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Often in dictatorial and imperial regimes, art has always been a powerful medium efficiently and masterfully utilized to maintain support from the public.  The different art forms are the bearers of a leader’s vision and mission for his people and for himself. Architecture is no stranger to this misuse. The prime example of art as…

Major Petkoff and Catherine are typical secondary characters, with funny occasional opinions and repetitive comments, such as those of the “electric bell” or the so famous unique “library” in all Bulgaria. They are characters that would normally be used to lower the tension in different types of plays. Yet, Arms and the Man, is a…

Abstract. Buddhism is considered the most important religion in Oriental Asia. Developed from Indian roots, it has affected culture, politics, philosophy and even standards of living for the past two thousand years in two significant countries of Oriental Asia: China and Japan. As the major religion in both countries, Buddhism is very similar in China…

In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Calpurnia is the caretaker of Atticus Finch’s children, Scout and Jem, as well as a cook and housekeeper. Cal makes a strong effort to teach the children her morals and values. Cal displays kindness to many individuals throughout the novel. When the infectious dog comes into the neighborhood…

George Orwells, The Animal Farm, depicts how power can corrupt society. If one person receives too much power, one will most likely lead up to dictatorship. To exemplify this idea, Orwell uses a farm to represent a society and the animals inside to portray the people. Orwells use of the pigs and animals are also…

The Gebusi, written by Knauft, was written with the intention of sharing the author’s discoveries during his stay with and study of the Gebusi people in Papua New Guinea. Starting in the early 1980’s, he traveled to Papua New Guinea and lived with the Gebusi people. At that time, they were still in their traditional…

To have a deeper understanding of the French modernist painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883) and his masterpieces, together with his contemporaries, first we have to delve into the art movement that they have pioneered — Impressionism. But before that, it is just proper to discuss Realism, the movement that came before it. The rising Modern Age…

Islamic Art Art is the mirror of a culture and its world view. There is no case to which this statement more directly applies than to the art of the Islamic world. Not only does its art reflect its cultural values, but even more importantly, the way in which its adherents, the Muslims, view the…

Negotiation: Negotiation is the process when two or more than two parties comes to terms with each other while engaging in any sort of exchange of goods and services and attempts to agree upon the exchange rate of  the transaction. Negotiations are more often termed as bargains by many people.( Business Essentials Harvard, 2003). Negotiation…

The art of classical societies includes music, architecture, sculpture, literature, and paintings. In chapters three and four of Arts and Culture: An Introduction to the Humanities, Janetta R. Benton and Robert DiYanni describe the different varieties of arts that evolved within Classical Greece, Hellenistic Greece, Etruscan Civilization, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire. Each…