Calligraphy

scratch parchment, then journals, then finally in a large red leather book (Corbett, 2006). He did this in an attempt to gather a greater understanding of how the brain worked and how the mind functions worked. In this large red leather book he wrote calligraphy and drew elaborate paintings (Corbett, 2006). What was written in these books was not like any of his other academic writing and he later decided to not have it published due to concerns of being mocked by his peers (Corbett, 2006).This…

What’s it like to be a woman growing up in Ancient China and Japan? How were women treated in Ancient China and Japan? Women in Ancient China and Japan both had arranged marriages, but their lifestyles and privileges are contrasting. During both Ancient China and Japan marriages were arranged. During Ancient China, once a woman was married, she would live with her husband and was required to obey members of his family, especially his mother (“Daily Life of Women”). During Ancient Japan, the…

While the author felt lonely, especially when overcoming her feelings towards Kaneie, she adopts a daughter. Afterwards, she interacts with her throughout the day and turned to teaching calligraphy, [and] waka composition (Book Three, 297). More so, the author refuses to let a suitor court her, by rationalizing the young age of her daughter. As so, choosing to educate her daughter on the Japanese writing style, and shield her from marriage…

6. From the middle of the eighth century until Muslims were exiled from Spain in 1492, Islamic culture and civilization exerted broad and lasting influences on Western culture. This period, known as the Islamic Golden Age, saw advances in science, philosophy, medicine and education. Great centers of Muslim learning under the Abbasid dynasty, started knowledge and scientific development that spread from Alexandria and Baghdad to Europe. The architecture flourished in Muslim Spain, later…

We all know that the earliest writing systems were drawings usually done on rock, sides of mountains and cave walls. Doesn’t that seem pretty tedious? Though of course it’s beautiful, imagine writing a 10,000-word essay for a college class all done on several clay slabs with thousands of pictures. Aren’t you glad we evolved our way of writing? The earliest writing systems evolved separately and at pretty much the same time in Mesopotamia and Egypt, but current information shows that…

10. Is it a beard? Is it a clown's frilly neck poof? We don't really know. But check out the crazily posh, over the top neck fur on this critter. Frilled lizards would be envious. In fact, the so called king of beasts -- the African male lion -- would be envious. All that furry drama, drawn up in a surprisingly conservative black, white and gray color scheme, as if to intentionally set off the topaz eyes as stunningly as possible. Could you be any more subtle, sophisticated and dramatic all at…

and ceramics composed of clay. As the visitor is guided down the galleries, they are taken down a story of not only Japan’s art, but their cultural development. From the simple pottery, the setting changes to striking Buddhist statues, to elegant calligraphy, literature, and…

Katach (“form and design”) is the Japanese word that best translates the concept of “art”. A word which implies that “art is synonymous with living, functional purpose, and spiritual simplicity” (Walkup). Zen Art is by its nature spiritual as it was “done not by professional artists, but by Zen monks and nuns who spent extremely disciplined lives of meditation, in a search for enlightenment and awakening to the true nature of reality”(Sweet). The core foundation of the art-form is the belief…

Curtis, Walters AC160365 HS150.3.2 World Civilization Assignment 6_06 February 21, 2017 HS150.3.2 World Civilization The Dynasties of China produced many examples of how the past can dictate the future. Ideas at that time have become familiar in today’s society. And these Dynasties grew to be very different from the ones that were before. During the Sui dynasty, there were some changes. A new system was created – six Ministries with Three Departments. The Departments - Zhongshu Sheng,…

whiz named Steve Wozniak. After graduating high school in 1972 Steve attended Reed college in Portland, Oregon. After six months he dropped out of college and began taking other classes for the next 18 months. In that time, Jobs took a course in calligraphy which lead to the Macintosh…