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    Chapter 1 Introduction Project Management is not something new in today’s world as it has been practiced since the early civilization by early architects and engineers such as Vitruvius‚ a Roman writer‚ architect and engineer‚ Christopher Wren‚ Thomas Telford and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Though it has been used before‚ organizations started to apply systematically the project management tools and techniques to complex project in the 1950s. No matter what the size of the organization is‚ there

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    Sant’Elia and the Futurist Vision Sant’Elia was born in Como‚ Lombardy‚ April 30‚ 1988 as the son of a barber Luigi Sant’Elia and of mother‚ Cristina Sant’Elia of whom little has been documented. As well‚ he had one younger brother‚ Guido and one older sister‚ Giuseppina both of which outlived their middle brother who‚ in 1915‚ would meet an untimely death in the Battle of the Isonzo during World War I. At the time of Sant’Elia’s birth‚ the Regno D’Italia was still in its adolescence

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    Q1. The First‚ Second‚ Third Punic Wars. (Answer all parts) Discuss the clash between the Romans and the Carthaginians. a. The Punic Wars are considered one of the most important Wars in the entire history of Western Civilization. Why? b. Then I need you to present a War Package. Include: o Causation‚ winners‚ losers? o Why did Rome win and what did it win? o What was the basic cause(s) for the whole war package‚ do YOU think? I need the OVERALL REASON (S) c. In what ways did Rome

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    BAROQUE STYLE Baroque architecture is the building style of the Baroque era‚ begun in late 16th-century Italy‚ and lasting in some regions‚ notably Germany and colonial South America‚ until the 18th century. It had its origins in the Counter Reformation‚ when the Catholic Church launched an overtly emotional and sensory appeal to the faithful through art and architecture. Complex architectural plan shapes‚ often based on the oval‚ and the dynamic opposition and interpenetration of spaces were favored

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    ART 1/PREHISTORIC THROUGH GOTHIC ART Chapter 1: The Birth of Art 1-5 Nude Woman (The Venus of Willendorf)‚ 28‚000-25‚000 B.C. 1-6 Woman Holding a Bison Horn‚ from Laussel 25‚000-20‚000 B.C. 1-7 Two Bison‚ 15‚000-10‚000 B.C. 1-9 Bison‚ detail of cave at Altamira‚ 12‚000-1‚000 B.C. 1-10 Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Prints‚ cave at Pech-Merle‚ 22‚000 B.C. 1-11 Hall of Bulls‚ Left wall‚ 15‚000-13‚000 B.C. 1-14 Stone Tower‚ Jericho‚ 8‚000-7‚000 B.C.

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    among animals and trained public fighters‚ were staged in open arenas in a city’s forum. There is evidence that the gladiator fights were originally staged in Rome’s main town square because of a remark by the first-century B.C. Roman architect Vitruvius. He once wrote: "The custom of giving gladiatorial shows in the forum has been handed down from our ancestors." As the years passed‚ the fights became more and more popular so they drew more spectators. Since these spectators needed seating‚ games

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    Transport . People walking in front of the bulk carrier BW Fjord Transport Modes Animal-powered Aviation Cable Human-powered Land Pipeline Rail Road Ship Space Topics History Timeline Outline Transport portal v t e Transport or transportation is the movement of people‚ animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air‚ rail‚ road‚ water‚ cable‚ pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure‚ vehicles and operations. Transport

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    Greek Art No matter how accomplished they might be‚ the works of art we have discussed so far seem alien to us. The ancient cultures that produced them were so different from our own that we find few references in those works to our time. Greek architecture‚ sculpture‚ and painting‚ however‚ are immediately recognizable as the ancestors of Western civilization‚ despite their debts to earlier art. A Greek temple reminds us of countless government buildings‚ banks‚ and college campuses; a Greek statue

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    of Rome. Fertile soil‚ rich in phosphorus and potash‚ due to volcanic activity from Mt Vesuvius over the millennia. Vesuvius is part of a chain of volcanoes-Mt Etna and Mt Stromboli Earthquakes and tremors are common to the area-mentioned by Vitruvius and Strabo). The Phlegraean Fields(fire fields) where geothermal activity produced steam and boiling mud. Romans built hot spa health resorts in the area at Baia. The climate was temperate with coastal breezes and a short Winter Its mild weather

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    Lesson 1: Origins of Theatre Learning objectives: List the performance elements and understand their role in both ritual and theatre: time‚ place‚ participants (players‚ audience)‚ scenario (agenda/goal/text/rules)‚ clothing (uniform‚ costume‚ mask‚ makeup)‚ sound (speech‚ music)‚ movement (gesture‚ pantomime‚ dance)‚ and function or purpose. Can be clock or fictional time‚ places vary (designed to meet needs)‚ rituals might take place in one space or they might involve a procession with portions

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