Matt Pearson Professor Ancell Humanities 201 5 August 2013 Scholasticism in Religious Architecture "Sacred architecture is not‚ a ’free’ art‚ developed from ’feelings’ and ’sentiment’‚ but it is an art strictly tied by and developed from the laws of geometry" (Schneider). This is a governing principle behind the architecture and stained-glass images in Chartres Cathedral: the building wasn’t just built without a plan or the art didn’t just happen‚ it is a systematic creation using geometry
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Light Pollution 1. Every urbanite knows the bright lights of the city make it impossible to see the stars in a night sky. What most of us do not know is that those lights also may be making us sick. The cause is light pollution – the unearthly glow of billions of street lamps‚ security and porch lights‚ searchlights‚ office lights and signs – as people everywhere try to dispel the darkness of the night. 2. For the first time‚ light is being investigated seriously as a pollutant and a health hazard
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Name: Course: Professor: Date: 19 April 2009 Three Ancient Architectures The architectural designs and elements of ancient Greece‚ Egypt and Mesopotamia have many notable similarities. This could be because of the similarities in the ancient empires’ cultures (giving more importance to religion)‚ environment and resources (the extensive use of reeds and mud bricks) or simply a result of their influences on each others’ aesthetic content in their designs. Either way‚ the ancient civilizations’
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better life. The Ancient Egypt we left us a solid basis in each of these fields: medicine‚ art‚ architecture‚ science‚ religion‚ beliefs‚ engineering‚ fashion and writing. II. Ancient Egypt 1. Duration of the empire 2. Language 3. Government III. Medicine 1. Heart center of the human being 2. Medicines 3. Interrogation to patient 4. Trends of Egyptian Medicine 5. Embalming IV. Art and Architecture 1. Religious buildings 2. Paintings 3. Statues 4. Tombs 5. Decorative Arts V. Sciences
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AP English Literature 11 April 2012 Introduction Light Pollution Imagine. You’ve just reached home after a long day at work. You take off your shoes‚ place them neatly against the wall‚ change into loungewear and sink into the couch. Your eyes are weary so you dim the lights and turn on the television. Time passes by and you remain unmoved . Your skin seems attached to the fabric of the couch‚ the TV is low‚ creating a soft rumble to sleep to‚ accompanied by a faint glow in the darkening
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treasures and a path backwards in time to our beginnings. They have influenced many aspects of our history‚ and continue to be an important part of our state today. Thousands of people annually visit the Missions and they find its architecture beautiful and interesting. The architecture of the California missions was influenced by many factors like the limitation in the materials‚ the lack of skilled workers‚ and the desire of the founding priest to imitate the structure of his Spanish homeland. The first
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of Language Light can take on many different forms‚ some more prominent than others. This concept is explored through the poem‚ “The Grammar of Light”‚ written by Carol Ann Duffy. The title itself is a metaphor as the term ‘light’ is being compared to language and how it can be structured in several different ways. As grammar is the study of how language is structured‚ Carol Ann Duffy uses the structure of light to emphasize language’s potential and/or its limitations. Because light is shown through
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Back in Ancient Egypt mummification and tomb preparation were both very important to Egyptian Society. Mummification was getting the body ready for burial‚ while the tomb preparation was setting up the room you stayed in. During mummification the heart‚ lungs‚ liver‚ and spleen were taken out from the body and placed into canopic jars. The body was stuffed‚ and then set to dry out with a preservative on called Natron; which would lie out for around 60 days. After‚ the body would be wrapped in cloth
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Greek and Roman Architecture The Greeks thought of their Gods as having the same needs as human beings‚ they believed that the Gods needed somewhere to live on Earth. Temples were built as the gods’ earthly homes. The basic design of temples developed from the royal halls of the Maycenaean Age. A Mycenaean palace consisted of a number of buildings often more than one story high‚ grouped around a central courtyard. It was brightly painted‚ both inside and out. In each palace there was a large
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period is an important period in the history of Indian art and architecture‚ with the foundations for Indian art being laid‚ which would later reach their height during the golden age of the Guptas. Our main pieces of evidence and material come from the time of the great Mauryan king Ashoka. Some of the finest examples of Ashokan art‚ are the famous Ashokan pillars that he erected across the country. These columns were works of art‚ architecture and engineering. The pillar was made out of a single stone
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