Cathedral architecture of Western Europe Essays

The University of Notre Dame and Drake are a lot alike for one main reason; they both “started from the bottom and now they’re here”. As the great Father Edward Sorin once said, “I came here as a young man and dreamed of building a great university in honor of Our Lady. But I built it too small, and she had to burn it to the ground to make the point. So, tomorrow, as soon as the bricks cool, we will rebuild it, bigger and better than ever.” (Why the French-Founded Notre Dame School's Athletic Teams

Art nouveau was a trending art style that for some, was a way of life. The decorative art style was most popular from 1890-1910. Rene Lalique, a male French designer had a big impact on the era due to the popularity of his glass art, perfume bottles and jewellery, the essay will outline this in each section of his work. To start the essay, Art Nouveau will be discussed followed by explaining Rene Lalique and his background whilst discussing in depth his work and the repercussions of it on the era

During the medieval age, Europe underwent significant changes that shaped its political, social, and cultural landscape. Spanning from the 5th to the 15th century, this period saw the emergence of powerful feudal states, such as the Holy Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. The feudal system dominated society, with a rigid hierarchy of nobles, knights, and peasants. Religion played a central role in medieval Europe, with Christianity being the dominant faith. The Roman Catholic Church held immense

Walter M. Miller Jr. in his novel A Canticle for Leibowitz expresses his own unique style of writing, which originated after the events of WWII. Christianity and church plays a major role in the novel, and as a result Miller abundantly uses terms that are related to Christianity. The style used by the author represents and emphasize the idea and importance of religion, and this is achieved by using Latin throughout the novel. This emphasizes and draws more similarities to the Catholic Church as Latin

Historically, Western and American literature have been dominated by white authors exploring white issues and culture. In the past few decades, more and more authors are emerging with their own novels and texts exploring the issues of minorities and their interactions with a societal-system that is historically white-dominated. Whether or not these new voices have been successful of accurately capturing and portraying the lives of these previously unrepresented people is another debate. While some

In an article called "My Christ in Dutchman", George Adams argues that Lula, the white female protagonist of the play, is a modern Eve who offers Clay, a middle class Negro and the new Adam, both concrete "apples" and symbolic fruit "her body and self-knowledge" in an attempt to draw him away from Eden, "America". According to this view, Clay accepts both gifts and reveals knowledge of the forbidden truth which is his real black self. In doing so, Clay oversteps the limits of a racial society through

What is the relationship between popular culture and high culture? In this essay I intend to explore the terms popular culture and high culture and I will also look at how the relationship between these two terms has become distorted and blurred over time. In order to reinforce what I am saying about popular and high culture I will

1870-1914, caused a fast-growing wave of imperialism to sweep over the Western European countries spreading a sea of riches. The Second Industrial Revolution indirectly caused a difference in goals for New Imperialism compared to Old Imperialism as it included: “power, profit, and popularity.” Western European countries had a surge in the creation of new technology by virtue of Second Industrial Revolution. Around the 1890s, Western European countries began to experience the momentum of the Second Industrial

Who wouldn’t empathize and shed a few tears while watching Bruno and Shmuel clasp hands in their final moments in the BBC Film, The Boy with the Striped Pajamas? This fictional story would not have been written had it not been for the nationalist pride that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi’s used to persuade people to rally against ethnic groups that were supposedly part of Germany’s downfall in World War I. This dangerous pride led to the destruction of various different groups for no good reason. After

Commander Bozz-Üxküll, It is currently 410 A.D. and it looks like Rome, the capital city of the Roman Empire, has been sacked by the Visigoths, a tribe of barbaric Germanic earthlings. The Roman earthlings are scrambling. They are panicked and unhopeful for the future. However, there is a new religion spreading called “Christianity” and it might be the answer to the earthling’s troubles. It is the most widespread and accepted monotheistic (believing in one god) religion to emerge out of all my

Stephanie Olsen MKT 309 Segmentation Assignment January 10, 2018 Demographic: One potential target market for the new Heineken craft beer using age segmentation is millennials. It has been shown that millennials who drink beer tend to gravitate toward craft beers. In fact, 57% of weekly craft beer drinkers are millennials. Therefore, it is critical to target the marketing plan toward the millennial population, which comprises almost thirty percent of the adult population in the United States. Using

Top 100 Rhetorical Speeches: John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address In 1945, World War Two ended with the unconditional surrender of the Japanese Empire. In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed by ten European nations, the United States of America, and Canada in order to organize a united front against the Soviet threat. In 1955, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union signed the Warsaw Pact as a communist counter to

Reflective Essay Assignment: Where Do I Stand? In today’s world, the people of the United States of America live in a very polarized culture. In politics we have the left and the right. The middle has been essentially been erased. In school we select majors and get divided by majors. However, our school does offer double majors as well as others. The whole idea of picking a side is what divides us today. Why should we pick a side when that whole side normally does not totally define us? Why can’t

one of the more prevalent mental illnesses in Western society. Although it can be interpreted as deep sadness, it can also lead to health deficits later on in a person’s life, depending on how long it lasts. The film ‘The Split Horn’, filmed by Taggart Siegel and Jim McSilver, (PBS, 2015) touches on the impact that depression has on a specific group of people called the Hmong. However, the Hmong view of depression contrasts from those who practice Western culture, and some views of one culture contradicts

The Middle Ages, also known as the Dark Ages, lasted from 500-1500 C.E. Around that time, the Western Roman Empire fell, causing everything to go out of order in Western Europe. People during that time were basically Romans, and those living in the Eastern Roman Empire - the Byzantine Empire - were also Romans. Hence, the culture in the Medieval Ages was similar to the culture in the Byzantine Empire. Cultures, throughout the world, build on one another - just like how the Roman Empire influenced

Kenneth Pomeranz’s The Great Divergence. Historically Speaking, 12(4), 10-12. Peter C. Perdue (2000, August). Review of Pomeranz, Kenneth, The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy. Retrieved from https://networks.h-net.org/node/20292/reviews/21064/perdue-pomeranz-great-divergence-china-europe-and-making-modern-world James Z. Lee and Wang Feng (1999). One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Methodology and Chinese Realities 1700-2000. Cambridge: Harvard University

At the end of World War II, Western European powers sought political stability after a period of turmoil and devastation. Germany was divided into two spheres of influence: East Germany, controlled by the Soviet Union, and West Germany, controlled by the Allies. Western Europe attempted to unify in the post-war economy, and various views arose regarding this potential unity. The unification of Western Europe was met with opinions that were largely motivated by a nation’s own economic and political

Fall of the Western Roman Empire Drastically Changed Europe Before the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Empire was a strong and thriving civilization. However, because of Barbarian attacks on a weak border, the empire began to weaken, causing the Western Empire to decrease in all aspects of its civilization. Moreover, the Roman Empire relied on Germanic tribes for defense, until the Germanic tribes turned on Rome, thereby attacking the empire from the inside out. The fall of the Western Roman Empire

Although the Middle Ages is most known as a dark period for Europe, progress was still made in the field of thinking. The rediscovery of Greek philosophy, the creation of universities, and crisis in the church directly led European societies to the Renaissance era, a time of rebirth. Old greek texts were found in fragments, special people translated those pieces and allowed for other people to understand it. Around 1200 A.D, a group of people began to read old Greek writings about philosophy. Most

centuries have recently become a focus for historians attempting to understand the origins of Modern Europe. In Richard Hodges’ Towns and Trade in the Age of Charlemagne and Henri Pirenne’s Mohammed and Charlemagne, both men make an attempt to uncover and explain the environment of Western Europe during the Dark Ages, the 5th-9th century AD, in order to provide the background for the growth of Medieval Europe. Although the question for both men is the same, they approach the topic in different ways.