Stroke order

In Renaissance times, orders were used to communicate the social status of the owners (Wassell, 2008, p. 215). Vitruvius identified four, and Alberti later identified a fifth. They consisted of the following: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite (Stemp, 2006, pg. 28). Palladio used the Ionic order in the design of Villa Barbaro (Reist, 1985, p. 312). At the time, the Ionic order was, according to Vitruvius associated with “feminine slenderness”. The column had a scrolled capital, a…

The layout of the ‘Academical Village’ of the University of Virginia was based on symmetry, which meant that the design of the West and East side of the campus was very similar. From the north, we can see the Rotunda as the focal point of the area. Each floor of the Rotunda serves different purposes; from the top, it serves as a library, lecture hall, as well as science laboratory. To the south of the Rotunda, we can find the lawn, which stretches from the Rotunda to the end of the complex. On…

Blue October More and more the music I hear on the radio disappoints me. Shallow lyrics, unoriginal tunes, all around uninspiring! I get the feeling that the majority of musicians are manufactured, created solely for profit. Every once in a while I stumble across a musician or group that are true artists. One such group is Blue October. The first song I heard by Blue October was “Calling You”, which was featured in American Pie. I’ll admit this tune did not particularly gab my attention. It…

It’s crazy to imagine that a person you shared a womb with will also be sharing your life with you. My brother, Will, is my younger twin by only eight minutes. It is something special having a twin. You share EVERYTHING, and I mean literally. We shared a mom during infancy, we shared clothes, we shared the same room, sleeping in twin beds for upwards of sixteen years, and lastly, we share a birthday. In 2002, my father was playing with Will and I, and he noticed that Will’s attention was always…

Chivalry is a concept that has been prominent in stories for hundreds of years. Because chivalry was originally a code followed by knights, the clearest examples of it can be found in medieval texts, such as the Arthurian legend. Generally speaking, knights following the chivalric code were supposed to believe in and fear God, defend everyone (but especially the weak), obey authority, accept challenges from equals, and overall be honorable, honest guys who even go so far as to respect women.…

It is often said that Chivalry has been lost. That in today’s society, people don’t have the time or patience to act like a knight. More often than not, people are too caught up in their own lives that they don’t have the time to stop and think about helping others. Chivalry is the code of the knights. In Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, chivalry is displayed in many ways. The three ways that chivalry are displayed in Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur and Marie Borroff’s Sir Gawain and…

you are, having someone else tell a person their identity is often frustrating, and frankly is unfair. In both, "Response to Executive Order 9066," by Dwight Okita and "Mericans" by Sandra Cisneros highlight that American identity should not be judged by what people see on the exterior, it should be self defined by the individual. In "Response to Executive Order 9066" the speaker addresses how she is being discriminated against and is being forced to go to internment camps based on her…

Is a Slant 6 is Better Than an Inline Six? A Slant Six is better than Inline Six. In the Slant Six, it has a better mixture of power. In the Inline Six, the block is straight up, so parts are squeezed together and are harder to get to. The Slant Six Has better endurance. The block design assured that each cylinder got the same amount of air and fuel at the proper time, and that exhaust gases were fully, equally vented. Competitive designs made some cylinders have sharp bends or tubes with very…

The infamous character of Professor Snape is one of great complexity and depth. It is his cold and ruthless demeanor that has readers origionally seething with hatred for his warped personality. His mistreatment of the main hero, Harry, further irks the readers until it is revealed later in the series as to what the underlying motives and agenda was. In the series Snape is an exceptionally skillful wizard with a dark past who is the potions master at Hogwarts school. For the majority of the…

Carl Jung is deemed as one of the greatest contributors to the world of psychology. The man who founded analytical psychology made great advancements in the collective unconscious, the complex, and most importantly, archetypes. Jung believed that in the unconscious mind is a form of psychological inheritance in which there is “all of the knowledge and experiences we share as a species”, and so the archetype was born (Cherry). Simply put, an archetype is a recurring symbol in literature. J. K.…