I. The fragmentation of western Christendom A. The Protestant Reformation 1. Martin Luther (1483-1546) attacked the sale of indulgences‚ 1517 a. Attacked corruption in the Roman Catholic Church; called for reform b. Argument reproduced with printing presses and widely read c. Enthusiastic popular response from lay Christians‚ princes‚ and many cities d. By mid-sixteenth century‚ half the German people adopted Lutheran Christianity 2. Reform spread outside Germany a. Protestant movements
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Arts & Crafts of Myanmar Gold Leaf The square gold leaf tissues used for centuries and fragile enough that a breath of the softest wind could crumble them are all hand made in the lovely ancient capital of Mandalay. Only 24 carat gold is used. First‚ about 200 gm is pulled into thin wires‚ and then pulled through a press to form a ribbon 90 cm long and 2 cm wide. This is cut into 200 squares. Each is placed between thin sheets of bamboo paper about 7 cm square and the whole stack wrapped
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art‚ philosophy of‚ the study of the nature of art‚ including such concepts as interpretation‚ representation and expression‚ and form. It is closely related to aesthetics‚ the philosophical study of beauty and taste. ------------------------------------------------- Distinguishing characteristics The philosophy of art is distinguished from art criticism‚ which is concerned with the analysis and evaluation of particular works of art. Critical activity may be primarily historical‚ as when a lecture
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New York University SCPS – Arts and Humanities X03.9740 – Arts Administration Summer Intensive 2013 – Managing the Arts Instructor: Amy Fiore Student Name: Yasmin Martins Silva TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION ------------------------------------------------- ANSWERS ------------------------------------------------- #1: The organization chosen is the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. The Mission Statement is very clear and concise: “The mission of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is to promote
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Non Financial Awards Non-financial rewards gain value in retaining employees San Antonio Business Journal - by Morrison Woods Date: Sunday‚ January 26‚ 1997‚ 11:00pm CST [pic][pic] One of the most annoying events faced by business owners and managers is hiring a good employee only to have him or her poached by another firm shortly thereafter. This is frustrating under the most favorable of circumstances where large numbers of candidates are available to replace the employee on relatively
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American Art Before and After World War II Melissa Kirkland ARTS/125 August 10‚ 2015 DOROTHEA LANGE • American photographer. • From 1914 to 1917 she attended the New York Training School for Teachers and there decided to become a photographer‚ partly influenced by visits to the photographer Arnold Genthe. • From 1917 to 1918 she attended a photography course run by Clarence H. White at Columbia University‚ NY. “Migrant “White Angel Breadline” Mother” WALKER EVANS • American Photographer and
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significance does art acquire if we assume that our interpretation of it is correct? What is the relation between aesthetic response and all other forms of human behavior? How do we explain the role and importance of art in the general behavioral system of man? There are as many different answers to these questions as there are different ways of evaluating the importance of art. Some believe art is the supreme human activity while others consider it nothing but leisure and fun. The evaluation of art depends
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Traditional art VS Digital art Fri‚ May 15‚ 2009 News Because we live in a century dominated by technology innovation‚ art itself has been offered new creative horizons. But these new advantages have not been considered so beneficial for the art by some conservative art lovers‚ who believe that if the art is not created using traditional tools (pen‚ oils‚ watercolor‚ etc.) that art cannot be considered true art (true in the meaning of recognizing it’s real values). Even if the painting‚ the
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dating from circa 2000 B.C. (Nadler‚ 1983). It was brought to the New World in 1769 by sailors returning from voyagers to the South Pacific (Post‚ 1968; Sanders‚ 1991). The practice of tattooing became more widespread and socially acceptable in the Western world after that time (Sanders‚ 1991). In ancient times tattooing was a projection of Jungian psychological elements‚ which was used be projected onto holy symbols‚ onto the self as a manifestations of self-expression coinciding with a decline in
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the same shop my husband worked at to do I get done “free” because I married the mechanic. References James D. Gwartney‚ (2011). Economics‚ Private and Public Choice. 14th ed. USA: South-Western Cengage
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