Tuesday 24th September 2013 5010GD ‘Isms’ as ways of seeing / thinking / reading 1. ‘isms’ is a shorthand for the seemingly complex array of ideas and theories that surround art and design as a socially and culturally located practice. With many of these ideas it is difficult to find a starting point‚ and a lot of these terms have superseded one another or are in conflict in some way. There is no real chronology of these ideas‚ in fact‚ a linear approach to these ideas is probably misleading.
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Athens “Golden Age of Athens” Achievements of: -Golden Age of Athens took place in 5th century BC (480-430 BCE) -Golden Age took place after Peloponnesian wars (Athens verse Sparta) and before the Persian wars -Achievements: Greeks excelled in philosophy history (Herodotus and Thucydides) Drama (Sophocles and Aeschylus) Sculpture (Balance between realism and idealism) Arts Architecture (Parthenon 447-432 BCE) Aristotle on government‚ ethics and epistemology: -Aristotle was a pupil of Plato
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Chapter 9 Multiple Choice 1. The supervision by one individual or group over the artistic expression of another individual or group is known ascensorship 2. In 1878‚ Eadweard Muybridge photographed a galloping horse‚ and discovered thathorses occasionally gallop with all four hooves off the ground. 3. The use by artists of the camera obscura (literally dark room) began inthe Italian Renaissance. 4. Artists like Peter Campus became interested in video because video signals could be
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HISTORY Paper V Episode 1 (5.1.1) RENAISSANCE the Rebirth Learning objectives: Meaning of Renaissance Debate among historians over Renaissance Factors that led to Renaissance Characteristics of this period Why Renaissance took place in Italy Scholars and historians mark the era spanning two centuries from the 1330s to the 1530s as the period of rebirth of European civilization. It was a rebirth from the disorder and conflict of the semi barbaric middle ages marked by oppressive feudalism
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Swimming General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose Statement: To inform my audience about the history and development of swim along with its applications. Central Idea: Swimming has a long and rich history that dates back way before our generations and is not always as beneficial as we may think. Method of Organization: Topical Introduction I. (Gain attention and interest) I remember joining the high school swim team back in my sophomore year. I remember struggling to catch
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set in place but the people of the medieval era would quickly come to learn about a new religion that was spreading through Europe like a forest fire. (Medieval Period). Christianity at the time was not a well known religion. It was not until Charlemagne was in power when the Great Schism of 1054 occurred. At the time‚ two religious powers began to compete. Pope Leo IX of the Roman Catholic Church‚ and Patriarch Michael I of the Eastern Orthodox faith‚ refused to talk to one another because of the
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learning new languages change the way you think? And what about bilingual people? Do they think differently when speaking different languages? You hear a lot of people say‚ that when they learn a new language‚ they start thinking differently. Charlemagne for example said: to have a second language is to have a second soul. We have collected data about a lot of languages and compared them. What we have learned is that people who speak different languages do indeed think differently and that even
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Garrett Beckstrom Mrs. Benson-Flannery English 2 Honors 3 April 2014 The Inferno and the Journey of Dante ’s Soul The Inferno by Dante Alighieri‚ written in the fourteenth century‚ remains regarded as one of the most influential literary works of all time. The epic poem tells of the journey of Dante through the Nine Circles of Hell‚ and of his many encounters with historical‚ and mythological figures. Acceptance of God ’s ultimate authority on good and evil is portrayed as key test of a mortal soul
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their genius lives there”. Nonetheless he came around‚ in fact it was his idea to have an equestrian pose‚ “calme sur un cheval forgueux” (calm on a fiery horse)he solely requested. On the rocky bottom‚ his name was carved alongside Hannibal and Charlemagne‚ two great leaders who also led their troops over the alps. Again asserting his authority and power‚ by inserting his name among the past great
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Earliest history There is archaeological evidence of human occupation of the Rome area from approximately 14‚000 years ago‚ but the dense layer of much younger debris obscures Palaeolithic and Neolithic sites.[21] Evidence of stone tools‚ pottery and stone weapons attest to about 10‚000 years of human presence. Several excavations support the view that Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the Palatine Hill built above the area of the future Roman Forum. While some archaeologists argue that Rome
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