People attended universities and literacy expanded so there was a commensurate appreciation for aesthetics in general, and cathedral art in particular. Secular themes appearing in religious paintings brought a genre to the attentive eye that had not previously been presented.
FIVE: Three heroes in the romantic genre include Jean-Jacques Rousseau (historical), who was a hero leading up to the French Revolution, and many of his ideas of liberty were embraced after the revolution. Also, Byron's "Manfred" (literature) was a hero of a different sort as he wandered among the mountains and stayed far away from society. In the world of art, heroes were portrayed by Eugene Delacroix (he made Arabs heroes in "The Lion Hunt") and Jacques-Louis David who painted heroes from Greek mythology, and he painted Socrates ("The Death of Socrates") certainly an historic hero.
INTRODUCTION to CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: ONE: European Colonialism is the seizing of land on foreign soil and the natural resources and people; the English, for example in Africa and the French in Asia attempted to colonize by forcing their cultures on indigenous peoples and neutralizing their ethnicities (Christianizing as well).
TWO: Forensic Anthropology is the science of using technology to closely identify evidence in solving crimes. Police count on forensic anthropologists such as Dr. Bill Bass (the Body Farm) to determine the time of death, the means of death, and other critical details.
SIX: Body art is commonly referred to in contemporary culture as piercings and tattoos; its affect on society is mainly aesthetic as many people (notably young people and pro-athletes) chose to use decorative tattoos as a...
And mysteries remain for scientists as to why this apparently sophisticated civilization did not spread out beyond the Indus Valley and also, why did the urban areas experience a decline? There are many seals that have been discovered, but without language or hieroglyphics to explain the history, much remains unknown.
FOUR: The Roman Empire at its peak of power (in the Third Century) extended north into all of what is now England, and along a line stretching up into Germany, and all of Europe and east to the Caspian Sea. Rome also controlled Mesopotamia and much of what is now the "Middle East" and the northern edge of Africa, including down into Egypt on both sides of the Red Sea.
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