Modernism in Chinese Culture Marco Polo the great explorer of the 13th and 14th century set out on a journey through the Mongol Empire during which he wrote The Book of Ser Marco Polo. During his journey he documented the marvels of his travels such as the city of Kinsay(Hangchow)‚ a large city inherited by the Yuan Dynasty after great conquests. Polo expressed the city as a “City of Heaven” because of its modernism and elegance while traveling through the city. The significance of The Book of Ser
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Some would describe modernism to be the rejection of convention in the modern period. Henri Matisse is an artist who worked through the modern period and his work exemplifies the characteristics that apply to the attempted definitions of modernism and modernity. ‘To pick out a work of art as exemplifying modernism is to see it as belonging to a special category within the western culture of the modern period’ (1) So what is it that defines certain works of art and that places them in this category
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April 25‚ 2000 Research Writing Though there are many fairy tales that have been created through the years‚ Cinderella is into our subconscious by stimulating the part of us that sympathizes with the mistreatment of Cinderella. Others say that the theme of a down-and-out poor girl rising up to become rich and happy appeals to any normal person. This theme is the common bond between all the stories. Recently‚ however‚ modern versions of the tale have surfaced in an attempt to relate to modern
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Modernism is a period in literary history which started around the early 1900s and continued until the early 1940s. Modernist writers in general stood against typical storytelling and ordinary verse from the 19th century. Instead‚ many of them told stories the way they seen it in a state of society during and after World War I. “Modernist literature is characterized chiefly by a rejection of 19th-century traditions and of their consensus between author and reader”- Chris Baldick. In all‚ modernism
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Grigori Chukhrai’s Ballad of a Soldier portrayed a perspective on healthy sexuality that was considered liberating for the time period. After Alyosha cleverly disguises Shura in his military coat and hat‚ they both make it onto the train. As the train is moving forward‚ Alyosha and Shura laugh with one another until smoke fills the screen and initiates a dissolve into an intimate space that belongs to them. At first‚ there is a melancholic tone to their intimacy perhaps acknowledging the fact that
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EXAM #2 Study Guide HIST 1123H‚ Spring 2011 Image ID (10 pts): I will share one digital image from the second section of the course and ask you to identify this image and its importance for course themes. Review the PPTs on Blackboard. Key Terms (50 pts): You will be asked to identify 5 of 8 terms which will be chosen from among the following‚ providing appropriate historical context and explaining why each is important to the broader themes of our course. Orientalism “Scramble for Africa”
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Post Modernism period just came after the Modern period but it is not clear or impossible to be said when it came. In other words the modern Period was the time when the world was recovered from World War 2‚ which started globalization. The Post Modernism is a concept that arrived an era of academic study about in the mid-1980s. There is a variety of concepts‚ architecture‚ music‚ literature‚ fashion‚ art‚ film etc. In the 1980’s the political climate changed. During that time Post Modernism involves
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art world that humans don’t always have to be aesthetically pleasing (women in particular). Lastly‚ Duchamp (b.1887-1968) started the phase of ‘ready made’ art proving that you don’t need to make something in order for it to be classified as art. Modernism encompassed the most intensive period of change in art history‚ the industrial revolution (1880’s). It did this by focusing on the transformation of atmosphere in regards to machinery (humans becoming redundant)‚ agricultural processes and the manufacturing
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The article‚ “Skinny and 119 Pounds‚ but with the Health Hallmarks of Obesity” by Gina Kolata was very interesting. I find it strange that a person can be 119 pounds and have Type 2 diabetes‚ high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ and a liver covered in fat. It makes you wonder because those are the conditions that obese people have and hearing about Ms. Johnson‚ she is nowhere near obese. This is my first time hearing about the condition “metabolic syndrome”. I did not know that people can be so
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“The Ballad of Narcomexico‚” discusses the different types of narcocorridos that we usually heard in the radio. We tend to think that corridos are all about narcos‚ but in reality is so much more than that. Narcocorridos tend to talk about people’s lives like the narcos for instance. In the text it discusses about a corrido called‚ “El Ejecutor‚” which is based in the life of Adolfo Valenzuela also known as El Komander. The song talks about where he grew up and how he became what he is known. Also
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