Early Music.
Early Music The Early Music ages consisted of several eras that took place hundreds of years ago. The eras throughout this time were Medieval, Renaissance, and the Baroque period. During this course in history a various amount of composers were in their prime and devoted to inspiring the world with their music. Just to name a few dedicated composers to galvanize this chapter in time are Hildegard, Leoninus, Dufay, Josquin Desprez and Palestrina. I will discuss the works of the previous composers as well as there background in each ones field of study. Hildegard of Bingen has been called by her admirers "one of the most important figures in the history of the Middle Ages," and "the greatest woman of her time." Her time was the 1100's, she was born in 1098. She was the daughter of a knight, and when she was eight years old she went to the Benedictine monastery at Mount St Disibode to be educated. The monastery was in the Celtic tradition, and housed both men and women in separate quarters. When Hildegard was eighteen, she became a nun. Twenty years later, she was made the head of the female community at the monastery. Within the next four years, she had a series of visions, and devoted the ten years from 1140 to 1150 to writing them down, describing them which included drawing pictures of what she had seen, and commenting on their interpretation and significance.
The Notion of moving image
How has the notion of audience and reception of the moving image changed? What are the digital processes/new media that have catalysed this change and what are the implications? The notion of the moving image and its audience as changed dramatically in comparison with today's dominating film industry. The reception moving image as received as grown while we have seen technology progress forward. Back in the early days of film there was no synchronized recording such as dialogue, just motion picture and the use of caption cards and composed music. The starting point in film began in the 1800's, and the first type of creation in creating a motion piece dates back to the fifteenth century with the fist device being the magic lantern, which appeared as early as the 1420's. The device consisted of an ordinary lantern covered by an opaque screen. Light passed through a cut-out shape of some design in the screen, and the pattern would then be projected onto the wall. By the nineteenth century magic lantern shows became more elaborate with the use of more expensive animated slides. The shows would show ethereal beings in a smoky atmosphere. The smoke would be released into the theatre to give audiences the impression that their seeing figures floating in mid air. By this time lanterns used a series of images shown in rapid succession to give a feel of movement. Technical and
Introduction to Australian Literature
Introduction to Australian Literature Question 3: "Heidelberg art: a visual equivalent of the stories of Lawson and Baynton, but with a positive mood." Comment, putting emphasis on the work of one or two so-called Heidelberg artists and keeping your references to literature brief and to the point (this is not a question on Lawson and Baynton). The 'bush' and its inhabitants has for two centuries of more been scrutinized, criticized, and glorified; inspired painters, poets, writers, and filmmakers; and been a constant fixation for our nation's politicians attempting to define a national identity. In the late 19th century, The Bulletin, also known as "The Bushman's Bible", emphasized the need for a national Australian identity. It published the stories of Henry Lawson and Barbara Baynton, who wrote of the men and women in the bush and the hardships, heroism, and sacrifices they faced in everyday life. So it seems no accident that Australian artists, inspired by these stories, looked to the bush when creating a style of painting that would convey the unique attributes, sense of 'mateship', egalitarianism, perseverance and independence of the Australian pioneer. A distinctive school of Australian plein-air impressionism evolved during this period, referred to as the Heidelberg School of Art. One of Australia's most loved impressionist artists and a founder of this select school
Explain the nature of early-modern human geography in the light of Samuel Johnson 's definition
WORK SUBMISSION Name: Gareth John Tanswell Student Number: 030036088 University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Institute of Geography and Earth Studies Title: Explain the nature of early-modern human geography in the light of Samuel Johnson's definition Module: GG12610 Engaging Human Geography Lecturer: Dr. Robert Mayhew Due date: 17th October 2003 (Extended due to illness) Submission date: 5th November 2003 This work is original text by Gareth Tanswell, submitted to the UWA only for assessment purposes. Signature: ____________________________________ Explain the nature of early-modern human geography in the light of the following definition: "Geography in a strict sense, signifies the knowledge of the circles of the earthly globe, and the situation of the various parts of the earth. When it is taken in a little larger sense, it includes the knowledge of the seas also; and in the largest sense of all, it extends to the various customs, habits, and governments of nations." (Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)) The empirical discipline of Human Geography up to and during the period of Samuel Johnson's study in the 1750s was not recognized in the way it is today. Indeed, Johnson himself only classes it as part of 'the largest sense of all' within the description of the subject of Geography. The recognition of Geography as a science by Immanuel Kant
Teaching objectives:1.Knowledge: (1) Enable Ss to master what have learned yesterday further. (2) Enable Ss to learn a new expression "How do you spell it?" (3) Enable Ss to learn the grammar in this unit.
Period 2 Times: 45mins Teaching material: Unit 2 Is this your pencil? Section A 2a-4b Teaching objectives: .Knowledge: (1) Enable Ss to master what have learned yesterday further. (2) Enable Ss to learn a new expression "How do you spell it?" (3) Enable Ss to learn the grammar in this unit. 2.Ability: Enable Ss to find the owners of things in English. 3.Moral education: Teach Ss to cultivate a habit which find the owners when they pick up some things. Lesson type: New lesson, Revision, Listening, Speaking. Teaching aids: a recorder, a picture, some real things, a box. Teaching method: situational method. Teaching procedure: Step1: Revision(7mins) . T uses some real things to make some dialogues with 5 Ss or the whole class. (4mins) (1) T: What's this? S1: It's a book. T: Is this your book? S1: Yes, it is. It's my book. (2)T: What's that? Ss: It's a backpack. T: Is that his backpack? Ss: No, it isn't. It's her backpack. (3) T: Hello, XXX! S2: Hello, Miss Qu! T: Is this her dictionary? S2: Yes, it is. It's her dictionary. (4) T: What's this? S3: It's an eraser. T: Is this your eraser? S3: No, it isn't. It's your eraser. 2. T asks Ss to make a dialogue with their partner.(1min) 3. T asks 3 pairs to act the dialogues.(2mins) Step2: Do the
A Critical Commentary of The Conquest of New Spain.
A Critical Commentary of Document 2, The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz As an eyewitness to the actual conquest of New Spain it is often assumed that Bernal Diaz's account of the event is one of a rare and credible pieces surrounding the event. Whilst this extract enables us to analyse and explain particular historical questions we should not, without discrediting Diaz, immediately assume its reliability without criticism. Taking the document in isolation with disregard to authenticity and reliability, it is a useful piece of historical evidence, since it helps us to investigate a period of time where limited primary evidence and documentation exists. In this extract Bernal Diaz gives an extensive description of the city of Iztapalapa and he notes, " Today all that I then saw is overthrown and destroyed; nothing is left standing". This commentary emphasises the historical importance of Diaz's account and also those of other contemporary eyewitnesses. Diaz is noted for his graphic descriptions and this document is a perfect example. It provides the reader with a sense of how the Aztecs lived, as well as what the towns, cities and temples would have looked like and an introduction to their methods of worship. Bernal Diaz is also know for his crude and unrefined testimonies, especially in his referral to the sacrifices to the Aztec gods. In a similar account of the same
Language is a system of arbitrary symbols and grammatical signals which meaning is attributed and used for the expression or communication of thoughts and feelings.
ID number: 4580175 ERS section 3 Assignment 4: Definition Due Date: 8 November 2002 Language Language is a system of arbitrary symbols and grammatical signals which meaning is attributed and used for the expression or communication of thoughts and feelings. Language has certain things in common. They are sound-pattern, words and grammatical structure. A sound-pattern is a group of sounds that the human can utter. Words are sounds or sound-patterns that has a meaning. Words may stand for objects, actions, or ideas. According to this definition, there is no resemblance between words and objects which they describe. Grammatical structure is the manner in which words are combined to form larger, meaningful units such as sentences. Undoubtedly, spoken language such as German, Spanish and English are examples of language because they are used for communication in society and they have grammatical rules for speaking and writing. Algebra and mathematical functions are also type of language since they have rules for expression of mathematical meaning. For example, '4/5' has a meaning, but '4/0' is not mentioned for mathematical meaning. Furthermore, the order of symbols in algebra has an effect to the meaning. For instance, 'x = 5x - 2' compares with 'x = 2 - 5x'. It has different meaning and rule for solving the problem. This definition also
How successful were two websites in two different countries in the promotion of the imode system
AA3414 Integrated projects for 3D Interactive Digital Media The promotion and Dissemination of Digital Media Tutor: Dew Harrison Yeuk-kei Chan (Gillian) 0407009 Design for Digital Media Stage 3 30th November 2005 How successful were two websites in two different countries in the promotion of the imode system. How successful were two websites in two different countries in the promotion of the imode system. The book "Web Design Garage" mentions an important idea about websites: The Good websites are not just nice looking, the structure will be linked well and make everything logical1. In this essay I will discuss two Imode websites, which are not in the same culture and country. One is used by O2, the British mobile company whose consortium recently imported the Imode system from Japan mobile company 'NTT DoCoMo'. Far Eastone, the Taiwan mobile company, uses the other. I am going to contrast how successful were two websites in two different countries in the promotion of the imode system. First of all, I will introduce the general information about the Imode system: when it started, which age group frequently uses it, how it works and why it is interesting. "NTT DoCoMo's imode is a wireless internet service for imode mobile phones using HTTP, popular in Japan and also increasing in popularity elsewhere. It was inspired by the drawbacks of WAP being discussed at the
"Fatally flawed from the inside" how valid is this argument against the Chartist movement?
"Fatally flawed from the inside" how valid is this argument against the Chartist movement? The Chartists were not fatally flawed from the inside, because they did not fail. The fact that none of they're six political objectives were never met within their lifetime just displays how troublesome and intolerant external really conditions were. However, There were major internal dilemmas that hindered the progress of the Chartists such as a lack of co-ordination, the Chartists' image of violence and the forged signatures for the national petition for reform. Only recently has the sovereignty and effectiveness of Chartism been re-evaluated, previous historians have dismissed the Chartism movement as simply being a political mob, as R.G. Gammage said in 1854 "He had no wish for that body to be anything more than a mob". This illustrates how quickly an ex-chartist leader was to criticize the movement he was once heavily involved in himself! To see the full picture one has to look at the movement with hindsight. No historian including myself can seriously conclude that there were no internal problems facing the Chartists because there were. There was a massive lack of co-ordination which is shown in the Newport rising where fourteen Chartists were 1,000 miners marched into Newport to demand the release of Henry Vincent, fourteen were killed. Many historians sounded very
An examination of how far Elyot's Dictionary, Johnson's Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary
An examination of how far Elyot's Dictionary, Johnson's Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary In any discussion of the way in which dictionaries reflect their era we must consider three things: the intellectual environment which gave rise to a given dictionary; the factors that contributed to its compilation and how each one effected subsequent lexicography in England. Let us look first at the Renaissance to see how contemporary concerns about language helped shape the dictionaries of the day. The Renaissance, (circa 1500-1650), was a period of revolution. Changes were wrought in virtually every area of life and this necessitated a fitting development in the vernacular because every class of man wanted access to the fruits of the Renaissance; its influence would have been limited if works of the period had not been translated into English. Thus the language grew to accommodate these changes and several key points heavily influenced this expansion: The 'Revival of learning' (that is, the renewed interest in Classical literature); the introduction of the printing press by Caxton in 1476; better education and the expansion of trade with the growth of the Empire; all these factors led to an awareness of the deficiencies of the vernacular to reflect such momentous changes. The printing press provided the literate public with dozens of replica texts but, without a