Art From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the general concept of art. For people named Art‚ see Arthur. For other uses‚ see Art (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Clockwise from upper left: a self-portrait from Vincent van Gogh‚ an African Chokwe statue‚ detail from the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and a Japanese Shisa lion Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts‚ which
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A Alpha; the uppercase form of the first letter of the Greek alphabet. See A by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). Abacus Abakes A portion of a column of the Doric Order; the uppermost member of a capital beneath the architrave; simply stated‚ the abacus is a slab forming the top of the capital of a column. See Abacus by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). Abae The site of the oracular shrine of Apollon in Phokis (Phocis) near the city of Delphi. See Abae by
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CLA204 Lecture 1 Notes What is myth? - mûthos (ancient Greek) – “story”‚ “plot” of a narrative - myth – “a traditional story of collective (social) importance” – character‚ plot‚ temporal and special setting - mûthos (story) + logos (account) = “study of myth”‚ mythology - set in distant past or time so long ago when humans did not exist - mythical place – ie. garden paradise‚ world of the dead‚ etc. Circulation of Myth: oral (Orpheus‚ Homer‚ Hesiod) literary (Ovid‚ Euripides) artistic
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There is something fundamentally‚ radically unhealthy about all this. We do not seem to be seeking more exuberance in living as much as staving off failure‚ putting off dying. We have lost all confidence in the human body. ~Lewis Thomas‚ The Medusa and the Snail‚ 1979 In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired. ~Author Unknown A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. ~John Steinbeck The best six doctors anywhere And no one can deny it Are sunshine‚
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Dialogue on the threshold and diatribe: construction mechanisms of the individual ’s self-consciousness / Diálogo no limiar e diatribe: mecanismos de construção da autoconsciência do sujeito Aurora Gedra Ruiz Alvarez* Lílian Lopondo** ABSTRACT This paper is about the dialogue on the threshold whose origins are in the Socratic dialogue and the diatribe (a dialogued internal gender)‚ both understood as privileged mechanisms in the construction of the main character of Dostoevski´s novel
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COUNTERING THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY: THE SUN TZU APPROACH BY Komolafe Solomon (ASP) FIRST SEMESTER 2013 CONTENT Abstract Introduction 1 Conceptual Definition 3 Historical Overview
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SBI 3U1 – 07: Biology Examination Definitions Unit 1: Diversity of Living Things ➢ Species: a group of organisms that can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring. ➢ Morphology: the branch of biology that deals with the structure or form of organisms. ➢ Phylogeny: the evolutionary history of a species. ➢ Taxonomy: the branch of biology that identifies‚ names‚ and classifies species based on natural features. ➢ Binomial nomenclature: the system of giving a two-word Latin name to
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On "Daddy" Robert Phillips Finally the one way the poet was to achieve relief‚ to become an independent Self‚ was to kill her father’s memory‚ which‚ in "Daddy‚" she does by a metaphorical murder. Making him a Nazi and herself a Jew‚ she dramatizes the war in her soul. It is a terrible poem‚ full of blackness‚ and one of the most nakedly confessional poems ever written. From its opening image onward‚ that of the father as an "old shoe" in which the daughter has lived for thirty years—an explicitly
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Invertebrate Questions True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____ 1. The acute senses of arthropods are the result of organs such as compound eyes and antennae. ____ 2. Arthropods have a well-developed excretory system consisting of nephridia. ____ 3. The well-developed arthropod nervous system consists of a double ventral nerve cord‚ an anterior brain‚ and several ganglia. ____ 4. Efficient gas exchange in arthropods is accomplished by tracheal tubes‚ book lungs
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Paradise Lost From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Paradise Lost (disambiguation). Paradise Lost Milton paradise.jpg Title page of the first edition (1668) Author John Milton Cover artist J. B. de Medina and Henry Aldrich Country England Language English Genre Epic poetry‚ Christian mythology Publisher Samuel Simmons (original) Publication date 1667 Media type Print Followed by Paradise Regained Text Paradise Lost at Wikisource Paradise Lost is an
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