Woman in bath

                                Pop Art Myth 

                                         

Roy Lichtenstein was one of the foremost practitioners of an American Pop Art.

Roy Lichtenstein was a painter:The majority of his paintings were about consumer society. His speciality  was to use primary colors.He also crtitizes the contemporary world. Lichtenstein studied painting at Art Students League from 1939 to 1940 and later at Ohio State University in Columbus. In columbus he was influenced by Hoyt Sherman s ideas that art is a system of organized perception. At the beginning of his career he was earning his life by being  an art teacher. As an artist he decided to mix cubism and expressionism. He threw a show in Cleveland in 1951 but  was not a success. Between 1957 and 1960 his work succumbed to the influence of the prevailing movement in American art of the time of Abstract Expressionism. He created a new type of painting which came to be called pop inspired by the themes and images of the new society that was emerging in the United States.  
Personally I think that It embodies a myth specially an urban myth because at this time woman couldnt show parts of their bodies, it was shocking to see a woman undressed in a bath. That why I think it has  become a myth.Furthermore I think it illustrates the heroism of the character  because as a woman she hase a lot of courage to show herself undressed In q bath. I know it is only a picture but I think it it the representation that counts, what it means. We have to put ourselves back to this period.

Moreover it can represent a hero because the illustration represents a  beautiful woman who can be seen qs a representation of  Aphrodite the most beautiful of the goddess. Aphrodite is  the goddess of  beauty and is a mythological character.
For me this picture is beautiful it because it represents estheticism. I Like the mix of the comic strip and drawings as well as the use of few colors which accentuate the vintage origin of the picture.

its relevance of modern mythology is that it can embodies the Feminism movement currently there as been a lot of protests movements demonstrations from the women who fight for their rights for example they fight to earn the same some of mopey as the men when they have the same status.

                                         Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997)

                         Woman in Bath

locavores

                                          Locavores 

A locavore is someone who exclusively or primarily eats foods from their local or regional foodshed. Or a person whose diet consists only or principally of locally grown or produced food.


Locavore (sometimes expressed as locaLvore) is a term that is widely used to describe people who are committed to eating locally grown for reasons ranging from better nutrition to supporting local farms and businesses to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But where did the word come from and how did it become part of our everyday language.

The word locavore was formed by combining local with the suffix vore, which come from the latin word vorare, meaning to devour. Vore is commonly used form nouns: omnivore, carnivore, herbivore, insectivore and so on that describe an animal's diet. 

How did locavore become popular ?

Jessica Prentice, an American chef and founder member in Berkeley, CA of a Community Supported kitchen (CSK) - a CSK reunites chefs' and consumers' around only local products - first used the word locavore in 2005: the term was quickly embraced and adopted. Therefore the New Oxford English dictionary chose locavore as its 2007 Word of the year.

As Prentice wrote: "Once upon a time, all human beings were locavores, and everything  we ate was a gift of the Earth" That affirmation can be related to the myth of the noble savage as describes by Rousseau.

Post 1: The myth of the noble savage

Definition of the good savage:

A noble savage is a literary stock character who embodies the concept of the indigene, outsider, wild human, an "other" who has not been "corrupted" by civilization, and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness. Besides appearing in many works of fiction and philosophy, the stereotype was also heavily employed in early anthropological works.

The poster of The last mohicans
This story takes place in the war between French end the British in 1757 in North America. The main character is called Hyweke and his white but he was adopted by Indians. He as to choose to fight for the British or the French and he finally choose the British. In the middle of the war he fell in love with a with British woman and he tries to save her from the war.

he Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 American epic historical drama film set in 1757 during the French and Indian War. It was written and directed by Michael Mann and was based on James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 and George B. Seitz's 1936 film adaptation, owing more to the film than the novel. The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe, with Jodhi May, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Eric Schweig, and Steven Waddington in supporting roles.

The soundtrack features music by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman, and the song "I Will Find You" by Clannad. The main theme of the film is taken from the tune "The Gael" by Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean.

Released on September 25, 1992 in the United States, The Last of the Mohicans was met with positive reviews and commercial success during its 

A poster from the movie Spirit
Spirit its the name of the horse and he as a friendship with an Indian boy who is trying his best to save the horse from the cowboys who want to capture the horse. We can consider it as a myth of the good savage because the Indian boy wants to save the horse and his tribute.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (also known as Spirit) is a 2002 American animated adventure film^[1] produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. The film was directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook in their directional debuts, and written by John Fusco.^[4]The film follows Spirit, a Kiger Mustang stallion, voiced by Matt Damon through inner dialogue, who is captured during the American Indian Wars by the United States Cavalry; he is freed by a Native American man named Little Creek who attempts to lead him back into the Lakota village.

In contrast to the way animals are portrayed in an anthropomorphic style in other animated features, Spirit and his fellow horses communicate with each other through sounds and body language like real horses.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron was released in theaters on May 24, 2002, and earned $122.6 million on an $80 million budget.^[3] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, losing to Spirited Away.^[5] 

                                                         A poster from the movie The New World 

The New World is a 2005 British-American romantic historical drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick, depicting the founding of the Jamestown, Virginia, settlement and inspired by the historical figures Captain John Smith, Pocahontas of the Powhatan tribe, and Englishman John Rolfe. It is the fourth feature film written and directed by Malick.

The cast includes Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, August Schellenberg, Wes Studi, David Thewlis and Yorick van Wageningen. The production team includes director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki, producer Sarah Green, production designer Jack Fisk, costume designer Jacqueline West and film editors Richard Chew, Hank Corwin, Saar Klein and Mark Yoshikawa.

The New World received many award nominations for Lubezki's cinematography, Kilcher's acting and Horner's score. The work was initially met with an only mildly positive critical response, although several critics later ranked it as one of the best films of the decade.

Myth of the noble good savage

Definition of the good savage:

A noble savage is a literary stock character who embodies the concept of the indigene, outsider, wild human, an "other" who has not been "corrupted" by civilization, and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness. Besides appearing in many works of fiction and philosophy, the stereotype was also heavily employed in early anthropological works.^[