The Black Death was the deadliest disease known to man. The Black Death first came from the shores of Italy in 1348. The plague came from merchant ships which came from middle-east and Asian. Most sailors on board were dying from this disease and a few days after arriving in west Europe‚ many peasants and poor people in the shore cities were immediately dying as well. The Black Death was very deadly and it hit anyone who wasn’t clean or people who have animals with the disease. Even though
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Assignment 1 Walter Benjamin in context to ‘The Girandola’ by Joseph Wright In this essay I will be applying Benjamin’s essay ‘Art in the age of mechanical reproduction’ to examin the erosion of aura around an artwork‚ aura can be defined from colours within the painting right down to the smell that surrounds the painting. The artwork that I will be focusing on will be ‘The Girandola’ that was created by Joseph Wright (of Derby) in 1734-1797. This comparison will be done by using my experience of
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The "Iron Curtain" was a metaphor that Winston Churchill used to describe the dark times that had fallen on Europe. Much of Eastern Europe had fallen to Soviet Control‚ from East Germany and Poland to Russia. This had to do with the Cold War because the cold war was a rivalry between the USSR and the USA‚ which resulted in Western Europe being a part of NATO (US Allies) and Eastern Europe was part of the Warsaw pact (USSR). The iron curtain severed the ideologies of Communism and Democracy. Because
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Swimming Essay By: Joshua Wolfe Pd:2 I am a competitive swimmer for 14 years and running‚ with many of swim teams throughout Florida. I know what it’s like to be up at the crack of dawn‚ running endless laps. My non-swimmer friends and relatives told me I was crazy‚ that swimming was boring‚ that it was just endless monotony. But to a swimmer‚ there is no better adrenaline rush than standing on the block alongside seven other swimmers‚ or winning a race by a tenth of a second. Competitive
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Renaissance means rebirth. It was a time period in Europe from the 14th century to the 17th century. The renaissance is the period when educated men and woman wanted to bring back the classical age. It started when scholars saw the art and literature of the Middle Ages. People found passion in the painting and the writing. There are three main reasons why The Renaissance took place in Italy. The first reason is because that’s where ancient Rome left all its architecture and artwork in the dust. The
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Beloved & The Colored Museum Kimberly Austin-Baker ENGL & AAAS 469: Contemporary African American Literature University of Michigan-Dearborn The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe and Beloved by Toni Morrison are two very different literary masterworks. Although these works seem to be so very different‚ they share several parallels between their authors‚ within their themes and even their characters when examined closely that prove otherwise. The authors share a perspective gained through
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He was so good he almost seemed too good. Even the king admired Macbeth‚ saying‚ “O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!” (I ii 24) and “My worthy Cawdor!‚“ (I iv 48) agreeing with how amazing Macbeth is. Many believed there was a lot more that Macbeth could have achieved‚ had he not fallen from grace. Macbeth was a great person‚ and the person he later became was not the same wholesome character. Macbeth was once a great person and this made the story of
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Franz West A Brief biography of Franz West Franz West was born in Vienna in 1947 and studied at the Academy of Applied Arts‚ Vienna. He died in Vienna in July 2012. West’s work has been a fixture in countless international survey exhibitions such as Documenta and Biennales all over the world‚ and it is included in major public collections including Centre Pompidou‚ Paris; Museum Ludwig‚ Cologne‚ the Museum of Modern Art‚ New York; and MAXXI‚ Rome. Recent solo exhibitions include “We’ll Not
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Word count: 1‚836 Topic: 4 Painting was proclaimed dead in the 1980s. Discuss referencing Greenberg‚ the Conceptual Art movement and the revival of painting in the 1980s. I have written this work myself and have made every attempt to acknowledge the ideas of others. Painting has been declared dead numerous times since the 1960s but it refuses to die‚ even though the relevance and legitimacy of the medium is repeatedly questioned. Because of this‚ painting has had to constantly redefine
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era novel‚ The Great Gatsby ‚ reveals a story about events that led to a elegant man’s downfall. Jay Gatsby was a fashionable man‚ one who you can say was higher up in society‚ one who strongly pursued the American dream. However‚ corruption and greed runs in most individuals and after being gunned down by the antagonist‚ George Wilson‚ who can you really say was responsible for Gatsby’s death? A expeditious judge would be the man who murdered Gatsby‚ right? I mean he pulled the trigger so ultimately
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