EUR 101 Spring 2013 Foundations of Europe 1:00-2:20 p.m. T Th Harriman 137 DEC G Professor: Timothy Westphalen Office: Humanities 1140 E-mail: Timothy.Westphalen@StonyBrook.edu Office Hours; Tues. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Tues.‚ 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thurs. 2:30-3:30 p.m. And by appointment. Teaching assistant: Anna Geisherik Office: Humanities 1077 E-mail: ageisherik@gmail.com Office hours: Tues. and Thurs.‚ 4:30-5:15; 7-7:45p.m. READINGS (All books available in the
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4 Phases of Greek Art * Geometric 900-600 B.C.E * Archaic 600-480 B.C.E * Classical 980-323 B.C.E * Hellenistic 323-31 * Large funerary Vase * Known as Diphlon Vase or Krator * From the geometric era * Made from busted clay * Ceramics were used for storage * It also showed a lot of culture with images * The Greek buried their dead & practiced cremations Bronze Man & Centaur * Human body mixed with a horse like figure * Centaur from lefkand
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Tattooing is one of many art forms that has been practiced from thousands of years. It has evolved from its start‚ from crude methods to more advanced ones. Tattooing has become more symbolic and meaningful‚ and more common. Many people around the world have at least once tattoo but‚ it was not always this way‚ tattoos used to be only for kings and queens or those of importance. The earliest known examples of tattoos date back to ancient Egypt. The first tattoo found was from the famous frozen
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or profession of acting in‚ producing‚ directing‚ or writing plays. It has greatly developed since ancient Greek times to the theatre we are accustomed to now. Theatre was created in the 6th century B.C by the Greeks during a festival for the god Dionysus‚ the god of theatre and wine amongst other things. The festival was a way for the greeks to have fun and be creative and expressive as well as honor the gods. People who pursue a career in theatre are called actors or thespians. Modern day theatre
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The Greek Trireme warship played a very important role in the ancient Greek culture. It shaped the Athenian Empire and allowed the rise of Greek power and naval warfare. The ancient Greek ship called the trireme was the largest warship. The designers started working on it by attempting to build a boat that would do better on the seas for longer distances and in storms. The boats before the Trireme were not built very well and could not get very big or hold a lot of cargo. The Triremes were the
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meeting that he should also go. Zoë refuses because she states she will not travel with a male camper. When they are leaving for the quest‚ Percy successfully sneaks away from the camp with his Pegasus Blackjack‚ but is almost stopped by Mr. D or Dionysus‚ the Greek god of
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FINAL PERIOD ELEMENTS OF DRAMA Drama comes from Greek words meaning "to do" or "to act." A play is a story acted out. It shows people going through some eventful period in their lives‚ seriously or humorously. The speech and action of a play recreate the flow of human life. A play comes fully to life only on the stage. On the stage it combines many arts those of the author‚ director‚ actor‚ designer‚ and others. Dramatic performance involves an intricate process of rehearsal based upon imagery
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Greek Literature GREEK LITERATURE. The great British philosopher-mathematician Alfred North Whitehead once commented that all philosophy is but a footnote to Plato . A similar point can be made regarding Greek literature as a whole. Over a period of more than ten centuries‚ the ancient Greeks created a literature of such brilliance that it has rarely been equaled and never surpassed. In poetry‚ tragedy‚ comedy‚ and history‚ Greek writers created masterpieces that have inspired‚ influenced
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like seating on one side of the stage. Sometimes there was a more elaborate chair front row center. This chair was used for the priest of the city. The city counsels and soldiers had there own sections to sit in close to the priest. In the city of Dionysus the front row seats were labeled for high-ranking officials. The soldiers were forced to come to the plays so they could learn from the mistakes made by characters in the plays (Ross‚ 29). Behind the stage stood a small hut called the skene. The
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Apple Of My Eye: A Summary of Michael Pollan’s ’The Apple’ from The Botany of Desire Micheal Pollan begins his bestselling novel‚ “The Botany Of Desire”‚ with a question‚ what is the difference between humans‚ and the bumblebee? Pollan argues that humans do not have control over nature as we tend to believe‚ he believes that nature plays an equal or even more dominant role in our relationship. He states‚ “this book tells a different story of man and nature”(xxv) and he tells this story through the
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