These aspects of their culture were vital to their identity. New styles of art showed up all over Greece due primarily to Athens’ influence. The theater was one area where Athenians were particularly superior. This was due in part to their famous festivals for the God, Dionysus, the most well-known being the Dionysia. Aeschylus was one dramatist who was revolutionary in these festivals; even to this day we utilize his works.
The governing authorities again like to use culturally significant figures in the tales of innovation and invention and discovery. Even with such advanced politics and thought, a class distinction still persisted, and though they had seen the benefit of all this technology, there were those in the upper class who felt it was beneath them to use such tools in any way. T Innovation was of great value to both the Han and Romans. The Han placed a higher attribution to culturally relevant creators. For example, Huan Tan, an upper-class Han philosopher wrote in New Discourses (Document III) of an emperor of myth inventing and refining the pestle and mortar for all people.
Sidhant Kapoor English Literature SL Ms Rao 20/02/2013 How has the contextual and cultural understanding of the play developed after being a part of the interactive orals? My contextual and cultural understanding of the play developed after being a part of the interactive orals because before the interactive oral I did not understand why they used masks while performing in the play, before I thought that the masks would not help in the play as they would block out the facial expressions that the characters would make during the sudden turn of events throughout the play. My classmates Ashim, Sonali and Haider had presented an interactive oral explaining the use of masks in the play. They did an activity were they went outside the classroom and made us sit around 20 meters away from them and acted and none of us could hear them after that they explained why masks were important during that time when the play was made. The reason why masks were added to the play was because at that age of time they did not have much technology to amplify their voice to a larger audience as at that time there was no TV or anything so around 15,000 people would normally come to watch a drama production so the masks would show the different characters to the people far back in the audience.
These performances were part of a contest, with the best playwrights/plays winning a prize. The most well-known playwrights of this time are Thespis, Sophocles, Euripedes, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes (Robinson, 2002). Thespis is credited with
Abraham Recio Bjorklund 19 November 2012 History 110 Individuals in Society: Leonardo da Vinci The notion of a “genius” and a “Renaissance man” both support and contradict one another. According to the reading, a genius is a special kind of human being with exceptional creative powers while a Renaissance man is one who is talented in many areas. These two terms coincide in the sense that in order to be a Renaissance man, one assumes that the person is smart and creative enough to understand and excel in different studies. Leonardo da Vinci was a great example of a genius, many of his creations were ahead of his time and took the world by storm. He created two of the most respected pieces of art in human history, The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, both of which still maintain their credibility as masterpieces to this day.
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream The stage production of William Arden Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by a British director Tim Supple was one in a million-that everyone talked about it and questions rode questions, on how the performance went. ‘It is the best production I have ever seen. What grapples me most, is the cast, ravaging with a rich choreography’, this was said by the British Ambassador to India in a chat with Times of India. The almighty dramatist play was sponsored for production by the British Council, India. Staged at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, on Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi, on the 3 of March, the old, but became-new play was performed by what Mr. Supple described as ‘an all Indian and Sri Lankan cast’, spoken in many languages, from English to Hindi and Bengali.
The old ideal of science Aristotle and many more Greeks played an important role in defining what we now know as science and hence the relevance of mentioning their contributions when discussing issues of scientific philosophy and all that it concerns. The ideals of scientific discourse are now far removed from what initially was for the Greek, the reason for this is due to the contributions of other scientists, however, the current intentions deep scientific method and the definition of science as such, correspond to the same intentions of Aristotle: "know the reality and make it intelligible" Something very important that we
It was full of drama and suspense (definitely more than what is offered in the text.) We then arrived upstairs and viewed some of the ancient Greek art and mainly the vessels. A few of the vessels were enormous; you wondered how the even carried them around. To see them up close was astonishing. The parallel lines used were perfect and I did not know this but the docent said that the image of the wheels was achieved by using a compass.
The Greeks believed that intellect is superior to forces of nature, while the Romans wanted their architecture to dominate the sites. A third similarity was their ability to be innovative during their time periods. Along with their innovations when it came to their temples, the Greeks also had the ability to create very life-like and dynamic sculptures, something that the Romans constantly struggled with during their time. Because of this, a lot of their sculptures were just replicas of Greek sculptures with small adaptations and changes occurring. One of the most innovative steps that the Romans took with their
Setting and symbolism helps us understand both characters and their changing relationship. In act one; we are introduced to the setting for the whole play, which is Frank’s office in the university. The room is symbolic as at the beginning of the play Rita loves the room but later throughout the play she feels trapped, and feels she is getting too big for the room; she wants to learn a lot and become