Aaron Cooper 12-11-11 Stephanie Newton Venus Of Willendorf One of the most famous and oldest female figurines is the “Venus of Willendorf.” This figurine is made of limestone‚ stands about 4 ¼ inches high‚ and was found in Austria. It dates back to 28‚000 -25‚000 BCE and is from the Paleolithic period a.k.a. the Old Stone Age. The artist exaggerated many of the female body parts making them look almost ball-like. The exaggerations include the breasts‚ buttocks‚ stomach‚ and genital area
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David Christian‚ This Fleeting World : A Short History of Humanity. Great Barrington‚ MA; Berkshire Publishing‚ 2008; 120 pp. $14.95 (paperback) In This Fleeting World‚ David Christian delivers a wonderful thesis about world history‚ starting with the “Big Bang” around 13.7 billion years ago leading to the formation of this world‚ life‚ humans and their survival realm that leads into this present day. Christian deliberately describes three eras in order‚ comparing and contrasting attributes such
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For a man‚ his masculinity is seemingly everything‚ and if there’s one thing that goes hand in hand with masculinity‚ it’s testosterone. The human body is a truly remarkable creation‚ capable of wondrous things that many of us could very have deemed possible before extensive scientific research was performed. Nowadays‚ thanks to the advances in modern technology and medicine‚ we now have a much better understanding of how the human body works. Sadly‚ as remarkable as the human body is‚ at times‚
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Terrorism: A New Mode of Dehumanizing People into ‘Targets’ Fr. Mathew Cherian cmi 1. Introduction The twentieth century (1900-2000) witnessed two world-renowned figures who were also contemporaries. Both had a powerful influence upon the world. But the means they adopted to influence the world were entirely opposite. Indeed‚ the philosophy of life they proclaimed was such that the course of history chronicled a number of offspring to their ideologies. The first one was Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
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Prehistoric art of caves in southern France and northern Spain have many common motifs. In both places‚ the main subjects are animals. The paintings are quite sophisticated‚ thus creatures depicted with great details: horns‚ tusks‚ eyes‚ faces‚ bodies are very well observed and painted. The Hall of Bulls in Lascaux Cave in France is a good example. Wall paintings include images of the cows‚ bisons‚ deers and horses. Animals features are emphasised and pronounced: deers have beautiful antlers‚ bisons’
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ARCHAEOLOGY/ANCIENT HUMAN REMAINS Archaeology is the scientific study of past cultures and the way people lived based on the things they left behind. Archaeological techniques involve finding the site‚ use of specialists‚ use of technology‚ dating methods‚ and preservation/ conservation. From the techniques used to study the remains of human bodies and the specific locations in which they were found‚ it is possible to learn details of their lives prior to their deaths and then later preservation
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The Paleolithic Age The notion that Paleolithic man was a cave man is preposterous. They were physically the same us people today‚ we are now and were than Homo sapiens. Society than was fairly complex‚ people lived in communities‚ they had art and music‚ they also believed in more than just the physical plane of existence in which they lived‚ even made tools. The common place location of a community was in valleys in France. Primary sources of food were hunting and gathering‚ from the rich
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Ladies and gentlemen‚ Have you ever been to Iceland? To me it is a marvelous country. Half of its territory is preserved and still it is a developed country. I first considered this as a perfect example to prove the existence of harmony between humans and nature‚ but my concept was overthrown by a T-shirt. More precisely‚ the words on a T-shirt‚ which said‚ “Don’t fuck with Iceland. We may not have cash‚ but we’ve got ash.” Quite hilarious‚ aren’t they? Environmental quality in Iceland is non-negotiable
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HOW ART MADE THE WORLD The day pictures were born As particularly mentioned at the documentary‚ the theory is our life would be unrecognizable and impossible without images. To understand and question upon that theory we need to find out how much images important in our daily life and what would be the alternative way of images as representations. When we carefully analyse the importance of images and seek out the alternative way of them which might be used as alternative channels in modern
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Good afternoon... respected Mrs Deepa dasgupta and the esteemed dignitories present here today‚ and my dear friends I G . VIKRAM SIMHA studyng in 7th class representing siva sivani public school ‚ standing before u to present my views about “USAGE OF TECHNOLOGY IN CURBING CORRUPTION “ . We r in the stage of modern era . we are speeding up our lives faster and faster as we have all travelled from the stone age to the net age.. Technoloy improved our lives to an extent where man can sit in his
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