The first semester of the High Scholars program at Belhaven University has become one of the most beneficial and establishing weeks for me thus far. Never uncovered more about myself‚ my beliefs and worldview‚ and the history of the world in relevance to the Christian worldview in any other course as this. High Scholars has challenged and pushed me further than I thought I was ever capable of stretching. The personal and emotion demands were great‚ but I the satisfaction and outcomes of each assignment
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art. Adams also discusses the other features on the statue such as the little boy at the bottom of Augustus’s right leg. This boy is Cupid‚ the son of Venus who is riding a dolphin and was put there as a reminder that Augustus traced his lineage to Aeneas‚ another son of Venus’ and was descended from the gods. Located on his chest is his armor. The armor‚ according to Adams‚ is Mother Earth with a cornucopia. She describes this as the emperors identification with the land as a source of plenty and
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Chapter 5 Study Guide Baroque Art and Music 1. What are the generally accepted dates of the Baroque Period? 1600 to 1750 2. If there are two words that would summarize the Baroque art‚ architecture‚ and music they are Excessive ornamentation 3. What is the “Doctrine of Affections”? Aesthetic Theory‚ musical moods could and should be used to communicate to the listener a specific emotion. 4. The single most important NEW GENRE of the Baroque Period was opera. 5. The two primary
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If there is one constant in this world‚ it would surely be death. Dying is an unavoidable part of life. Indeed‚ everything that lives will at sometime die. The fear of death is held by everyone. Perhaps it is the correlation of death with pain or the unknown state of the human consciousness after death‚ maybe a combination of both‚ that creates this fear. The fear felt is undoubtedly universal‚ however‚ the ways in which it is dealt with are varied and diverse. The concept of human mortality and
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The young prince of Denmark‚ Hamlet has recently lost his father. Right after this melancholy‚ his uncle‚ Claudius‚ takes over the entire property of his past away father: his crown and his wife (Gertrude) who is Hamlet’s mother. These chain heartbreaking misfortunes leave deep wounds on the soul of young Hamlet and his soliloquies‚ allowing the audience to enter his agitated mind‚ reveal these spiritual scars. This soliloquy is the closing part of the second act and points out the inner feelings
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T.S. Eliot’s Poetical Devices T.S. Eliot was one of the great early 20th Century poets. He wrote many poems throughout his career including "The Waste Land"(1922)‚ "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"(1917)‚ and "Ash Wednesday"(1930). Throughout his poems‚ he uses the same poetic devices to express emotion and give an added depth to his poetry and act like a trademark in his works. One of the devices used throughout is his personification of nature. The second device he often uses is allusions
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MUL1010 Study Guide for Final Exam Please look up answers from Section IV of the course--the Historical Periods-- and listen to excerpts from the course for the listening questions below to be well-prepared for the Proctored Final Exam. Give yourself plenty of time to listen and to study. 1. Who was Anicius Boethius? 2. Who is the “Father of the Symphony?” 3. What musical technique replaced tonality in the 20th Century? 4. What is tonality? 5. What is secular music? 6. What is sacred music
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loss and the cruelty of rejection. Though their fates are the same‚ their paths in life that lead them to the fate have contrast. In the Aeneid‚ Dido‚ the widowed queen had made an oath of fidelity to her first husband‚ but violates this vow with Aeneas. In contrast‚ the virgin Ophelia’s “fair and unpolluted flesh” spoken by Laertes beside while standing over her grace (5.1.232)‚ but with Dido‚ dare I say “too‚ too sullied flesh”? Ophelia is last seen in a very dramatic and
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A Few Words on Dante’s Inferno Like in the Inferno‚ where the gates of Hell begin the journey to the bottom‚ so life is began by birth‚ and the journey to Eternity begins. Some lives are more easily lead than others‚ like some of the punishments in Dante’s version of Hell are worse than others. Although in Hell‚ there is no hope‚ not even the hope of hope‚ the journey that Dante and Virgil take can be compared with the journey of life. Just the fact that Dante has someone to guide him can be
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between Peleous and Thetis with the love of Ceyx and Alcyone. In the12th book‚ he moves into history and analyses the exploits of Achilles. In the 13th book‚ it consist on the contest over Achilles arm and Polyphemos. 14th book‚ is the Journey of Aeneas. And lastly the 15th book‚ it opens with a philosophical lecture by Phytagora and end up with veneration of
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