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- 1641: Charging Into The Modern Turne
- ... the back wall of the East room of the exhibition, the painting was at the time and important and provocative comment on modern technology in general and more specifically on the steam locomotive and the Great Western Railway that was featured so prominently in the title. This painting was significant because although this was not the first time railways had been the depicted in art, it was the first time for ... this by employing the aesthetic system of the Sublime. The locomotive could boast a majority of those affective qualities, which Burke had assigned to the sublime; it possessed a demonic appearance, was an object of great size and possessed great power. It also emitted deafening noises and it obscured its own form through its high speeds and its emissions of large amounts of steam and smoke. Furthermore its infamy was intensified through its notoriety ...
- 1642: Jacques Louis David
- ... until his death on 29, 1825. David, throughout his career, was also a prolific portraitist. Smaller in scale and more intimately human than his larger works, his portraits, such as the famous "Madame Récamier", show great technical mastery and understanding of character. Many modern critics consider them his best work, especially because they are free from the moralizing messages and sometimes stilted technique of his neoclassical works. David's career represents ... history paintings were generally scorned by critics, but their sensuous qualities are now winning them a more appreciative audience.) He continued to be an outstanding portraitist, but he never surpassed such earlier achievements as the great Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 1800, one of four versions) or the cooly erotic Madame Récamier (Louvre, 1800). His work had a resounding influence on the development of French -- and indeed European -- painting ... tyranny and repressive terrorism, has long puzzled historians. Among the list of causes, and one rarely remembered, Elizabeth Wilson writes, was the painter Jacques-Louis David. Today, he is best known as one of the great masters of French painting--a defining master of an austere neoclassical style that dominated European art for almost a half-century--and one of the precursors of modern painting. But for a few terrifying ...
- 1643: The Emotional Creativity Of Ludwig Van Beethoven
- ... Solomon 21). In 1787 Beethoven made his first trip to Vienna, Austria, one of the most musical cities of the time. While in Vienna Beethoven visited Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. When he played for Mozart the great master ran into an adjoining room and said to his friends “Pay attention to him-he will make a name for himself one day.”(The World of Music 124) During his stay in Vienna Beethoven ... redundancies(Oestreich). In the first symphony he wrote there are many classical elements that are not seen in the ninth symphony(Lipman 53). Beethoven’s first was dedicated to Baron Von Swiethbegar in 1794. This great work is called the “swan song of the 18th century” because it contains a happy, cheerful motif(The World of Music 138). Symphony number two was dedicated to Prince Lichnowsky. This piece was strikingly modern ... of Napoleon Bonaparte” to show his regret that the young general had become exactly what he fought against(Immortal Beloved). Symphony number five, perhaps Beethoven’s most famous symphony, was dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz. This great work is thought to represent “fate knocking” with its famous opening four notes; three short and one long. This symphony reflects Beethoven’s innermost thoughts and his secret pain. it is thought to be ...
- 1644: European Crusades
- ... saw the Crusades as a mean of establishing and extending trade routes . Late in the year of 1095 Pope Urban announced on Tuesday, November 27 that he would hold a public session to make a great announcement. This was the beginning of what was to be the First Crusade . After having painted a real grim or somber picture the Pope made his appeal. He thought that western Christendom should march to the rescue of the East. Rich and poor alike should go and they should leave off slaying each other and instead fight a great war. Supposedly they thought it was God will and that God would lead them and Take care of them. During his speech Cries of "Dues le wolt! -- "God wills it!" - Interrupted his speech. Just after ... bodies and their souls . But their life would be prosperous and joyful and they would be true friends of god. The Crusade perhaps more than any other event in before the Eleventh Century elicited a great number of letters . The excerpts from the example here was written around the time of the siege of Antioch, Perhaps the darkest moment of the entire three-year campaign. This letter was translated into ...
- 1645: Foreshadowing And Foretelling
- Foreshadowing and Flashback Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A Great Writer by Jonathan Werne " 'Suppose you met somebody just as careless as yourself.' 'I hope I never will,' she [Jordan] answered. 'I hate careless people. That's why I like you.' " (Fitzgerald, pg. 63) Jordan ... relieve his lingering thoughts of the past. During the chapter, Nick uses a flashback to tell about Gatsby's funeral for the readers to know what happen the day Gatsby was shot. Flashback in The Great Gatsby also helps to give the reader background information about the characters. In The Great Gatsby, the structure of the novel is influenced by foreshadowing and flashback. Fitzgerald utilizes foreshadowing to the best of its ability to help organize the novel. "Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt ...
- 1646: China In The 20th Century
- ... Communist control. Therefore, a series of radical reforms were introduced and the social organize was transformed under Communist control. 2 Economic growth during the first ten years of Mao s regime was significant. However, the Great Leap Forward (1958-61) introduced catastrophic changes resulted in a famine in which some 30 million people may have died. The Cultural Revolution from 1966-76 led to further disruptions and the standard of life ... Campaign which condemned critics of the Communist party (147). 5 After 1957, the Maoist Era continued. Undaunted by the failure of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, Mao in May of 1958 launched another grandiose plan: the Great Leap Forward (1958-60). This was Mao s economic plan to transform China into an industrial nation in two years time, the plan was to decentralize agriculture and created communes which would promote heavy industry ... mid-1960s, Mao Zedong became increasingly concerned with some of the social tendencies that were becoming manifest during this period. However, he had lost his dominant position in the party with the failure of the Great Leap Forward, so he had to find some force outside the party to give expression to his concerns. Therefore, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was launched in 1966 (Liu 39). 7 The central theme ...
- 1647: Hamlet: Laertes An Important Character In Play
- Hamlet: Laertes An Important Character In Play Though seeming to simply be a minor character, Laertes is of great importance in the play, Hamlet, and much more than one would initially believe, due to his extensive inner conflict. He is good, loyal, and honourable, seeming to possess the greatest virtue of all the characters, yet he still is doomed to die along with the other characters, precisely because of his great virtue. As Scene Two begins, in the first lines which Laertes speaks in the play, he requests that King Claudius allow him to return to his duties in France. This is important from the viewpoint ... him,Ó (2.1.29), implying that this has happened before, somehow. From this, one could feel that Laertes expects this from his scheming, plotting, underhanded father, he still goes along with it, and harbours great love for the old man, as is shown on LaertesÕ return to England. While Laertes is off in France, however, Polonius is killed by Hamlet, the Queen recalling that he ÒWhips out his rapier, ...
- 1648: A Discussion on the Myth and Failure of Reconstruction Following the Civil War, and How This Failure Impacted and Changed America
- ... The amendment was meant to compromise between the "hard policy" of the Radicals and Johnson's "soft line."(Trelease 60) Allen W. Trelease discusses the Fourteenth Amendment in detail in his book, The Reconstruction, The Great Experiment . "The first section carried the Civil Rights Act into the Constitution, where it could not be repealed or declared unconstitutional." Any person who was born or naturalized in the United States would be a ... observing the letter of the law." (Tindall 463) Enough Republican senators joined with the president to prevent the conviction of the president - by one vote.(Tindall 463) "Impeachment of Johnson was in the end a great political mistake, for the failure to remove the president damaged Radical morale and support. Nevertheless the Radical cause did gain something. To blunt the opposition, Johnson agreed not to obstruct the process of Reconstruction, and ... and civil rights workers in the South and also the Supreme Court has resurrected the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to outlaw racial discrimination in housing.(Trelease 203) The Reconstruction period was one of the great disasters in American history. "In the postwar years the Union had not made the achievements of the war a foundation for the healthy advancement of the political, social, and economic life of the United ...
- 1649: Chaucer's "The House of Fame": The Cultural Nature of Fame
- ... the longevity of literary texts. He achieves this by discussing the nature of "Fame" and the difficulties that arise from it. "Fame" can both destroy and create. It can result in the eternal preservation of great works and their creators. However, Chaucer is quick to note the precarious nature of "fame" noting the unreliable process of attaining it and its potentially momentary existence. Every creator with their respective work/s naturally ... the terms 'auctor` and 'auctoritas' is noted by A.J. Minnis. Minnis states the importance of the 'auctoritas', quoting Aristotle who defines this as the "judgement of the wise man in his chosen discipline." The great reverence and respect shown towards writers of antiquity is clearly evident in Chaucer's The House of Fame, yet there remains a definite inconsistency within Chaucer's work. While Chaucer is clearly familiar with many ... in his description of Virgil's Aeneid decides to alter the events within Virgil's narrative. There is always the problem of what can be considered "true",the problems of authenticity and originality remain. These great writers that Chaucer often references, like Virgil, Ovid, Boccacio, Boethius and Dante are 'auctors` who carry great weight and authority, yet , as this is Geffrey's dream he is able to manipulate the events ...
- 1650: Beowulf
- ... sixth centuries A.D.. The North Germanic “Heroic” ages reflect much of the medieval Icelandic prose and poetry. The Danes lived in what is now called Denmark and the southern tip of Sweden. Hrothgar, whose great hall was somewhere on the island of Zealand, is their king in the beginning of the poem. Other characters are accounted for in the course of the narrative in the rest of the poem. The Swedes, whose hostilities among themselves and against the Geats through three generations are featured in the installments during the final third of the poem, live in Sweden north of the Great Lakes.(Rebsamen; 38-35) The action of Beowulf takes place in Scandinavia, where a troll like cannibalistic creature of the darkness named Grendal takes such a passionate exception to the constant revelry that he takes to the great hall of Herot, with a series on numerous attacks on the soldiers in the hall. Somewhere in the land of Geats, a powerful young man identified as a retainer of King Higlac, whose name ...
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