Fascinating Art of Baroque: Caravaggio and Velazquez

 Baroque, derived from the Portuguese 'barocco' meaning, 'irregular pearl or stone') describes a fairly complex idiom, originating in Rome, which flowered during the period c.1590-1720. It also embraced sculpture, panting as well as architecture. After the idealism of the Renaissance (c.1400-1530), and the slightly 'forced' nature of Mannerism (c.1530-1600), Baroque art above all reflected … Read more

How Modern Tech is Transforming the Jewellery Trade: Analysis of Themes in Pengelly & Peach 2018

 This essay will analyse the new culture growing around the jewellery trade, and how people, both consumer and makers, adapt to these new services. It will answer the question of how modern technology is affecting our relationship with jewellery through studying the main themes presented from the two lectures, “Immaterially” (Pengelly, 2018) and “The … Read more

Cultural Appropriation: Neutral or Negative? Examining the Debate

 Dreadlocks, mascots, and even halloween costumes have come under scrutiny with recent critiques of cultural appropriation. In this essay, I will argue that cultural appropriation can be distasteful although not morally objectionable, as cultural appropriation is neutral containing both positive and negative connotations. To illustrate this I will present the values that are in … Read more

World War I – art and propaganda

World War I was also known as the Great War, the war to end all wars. It was fought over the course of four years from 1914 through 1918. Factors including militarism, imperialism, nationalism, alliances, and assassinations truly shaped the twentieth century. The citizens of America during this time responded back with propaganda; the goal … Read more

Saving a Leg: Overcoming Difficult Times and Medicine

 Throughout my youth, I had the belief that my family was perfect. However, during my first year of college, this belief had changed. On Christmas Eve 2012, my brother was status post his first ACL reconstructive surgery on his right leg secondary to an injury sustained while playing football. At about 10:30 PM on … Read more

Cause of the 2008 global financial crisis

Liberals, specifically Keynesian thinkers such as Minsky, hold a convincing interpretation for causes of the financial crisis. One of the causes can be explained by Minsky’s financial instability hypothesis (Docherty, 2005). Post-Keynesian economists hold that capitalism in its raw form is inherently unstable (Varoufakis, Halevi, Theocarakis, 2012, p.210). They argue that the classic capitalist view … Read more

Change Australia Day Date: Honour Aboriginal Loss, 37% Support & Respect

 HOOK Introduction ISSUE CONTENTION 3X MAIN POINTS REBUTTAL CONNECTIVES/ SIGN-POSTS Rape. Loss. War. Devastation. Murder. These are the details of January 26th that we ignorantly celebrate each Australia day. Good morning, my name is Rhianna, and today I will be speaking to you about the issue of whether Australia Day’s date should be changed. … Read more

False Memory & the Fuzzy-Trace Theory: Symptoms, Cures, & Real World Impact

 The Fuzzy-Trace Theory: Explanation of False Memory HISTORY AND BACKGROUND Originally, the Fuzzy-Trace theory was proposed during the 1990s as an attempt to understand the memory and reasoning domains that could not be explained by constructivism and information processing. This theory was created by conducting research, experimentation, along with rethinking the memory-reasoning relation that … Read more

Arrian's 'Anabasis of Alexander' 1.7-10: Analysis of Political, Historial & Literary Contexts.

 A Commentary on Arrian’s The Anabasis of Alexander 1.7-10 In the second century AD, the conquests of Alexander within Greece and Persia were extensively documented by Arrian. Arrian documented this in The Anabasis of Alexander, a surviving collection of seven books. The period documented in these books ranges from the death of Philip II … Read more

Stephen King's Creative Genius: The Traits that have made him World Renowned

 ay in heStephen King, considered one of the greatest horror/fantasy writers in the world. A true creative for his extensive collection of novellas under his belt, illustrating the dark recesses that could be  hidden with our world and those of his created universes. This power house of horror/fantasy writing is my choice for this … Read more