Markeus quickly pulls out the shell from his satchel and throws it towards the siren. The shell then exposes an enchanted powder, that puts Mayia in a deep sleep. The waves crashed on top of…