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Overview of Portraiture             Portraiture involves the process of painting, sculpting or photographing a portrait.  It is a process of recording people.   Artists capture an individual’s personality, character, status, the place and time they lived, and the environment in which they lived, through portraits.   Portraiture includes self-portraits and portraits by an artist of other people…

MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE VALUES IN DR. FAUSTUS Christopher Marlowe (baptized February 26, 1564 – May30, 1593) was an English dramatist and poet who was well known for his magnificent blank verse and overreaching protagonists. Marlowe based his play Doctor Faustus on stories about a scholar and magician, Johann Faust, who allegedly sold his soul to…

Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born in Porbandar, Gujarat on October 2, 1869. He belonged to a Hindu family and his father and grandfather had both held the position of prime ministers in nearby states. After finishing his education, he went to London in 1888 to study law while leaving his teenage wife…

Effective advertising is, almost always, persuasive advertising. While not all advertising seeks to persuade, in a competitive situation, those who best persuade are those most likely to win. (O’Shaughnessy) The advertisement strategy for Pepsi Cola has done a great deal of work to make it an all-time favorite. I feel like they use persuasion by…

During the 20th century, fascism was a topic of interest for scholars worldwide as it emerged in different countries and took on various forms. Although Germany under Hitler and Italy under Mussolini are well-known examples, it is important to acknowledge that fascism also existed in other parts of the world. Throughout history, various countries have…

Native Americans in the United States come from various tribes and have reported high rates of violent crimes. They are more than twice as likely as other U.S. residents to be victims of violent crimes, making them the most victimized minority group in the country. Unfortunately, this issue often receives little attention or recognition. According…

In the election of May 1928 the Nazi party won 2. 6% of the vote with 12 seats. By September 1930 this had risen to 18. 3% and 107 seats, this increased yet again to 37. 4% and 230 seats by July 1932. This made the Nazis the largest party in the Reichstag. However it…

Introduction Colonialism and Genocide are the phenomenons that have deep roots in the world history. The history is full of examples where the societies expended as result of intervention of any group of people from other nation. This intervention is called Colonialism. The group of people who colonize the country becomes dominant in almost every…

The Cold War in the 1980s was driven by Reagan’s policies and attitudes towards the Soviet Union. In this period the implications of his policies and attitudes had a major impact on the United States and Soviet relations and created the path to the ending the Cold War. Reagan’s attitudes and policies were aggressive and…

Definition of Key Terms Just intonation is defined as any musical temperament or tuning system in which ratios of whole numbers make frequencies of notes interrelated. Therefore, any interval being tuned in similar way is defined as just interval. The two notes between the intervals are members of the same harmonic series.  Just intonation is…