Understanding the Misunderstood Art From Different Cultures By Kate Woods Art is a medium used by people world wide to express their ideas‚ their fears‚ and their joys. The artist takes the experiences of life and translates them into a visual object‚ rich in colors‚ shapes and sizes‚ for all the world to observe. As a casual observer of art‚ one is able to relive the feeling or experience the artist was trying to display‚ if only for a brief moment in time. No matter what cultural background
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The term Culture Shock is used to describe the emotional rollercoaster that someone experiences when living in a new country. Anyone who has worked and lived in a foreign country will experience culture shock of some sort. Recognizing culture shock is an important way of being able to deal with it. Dealing with it helps minimize the risk of becoming disillusioned with a new country and the possibility of deciding that a quick return “home” is the only solution. The four stages of culture shock are:
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From sea to shining sea‚ Frederick Law Olmsted constructed hundreds of parks and public spaces across America. He transformed the field of landscape architecture‚ and through his work‚ sought to provide the antidote for the increasingly crowded cities with parks. Olmsted changed the way the society viewed public spaces. The ingenious architect and city planner built the America we know today‚ advocating for the conservation of green spaces‚ which contributes to America’s vast and diverse landscape
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we are in the modern world they put their faith in “higher powers”. The ancient people did have faith and served many gods. I want to show the many differences in the ancient people thoughts on the creation story and the christianity story. Also how there are many similarities in between the stories which are very interesting. I also want to talk about how things that were started in times such as 7000 BCE have migrated through time and we still see things they were doing in the modern world. To show
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labor was also practiced in the South but it was much more prominent in the North. The North’s industrial labor allowed the North to be able to win the Civil War as their industrial sector was larger than the South. During‚ the Civil War‚ the North had a boom of industrial labor(Schaller et al Pg.499). Companies produced things like meat‚ oil extractions‚ and all type of military supplies from uniforms to weapons and ships (Schaller et al. Pg.499). The growth of these
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Takaki talked about the different minority groups about how they struggled during World War II‚ and how they contributed in winning this war. Jews‚ Japanese‚ Chinese‚ Mexicans‚ and African Americans were mainly discussed about how they were treated in American society during that time of the war‚ and how it integrates with the inequality factors they have faced even though they contributed with patriotism to this land called America. Takaki talks about Hitler‚ and the genocide of Jews throughout
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aging. You have also researched the disease and have a clear understanding of what has happened to their body. There will be 3 parts to this project‚ parts 1&2 will each be worth 25pts and part 3 will be worth 50pts. Your overall grade will be out of 100pts. The goal for part 2 is to research the effect exercise has on your client’s disease. You are required to find 2-3 articles that research your disease and a form of exercise as treatment or prevention. The articles that you select MUST meet
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How was the Indian culture ended Many years ago‚ in America‚ there lived only Indians. Then the Americans came in and slowly‚ with peace contracts‚ pushed them in the reservations where they were allowed to do anything they wish including culture like the ghost dance. Now that they were pushed into the reservations‚ we would think that they had a good life. They had land‚ buffalos‚ and much more. Suddenly‚ the Americans somehow found a way to cause the Native Americans way of life to end. In this
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Hoang thu ha A feature of British culture: the modern royal family and its impacts SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS (TEFL) SUPERVISOR: Ms. NGUYeN THi THuY HaNG‚ M.A. Hanoi‚ March 2012 ACCEPTANCE PAGE I hereby state that I : Hoang Thu Ha from A3/K35‚ being a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts accept the
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Topic: Refer to “A Different History” and “Pied Beauty” (1877). Discuss the way in which the cultures of the poets and the dominant cultures of their eras‚ affect the reader’s successful understanding of the above poems. Both the poems‚ “Pied Beauty” and “A Different History” were written within a similar time period and each poem conveys the poets’ views on culture and religion at the time. Nature is integrated in the poems and linked to religion while the poem itself challenges/questions.
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