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Some theorists claim that the crisis of modernity is rooted in the failure to properly implement enlightenment ideals; others argue that the problem is enlightenment ideology itself (Social Studies 10). With the help of the Core Curriculum, however, we have discovered that the problem occurred far earlier than the seventeenth century--about five thousand years earlier. The rejection of polytheistic idolatry in favor of monotheism marked a crucial departure in the history of human society (Bible). Whereas our ancient ancestors--the Greeks, Romans, Celts, Hittites, Sumerians, etc.--achieved a balanced life by worshipping a pantheon of gods, our ability...
...gallery devoted to "Vanitas" images, the vast majority of the paintings are traditional scenes of hunted game; three modern works--a Max Beckmann, a Georgia O'Keeffe, and an Axel Kesselbohmer--show skulls. Not one seventeenth- or eighteenth- century painting shows any of the other symbols associated with passing time; after such a lengthy label description of the section, their absence is conspicuous. However, in the "Fruit" section and again in the "Trompe I'Oeil" section, there are perfect examples of decaying fruit (one label doesn't even acknowledge its symbolic value) that would have been far more effective...
Higonnet, however, said that he had not set out to teach a survey of events, dates and names, but rather "the origin, development and decline of the ways that people thought about life, history and politics from the middle of the seventeenth century to our own century...
...Olympic Club comes down to two very easy holes that can have very large swings," he says. "The seventeenth is a reachable par-five that can be eagled, and eighteen is just a short par-four. But the greens have very severe slopes, so while they are both birdie holes, three-putts from five feet aren't uncommon...
Rubens, perhaps the greatest name in seventeenth century Flemish art, worked primarily in the cosmopolitan city of Antwerp. During the Protestant Reformation, Antwerp was torn apart by fierce religious battles. Only when the devout Catholic Spanish archdukes Albert and Isabella were installed there as governors in 1599 was hope restored to the city. Thereafter, Antwerp experienced a brief renewed Golden Age in business and the arts, and Rubens played an instrumental role. As Albert's and Isabella's court painter, he led an artistic propaganda campaign to proclaim Catholic dominance in the area. Assisted by his students and colleagues, Rubens...