Q1. In no more than 500 words compare the use of the cantus firmus technique in Guillaume Dufay’s Agnus Dei from his Missa L’homme armé and Josquin de Prez’s Agnus Dei from his Mass L’homme armé. The Cantus Firmus technique is an existing melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition. The cantus firmus had been the most commonly used for writing masses throughout most of the 15th century. It is traditionally written in the alto clef and begins and ends on the tonic of the key or the
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- The disenchantment of the 1001 Nights notion by the representation of sexuality - Thompson’s story of the slave children Habibi and Dodola builds up a density of themes‚ in which the reader immerses himself and for which he often wishes a knife to slice this multi- layered story to bring it into a chronology. It never loses its train of thoughts but still requires the reader to disentangle the story to understand it. The form of the story draws on the tradition of the 1001 Nights Stories‚ with
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First Article A. Neupert‚ Richard. “The Musical Store As Closre Device in The 400 Blows.” Film Criticism 14.1 (1989): 26-32. Academic Search Complete. Web. 6 Dec. 2012. B. This criticism studies the musical motifs and structures within The 400 Blows. The inclusion or presence of a musical reappearance shows the people watching a closure to the film. It recaps the whole film and ties together the theme and movements that developed over the course of the film. Overture or the approach of music
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One of the most productive chemists that have lived through history seizes to be Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier. Known mainly for his works in naming elements like oxygen and hydrogen‚ establishing the infrastructure of the phlogiston theory‚ developing the metric system and helping establish the role oxygen plays in a combustion reaction he has most significantly changed Chemistry as a whole for millions around the world. Mr. Lavoisier was born on August 1743 to a noble family in Paris‚
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THE THEATRE OF ANTONIN ARTAUD ‘There’s no experiment in theatre in the last fifty years that hasn’t‚ knowingly or not‚ owed something to Artaud’s catechism. Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud was a French playwright who revolutionised the world of playwrights. His given genre of playwrights is known as ‘Avante-garde theatre’. Artaud was very experimental and innovative with his playwrights‚ very much pushing the boundaries when writing them. He believed that theatre should be a clear representation
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and overtime proved to change how the country viewed‚ produced‚ and perform the art within their society. Not only did Napoleon regulate and allowed himself to be courted by the leading artists of his time‚ which included Jacques-Louis David and Antoine-Jean Gros‚ but he refined a host of minor engravers and portraitists as well. The abundance of resemblances of the young “Héros Italique” ensured that the popularity of Napoleon Bonaparte’s image would eventually surpass both that of Marat and David’s
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experiences that influence their lives and shape their point of view; Antoine de Saint-Exupery was no different. He turned his experiences into a short story that has been passed down from generation to generation. His story teaches us morals and values that he himself learned throughout his life. If you look carefully‚ you could match a lot of characters and places in “The Little Prince” to corresponding personal experiences that Antoine de Saint-Exupery had during his lifetime. According to Paul Webster
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The Image of Woman in the French Novel Manon Lescaut: The Unattainable Woman The novel Manon Lescaut‚ written by Abbe Prevost in 1731‚ is the story of la Chevalier Des Grieux and his lover Manon Lescaut. Des Grieux comes from a noble and wealthy family‚ but runs away from his family to be with Manon. By doing so Des Grieux forfeits his wealth and approval of his father. Des Grieux and Manon move to Paris to live a long lasting loving relationship‚ but Des Grieux struggles to support Manon’s
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Oligopoly Problems (Note that second page has some partial answers so that you can check yourself. I think these are correct‚ but I did it quickly. So I will offer one bonus point per mistake for the first person who finds the mistake in my answers with a maximum of 3 points per student.): 1) Demand is given by P=100-Q/2. Two firms compete according to the Cournot model and each has TC=10q. What profit does each firm earn? How would your answer change if the second firm observed the
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JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU AND THE PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCED HIS CAREER JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU AND THE PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCED HIS CAREER Who was Jean-Antoine Watteau? Gradually drifting away from the seventeenth century Baroque style‚ French painting of the eighteenth century embraced the Rococo. One of the most influential and acclaimed artists of this era was Jean-Antoine Watteau. Watteau undoubtedly mapped the path of new artistic advancements in France. He was a former costume designer
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