The History and technology of Opalotypes Fig 1; Unknown‚ date unknown Opalotype 383 x 280mm; From the collection of CCMC; Introduction The Opalotype consists of almost any photographic technique as long as it used on opal glass. It was in use from the mid 1800 ’s through to the1930 ’s and most of the methods of photographic production that were used during the 19th century were tried out with opalotypes. However despite it ’s long-lived history‚ Opalotypes are sadly treated as a very minor
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Throughout the Histories Herodotus chronicles many stories taking place over eighty years. The climaxes of the Histories are the great wars between the Greeks and the Persians. With that in mind it seems reasonable that Herodotus serves as a spectacular source for military matters of the ancients. Truly it is a great source‚ historians can learn about ancient armies building bridges to move their forces across bodies of water and Herodotus tells his readers that barbarians use short spears and wear
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The History Boys is a play by Alan Bennett that talks about 8 English boys in the 1980s‚ originally having their high school life happily but the situation changes when the new teacher Irwin arrived and broadened their horizons. They start to have struggles‚ confusion and realize the limitations put on them in the aspects of education‚ sexuality‚ morale and initiation during the time they are preparing for their A level exam. At last‚ most of them have a successful life under the elite education
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this both dark and light time in history by painting a character bathed in the Gilded Age. With this in mind‚ at around the same time just eight years later in 1894‚ Berthe Morisot‚ a most famous Impressionist artist‚ completed The Mozart Sonata‚ just a year prior to her death in 1895. Morisot‚ a French borne passionate artist‚ eventually moved to Brussels with her daughter Julie‚ who is the light of The Mozart Sonata. Both genre paintings are swathed in history from their time periods while also
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Ancient Greek History Why should one study the Ancient Greeks? There exist almost countless contributions that Greek culture has made to western society in the areas of art‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ architecture and politics. Lasting visions of thought and inspiring intellect helped shaped today’s western culture with notions of democracy and personal freedoms. Greek scientists made revolutionary discoveries in medicine‚ mathematics‚ physics‚ and astronomy. It was the Greeks who‚ through
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History Of Science And Technology Submitted by ryan89 on April 18‚ 2011 • Category: History • Words: 2273 | Pages: 10 • Views: 90 • Report this Essay For centuries it was religion that had kept contemporaries of science in the shadow. Any sort of advance to explain a certain phenomena in ways other than that of God’s doing could eventually end up in one’s demise. However‚ what happens when religion loosens its grip on science or as some may argue loses its appeal to the masses due to an influx
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Art History Museum Paper This past weekend‚ I decided to re-visit the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena and picked out the Reclining Nude by Jean-Antoine Watteau which dated 1713-1717 and its medium was oil on panel. Usually‚ the works of art that are showcased in a museum are hung along the sides of the walls for the viewers to have easy access to seeing them. The work of art I chose was placed in a very small insert along the wall that wasn’t even big enough to fit 5 people in. I would say that
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| | |Early history of Nigeria | |Early Nigerian history relates to the period of history in Nigeria prior to the common era. Recent archaeological | | |research has shown[who?] that people were already living in Nigeria (specifically the Iwo-Eleru) as early as 11‚000 | | |BC and perhaps earlier at Ugwuelle-Uturu (Okigwe) in south-eastern Nigeria.[1] Microlithic and ceramic industries |F| |were
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How does Bennet use dramatic comedy to offer criticism of contemporary attitudes to education in The History Boys? In this essay I am going to explain how Alan Bennet uses dramatic comedy to criticise the contemporary attitudes towards education in the History Boys. The contemporary attitudes that are criticised are Utilitarianism‚ Humanism and Pragmatism. He does this by using a range of satirical devices. Satire is the use of humour‚ irony‚ exaggeration‚ or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s
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Ancient Hindu & Muslim Judicial System Introduction: If we glimpse over the world history we can see a lot of civilization existed from the beginning of the mankind. In the initial stage no legal institutions existed in those civilizations. It developed slowly according to their need‚ safety as well as establishment of humanity. The people who lived in India till the Muslims invaded India were Hindus and they govern by their personal law and that is called Hindus Law. During the ancient
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