Gothic Art and Architecture: Styles and Evolution

Gothic: Sociological Factors

  • Change in mentality
  • Study of Aristotle, abandoning Platonic ideas, experimentation, and observation
  • New religious orders, especially Franciscans, with Saint Francis of Assisi, who retrieved the love of nature and animals
  • Gothic joined the Cistercian order, which required no luxuries
  • Emergence of the bourgeoisie

Architectural Characteristics

  • Predominance of mass
  • Vertical dominance
  • Disproportionate buildings
  • Celestial Jerusalem
  • Reassessment of light
  • Preference for marble
  • Medium-sized
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Literary and Art Movements: Genres, Figures, and Principles

Literary Language

Lyrical Genre

  • Epic: It tells the stories of great events that have happened to the main character.
  • Drama: Plays written through dialogue and meant to be represented. In them the author creates many conflicts.

Lyrical Subgenres

  • Ode: A lyrical composition in verse about a noble topic.
  • Hymn: A solemn composition that deals with patriotic feelings, as well as religious or war-themed.
  • Elegy: A composition that expresses feelings of pain when faced with disgrace.
  • Eclogue: A poetic composition
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Brand Building: Key Elements and Strategies

Product vs. Brand

Product: Anything that can be offered to a market to satisfy a want or need, including physical goods, services, experiences, events, persons, places, information, etc.

Brand: Is the idea or image people have in mind when thinking about specific products, services and actions of a company, both in a practical and emotional way. A product can be easily copied, but a brand will always be UNIQUE. If you want to create a strong brand, identify what makes you special.

The Essence of a

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SQL Commands, Functions, Procedures, and Triggers

SQL Commands

User Management

  • Create user nombre_user@localhost;
  • SELECT user FROM user;
  • GRANT ALL ON nombre_BD.* TO nombre_user@localhost;
  • GRANT UPDATE, SELECT, INSERT ON nombre_BD.* TO nombre_user@localhost;
  • REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES, GRANT OPTION FROM ‘nombre_user’@’localhost’;
  • DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE user = ‘nombre_user’;

Database Operations

  • SHOW DATABASES;
  • CREATE DATABASE nombre_BD;
  • USE nombre_BD;
  • DROP DATABASE nombre_BD;

Table Operations

  • SHOW TABLES;
  • DESCRIBE nombre; //Details of the table
  • DROP TABLE nombre_
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Media’s Role in Shaping Society and Nationalism in Israel

Media’s Role in Shaping Society

Definition: A fixed arrangement that organizes relations between social roles, guided by rules and norms of its own. It is a key concept of the structural-functional theory, which sees society as composed of various institutions that play different roles.

Definition: A fixed arrangement that organizes the relations between social roles.

Importance: Informs us of relevant information and keeps us up to date.

Factors that shape it: Other institutions, geographical features,

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Baroque Art: Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Masters

Baroque Art: 17th and 18th Century European Painting

The Baroque period began in the late 16th century and extended into the 18th century. Originating in Italy, it quickly spread throughout Europe. This style emerged during a period of crisis, characterized by brilliant, flamboyant art that expressed the power of great kings and the prosperous situation of the Catholic Church. The variety of socioeconomic, political, and religious factors gave rise to different forms of Baroque: a courtly, Catholic

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