History of Drama Ancient Drama The origins of Western drama can be traced to the celebratory music of 6th-century BC Attica‚ the Greek region centered on Athens. Although accounts of this period are inadequate‚ it appears that the poet Thespis developed a new musical form in which he impersonated a single character and engaged a chorus of singer-dancers in dialogue. As the first composer and soloist in this new form‚ which came to be known as tragedy‚ Thespis can be considered both the first dramatist
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"If today’s arts love the machine‚ technology and organization‚ if they aspire to precision and reject anything vague and dreamy‚ this implies an instinctive repudiation of chaos and a longing to find the form appropriate to our times." ————Oskar Schlemmer Through the history of art‚ Two important art movement influences almost everything in our daily life. The building we lived in‚ the glasses we used‚ and the technic equipment we made‚ are all influenced
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Renaissance From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th–17th centuries. For the earlier European Renaissance‚ seeRenaissance of the 12th century. For other uses‚ see Renaissance (disambiguation). David‚ by Michelangelo (The Accademia Gallery‚ Florence) is an example of high Renaissance art The Renaissance (UK /rɨˈneɪsəns/‚ US /ˈrɛnɨsɑːns/‚ French pronunciation: [ʁənɛsɑ̃s]‚ fromFrench: Renaissance "re-birth"‚ Italian: Rinascimento‚ from rinascere "to
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Glossary of Literary terms – Drama Act-: A lengthy segment of a play‚ comprising several scenes. A major division in a play. Each act may have one or more scenes. Greek plays were performed as continuous wholes‚ with interpolated comment from the Chorus. Horace appears to have been the first to insist on a five-act structure. At some stage during the Renaissance the use of five acts become standard practice among French dramatists. Plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries have natural
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Contextual paradigms shape and are reflected in literature and other texts but still resonate with audiences today. Social and historical contexts of any time are influential in the formation of paradigms‚ which are then reflective in the immediate texts of that time‚ but also present impressionable ways of thinking that effectively imprint upon the minds of modern audiences. Whether it be contemporary criticism or adulation‚ there remains a high esteem for texts that were born from certain social
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guarantees social justice for all groups and full rights to every individual. Would there be a way to make everything and everyone equal? From the beginning society has been judgmental in one way or another‚ rather it is through racism‚ sexism‚ or classicism. There has always been a group of people who declared themselves righteous above all others and if one was not a part of this group he or she was discriminated against simply for not being the same as the dominating group. While it is impossible
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Final essay “Classical and humanist management theories have had a major influenced on modern theories of leadership. Making effective use of appropriate models and theories critically examine whether this is actually the case.” Civilization is the product of those who came before us. The evolution of today’s modern management thinking has grown and developed since nineteenth century and flourished during twentieth. The twentieth century is just part of revolution management theory which started
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COURSE 5: The Issue of Bad Writing in Swift and Pope The eighteenth century witnessed a major revolution‚ in some ways more profound than the Civil War‚ the Printing Trade. It was a state of anarchy within which struggling writers‚ who came from the lower strata‚ were writing in journals‚ newspapers‚ magazines etc. Great consumption of these kinds of writings led to the formation of the Grub Street (a London Street inhabited by literary hacks such as writers of small histories‚ dictionaries and
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The impressionist art movement originated in France in the last quarter of the 19th century as a reaction against traditional art and its strict rules. A group of painters who became known as the Impressionists decided to gain independence from the standards prescribed by the French Academy of Fine Arts and France’s annual official art exhibition called The Salon. Impressionism covers approximately two decades‚ from the late 1860s through the 1880s. The term impressionist was first used by French
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meaning‚ “rebirth.” In this period‚ another word was created for man. There was a classical learning in the study of the ancient Greek and Roman texts. The period stirred enthusiasm for the philosophy and artistic values of the ancients. The ideals of classicism- balance‚ harmony‚ proportion and intellectual order became the artistic standard of the time. PAINTING AND SCULPTURE An important characteristic of the period was the spirit of scientific inquiry and investigation. This new and vital approach
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