Chinese architecture

Name: Yasmine Mokhtari Course: Global History Tutorial group: 150 Tutor: Ms. Hayat Ahlili Word counting: 1099 The Chinese civilization during the Song Dynasty After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, a new era in China’s history has started which has gone through an unprecedented growth. In this essay, I will explain the Chinese civilization on the metropolitan web during the Song dynasty, which was during the time period of 960 and 1279. Academic sources are used for information…

Shanghai, China Shanghai is located on the central coast of China. It is the country’s biggest city and a global financial hub. The heart of the city is the Bund, a popular waterfront promenade that is lined with colonial-era buildings. When you take a look across the Huangpu River you can see the fantastic futuristic skyline rising high into the sky in the Pudong district. The city also has many green spaces for rest and relaxation. A most symbolic part of the city is the Bund which at one…

Comparing and Contrasting: The Basilica of Saint Sernin and Cathedral of Chartres Centuries have passed and to this day churches tower above France, marking the astonishing legacy of the Romanesque and Gothic styles designed in the Middle Ages. A Romanesque church example is the Basilica of St. Sernin in Toulouse, France 1080-1120 (fig.1) and an example of a Gothic church is the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Chartres in Chartres, France 1194-1260 (fig.2). Much like their periods, the Basilica of…

As a worshipper of the 13th century approached Basilica St Denis, a gothic style cathedral, they would find various architectural updates that Abbott Suger hoped would inspire enhanced divinity. First a visitor arriving would take in the exterior of the church where their focus would be drawn to the heavens by the awe inspiring height achieved in the design. This height was made possible by the inclusion of the byzantine style flying buttresses. The flying buttress is support that looks like a…

Marketers use various terms to describe omnifarious categories of products, also called offerings. In this paper we will look at each of the four types and explain each category and how they differ from one another. Tanner & Raymond, (2010, p.117) explains there are four different categories of products marketed to consumers. 1. Convenience Offerings 2. Shopping Offerings 3. Specialty Offerings 4. Unsought Offerings Convenience offerings are just that convenient, these are normal everyday goods…

In Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken”, the writer takes the reader on a journey of two paths he observed, his decision making process, and his reflection on how he felt about that decision. Throughout the poem, Frost gives descriptive words to help the reader visualize the subject of his writing. Frost keeps the wording fairly simple, which conveys his message easily to most any reader, without prolonged interpretation of his language. The poem has themes of decision making,…

“The models from which medieval Northern Europe in particular formed its idea of “Roman” style are nearly all portable Late Antique works, and the Late Antique carved sarcophagi found all over the former Roman Empire; the determination to find earlier “purer” classical models, was a key element in the art all’antica of the Renaissance.” (Henderson 1977) Byzantine art is the Greek-speaking Byzantine Empire art that had been created after the Roman Empire division of the Eastern and Western sides…

In order to understand why Lennie uses the Homecoming King bias, it is important to first learn about it. One expert defines the bias as when we, “Act in ways that will increase our acceptance, liking, and popularity” (Taylor). In other words, the Homecoming King bias is activated when someone wants to feel like they belong in a given social situation. The decision maker is trying to seek the approval of others. In other words, change their own behavior to fit in and gain the approval to avoid…

The motif of the “Good Shepherd” was first seen in Archaic Greek art. “There the calf bearer was a bearded man offering his animal in sacrifice to Athena” (Kleiner 238). In the pre-Christian world, Christ portrays a shepherd, where he is carrying a calf on his shoulders, but the calf was not to be sacrifice. The calf is one of the lost sheep which symbolizes “a sinner who has strayed and been rescued” (Kleiner 239). Christ said that he is a good shepherd and he will give his life for the sheep.…

People are always changing. Our ideas and theology of the world is ever evolving. Some periods had more development than others. Buildings are often a continuum of the change. It makes sense considering for many they make the physical boundaries of our world. Churches in medieval times changed dramatically between 1150 and 1550, the style changed from Romanesque to Gothic. The reasons for this can be divided into three categories, Social, Technological, and Theological. Churches needed to be…