Pamela McClusky‚ The Fetish and the Imagination of Europe: Sacred Medicines of the Kongo Pamela McClusky’s chapter‚ The Fetish of the Imagination of Europe: Sacred Medicines of the Kongo from Art from Africa was a very enlightening review about African Art and its connection to the country’s beliefs and medical traditions. McClusky takes us into to her day in the life as a curator for African art. She explains how she runs into at least one phone call every other month about a "fetish" from
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ART 1/PREHISTORIC THROUGH GOTHIC ART Chapter 1: The Birth of Art 1-5 Nude Woman (The Venus of Willendorf)‚ 28‚000-25‚000 B.C. 1-6 Woman Holding a Bison Horn‚ from Laussel 25‚000-20‚000 B.C. 1-7 Two Bison‚ 15‚000-10‚000 B.C. 1-9 Bison‚ detail of cave at Altamira‚ 12‚000-1‚000 B.C. 1-10 Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Prints‚ cave at Pech-Merle‚ 22‚000 B.C. 1-11 Hall of Bulls‚ Left wall‚ 15‚000-13‚000 B.C. 1-14 Stone Tower‚ Jericho‚ 8‚000-7‚000 B.C.
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The Ganges River The Ganges River is very sacred to the Hindus. This river starts in the Himalayas and flows across the northern part of India and into Bangladesh and finally empties into the Bay of Bengal. The Ganges River flows a total of 1‚557 miles and provides water for southern Tibet‚ northern India‚ Nepal‚ and Bangladesh. This is a very important river for everyone‚ especially the Hindus‚ but f we do not take care of it will be destroyed by pollution. The Hindus use the Ganges River to cleanse
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articles‚ but the one that really caught my attention was‚ What Happened to Downtime? The Extinction of Deep Thinking & Sacred Space‚ by Scott Belsky. This article goes into details on how many people do not disconnect from their electronic devices. Many do not even have one second to themselves‚ He explains that‚ “in the digital era we live in‚ we are losing hold of the few sacred spaces that remain untouched by email‚ the internet‚ people‚ and other forms of distraction”. Also from this‚ Belsky states
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The Illiad Book 1: Summary: The Iliad begins with the Trojan War already in progress. Greek audiences would have been familiar with the background of the story‚ and here a brief summary of events is necessary to help the reader to put these events in context. It is important to remember that these stories had a life outside of Homer: he did not invent his characters or the main events of the epic. He did make key choices regarding which events and characters were to be emphasized and reinterpreted
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seventeenth century writes the metaphysical poem "The Flea" and the religious poem "Holy Sonnet 14". In both poems‚ Donne explores the two opposing themes of physical and sacred love; in his love poem "The Flea‚" he depicts the speaker as an immoral human being who is solely concerned with pleasing himself‚ where as in his sacred poem "Holy Sonnet 14" Donne portrays the speaker as a noble human being because he is anxious to please God. In the book The Divine Poems‚ writer Helen Gardner supports
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Explain how the understanding of peace is expressed through the sacred texts in 2 religious traditions There is more to peace than the absence of conflict. It also includes a sense of tranquillity‚ a sense of inner peace and wellbeing and harmonious relationships. Peace is internal‚ external and different people encounter different aspects of peace. Religious teachings from the religions of the world have played a huge role in finding ways to achieve peace. An example of this is the principle
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Venice is a timeless piece and provides great themes to be analyzed for purposes of a book report. The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s less popular comedies‚ having been plagued in recent times with complaints of anti-Semitic themes. The summary of this really has to do with the character Shylock‚ a caricature of a greedy‚ Jewish money-lender. The two main characters of the story are a Venetian merchant‚ Antonio‚ and his Bassanio‚ who is in love with a wealthy heiress named Portia. Bassanio
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IGCSE | Extended Tier English As A Second Language | Summary migcse@gmail.com Language mark Organised ideas (find relationships) 1. Complex sentences (not only…but also…/ both…and …./ neither…nor…) 2. Connectives (However‚ Moreover‚ Furthermore‚ Consequently) 3. Write complete‚ grammatically correct sentences. 4. Own words. Rephrasing o Synonyms Worried Expensive o Antonyms Fast Grammar o Voice Active = = anxious not cheap = slow = passive
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Karla Rivera Instructor Martinez English 1010 12 January 2012 Summary-“Ways of Seeing” John Berger -“Ways of Seeing “ The essay by John Berger Ways of Seeing‚ published in 2013 from the book “Readings for Writers”‚ describes the relation of what we see and how it can be interpreted by what we know or believe. The way you visualize an image will be different as how someone else appreciates it and this changes the way we see. He also states that every image embodies a way of seeing; however
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