Contextual studies (MU314) Convenor: Tim Howle Essay 1 Denis Smalley has suggested that the two most important musical developments in the 20th Century are the domains of the ’electro-acoustic’ and the ’vernacular’. To what extent is his assumption correct? This piece will demonstrate an understanding of the developments in 20th century music‚ with a detailed view on the path and expansion of electro-acoustic technology and of the vernacular. This will also be highlighting the theoretical
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The team atmosphere is the most important part of the game‚ teaching me how to communicate effectively and how to be selfless. Learning to sit back in the box and wait for that perfect pitch taught me patience. Standing in there and taking a fastball off of the elbow taught me that pain is only temporary. Working through a hitting slump taught
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Sculpture 1 The Statue Group of Nen-kheft-ka and His Wife‚ Nefer-shemes The Statue Group of Nen-kheft-ka and His Wife‚ Nefer-shemes was found in a rock-cut tomb at Deshasheh and sculpted by an unknown Egyptian artist in 2350 BC. The artist uses all aspects of composition to convey Egyptian dominance. Using a Standard Egyptian Scale‚ the figures were carved in proportions seen to be ideal by the Egyptians. The sculpture was carved out of limestone. It was richly painted with brightly colored
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Darian Sage Rachel Shaw Our tape projects shows artistic investigation in that we had to look into the aspects of this character to try and figure out how we could best represent them with what we had. We looked into the culture of the show and his character in order to do just that. As for the process‚ it was quite a long one. We first had to figure out the stance and position of the character that would best represent the character (oddly enough‚ in our case‚ it was his dead‚ which happens quite
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There were many different scientific advances during the late 19th century‚ but one specific scientific advance that I will be discussing is the discovery of physics through X-rays and radiation‚ which was discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen. After he published a paper on his discovery of X-rays in 1895‚ there was great study and research done by physicists such as: Antonie Henri Becquerel‚ Marie Curie‚ and Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity and the formation of radiation through x-rays. Although Wilhelm
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meaning of Henry Moore’s sculptures Moore’s sculptures are exhibited all around the world. In Moore’s homeland‚ the sculptures are exhibited in Kew Botanical Gardens‚ the natural suuroundings of the gardens compliment the sculptures. It feels as if the sculptures are different during the different times of the day. In the morning‚ when the sculptures are wrapped in mist‚ or during middag when the blue sky and sunshine makes them shine‚ or in the evening‚ when the sculptures absorb the red evening
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Social Darwinism gained popularity in European nations in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Social Darwinism supports the idea that people were engaged in a competition or “struggle for survival” in which the weakest people and nations would be destroyed and dominated while the strong grew in power and influence. Great Britain applied this idea to China and infiltrated the land and its systems. The British would send missionaries throughout the land and try to convert the Chinese to Christianity
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time‚ he lived through both World Wars at a relatively young age‚ which may have influenced this story. Clark has excellent use of setting to make the atmosphere needed and set the proper mood‚ so this story is credible. To accomplish this‚ Clark orients the reader to a unique place and time by use of the physical setting and human possessions‚ and uses symbolism to create a mood that gives the reader insight to how the characters must feel in their surroundings. In order to understand the behavior
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have an impact of the relevance of the event. * helps to understand something in history we must look at its context those things which surround it in time and place‚ which gives it its meaning. * pursuing deeper meaning of any event. 20th Century World History Medieval Europe/ Middle Ages: * Catholic Church influences the Europe control. * Pulp is the head of the system. Scientific Revolution: * Man can understand the land. * Challenges the pulp. Reformation: *
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During the 19th and 20th centuries‚ women relentlessly faced discrimination throughout most of their lives‚ and society considered them unequal to men. The authors Kate Chopin‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ and Susan Glaspell wrote about the suppression of women during this time‚ exposing the unequal treatment that they suffered. Their literary works contain common theme of freedom from the discrimination and harsh treatment of male figures that played a prominent role throughout their lives. In these
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