Essays on Civilisations

What are the arts for? (For the purposes of this paper, consider “arts” to be the same as visual culture and to cover anything produced with a visual design aspect to it).

Visual culture is an important aspect of any society and the arts, particularly the visual aspect have been part of man’s civilisation since time immemorial. Even the first prehistoric man used visual drawings and graphics to depict certain situations and episodes in his life and these have been preserved in caves and on buildings and artefacts which have been discovered after thousands of years. The recent centuries have seen art develop substantially and one may arrive at the conclusion that art is a representation of a particular moment and can also be described as the identity of a particular society.

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Library Assignment

A famous sociological study is The Stanford Prison Study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in the early 1970s. Using the library, find and read the Stanford Prison Study. Pay special attention to the outcome of the experiment. Discuss how Zimbardo’s findings apply to similar, real-life events happening today. Be sure to find and present examples of the concepts introduced in the experiment in your discussion. Please include a short introduction and a conclusion

Introduction:

The Stanford Prison Experiment was a landmark experiment in the history of prison operations. Here a number of males aged between 25 and 35 were allotted the status of camp ...

A brief overview

ART AND ARCHITECTURE 2 Abstract Since time immemorial, man has always craved for expressing himself through various media like art, music, dance and literature. In a way, all the forms through which man conveys his creativity and ideas can be categorised under the huge canopy of being ‘art’. Visual arts include the paintings, sculpture, film making, printmaking, street art, photography and several other art forms which are a source of both entertainment and inspiration for people. Architecture includes making of certain objects or buildings in an artistic as well as planned manner. This essay gives a brief overview of several ...

Empires and civilizations were definitely the order of the day in the period discussed in this book. Most certainly the most interesting civilizations came from the Middle east during this period, particularly the empire in Babylon led by Nebuchadnezzar. He was one of those larger than life emperors who demanded and commanded attention and with his considerable exploits created an empire which was hugely powerful. The Egyptian empire which was however shrinking during this period also provided substantial cultural influences especially in Africa. However the decadence of the Pharoahs who were still regarded as demi Gods at this ...