Many of the doctrines and concepts central to Christianity have important philosophical implications or presuppositions. In this article we will take a closer look at some of the central doctrines and concepts‚ and their philosophical relevance. Of course‚ many philosophically laden doctrines and concepts are relevant to Christianity‚ and we cannot discuss them all here. Rather‚ our focus will be on those concepts and doctrines that are distinctively Christian‚ and which have been the focus of
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The Qin dynasty (also written as Ch ’in) was brief‚ 221 B.C. - 206 B.C‚ but much was accomplished during this 15-year period. It was the first dynasty whose emperor ruled over a unified China‚ following his defeat of seven warring states. One currency and a single system of weights and measures for the entire empire were created and a standardized Chinese written language was established. Construction of a national highway system and the Great Wall of China were begun. The name‚ China‚ even originated
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The Valley of the Fallen The Valley of the Fallen or the Benedictine Abbey of Santa Cruz Valley of the Fallen is a monument built between 1940-1958 The monument‚ begun in 1940 and opened in 1959‚ was built according to the plans of Pedro Muguruza and Diego Mendez‚ decorated with monumental sculptures by Juan de Ávalos and a dome decorated with a mosaic by Santiago Padrós. It is located in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid) in Cuelgamuros in the Sierra de Guadarrama. The environment
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How important was Polykleitos to the Development of the Kouros? In fifth century Greek free-standing sculpture Polykleitos and his works the Diadoumenos (430BCE) and the Doryphoros (440BCE) (which were originally bronze) are important in demonstrating the development of the Kouros as they highlight a great level of development in terms of the naturalism of a‚ sculpture‚ through the use of contrapposto and application of the ‘Cannon of Proportion’ which is attributed to Polykleitos. Whereas Polykleitos’
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all sculptures remained with static expressions‚ famous artists such as Giovanni da Bologna sculpted pieces that showed dynamics emotion and twisting bodies. Another key difference between the Madonna of Humility and Dancing Faun is their Medium. Bronze figures‚ during the Hellenistic Art period‚ could be made to propose the daintiness of real bodies and development in a way quiet‚ strong marble proved unable thus contrasting with the Madonna of Humility. Contrary to the differences‚ the busts share
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Development of the Polis Extended Response The polis first originated in Greece‚ which was built by the people who had colonised in Greece. This was all during the archaic period which was c. 8th and 9th century in 800-500BC. The Hellenes (the Greeks) of Archaic Greece had extensive knowledge on how to make a working successful city-state. The Hellenes settled into many places or “city-states” which later on became known as‚ Athens‚ Sparta‚ Thebes‚ Corinth‚ etc. Many city-states were built on the
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the circular domed rotunda‚ and a connection between these two. The portico consists of 16 massive granite Corinthian order columns‚ each weighing 60 tons‚ which support a pediment at the top. The main entrance into the rotunda is through double bronze doors 21 feet high that were once
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The chemical element copper‚ with Atomic Number 29‚ has been extensively used for thousands of years because of several primary properties that have dictated its use throughout history. Among them we can count durability‚ strength and‚ as a semi-noble metal‚ good resistance to corrosion. With a hardness of 3 on the Mohs scale‚ pure copper is relatively soft and malleable‚ which makes it an easy metal to work with. Analyses of artefacts from lithic civilizations have shown that native copper had not
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Donatello‚ David Museo Nazionale Del Bargello Donatello became renowned as the greatest sculptor of the Early Renaissance‚ his masterpieces being his Humanist and unusually erotic statue of David‚ one of the icons of the Florentine republic‚ and his great monument to Gattamelata‚ the first large equestrian bronze to be created since Roman times. High Renaissance art in Italy‚ 1475-1525 Italian Renaissance painting Michelangelo‚ (c. 1511) The Creation of Adam‚ from the Sistine Chapel ceiling
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twentieth century urban American society. The use of an overhead camera angle when Samuel Lapp is at the train station looking at the bronze statue mixed with the non-diagetic music adds to his confusion and amazement at the unfamiliar surroundings. Similarly‚ this also suggests that the Amish are a minority through the comparison of size between Samuel and the statue. Weirs portrayal of the urban ‘Happy Valley’ compared to that of the rural Amish ‘Happy Valley’ was effectively conveyed through a
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