War Without Mercy John Dower’s War Without Mercy talks about the racial conflict in War World II towards the Japanese and how it affected the war and the reconstruction of the Pacific. “The Japanese were more hated than the Germans before as well as after Pearl Harbor. On this‚ there was no dispute among contemporary observers. They were perceived as a race apart‚ even a species apart -- and an overpoweringly monolithic one at that. There was no Japanese counterpart to the ’good German’ in the popular
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Film music is used to add emotion to films. It brings character motifs to particular characters‚ which symbolise the current mood of the film. If the composer of the film music wants the viewer to feel empathy or sadness for a character or event‚ they will use minor music. Alternatively‚ If a composer wants to make the viewer feel happy and enlightened‚ they will use major music. It is an essential aspect of all films to have music and without it‚ the viewer is unable to engage in the film.
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R O M A N T I C I S M What was the Romantic Movement? Commenced in late 18th century as a consequence of dynamic social change culminating in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era Romanticism was an intellectual orientation that was instilled in many works of literature‚ painting‚ music etc. in Western civilization between the 1790’s and 1840’s It was a rejection of the precepts of order‚ calm‚ physical materialism‚ and 18th century rationalism Instead it was a celebration of the power
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Anthropophagite‚ sometimes as the Cannibale Movement (Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences). Although her Caucasian‚ elite background and the privilege of studying abroad‚ Amaral claimed more authority to use indigenous motifs than the European Primitivism. Therefore‚ the new Brazilian style emphases the anti-colonialism‚ nationalism and indigenous themes Like surrealist paintings‚ Amaral’s works tends to convey fantastic scenes. Yet her work differs from the surrealistic by content. She also created
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Social Context of 16th-century Italian Madrigals In the 16th-century‚ Italy influenced the Renaissance music throughout Western Europe. The most influential musical genre was the Italian madrigal‚ and “about 1‚200 madrigal volumes. . . were printed between 1520 and 1630”.1 of the madrigal‚ but the genre contains elements of the frottola‚ ballata‚ chanson‚ and Musicologists debate about the exact origins Madrigals were mostly secular songs that were primarily intended to be
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Romantic era‚ nationalism proved to be a major influence of the relationship between composers and their music. The political unrest all over Europe provoked many forms of nationalism. The Romantic composers of this era expressed their sense of nationalism in many ways. One way that composers showed this was basing their music on the songs and dances of their people‚ such as Chopin in his mazurkas. Also‚ composers wrote dramatic works based on folklore and symphonic poems or operas celebrating a
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music. These key periods helped form the musical geniuses;Bach‚ Beethoven‚Mozart‚Verdi‚ and Copland. The Baroque period lasted from 1600-1750. The two best known Baroque composers are Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederick Handel. The music of the period is thick and complex polyphonic texture prevails in many composers works. The music gives a sense of drama and urgency is incorporated into in vocal forms such as the cantata‚ mass‚ opera‚ oratorio and passion‚ and in instrumental forms such
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The History of Western Music Music has been around since the dawn of time‚ ever since man first inhabited this planet we have learned to communicate in ways other then conventional speaking. Different Cultures all have there own specific way of communicating through music. Music is basically broken into two specific groups Eastern Music and Western Music. Eastern music is mainly derived from the orient and India. While‚ Western music first emerged from Europe. Western music has developed
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Jewelers put diamonds and sapphires on velvet in order to display the jewels and make them look more impressive. In Tortilla Flat‚ John Steinbeck is the jeweler and his characters are the diamonds. Steinbeck’s embellished tone toward his characters is a pretense to show off his characters and present them as more admirable and chivalric than their outward actions would honestly allow. His admiring tone towards his characters in Tortilla Flat contributes to the emphasis of “simple things” presented
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Log In | Sign Up StudyMode.com Essays Book Notes Citation Generator More Essays » Miscellaneous Lord of the Flies By emmarosex17‚ September 2011 | 3 Pages (711 Words) | 235 Views | Report | This is a Premium essay Sign Up to access full essay Emma Kirby Benjamin Disraeli once said‚ “Circumstances are beyond human control‚ but our conduct is in our power.” An interpretation of this quote would be that we cannot control the situation we are put in but we can choose what
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