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Papers on History
Michelangelo
Number of words: 1453 | Number of pages: 6.... life-representative of the human striving for, and reception of, knowledge. The third level, it is assumed, was to have an effigy of the deceased pope. The tomb of Pope Julius II was never finished. What was finished of the tomb represents a twenty-year span of frustrating delays and revised schemes. had hardly begun work on the pope’s tomb when Julius commanded him to fresco the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to complete the work done in the previous century under Sixtus IV. The overall organization consists of four large triangles at the corner; a series of eight triangular spaces on the outer border; an intermediate series o .....
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The Tribulations Of Sharecrop Farmers
Number of words: 680 | Number of pages: 3.... 55). The shoddy houses that they lived in could
not be helped, but it did not improve there defenses against disease.
Being so open to disease by the housing, it was no surprise that
various illnesses struck the south with a vengeance. Housing was not the
only way that farmers opened themselves up to disease, sharecroppers were
often deprived of adequate food and clothing(Walker 92). The insufficient
food among families of farmers was a side-effect of the sharecropping
system(Walker 6). Of the food eaten not very much of it was considered
part of a healthy diet. Fat salt pork is the common meat(Walker 33), and
many farmers .....
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Hollywood Vs. The World
Number of words: 1284 | Number of pages: 5.... in the bathroom between Paul and Madeline is a perfect example of this. They spend a good ten or fifteen minutes discussing how they feel about love and relationships. Another scene where interrogation plays a major role is the scene in which Paul is interviewing the model for the magazine. In this scene, the characters discuss multiple topics. They range from politics to love. This is something that is not often seen in Hollywood films. In general, the American public is more interested in fast-pace scenes often containing sex and violence.
The interviews in Godard’s movie are not the only thing that makes the viewer thin .....
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The Cause Of The Great Depression
Number of words: 209 | Number of pages: 1.... As the prices continued to rise, some economic analysts began to warn of an impending correction, but they were largely ignored by the leading pundits. Many banks, eager to increase their profits, began speculating dangerously with their investments as well. Finally, in October 1929, the buying craze began to dwindle, and was followed by an even wilder selling craze.
On Thursday, October 24, 1929, the bottom began to fall out. Prices dropped precipitously as more and more investors tried to sell their holdings. By the end of the day, the New York Stock Exchange had lost four billion dollars, and it took exchange clerks until .....
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Causes And Results Of The Crusades
Number of words: 827 | Number of pages: 4.... they encountered the Seljuk field army. The
crusaders nearly annihilated them. Then they started towards Antioch and
defeated them also. Immediately after their victory they were attacked by
the late reinforcements. After the summer and early fall the Crusaders
moved on for their main priority, Jerusalem.
By May of 1099, they reached the borders of Palestine. In June
they camped outside the border of Jerusalem. At the time Jerusalem was
under control by readily and prepared Egyptians. The Crusaders attacked
and with help from reinforcements from Genoa conquered the Egyptians and by
July 15 captured Jerusalem. To pur .....
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Assyrian Art
Number of words: 1112 | Number of pages: 5.... by depicting the king's power and god-like divinity through propagandistic iconography and stylization.
To portray the king's god-like divinity, the reliefs represent the deities and Assurnasirpal in a similar manner. First of all, hierarchic scale is almost absent since all the figures are closely related in size, with Assurnasirpal being only slightly shorter than the deities. In historical context, this shows that Assyrian kings were closely associated with deities, but were not considered gods themselves. This lack of hierarchic scale is also seen in the Lion Hunt of Assurbanipal, where king Assurbanipal is shown slightly la .....
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Apple Computers
Number of words: 1337 | Number of pages: 5.... In 1977 the Apple II is available to the general public. Fully assembled and pretested, it includes 4K of standard memory, and comes equipped with two game paddles and a demo cassette. The price is $1,298. Customers use their own TV set as a monitor and store programs on audio cassette recorders. Compare this price with computers today. The price about the same, but the computer has changed tremendously.
In 1979 Apple II+ is introduced, available with 48K of memory and a new auto-start ROM for easier startup and screen editing for $1,195. Apple II Pascal is also released.
In 1980 Apple FORTRAN introduced and prov .....
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Egyptian Art Statue From Metropolitn Museum
Number of words: 1171 | Number of pages: 5.... Egyptian artwork is very common during the Old Kingdom time period. The overall statue remains fairly intact suffering from only one major handicap, which is the loss of its original color.
This pair statue subtly deviates from the conventional representations of husband and wife in Old Kingdom artwork. This statue is rather exceptional because we see an image where the wife's symbolic gesture that signifies their marital status is affectionately returned by her husband's embrace. There is a sense of intimacy and warmth in this embrace. This may explain the fact that Memi stands with his feet together as opposed to the mascul .....
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Comparison Of Colonies
Number of words: 1810 | Number of pages: 7.... the English culture. They did not want their children to be raised Dutch. Also, they felt that Holland was too liberal. Although they enjoyed the freedom of religion, they decided to leave for America. Pilgrims, or sojourners, left for America on The Mayflower and landed in Cape Cod in 1626. They had missed their destination, Jamestown. Although the climate was extremely rocky, they did not want to move south because of their Puritan beliefs. They thought that everything was predestined, and that they must have landed on this rocky place for a reason. They moved slightly north to Plymouth Rock in order to survive more comfortably. .....
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Discuss Some Of The Main Ideas
Number of words: 1740 | Number of pages: 7.... to the unconscious mind. If we liken the mind to an iceberg, the nine tenths below the surface is the unconscious in which there are many mental processes going on that we have little control of. Our conscious mind is above the surface; it is what we are fully aware of and contains our perception, thought and memory. Freud also spoke of the preconscious which might include material put out of our conscious mind but which may be retrievable.
Freudian psychoanalytical theory states that there are three agencies of the human personality. Below the surface is our “id”, these are our social and biological instincts such as hung .....
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