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The Art Of The Republican Period And The Beginning Of The Em
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... was begun about 100 BCE. Its design and size reflect the influence of the Greek Hellenistic architecture, in the use of the long colonnade and the colossal scale of the great altar from Pergamon.
A Roman house of this period usually consisted of small rooms laid out on a straight, generally symmetrical plan, as in the House of Pansa in Pompeii (2nd Century BCE). From the entrance a corridor led to the atrium, a large space with a shallow pool for catching rainwater through an opening in the roof. The structure and frontal plan of the house –the centrally located atrium surrounded by small rooms- orig ...
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Articles Of Confederation
Number of Words: 460 / Number of Pages: 2
... ineffectiveness was that Congress was in essence tied in its
authority. After the war, the colonists trusted no ultimate authority; not even
one they designed. It could not regulate commerce, so what resulted was
thirteen colonies with different taxations and tariff laws. This only added to
the already present feelings of dislike and distrust which had existed between
the colonies since they were first established.
After this period of eight years, the "Critical Period", the light at
the end of the tunnel arrived with Thomas Jefferson writing the Constitution.
It delegated the power, at the disc ...
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Changes During The 1950s-1990s
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... Flight attendants, secretaries and nurses. Furthermore in the 1950s there was an increase in teenage delinquency, due to the fact that teenagers were trying to find ways to express them selves and be noticed. They also did this through the music they listened to and through the movie stars and films that were made.
A major similarity between family roles in the 1950s is that the majority of women still do the cooking cleaning and other house work.
Entertainment although different because of technology, shows many similarities as people still enjoy television and radio. There are many similarities and ...
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The PRogression Of Violence In MUsic
Number of Words: 1767 / Number of Pages: 7
... responsible for today's violence in music.
It is apparent that music has the power of influence, for the act of listening indirectly takes the listener away from other activities. The Parents Music Resource Center reports that American teenagers listen to an estimated 10,500 hours of rock music between the 7th and 12th grades alone - just 500 hours less than they spend in school over twelve years. It is clear that their listening time could be put towards other productive means, but the listener chooses to listen rather than engage in other activities. The frequency of exposure to music may create ...
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The Revolutionary War Was An Economic Revolution
Number of Words: 512 / Number of Pages: 2
... by American patriots. Patriots disguised themselves as Indians, the event was not secret, supporters cheered from the wharf. Why, given low price for tea, would the colonists be upset by the Tea Act of 1773? The merchants could no longer compete with the low prices offered by the agents of the East India Company. The colonial merchants would be driven out of business. With this threat to their businesses, the colonists reacted swiftly and crowds rioted in the streets. The Boston Tea Party was called “the boldest stroke which had yet been struck in America.” It marked the beginning of violen ...
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Processed Art
Number of Words: 1400 / Number of Pages: 6
... of the Nazi cause. Had his sculpture been ugly, ambiguous in meaning, poorly executed or less directly associated with Nazi militarism, the negative effects on the world of his sculpture would have been considerably lessened. In a certain sense, Breker uses his numerous "naked men with swords" to unite the notions of health, strength, competition, collective action and willingness to sacrifice the self for the common good seen in many other Nazi works with explicit glorification of militarism. The pair of statures The Party and The Army stood outside the entrance of Hitler's Reich Chancelle ...
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Musician 2
Number of Words: 1035 / Number of Pages: 4
... Choral directors conduct choirs and singing groups. Both workers audition and select musicians. They also choose the music to be performed and direct the rehearsals.
There are no educational requirements for becoming a musician or composer. However, many years of training and practice are needed to develop instrumental skills and knowledge of music. Study usually begins at an early age so an individual can develop an ear for music. Starting young also helps develop the muscles needed to play an instrument with good technical skill. A lot of practice and study are needed to maintain the abilit ...
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Life In The British Colonies
Number of Words: 625 / Number of Pages: 3
... were developed in the southern colonies. A county
seat is a main town in each county. A county is a large part of the colony.
Colonies with cash crops would take their crops to the county seat several
times a year to sell them and buy imports.
The cities were developed in the middle 1700's along the Atlantic
coast where there were good harbors. Ships docked at these harbors and
brought imports from England and left with exports from the colonies. An
export is goods that were to be sold to other colonies. The first cities
were New York City, Philadelphia, and Charleston. These triangle trade
r ...
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Harlem Renaissance
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... his writings and by identifying, selecting and promoting a talented group of well-educated African-Americans to become leaders and role models in their communities. To achieve greater understanding and harmony between the two races, Locke declared that "...there is a growing realization that in social effort the cooperative basis must supplant long distance philanthropy." This meant he felt that Negro people would have to develop self-sufficiency and no longer rely on seemingly altruistic efforts of other people.
Langston Hughes was one of the poets who published many works of literature during thi ...
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The Writing Of The Constitution
Number of Words: 259 / Number of Pages: 1
... Congress passed the declaration unanimously. The declaration
contained a basic but integral principle which is important even today, and
justified the independence movement for the newly formed United States of
America.
The preamble to the declaration established a small but vital principle
that "whenever any form of government becomes destructive...it is the right
of the people to alter or abolish it." This principle has continued to be
significant to the United States because it gives every citizen the right
to question the government and to actually do something about it.
The second part ...
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