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  • Aristotle: The Concept Of Imitation In Poetry

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    works of imitation”. So, works of poetry will be in the steady supply, since men are by nature prone to imitation and the poetic art is an imitative art. It can will meet steady demand, since men by nature like to observe imitations. That’s why poetry sells so much better than coca cola in this era. Beside that, Aristotle offers no explanation about what is

  • Brooklyn Museum Report

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    we liked and describe it to our best ability. They were so many pieces to choose and look at. It was hard to choose from figurines, to the artwork to the coffins/sarcophagus. Egyptians were one of the worlds most advanced civilizations. The history of every art piece was very detailed. It helped me understand what I was looking for. Unfortunately I couldn’t get to every piece. But the ones I saw was remarkable. The Fertility Figurine was one piece that caught my eye. Along with others, this piece

  • Summary Of RSVP 1976 By Senga Nengudi

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    I observed the piece “RSVP 1976” by Senga Nengudi in the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art on October 1, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. The atmosphere of the museum felt new and quiet making it easy for one to concentrate on the many beautiful pieces in the museum while browsing. Within the captivating exhibit, “RSVP”, stood out to me the most because of its uncommonness. The message that it gave off is unique and fascinating the way Senga Nengudi expressed the beauty of an African American woman, the embracing

  • Pablo Picasso Research Paper

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    passion for art, even at an early age. Picasso attended many art schools, and even with his passion he found himself

  • The Importance Of Humility In History

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    the best at teaching those virtues once reserved for theology--humility in the face of our limited ability to know, and awe in the face of the expanse of human history”. This is another one of Wineburg’s thoughts in regards to history. In other words, history teaches us that we have to be humble and never take anything for granted. History shows what happens to those that just take advantage of everything, and that never ends positively. Humility is one of the most important ideas that we should

  • Luna Hall/Mcbride Museum

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    NMMI does have its history dating back from 1891 to present. The Academics section show how the past cadets dealt with the institute academically. Within this category, there are pictures displayed dating back to the 1970s such as cadets performing tasks with old equipment

  • Examples Of Historical Trauma

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    series of traumatic events that occur to a massive group of individuals. According to Abrams (1999), “historical trauma is collective emotional and psychological injury both over the life span and across generations, resulting from a cataclysmic history of genocide” or the destruction of a particular racial or cultural group. Some examples of historical trauma or intergenerataional trauma are the Holocaust or the occurrence in trauma amongst Native Americans. Recollection of the day the Baltimore

  • Leonie Sandercock's The Most Segregated City In America

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    Sometimes history leaves out a few important facts that should be included in such. History within the planning profession shows us that, we too, can forget about those who shaped the profession even without mention. Leonie Sandercock highlights these important lessons that so many before have missed when planning history only focuses on visionaries and public figures who see planning as an activity and who do not merely focus on the process of the profession. Sandercock argues that Peter Hall himself

  • The National Register Of Historic Places

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    surveying of the structure, the 4,819-acre plantation it resides upon undergoes archeological evaluations, as well. When conducting an archeological survey archeologist will inspect the surrounding property to look for artifacts that may relate to the history of the structure. An example of this is Thomas Jefferson’s summer home at Poplar Forest in Forest, Virginia. Poplar Forest, which came under the ownership of the Corporation for Jefferson in 1983, experienced an archeological survey that uncovered

  • My Ministry Research Paper

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    my own ministry. I think that the study of Christian history has much to offer to the praxis of the Church. In modern Christianity, the subject of Christian history is something that is often neglected or if it is addressed it is done mainly during new member enrollment. However, as mentioned in class “Christianity without history and passion is not Christianity” (Hoskin Lecture). I translate this to mean that if we fail to recognize the history of Christianity, then we fail to be Christians. It is