Western Schism

disaster authors are Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles. Aeschylus composed the play The Orestria, Euripides composed The Madea, and Sophocles composed the plays Oedipus the ruler and Antigone. The plans of comedies and tragedies are utilized within western progress with the exception of extended and contorted around a bit. The works of play journalists from old Greece rouse numerous popular authors…

artists in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1996 Olympic Games (Ali 49). The modern rise in the popularity of calligraphy is proof of its absolute necessity in Islamic culture. Despite modern efforts to increase appreciation of Islamic calligraphy in western cultures, non-Islamic individuals still lack knowledge of this subject and many others concerning Islamic culture. This ignorance is causing contention between nations and peoples. During this time of potential war, more effort needs to be shown…

The basic tenets of materialism and abstraction often clash against one another. Materialism, after all, results in “shapeless, [describable] emotions such as fear and joy,” while abstraction encompasses those “inner, subtler feelings…beyond the reach of words” (Section I, Paragraph 4). These contrasting depths of emotion give rise to the potent tension between materialism and abstraction in Section VI, Paragraph 18 of Kandinsky’s essay “Concerning the Spiritual in Art.” Here, Kandinsky comments…

centralized to the western world. Over 90% artists who performed in binneials came from western countries according to Chin-Tao Wu . So it doesn 't strike as a surprise that it is considered a controversial exhibition to this day, it penetrated the art world by the introduction of a new idea. The idea was a protest against the traditional Paris biennial where most of the art, and artists were western. The magicians of the earth exhibit featured 50% western artist and 50% non western artists,…

The western world has a growing problem of assuming Islam, and Muslims in their entirety, are violent. Over the past 13 years, Islam, Muslims, and terrorism have been synonymous in the western mind. Simon Cottee, senior lecturer of Criminology at Kent University, wrote “It Doesn’t Matter That Islam Inspired the ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Attacks” for Vice Magazine to illustrate the polar views on Islam in regards to terrorism and religious tolerance. At the end of the article, Cottee asks the audience to…

their children to be successful, but the Chinese out do all other ethnicities. Parenting is not an easy job. It takes hard work and dedication, something the Chinese manage to do very thoroughly. Chinese young, do not have the freedom that a child in western culture would have. They grow up in a very disciplinary environment. The mothers make sure of this. Chinese mothers have more successful children because they do not allow their kids to have a large social life or do anything they find that…

inequity of gender across Civilisations globally and the homogenous societies and dehumanisation over other ethnicities. As these matters were prevalent during the twentieth century resulting in the change of national values, primarily within the Western World, one must examine the importance of representation. Analysing the usage of myths and its influence on cultures, shaping values within societies to studying…

addition, we also have cultural contradictions among the different racial and cultural groups. I am a first generation Asian-American in the U.S., and I have been facing a different kind of challenges in terms of assimilation within the society. In the Western society, the way of communication is very different than South Asian countries. In the eastern culture, people still have a traditional way of communication, which refers to so much respect for older people, women, and strangers. But, in…

Why was Great Britain the first Industrial nation? Great Britain had an abundance of factors that gave it a significant advantage over other countries and Empires when it came to Industrialisation. Britain had all it needed to begin this revolution as they had large amounts of natural resources such as coal, an increasing population due to agricultural improvements, the development of new inventions and most importantly, an ever expanding Empire. All these factors contribute and provide the…

The persecutions of marginal groups that occurred in Europe from the 10th through the 13th century were some of the most influential events to occur in Western Christendom. These events not only influenced the history of many ethnic and religious groups but also influenced the rise of influential bodies of power such as the Roman Catholic Church which would go on to be one of the most powerful bodies in Europe. However, the causes that led to these occurrences are a matter of dispute. Through…