marks) PART IV –Symmetry and Technology MAY: “Oh! Have the crystals faults like us?” LECTURER: “Certainly May. Their best virtues are shown in fighting their faults. And some have a great many faults; and some are very naughty crystals indeed.” John Ruskin Study Period Focus Image Question Your Observations Week 7 Image 7 The Art Tower in Mito‚ Japan is constructed from face-sharing tetrahedra. Describe an ‘extreme’ example of symmetry in art or architecture that excites you. (around 50 words)
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’incapable of error’ (Ruskin 1865: 149) In Ruskin’s lecture his view is that a husband is a chivalric knight guarding his wife from the ’peril and trial’ he encounters. For the ’noble’ woman‚ her true place is in the home‚ an ’incorruptibly good household nun’‚ praised for choosing ’self-renunciation’ over ’self-development’(D’Amico 1992: 69). This could also be viewed as oppression. Rather than the female ’complementing’ the male‚ she is oppressed by him‚ and the praise offered by Ruskin could be viewed
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Business English group 1. Modulation Group Members. Gergö Ezter Chistina Fatou Dominic Topic: Climate Change and its Impacts on Tourism This report reviews the impacts of climate change for a wide range of international holiday destinations visited by UK tourists. Tourism as an industry is increasing in both volume and economic importance. Several places‚ that only a few years ago were inaccessible‚ are now becoming very popular holiday destinations. However‚ the ecosystems of many
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With reference to examples‚ examine the possible impacts of global warming on coastal regions... Global Warming is one of the main causes for a rise in sea level. When there is a rise in sea level it can lead to coastal flooding which leaves devastating effects the coastal areas and small coastal settlements. These impacts can be split into environmental and socioeconomic. Some of the main environmental impacts of global warming are that there is an increase in the amount and speed of erosion
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of Bede‚ most of the sources used to explain the history of these nations come from the history of Bede such as the history of the jutes and others‚ after the invasion of Britannia‚ the Angles split up and founded the kingdoms of Northumbria‚ East Anglia‚ and Mercia. In early times there were two northern kingdoms and two Midland kingdoms‚ which by the 7th century had turned into two northern Angle kingdoms‚ Northumbria and Mercia. Northumbria held most of the power in the British Isles in the 7th
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Imperialism in Africa: Greed is history’s most powerful motivator. Imperialism‚ a seizure of smaller countries‚ was very common in Europe in the 1800-1900’s. Commonly‚ Africa is the victim of imperialism. However‚ before the Industrial Revolution‚ malaria‚ a deadly disease‚ was incurable‚ making Africa safe from invasion. After the Industrial Revolution‚ Europe needed resources and money‚ causing the sudden need for African colonies. Now‚ because of the Industrial Revolution‚ Europe had the cure
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European policy was extending power in Africa by trading and their sea power. An example of nationalism is “...there teaching these her colonists… that their first aim is to be to advance the power of England by land and by sea”(John Ruskin). Nationalism is another cause of European Imperialism because of their trading and their sea power. Another primary cause behind European Imperialism was technology. The European development in Africa was by technological development and the
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Like earlier paintings by Caspar David Friedrich‚ Turner’s The Slave Ship emphasizes the power of nature through the diminutive representation of that which is human or man-made. However‚ while Friedrich’s natural world possesses stillness and tranquility‚ Turner’s is cataclysmic and terrifying. This is illustrated by the artist’s loose brushwork and use of vivid colour. In The Slave Ship‚ the carnage of nature is comparable in brutality to the slave trade‚ a practice that at the time of the creation
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vocabularies Bibliography: 1. Jackson‚ H. and Angela E.Z. – Words‚ meaning and vocabulary‚ 2000. 2. Bauer‚ Laurie – English Word formation‚ 1983. 3. Horia Hulban- Synthesis in English lexicology and Semantics‚ 2001. 4. Corneliu Nicolescu – Anglia si spiritul englez‚ 2010. 5. Vladimir Moss – Caderea Angliei ortodoxe‚ 2010. 6. E.L. Edward – History of England‚ 1947. 7. Adrian Poruciuc – A Concise History of the English Language‚ 2004. 1. Introduction to English Lexicology Lexicology
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reform‚ 1890-1915. Unpublished doctoral dissertation‚ University of Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. Eisenhardt‚ K Emory‚ C. W.‚ & Cooper‚ D. R. (1991). Business research methods. (4th ed.). Boston‚ MA: Irvin. Goldhor‚ H Hamel‚ J. (with Dufour‚ S.‚ & Fortin‚ D.). (1993). Case study methods. Newbury Park‚ CA: Sage. Harris‚ S.‚ & Sutton‚ R Lawson‚ V. (1971). Reference service in university libraries‚ two case studies. Unpublished doctoral dissertation‚ Columbia University‚ New York. McAdams
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