Nineteenth century photography

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This writing assignment asks you to curate a mini exhibition of photographs. The following steps will guide you
through the process.
Choose a broad theme for the exhibition from among the ten themes of our weekly lectures on the syllabus.
(example: Exploration and Landscape Photography)
Develop an argument about a particular facet of this broad theme that you find interesting.
(example: how different photographers in the American West represented the problem of environmental
destruction)
Identify, examine, and research three photographs, produced before 1914, that we have not explored in class,
with which you can make your argument convincingly.
Write an introduction to your exhibition, in which you describe the above elements, providing the “visitor” to
your exhibit an overview of the interpretation that you are putting forward, and an explanation of how the
images you’ve chosen support—or challenge—the claims you are asserting.
Write three separate “wall labels” on your chosen photographs, highlighting the formal, contextual, and
historical features of each, and quickly moving to demonstrate how those particular features support your
argument, and fit into the broader theme that you have chosen to explore.
The introduction should contain a clear thesis statement. It should then unfold into a discussion of how these
three works function together, giving history, context, and formal analysis of each, and then linking them
together through the thread of your thesis statement. You should also have a conclusion that reaffirms how
your thesis is demonstrated by the photographs that you have chosen.
Length and Style
The best papers will reflect some degree of research. The sources you use must be scholarly, preferably peerreviewed, and not web-only materials that have not been refereed or vetted. Two to three such resources
should be sufficient for this assignment. For further guidance on selecting the best sources, see
https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=251905&p=1675735Links to an external site.
The “Introduction to the Exhibition” should be approximately 500 words in length. Each wall label should be
about 100-150 words.
Use Chicago Style footnotes/bibliography to cite the primary and secondary sources that you have consulted.
https://www-chicagomanualofstyle-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/tools_citationguide.html
Images
You must include images of the photographs that you are writing about, and captions identifying, if known, the
artist, title, date, and institutional collection.
Finding photographs.
There are countless resources for locating photographs related to our course. The photographs you choose
should all come from recognized institutions. In other words, do not select images that appear only on
Instagram. A number of institutions with important collections of photographs have made their holdings
available online. Take your time to enjoy exploring these collections and discovering their treasures. This is a
small selection of the most prominent collections that have good online databases that are publicly accessible. 
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You need not choose your photographs from these collections.
National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa)
http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/category.php?categoryid=6
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
http://metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections?what=Photographs&pg=1
George Eastman House (Rochester)
https://www.eastman.org/collections

Sample Solution

Sample solution

Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.


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God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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