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Roman Pantomime
Words: 1924 / Pages: 7 .... the latter and it’s origins.
The term pantomime, which was, introduced by the Italian Greeks referrs to the actor. The mimer of everything. The pantomime was considered a solo performer who wore a mask, and expressed himself through dance, but did not sing. Rather, a musical group or chorus accompanied the pantomime. This type of performance is usually likened to a ballet enactment with a mythical theme. The pantomime usually tended to appeal to higher tastes with its mythical themes but as Grimal implies, could also be comic and erotic.
In his discussion of pantomime, Lucian of Samosata (ca. 125 – 180) notes that the pantomime repres .....
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Parthenon
Words: 796 / Pages: 3 .... and thousand talent temples." "Pericles' answer to the people was that the Athenians were not obliged to give the allies an account if how their money was spent, provided that they carried in the war and kept the Persians away. " All they supply is money," he told the Athenians, " and this belongs not to the people who give but to those who receive it, so long as they provide he services paid for." This is a good example of how the Greeks felt about themselves and their temples. The Paratheon is the best example of Greek's history and their architectural abilities.
The Greek temple, , was like most it had a three-step platform. The columns encl .....
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How To Make A Movie
Words: 3999 / Pages: 15 .... usually an ex-vaudeville actor who invents humorous situations. But where are the screenwriters? These early films don't need them. Without sound, there is no need for dialogue. ( Motion Picture Association of America [MPAA], 1999)
The Storytellers
All of that changed with the advent of sound for film in the 1920s. Suddenly, actors needed something to say. Writers flocked to Hollywood in droves from Broadway and from the worlds of literature and journalism. For a brief time in the 1930s, some of the world's most famous writers wrote Hollywood scripts: William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bertolt, and Thomas Mann.
In 1932, William Faulk .....
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Rennaisance Art
Words: 552 / Pages: 3 .... renaissance artist sought to create art forms consistent with the appearance of the natural world and with their experience of human personality and behavior. These artists made an effort to go beyond straightforward transcription of nature, to instill the work of art with ideal, intangible qualities, endowing it with a beauty and significance greater and more permanent than that actually found in nature. Artists such as Donatello in sculpture, Masaccio in painting and Fillipo Brunelleschi in architecture were part of this period. Masaccio for instance gave figures the “illusion” of live beings when characters and reactions were individualized .....
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American Republican Ideology
Words: 1854 / Pages: 7 .... to staying in England, where a healthy and prosperous life was a
much greater possibility. America was, in the eyes of its first English
settlers, an open book with no writing on the pages. It was the foundation
of a building that had not yet been built. Many felt that it was up to
them to shape the way this new land would function, as opposed to the way
Parliament or the King felt it should. The memories of these early
pioneering settlers were a common theme for American revolutionaries
before the Revolutionary War. These early settlers were the creators of
the foundation to the building the revolutionaries would finish.
Another common th .....
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"Speak And You Shall Be Heard"
Words: 507 / Pages: 2 .... still holds a place in our hearts and minds.
Through the spoken word you can remember key parts the speaker
reflects on and hope that those points are addressed at a future date, or
maybe even changed.
The tone expressed through Martin Luther King Jr's speeches was not of
hatred or resentment, just love for all mankind no matter what color or
creed they may be. Martin Luther King Jr. came across as a kind human being,
not a person full of anger and violence. In speaking to one another we
should have the same tone in speaking as Martin Luther King Jr. in order to
be heard.
We should watch that we do not offend someone when spe .....
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Reconstuction
Words: 894 / Pages: 4 .... able to earn their own money now….. or would they? At least they would be given equality …. Wouldn’t they? The answer to these questions is simply no.
The "reconstruction", the "new beginning", may all have been true. It was a "new beginning" wasn’t it? Yes, it was, but was it a good one? The answer to that question is no.
A large cause for the civil war was to free the African-American slaves, to allow them to have equal rights to the white race. But after the war was over, and the slaves were supposedly free, did they still not remain caged? Where could they turn? The newly freed slaves had no money, no land, no food, and no jobs. They rem .....
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What Really Happened At Roswell, New Mexico?
Words: 1072 / Pages: 4 .... the pieces to show the local sheriff,
George Wilcox, who contacted the Roswell Army Airfield. The sheriff
investigated the wreckage with some of his deputies. After the military
became involved, the area was cordoned off while the debris was moved to
Roswell Army Airfield, and then eventually relocated to Write Field in
Dayton, Ohio.
"On the morning of July 8, 1947, Colonel William Blanchard,
Commander of the 509th Bomb Group, issued a press release stating
that the wreckage of a ‘crashed disk' (UFO) had been recovered"
(Kent Jeffrey, Time For The Truth About Roswell).
This press release made the headlines of over .....
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Cather In The Ryes Vs. Generation X
Words: 1561 / Pages: 6 .... society where human relationships are affected by marketplace values, like status and appearance, which commodify people, rather than accepting them. Holden is seeking a deeper, more real relationship with someone, probably anyone, who understands him, and will accept him. Holden doesn't like to see people hurting. He explains when he says that he would like to be "a catcher in the rye", someone who protects children from the pitfalls of hypocrisy and lies, that Holden seems to think infect the adult world. As a result, Holden is very careful not to use other characters as a means for his own ends. In many ways he is unable to deflect the unexpressed .....
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Andy Warhol
Words: 1954 / Pages: 8 .... a deep depression containing lack of self confidence. Much of his young life has been kept secret. However, he did report being very shy and depressed because he never felt comfortable with his homosexuality. His childhood life may have been full of the torture that children threw at him for being the different person he was. He was able to attend college. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in pictorial design from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1949, he went to New York City with Philip Pearlstein, who was a fellow student that later became a well-known realist painter. In 1960, Warhol finally began to paint in earnest and to view .....
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