“Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains”. In this long handscroll painting‚ Huang Gongwang painted the landscape in the area around the Fuchun River. As a main topic of this painting‚ I would like to talk about how this painting depicts the basic elements of Chinese painting: its balance or contrast and its subject matter or theme of the painting. First‚ the idea of balance or contrast in this painting by Huang Gongwang is depicted by his drawings of hills and mountains. As they scroll follows the riverbank
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The 277 page novel‚ Blood Red Horse‚ was written by K.M. Grant. It is a historical fiction that takes place during the Third Crusade‚ the story beginning at Hartslove Castle in England with a quarrel between two of the main characters‚ William and Gavin‚ sons of Sir Thomas de Granville‚ the head of the castle‚ and a young orphaned girl‚ Ellie. Ellie and Will have a strong bond tying them together‚ but because Gavin is the eldest son‚ Ellie is promised to become his wife when they are old enough.
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The Chinese Vase is a representative of trends in porcelain decoration during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor‚ the second ruler of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The two scenes in this vase represent an interesting visual riff on the narrative technique (prof Besio). Both the top and the bottom scenes can be divided into 3 sections‚ with top and bottom paralleling each other: trees growing in a garden; human figures in a garden; and‚ contiguous and open to the garden‚ an interior of a scholar’s study
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Unit 2 Plato’s “Allegory” Assignment HU250 – Humanities and Culture When discussing “Allegory of the Cave” it is important to know what it is all about and it why it took place. Prisoners are chained and can only see darkness. They are facing a black wall and are projected to figure out what is real in life and what is not. They are not able to turn their heads. Plato wanted the people be aware of what is going on around them. There are puppets that are behind the walls that are showing
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The sculptures of the horse and warrior are paralleled to Muni‚ and signify the gap between Muni’s self-image as a young man‚ and his present state. The final destiny of the horse is taken out of the public’s view‚ much like Muni‚ who is disregarded and unnoticed in his village. The horse‚ being “moulded out of clay” (page 11)‚ implies a material that is earthly and natural. As opposed to metal or processed material‚ clay is more suitable for realistic representation of art‚ because it allows much
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War Horse: Theatre Review Before I went to theatre‚ I was expecting puppets to be moving and for it to be an emotional play. We (my drama class) went to the ‘New London Theatre in west. We went to go and watch the play ‘War Horse ‘which the book was written by Michael Morpurgo. The directors of the play are Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris. The person who had the idea of the novel and playwright was Nick Stafford. As soon as we got to the theatre‚ my first impression was ‘Wow ‘.It was so big and
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someone else do it for you. This is exactly what the U.S did to the Chinese immigrating to their country. They used the Chinese for their own needs‚ treating them with no respect at all. But‚ despite the fact that they were discriminated against‚ the Chinese continued to work for the U.S. In the beginning‚ Chinese had very low numbers‚ with few immigrants. It was the discovery of gold of 1848 in California that brought Chinese immigrants to the United States.(Archuleta) Between 1850 and 1880‚ their
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Chinese Resistance and the Exclusion Act The periods around 1850 was majorly characterized by the huge migration of the Chinese people into the United States of America. Even though there are many reasons why such immigration occurred‚ the Chinese people had a vivid idea of the cause for their movement into the United States. For instance‚ one of the main causes for their migration involved search for employment opportunities abroad‚ since they lacked such positions back home. In this case‚ a huge
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Chinese Cinderella ALL the characters are to an extent SELFISH. Discuss. The book Chinese Cinderella displays acts of both selfish and selfless people‚ using multiple examples to help your understanding of each character that is spoken about. The book is based in the early 1900’s and talks about Adeline’s struggle as she grows up with her family. When Adeline was born her mother past away‚ leaving her family blaming her and calling her “un lucky” There are less selfish people in her life then
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was an important act in achieving immigration rights. The act was put in place to outlaw Chinese immigration. The Chinese had fled into our country‚ becoming immigrants‚ because the Americans saw that they were good workers and good people to hire because of loyalty and dedication. Unfortunately this didn’t end as planned because the Chinese started overpopulating our country and taking the jobs. The Chinese Exclusion act of 1882 was passed for a couple of reasons
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