Addis Ababa The site of Addis Ababa was chosen by Empress Taytu Betul and the city was founded in 1886 by her husband‚ Emperor Menelik II. The name of the city Addis Ababa (ኣዲስ ኣበባ) was taken from parts of the city called hora Finfinnee ("hot springs") in Oromo[citation needed]. Another Oromo name of the city is Sheger. Menelik‚ as initially a King of the Shewa province‚ had found Mount Entoto a useful base for military operations in the south of his realm‚ and in 1879 visited the reputed ruins
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Black Death: This started in Asia and spread throughout the Mediterranean and Europe killing thousands of people. The plague created a lot of economic‚ religious‚ and social problems. It took 150 years just for Europe’s population to recover. The most common symptom was buboes in the groin‚ neck and armpits. This effected cultural development as many people died and they had to almost completely start over. Black Death in Medieval Culture: The Black Death had a huge effect on medieval culture
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Student Name Professor Elliott ENC 1102 8 October 2012 Analysis of an Argument The essay “A Narrator’s Blindness in Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” written by Bethany Qualls certainly failed to make an effective argument. Throughout the essay there are several instances where Bethany Qualls doesn’t consistently maintain her focus. Bethany Qualls makes a weak introduction and conclusion. The essay consistently has redundancy and contradiction‚ which makes her argument weak. Qualls argument was
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2/17/14 Nova: The Great Cathedral Mystery The program Nova The Great Cathedral Mystery on PBS was very interesting to watch. I never thought about how the cathedral or the Duomo built by Filippo Brunelleschi was a mystery until I watched this documentary. I now understand how he defined gravity and made a remarkable building in his time period. Brunelleschi was a goldsmith who made jewelry and he was not prepared to build this cathedral and he made one of the biggest Duomo in the world and a huge
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL http://www.ijelr.in KY PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH ARTICLE Vol.2.S.1.‚2015 THE ROLE OF THE CHORUS IN T.S.ELIOT’S "MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL" ANKITA MANUJA Research Scholar‚ Department of English and Cultural Studies‚ Panjab University‚ Chandigarh‚ India ABSTRACT In this paper‚ I analyze the role of chorus in TS Eliot’s verse drama Murder in the Cathedral(1935). The chorus‚ which acts as a mouthpiece of Eliot‚ creates a distancing effect ‚ gives the spectators a lens through which they can
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The short story “Sonny’s Blues” written By James Baldwin is a story of two brothers who come to understand each other. The story begins and takes place in Harlem‚ New York City‚ where the narrator‚ whose name isn’t mentioned at all in the literature‚ is a teacher at a local high school‚ as he is on his way to work then reads on a newspaper that his younger brother‚ Sonny‚ who he hasn’t seen or spoke to in a while‚ has been arrested for possession and use of heroin. Throughout the story‚ he depicts
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part of his and the narrator’s physical connection‚ for Robert “[closes] his hand over [the narrator’s] hand‚” and they begin to draw the cathedral (Carver 226-227). Eventually‚ Robert asks the narrator to close his eyes‚ and surprisingly‚ the narrator has no objections (Carver 228). In this display of their newly formed friendship‚ the beauty of the cathedral is greater than its physical appearance. “‘It’s really something‚’” the narrator admits‚ despite his eyes remaining closed (Carver 228). In
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of the notes in the final chord are at a relatively high pitch. However‚ there is no cadence and no complete tonic chord so we are left wondering what key we have finished in. INSTRUMENTATION This piece was first played in 1987‚ at a time when minimalism was becoming popular. This resulted in many composers wanting to find new ways of making and playing an electronic sound. Reich incorporates this electronic sound into ‘Electric Counterpoint’ by using 7 electric guitars and 2 bass guitars. Moreover
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variety of styles. Some emerge & flourish for a few years & then drop out of fashion‚ to be replaced by another mode. This includes: Realism Impressionism Post-impressionism Neo-impressionism Fauvism Cubism Expressionism Surrealism Futurism Minimalism May 1874‚ a group of young artists held their own art show in Paris & their works were laughed at‚ criticized and rejected. Impressionism derived from the painting of Claude Monet‚ Impression:Sunrise (1874) everything was an impression
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Soissons‚Diogo de Boitaca | Abbey of Saint-Denis‚ Salisbury Cathedral‚ Cologne Cathedral | Romanesque | Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe‚ characterized by semi-circular arches‚ and evolving into the Gothic style‚ characterized by pointed arches‚ beginning in the 12th century. | José da Cruz Policarpo‚ Monsignor Julián Barrio‚ | Lisbon cathedral‚ Cathedral of Santiago de Compostella‚ Tournai cathedral | Gothic Architecture | Gothic architecture is a style of
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