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Period: 420 BCE to
Humanities TimeToast Presentation
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1320
"The Divine Comedy" - Literature
Dante Alighieri's monumental poem, “The Divine Comedy”, recounts his excursion through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. The poem is a symbolism that depicts the struggles that humanity goes through in order to become ethical and its path toward God. -
1486
“The Birth of Venus” - Art
The Birth of Venus. Painted by Sandro Botticelli in 1486, is now considered a masterpiece of Italian painting from the XV century because of its depth of significance and allegoric allusions to ancient times. -
1506
"The Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci - Art
The painting's original title, La Gioconda, which means "the joyous woman," is widely used in Italy. According to this meaning, the painting depicts joy in appearance. -
"The Tempest" by William Shakespeare - Literature
The play is renowned for its unique fusion of irony, drama, and psychological findings. With Caliban standing in for Indigenous groups and Prospero for English colonialism, it can also be interpreted as an examination of colonial subjects. -
“Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes - Literature
Don Quixote is frequently referred to as the first modern novel and is regarded by creative scholars as one of the most significant publications of all time. Quixote became a symbolic figure, and the term quixotic which refers to the unrealistic dedication to optimistic objectives became prevalent. -
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen - Literature
Through Elizabeth, Austen inspires women to remain genuine to one another by using their own power to overcome norms of society. By doing this, Austen provides a fresh take on the Romantic ideal of independence and positions Pride and Prejudice as a seminal feminist work. -
"The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels - Literature
Social divisions are determined by the connection of individuals to the methods of manufacturing, and the work represents the initial and most methodical try by Marx and Engels to express for everyone to use the historical materialist notion that "the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." -
"Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo - Literature
Hugo aimed to promote a more democratic and innovative future when he wrote Les Misérables. He believed the book would inspire people to strive for an environment that is genuinely comparable. -
"Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh - Art
Van Gogh's declining mental state is typically linked to the significance of Starry Night. His use of blues in this painting is an allusion to the hues he employed in the past when he struggled with mental illness. -
"The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky - Music
Among the most important musical compositions of the 20th century is The Rite of Spring. It aided other contemporary musicians and serves as an illustration of modernity in musical tradition. -
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Literature
Charles Scribner's Sons published the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby in 1925. The tale of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his search of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman he once adored, takes place in Jazz Age New York. -
"The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dalí - Art
The Persistence of Memory is an important message about the shifting nature of instances, the realism of time, and the complex dance between real life and visions; it's not just about clocks losing their order. Dali's influence extends beyond his paintings. -
Guernica" by Pablo Picasso - Art
The occurrences of April 27, 1937, when Hitler's strong German air force, working in Franco's favor, attacked the city of Guernica in northern Spain a community with no intended armed forces importance are the subject of Picasso's artwork. The first aerial saturation attacking of civilian areas in history took place. -
"The Second Sex" by Simone de Beauvoir - Literature
The French philosophical thinker Simone de Beauvoir wrote a book in 1949 titled The Second Sex (Le Deuxième Sexe), in which she looks at how women have been treated historically and in modern times. -
"The Godfather" - Film
The Godfather is regarded as one of the most significant movies created to date and an iconic work of cinema. It is a classic in the gangster category and has influenced movies and narrative for a long time. -
"No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley - Music
The purpose of Bob Marley's song "No Woman, No Cry" Without mentioning poverty or discrimination, this profoundly spiritual song conveyed a wealth of information about life in the Trenchtown ghetto.