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Critical review of Chinese Art and Literature

Introduction:
Chinese art is varied and intriguing both in the literary or dramatic aspect, as well as in the visual aspect. These two articles analyse various aspects of Chinese art dating back to several centuries. A typical example of the development of Chinese art are the famous flower paintings by Chien Hsuan that date back to at least the thirteenth century. This work, which according to a fifteenth century colophon, dates from Xhien’s maturity and is probably one of the finest of his flower paintings, apart from its interaction with poetry. The painting also reveals the richness and ...

Racial prejudice and discrimination are issues that have occupied American social circles for the last four centuries that this nation has been in existence. American life has been characterized by race and class where a section of the population is deemed superior and others inferior. Racial discrimination is a historical issue that has seen people of the higher class discriminate against those of, the lower class, hat led to the historical slavery. The African American and other minority groups have often been depicted as underdogs and history have it that they have always been on the receiving end regarding ...

Introduction:

In the introduction, Clunas insists that Chinese art is quite a recent invention, in actual fact, not more than a hundred years old. Although the textiles, pieces of calligraphy, paintings, sculptures, ceramics and other works of art date from over 5,000 years old, the idea of grouping Chinese art is a much more recent phenomenon. The book is purposely called ‘Art in China’ and not Chinese art since it is principally written out of a major distrust of the existence of unifying principles that bring together art from a particular country.
There are several abrupt decisions that have been made in the ...

After taking time to read the articles it was clear that children and the definition of children have radically changed over the course of time. The social role of children including how the general society perceive childhood depends on the prevalence of a dominant environmental norms. For instance, in 19th century children seem to have no definite conclusion of what a real childhood is all about because of how the society portrays childhood in poverty, exploitation and slavery (Clarke). On the other hand, such trend diminishes as the dawn of the century approaches and with the emergence of the industrial revolution, ...

As urban centers have grown and more members of society has become less involved in agricultural practices, the connection that people have had to the environment has also become more distant than in previous generations. During the last couple of hundred years, fewer people than ever are more aware of how important it is to protect the earth on which we live and the natural resources that it has to offer. This has become even more evident during the 20th and 21st centuries, expedentially each decade.
Most people in industrialized nations, before sustainability efforts came into the forefront ...