.... of these sculptures and artist looked at anchient Roman and Greek paintings to gather ideas from their works. Gietto was considered to be the father of renaissance painting. Many other painters soon then followed in his footsteps. Masiccio, Lenardo De Vinici, and Raphael were just a few of these painters whose works we admire today. Before the Italian Renassiance nude paintings were unheard of. Now with such great talent flourishing out of Florance, nude art works were accepted and common to see. Donatello was considered to be the father of sculpture using such details in all of his works. Michelangelo was considered to be the greatest of Italian artist. Michelang ....

.... Consequently, women lose their identity because they are so caught up in being a wife and mother that they no longer have time to pursue their own desires and goals. Women are increasingly becoming career women, while raising a family at the same time. Despite the fact that women have the job of raising their family, many women also have full time careers because the extra income is often needed in the family. Some men criticize women for trying to act too much like men, but women are being forced by society to move between the traditional definitions of male and female roles, because of the many different tasks they have to carry out from day to day. For example, i ....

.... did not come from the consumers; it was the competing businesses that complained. The newspapers expanded on these comments, calling them "robber barons." These are inaccurate terms for these businessmen. They were not barons because they all started penniless and they were not robbers because they did not take it from anyone else. Vanderbilt got rich by making travel and shipping faster, cheaper, and more luxurious. He built bigger, faster, and more efficient ships. He served food on his ships, which the customers liked and he lowered his costs. He lowered the New York to Hartford fare from $8 to $1. Rockefeller made his fortunes selling oil. He also lowered his c ....

.... become overwhelming and incomprehensible to Thurber, consequently conflicting with the myth and construction of the ideal of masculinity. Thurber's frustrations with women are evident right from the start. He displaces male insubordination to the blueprint of nature and it's “complicated musical comedy.” (Rosengarten and Flick, 340) It's interesting that he attributes nature as a female creator and thus justifying the relationship that “ none of the females of any species she created cared very much for the males.” (p 340) Thurber compares the similarities of courtship to the complicated works of Encyclopedia Brittanica. A book which is full of wond ....

.... and kindness, as do romantic relationships. When a couple starts out as friends, they build a stronger alliance. This is why romance usually starts with friendship. Courtship is very important in romantic relationships. Amorous companions need to feel wanted and appreciated. Courtship keeps the romance in a relationship. It helps one lover show the other how he feels. "Show your love with flowers " is frequently used in the flower industry to get people to buy flowers. Buying flowers shows one's affection. Holidays such as Valentine's Day emphasize the need to show that special someone how admired they really are. Courtship allows people to continuously grow cl ....

.... good ethical practices provides economic benefits. Cultural Influences Culture creates a world taken for granted: it forms the unconscious premises of thought and action. Culture tends to be pervasive, touching every aspect of life. The pervasiveness of culture is manifest in two ways. First, according to Jones, culture provides an unquestioned context within which individual action and response take place. Even rational action is subject to the cultural definition of what is a meaningful goal and what are available means(16). Culturally determined responses are built into the very physiology of the organism. Second, culture pervades social activities and instituti ....

.... of men whistling cat calls, using obscene gestures, and yelling out threats in a very offensive manner. As Debbie hurried us to her car, I felt extreme anger, coupled with increasing confusion as to why the men would yell and embarrass the lady that was so kind to me and my brother. What did Debbie and her “sister” do so wrong? Years later, I am convinced that Debbie and her “sister” were a lesbian couple, and the incident at the McDonald’s was a bunch of stupid, homophobic morons. These days crimes targeting gay and lesbian couples are heard on the news frequently, and it sickens me that such ignorance exists in America. I grew up attending a church that v ....

.... a rock star who undoubtedly acquired his domineering attitude from the endless worship of submissive women. Lastly we enter the modern era with a article from my favorite magazine Men's Health on the mistakes a man must avoid in order to please his lover. As we shall see, the increased freedom is very interesting in our first representation to the last. My goal is to show how love has changed. I hope to show what is accepted in our society today, compared with only several decades ago. Application My sources run the gamut of ideas in the subject of love. I think Auden's poem is the best representation of what has been termed “courtly love.” This seems logi ....