Medieval Warm Period

The rationality and basic assumptions of the modern scientific period needed “a constant interest in searching for this order in nature in an empirico-rational fashion, that is, an active interest in this world and its occurrences plus a specific frame of mind” (Merton 636). The very way that Puritans understood God…

Overview The Earth goes through many natural changes like sea levels slightly changing, earthquakes, and tornadoes. Global warming has greatly increased and became one of biggest contributors to the changes on the Earth. Immediately I decided I wanted to learn more about global warming. Global warming has changed climate a lot since when I was younger. Right now it is December 18th and we have no snow. I think this is the first winter that we have had no snow; usually there is so much that we…

Lead-tin-yellow is a yellow pigment also known as "Yellow of Old Masters". Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral. Verdigris is a green pigment made through a process which that occurs when copper, brass, or bronze, is exposed to air over a period of time.Vermilion is a red pigment made from a powdered mineral called cinnabar. A couple examples of these materials used in the painting are the sky, clouds, and the trees. In the painting materials used to create the sky were Ultramarine…

Appearance wise, white castle looks to be from medieval times. In any area where white castle is located it will never fail to clash with the modernistic design of buildings around it. One design in particular would be stone stacked upon stone, each one about as white as snow. Sometimes the design may give you a false sense of elegance, but the bland white and blue colors that resemble an inverted picture brings you back to reality. Typically the walls, which are tightly packed together, keep…

obstructed by the greenery, while more structures are apparent on the right. Going from left to right is the usual process of progress, and the inclusion of this detail implies that as humanity progresses, we are losing touch with nature. In the time period of the Romantic art movement, romanticists wanted to return to the original state of nature. However, due to Enlightened thinking, more people focused on order and reason. The structure of the abbey existing amongst the bare trees contrasting…

(Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 2014), has been the cultural and social centre of the region and Croatian most famous city. Warm Mediterranean climate, cultural abundance, and natural beauty of the region are only a few of the points that make Dubrovnik an appealing destination. 2. Who visits Croatia? Croatian Bureau of Statistic identify growth in tourist. “In the period from January to December 2013, the number of tourist arrivals in all commercial accommodation facilities in the Republic of…

Haydn and Dvorak, but also of a Native American composer, Christopher Theofanidis. With the leading conductor Robert Moody, featured violinists Kenichiro Matsuda and Joyce Fishman, and later the soloist cellist, Mark Kosower, the concert began with a warm welcome and headed straight to the first piece…

information The moment you decide to travel to Italy for tourism purpose, the first thing you need to do is collect Italy visa information. Tourists holding U.S. citizenship are exempted from applying for visa in they are travelling to Italy for a short period, i.e. 90 days. However, a European Health insurance Card (EHIC) is necessary to obtain.…

While at the Detroit Institute of Arts, I came a crossed a painting in the European Medieval to Renaissance Art section of the museum. The painting was The Flight into Egypt by Bartolome Esteban Murillo. Murillo used oil in 1647-50 to paint this piece. This piece stuck out to me because I saw many other paintings about josephs and Mary’s flight into Egypt. It made me wonder if Murillo had a reason for the colors and other details. Looking at this painting there is a man, a woman and a baby.…

History has a tendency of repeating itself from the forms of leadership to tactics of war to the plagues that kill many. Ebola originated in West Africa in the 21st century more than five hundred years after the Black Plague. The Black Plague occurred in Europe during the middle ages and left a great impact on society. Although Ebola never reached the mass scale of the Black Plague it still had a traumatic impact on societies. Ebola and the Black Plague differ in the environment of the societies…