First flying machine

Henry David Thoreau once said, “ Men have become tools of their tools.” This meaning that we have become part of the technology we have created and must create a relationship with the machines. This relationship will help us move forward and be more innovative. We have read Why Robots Will and Must Take Our Jobs by Kevin Kelly and Blue Collar Brilliance by Mike Rose, these two readings have made realize how much technology and humans can accomplish together. Author Kevin Kelly’s argument about…

Indeed, Olympian deities would appear in autonomous representation. There were three main contexts for representing these gods. First, it was a mean for artists to show their skills, especially in sculpture. The representation of those gods were seen as canons, so whenever a renaissance artist could get close to this level of representation it allowed certain artists to achieve fame…

The buildings of the Italian Cisternians consisted of a central hall for the crowds to gather, side aisles, and apse. With rectilinear forms challenge the French architecture, also with small windows, one example is the magnificent, Basilica of San Francisco, located in Assisi. The fresco painting on the walls was also an important characteristic of this period. Also, its desire to evoke the Franciscan connection with poverty influenced the architecture. Simply but magnificent is the definition…

Have you ever seen something so beautiful that gives you chills all over your body? Or feeling safe when little bit of sun can protect us from the evil darkness that lies around us? For example stepping into a church with such great lighting coming through the inside, while the sun hits the windows from the outside. During Gothic period and the Renaissance the stained glass windows was one of the best technique in Gothic Cathedrals. It has the most beautiful and inspiring stained glass windows…

that the mosaic of Otranto and the Divine Comedy, which were discussed before, are shockingly similar in many aspects. Dante narrates his imaginary journey as if he were looking at the mosaic and describing it in a very detailed way and in prose. First of all, there are three kingdoms and three canticles in the Divine Comedy and the mosaic is divided into three partitions, each partition for each cathedral’s nave. Identical is the conception of history as sacred history; and identical is the…

Middle Ages The period of history from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance, people do not know whether to call it the Dark Ages or the Middle Ages. This period of time should be called the Middle Ages. This period should be known as the Middle Ages because feudalism, a unique and useful form of social organization, was created during this time. Each social class did something and got something in return. According to the illustration by Stanley M. Burstein and Richard Shek, “Peasants worked…

The Chartres Cathedral and the Nanna Ziggurat are wonderful representatives for their geographical origins. The Chartres Cathedral, found on page 360 in the textbook, is a masterful example of Gothic architecture. The Nanna Ziggurat, found on page 324 of the textbook, is a simply designed geometric structure, created before complex architecture classifications. Both the Chartres Cathedral and Nanna Ziggurat contrast visually and structurally. While they ostensibly differ, in truth, the Chartres…

Romanesque Architecture How and why did Romanesque Architecture emerge? Why did it evolve in style? Give specific examples (two to three buildings) to illustrate the development of the Romanesque architecture during the Medieval period. Introduction (Central idea, thesis statement) This essay aims to investigate how and why the Romanesque Architecture came about and its transformation in style during the medieval period. By using examples such as the Durham cathedral in Britain, and the The…

developed between the 6th and 10th century, while Gothic architecture arose in the 12th century. Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe, although in England, it is more often referred to as Norman architecture. It was the first style of architecture which stood out since the Roman Empire. Many of the Romanesque architecture buildings still standing consist of churched and cathedrals. The best examples of these Romanesque churches can be found right across Europe in…

Hughes H-4 Hercules, commonly known as the “Flying Boat” or “spruce goose” was, and still is, the largest wooden aircraft ever designed and flown5. It holds the record for having the biggest wing with a span of 320 feet, which could cover an entire football field2. Henry Fraiser was the man who first proposed the idea of the enormous flying boat based on the demand for a transport plane to support the activities of the US military during World War 24. Frasier approached the famous aircraft…