In the time since its discovery, many artists have interpreted Homer’s story of Achilles’ shield. They have created and shared paintings and poems, each showing a slightly different version of the famous piece of metal. One artist who describes the shield of Achilles is the poet W. H. Auden. His rendition of the shield differs markedly from Homer’s original. Homer’s depiction of the ancient Greek world on the shield is a microcosm of humanity, displaying both peace and conflict enveloped by…
Introduction: The founder of the Philips Company was Gerard Philips and his father, Federik founded in Eindoven in 1891. Federik, financed the purchase, he is a banker in Zaltbommel setup of a modest, empty building in Eindhoven, and in 1892 the company started the production of carbon-filament lamps and other electro technical products. The changes are made in the first factory and used it as a museum. It is a Dutch technology company headquartered in Amsterdam with main separations focused…
perfectly, but there were issues surfacing. There wasn’t enough cabins to house everyone resulting in overcrowding. The cabins were also segregated by gender so married couples were forced to live apart. Jones’ voice was always broadcasted through a loudspeaker, day and night. Many people wanted out but said nothing of it because they knew they would get punished. There is also the fact that people surrounded the town with guns. The roommate of a survivor (Veron) tried to escape and got…
The tones go off, again. This was the fourth time in the last six hours. A grumble of incomprehensible words come from the loudspeaker as we shuffle our way to the ambulance. Halfway to the patient’s house we realize this is not our normal type of call; someone was in cardiac arrest. Slight panic begins to arise; I can feel it at the bottom of my throat. Although I received my EMT-B certification within the year, this was my first experience with such an event. As we screeched to a halt I froze…
I woke up and went to eat breakfast After eatingI ate breakfast, I went to put my cloth on and get my belongings together forin order to go to my first ever karate tournament. Once I went in the car, I helped my parents find directions to the Ggarden Sstate Kkarate Ttournament, which, as the name suggests, took place. This tournament was in New Jersey. The tournament was not very far from my house. While weFinally, my mom dad and I arrived at the event. Once we were headeding into the building I…
You walk down the Haymarket area you hear jazz music coming from the business. You go to a game in Memorial Stadium classic rock songs are coming through the loudspeakers. When you go to the gym to work out a rap song is blaring out of the speakers. Music is constantly around us. When people hear a song images pop into their heads. Music plays a key role in the sense of place. The articles Place or Space and Sacred Spaces and Tourist Places, the way images are presented, and the things I learned…
The sound was dispersed throughout the cinema, controlled by an engineer using 54 loudspeakers. The film “This Is Cinerama” in 1952, reappeared with using discrete seven-channel sound, and the race to develop other surround sound methods took off. Since the creation of surround sound it has evolved. Such as the amount of speakers needed…
It can be perceived that empathy to the environment and people can be related to buildings or a city. One of the examples that can be considered as key embodiment of such empathy is in downtown Los Angeles architected by Frank O. Gehry, i.e., the Walt Disney Concert Hall. An intelligent strategy of inclusiveness and hybridization is led by the micro and macro design of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. With its skyscrapers stretching to the side and with the central business district, on the edge…
came about, most silent films were accompanied ranging from a piano/organ to a full orchestra. Inventors tried joining images to reproduce sound through phonograph records, but it was too difficult to synchronize the sound due to the inadequacy of loudspeakers for theater auditoriums. Finally in 1927, the Warner Brothers released The Jazz Singer which was the beginning of synchronizing sound. Though sound had economic and technological implications, the style was affect. Before filmmakers…
Religion and Public Schools Religion in public schools have always been a big debate as to whether or not to allow religion in schools. There are many factors that go into religion at schools. Although the practice of religion is not currently allowed in public schools, many schools have religious clubs and prayer gatherings to go against not being able to practice religion in schools. Although public schools are not allowed to practice and focus on teaching one religion, due to the first…