Essays Tagged: "18th century"

World Art

ve ArtsTraditionally, in most societies, art has combined practical and aesthetic functions. In the 18th century in the West, however, a more sophisticated public began to distinguish between art that ... 's profession, as did certain Japanese families of actors and painters and the musical dynasties of 18th-century Europe.The physical resources of a society affect the medium in which an artist works. ...

(3 pages) 170 0 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Art Essays

George Washington

e itself.....almost as he was when he was a familiar person in the halls, homes, shops, and bars of 18th-century city Williamsburg.On Duke of Gloucester Street, in the Raleigh Tavern's Apollo Room, or ...

(9 pages) 145 0 3.4 Apr/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

The Death Penalty

: states used executions to demonstrate the ultimate consequence of attacking the state. During the 18th century in England executions attracted tens of thousands of people in some cases there would b ...

(4 pages) 202 0 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Slavery

nst slavery. They held that all people had a natural dignity thatshould be recognized. Voltaire, an 18th century philosophe, pointed outthat hundreds of thousands of slaves were sacrificing their live ...

(2 pages) 156 2 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Duke ellington

ics. These men were naturals in their own right, but these people wrote their music in the 17th and 18th century. Many people don't realize all of the changes that music had to go through between that ...

(7 pages) 147 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Contraception

years ago, men in Egypt wore condom-like sheaths as attractive andeye-catching penis covers. By the 18th century, condoms were being made from sheepintestines. In Victorian England, sexual stimulation ...

(4 pages) 119 1 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

The Riddle of the Sphinx

ed adventures of historical individuals. The allegorical interpretation ofmyths , stemming from the 18th century study , says that at one time myths were inventedby wise men to point out a truth, but ...

(2 pages) 54 0 2.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

The Clash of Titans

nce are met with incredulity and most are considered heresy. From the middle ages and to around the 18th century, religious ideology was the most accepted way of explaining the unexplainable. During t ... has held the upper hand in ways of thinking about the unexplainable. It has been that way until the 18th century when revolutionary views on society were presented by great philosophers, such as Volta ...

(5 pages) 50 0 3.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

The Economic Changes in England During Eighteenth Century That Caused The Industrial Revolution

s and an overall growth in the economy. England encouraged radical change in the economy during the 18th century. These economic changes effected the social and industrial aspect of the 18th century E ... d to the stock of productive equipment . . . The economy grew due to the productivity uprise in the 18th century (Academic Net -{Q2L63489})These new goods were made in mass quantities since the start ...

(10 pages) 426 0 3.9 Jun/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

gulf war

The Gulf WarFor almost all of the 18th century, Iraq was apart of the Ottoman Empire along with Kuwait, but Britain was called for pro ...

(4 pages) 154 1 4.6 May/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Slavery throughout history

nst slavery. They held that all people had a natural dignity thatshould be recognized. Voltaire, an 18th century philosophe, pointed outthat hundreds of thousands of slaves were sacrificing their live ...

(2 pages) 77 0 4.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

George Washington's role in American Revolution

ut the colonial military were valid. However, they were valid only from the point of view of a late 18th century colonist, or colonial sympathizer. Washington never did cite any examples of wars which ...

(3 pages) 69 0 4.2 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Shay's Rebellion and the Modern Militia

cs. Though separated by many decades and wars Shay's Rebellion and the Whisky Rebellion of the late 18th century hold similar ties with the unarmed militias of the 1990's. The background, fears, and i ... ucturing, with its job losses and a declining standard of living.A series of tax revolts during the 18th century in America and the uprisings against the government today all resulted from a deep cede ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Five Ideas that shaped the World: Nationalism, Industrialism, Colonialism, Imperialism and communism

hich patriotism, or loyalty to one's country, is regarded as an individual's principal duty. In the 18th century, nationalism began to take form by scholars & poets who sought to find in ancient l ...

(4 pages) 263 2 3.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Essay - Industrial Revolution

ange from an agricultural toan industrial civilization that took place from about the middle of the 18th centuryto the middle of the 19th century.' Sounds like it's unimportant, doesn't it? Thatcould ...

(4 pages) 218 0 3.7 Sep/1995

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The Antebellum period. Speaks of what was happening in pre-Civil War time, reasons for the war, and differences between the Northern, and Southern states

he Industrial Revolution was brought to the United States by Samuel Slater from England in the late 18th century. He was a textile worker who actually founded the American cotton textile industry.This ...

(6 pages) 224 1 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Hamiltonianism vs Jeffersonianism. America during the late 18th century- the fate of country lay in the hands of two men

America during the late 18th century was a time of radical changes. America was justthen breaking its ties with a forceful B ...

(8 pages) 160 0 2.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

The American Revolution, an unified movement of colonial forces fighting against the imperial British

eater cause championed the revolutionary leaders. Early forms of republicanism emerged in the early 18th century when after the collapse of Catholicism, English philosophers began to reflect upon the ... imitive shape. A weak republican virtue was created from the philosphers and politcal scientists of 18th century Britain when after the years of religous wars, a broader enlightenment of Europe occurr ...

(11 pages) 321 0 4.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Sex and Love Throughout Time Compares movie "Dangerous Liasons" and ancient Greek poem "Birth Control"

es.The movie Dangerous Liaisons is based on the 1782 novel by Choderlos De Laclos. It is set in the 18th century in France. The main characters Marquise De Merteuil, played by Glen Close, and Vicomte ...

(8 pages) 67 2 4.7 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Religion - Animism

anpsychism, is the doctrine that all objects in the world have an inner or psychological being. The 18th-century German physician and chemist Georg Ernst Stahl coined the word animism to describe his ...

(2 pages) 67 1 2.4 Aug/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith