Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.
Well, the foundation of the United States of America has a tumultuous history of ebbs and flows. Its development follows a linear history that demonstrates an advanced progression of primitive divinity with the European curiosity of a world outside of its own, a sort of New World. Spain sees the exploration of Christopher Columbus, followed by the tribal acquisition of habitations. Historical findings also indicate the presence of Vikings; any-who, colonial development in early America was not any less drastic, as the new nation facilitated the American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, The first Congress, ratification of the federal constitution, the implementation of the Supreme Court, and the presidency– in conjunction with various other foundational entities. Historical American wars played a significant role in contributing to the further refinement of today’s American identity: Our patriotism is nationalism! The United States of America is a global superpower and poster-child for individual liberty, and cumulative peace.
Alexandre Cabanel, 1823-1889: la tradition du beau, exhibition, Montpellier, Musée Fabre, 10 July – 11 December 2011, Musée Fabre Somogy, 2010, pp. 151-152 (French)
I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.
The political parties within the United States are many- with the main two being Republican (Grand Old Party “GOP”) and Democratic– facilitate the structure of the United States. The government is intricate; consider the political identifications regarding conservatism, liberalism and those who identify as moderate.
2nd century BCE marble sculpture of the Ancient Greek god of war Ares (Roman name: Mars). Ludovisi Collection, Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps, Rome.
Who, being in very nature[a] God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature[b] of a servant, being made in human likeness.
Jacopo Tintoretto (c 1518-1594), Dream of Saint Mark (Pax Tibi Marce) (E&I 305) (c 1591), oil on canvas, dimensions not known, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, Italy. Image by Didier Descouens, via Wikimedia Commons.
Frans Francken the Younger (1581–1642), Mankind’s Eternal Dilemma – The Choice Between Virtue and Vice (1633), oil on panel, 142 x 210.8 cm, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA. Wikimedia Commons.
Featured image: Peter Paul Rubens – The Fall of Phaeton, c. 1604-1605. Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 131.2 cm (38.7 x 51.6 in). The National Gallery of Art. Image via Creative Commons
Jacopo Tintoretto (c 1518-1594), The Last Supper (E&I 310) (1592-94), media and dimensions not known, Duomo, Lucca, Italy. Image by Mongolo1984, via Wikimedia Commons.
2nd century BCE marble sculpture of the Ancient Greek god of war Ares (Roman name: Mars). Ludovisi Collection, Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps, Rome.
Frans Francken the Younger (1581–1642), Mankind’s Eternal Dilemma – The Choice Between Virtue and Vice (1633), oil on panel, 142 x 210.8 cm, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA. Wikimedia Commons.
Jacopo Tintoretto (c 1518-1594), The Last Supper (E&I 309) (1592-94), oil on canvas, 365 x 568 cm, Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy. Wikimedia Commons.
Hans Memling (c 1433–1494), The Last Judgment (panel from triptych) (1467-1471), oil on panel, 223 x 72 cm, Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku, Gdańsk. Wikimedia Commons.
Jacopo Tintoretto (c 1518-1594), The Archangel Michael in Combat with Lucifer (E&I 287) (1580s or early 1590s), oil on canvas, 318 x 220 cm, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Wikimedia Commons.
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