‘Classical’ architecture is a language that speaks to us with antiquity. The Exam Hall‚ once Theatre‚ on the campus of Trinity College Dublin can be viewed as a neo-classical building‚ built during the Georgian era. Neo-classical architecture is the revival of Greek and Roman classicism that took place in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This revival of architecture as James Adams‚ a famous English architect said‚ “was ready to seize with some degree of success‚ the beautiful spirit of
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Mechanical devices are usually used to supply energy or driving force in order to make a fluid flow from one point to another .There are different kinds of mechanical devices used to transport fluids‚ namely‚ pumps‚ fans‚ blowers and compressors. Though liquids particularly can be transported by operators carrying buckets‚ the usual mode of transport of fluids is through pipelines with pumps‚ compressors‚ fans and blowers. Generally‚ the word “pump” designates a machine or device for moving an incompressible
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EXAM I VOCABULARY Paleolithic and Neolithic Vocabulary to Know: * Paleolithic – 40‚000-8‚000 BC Old Stone Age‚ mankind produced * Neolithic – New Stone Age 1. Comes about at different times at different locations due to ice age ending unevenly 1. Development of organized system of agriculture (replacing hunting gathering community) 1. Domestication of animals 1. Permanent architecture (year round settlements) * Iconography – pictoral representations * sculpture
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CELTS IN EUROPE - SYNOPSIS The peoples known as the Celts are thought to have originated in central Europe‚ to the east of the Rhine in the areas now part of southern Germany‚ Austria‚ Slovakia‚ the Czech Republic‚ and Hungary. From around 3‚400 years ago‚ these proto-Celtic peoples expanded across the Continent‚ and eventually inhabited a large portion of central‚ western‚ and northwestern Europe. During the Classical periods of Greece and Rome‚ Celtic culture was predominant to the north of
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The factors that led to the possibility of producing wine in Greece are the presence of the wild Eurasian grape vine‚ the availability of cereal crops to provide year round food reserves for wine-making communities‚ and the invention of pottery‚ instrumental for making‚ storing‚ and serving wine. Grapevines were grown alongside olives‚ wheat‚ and barley. Moreover‚ the attempts to store grapes or grape juice for long periods in pottery vessels resulted in wine. Wine was plentiful enough to be widely
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Rock Harmony (Andy Goldsworthy: “Rock Creation”) Richard Lipoczi Art 100 Jennifer Monroe 04/25/2013 Andy Goldsworthy is a British naturalist artist‚ mostly sculptor and photographer‚ creating in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He is still alive in these days. All his works draw on their themes from the nature: he uses only natural materials in their original environments to his works. He expresses his thoughts through transforming the natural matters to certain kinds of
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Exam 2 PART I 1. The early Greek city-state was divided into four social classes and they were: eupatrids‚ agroikoi‚ demiourgoi and the slaves. Eupatrids (“sons of noble fathers”) are citizens with full legal and political rights; free adult men born legitimately of citizen of parents. They had the right to vote‚ be elected into office‚ bear arms‚ and the obligation to serve when at war. Agroikoi are the farmers‚ which had no formal political rights but full legal rights. Demiourgoi are the “public
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The Greek culture has had a huge impact on the history of the world. There is something Greek in almost everything‚ especially in the world’s architecture. Greece no longer had one king‚ so they focused on building temples for their gods. Architecture began small and plain but evolved into impressive pieces of art. As time passed from the Archaic period to the Hellenistic period‚ the people of Greece developed a type of formula for their buildings and their pieces of art. In Ancient Greece‚
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The festive consumption of food and drink was an important social ritual in the Roman world. Known in general terms as the convivium (Latin: "living together")‚ or banquet‚ the Romans also distinguished between specific types of gatherings‚ such as the epulum (public feast)‚ the cena (dinner‚ normally eaten in the mid-afternoon)‚ and the comissatio (drinking party). Public banquets‚ such as the civic feasts offered for all of the inhabitants of a city‚ often accommodated large numbers of diners.
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Geometric period. It is characterized by block form and triangular shapes‚ which represent human forms. Abstract shapes fill the spaces surrounding these figures‚ as in represented in Garner’s “Art through the Ages” page 108 image 5-2‚ Geometric krater form the Dipylon cemetery‚ Athens Greece‚ ca. 740 BCE. As well‚ Bronze statues are simplistic and more representational portrayals of their subject matter. Orientalization period: 700-600 BCE. As trade opened up with the Greeks‚ Mesopotamians‚
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