Jennifer Meagher from the Department of European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art explains that the Brotherhood emulated the art of late medieval and early Renaissance Europe until the time of Raphael, an art characterized by minute description of detail, a luminous palette of bright colors that recalls the tempera paint used by medieval artists, and subject matter of a noble, religious, or moralizing nature. ...

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Despite this perplexity, the term is still important in depicting particular styles and inspirations in writing and human expressions from the medieval times to the eighteenth century. The medieval times accomplished two imperative restorations of the writing of days of yor that were roused by and served to advance traditional style. ... Salutati welcomed the most praised Byzantine researcher of the times, Manuel Chrysoloras (c. 1353 "1415), to educate in Florence. ... On the off chance that Italians assumed the lead part in the restoration of times long past in the fourteenth and fiftee...

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In his case, this required committing him to a specific date, reading architectural plans and registers of the holdings of medieval libraries, and even counting the steps in a fourteenth-century stairway. ... He further perplexes ordinary readers with the linguistic challenges of numerous snatches of classical and medieval Latin, French, and German, not to mention the peculiar polyglot speech of one of the characters. ... The readers, too, must navigate between flexibility and rigidity in mapping the postmodern upon the medieval in The Name of the Rose. ... Like all other medieval art forms, a...

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Ruthless in their pursuit of political power and personal gain, they were medieval despots who used their holy office for blackmail and extortion" (Mackenney 1993: 133). ... A gentleman by the name of Johann Tetzel, who has been described as a "medieval P.T. ...

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The Sagas of Icelanders have also been known, rather imprecisely, as Icelandic Family Sagas. They constitute the best-known grouping within the richly diverse range of Icelandic Sagas (see the separate essay Icelandic Sagas in The Literary Encyclopedia). There are some forty in total (this being, fo...

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I used my knowledge of the techniques and factors that were relevant during Elizabethan times and which Shakespeare included in ""Romeo and Juliet"" to develop a modern transformation of the play, the film ""Romeo Must Die"". ... It also displays the change in context of the pieces, as swords were used in the same way in Elizabethan times as guns are now. ... The opening scenes are both set in public places: one in a street in a medieval city that is associated with love, Verona Italy; and the other in a modern, waterfront, American night club, where black Americans are in control. ... I have ...

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"The [medieval] hero represents a kind of hypermasculinity, and exaggerated and perhaps idealized version of maleness that is promulgated with a social intention: ordinary men are to measure themselves against the impossible standard that the hero embodies, and from this conditioned inadequacy strive to fight harder and control themselves better" (UM 1995) through the preset "idealized version", yet without conscious intent aimed at personal change of character. ... However, these ideals change, "heroism is always a difficult kind of masculinity: times change, and what culture demands of the...

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Orff never actually belonged to any Nazi party but his work was considered to be some of the greatest examples of Nazi art, and unlike Shostakovich, Orff never wrote music in praise of his leader or reflected anything to do with Nazi Germany, but his cantatas, which were controversial, were set to German medieval poetry (in Latin and Bavarian dialect), and classical texts by Catullus, Sappho and Euripides in the original languages, along with additional Latin lyrics by the composer himself. ... However, another reviewer who said that Orff's settings of bawdy medieval ballads expressed thr...

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The Canterbury Tales is a collection of tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1475. The Canterbury Tales, as a whole, exhibit different social conventions of the Fourteenth Century and exploit them for being a kind of facade. The Clerk's Tale and The Franklin's Tale address the social conve...

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However, at times, it is a difficult task for a government to determine whether it's people are a peaceful opposition or an inevitable riot. ... Law Enforcement Agencies also recognize times and areas with greater potential for civil disorder and maintain a watchful eye over these danger zones. ... Vandalizing stores or harassing police officers is much easier during nighttime hours and illegal activities are more common at these times. ... Media coverage may be effective in displaying a group's dissatisfaction with government in one area of the country and will trigger another gr...

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What was the Harlem Renaissance? What is a renaissance? A renaissance is a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity. There was a famous renaissance in Europe during the transition from medieval times to modern times that is still taught today. The Harlem Renaissance wa...

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In each production of Henry V, the emphasis changes: Henry can appear to be "the mirror of all Christian Kings" or as a cynic who uses the, seemingly corrupt, church to justify his actions. The play is full of noble speeches, heroic battles, and valiant English underdogs fighting their way to victory against all odds. King Henry seems to be a perfect leader - brave, modest, and fiercely determined, but with a sense of humour. Although his intentions may be honourable, the motives for them may not. He may be acting upon a purse offered by the church, and only undertaking the campaign for his ow...

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In modern times any treaty related to the European Nation is consisted of the objectives of European Union, rules set by the European Union as a group for all the member countries, and most importantly how the decisions will be made in the future taking into consideration the relationship between the EU and its member countries. ... A Brief Overview: History of Franconian Empire From the historical perspective, the Franconian Empire was one of the most substantial changes toward integrated administration of the medieval passé. ...

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While many critics suggest that Poe is a post-Gothic writer, he nevertheless used many Gothic conventions in his own work, including medieval settings, supernatural occurrences, terror, and architectural ruins. ...

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Namely, the start of this environmental degradation can be traced back more than 1,500 years to the Medieval period. ... This is one of the reasons why organizations such as Greenpeace want to ban its extraction in the Arctic, arguing that giving more uranium to the countries is also give them more power to go to war, and that is not really a priority in times of peace. ...

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Everyday Life In Colonial America The eighteenth century was a very interesting time in our nation's history because our nation was born through the hard work and the dedication of those who lived during those times. ...

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Sumo Exposed: The Invention of Tradition in Japan's National Sport I: Introduction and Theoretical Remarks "Even today in Japan's highly industrialized and modern society, sumo is generally perceived as a quintessentially Japanese sport, in which history, tradition and even religion are intermingled to form a unique sport of pageantry and splendor perhaps matched by no other country's national sport" (Sandoz 1992:8). One hardly needs to emphasize the popularity and status sumo enjoys as Japan's kokugi, or national sport. Three years ago, I lent my copy of Aerosmi...

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The contextual approach is based on the idea that progress and changes in scientific history depend on the "spirit of the times" that makes people receptive to ideas one and unresponsive to other Accordingly, if it were not born Sigmund Freud, the theory of the unconscious would create another author about this same era. ... So "context", "socio-cultural atmosphere", "intellectual climate", "spirit of the times", and not an individual determines the movement of scientific thought. ...

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Religion in the middle ages was a powerful force and just as the leader used it to affirm his position by claiming to be the chosen one, it could easily turn against him if he was not guarded against it at all times. ...

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Abstract Throughout the extent of this essay an argument is developed that deems if the leadership of Mao Zedong was historically significant in the victory of the Chinese Communist Party. Within this essay be sure to not only acknowledge the factual information, but the intuitive nature of Mao's l...

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ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to layout the primary tenets of the much debated mind/body dualistic argument from the lens of philosophers from the ancient epoch but most elaborately from Rene Descartes. The most critical account of the mind-body theory was first systematically carried out by De...

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Fine artists were regarded as mere skilled workers during the era of ancient Mediterranean civilizations, including those of later Greek, Roman and Byzantine culture, as well as medieval Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque and Gothic art. ...

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The history of calculus falls into several distinct time periods, most notably the ancient, medieval, and modern periods. ... In his first book "On the Sphere and Cylinder" Archimedes shows that the surface of a sphere is four times that of a great circle, he finds the area of any segment of a sphere, he shows that the volume of a sphere is two-third the volume of the circumscribed cylinder, and that the surface of a sphere is two-third the surfaces of a circumscribed cylinder including its bases. ...

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1. What factors discouraged an early unification of Italy and how were these overcome? Before the year of 1848, the Italian faced a lot of difficulties to urge the unification movement. Until, 1848, the situation had been changed and directly contributed to the unification movement. After 1815 Italy was once again a mere geographical expression. ...

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