Our state of happiness or unhappiness colors everything. Happy people perceive the world as safer and feel more confident. They make decisions‚ cooperate more easily‚ and are more tolerant. They rate job applicants more favorably‚ savor their positive past experiences without dwelling on the negative‚ and are more socially connected. They live healthier and more energized and satisfied lives (Briñol et al.‚ 2007; Liberman et al.‚ 2009; Mauss et al.‚ 2011). When your mood is gloomy‚ life as a
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The Importance of Humanities The study of humanities can best be described as the manner in which people from different parts of the world as well as different segments in time‚ interpret and document the human experience. Humanity courses can cover anything from philosophy and literature to art and music‚ basically any aspect that helps paint a vivid picture of a culture. These courses are definitely needed in education to help students understand the world better‚ give insight on where their
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GED120 Intro to Humanities Unit 1 writing assignment Question #1: Define classical humanism and illustrate by discussing the construction and decoration of the buildings of the Athenian acropolis. In your answer‚ refer specifically to the classical orders and the Parthenon’s sculptural decoration. Humanism is a way of life that revolves around the interests of people. It stresses human worth and building up self-realization. Humanism was developed in Greece and Rome‚ and is generally due
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Contemporary Art Expressions Synthia Saint James and Jack Keats style of painting is similar in the way they use vivid and muted colors to depict a scene in there paintings. There brush strokes are similar in the way they outline the details in their paintings‚ as well as how they use abstract facial features to define the expressions on faces. Saint James “Le Village” and Keats “Pet Show” are both illustrations on canvas using acrylic and/or oil paint. Keats the “Pet Show” was painted in
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When involved with life’s daily routines it seems as if time on earth will go on without end. Priorities become distorted‚ but vanitas paintings remind us that life’s journey has an end‚ and the things we concern ourselves with aren’t all that important when looking at the big picture of life and death. Although the mortality theme is in each vanitas‚ the artists express their meaning individually with use of color‚ iconography‚ and other artistic techniques. Two vanitas that are worth comparing
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Man and Humanity in Search of Peace and New Future March 28th‚ 2013 Mahboob A. Khawaja‚ PhD “The hell of human suffering‚ evil and oppression is paved with good intentions. The men who have most injured and oppressed humanity‚ who have most deeply sinned against it‚ were according to their standards and their conscience good men; what was bad in them‚ what wrought moral evil and cruelty‚ treason to truth and progress‚ was not at all in their intentions‚ in their purpose‚ in their personal
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angles and use to scale or map out our drawings. I found this very helpful. We have done many drawings the past weeks. I have felt that I have been excelling in these drawings and sketches. Last week we had two class periods to draw a space in the art room. In my opinion this is one of my better drawings. We also just recently did a hand drawing which showed perspective. I found that this drawing succeeded because of the shading. This is my area of success but can sometimes be tricky. Now not
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Faith in Humanity Essay Faith in humanity is when a person has a belief that humans cannot do something so terrible‚ like burning people in mass ovens‚ because they are humane. This belief was used against the Jews‚ as well as the public‚ in the time of the Holocaust for Hitler’s benefit to pull a blind over their eyes in early stages of the Holocaust. There are many examples of faith in humanity from what was presented during this unit as well as belief of faith in humanity in modern day Thailand
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literary genre or form‚ although in practice it is also found in the graphic and performing arts‚ or a literary technique that attacks foolishness by making fun of it. 7. ( T or F ) The prophecies in Oedipus Rex turn out to be wrong. True 8. One actor on stage‚ speaking his private thoughts aloud is an example of: Soliloquy 10. Satire does what: 11. Only the opening sentence survives of : Aristotle’s essay on comedy pg 236 12. ( T or F ) Satire is always serious. It criticizes ideas and behaviors
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The Pursuit to Happiness “Happiness is a butterfly‚ which when pursued‚ is always just beyond our grasp‚ but which‚ if you will sit down quietly‚ may alight upon you” is what Nathaniel Hawthorne once said. (Palha) Unfortunately there is no handbook that one may purchase to achieve happiness‚ because no one is the same. Therefore‚ it is nearly impossible for one to obtain happiness through someone else’s viewpoints and research‚ but there are in my opinion‚ basic needs that will jumpstart the
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