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20 Th Century African Art
1,045 wordsAfrican Art does not have specific date to which it evolved because most early African Art was carved in wood, which perished quickly. This is why most art dates from the 19 th and early 20 th century. Many 20 th century artists admired and collected pieces of African Art. They enjoyed the bold color, expression, and form that produced a new beginning in art history. African Art was mostly dedicated to life affirming activities such as healing, pleasure, protection, and transformation. The first...
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Feast Of San Celebrate The Feast Day
605 wordsThe Spanish Culture has many holidays. They celebrate a lot of different occasions throughout the year. Many of their holidays are celebrated in a different way then those celebrated in America. They celebrate some of the same holidays as us, but they also have a lot of different ones. They celebrate New Years on January 1 st just like us, Mothers day on May 10 th, and Christmas on December 25 th. We also celebrate them on the same day, but in a different way. They have village fiestas, with mus...
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Louis Xiv Absolute Monarchy
679 wordsThe Age of Absolutism is the period of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Most states in Europe had monarchs who wished to create absolute authority, France had the best system of absolute monarchy because they were able to create a central royal political system. This paper analyzes the architecture of the palace at Versailles, how Louis XIV practiced philosophical justifications, and how his daily routines all reflected absolutism. The palace of Versailles resembled the capital of Franc...
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Boundary Street Elementary One Thing I Found School
488 wordsBoundary Street Elementary School When I got to the school, the first thing I did was check into the office. There I met the school secretary, who was very nice and willing to help me in any way she could. I was allowed to move about the school freely, while wearing a visitors badge or pass. I felt very comfortable walking around the school, as it was a very inviting atmosphere. The corridors were decorated with the students different artworks and projects. I really think that is a great idea be...
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San Carlos P P
820 wordsThe restaurant my best friend and I went to was called P&P Hunan Chinese Restaurant. It is located on the corner of Britain and Laurel Ave in San Carlos, California. P&P Hunan have opened up for about two and a half years the restaurant has already become a very popular place to eat in San Carlos. The word Hunan comes from a name of a provenience in Southeast China which people live in. Hunan food is known for making their food very spicy. This restaurant by itself is the size of an average ten ...
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Blue Jeans The Ultimate American Icon
1,452 wordsGold was discovered in California in 1849. This resulted in more than eighty thousand Americans rushing to California. The pioneering spirit spread and by 1890, the Wests population reached nearly 17 million. The west became the most racially diverse part of the country. All were in search of a better life for themselves and their families, seeking what would become known as the American Dream. During this time innovation and creation were prompting remarkable growth in industry. New products th...
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Baby Jesus Wise Men
530 wordsChristmas festivities begin with Las Posadas, nine consecutive days of can delight processions and lively parties starting December 16. Throughout Mexico kids get together each afternoon to reenact the holy family's journey for a place to stay in Bethlehem. The procession is headed by a small Virgen Mara, often perched on a live burro, led by a equally tiny San Jos. They are followed by other children protruding angels, the Santos Reyes, and a host of pastore's y pastorelas, all usually decked o...
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Christmas Tree Gift Giving
780 wordsChristmas The year's most celebrated holiday is celebrated on December 25 th, both in homes and churches worldwide. The meaning for Christmas is to recognize Christ's birth, of which the exact date is not known. During the fourth century the Bishop of Rome set December 25 th as Christ's birth date. Some authorities claim that the choice of December 25 th was made because it coincided with Chanukah, Mithraic's feast of the sun god, and the people of northern Europe's winter solstice feast. The wi...
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Gothic Architecture In French And English Cathedrals
701 wordsThe Gothic style originated in France around 1140. It spread to other parts of Europe and remained the dominant style in northern Europe for the next 400 years. Like the preceding Romanesque style, the Gothic style is defined largely in terms of architecture, with many regional variants. As the Gothic style spread throughout Europe, it brought profound changes in Europe. French Gothic captured the imagination of English architects and the style influenced their building down through the centurie...
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Piece Of Paper Valentines Day
1,019 words... parts of the kingdom celebrate their own customs and as the day approached all magazines were readying for the day that they published sonnets and verses to commemorate St Valentine's Day. Valentines Day in Denmark The Danish valentine days card known as a lover's card came in the form of a transparency. When held up to the light showed a picture of a lover handing his love a gift. Valentines Day in France In France a custom of drawing for would occur, this was were young unmarried people as...
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People Of Ancient Egypt
717 wordsAncient Egypt, civilization lived along the Nile River in northeastern Africa for more than 3, 000 years, from about 3300 bc to 30 bc. It was the longest-lived civilization of the ancient world. Geographically, the term "ancient Egypt" indicates the territory where the ancient Egyptians lived in the valley and delta of the Nile. Culturally, it refers to the ways ancient Egyptians spoke, worshiped, understood the nature of the physical world, organized their government, made their livings, entert...
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Thing About Christmas Celebration Of Christmas Holiday
738 wordsMy Favorite Holiday My favorite holiday is Christmas. Traditionally celebrated at home, Christmas is thought to be a family holiday. However nowadays the habits and ideas of people have changed very much and Christmas becomes more of the global holiday when it is appropriate to meet with many friends and go out for the round the night crazy celebration. Every person finds his own most favorite things about Christmas. In this small essay I will examine what this holiday means to me, and what are ...
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Choose In Favor Surrounding Reality
1,747 wordsA Good Art Classroom Environment for Critical and Creative Thinking (1) It is very important for teachers to choose in favor of proper educational approach, when it comes to introducing children with basics of art. At the age of 13 - 15 years, schoolchildren are very impressionable; therefore, teachers need to make sure that the process of perceiving art, on the part students, is going to be emotionally beneficial. This can only be achieved if classrooms environment stimulates students creativen...
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Century B C Art And Architecture
1,733 words... known as Olympus Pantheon, where Zeus was dominant over the other Gods, personifying lands, fire, love, hate, art, etc. First philosophers had been exploring religion and trying to discover, what is waiting for a man in the other life and does it exist at all? So called nature-philosophers tried to make the faith of people more spiritually meaningful, bring it to archaic materialism. All this finds direct reflection in literature, especially in poetry, which had a bright humanistic tendency....
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Byzantine Empire Roman Empire
1,302 wordsThe greatest of medieval civilizations was the Eastern Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was divided in 395. The Western half, ruled from Rome, was ruled by the barbarians in the 5 th century. The Eastern half, known as the Byzantine Empire, lasted for more than over 1, 000 years. The Byzantine Empire was one of the leading civilizations in the world. Byzantine Architecture Is a mixed style composed of Greece-Roman and Oriental elements which, The form of the church used most in the west, a the lon...
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Great Deal High Tech
872 wordsGreek and Japanese Architecture For a great many years, architecture has been a breaking point for different artistic eras in history. Some of the most famous? works of art? have been chapels, temples, and tombs. Among the most dominant and influential eras of great architecture are the sophisticated, stoic Greeks-Roman periods and the more mystical, elemental Japanese eras. These two very distinct and very different eras have more in common than you may realize. When work began on the Parthenon...
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Spanish Civil War Short Happy Life
1,772 wordsHis Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway His Life Ernest Hemingway was born July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Chicago. He was the second of six children born at his grandfather s house on North Oak Park Avenue. When Hemingway was just seven weeks old, the family moved to Bear Lake which his father had purchased the summer before. Hemingway was not christened until October first at the First Congregational Church. Hemingway spent most of his younger years on the shore at Bear Lake where he caught his firs...
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Beam Of Light Chichen Itza
1,009 wordsNoor Al-Kuwari Chichen Itza, The Maya Deep within the jungle of Mexico and extending into the limestone shelf of the Yucatan peninsula lie the mysterious temple and pyramids of the Maya. While Europe was still in the midst of the dark ages, these amazing people had mapped the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and were masters of mathematics. They invented the calendars we use today. Across a huge jungle landscape with an amazing degree of architectural perfecti...
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Prepare This Dish Chicken On A Stick Place
706 wordsA creative interest I have is cooking with pastries, seafood and poultry. Preparing food can be fun. All I need is just a little imagination and time. Pastries are dessert that are severed for special occasions and after a meal. Pastries are special due to the fact each one tastes and looks different. The creative format comes from the chef. Since I am the one who cooks in my house, I must prepare each dish tasteful and attractive. For example, I was thinking of a creative cake for my daughters&...
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Middle Ages Canterbury Tales
995 wordsMedieval Literature And Poetry/ Illuminated Manuscripts Essay, Medieval Literature And Poetry/ Illuminated Manuscripts Medieval Literature and Poetry/ Illuminated Manuscripts The Middle Ages was a period of about one thousand years, between the collapse of the Roman Empire during the fifth century AD and the revival of classical art and learning known as the Renaissance around the fifteenth century. During this dark and chaotic period small groups of devout Christians could live with security an...
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