two millennium’s‚ has been riveted by the woman who gave birth to Jesus. Mary’s Importance in Western Art is no secret‚ she was the single most commonly portrayed female figure since the eighteenth century. In Europe‚ each city has at least one church devoted to her. Mary when in art is typically alone with arms elevated in prayer. Mary has been represented in some of the most important pieces of art like Madonna and Child‚ Madonna on the rocks and Madonna of humility. When you look at Madonna and
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Mackenzie Hyde First Person America Spring 2012 Professor Cowden Paper 3: Media Analysis Mickey Mouse as an American Icon Mickey Mouse has been a significant part of the history of American culture since the ‘20s because of the historical significance‚ versatility in looks seen in the photo‚ weight of the icon upon generations of children‚ and the overall ability to adapt to modern day times. This front for one of the world’s largest companies‚ Disney‚ has become more popular than its creator
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Art 1110 Study Guide #2 (Chapters 10 through 15) • Chapter 10 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Concepts: Understand the origins of Early Christian and Byzantine art and the difference between the two Vocabulary: Catacombs Apse Transept Cruciform Nave Side Aisle Narthex Atrium (see figure 10.3 for an illustration) Clerestory Basilica Planned Church Central Planned Church Ambulatory Mosaic Process Pendentive Minaret Lunettes Images: 10.3‚ 10.4 Plan and cross section
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artist has a similar emotional feel for modern day people‚ as it would have felt for people listening to a live symphony during the Classical era‚ the ability the artists‚ and those involved with them‚ have with the increase of new technology and business schemes has allowed their base of listeners to be on a global scale for millions‚ if not yet billions. During the late 17th century to early 19th century‚ the phenomenon that is the evolution of Liturgical Music had hit the Classical era; extremely
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primitive peoples‚ torture has been used as a means of ordeal and to punish captured enemies. Examination by torture‚ often called the "question‚" has been used in many countries as a judicial method. It involves using instruments to extort evidence from unwilling witnesses. In ancient Athens‚ slaves were always examined by torture‚ and for this reason their evidence was apparently considered more valuable than that of freemen. A free Athenian could not be examined by this method‚ but torture may
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PartII The Middle Ages and Renaissance McGraw-Hill © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rig An Appreciation Time-Line Middle Ages (450-1450) – Rome sacked by Vandals—455 – Beowolf—c. 700 – First Crusade—1066 – Black Death—1347-52 – Joan of Arc executed by English—1431 McGraw-Hill © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rig An Appreciation Time-Line Renaissance (1450-1600) – Guttenberg Bible—1456 – Columbus reaches America—1492 – Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa—c. 1503 – Michelangelo:
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blues‚ and R&B music. Jazz musicians also improvise over a harmonic progression‚ known as changes which are a series of chords played in a strict rhythmic sequence. Composers also arrange triads into patterns called progressions. At the main points in the melody‚ the triads give the song a sense of forward movement ("progression"). Composers traditionally wrote progressions using only three or four different triads. However the jazz musicians of the "Bebop Era" revolutionized music by creating progressions
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Music History 1st year midterm notes Chapter V: The Middle Ages and the Evolution of Polyphony Early Middle Ages (5th-10th century) High Middle Ages (11th-13th century) Late Middle Ages (14th-15th century) Composers: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Songs composed Plainchant Sequence: Comlumba Aspexit About: -german writer‚ composer‚ philosopher‚ christian‚ and visionary -had visions and later recognized as a gift from god. -was sent to the church in god’s service‚ due to her
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Academic Institutionalization of the "fine arts” and the nature of academic instruction * The academy set the standard for what was art. * Very specific criteria * Only allowed to do History Painting: an event out of history‚ the bible‚ or mythology * Other than history – portrait‚ still lives‚ genre painting * Subject matter: history/mythology/politics * Studying in Rome was the high point of artistic development * Mengs‚ Parnassus‚ 1761 *
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From 1970 to 1990‚ Eastern European nations realized they needed a change in their governments as well as economies. Politically‚ reformers and dissidents wanted to end party-state dictatorships and move towards a pluralist democracy. Economically‚ centrally planned economies were unsuccessful due to increased bureaucracy‚ excessive centralization‚ and debt obligation. Velvet revolutions in Eastern Europe changed countries towards market-oriented economies and pluralist democracies. Countries
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