... his life of painting, architecture, and sculpting. His first large-scale sculpture was Bacchus. Around the same year of 1498, Michelangelo did the marble Pieta, which he finished before the age of twenty-five and is the only work he ever signed. This sculpture shows a youthful Mary with her dying son Jesus laying across her lap. Mary’s expression is one of resignation rather then grief. Another of his greatest works in the large marble sculpture David, which he produced between 1501 and 1504. The expression on David’s face is termed terribilita, a characteristic of many Michelangelo’s figures. He was later called back to Rome by Pope Julius II in 15 ...

... Rock Festival took place near Woodstock, New York, on August 15, 16,and17, 1969. Woodstock became a sybol of the 1960's counterculture and a milestone in rock history. Among those attending were members of the counterculture, who were often referred to a hippies, and chaarcteristically rejected authority, prtested the Vietnam War, supported the Civil Rights movement, dressed unconventionally, and experimented with sex and illegal drugs. Woodstock Music and Arts fair drew more than 500,000 people. For three days the site became a counterculture mini-nation where mind were open, drugs were all but legal, and love was free. During the monumental three ...

... went hunting. They ordered their servants, Danaburo and Onio, to return to Soga to deliver their letters and mementos to their family. At first their servants refused their request because they wished to die with their masters. However, in the action of the assassination, Juro was killed by the Shogun’s soldiers and later Goro was also bound the soldiers. In these two Noh plays, both protagonists also deal with the lives and sufferings of warriors. For example, according to the story of "Tsunemasa", Tsunemasa had been killed in the battle, so he was still suffering the woes that consuming him. Therefore, the priest performed a liturgy for the salvation of hi ...

... conventions of acceptable feminine behavior. They used make-up and wore baggy dresses, which often exposed their arms as well as their legs from the knees down. The flapper movies were modern and influenced a revolution in fashion. During the time of the Great Depression, film was a source of cheerful escapism for most. People were out of work, but they did manage to find money to go the movies. Even during the darkest days of the Depression, movie attendance was between 60-75 million per week. The balancing act for film making was to both reflect the realism and cynicism of the Depression period. They also provided escape entertainment to boost the morale of ...

... as astonishing and masterful works of art, but he also produced noteworthy innovations in the fields of architecture, engineering, and science. Several of his paintings and sketches deriving from his scientific studies-particularly in the fields of anatomy, optics, and hydraulics-anticipated many of the developments of modern science. Leonardo Da Vinci was a masterful artist and innovator, considered by many as artistic master and genius. His continued motivation to advance his knowledge and proficiency in the arts and sciences revealed masterpieces and innovations that exceeded the intellect and designs of his time period. Born April 15, 1452 in the small ...

... the first conflict in which U.S. military forces fought almost exclusively outside of the country, the Mexican War marked the beginning of the rise of the United States as a global military power. The Mexicans, although viewed their loss of the territory in the North as, “an unnecessary war that had been thrust upon Mexico by a land-hungry United States.” The Mexican War started when Mexican soldiers, “shed American blood on American soil.” When the Americans heard of this, General Stephen W. Kearny commanded his army to take over the city of Santa Fe. They did so without even having to fire a shot because the Mexicans already evacuated the town before the ...

... to vote for the execution of Louis XVI. By 1793, as a member of the art commission, he was virtually the art dictator of France and was nicknamed "the Robespierre of the brush." Not all of the people in France at the time of the Revolution could read, and not even those who could read necessarily understood the writings of Voltaire or Rousseau. However, many more people could understand visual art. Although the French Revolution is usually treated as a revolution of the poor, it is also important to take into consideration that it was not started by the peasantry, but by the nobility and wealthy businessmen of the Third Estate. These ...

... through life in both good and bad times. This mentality became publicly visible some years later. It was a combination of ideas like these plus many other childhood experiences which created the writer as well as the topics of writing covered by Morrison. Morrison's parents used a type of punishment known as dress-them-down which involved no physical violence but instead used verbal abuse until tear followed. It was high school where Morrison's writing began its early course. In his spare time Morrison poured his racing mind into the pages of notebooks, stuffing them one by one. The passion of writing was fueled by the world inside his mind in addition to the idea ...

... period there were some tremendous works of art that were completed. Lev Efimovich Kerbel finished his monument to Karl Marx, which was made of granite. He later would when the Lenin Prize for it a year later in 1962. Also a great limestone sculpture of B.L. Pasternak which is located at the Tret'iakov Gallery was finished by Sarra Lededeva. These exhibits helped make 1961 a great period for art. There were other publications that helped characterize this time. Many great works were done in architecture. Nikolai Nikolaevich Voronin, a n archaeologist who studied architecture published Architecture of Northeastern of the 12th-15th Centuries. This was suc ...

... impression of a person who is sincere and genuine, in reality they are plagued with lies and evil. There appearance will make it very difficult for Hamlet to uncover the truth, the characters hide behind. Polonius the kings royal assistant has a preoccupation with appearance. He always wants to keep up the appearance of loving and caring person. Polonius appears like a man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. Polonius speaks to his son with advice that sounds sincere but in reality it is rehearsed, hollow and without feeling. Polonius gives his advice only to appear to be the loving caring father. The reality is he only speaks to appear sincere as a politici ...