Calligraphy

Question 1 The Benedictine abbey of St. Gall and the Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay both bear designs that reflect the monastic lifestyle which was defined by the 6th century Rule of St. Benedict. The monastic design of the abbeys is characterized by main features such as a church, dormitories meant for sleep, a caldarium, a cloister and a chapterhouse. The Rule of Saint Benedict called for monks to maintain a life of obedience, chastity and poverty. Furthermore, it also stated that monks should…

Halperin’s Out of the Cloister Literati Perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China has a nice classification and analysis of literati’s opinions on Buddhism. It shows us how the Song dynasty’s highly educated viewed Buddhism and Buddhist institutions such as temples, and how the opinions and critiques of Buddhism went far beyond the “Buddhist cloister”. In fact, he argues that different people have different ideas of Buddhism during the Tang-Song transition and illustrates a community of inscription…

“Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories” (Jobs 3). From the very beginning of his 2005 speech to Graduates of Stanford University, Steve Jobs presented a comfortable and relatable tone to his audience, a tone that he maintained throughout the speech. George Saunders began his 2013 speech delivered to Syracuse University Graduates in a similar tone, stating “Down through the ages, a traditional form has evolved for this type of speech,…

Since the Tang Dynasty in 716 AD, the Yueyang Tower has guarded the Northern gateway to the Hunan province, the point where the Yangtze River meets the Xiang River at Lake Dongting. The site, once a platform for the Wu Kingdom (222-250 AD) general Lu Su to train his naval troops1, offers a beautiful and strategic panoramic view of the surrounding area and a near bird’s eye view of the lake – one of China’s largest bodies of fresh water. The tower had already been through numerous…

Ming China last chinese dynasty, 1368-1644 started when the mongols were overthrown zhu yuanzhang started the dynasty and had many military talents population rose about 150 million people economic progress urbanization and technology increase of people that lived in urban areas people were still able to be fed properly China did not have an industrial-technical breakthrough; which is why is it not the dominant power of the world the ming political system The ming dynasty was ruled by a…

Zhang Yimou’s film techniques are fundamental to the narrative of his films The Road Home and Hero, as they are the medium of which his themes and concepts are presented. Both films set in a time period before the Cultural Revolution in China, each in their own share an exploration of central concepts of a ruthlessly ruling totalitarian regime, as well as themes of the importance of respecting the past, the truth, and the significance and influence of the individual. To visually express his…

through layers of surface or in contrast become a beacon of identity through our surfaces. This point can be shown in the expansive scene where Nagiko and Jerome make love (fig 3). Their inked bodies bearing words tangled in clothing covered in calligraphy, show surface in play that makes the visual reading of certain scenes in The Pillow Book difficult. Decorated skins merge into decorated clothing and clothing fuses into skin. Also the superimposed layering of Japanese illustrations in the…

Life is composed of different stages, learning experiences, and constant emotional and mental growth. Erik Erikson’s developmental theory consists of eight psychosocial stages of the human psyche. Five of them happen before the age of eighteen and it is proposed that these beginning stages of life have the most influence on the type of person one will become. The last three stages is the emotional turmoil a person faces through the rest of their life, such as what career to choose, marriage,…

8. Flowers of Shanghai (Hou Hsiao Hsen, 1998) At the finale of the 19th century, Shanghai is divides among zones of foreign influence. In the British one, a number of luxurious "Flower Houses" address the needs of the male elite. The Chinese dignitaries were forbidden to attend brothels and the aforementioned houses are their sole choice for pleasure. However, those men visit the Flower Houses not solely for the companionship of the courtesans, but also to smoke opium, dine and play Mahjong. The…

Not everyone has the gift to speak, those who cannot express themselves by verbal means must find other ways in which they are to express themselves; some who cannot speak use sign language to communicate with those who are able while others may use writing to communicate. Although, these various forms of communication differ they all similarly end up being converted into words. People don't necessarily realize the importance of word they underestimate them using thing as they please never…