B - After the Western Roman Empire fell‚ European society became organized under feudalism. Feudalism is a system in which a king rules over all people‚ and has nobles or knights that own portions of land‚ in which the taxes are given to the king. Underneath both the king and the nobles are the common people‚ who work for the nobels. This system benefitted European society as it had an economic use‚ a political use‚ and a social use. D - On Christmas Day in 800 CE‚ Charlemagne was named the first
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1. Explain the emergence and reasons for longevity of the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire emerged because of its’ favorable geographic location. It was located on a defensible peninsula which had a natural harbor called the Golden Horn‚ which provided trading ships to enter easily. It also controlled the prosperous Mediterranean lands‚ which led to zones of trade‚ communication‚ and interaction – especially with Slavic‚ Arab‚ European‚ and Asian peoples and traditions. Its’ location provided
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Ancient Beginnings The Byzantine Empire during most of its history was one of the most influential empires in the Mediterranean. However‚ to find out how everything started‚ we need to go back to 657 BC‚ when the Greeks founded the colony of Byzantium or Byzantion along the European side of the Bosphorus Strait‚ which would become Constantinople (now Istanbul)‚ the capital of the Byzantine Empire. This land would later be incorporated into the Roman Empire. In 330 AD‚ Roman Emperor‚ Constantine the
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style and the fact that the entire plots appear to be balance. What the critics have said about these three major short stories are: “In Atwood’s story “Polarities”‚ to read Atwood’s description of insanity by social definition and of psychic iconoclasm in “Polarities” and surfacing in conjunction with contemporary works which analyze the social construction of reality is to realize that what Atwood calls ‘mythologizing’ is usually a conscious or unconscious enforcement of the sexual “polarities”
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Mara Mayora Professor Pappas ARTH 22 Term Paper: Comparing Two Depictions of the Betrayal of Christ and the effects of the Protestant Reformation 2/15/13 Betrayal of Christ by Albrecht Durer‚ 1508 Betrayal of Christ by Lucas van Leyden‚ made in 1521. With the rise of the Protestant Reformation in the early 16th century‚ many artists found themselves either supporting Protestant or Catholic religious belief. It was during this period that visual imagery was being challenged greatly
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1 Assignment 2 How significant was the Reformed faith for the success of the Dutch Revolt Essay plan??? My essay will begin with a chapter on when and why the revolt Started‚ and will then continue to explain and talk about the main participants in its continuance and then go on to talk about their individual beliefs and reasons for the revolts emergence and success. The Dutch revolt or the revolt of the Netherlands as it is also known as‚ started in 1566 and carried on until the
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If to discover the origin of the work in a “normal” artwork‚ to grasp its createdness we must investigate the “creative” activity of the artist‚ then in Canning’s “Mavro” (Fig 4-25‚ 2012) and “Black mirror I” (Fig 4-26‚ 2012) we must do the opposite‚ try to understand their unmaking. Under what Heidegger calls purely workly terms (Heidegger 1950‚ 34) and dispelling all notions of context and rhetoric‚ these paintings‚ despite appearances‚ are not really distinct from Canning’s other work‚ they’re
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Why is King Henry VIII so important to the Renaissance? The Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement beginning in Italy in the late 14th century. It took about 100 years later to spread to England. For historical convenience‚ it began in 1485 when the Wars of Roses ended with inauguration of the Tudor Dynasty and lasted till early 17th century. The movement was slow to develop and reached to its height in the Elizabethan era in the second half of the 16th century. In Renaissance‚ the study
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The purpose of this film was absolutely not about advertisement‚ as their branding only appeared at the beginning of the film and behind Jed Cavalcanti’s jacket. I would like to introduce to you the concept of “iconoclasm”. In the eight century‚ the term “iconoclast” used to indicate a political-religious movement born in the Byzantine Empire‚ characterized by a subversive and destroying criticism towards classic icons regulating society‚ especially the religious
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Roman Empire: TRUE Pendentives are found around which of the following: HAGIA SOPHIA What did Paul the Silentiary say about Hagia’s Sophia’s dome? IT LOOKED AS IF IT WERE SUSPENDED FROM HEAVEN What does Hagia Sophia mean? HOLY WISDOM Iconoclasm refers to which of the following? DESCTRUCTION OF IMAGES Byzantine churches were mostly centrally planned TRUE Which is an example of isocephally? JUSTIAN‚ BISHOP and ATTENDANTS Byzantine art is considered to be very naturalistic. FALSE
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