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- 411: World Art
- ... used bronze and such is the Mesoamerican empires that thrived in the Bronze Age but lacked the use of bronze. One of the distinct characteristics of the Bronze Age, is the common use of pyramids. Egypt is quite famous for their pyramids an example is 3-8 (Great Pyramids (Dynasty IV) of Gizeh. From left: Menkaure, c. 2525-2475 b.c.; Khafre, c. 2575-2525 b.c.; Khufu, c. 2600-2550 ...
- 412: Rahotep And Nefret
- ... and headband that match her bright jewelry and indicate her elevated social status. Together, the figures complement each other perfectly and provide a valuable glimpse into the world of non-royal funerary art of Ancient Egypt. The statues of Rahotep and Nefert are made of limestone, one of the most accessible and popular materials used for sculpture in the Nile Valley, and are 120 cm high. After these statues were carved ...
- 413: Nonwestern Art
- ... wealth of pottery. The pottery crafted by the Moche opened a window to the life and times in which they lived, giving future generations accounts of everyday and spiritual life similar to that of Ancient Egypt’s wall illustrations.
- 414: History Of Music
- ... of the most prominent composers was Beethoven. It was at this time he that was writing such pieces as the Eroica Symphony (1803) and the Waldstein Sonata (1804). By 1804, Napoleon had just returned from Egypt and been crowned Emperor of the French. This prevalent militarism and theme of ‘conquest’ can be heard in much of Beethoven’s work, and in fact the Eroica Symphony was originally dedicated to Napoleon. In ...
- 415: Art: The Ultimate Expression
- ... of Egyptian life is the ka, the part of the human spirit that lives on after death. The ka needed a physical place to occupy or it would disappear. Most of the important men of Egypt paid to have their body carved out of stone. That was were the spirit would live after the man dies. They used stone because it was the strongest material they could find. Longevity was very ...
- 416: The House on Mango Street
- ... example, The House on Mango Street appears to wander casually from subject to subject—from hair to hips, from clouds to feet, from an invalid aunt to a girl named Sally, who has "eyes like Egypt" and whose father sometimes beats her. But this apparent randomness disguises an artful exploration of themes of individual identity and communal loyalty, estrangement and loss, escape and return, the lure of romance and the dead ...
- 417: Feminism in Jane Eyre
- ... see that in fact she felt terribly. She was thinking that "[her] hopes were all dead - struck with a subtle doom, such as, in one night, fell on all the firstborn in the land of Egypt. [She] looked on [her] cherished wishes, yesterday so blooming and glowing; They lay stark, chill, livid, corpses, they could never revive. [She] looked at [her] love: that feeling which was my master's - which he ...
- 418: Marranos: A Lost People
- ... to fool the Christians. The Jewish holiday of Passover was also observed in an abnormal way. Normally the holiday consists of two seders (meals) during which the story of the Jews escaping slavery and leaving Egypt is told. The Marranos could strongly relate to this story as they felt that they were being enslaved by the Inquisitors. The Seders are followed by a week of observance during which no leavened bread ...
- 419: Hosea
- ... seek him out. In chapter 11 God capsulizes Israel's sins and his judgment against the people. He describes how he chose the Israelites as His people and how he delivered them from slavery in Egypt. During this dissertation he has a change of heart and decides he will not destroy the nation Israel even if they turn from Him. He decides he will force Israel to repent by less destructive ...
- 420: Canterbury Tales: The Knight
- ... before embarking on it to change his clothes. Additionally, the Knight has led a very busy life as his fighting career has taken him to a great many places. He has seen military service in Egypt, Lithuania, Prussia, Russia, Spain, North Africa, and Asia Minor where he always "won the highest honor". Amazingly, even though he has had a very successful and busy career, he remains an extremely humble man: indeed ...
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