Art Periods/ Movements Characteristics Chief Artists and Major Works Historical Events Stone Age (30‚000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Cave painting‚ fertility goddesses‚ megalithic structures Lascaux Cave Painting‚ Woman of Willendorf‚ Stonehenge Ice Age ends (10‚000 b.c.–8‚000 b.c.); New Stone Age and first permanent settlements (8000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.–539 b.c.) Warrior art and narration in stone relief Standard of Ur‚ Gate of Ishtar‚ Stele of Hammurabi ’s Code Sumerians invent
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Richard Cándida Smith Department of History University of Michigan Ann Arbor‚ MI 48109 The Other Side of Meaning: George Kubler on the Object as Historical Source forthcoming in Intellectual History Newsletter‚ vol. 23‚ 2001 The objects that men and women have made provide the most enduring trace of human activity extending back tens of thousands of years in every part of the globe. In a handful of locations‚ as in Europe or East Asia‚ traditions of collecting and connoisseurship
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Welcome to Italy Culture and culture of the Italian Peninsula… . A Project by: Miodrag Jankovic Intercultural Communication EPHEC A Project by: Miodrag Jankovic Intercultural Communication EPHEC Summary Italian ID Card 3 The History 4 Geography 5 Environment - current issues 6 Environment - international agreements 6 Natural hazards 6 Italian Society & Culture 7 The Italian Language 7 Italian Family Values 7
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CHAPTER 1 A) Chapter Overview: The Renaissance‚ which occurred from the 1300s to the 1600s‚ consisted of the rise of the five major city-states‚ the rise of humanism‚ and a multitude of patronage in the arts. The Italian Renaissance differed from the Northern Renaissance in that the Italian Renaissance was more secular‚ and in the North the focus was more on church and social reforms. Later‚ during the Age of Exploration‚ technological advances paved the way for exploration and conquest. Corruption
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T.C. Grand Tour Journal Mr. ------- July 12‚ 2013 Day 1. Sunday‚ 5 May 2013. Baltimore‚ Philadelphia. Thus it begins. The shirts Yo’el organized getting for everyone‚ which had “Uncle Mike’s Crazy European Road Trip 2013” on the front and picture of Greece and Italy as well as “ Carpe Diem #YOLO on the back‚ were a big hit. Security and boarding were uneventful. This was Jake’s first flight. We stayed relatively low the whole time—we never got too high to see cars. For mankind as a whole‚
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Notes On "Camp" by Susan Sontag Published in 1964. Many things in the world have not been named; and many things‚ even if they have been named‚ have never been described. One of these is the sensibility -- unmistakably modern‚ a variant of sophistication but hardly identical with it -- that goes by the cult name of "Camp." A sensibility (as distinct from an idea) is one of the hardest things to talk about; but there are special reasons why Camp‚ in particular‚ has never been discussed. It is
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Chapter Overview: Due to science and the discovery of a “heliocentric” universe‚ there was a transformation of humankind’s perception of its place in the larger scheme of things. This new worldview led to new thinking about moral and religious matters‚ as well as scientific theory. New ideas and methods of science challenged modes of thought associated with late medieval times like scholasticism and philosophy. The Protestant Reformation and the discovery of the Americas presented new uncertainties
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UNIVERSITY OF DELHI SCHEME OF EXAMINATION AND COURSES OF READING FOR THE M. A. EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH Syllabus applicable for students seeking admission to the M. A. Course in English in the academic year 2009-10 2 The M.A. English syllabus comprises 16 courses to be taught over 4 semesters and two years. Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4 Courses 0101 - 0104 Courses 0201 - 0204 Courses 0301 - 0304 Courses 0401 - 0404 Courses 0104‚ 0203‚ 0304 and 0403 offer options. Students
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Campbell ’s Soup Cans (sometimes referred to as 32 Campbell ’s Soup Cans)[1] is a work of art produced in 1962 by Andy Warhol. It consists of 32 canvases‚ each measuring 20 inches in height × 16 inches in width (50.8 × 40.6 cm) and each consisting of a painting of a Campbell ’s Soup can one of each of the canned soup varieties the company offered at the time.[2] The individual paintings were produced with a semi-mechanized silkscreen process‚ using a non-painterly style. Campbell ’s Soup Cans ’
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the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom and establishment of theRoman Republic. As a direct result of rape‚ Lucretia committed suicide. Many artists and writers were inspired by the story‚ includingShakespeare‚ Botticelli‚ Rembrandt‚ Dürer‚Artemisia Gentileschi‚ Geoffrey Chaucer‚Thomas Heywood and others. ICD-9 E960.1 MedlinePlus 001955 eMedicine article/806120 MeSH D011902 Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse‚ which is initiated by one or more persons against
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