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Baroque Style
Words: 652 - Pages: 3.... with a sheet of gold; every room is filled with intricate carvings and elegant figurines. Each room reflects a certain time or king by the change in furniture and style. These rooms demonstrate this with items such as back-less chairs, which were created to accommodate the clothes of the period. The materials used to create each piece also distinguish the time period. First generation furniture was made of sterling silver, and the upholstery was changed with the seasons. Second generation furniture was very elaborate and made of wood. Versailles is a perfect example of progression in Western art. The entire house displays the tra .....
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What Dreams May Come
Words: 871 - Pages: 4.... love for painting, Chris dies on his way to pick up paintings for his wife. He died for her, she looks at it that if she didn’t ask him to go get the paintings, he would still be alive and blames herself again for his death.
When Chris dies and goes to Heaven he meets Albert, his guardian angel, and discovers that Heaven is even more wondrous than anything he could have imagined. His Heaven is the canvas that Annie was currently working on, it was their place. It was where they would retire and live, everything that the both of them loved, the mountains, the water, the fields, the house, and the beautiful colors. It wasn’t done y .....
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History Of Lacrosse
Words: 2459 - Pages: 9.... who came before me and passed the game on to me. Plus it will allow me to better understand a people whose ways have been removed and in instances put to an end.
I will be showing, to the best of my ability, an objective view of this history. But some of the information I used was not as objective, so in using their info I tamed down the language, but some of the information is still seemingly biased, but in my points and opinions I will be more objective.
Lacrosse is the oldest team sport played in North America by anyone. But beyond that it was an influential part of a society now mostly defunct. The is rich in many ways, in its tr .....
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Schindler’s List 2
Words: 1497 - Pages: 6.... awards was for “ Best Original scene”. The use of music in the scenes was very appropriate. I’m going to discuss several of the scenes of the movie and how music contributed to the scene.
There is a scene in the movie where Oskar Schindler is put in jail because he kissed a Jewish girl, this scene has Schindler in a cell with another person, Schindler says that he is incarcerated because he kissed this Jewish girl. His cellmate makes the remark “ Did your prick fall off”, the cellmate begins to laugh, and Schindler joins him in the laughter. Suddenly the camera pans up to Oskar Schindler’s face. His face shows a man that is no .....
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Absolutism And Peter The Great
Words: 1015 - Pages: 4.... Based on this Greek foundation in Aristotelian thought and Roman political theory, absolutism rose in other schools of philosophy as it gained prominence in the political world.
Combining natural-law doctrines with the theory of royal absolutism, fourteenth century philosopher Bartolus of Sassoferrato believed that the ruler should not be bound to the laws of the government, but still should obey them whenever possible. In agreement with Bartolus, another fourteenth century philosopher, Lucas de Penna advocated that the ruler is only accountable to divine authority, being responsible to God alone, not the people. Further de Penna believ .....
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Words: 797 - Pages: 3.... old. He went to go stay with his older brother, Johann
Christoph, who was a professional organist at Ohrdruf.
Johann Christoph was a professional organist, and continued
his younger brother's education on that instrument, as well
as on the harpsichord. After several years in this
arrangement, Johann Sebastian won a scholarship to study in
Luneberg, Northern Germany, and so left his brother's
tutelage.
A master of several instruments while still in his
teens, Johann Sebastian first found employment at the age of
18 as a "lackey and violinist" in a court orchestra in
Weimar; soon after, he took the .....
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The Differences Of Native American Cultures
Words: 382 - Pages: 2.... and gathered like any other
Eastern Woodlands tribe. Later on, they moved to the Great Plains, where they
had the buffalo hunt and the sun dance. Geography affected Cheyenne culture in
this way. The buffalo hunt was created so, since the Great Plains lacked much
food, the Cheyenne could get enough food to survive. Before they arrived at the
plains, the buffalo hunt was unneccesary because of the bountiness of food.
The Inuit people (known incorrectly as eskimos) were, of course, affected
by their geography. Their language consisted of over 50 words for ice. They had
to live in igloos, because of the lack of building resources. Sha .....
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Streetcar Named Desire
Words: 803 - Pages: 3.... but at a terrific price." (Pg. 304 Kazan) She likes the idea of waiting for Stanley every night, where he makes her feel special and she has no reminder of the price she is paying. Reason for her action is not proven in the play, but it is definite that Stella was in similar position as Blanche was in when she ran away from her tradition, and searched for her desire. "She tries to conceal from herself her true needs through hiding and drugging herself in a sex relationship." (Pg. 305 Kazan) No matter how Stanley treats her, Stella is so dependent on him that she gives up so much of herself. Stella is relatively very slow on readi .....
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The French And English Revolutions
Words: 496 - Pages: 2.... officially became king of France.
As the people of France grew more and more angry with Louis, it had started removing French Officials, such as, Tax collectors, and changing all of the kings appointed men to intendants. Pretty soon there were oaths and things for Louis to sign everywhere. Oaths such as the "Tennis Court Oath", and the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen", and the "Constitution of 1791."
Two effects of the Revolution were, change the voting by head, giving the third estate an advantage because they had as many people as the first and second estates, and the beheading of King Louis XVI.
This section has .....
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St. Isidore Of Seville, A Grea
Words: 348 - Pages: 2.... dialectic. The third volume was about education
and the guidelines for it. Medicine and libraries were the theme for the fourth book. Book
five, was law and chronology. Volume six, was ecclesiastical books. God and of the
heavenly and earthly hierarchies, volume seven was considered some of his best work.
Book eight, of the Church and of the sects was another deeply thought out publication.
The ninth book was of languages, peoples, kingdoms, and official titles. Book ten,
etymology. Book eleven, man. The twelfth book was about birds and beasts. Book
thirteen, of the world and its parts. The fourteenth was physical geography. Book fifte .....
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