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    Classical Philosophy Period Philosophy has been going on for generations; longer than people realized. Philosophy has been developing like humans thru time from ideas of metaphysics to theory of correct inference (Moore‚ p.14). One period of philosophy which grew exponentially philosophically was in the classical period. This period had some of the great philosophers of all time such as Plato‚ Socrates and finally Aristotle. In today’s world‚ new ideas about philosophy have arisen and classic philosophy

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    Music in the Baroque Period Music is in everyone’s lives these days. You always see people with headphones in their ears or jamming out in their cars. Many people listen to music in the privacy of their homes‚ where they can listen to music as loud as they want and can sing along and not have anyone look at them funny. But do all these people who listen to music on a daily basis really know where it came from? A lot of people will say that Michael Jackson is the king of pop or that Elvis was the

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    Enlightenment To enlighten‚ as defined by Merriam-Webster‚ means to furnish knowledge to. I love this particularly simple definition. I can envision an empty space‚ that being the darkness and ignorance one might reside in. After what can be a long‚ strenuous journey‚ that empty space becomes full. It is not cluttered‚ but contains the perfect amount of “stuff.” This “stuff” is the light and truth that comes only after gaining knowledge and experiencing enlightenment. Literature has an incredibly

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    major changes that took place. One example of that change was the Enlightenment period‚ also known as the Age of Reason. The Enlightenment was a period during the French revolution where reasons can be used to solve problems and change people’s lives. This was a philosophical‚ cultural‚ and social movement that spread through France and other parts of Europe. It was also to believed that humans could answer questions for themselves and required ways to put philosophy into practices. These ideas and

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    Art Periods/ Movements Characteristics Chief Artists and Major Works Historical Events Stone Age (30‚000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Cave painting‚ fertility goddesses‚ megalithic structures Lascaux Cave Painting‚ Woman of Willendorf‚ Stonehenge Ice Age ends (10‚000 b.c.–8‚000 b.c.); New Stone Age and first permanent settlements (8000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.–539 b.c.) Warrior art and narration in stone relief Standard of Ur‚ Gate of Ishtar‚ Stele of Hammurabi ’s Code Sumerians invent

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    Music and Literature

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    Music and literature have played an important role in our community and society since not only humans but the earth was born. It’s still a great mystery as to who invented or made music first. But first of all we shouldn’t focus as to when was music made but should see that what actually music is? How to define music has long been the subject of debate; philosophers‚ musicians‚ and‚ more recently‚ various social and natural scientists have argued about what constitutes music. The definition has varied

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    Enlightenment is the time period from 1650 to the 1800’s where a period of time that challenges the society and old ideology‚ where the traditional ideas about god and human’s place on earth became mixed with new ideology about science‚ logical reasoning and freedom. New understanding about human behavior which could rectify human failings which leading to unlock the sources to increase liberty and prosperity‚ shaping the human nature into more acceptable form such as opening schools. Education provided

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    This essay will briefly discuss the three major periods of American art and architecture design. The most popular and recognized periods are: Art Nouveau‚ Art Deco and 20th Century Modernism. I will point out major influences and give a timeline; this will cover a majority of the 20th century. It should be noted that these styles are not exclusive to American culture‚ but‚ are a part of Western culture as a whole. We will begin with Art Nouveau 1900-1915; which has its roots in the mid-nineteenth

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    upon architecture and art in Germany[/i:5f8267538c] In the 1920’s Germany was a centre for modern art and forward thinking architecture. Art styles and schools such as cubism and Dada developed in Germany‚ and schools of excellent architecture such as the Bauhaus school developed in this liberal and free thinking period. However this all changed in1933 due to the rise to power of the Nazis. This essay will examine the effect that the Nazi regime had upon the styles of art and architecture in Germany

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    Migration Period Art

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    Migration Period art is the artwork of Germanic peoples during the Migration period of 300 to 900. It includes the Migration art of the Germanic tribes on the continent‚ as well the start of the Insular art or Hiberno-Saxon art of the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic fusion in the British Isles. It covers many different styles of art including the polychrome style and the animal style. Migration Period art is one of the major periods of medieval art. [pic] Pre-Romanesque art and architecture [pic]

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