Botany

Washington – In 1732 on February 22, an American soldier known as the name of George Washington was born. He’s famous for achievements like (The First United States President, Battle of Monongahela, Battle of Necessity, and Battle of Jumonville Glen), he was born into a Colonial Virginia family of wealthy planters. The family owned tobacco plantations and slaves, which later on in life he inherited. Washington was a senior officer in the colonial militia an in the French and Indian War, he than…

Biology is the study of living things. This can include anything relating to living organisms, their life cycles, genetics, development, structure, or chemical makeup. Biology is a vast subject with many different subcategories of it like, Ornithology, Botany, Ecology, Mammalogy, Genealogy, Microbiology, etc. Natural Collections Natural Collections are collections in museums, schools, or universities that collect things from and about nature, this can include prints, pressed plants, fossils,…

Typical townspeople lived in unruly conditions and had an undeveloped government and commercial economy. Around this same time, the Moors began to enter Europe from the south. The moors made great advancements in mathematics, physics, chemistry, botany, astronomy, and medicine. They even introduced the first rifle mechanisms called the "fire sticks" which played a detrimental part in their downfall when whites decided to take their land back. The Moors or Arabs built illustrious cities,…

relate to Untitled, 1989 (oil on canvas) Bennett works with a selection of images associated with the familiar story of the ‘discovery’ and ‘settlement’ of Australia. These images include scenes featuring tall ships, the landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay, and several scenes that reveal the violence and tension that often characterized the relationship between colonisers and the colonised. Therefore, Bennett creates his artworks to communicate dispossession of Aboriginal people but also…

Leonardo Da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, in Anchiano, Italy. When Leonardo was a child, he received little formal education but his artistic talents were evident from an early age. Around 14, da Vinci began an apprenticeship with the artist Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. He learned a lot of different technical skills including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting and sculpting. At 20, da Vinci qualified for membership as a master artist in Florence’s Guild of Saint Luke…

Location of the Facility The Albin O. Kuhn Library (AOK) and Gallery can be found on the campus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). UMBC, an honors college, is located at 1000 Hilltop Circle in Baltimore County, mostly in the community of Catonsville. Spanning across over 500 acres of land, UMBC is three miles outside the Baltimore City limits and is surrounded by BWI Airport, Amtrak train station, bus lines, business, restaurants and other conveniences. The library is…

president, but they’re now giving a “logical” route to get there. Jimmy can be the president if Jimmy goes to college. What should Jimmy go to college for? That’s probably not clear to a five year old, but maybe Jimmy would like to major in botany, and he doesn’t know this, but that will not prepare him properly nor educate him well enough for/about the political world. With that major, Jimmy will only be required to learn/know/pass the bare minimum government class that is a necessity…

topics which often contained topics like Geology, Botany or Chemistry. “Until the 19th century, girl´s education was restricted to informal learning at ‘Dame Schools’.”(Barnett, p.6) These schools were often run by all female teachers and provided a basic education in reading and writing for upper-class female students. These schools often used books written by male scientists published especially for women like the popular book “Familiar Lectures On Botany” which sold until 1872 in just 50…

The Renaissance Art Movement began in Italy and means rebirth. The Renaissance Art Movement was in the late 13th and early 14th century. This was a time when individual expression and worldly expression became two of the main themes. This movement had a lot of economic growth. Education blossomed in this time period. New technology was born in this time period, like the printing press. Most of the art in this period was commissioned by wealthy merchant families, mostly the Medici. Much of the…

journal, upon contact with Sydney Cove, Worgan adopts an informative and romanticised tone towards the topographical features of the native land being “one of the many beautiful coves in which [Australia] contains.” Worgan believed the description of Botany Bay given by those on the Endeavour in 1770 "wore the air of Exaggeration" and is “much luxuriant quote” depicting the beauty of the untouched land. Worgan powerfully manipulates adjectives like beautiful and luxuriant to create imagery for…