Snails‚ clams‚ squids‚ chiton. Is it possible that they may all be related in some way? Could they come from the same family tree? How does an octopus related to an oyster other than living in water? Yes it is very true that all of the above named specimen evolved from the same ancestor. The hypothetical ancestral mollusk has evolved into so many different species that are adapted to live in a variety of environments. Among the many species clams and snail‚ land snails in particular‚ have evolved
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The Raft of the Medusa is a Romantic painting by Théodore Géricault from the early 19th century. Géricault was a French artist and lithographer who had a short but influential career. The Raft of the Medusa‚ arguably his most famous work‚ was first exhibited in the Salon of 1819 and proved controversial at the time as whilst it adhered to aesthetic standards of fine art but focused on an event from contemporary history rather than an interpretation of an Ancient Greek or Roman tale. The painting
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snakes a very bad hair day‚ but that’s exactly what happened to Medusa. Everyone who knows anything about Greek Mythology knows who she is. She turened people to stone if they looked at her and was killed by Perseus with the help Athena then placed her head onto a sheild. But‚ how did Medusa become the lady with snake hair that you can not look at? She was not born this way it all comes from her talking badly about the wrong Goddess. Medusa was a preistess at a temple for the Goddess Athena. She was
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Did you know Medusa appears on the flag of Sicily? She appears on the Dohalice village of Czech Republic’s flags coat of arms also. Pablo Picasso‚ Rubens and Caravaggio have portrayed her in their work. Leonardo da Vinci once painted an oil canvas called Medusa. Medusa is considered a monster because she has the face of an ugly woman‚ hair of snakes‚ and if anyone looks into her eyes she turns them to stone. She is the daughter of Phorcys‚ god of the sea‚ and Ceto‚ a female sea god. Phorcys
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she would say‚ "No‚ no‚ no‚ no‚ no!" because she wanted to look after her son Perseus. King Polydectes was upset because Danae wouldn’t marry him. The king ordered Perseus to go on a mission to find Medussa. He had to cut off Medusa’s fearsome head. Medusa was extremely dangerous because if anyone looks at her face they are instantly turned to stone. He met the goddess Athena who gave him a reflective shield and Hermes‚ a Greek god‚ who gave Perseus a sickle to cut off Medusa’s head Perseus flew quickly
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And even the characteristics or the texture of the skin of dead body ‚ he try to see the actual body to see the color that he saw by his own eye to view out the event. This will become the evidences to portray the Raft of Medusa restored the traditions and mirror the true scene in the raft. Event of human and political aspects greatly interested by Gericault. This painting that occur problems ‚ tragedy and issues
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The Raft of the Medusa In 1819‚ the French painter‚ Theodore Gerricault‚ created a sensation in Parisian art circles and high-society when he unveiled a huge and impressive canvas entitled "Scene of Shipwreck." Not only is the painting gigantic (16 ft high and almost 24 ft wide)‚ but is also quietly horrifying. A group men on crowded fat are making an attempt to get a faraway ship to notice them. Survival looks almost impossible‚ and but the desperate situation does not even begin to suggest
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THE LAUGH OF MEDUSA 1. Cixous is well known for her notion of écriture feminine. In "The Laugh of the Medusa‚" Cixous maintains that to define a feminine practice of writing‚ or écriture feminine‚ is not possible since "it will always surpass the discourse that regulates the phallocentric system" that aims to theorize or enclose it (1976‚ p. 883). Cixous discusses her wariness of reductive language that would simplify or capture her practice of écriture feminine. Nonetheless‚ her basic attempt
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Lesson 1 TECHNOLOGY TROUGH THE YEARS In history‚ people have always sought out ways to make things easier to do and to understand. This is the reason why‚ after so many thousands of years‚ a simple tool like the wheel is now more than just a wooden disk that rolls on the ground. It is also the reason why a conversation is now possible between people who are on opposite sides of the world; and why information‚ which used to be found only in books‚ can now be accessed from the Internet with a computer
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Cone Snail Venom Samantha McCoy COM/156 January 15‚ 2012 Gretchen Taylor Cone Snail Venom The Cone Snail is an amazing creature. After more than 20 years of research‚ a Filipino scientist has discovered that this sea dweller may hold the key to some of the world’s most critical diseases. With years of research and countless hours of studies‚ could the solutions to many of the world’s most painful and debilitating illnesses lay inside the venom of a deadly‚ yet beautiful multicolored sea snail
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