THIS ESSAY IS ABOUT the relation between the expression and the arousal of emotion by music. I am assuming that music frequently expresses emotional qualities and qualities of human personality such as sadness, nobility, aggressiveness, tenderness, and serenity. I am also assuming that music frequently affects us emotionally: it evokes or arouses emotions in us. My question is whether there is ...

“O his journeys Bruegel did many views from nature, so it was said of him when he traveled through the Alps that he had swallowed all the mountains and rocks and spat them out again, after his return, onto his canvases and panels, so closely was he able to follow nature here and in his other works” (1). This brilliant legacy, become familial burden, framed the life and work of Jan Brueghel the ...

The article analyzes the hospitality customs of landed nobility Belarus in late XVIII − early XX centuries. rational reasons for perception this tradition public opinion privileged class considered period as an unconditional value are determined. A description main elements gift-giving customs; basic rules and norms given. mechanisms its functioning relation to different social groups shown. st...