Alvars

Bhakti and Sufi movements came into existence to propagate their own religions in a certain area. These movements took religion to people in the form of poetry which was more understandable and relatable to them. The Sufi movement was spreading in Islam; however, Bhakti movements was spreading Hinduism. In this essay, it will discuss the distinct way in which the Bhakti movement revived Hinduism between the 5th and 9th century in Tamil Nadu where Tamil language was a powerful instrument. This period

In "The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca", Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca’s fight for survival, while being deprived of the basic necessities of life, proves there is a change in him from the beginning of the narrative to the end. This transformation, though, affected multiple aspects of de Vaca, including his motives, character, and perspective of civilization. Cabeza de Vaca’s experience is crucial to the history of America, as well as Spain, because it was one of the first accounts that revealed a certain

There is a change of almost everything when Alvar gets to discover a kind of Spanish musket ball that was located on the side of the Indian man who was dying. They get to know that they are very close to Spanish. This worries Alvar a little who is now already admired by the Indians in the areas he lives for the powers he had about healing (Penguin, 2007). Together with the rest of the Spaniards around him during this time, they suggested that, for the reasons being that he had become attached to

Book: The Journey And Ordeal Of Cabeza De Vaca Pg. 1 Author: Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca ( The Spread of Christianity was the most significant purpose of Cabeza De Vaca’s account) While many would say Cabeza De Vaca’s exploration was built on struggle, death, and extreme suffering, I would say that Cabeza De Vaca’s exploration although disastrous, was a complete success. The significant purpose was to gain insight on the different cultures of the Indians that Cabeza De Vaca had

Harry and Mairea Gullichsen, the owners of this villa provided Aalto a chance to express his thoughts of transformation from traditional to modern architecture. This villa is actually a mixture of timber strips, brick wall and also rendered masonry. It is not only consist of the traditional Finnish vernacular and modern design, but also the influence of the English and Japanese architecture. This can be seen in the sauna of this villa, which is built with wooden walls and flat grass roof, just like

what makes these spaces a success, as well as looking at what they lack, will create a design narrative that will influence the built environment for the users of this treatment center. The Paimio Sanatorium The Paimio Sanatorium was designed by Alvar Aalto in an open competition 1928. This project is considered Aalto’s breakthrough into the higher ranks of architecture. The Sanatorium is considered ahead of its time as a patient first design years before, what we now consider evidence based design

Building and Baker House James Stirling, who is famous for untraditional design and rejecting functionalism, designed Florey Building of Oxford University in 1966. The building presented the idea of Brutalism, focused on the form beauty of itself. Alvar Aalto, an architect sparkplugged the theory of humanism and functionalism, designed Baker House of MIT in 1947. For him, functionality is an important way to provide harmonious life for human being. These two buildings with different styles were both

to negligence. His whole ship crew was reduced to eating its own horses. Cabeza described seeing the terror of his American Indians escorts at these “Christian Slavers”. Alcaraz arrested Cabeza and his 600 natives. Cabeza published The Relation of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca to get a better understanding of his sufferings and brushes from death with the Native Americans. While reading the text Cabeza says “these people love their offspring more than any in the world and treat them very mildly.” (page

Can Critical Regionalism counteract the impact of Globalisation on our cities? In the era of constant networking and relaying of information, the world has become a much smaller place. The shrinking world has somewhat become a familiar spectacle of identical fads and lifestyles. At least in the developed countries, globalisation has given birth to homogenous consumer culture. Demonstrated not only by the expansion of multi-national cooperations such as Apple and Starbucks but also by the indistinct

discovered Texas while exploring the Americas. A Spanish explorer, Cabeza De Vaca, was the first person to ever step foot on Texas’ soil. He documented his journey about his findings in Texas and the Americas. The book was called “The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca.’’ When the Spanish came, they spread their diseases to the defenseless Native Americans that resided in Texas. A Frenchman named Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle explored Texas in 1682. La Salle and his men traveled all