Good for a girl: Rachel Ruyschs ’ Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Tabletop In the early 16th century the Netherlands experienced what was called "tulip mania" this was the beginning of the nations love for flora and foliage (Taylor 13). The result of this impressive flower invasion was a society that took a historical turn from which the results still remain today. Flower merchants‚ botanists and floral still life artists‚ were occupations that were an accurate reflection of the Netherlands
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Baroque Art‚ as a distinct style‚ emerged during the 17th century. It ran in parallel with the Scientific Revolution in Europe‚ and was a direct product of the Counter-Reformation movement of the Roman Catholic Church. The philosophy behind the style emerged in the 16th century during the Council of Trent when the Roman Catholic Church felt the need for an art form that would help reinforce its power and clarify its ideology following the Reformation. Baroque Art was created with the dual purpose
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Modern theatre audiences struggle to engage with classic plays. The answer is to adapt classic plays to fit with the times. Discuss. In today ’s smartphone infested fast-paced hectic lifestyle it is hard to imagine a day without all of your problems being solved with a quick type on your favourite search engine. This is a stark contrast to the issues that were seen by our favourite classical playwrights. If you were to tell them that you could find the answer to any question off the top of your
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the Turkish attack on Cyprus. Shakespeare illustrates both of these matters within his work of Othello. As the Jacobean audience was in transition‚ a play such as Othello would have resonated within them‚ as it can be seen as a microcosm of 17th century England. As the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre said‚ “Othello reflects the shifting values of a world once steeped in chivalry and honor‚ now fast learning the language of rationalism‚ commerce and imperialism.” (P4. L16) The character of Othello
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viewing the concert excerpts‚ construct a comparison of these two concerts. For this assignment I chose to compare and contrast two concerts. The first concert is from the modern era‚ while the other is a Baroque Era concert originating from the 17th Century preformed by a modern day orchestra. The Baroque Era Concert takes place in a large modern day Lutheran Church in front of a small crowd of well dressed onlookers. The second concert that I chose for this assignment is a modern day rock concert
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English people still could neither read nor write as late as the beginning of the 18th century (PBS‚ 2001). The first newspaper ran from 1702 to 1735; a "one-sheet‚" publication offered in London; “The Daily Courant”. The Courant and many others‚ found an increasing audience because of mass printing via the invented press which led to upwards of eight daily newspapers in publication in London by the century ’s close (2001). In the 1700s‚ books were extremely costly; hand bound‚ and had limited
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ones. She captured her audience’s attention by utilizing literary elements such as imagery and metaphors. With her use of literary elements and relatable topics‚ Anne Bradstreet has single handedly become the voice of the American woman in the 17th century; even though she referred to her poetic works as homespun cloth. In Anne’s poem‚ “A Letter to her Husband‚ Absent upon Public Employment” Anne used metaphors to display how much she missed her husband. In her poem she wrote‚ “I like the earth
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Anna Gerbozy 2:00 TTh March 4‚ 2013 Critique 2 Peeler Richard III - Theater Critique Valentines Day has always been a nonevent in my life. This February 14th‚ however‚ I had a date to Richard III. It didn’t include roses and a candlelit dinner afterword‚ but it was a fantastic show. Set in an unknown third world country‚ in the present day‚ Richard III is the story of power hungry man who will stop at nothing to reach the top. No covenant can’t be broken‚ no rightful heir to the throne
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place they live‚ where their family may have lived for centuries. Also there are "Pull" factors that draw people to leave everything they have ever known in search of something better. That was certainly the case with the Immigration of people from the British Isles moving to North America in the early 17th century. We’ll start by discussing some of the "Push" factors that might have drove some people out of England in the early 17th century. Imagine living in a place like England in the 1500 to
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The Puritan literature of our first unit rebels against the greater context of world events occurring during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Puritan literature portrays that knowledge was gained through studying the Bible‚ and that the only purpose of gaining further knowledge would be to preserve the integrity of ones own soul‚ or to help others in saving theirs. The Puritans’ interests in gaining or preserving knowledge were solely religious‚ and they also believed that any knowledge
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