... What are the differences and similarities between the renissontsand midevil piried intro There are a lot of things to say about the medieval period and the renaissance first the medieval period was dark, everyone focused on that people are sinners and that they could get to heaven fast by buying a piece of paper and that if you didn’t you will go to hell(what is with that?). Then renaissance was focused on the human body and that we are closer to god. Differences There are a lot of difference the first thing is that the medieval period was dark and gloomy, not allowed to question the church no outside of the box thinking and the church ruled everything. while the renaissance was brighter everyone questioned things questioned the church ,the church had les control, lots of inventions made by people like...
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...picture Leigh under the Skylight the person is very overweight, bald, and even naked, but this is a full body portrait that the artist says talks about their personality. This meaning that the artist must of that it was the idealized body during that time in society. Now in the Male Torso in the African shows details of the torso area. This must have been showing contrast to the torso to define the way they look to the outside world and how they thought the torso should look. Although I don’t think that there will ever be a perfect body due to the fact that everyone will have their own opinion and the world will always be changing so different figures will look better in different periods of time. Another example of this would be how in midevil times that if you was fat it was good it meant royalty and wealth, but now days if you are fat it is considered bad because of what is shown to the world. They find skinny people more attractive with the “idealized” body. There are many different cultures that have different meanings for their body parts such as Africans found that neck and the head was the most important body parts to them. Then with Leigh under the Skylight show full body pictures so this takes part of their character and the way they act for what is important to them. Then in other cultures in the South Pacific they had tattoos on their body to show life forces and ritual knowledge about the tribe or that person. Something meaningful to them would be the eye. The reason...
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...Chivalry is a code that tells knights how to be more Christian, how to treat women and different classes in society, and is spread as cities are conquered, or a treaty is made. “Christians were taught how to devote themselves to god, such as defending the church, never backing down from your enemies, obeying the many commandments and teachings, respecting your birthplace, to never lie, to be generous, and to always to the right thing other than the unjust way.” (Joaquin) To defend the church is to like prevent anything to happen to it. Never backing down is more like never giving up to protect everything around you. Obeying commandments is like following by the words of god, like from the bible. To respect your birthplace is to never curse...
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...The english language is one of the hardest languages to learn because of its multiple roots of different languages.Before the english that we speak today was spoken,older versions of it had been spoken by the people before us.Since 450,the english language had begun its transition,including the culture of the time periods starting with the Anglo-Saxon. Years before the era of the Anglo Saxon had begun,the royal families of the Danish (the Danes)and the Scandinavians(the Geats),had inhabited the Southern part of Sweden when they had decided to invade the island of Great Britain and settled.This migration had brought several Germanic languages together that formed Old English. Hundreds of years ago,the novel Beowulf was written by an unknown...
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