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Rest Of The World Indian Ocean
1,954 wordsFor nearly three decades in the early 15 th century China was the most powerful force in the world. They had fine artisans who crafted the most beautiful, delicate porcelains and silks in the known world. They had the technologies of firepower, astronomy, and oceanic navigation. They had the belief that they were the center of the world, the Middle Kingdom, and that the Son of Heaven ruled them. But most importantly, they had the means to bring their influences and culture to the rest of the wor...
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Benjamin Franklin Silk Dyer Ben
788 wordsIn 1683, a young man named Josiah Franklin came to America in search of religious freedom. Josiah was first a silk dyer but became a candle and soap maker because there was no need for a silk dyer. While Josiah was in Boston, he met a young woman named Abiah Folger. The two fell in love and decided to get married. Josiah had 5 children from a previous marriage, but he and Abiah had 10 children together, 4 girls and 6 boys. The youngest of the 15 surviving children was named Benjamin Franklin. Be...
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Twenty First Century Twentieth Century
1,110 wordsPoised motionless near the back door of the twentieth-century, we ponder memories of the past with a daydreaming stare. Before we turn off the lights and lock the doors of the twentieth-century, we take one last look through the century in which we were nurtured and our world lived for so long. The deep engraved scratches upon the walls of the twentieth century serve to jog our national memory to painful events as well as amazing accomplishments. After much reflective thought, we began to grasp ...
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Chinese Culture Martial Arts
951 wordsEveryone has experienced losing face. I can remember as a kid, being caught in a lie and trying desperately to weasel my way out without looking stupid. There were times as an adult, I would deny having problems at my job, too worried of loosing creditability. In Mark Salzman's book Iron and Silk, he shows the Chinese culture and how important it is to keep face in front of a foreigner. Early in the book, Mark is introduced to Pan a marital arts expert. During he first encounter the reader can s...
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Sheet Of Cellulose Nitrate Sheet Of Cellulose Polymers
571 wordsPolymers have been around longer than we have. In fact, polymers are as old as life itself, as all life on earth is based on three types of polymers, namely DNA, RNA, and proteins. But this report is about some of the earliest synthetic polymers, that is, polymers made by humans, specifically, the cellulose derivatives. The very first synthetic polymer was of course leather, a modified natural polymer, an artificially crosslinked form of the proteins found in animal skins. Leather tanning was di...
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Eat With Chopsticks Ride The Subway School
714 wordsIt is famous for the majestic Mt. Fuji, its traditional meals, its obedient school children, and the ever-crowded subways and streets of Tokyo. This is Japan, a small country with the population of 125, 000, 000 rich in culture and history. At first, driving along the roads and past buildings, Tokyo looks like any American city, but after examining it closely one finds it very different. It is a shock to see men in business suits, old ladies, and mothers with children strapped to their backs, ri...
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Lady Of The Lake King Arthur
686 wordsExcalibur: In Arthurian legend, the sword belonging to King Arthur. The sword with jeweled hilt and magic powers, of King Arthur of the Britons. One legend says the Lady of The Lake gave it to him. Another says it is the sword fixed into the miraculous stone, to be removed only by the man that would become King. When Arthur was a young boy, he drew the sword from the stone, though all others had failed. When he died Excalibur was thrown into the lake, and a mysterious hand rose to grasp it and d...
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Brush Strokes Port Arthur
1,431 wordsBorn on October 22 nd 1925 in the oil-refining city of Port Arthur, Texas ne Milton Ernest Rauschenberg, he later renamed himself Robert after his Grandfather. Rauschenberg's father was one of the many blue coloured workers in the oil refineries whilst his mother worked as a telephone operator. He first studied art during his final years at high school but this was quickly cut short when in 1943 he entered the local University of Texas to study Physics only to be expelled in his first year due t...
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Andy Warhol Pop Art
1,159 wordsWhen considering the life and works of Andy Warhol, one thing is agreed upon: for good or bad, he changed the visual construction of the world we live in. By the time of his death in 1987 he was ranked on the same level with Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock as one of the three most important artists of this century. He was a working man, a social climber, a person who liked to build things, an acquirer of goods, and a known homosexual. These attributes all contributed to the interesting and com...
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20 Th Century National Identity
1,304 wordsThe word identity has a significant meaning in the contemporary world. It means more than being an independent nation or a geographical location. It has something deeper and more complex which is concerned with the lifestyle, thoughts, faith, arts, sport and how we respond cross-culturally to the values of heroes. Since the early twentieth century, Australia's national identity has been mirrored through its arts programs and use of drama and theatre. However, there has been significant change in...
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Divided Into Four City States
1,034 wordsA Brief Comparison of Florence and Venice Florence and Venice were the economic powerhouses of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. While there are vast differences between the two great cities, there are also some striking similarities, the most outstanding being their devotion to commerce. To both the Florentine's and the Venetians, riches had an extraordinary significance. To be rich was to be honorable and to be poor was a disgrace (Hibbert Medici 32). The Florentine's had a saying th...
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Adam And Eve Green Knight
1,287 words... il attends that meeting Should Mary forget her knight. (37: 1765) The signposts of the third day and the mention of Mary alert the reader that Gawain is at a moment of crux. When the coquette sees that all of her advances are refused she tries to get Gawain to accept a page. The green sash is first presented as a love token, which Gawain refuses with the utmost courtesy. She then tries a different tack. For the man who possesses this piece of silk If he bore it on his body, belted about, The...
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The Indian Carpet Industry
1,419 wordsIndia, like many other countries, has always used wool as the basic material of the carpet. Other materials commonly used are silk and cotton. Silk carpets are particularly high quality pieces. In the beginning of the carpet making century, only natural dyes were used to color the wool. Madder, as well as other wild vegetables, was the most important element of this dying process. "Other natural elements used to make dyes are turmeric root (light yellow), pomegranate skins (darker yellow), rhuba...
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Kate Chopin Silk Stockings
591 wordsIn his Essay "The Art of Fiction" Henry James speaks through his character Walter Bessant about twelve points dealing with how fiction is an art. Three of these points which I found to be important were how fiction can be portrayed as a form of art but he explains also that fiction has no set form in which a book can be written. He views fiction as being more artistic than paintings and he also believes that fiction is not to be judged by morality like a painting might be. Henry James states "A ...
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Kate Chopin Silk Stockings
531 wordsChopin's A Pair of Silk Stockings: Mrs. Sommers Mrs. Sommers, of Kate Chopin's A Pair of Silk Stockings faces a major Man-vs. -Society conflict. She is a perfect example of how humans are tempted by material gain, the life of luxury, and the vicious way society judges things (or people). Society views people who live in the lap of luxury as gods, they are above those who are not so fortunate. Anyone can fall prey to this common societal problem, even innocent Little Mrs. Sommers. This is evident...
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Fifty Cents Sexual Satisfaction
2,424 wordsFetishism Fetishism. What does one imagine upon hearing that word? Perhaps many imagine leather, silk, satin or fur in which they associate these such items in a sexual manner. That is the more typical answer, but beyond that there do exists other meanings and definitions. In the beginning, fetishism took on a meaning of animism (the belief that lifeless things have a spirit), but in the past two hundred years, fetishism got reconstructed and recast twice: once in terms of economics and once in ...
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Middle Section Is Dark Gray Section Is Dark Gray Black
662 wordsRobert Rauschenburg is an American artist famous for experimenting with a variety of materials, techniques, media, and styles. His search for new forms of expression throughout his career inspired many artists in the United States and Europe. Rauschenburg was born in Port Arthur, Texas. He first attracted attention in the early 1960 s with all-white and all-black paintings. He then turned to combines, or assemblages, which combined painting with everyday objects. One combine called Bed consisted...
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Baking Soda Hydrogen Ions
2,207 wordsHow pH of Soil affects a Plants Growth For the experimental aspect of the research report, four sets of two plants are to be studied. They must either be checked according to size for the same height, or started from seed to ensure equality. Two identical sets of roses are to be cultivated, as well as two sets of corn plants. The flora must all be given the same amount of water and sunlight each day. The only variable to be changed is pH. One of each set will be planted in the acidic soil, and o...
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Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe
1,452 wordsWest Hills Community College POP ART Art Appreciation 52 CONTENTS I. POP ART 4 II. ANDY WARHOL 5 III. DAVID HOCKNEY 7 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Illustration 1: Roy Lichtenstein, What! , Cover 2. Illustration 2: Andy Warhol, Campbell Soup Can 6 3. Illustration 3 David Hockney, A Bigger Splash 7 POP ART Art in which everyday objects and subjects are depicted with the flat naturalism of advertising or comic strips. 1. Pop Art, visual arts movement of the 1950 s and 1960 s, principally in the United ...
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Noiseless Patient Spider O My Soul Filament
264 wordsWalt Whitman? s poem entitled? A noiseless Patient Spider. ? Describes a quiet spider creating a web. The first line of the poem reads, ? A noiseless patient spider? referring to the graceful and peaceful nature of a spider. It is a creature of patience. ? I mark? d where on a little promontory it stood isolated, ? The speaker watches the spider carefully and sees where it stood. It was all alone, away from any human interference. The next line reads, ? mark? d how to explore the vacant vast sur...
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