Huangdi was China’s first Emperor‚ and Emperor Hadrian was perhaps the Roman’s greatest Emperor. They both tried to control their empires using similar methods‚ such as building roads‚ training a strong army with military tactics‚ erecting frontiers to keep out the invaders. By looking at their personalities‚ armies‚ transport systems‚ and how they controlled the frontiers‚ I think Hadrian is more effective in ruling his empire. Both Roman and Chinese people obeyed their emperors but for different reasons
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What does it mean to be truly alive? People talk about truly living and being human‚ but what does this really mean? In her novel‚ The Vegetarian‚ Han Kang explores this idea of what it means to be truly alive and human. This novel focuses on Yeong-hye‚ who turns vegetarian‚ and the impact it has on her life and on others around her. The novel is told from three different perspectives‚ her husband‚ brother-in-law‚ and sister. Through the eyes of the brother-in-law‚ the reader observes what it
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No artist has left a loftier or more penetrating personal testament than Rembrandt van Rijn. In more than 90 portraits of himself that date from the outset of his career in the 1620s to the year of his death in 1669‚ he created an autobiography in art that is the equal of the finest ever produced in literature even of the intimately analytical Confessions of St. Augustine.1 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606– 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered
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Brielle Kane Republican Roman ”Bust of A Man” vs. Imperial Roman “Portrait of Emperor Caligula” Two portraits‚ that of a Man and of Emperor Caligula‚ can be found in the same gallery in Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ which suggests that both of the busts were created in the same period of time. This‚ in turn‚ suggests that they must be stylistically similar‚ though not exactly the same. At the same time‚ the portrait bust of a Man was created by either Antonine or Severan at the dusk of the
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Self Portrait with a Bandaged ear and pipe Production background After having dreamt about an artist community for a long time‚ Van Gogh finally bought a ‘yellow house’ in Arles and invite Paul Gauguin. There Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin lived together‚ discussed artwork and focused on producing works of art. Gauguin makes a portrait of Van Gogh in front of one of his sunflower canvases‚ which Van Gogh describes as "certainly me‚ but me gone mad." However‚ their frequent personality clashes lead
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Should Emperor Hirohito be responsible for the invasion of China from 1937 to1945? The Second Sino-Japanese war started officially on the 7th July‚ 1937. During the eight years of fighting‚ more than 30 million Chinese were killed including civilians and soldiers. (Wu‚ 2005) Emperor Hirohito was excused from the trial after World War II and was kept in throne for another 44 years. The fact that the war time Prime Minister Hideki Tojo took all the responsibility at the International Military Tribunal
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From self-preservation of the past self‚ the definition of the double eventually expands to self-criticism and self-observance. The idea of peering into the deepest conscience of oneself is disturbing and uncomforting to man. Freud proposed the double as synonymous with terror for the ego is projected outward as an extraneous being reflecting oneself. Arnold Bocklin‚ in his painting‚ “Self Portrait with Death with a Violin‚” illustrates an uncanny‚ skeleton double to himself in order
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Portrait Photography the humble beginings Portrait photography was born when Frenchman Joseph Nicephore Niepce‚ father of photography and first-ever portrait photographer‚ successfully set an image onto a metal plate in 1827. Later‚ in 1844‚ photography made its way to China‚ courtesy of Jules Itier of France. The rest is portrait photography history. In 1885‚ George Eastman created paper film. Later‚ in 1889‚ he fabricated the more recognizable celluloid film. His first camera‚ a box-shaped
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Commentaire de texte : The Oval Portrait‚ Edgar Allan Poe From Selected Tales‚ Penguin‚ Popular Classics The Oval Portrait‚ a short story from Edgar Allan Poe‚ lies in the fact that art and life are deadly linked. The passion for art and painting is described as causing death since the painter’s determination to make a portrait of his wife will cause her death. As in most of Poe’s short stories‚ the setting takes an important place in the story. We could say that it has even an influence on
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Edgar Allan Poe “The Oval Portrait” : THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MAIN STORY AND THE EMBEDDED ONE. “The Oval Portrait” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe involving the harrowing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. The final version of the text is a revision of an earlier story known as “Life in Death”. Poe improved his novella by eliminating narrator’s penchant for opium and modifying the conclusion. It allowed him to achieve purely didactic piece of writing
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