generally accepted characteristics of portraiture as a genre of photography. The German artist Thomas ruff’s photographs document what is in front of his camera, his series of emotionally uninflected portraits 1981 made his name while studying at the only art academy ‘Dusseldorf’ at that time with a photography class. These set of passport like images are what makes him oppose the characteristics of portraiture. ‘I believe that photography can only reproduce the surface of things. The same applies to a portrait
HISTORY Presentation: The word History is gotten from a Greek word Historia, which implies request, learning obtained by examination. Definition: History is the investigation of the past in view of request and examinations, as it is characterized in composed reports. Occasions before composed record are named as the ancient times. Investigation of history is fundamental to know the source of our reality. WHY TO STUDY THE HISTORY? History causes us in understanding the change and how the
“History is written by the victors”; a common phrase that doesn’t take into account who writes that history. Historians are the ones who get to put pen to paper or fingers to keys and set out their ideas and interpretations of what history is and what it means. Historians make use of historical evidence, primary sources such as; letters, books, documents or secondary sources i.e. other historians work, to lend credence to their interpretation of history. Without credible evidence history is just
History is the foundation of our world. It has built our nations, languages, traditions, cultures, everything that today, composes the United States. Our past forms the guidelines by which we grow, and improve. In his essay, David McCullough talks about the different aspects of history, and its importance. The three quintessential ideas from McCullough’s writing was that first, to advance successfully in the future, you must have the capability to understand the past. Second, the United States has
watching “Written in Bones” brought to light the fact that human history is made up of and by individuals. We’re talking about history as a whole, but at the same time we’re talking about the minute parts that makes up the bigger picture, for a better understanding. This is important because historic records are written by our predecessor, and biases can influence their judgement and how they tell the tales (the victor writes the history pages). The facts from these skeletal remains, along with artifacts
For centuries, dominant history as we know it has been shaped, twisted and prodded to the point that it is barely recognizable. Our alleged history that is imprinted in classroom textbooks and encyclopedias isn’t history at all, for as Eduardo Galeano believes, all dominant historical records are representative of the untruth. The apparent gaps and inconsistencies in the timeline of the past are substituted with excessive praise to renowned European colonizers. This historical amnesia was put in
participated more frequently in legal proceedings.”(Visible Proofs, 2006) The Visible Proof exhibit gave a wide range of information on the beginning of forensic medicine and anthropology. In the Visible Proof exhibit I learned quite a bit about the history of forensic medicine and during the beginning there were not distinguished disciplines but by the 1800s they became divided into many distinct disciplines. “Today, forensics includes many disciplines, with dozens of specialties and subspecialties
Importance of heritage Tradition is an important part of many people’s lives. There are those people who follow traditions every day in their life but not noticing them as much. On the other hand, there are people that custom and tradition is above anything. They can’t imagine themselves not following their customs. In the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, the author expresses the significance of culture and heritage and the importance of it to be passed down to the next generation.
Xenophon's Anabasis is a history of his experiences from 401 BC as one of almost 13 000 Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus of Asia Minor in his ill-fated attempt to overthrow his brother, Ataxerxes, king of Persia. During this expedition and later campaigns, Xenophon came to know many
events or social conditions which have occurred in history. Attitudes, ideas, tendencies, and themes are interwoven into the story without distorting past reality or manipulating historical facts to make the novel more interesting or exciting. Therefore, I argue using a historical fictional novel can be a useful source to teach history. “All Quiet on the Western Front” is a wonderful teaching tool as it provides an unusual insight into the history of World War I because it is written from the perspective