movement in art and literature that centered around making a self-conscious break with the past in order to create works that were wholly new. “Make it new” (Ezra Pound) No centralized style: umbrella term for many “isms” Impressionism (Debussy) Primitivism (Stravinsky) Expressionism (Schoenberg) Many more! Modernism in Music: How to Detect It Unconventional/non-traditional plot for ballet‚ opera‚ or program music Radical concept or performance style Harmonic language for each music “ism” Very
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Henry Moore Aimy Tran Mr. Cox Period 1 Henry Moore was an English sculptor and artist who was known for his abstract bronze sculptures. Moore was born on July 1819 in Castleford‚ Yorkshire. He attended infant and elementary schools in Castleford‚ where he began modeling in clay and carving wood. He decided to become a sculptor after hearing Michelangelo’s achievements. Moore was granted a scholarship to Castleford Secondary School after a teacher had noticed his interest and talent in medieval
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Protestantism in the United States The majority of Americans (73-76%) identify themselves as Christians and about 15-20% have no religious affiliation. Within this number 51% identifying themselves Protestant .Protestants are divided into many different denominations‚ which are generally classified into two groups: mainline and evangelical. Mainline Vs. Evangelical In typical usage‚ the term mainline is contrasted with evangelical. The distinction between the two can be due as much to sociopolitical
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Ethnographic films have focused on one key component‚ reality. It is the goal of ethnographic filmmakers to do their best to try to‚ in their minds‚ to the best of their abilities‚ express that perfect representation of the real. According to Peter Loizos‚ real[ism] “appears as it does in real life” as if the camera is an unseen observer; “Realism is life as it is lived and observed” (Loizos 165-66) and reveals the “whole bodies [...] whole people [...] whole life” (Loizos 7). That reality can only
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Many works of literature not readily identified with the mystery or detective story genre nonetheless involve the investigation of a mystery. In these works‚ the solution to the mystery may be less important than the knowledge gained in the process of its investigation. Great Expectations has one or more of the characters confront a mystery. Write a well-organized essay in which you identify the mystery and explain how the investigation illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole. Do
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subjective to what the people want and what they people understand and/or know. I gathered eleven surveys and averaged out their numbers to get the most famous composers. They are in order from 1st to 5th. As the first-most famous composer‚ Johann Sebastian Bach was consistently first place in online surveys. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer who lived from 1685-1750‚ part of the Baroque Period. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ‚ choir‚ as well as many other instruments. He spent most
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periods around 1400-1600 that led to many changes. During the Renaissance‚ music was used for religious reasons and essential part of civic and courtly life. With music‚ many composers‚ printing presses‚ styles‚ rhythms and more started to evolve and eventually influenced the future generations. There are so many composers who had many different styles
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Standing Nude with Hut Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s painting “Standing Nude with Hut” (Nackte Frau mit Hut) represents a female figure standing alone without any clothes inside a room. Though she’s unclothed‚ she wears a black round hat‚ some pieces of jewelry and pointy red shoes. The black color used for the hat was also used for the pubic hair of the Woman‚ which emphasizes its rectangular shape. Geometrical forms painted in different tones of green‚ yellow and a vivid blue
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“St. Louis Blues” from 1922 was composed by William Christopher “W. C.” Handy. It is a blues jazz song. Handy was known as “The Father of the Blues”. The blues is a musical genre whose origin is from the African-American communities. The blues songs were jazz songs‚ rhythm and blues‚ and rock and roll. “St. Louis Blues” remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians’ repertoire. Handy wrote this song mainly inspired by some memories of his life. He remembered hearing a woman walking down the street
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famous composers of all time: Mozart‚ Beethoven and Haydn. The classical era spans roughly 80 years in music history during the 18th and 19th centuries and is often associated with the movement called the Age of Reason. It is defined by a return to symmetry and simplicity not only in music‚ but also in architecture and fine art. The excavation of Pompeii began in 1748‚ and the visible remains which were drawn and engraved became a template for the aesthetics of the time. The best known composers from
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