Arts Appreciation 1301 Chapter 1 Quiz 1. Chapter One opens by describing the work of artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Gunpowder is an unusual material to draw with and the sky is an unusual surface to draw on! What reasons does the artist give for using gunpowder as his drawing material? Cai Guo-Qiang wished to create beauty from something like gunpowder‚ which is originally considered a force of destruction. 2. On page 3‚ the author (Sayre p.3) states: “Appreciating art is never just a question of accepting
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1. The surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers‚ artists‚ or scientists‚ but by the general welfare of its people The statement linking the prosperity of a nation to the general welfare of its people plays with human experience dating back to the prehistoric times. Since the first traces of human life were discovered in the districts of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa‚ the human society has come a long way. In ancient and medieval days‚ the nature of human
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READER’S RESPONSE STRATEGY/ READER’S RESPONSE CRITICISM Applying Reader Response Strategy in Appreciating Literary Works The appreciation of the short story applies seven reader response strategies posed by Beach and Marshall (1990); they are describing‚ conceiving‚ explaining‚ interpreting‚ engaging‚ connecting and judging. The guiding questions are constructed based on the responses. NO | Response | Explanations | Indicators | Questions to guide | 1 | Engaging(Include) | Getting involved
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* Change Analysis Chart Postclassical (600-1450 C.E.) | Basic Features at Beginning of period | Key Continuities | Key Changes | Basic Features at End of Period | Reasons for Change or Continuities | Global Trade What other trading systems existed at the beginning of the period? The Indian Ocean system is a continuity‚ not a change.What about the gold-salt trade? Don’t you mean the Pax Mongolica? | * Trade was very international. * Silk roads linked Eurasia‚ and goods traded hands many
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religious tolerance. Muslim kings are also a part of Indian pride.[3] Akbar the Great was a powerful Mughal emperor who sought to resolve religious differences‚ and was known to have a good relationship with the Roman Catholic Church as well as with his subjects - Hindus‚ Buddhists‚ Sikhs and Jains. He forged familial and political bonds with Hindu Rajput kings. Although previous Sultans had been more or less tolerant‚ Akbar took religious intermingling to new level of
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Virupaksha Temple Virupaksha Temple is located in Hampi [1] 350 km from Bangalore‚ in the state of Karnataka in southern India. It is part of the Group of Monuments at Hampi‚ designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Virupaksha is a form of Shiva and has other temples dedicated to him‚ notably at the Group of Monuments at Pattadakal‚ another World Heritage Site. Hampi sits on the banks of the Tungabhadra River in the ruins of the ancient city of Vijayanagar‚ capital of the Vijayanagara empire. Virupaksha
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When Akbar ruled India‚ people were happy and content. It showed the greatness of Akbar‚ how well he understood the aspirations of people‚ how cordial were his relations with the neighbours and how greatly he managed the administration. Though he did not go to school‚ yet he had real education. On the contrary‚ Lord Lytton‚ one of the best educated administrators of his time‚ took draconian decisions while holding Delhi Durbar‚ curbing press freedom and partitioning Bengal. Could his education prevent
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1. Which of the following was NOT one of the early modern Islamic empires? Ottoman‚ Abbasid‚ Gujarat‚ Mughal‚ Safavid. * Abbasid and Gujarat. 2. How were the three Muslim early modern empires similar? The largest of the three empires‚ the Ottoman‚ stretched at its peak in the 17th century from north Africa to southern Russia‚ and from Hungary to the port of Aden on the southern end of the Red Sea. To the east in what is now Iran and Afghanistan‚ the Safavid dynasty arose to challenge the
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Chronic Shoulder Pain and Its Relationship to Disability in Paraplegic Veterans Objectives: The purpose of this study is to look at the relationship between chronic shoulder pain and its effects on upper extremity disability and function in VA patients with paraplegic spinal cord injury (SCI)‚ utilizing demographic‚ anthropomorphic‚ injury-related‚ medication and FIM™ instrument data. Design: A retrospective chart review of data collected during veteran SCI patient’s annual examinations. Setting:
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WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE LOGIC OF THE KASHMIR CONFLICT? Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION The president of United States‚ Bill Clinton once said that Kashmir can be considered as the most dangerous place in the world. He also added that the moot point is the line of control in the Indian subcontinent across Kashmir. He made this comment in March‚ 2000 (HAMID NASIR CHATTHA‚ 2006). These conflicts were made loud and clear throughout the world in the dawn of 21st century. It has become an international issue
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