Paul The Apostle Paul (formerly Saul of Tarsus) is arguably the most influential member of the early Christian church outside of Jesus himself, because Paul's teaching and missionary work laid the social and theological foundations for the worldwide Continue Reading...
Mythology The classical myths of Greece and Rome have much in common with medieval myths, because ultimately, all myths have elements in common. The Greek and Roman myths dwell most often on heroes, Gods, and Goddesses. Their characters are larger t Continue Reading...
Testaments to Truth Roman Catholicism and Mormonism Compared There are many varieties of Christianity, some of them very old, and some of them of quite recent origin. The Roman Catholic Church boasts an uninterrupted existence of two thousand years Continue Reading...
With respect to the mythology of the male gods, Zeus, Apollo, and Hephaestus seem to be a combination that matches the dynamism of their female goddess counterparts. These gods represent the good and the bad of males; they also represent the spectr Continue Reading...
Art A low relief in alabaster, "Winged Protective Deity" is Assyrian but is also evocative of Babylonian and Zoroastrian art. It is from northern Iraq and located at the Northwest Place of Calakh. The stele is dated 883-859 BCE. Cupid (Eros) is a Ro Continue Reading...
Ecumenism: A brief history Ever since the beginnings of the history of Christianity, there have been profound divisions within the faith regarding the best and right way to profess one's belief in Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul speaks of the divisio Continue Reading...
Ethics of Repatriation-Egyptian Artifacts Egyptians making efforts to get their artifacts back The artifacts that get stolen from a country are hard to get back as, the country from which they are stolen would have to ask the authorities of the ot Continue Reading...
The compositional structure here is actually quite daring. Even though a viewer tends to "read" a painting left-to-right, as with a book, here the left side of the canvas seems to fade away into nothingness. It is not just the empty seascape on the Continue Reading...
Corporate Worship vs. Private Worship Today, some Christians may be confused about their personal style of worshiping or will question the need for formal worship in an age where everyone's time is valuable and busy schedules are packed. To gain som Continue Reading...
Humanities, Discuss the Relationships Between Two Historical Art Periods The Renaissance and Ancient Greece The social order is constantly experiencing progress as a result of its tendency to move forward by making use of earlier ideas. The masses Continue Reading...
Even then, Paris did not have to take Helen from her husband. In contrast, Aeneas apparently falls in love with Dido, and spends several years in Carthage as her companion. However, he places his personal emotions aside to go complete his fate, part Continue Reading...
extra lines paragraphs. Use footnotes endnotes ( author, title book, page number needed). The contemporary society largely owes its advancements to ancient peoples such as the Egyptians, considering the technological progress experienced in Egypt i Continue Reading...
Diversity and Child Abuse Prevention Diversity and How Child Abuse in Handled in New York Compared to Other Countries There is developing debate regarding the suitable combination of programs and polices needed to react to concerns of child abuse a Continue Reading...
Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam The Creation of Adam (1512) as conceived and depicted by Michelangelo represents a significant moment in art history because it brings a humanistic style of expression and sense of realism to the art world that Continue Reading...
art period's styles represent a theme art. Your comparison focus artists period styles. The pair choose drawn period styles. For essay, I compare a High Classical Greek artwork Early Italian Renaissance artwork. The Artemision Bronze vs. Donatello' Continue Reading...
According to Parsons (2003), "Coincident with the growing avant-garde fascination with silent film, cinema was becoming the ultimate embodiment of modern mass culture" (90). The "modern mass culture" that was emerging in Europe at this time was a r Continue Reading...
Carol Tenny wrote in a recent study that, "Verbs describing psychological states often form passive structures in the English spoken in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania." (Tenny 1998-page 591) She also states that there is no prohibition on verbal passives Continue Reading...
film Spartacus, its historical background, the significance of the movie being made and shown in 1960's America, the real-life events occurring in the U.S. In the 1960's, the historical significance of the slave revolt of Spartacus, how gladiators a Continue Reading...
Huns, nomadic people and barbarians (from the Roman point-of-view) coming from the East, may have given the final blow to an empire that was already crumbling. They conquered semi-nomadic nomadic peoples they found on their way moving westwards, set Continue Reading...
Lusnia characterizes this concept as the persistence of signs that foretell of one's "imperial destiny." (517) Namely, this refers to the adoption of personal signs and symbols with some likely connection to historical imperial iconography and sugge Continue Reading...
There were was much more to the conflict than a small battle over Sicily exploding into an all out Naval conflict. It just so happened that a local conflict involved two powers, but like many other wars throughout history, it only took a spark to ig Continue Reading...
"When he had reduced the whole area of land between the river Iberus and the Pyrenees to a hollow, resentful, and temporary obedience, he turned his attention to administrative reforms, and increased the revenues" 3. Cato's success in the Roman Emp Continue Reading...
Primary Source Critique Tacitus: "Life of Cnaeus Julius Agricola" Unlike our own period of time, the ancient Romans experienced very little angst about the prospect of colonizing a geographically and ethnically distinct people for the enrichment of Continue Reading...
Anthony Blond in his book A Scandalous History of the Roman Emperors (New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000), a book originally published in 1994, the author seems to have written a history of Rome for the current tabloid age, though in truth, the Roman Continue Reading...
] In 46 B.C., once again Sallust was given an opportunity to shine or fail, as he was made a practor and sailed to Circina where he proved himself by stealing the enemies' stores. In return, Caesar rewarded Sallust with the title of proconsular gove Continue Reading...
This is clear enough from the play in which the man said, "Let them hate provided that they fear." He found to his cost that such a policy was his ruin. When Antony and Octavian later reconciled, forming the Triumvirate with Lepidus, the young Caes Continue Reading...
Ancient Art Art in the Ancient World Polykleitos, Doryphoros (early fourth century BC) As Paul Johnson (2003) notes, this ancient example of Greek classicalism "epitomizes a canon of male beauty embodied in mathematical proportions" (p. 63). Showi Continue Reading...
And Smiley, 2005-2007: 9). Because the Aztec rulers were also connected to the local religion, loyalty to these rulers was even easier to gain. Thus, the Roman, Incan, and Aztec empires allow students of archaeology and political science to underst Continue Reading...
The Sadducees were composed of the upper class of Jews in Palestine, who were willing to turn away from Jewish traditions and extend cooperation to Rome. The conflict between the Pharisees and the Sadducees played a pivotal role in some of the socia Continue Reading...
Polybius: Historian and Politician Louis XIV The histories written by Polybius are considered to be essential from historiographic perspective as it gives detailed and comprehensive picture and understanding of the Hellenistic world. His work on th Continue Reading...
Royal Magistrate courts were installed because of Henry II, making it easier for justice to be done, as local disputes no longer had to be arbitrated by the Crown. The English law system was antiquated during Henry's reign, given that people settle Continue Reading...
Conventional literature would come to see Cleopatra as an exploitive whore, responsible for the downfall of virtuous men like the Ptolemies, Julius Caesar and, inevitably, Marc Antony as well. So is this reported by historical accounts such as that Continue Reading...
The Campus was a busy place, a place where the remains of Augustus would have been a constant reminder of a once great emperor. The view from Augustus' Mausoleum is looking out upon the garden side of the Campus Martius, not the city side (Lanciani Continue Reading...
Christianity was born in the Middle East, the religion has become globalized with a relatively sparse and scattered Christian presence in the region today. Currently, Christians suffer from frequent persecution, especially at the hands of terrorist g Continue Reading...
Art in Cultural Context Cybele is an ancient figure who represented the mother goddess and in her was granted the ability to create and populate the world according to her desires. She was both the most powerful of the gods and also an amalgamation Continue Reading...
This godlessness might initially be viewed as being cynical. However, when one looks at the social and political climate of Shakespeare's time, and the reality that England was just passing through a conversion from Catholicism to the Anglican churc Continue Reading...
He completed the tasks. When Hercules was dying, he was placed upon a funeral pyre, where he "ascended to Olympus, where he was granted immortality and lived among the gods" (Ellingson). The Hebrew culture approaches the question of the interrelati Continue Reading...
Medieval Europe and the Evolution of the Church State How Constantine's Deception lead to a Holy Roman Empire And the virtual collapse of the Christian church The Decline of the Roman empire and the rise of tribal powers Constantine and his "conv Continue Reading...
watch film "The Longest Hatred," guiding When discussing the way that anti-Semitism originated, it is crucial to note that this sentiment manifested itself in a number of different realms of life. Specifically, these include religious, political, e Continue Reading...
