Prague

famous composers are Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Schumann. ‘Vltava’is a piece composed by Bedrich Smetana in the Romantic Period for symphony orchestra. This piece has 6 movements and it describes the flow of water that runs through Czechoslovakia and Prague from day to night. It contains a lot of emotions and it is one of the most famous nationalism work. Fig. 1: It shows all the instruments involved in the music. During Romantic Period, music was mostly written for symphony orchestra,…

“Artists are influenced by Society and other political reasons, the art comes in many forms; as has many perspectives to Social Media’s eye.” There are many different types of artists out there who explore the different sectors of art itself. People who define their art in a way that catches the human eye, It could mean anything really, sadness, anger, happiness, anything, even the most randomest of things, some come out as a comedic way and others take it more seriously. Visual art, or as in…

Annotated Bibliography Cowley, Robert, and Geoffrey Parker. The Reader's Companion to Military History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Print. The book, The Reader's Companion to Military History, gives a broad overview of Operation Barbarossa, yet also highlights the details of the event. Readers can quickly compile common information about the topic, such as when did Operation Barbarossa take place and where did it occur. More complex information about the topic (how the operation led to…

The Ma Vlast was written to the world, as a reminder of the beauty, culture and destiny of Bohemian’s. Additionally, the Moldau was played in protest against the German invation in March 1939. As a result, Hitler banned all performances of Moldau in Prague in an attempt to break the independent spirit of the Czech…

During the course of this semester we have examined the use of various motifs in Eastern European Cinema. We have looked at the imagery of phalluses and food, as well as the role of song and editing in each of the films. Along with the many motifs examined, there is one I have noticed was present in almost all of the films. Since the end of World War II, countries in Eastern Europe have continuously struggled with their allegiance to the communist state. Whether it be to denounce the communist…

making of a Jewish plan to dominate worldwide. This is claimed to be the minutes gathered during the discussion by someone attending the secret meetings they would hold. It’s said that the meetings Jewish elders held were taken place at a cemetery in Prague, in this meeting they constructed a plan to obtain world domination. Jews were depicted as a stable race who mainly intended to get power no matter what they had to do. The main purpose of the foreign secret police of Russia was to help…

During the processes of painting and repainting - the practice of applying paint and scraping it back off again - there are resultant blemishes, bumps, knocks and scratches that accumulate incrementally on the surface. Canning (2012) remarks that his paintings do not aim for “flawless” surfaces; rather “they’re marked, and they do tell the story of the history of their making”. The hereditary traits of Canning’s inheritance of his father’s trade can also be seen in works like “Lithium” (Fig 4-11…

Albert Einstein: the Inventor & Dreamer “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving” -- This is one of Albert Einstein’s quotes. Albert Einstein made a great impact on the world. He is credited with discovering a theory that found that gravity can affect time and space. He also made the atomic bomb when he was serving in the U.S. military to fight against the Germans in World War II (WWII) when he was getting targeted by Germany because he was Jewish, and the…

community and it was only inevitable that a religious war would soon break out. Firstly, the Council of Trent led to suspicions of Catholic conspiracy. Moreover, Ferdinand stripped the political freedom of Bohemia and the Second Defenestration of Prague sparked a new war, which lead to thirty years of destruction of towns and villages affecting not only people but European society too. Broadsheets depicted mercenary armies of the warring countries razing…

rising up, full of rain and fire and salt and oceans, all the way up, chanting the letters that named galleons and cowboys, pirates and Indians, borne by the letters swept through golden skies, about the crazy world above Brooklyn, above Ireland, above Prague, above the fields of Belgium” (331). Michael was a few hours away from being killed by Frankie and the Falcons. He was down to his last chance at survival and he used the only weapon he knew how to use. The biggest and greatest weapon in…