special artist because his works of art rejected the materialist culture of modern life. He was considered to be the quintessential Spaniard and a proto-modern‚ a painter who works through their spirit and feelings. El Greco was born in Crete (a Venetian territory) and moved to Venice‚ Italy in 1567. While in Venice El Greco learned many different styles of Renaissance painting. One of his finest works that shows El Greco’s creative and unique style is The Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind. Later
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significantly since the opening up of China in 1979‚ with the incorporation of elements of foreign contract law elements of Chinese law are still nascent”(“Chinese Legal system”‚2013). Chinese legal system applies for whole China except Hong Kong and Macao，because they are the special administrative region. Secondly‚ it will introduce the history of legal system in UK and China‚ and compare the differences. “English law has developed from a number of sources: customs‚ the rules worked out by the common
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18) The Order of Christ and the cruzado represented the motives and efforts of the Portuguese during the 15th century. The Order of Christ had the properties and crusading traditions of the Order of Knights Templar‚ and the cruzado was a reminder of the Portuguese secular and religious motives. 19) Fernão Gomes was a merchant from Lisbon‚ and he found a new way for expeditions to be funded and caused dramatic changes on the Atlantic world. He bought a contract from the Crown the privilege of exploring
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that his profiteering is not a sin. This is contrary to the Christian belief‚ held by Antonio‚ that money should be lent for charity and not for profit. By his profession and his religion‚ Shylock is marked as the alien in a happy and fun- loving Venetian society. His alienation causes his bitterness and his humiliation makes him seek revenge. Antonio becomes the target of that revenge‚ and Shylock uses the letter of the law to try and exact a pound of flesh from his enemy. His strict interpretation
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Life is a Work of Art “You were red. You liked me because I was blue. You touched me and suddenly I was a lilac and you decided that purple just wasn’t for you.” In the story “Magdalena Looking”‚ by Susan Vreeland‚ I think the theme is life is a work of art because it is lived in color and many events in life portray themselves in artsy ways. For Magdalena‚ here world is in vibrant lively colors. She looks at water and does not see the color blue or green. She sees aquamarine‚ turquoise‚ magenta
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Heathcliff is seen as an inferior character who is deprived of a sense of identity. Similarly in Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ the protagonist is a black military man‚ but unlike Heathcliff he is considered to be a noble and respectful soldier amongst the Venetian people. Othello seems to be proud of his heritage and
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The 17th century critic Giovanni Bellori praised Carracci as the epitome of Roman Baroque. While the Carraccis laid special emphasis on draftsmanship‚ they also worked in a style mediating between the Florentine emphasis on linear drawing and the Venetian attention to the glimmering use of color leading to a mistier edge of objects. These qualities became particularly associated with artists of the Bolognese School. It is difficult to distinguish the individual contributions by each Carraci brother
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The Renaissance is known as the rebirth after the medieval times. This gap led into the modern era between the 14th and the 16th centuries. During this time‚ older methods were sculpted into more modern techniques. Although it was seen as superstitious‚ tasks took a more expressive twist than before (Bamber). The arts flourished more than ever and the rise in architects and artists grew tremendously. One of the artists that had an impact on the Renaissance was Albrecht Dürer. Born on May 21st‚ 1471
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Belonging- Crucible essay It is instinctively assumed that belonging to the group can better protect the individual against external threats; however Arthur Miller’s The Crucible shows that such instinctive assumptions are flawed. The group can destroy itself without the voice of the individual‚ capable of thinking rationally‚ because the herd simply acts instinctively and its members conform out of fear of alienation or the very natural human desire to belong. The importance of the individual
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Anti-Semitism: Anti-Semitism is prejudice and/or discrimination against Jews. Anti- Semitism can be based on hatred against Jews because of their religious beliefs‚ their group membership (ethnicity) and sometimes the erroneous belief that Jews are a race. Prejudice (a feeling): Prejudice is prejudging or making a decision about a group of people without sufficient knowledge. Prejudicial thinking is frequently based on stereotypes. Stereotype (an idea): A stereotype is an oversimplified generalization
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