What are the characteristics of ancient Egyptian architecture? Egyptian architecture Architecture developed since 3000 bc and characterized by post and lintel construction, massive walls covered with hieroglyphic and pictorial carving, flat roofs, and structures such as the mastaba, obelisk, pylon and the Pyramids. Houses were built of clay or baked bricks. What was the first […]
What role do myths play in culture?
What role do myths play in culture? Myths, stories, legends, folklore, tall tales give valuable insights into how people perceive and think about their world. “Even when a culture no longer believes that its myths are true explanations, however, these stories often survive as receptacles of important cultural values” ( “Myth 284). What is the […]
What fundamental element of music can be defined as the sounding of two or more pitches together?
What fundamental element of music can be defined as the sounding of two or more pitches together? Harmony Which musician fits the following description a French gypsy guitarist he is considered the first great European jazz musician? Roy EldridgeDjango Reinhardt Which of the following refers to the method of playing string instruments by plucking instead […]
How did art affect the Renaissance?
How did art affect the Renaissance? Renaissance art, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and literature produced during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries in Europe under the combined influences of an increased awareness of nature, a revival of classical learning, and a more individualistic view of man. … What new materials and techniques did artists discover […]
What was Ansel Adams style of photography?
What was Ansel Adams style of photography? Adams was deeply impressed with the simplicity of the images’ conception and by their rich and luminous tonality, a style in contrast to the soft-focus Pictorialism still in vogue among many contemporary photographers. The experience confirmed in him his evolution toward a purer and more realistic style. Why […]
Which of the following is the most famous of the Carolingian manuscripts A Book of Kells?
Which of the following is the most famous of the Carolingian manuscripts A Book of Kells? The Utrecht Psalter What is the name of this page from the Book of Kells? One of the most sublime examples of medieval painting ever seen, the Monogram Chi/Rho page is the most important page in the late 8th-century […]
What is the Antependium?
The Love of the art is not innate
Here is a quotation from Pierre Bourdieu, La Distinction. Social Critique of the judgment, Paris, Editions de Minuit, 1979, p 83, which illustrates an exemplary non-innéité of the judgment of taste. In The Distinction, but especially in The Love of art (1966, Collection of ” common sense “, Editions de Minuit) Bourdieu démythifie the concept […]
Overweight, standards, and judgments, in matters of weight : european comparisons
A few days ago, an article in the Monde.fr, pointed out that France was among the European countries, where the weight average was low, in light of the assessment and the dissatisfaction manifested by the French vis-à-vis their weight. In the April issue of the journal Population and Societies, which is available online free of […]
Six feet under, an example of economy of capture
Six Feet Under, series created by Alan Ball, in 2001, that takes place in a funeral home family, Fisher & Son, puts to the test the thesis of Norbert Elias, in The Loneliness of the dying. According to Norbert Elias, the death would be the subject of a “refoulement” in the West, both individual and […]