With the evolution of man has come the inevitable evolution of the arts.
With the evolution of man has come the inevitable evolution of the arts. Whether decorative, visual, or musical, the arts have seen several distinct periods of development through the course of history and as one of the definitive artistic media, music is no exception. During the 17th through middle 18th centuries, music progressed through a period that historians labeled "Baroque." New musical forms and a style of music that was unheard of at the end of the renaissance characterized this period. These new styles and forms saw the emergence of several composers who, rather than break new ground in the musical world, took the existing forms and developed them into robust, mature works that fully exhibited their virtuosic command of the "rules" of composition. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) were two composers that historians and musicians alike use to describe the essence of the baroque period. Neither composer generated groundbreaking reforms in the core of the music they composed, but rather they took that which was defined and increased the breadth, scope, and complexity of existing genres to suit their purposes as working musicians and/or composers. During the Baroque period, a popular musical form was the Prelude and Fugue (also called Toccata and Fugue or Fantasia and Fugue). Such a form was nothing new during the Baroque
Anthropology : the problem of cultural evolution.
Choy Wai Hoe Anthropology Mid-Term Paper Question 1 Evolution is defined as change over time in a living species. A species of living organisms change over a length of time, physically and mentally, to adapt to the various demands of nature or the environment around them. Almost all species of creatures and plants evolve biologically to adapt and survive their natural environments. Members in a living species often have a certain biological or physical trait that enables them to physically survive the certain type of environment they live in. Thus, those individuals that do not support these traits will gradually die off. Over time, those members of the species with the particular biological traits, survive and flourish and grow to be more dominant than others until they begin to form an individual species themselves. However, one living species do not evolve biologically and that is humans. Humans are very much cognitive in nature than other living species. They rely on their complex thinking and creativeness to survive. Humans also have a much higher capacity of learning especially through mistakes. Through their complex thinking, they come up with ways, methods and ideas to solve their problems and through creativeness and trial and error, they invent effective tools to help implement these ideas and methods. It is in all these that lie
The Evolution of Reggae Music
Pauline Yeh 12S The Evolution of Reggae Music Reggae has sustained the test of time and remains one of the world's last genuine folk music. The evolution of Reggae music can be traced back to the early 1900's with 'Mento', which is a simple music art form of Jamaican folk music with strong African roots. Reggae music is protest songs against racism, corruption and injustice. It has close links with a religion based around the Bible that is re-interpreted from a black's perspective, 'Rastafarianism'. The key features of Reggae music are the 4/4 time signatures, the emphasised beats 2 and 4 of each bar melody, the short repeated bass/guitar riffs, the syncopation, the pentatonic/ major/minor/blues scales used, the blues notes present in melody, the involvement of bass guitar and drum kit, the simple chord progression that is repeated throughout song and most importantly, the emotional lyrics about politics, freedom, poverty and religion (Rastafarianism) Reggae was popular in both urban and rural areas. In the 30's and early 40's, 'Mento' was referred to as "Jamaican Rumba", and "Mango Walk" was an example of a popular hit then. In the 1950's Mento music was subsequently classified as "Calypso". Next, the late 50's and early 60's was the evolvement of "Ska". Being a Jamaican musician's interpretation of R&B, Ska changed the emphasis from the first and third beats of a
Evolution - Charles Darwin and Christian belief
Evolution "Darwin did two things; He showed that evolution was a fact contradicting literal interpretations of Scriptural legends of creation and that its cause, natural selection, was automatic with no room for Divine Guidance or Design." (Britannica Encyclopaedia) The traditional Christian view of the creation of the world is that God created everything after much thought, planning and design in just six days, these beliefs are based on the narrative written in the first book of the old testament, Genesis, the design and purpose of humans within God's creation brings a sense of personal meaning and value into the lives of Christians. However, supporters of the theory of evolution have challenged their beliefs by natural selection, proposed by Charles Darwin. Darwin's theory demonstrates that humans are not sacred, unique or made in Gods image, I shall discuss how exactly Darwin challenged traditional Christian beliefs and I shall further assess how Christians have responded to the challenge that is Darwin's theory. In 1859, Charles Darwin published "The Origin of Species". It was in this book which he set out a theory of natural selection, a process of which the design of every living thing could be derived, however, the belief that the origin of the species has in fact occurred through billions of years of evolving, and not through a special act of creation by God
The Evolution of Style
Lauren Greis and Angie Borrell Kelly Borrell Senior Project November 20, 2001 The Evolution of Style "Fashion is the mirror of history", Lours the XIV correctly observed. Why do people wear what they wear? Why have human beings chosen to change their appearance in such amazing ways? Have they changed it for themselves or for the eyes of others? There is no adequate response. In this report the evolution of fashion will be examined. 930's Starting with the 1930's, skirts were somewhat short in length. Popular dress styles include the Saylor "middy", tennis stripes, the large bow, cap sleeves, the cumberbund sash and deep revers. The "ankle strap" shoe was popular and could be worn with the clothing mentioned. Escapism settled on the head in the form of a mad array of hats-freezes, beret stocking caps, tiny hats and enormous hats. Moreover, hat brims were now folded back to display the forehead. Powers' models in the early 1930's wore brimmed hats, longer skirts and wastes at "normal" level. Seperates now became more important and the white skirts a summer necessity. Such an outfit would be perfect for observing the increasingly popular "spectator sports". This popular look led to sport's clothes never before. Women wore backless bathing suits and bared their legs on the tennis court as well as at the beach. (This was unheard of before). Going ahead and
Inherit the Wind - Creationism vs. Evolution
Creationism vs. Evolution In the play, "Inherit the Wind" two opposing viewpoints are brought up; they are creationism, and evolution. Both sides are very recognized and are major issues in this story and even in our world today. The main ideas are: that God created man and everything else in seven days vs. the scientific principle that humans descended from monkeys. Creationism, which is followed in the Bible, by Christians, Catholics etc. is something that requires a lot of faith and that is very eminent. But in this story, the debate against creationism is extremely believable; thus decreasing the amount of people who believe in creationism to a very low point. "Inherit the Wind" leans so heavily in favor of evolution; that after reading it, people are left questioning the thought of creationism. That is because of how realistic and convincing the influence of evolution was exposed in this play. Though creationism didn't have as much influence in this book, there were still some credible reasoning's. Some examples were brought up when Brady spoke about when Reverend Brown cursed his own daughter. It was when he said, "He that troubleth his own house, shall Inherit the Wind," that he grabbed the attention of many. The Tennessee Law was also brought up in the play, which is what prohibited the teachings of evolution in public schools in Tennessee; thus making Cates'
The Evolution of Commercial Owenership Practices
Ownership of wealth without the appropriate means of control and control of wealth without noticeable ownership seems to be the most rational result of corporate development1. It is apparent that control is something apart not only from ownership but from management as well. This is a well known characteristic of the corporate system. This system recognizes five different types of control2, even though there is no dividing line that separates these different types. Berle and Means center of attention was primarily on the management control. This is the type of control which ownership is so widely distributed where it is almost impossible for an individual or a small group of individuals who has even a small interest to control the affairs of the company3. In their classical work, "The Modern Corporation and Private Property"4 Adolf Berle and Gardiner Means sought to combine legal and economic views in order to explain the progress of the modern corporation. They observed that during the 1920's the structure of ownership in large corporation is significantly changed from the traditional arrangement of owners managing their own companies to one which shareholders had become so numerous and dispersed that they were no longer willing or able to manage the corporations they owed5. There are three general corporate governance models based on ownership, the separation of company
Do you believe one can be a sincere Christian and believe in the theory of evolution?
TOK SCIENCE Critical thinking skills Do you believe one can be a sincere Christian and believe in the theory of evolution? Although the theory of evolution and Christianity clash greatly, and there are on going battles trying to prove which is more correct, I believe there is a chance that one can be a sincere Christian yet still believe in the theory of evolution. The mere mentioning of these two topics in the same breath causes huge uproar and questions to be posed. Avid churchgoers always seem to ask, "Why does science constantly try to disprove the Christian religion?" while others state that the bible says that "God created the world in seven days", thus proving that there is no evolution. On the other hand the scientists have an altogether different mentality. To them, the bible, and whole religion is based on opinions. There is no proof of any of the things that are mentioned in the bible, and it is physically impossible that some child was born by a virgin (unless there was such a thing as the science of artificial insemination back in THOSE days!). So they ask questions as to why Christians believe such things when they have no proof at all, only the opinions that were either implanted by their parents, or achieved through the simple need to believe in something. Science believes that it is impossible for something to be created from nothing, in that case,
What is the evidence for evolution?
Yousouf Mehafdi 10A Biology GCSE Core: B1 Task Sheet What is the evidence for evolution? Who is Darwin? Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) Charles Darwin was an English naturalist. He studied variation in plants and animals during a five-year voyage around the world in the 19th century. He explained his ideas about evolution in a book called On the Origin of Species, which was published in 1859. Darwin's ideas caused a lot of controversy, and this continues to this day, because the ideas can be seen as conflicting with religious views about the creation of the world and creatures in it. Darwin’s theory of natural selection. The basic idea behind the theory of evolution is that all the different species have evolved from simple life forms. These simple life forms first developed more than three billion years ago - the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. The timeline below shows some of the key events in the evolution of life forms on Earth, from the first bacteria to the first modern humans. Stages 3,500,000,000 - Now .First Bacteria (prokaryotes) 2.First cells with Organelles (eukaryotes) 3.First multicellular organism (Algae, Seaweeds, sponges) 4.First Fish 5.First Land Plant and Fungi 6.First Amphibians, Reptiles and insects. Most of the land was covered in Fern which then turned to Coal. 7.First Mass extinctions of life forms (The Permian Extinction)
Psychodynamic Theories
Annie Hou IB psychology Psychodynamic Theories What is it to be human through the lens of psychodynamics? Most psychodynamic came in the idea from the development of a early life of childhood, which are in some part of the unconscious. Evolutionists have recognized that evolutionary psychoanalysis have a big gap between psychoanalytic theory and the extrospective biological and social sciences. As for their methods, they observed more closely in perspective's contributions and it become very important in psychodynamic theory to the study of psychology. For psychodynamic considerations there are four main topics. Reductionism, falsifiability, universality and retrospective accounts and fallible memories. As Reductionism is the idea to explain the behaviors of human reducing the way of explaning the psyche function of psychodynamic. It is often in literary psychobiographies, which explains the behavior of some famous person but it cant hurt anyone, except it might ruin the persons reputation on the subject. Fasifiability it's " theory that is impossible to disconfirm in principle is not a scientific theory, which you can't prove it." (Tavis & Wade, 2000) This made many of the psychologist theories being disconfirmed, so they only depends on the popularity of their proponents than on their content. Universality is what involved with everyone. An example, "if a gay man goes
