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    Chuck Close

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    His early airbrush techniques inspired the development of the ink jet printer. Prior to Yale‚ he was supposedly "destined to become a third-generation abstract expressionist‚ although with a dash of Pop iconoclasm." He also played around with figurative constructions‚ black and white photographs‚ and appropriation. In 1967‚ he made an artistic decision of only using non-paint media in his

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    Christ Representation

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    The purpose of this essay is to discuss how two different artists’ manipulation of the formal elements and the social context during time of creation play major roles in the ‘reading’ of an artwork. I have chosen to analyse an Early Christian depiction of Christ as the Good Shepherd and Christ the Pantokrator from the Byzantine era. The Early Christian era‚ according to History. spans from 330CE when Emperor Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium and declared Christianity

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    Early Jewish‚ Early Christian and Byzantine Art Discuss the Roman influences on Early Christian sculpture. Look at the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus  and compare it with some of the attributes of Roman art. -The Early christian architecture and tis decorations began to demonstrate increasing monumentality as a result of its dependence on Roman imperial traditions. This caused the early christian sculpture to be more impressive and a work of art that demonstrated this is a fine Early Christian

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    How far was England a more Protestant country at the death of Edward VI than at his accession in 1547? It’s 1547 and Henry VIII has just died leaving the English Church in a state of pure confusion. A Protestant approach to the Church of England had been adopted in the early 1530s to help Henry gain the annulment he so desperately wanted from his first wife Katherine followed by several Protestant doctrinal changes. However the latter years of his life saw a reversion back to Catholicism with

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    Difficult Experiences As Self-Disclosure To God." International Journal For The Psychology Of Religion 12.1 (2002): 29-39. Academic Search Premier. Web. 8 Nov. 2012. Cather‚ Willa. My Antonia. Houghton Mifflin Company‚ 1918. Print. Sahas‚ Daniel J. "Iconoclasm And Iconoclash: Struggle For Religious Identity." Catholic Historical Review 95.3 (2009): 578-580. Academic Search Premier. Web. 7 Nov. 2012 Stark‚ Rodney‚ Doyle‚ Daniel‚ and  Jesse Lynn Rushing. “Religion and Suicide.” Journal for the Scientific

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    Pillars Of Ashoka

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    inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king Ashoka during his reign in the 3rd century BC. Originally‚ there must have been many pillars but only nineteen survive with inscriptions‚ and only six with animal capitals‚ which were a target for Muslim iconoclasm. Many are preserved in a fragmentary state. Averaging between 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15 m) in height‚ and weighing up to 50 tons each‚ the pillars were dragged‚ sometimes hundreds of miles‚ to where they were erected. The pillars have four component

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    My Name Is Asher Lev

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    and art is viewed by Orthodox Jews as "essentially the heritage and property of pagan (Greek and Roman) and Christian culture -- unsuitable by definition for the Jew" (Stern 3141). Therefore‚ to become an artist‚ one would have to renounce Hebrew iconoclasm‚ "the Jewish custom forbidding any formal representation of living things" (Marchesseau 20-21). Throughout the novel‚ Asher strives to keep a balance between his art and his religion‚ but ultimately ends up isolating himself from his community.

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    the byzantine empire and his wife Theodora was the empress. 8. What does mosaics of Justinian say about him ? The mosaics of Justinian in the Ravenna tells us that Justinian is both the leader of the church and state of his empire 9. What is iconoclasm? It’s the participation of destroying religious icons and other symbols usually with religious or political motives 10. What is the theokotos? Theokotos is the god bearer . it is a greek little mary ‚the mother of jesus used in especially

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    Victorian vs Romantic

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    colonialism England became a very powerful empire and center of world power. The Romantic Age in British Literature was a time of native-inspired poetry‚ political questioning and individualism. This time period has six different characteristics iconoclasm‚ nature‚ ordinary extraordinary‚ rule of emotions‚ simple language‚ and the supernatural. It was also the shortest of the ages and singles out five different poets one of which being William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth was born in West Cumberland

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    systems‚ philosophies‚ and ideologies * Role of the church as a government * Church as “hope” * Robin Hood & King Arthur --- Why? * Catholic vs. “catholic” * Scholasticism (St. Thomas Aquinas) * Iconoclasm * Monasticism * Lay Investiture * Pope Gregory VII vs. Holy Roman Emperor * Superstitions --- Witchcraft * Franciscans‚ Dominicans‚ Jesuits * Science & technology * Universities * Growth

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