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- 241: Buddhist Art--two Periods Of B
- ... Weather Hill: 1985. Khandalavala, Karl. The Golden Age: Gupta Art-Empire, Province, and Influence. Bombay: Marg Publications, 1991. Nehru, Lolita. Origins of the Gandharan Style. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989 Pal, Pratapaditaya. A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997. Pal, Pratapaditaya. Indian Sculpture: Volume I. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986. Penny, Nicholas. The Materials of Sculpture. New Haven: Yale University ...
- 242: Stanely Kubrick
- ... view. One of the greatest contrasts between Lynch and Kubrick is found in their treatment of mankind. For Kubrick, men are often treated as 'machines' who serve a purpose. For Instance, in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Full Metal Jacket the dialogue of the characters becomes so entrenched in a technical jargon that the audience starts to see the characters not as humans, but rather as extensions of a machine (be ...
- 243: Greek Mythology And Religion
- ... C.). At its first appearance in classical literature, Greek mythology had already received its definitive form. Some divinities were either introduced or developed more fully at a later date, but in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey the major Olympian gods appear in substantially the forms they retained until paganism ceased to exist. Homer usually is considered responsible for the highly developed personifications of the gods and the comparative rationalism that characterized ...
- 244: Cinematography Everything You Need To Know
- ... Apocalypse Now, 1979; Missing, 1982); or they have offered an escape from social reality into the realm of fantasy, aided by the often beautiful, sometimes awesome effects produced by new film technologies (2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968; Jaws, 1975; Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977; Altered States, 1979; E. T., 1982); or they have returned to earnest or comic investigations of the dilemmas of everyday life (a ...
- 245: Lipset's American Creed
- ... do much to undermine the validity of Lipset's argument, especially the concepts of egalitarianism and populism. Take, for example, The Deforming Mirror of Truth, the introduction to a book by Nathan Huggins entitled Black Odyssey: The African-American Ordeal in Slavery. This introduction focuses on how slavery fit into the national consciousness. Without a doubt, there is a powerful abnormality in the founding of America. The documents establishing a country ...
- 246: Czechoslovakia
- ... interpretation of the story has the Czechs spending some time in Greece before finally heading north and settling, and this would actually conveniently explain the similarities between certain Czech legends (like that of Bruncvik's odyssey or of Sarka and her band of women warriors) with Greek ones. Czech legend goes on to say that Cech's people were happy in the Czech lands, and after a few generations and some ...
- 247: Oedipus Rex
- ... life of man with utmost respect and admiration. In Oedipus Rex, it is Oedipus who represents Sophocles ideal human hero. He displays the defining qualities of a morally correct human. Oedipus, unlike Odysseus in the Odyssey, another Greek work, had no divine influence, yet he still is able to continue for the truth after much hardship. Given all the circumstances, Oedipus still manages to live through to the end without losing ...
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