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- 7231: History And Culture Of The Renaissance
- Culture of the Renaissance The Renaissance was the beginning of political institutions with a commercial economy and the encouragement of education, arts, and music. It was a period of new inventions and believes. Renaissance actually means "rebirth". It was first used by a French historian Jules Michelet. Swiss historian Jakob Burckhardt said it was the time period between Italian painters Giotto and Michelangelo. He also said it was the birth of modern humanity after a long period of decay. The Italian Renaissance began in Florence, Milan, and Venice. These cities were created in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries as new commercial developments, which allowed them to expand into mercantile societies that greatly contrast with the traditional society of medieval Europe. Renaissance historians rejected the medieval Christian views of history. They were often known as humanists ... were supported by leading families like the Medici of Florence, Papal of Rome and the Doges of Venice. The Renaissance period also made progress in medicine, anatomy, mathematics, and especially astronomy. Geography was transformed by new knowledge gained from explorations. The invention of the printing press was also created, which made knowledge easier to achieve and literacy became more wide spread. Gunpowder transformed warfare. In political subjects Renaissance theorists like ...
- 7232: Should Eisenhower Be Praised for His Foreign Policies?
- ... being accused of practicing appeasement, he stood his ground and fired MacArthur. Eisenhower, on the other hand, was not capable of standing his ground with his original policies, especially when he worked with Dulles. The “New Look” policy emphasized nuclear weaponry and air power to ensure “massive retaliation”. He was ready to drop the atom bomb at the first sign of communist trouble. This seems like a completely different policy from ... there was a possibility of peaceful negotiations from the beginning. However, Eisenhower and Dulles had gone too far to change their war goals to peaceful terms. It seems that Eisenhower was always coming up with new policies and plans, some of which were not even beneficial, and yet he couldn’t come up with new ideas when it counted the most. When third world countries started declaring their nationalism and independence Eisenhower and Dulles simply tried to use Truman’s policy of containment, which proved to be unsuccessful. They ...
- 7233: Garth Brooks
- ... In The Wind) topping over 11 million sales in 1991. He has set a high standard in country music and given it a long awaited revival. A Garth craze has swept the States and the World. Just the countless awards through a ten year period speak for them selves. He’s like Elvis, The Beatles, or Michael Jackson of country music. In my opinion, he is one of the greatest singers ... because they didn’t know if he was done with country all together. Some people were even angry and felt betrayed. So far The Chris Gains project hasn’t caught on. Honestly I like the new style of music, it’s a side of Garth I’ve rarely seen. Garth has paved the way for a new generation of country music. Garth always performed for the people and that’s why he has such a huge following. It seems if the people aren’t happy, then he isn’t happy. His ...
- 7234: Charles Darwin And Imperialism
- ... social expressions occurred due to these changes. Transformations which categorized this time period could be observed in social institutions; for instance: the switch from popular Evangelicalism to atheism, emergence of feminism and the creation of new political ideologies (Liberalism, Conservatism and Radicalism). These are just a few of the changes that took place. All of this social alteration can be attributed to the importance of science. The English people began to ... movements. England at the turn of the century was still a largest power in the international system. The English perceived, through the justification of Darwinism, they were fit to be the imperial hegemon in the world. The issue this essay will deal with is Imperialism and how Darwinism justified its practice. Darwin argued in his work, The Decent of Man, "When civilised nations come into contact with barbarians the struggle is ... basic inequality gave the English the "jurisdiction" philosophically, to exploit the colonies to a greater level than previously attained. The drive to "Christianize" the colonies was abandoned, politically. The view shifted from "owing the primitive world" education and Christianity, to a more self-interested "we English are naturally better". Therefore, the we should be exploiting you, because, that is why you are here. Charles Darwin had a tremendous amount of ...
- 7235: Robert Schumann
- ... of Schumann’s music was his ability to “personify his friends and intimates through musical acronyms” (Slonimsky 903). Schumann’s music reflected the times in his life. “He lived in musical fantasies, until his mental world became a fantasy itself “ (Slonimsky 903). He was usually unable to compose work except at the piano. However he gave other composers this advise “to make everything in the head”. He offered this advise but ... Sadie 850). Schumann, although plagued by personal and health problems most of his life, became one of the most famous composers of the Romantic period. WORKS CITED Ewen, David. The Complete Book of Classical Music. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1965. Grout, Donald Jay. A History of Western Music. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1973. Sadie, Stanley. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 6th Edition. London: MacMillan Publishers Limited. 1980. Slonimsky, Nicolas. Baker’s Dictionary of Music NewYork: Schirmer Books. ...
- 7236: Catherine The Great
- ... the age of 15 she went to Russia to become the wife of Peter, nephew and heir of Empress ELIZABETH. Elizabeth died on Dec. 25, 1761, and Catherine's husband succeeded as PETER III. The new ruler soon made himself unpopular, especially with certain army officers. Led by Aleksei ORLOV (whose brother Grigori was Catherine's lover), the officers staged a coup in June 1762. Peter was deposed (and subsequentle murdered ... but did nothing for the overwhelming majority of the population--the enserfed peasantry. To learn the needs of the country and to gain popularity, Catherine in 1767 convoked an assembly of deputies to draft a new code of laws (for which she wrote the guidelines--the Nakaz, or Instruction). Not much came of the venture. In 1773, Yemelian PUGACHEV led Cossacks, peasants, and others in a revolt that engulfed large parts ... established (1765) the Free Economic Society to encourage the modernization of agriculture and industry. She promoted trade and the development of underpopulated regions by inviting foreign settlers such as the Volga Germans, and she founded new towns (Odessa, for example) and enterprises on the Black Sea. Herself a prolific writer, Catherine patronized arts and letters, permitted the establishment of private printing presses, and relaxed censorship rules. Under her guidance the ...
- 7237: Greek Mythology And Religion
- ... a number of viewpoints. In general, myth is a narrative that describes and portrays in symbolic language the origin of the basic elements and assumptions of a culture. Mythic narrative relates, for example, how the world began, how humans and animals were created, and how certain customs, gestures, or forms of human activities originated. Almost all cultures possess or at one time possessed and lived in terms of myths. Myths differ from fairy tales in that they refer to a time that is different from ordinary. The time sequence of myth is extraordinary- an "other" time - the time before the conventional world came into being. Because myths refer to an extraordinary time and place and to gods and other supernatural beings and processes, they have usually been seen as aspects of religion. Because of the inclusive nature ... the deities of one order were often found in another. The gods were held to be immortal; yet they were also believed to have had a beginning. They were represented as exercising control over the world and the forces of nature. Ananke, the personification of necessity, however, limited this control, to which even the gods bowed. At the head of the divine hierarchy was Zeus, the spiritual father of gods ...
- 7238: Compare And Cantrast WEB Du Bo
- ... and ideas were sometimes not in the best interest of his people. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Du Bois had a poor but relatively happy New England childhood. While still in high school he began his long writing career by serving as a correspondent for newspapers in New York and in Springfield, Massachusetts. After his high school graduation he enrolled at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. There he "discovered his Blackness" and made a lifelong commitment to his people. He taught in rural ... of the Negro vote in Macon County, obtained financial support for a training school for blacks in Tuskegee, Ala. When the board of commissioners asked the head of Hampton to send a principal for their new school, they had expected the principal to be white. Instead Washington arrived in June 1881. He began classes in July with thirty students in a shanty donated by a black church. Later he borrowed ...
- 7239: Langston Hughes
- ... February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. His father was James Nathaniel and his mother was Carrie Mercer Langston Hughes. His grandfather was Charles Langston, an Ohio abolitionist. As a young boy he lived in Buffalo, New York, Cleveland, Ohio, Lawrence, Kansas, Mexico City, Topeka, Kansas, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Kansas City, Kansas. In 1914 his parents divorced and he, his mother, and his stepfather moved to Lincoln, Illinois. In high school ... t publicity for his works and she got him seriously started in writing(Encarta). In an article about Langston Hughes in The Reference Library of Black America it talks about all the places in the world that Hughes has traveled. He probably used much of the information of the cultures of other countries to write. Hughes traveled all over the world as a seaman. He went to the Soviet Union, Haiti, Japan, Spain, Genoa, France, and other parts of Europe. Hughes was an author, anthologist, librettist, songwriter, columnist, translator, founder of theaters, and a poetical ...
- 7240: Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands
- Western world convention dictates, primarily through religious teachings, that a marriage should be comprised of one male and one female. Polygamy is legal in some countries, under Islamic law, and in some African nations. Based upon their ... is in a spiritual sense that they do so, rather than an actual polygamist relationship. Dona Flor’s first husband’s spirit remains with her during her second marriage to fill something lacking in her new relationship. In a sense, we all do this in our relationships. A bit of the essence of our past loves remains with us throughout our lives, filling whatever voids may be present in our current ... things!” The Doctor’s rigid formality and fear of expressing his love openly expressed itself even on their honeymoon as they stood together at the beach and he hesitated to put his hand around his new bride’s waist. Vadinho mentioned several times, when he reappeared as a spirit that he came back because Flor had been calling for him. She had been calling him because of her despair at ...
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