Buddhist art and culture

Would this have an effect on how the Chinese Americans view their definition of happiness? Chinese culture/religions are Confucianism, Taoism or Daoism, and Buddhism. Confucianism originated in china about 2,500 years ago. Confucianism is not a religion but rather a code of ethics. The code of ethics is for proper personal behavior to promote good human…

At some given point in history politics, religion and art inter-collide and create new vision for society to engage in. Artist Gianlorenzo Bernini created St. Teresa of Avila in Ecstasy during the Baroque ca. 1600-1700 CE. The sculpture, made with white marble, has gilded bronze rays with illuminating light that descends and brightens the figure from a hidden window above. It depicts a playful with smirky smile angel whom opens Teresa’s robe and aims with an arrow at her breast. It represents…

The main idea of this book is to provide context and understanding to the question evident in the book’s title, why are some nations so rich and why are some nations so poor? Although the author does not claim to have an answer to the question, Landes does a phenomenal job in aggregating the works of countless scholars to provide a cohesive framework based on four key ideas. These major points consist of: the ideals of the society, Technological innovation, economic resources and environmental…

flourishing in Japan for many years, and performance art began to develop by way of influences from China and Korea. Two of these types of entertainment, the sarugaku and the dengaku, merged, and Noh theater blossomed. Saragaku offered a choreographic element, and the dengaku brought an element of the dramatic. A very popular Noh playwright Zeami, brought the art form to popularity during the Muromachi Period (1300-1550).(Brazell) Noh is a unique art form structured around music and dance. The…

“America’s First Godfather,” Mike Dash talks about how the culture effected the mafia in Sicily. He first started talking about how Morello’s story was not known around the world yet. So, he explained how Morello set up crime in New York in the 1900’s. Mr. Morello was well operated before the mafia was even a big deal to screenwriters. Morello ended up getting imprisoned, then murdered. Mike Dash then goes on to talk about the culture of Sicily, where Morello had lived, had given rise to the…

beliefs. These characteristics that we see today, have evolved over the course of many years, all the way to when they were created, by the first civilizations, around 3000 to 5000 years ago. These ancient civilizations contributed greatly to what culture, and religion, all across the world, is today. There were four dominant ancient civilizations, of the past, Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, and India. As they evolved these civilizations shared many similarities, culturally and religiously. Two…

Western culture influenced Japanese culture to the point of ¬teaching people that “real” music was based in this western culture. It created a rift between people and the vocals of the gidayu and rokyoku along with the shamisen. People associated western-style vocals with being beautiful and turned away from the traditions…

This passion most often comes in a form of art or work. An intense desire or enthusiasm for something; something that i may never find but my sister of twelve years has had since before she could speak. My sister has know she loved to draw since the day she learned to hold a pencil; her life revolves around her art, she makes it she wears it she lives in it she occasionally eats it her art is an extension of who she is. Life without passion is bearable especially…

The Chinese people have a rich cultural and historical heritage that can be traced back to the 12th century when the Chinese people witnessed several changes in their socio-economic and political practices. The period of 12th and 13th century remains two of the greatest and important period of Chinese historical period as it provides the chronological events and the nature of situation between two different dynasty regimes that is the Song Dynasty and the Mongol Dynasty. It was, however, the era…

Conversation Partner program. The purpose of this program was to pair International Students to NNU undergraduates who would be willing to spend time with them, as well as act as a guide to American culture. This act would both benefit the International Students, who might be otherwise struck with culture shock, and it gives NNU undergraduates the opportunity to break away from the homogeny of the campus. When I was assigned to a conversation partner as part of my Cross-Cultural Experience,…