Mary Baker Eddy

The title of my artwork is called Angel with Arquebous, Asiel with Arquebus, created by the artist Marsha K. Russel. Also known as Archangel with Gun, Asiel Timor Dei. This painting features a male angel posing with a harquebus, a type of gun, supported on a tripod, from the 16th century. Asiel, the angel, is also wearing early clothing, resembling the Andean aristocrats and Inca royalty, and is distinct from the military attire of Gheyn’s harquebusiers. Master of Calamarca, an unknown…

Saramago by doing this book, believes that if Lucas was able to interpret and tell Jesus’ story, he believed that him too could do his own version. The story starts by telling us about young Mary, which is in Saramago’s version already married to Joseph. Then, Jesus is conceived in the most natural and carnal way. Soon enough, one of the moments that determines the future of Jesus, is the massacre of newborns by King Herod as Joseph learns…

We start celebrating Christmas Eve by going to Church and having the last posada, as a family. When we come back from church we gather at a family members house. There we eat our traditional food, pozole, tamales, and drink ponche. As the night goes on we joke around, play games, dance, and even sing. When midnight approaches we gather everyone to get ready to open presents and welcome baby Jesus. To conclude this is how Latin America celebrates Christmas. With our traditional pozadas, and…

Part One: Question 1 While researching Isis, the Black Madonna, Madonna and Child, and the Virgin Mary I was amazed by all of their stories. I was a little baffled by the similarities that I found in my research. Looking at Isis, I was extremely amazed at everything with her. I had never heard of her, so when researching I was fascinated by it all. Isis was an Egyptian goddess. Isis was seen as such a beauty an independent goddess, and a mother. Her name means Queen of the throne or female of…

The subtitle to this book, Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power perfectly describe the contents within. This book discusses in depth the many challenges that Elizabeth the First faced as the first female monarch of England, something that was much contested throughout the entirety of her rule. Her ability to properly rule on account of her gender was a much contested fact, one that continued until the very day of her death. Still, Levin shows through her book that despite the hardships…

Its purpose was to resolve a dispute between Cyril of Alexandria and Nestorius about the nature of Mary and whether or not she should be declared Theotokos (Simonetti, 2006, 808). Nestorius opposed the term because “whenever the sacred scriptures speak of Our Lord’s activity, they never speak of the birth and suffering of the divinity, but of the humanity…

A prevalent image in art throughout the ages, the portrait of the Madonna and Child is a depiction of Mary holding the infant Christ. Incredibly popular to portray, artists throughout the centuries show a great deal of variety in their depiction of the iconic duo. Found in the National Gallery of Ireland in the early Italian Renaissance gallery, The Virgin and Child, Saint John the Baptist and Prophets by an unknown artist and The Virgin and Child by Paolo Uccello reflect the drastic transition…

The artwork of The Death of the Virgin is one of Bartolomeo Vivarini showstoppers. The fine art is painted in wood with Tempera. While this work of art was painted on 1485. While this work of art is portraying the dead Virgin, it is encompassed by the messengers and her child Christ at the top. With extraordinary differentiations in utilizing the essential shades of red, blue and green, Bartolomeo utilized that advantaged to demonstrate the complexity of death to life. This work of art holds a…

married to her country. Soon after Elizabeth's coronation, Mary, the Queen of Scotland, began to lay claim to the English throne (Neale 86). After her husband's death many turned against her so Mary bought an army against the nobles, but lost and was imprisoned (Mary Queen of Scots Beheaded). After escaping captivity in 1568, Queen Mary fled to England in hopes the Elizabeth would protect her after corresponding with her for many years (Mary Queen of Scots Beheaded). Queen Elizabeth was…

Queen Elizabeth I has challenged the sixteenth century society as she refused to marry, did not bear any children and became England’s sole ruler. Queen Elizabeth suffered in her youth, and by that she knew she only had God and her education as the weapons to fight with. Queen Elizabeth I demonstrated the foundation of her monarchy through God, her people and her kingdom. In focusing on her oratory, the essay will discuss three important speeches that the Queen has given at the beginning of her…