Illustrate the differences between ancient art and modern art through examples and by referring to methods learnt from this course;

1.  Illustrate the differences between ancient art and modern art through examples and by referring to methods learnt from this course;

2.  Illustrate by examples the main conflict/dialectic underlying the transition between two art styles, such as medieval art and renaissance art, baroque and classicism, classicism and romanticism, realism and expressionism, abstractionism and abstract expressionism, etc. (any one pair of them, or based on your own judgement of making the pair);

3.  Provide analysis on one artwork (or one artist’s work) from the perspective of knowledge archaeology or other critical theories (feminism, westerncentrism, orientalism, etc.).

How did the city-states of Renaissance Italy differ from the kingdoms of western Europe?

How did the city-states of Renaissance Italy differ from the kingdoms of western Europe? Pay attention to the political, economic, and cultural differences between Renaissance Italy and the kingdoms of western Europe. Be sure to use examples to analyze the differences between Renaissance Italy and western Europe’s kingdoms.

Discuss the current state of our constitutional and religious history in the U.S. in the 21st century.

Discuss the current state of our constitutional and religious history in the U.S. in the 21st century.

Discuss why the Two Nations Couldn’t Come to Terms

British-Chinese Opium War: Why the Two Nations Couldn’t Come to Terms

Explain how the synergy of different religious, political, and scientific developments led to the resurgence of Europe after the Middle Ages…

What is the Italian Renaissance? Why did it happen in Italy? How did it change Italian society?
The Middle Ages in Europe saw the rise of illiteracy where only clerics were able to read and the only book worth reading was the Bible in Latin. How did books gradually begin to resurface in European knowledge? What was the reaction of the Catholic Church upon the rediscovery of Greek texts? And how did these texts inspire the establishment of the early European universities?
How did the corruption of the Catholic Church lead to the Protestant Reformation? What is the content of this ‘protest’? and how did it attempt to reform Christianity?
What are some of the non-religious consequences (cultural, political, and scientific…) of the Protestant Reformation?
What is mercantilism? How could it be considered as a consequence of the birth of the nation-state as a new form of political organization? And how did it thrust Europe forward into the world?
Explain how the synergy of different religious, political, and scientific developments led to the resurgence of Europe after the Middle Ages…

Explain imperialism’s lasting impact including its influence on the Holocaust;

You are to write a 1,500 word paper on the following topic:

King Leopold’s Ghost and Blood lands, describe events central to the existence of Western Civilization. Drawing on your reading of both books, discuss whether you agree with the preceding statement. Your essay should 1) take a position;

2) compare and contrast the events in the Congo and in Central Europe;

3) Explain imperialism’s lasting impact including its influence on the Holocaust; and

4) use at least two other academic sources to support your opinion.

 

 

Which product has had a greater impact in history, coffee or tea?

Which product has had a greater impact in history, coffee or tea?

How was the life of women living in the Roman Empire based on material evidence considered in the course unit Roman Women in 22 Objects?

How was the life of women living in the Roman Empire based on material evidence considered in the course unit Roman Women in 22 Objects? Subtitle for this essay: Women as sacred symbols in the Roman empire.

What does this source tell us about African nationalism in the twentieth century?

What does this source tell us about African nationalism in the twentieth century?

USE this link as the primary source: http://db.nelsonmandela.org/speeches/pub_view.asp?pg=item&ItemID=NMS010&txtstr=prepared%20to%20die

Discusss British-Chinese Opium War: Why two nations couldn’t come to terms.

British-Chinese Opium War: Why two nations couldn’t come to terms. (Feel free to amend the title, you’ve written for me before and would like for you to write the accompanying paper.)