Essays Tagged: "intellectual movement"

The Enlightenment and the Role of the Philosophers

The Enlightenment is a name given by historians to an intellectual movement that waspredominant in the Western world during the 18th century. Strongly inf ...

(3 pages) 363 0 3.0 Mar/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy

Voltaire's "Candide" is a satire on optimism.

CANDIDE--OPTIMISMVoltaire's Candide is a satire on optimism. The time when Candide was written, the intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment was spreading ideas about the equality and basic ri ...

(4 pages) 184 0 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Postmodernism and the works of Rosaldo, Dumont, and Derrida describing the theory of postmodernism in cultural change.

are occurring in study of anthropology today.Postmodernism, as theoretical school of thought, is an intellectual movement that promotes itself as the 'antithesis' of modernism, rejecting the tradition ...

(6 pages) 179 0 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Humanism and how it was expressed by at least three major Renaissance artists and writers.

Humanism And the RenaissanceThe great intellectual movement of Renaissance Italy was humanism. Renaissance humanism is the spirit of learn ...

(2 pages) 83 0 3.7 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Italian Renaissance:brief history of economics, religion, society, politics, music, furniture, architecture, art, dance, clothing, food, and an emphasis on theatre.

wth of secular values, and scientific and artistic inquiry. The Renaissance was also a cultural and intellectual movement where many advancements were made in the fields of music, literature, art, and ...

(15 pages) 363 0 4.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Colonial American In The Eighteenth Century 1701 - 1770.

The Enlightenment is a name given by historians to anintellectual movement that was predominant in the Western world duringthe 18th century. Strongly inf ...

(3 pages) 87 0 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Why do people study history.

ause of our ancestors. For example, during 500 B.C. to 1400 A.D., the Renaissance contributed to an intellectual movement, and from 1400-1900, the industrial revolution spurred a production and techno ...

(2 pages) 73 0 1.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Basic outline about Culture during the European Industrial Revolution (Romanticism and Realism) by Alan Torrico

ure: Romanticism and RealismI.Romanticisma.About romanticism1.At the end of the 18th century, a new intellectual movement, known as romanticism, emerged as a reaction to the ideas of the Enlightenment ...

(2 pages) 90 1 3.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Titian, manet and Ingres essay! how there different times affected there art!

, Venus of Urbino dared to bring humanism in. Humanism by definition means: Humanism A cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized secular concerns as a result of the redisco ...

(3 pages) 52 0 3.5 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

The Renaissance Age

Background: This age gain its name from an intellectual movement that started in Italy, in the early years of the fourteenth century. Then it s ...

(5 pages) 99 1 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Renaissance

rowth ofsecular values, and scientific and artistic inquiry. The Renaissance was also a cultural andintellectual movement where many advancements were made in the fields of music,literature, art, and ...

(3 pages) 158 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Modern Feminism

y to some traditional view of this concept. Feminism is traditionally considered to be a social and intellectual movement that seeks to transform individuals and society. Its goal is to create a socie ...

(4 pages) 114 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

General terms of Rennaisance era to present

Winter Reading Assignment Sean LawsonPeriod 5RomanticismAn artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th century, characterized by a heightened ...

(1 pages) 20 0 0.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

What is Romanticism ?

What is Romanticism?*Artistic and intellectual movement that originated in the late 18th century and stressed strong emotion, imaginat ... tion of 1789 and its concepts of liberty, fraternity, equality.*Institution of slavery in the South*Intellectual and spiritual revolution-rise of Unitarianism (oneness of God).*Affirmation of the valu ...

(3 pages) 201 0 3.0 May/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Latin Language & Literature

The Enlightenment: Hobbes versus Locke

The Enlightenment was an 18th century intellectual movement concentrated in France that had lasting repercussions throughout Europe and Am ... nown as Voltaire (1694-1778) and the enigmatic Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) marked some of the intellectual catalysts for the new ideas and approaches to old customs that wore down institutionali ...

(4 pages) 45 0 4.0 May/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Reformation and Scientific Revolution

anism according to the "Prentice Hall World History Connections To Today" textbook is defined as an intellectual movement at the heart of the Italian Renaissance that focused on worldly subjects rathe ... ific assumptions, and was devoted to the "problem of knowledge." Also, both of these men defied the intellectual traditions of the medieval universities that wanted to make the world fit in with the c ...

(3 pages) 69 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Humanistic Ideas: Pica Della Mirandola's "Oration on the Digity of Man" and Baldassare Castiglione, "The Book of the Courtier."

Humanism was an intellectual movement that developed during the renaissance period, which aimed a new evaluation of ... o prepare people to lead others and to participate in public life for the common good. The dignity, intellectual movement, and the moral lessons taught enabled the humanist to be individuals. In concl ... opposition to authority was first brought to the surface and became an integral part of the western intellectual tradition as shown in the works of Castiglione and Pico Della.

(4 pages) 67 0 3.3 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

18th Century European Enlightenment.

The Enlightenment is a name given by historians to an intellectual movement that was predominant in the Western world during the 18th century. Strongly i ...

(4 pages) 121 0 4.5 Nov/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

The Scientific Revolution

The Scientific Revolution, which occurred during the time of 1449 to 1704, was an intellectual movement concerning the theories about humanity's place in the universe and methods for ...

(2 pages) 53 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Transcendentalism: What it is? Examples of it; Critics against it; Position on it

Transcendentalism was an intellectual movement founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson. There are three cornerstones of the Transcende ...

(3 pages) 48 0 4.3 May/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy