Optical illusions

The advancements in technology have had an extreme affect on the popularity of current superhero movies and media. Today we do not pay attention to how the innovations and inventions in production technology has changed over the past few decades and how superhero movies were so much different in the past. Without the special effects movie producers use today, superhero movies would definitely not be as exciting and action packed. So, these movies would not catch the eyes of many people.…

Abstract In order to help understand and explore how social upbringing influences who one becomes in life, a study regarding social background influences in Roman Catholicism on the belief of paranormal is considered. This is significant because the belief in things without evidence, purely based on social upbringing could play a piece into the bigger picture. Is it possible that one’s certain surroundings could make someone more susceptible into believing in the paranormal? This is what I wish…

A train barreling straight for you, with no intentions to stop would certainly cause you to panic. An audience experienced this while watching the Lumière brothers Arriva of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) in France. These new moving images amazed audiences all over the world. Thanks to Thomas Edison, Georges Méliès and the Lumière brothers, the great pioneers of film history. Silent films used camera effects, music, lighting, staging of props and the actor’s body language as a medium to create a…

Upon entering the RISD museum I was greeted by the quaint streets of the historic east-side of Providence. It's often an overlooked part of town due to the city life but really earns it's merit in beautifully restored colonial homes and colorful street art. The streets had tall green trees that bordered the sidewalk perfectly, and the light post were littered with local stickers either for a cause or promoting a local artist. Luckily, I was able to find parking rather easily because I went on an…

The Hubble telescope is a telescope named after famous astronomer Edwin Hubble. It orbits in space 380 miles above Earth’s surface, traveling 5 miles per second, finishing an orbit around Earth in 97 minutes. Hubble takes sharp images of space without looking at Earth’s atmosphere, which blurs pictures due to the atmosphere being constantly in motion. The telescope is 2.4 meters in length and has mirrors 94 inches in diameter. Some celestial objects that Hubble takes images of are stars and…

Descartes’s goal is to look for necessary truths by examining beliefs based off of our senses. To do this, he must prove that sense perception is not a trustworthy source of information, as well as anything that proves some uncertainty as well. For instance, Descartes states that, “if I am able to find in each one some reason to doubt, this will be enough to justify rejecting it”(Descartes 73). This shows Descartes’s belief that if there is some uncertainty in the conclusions which have been…

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that revived the glory of Greece and Rome. New ideas started flowing through Europe and beautiful works in Art, Literature and Architecture were being built. Perhaps the most famous image of the Renaissance is the colorful and intricate paintings and works of art. Renaissance Art had many characteristics that made it stand out from the previous Medieval Art style of painting. Europe had just suffered the Black Death and several wars were taking place…

in school in real life situations” says Daniel Koretz, a professor at Harvard graduate school of education. However, these tests have been determinates of student’s futures, are are used when dealing with college admissions because they offer the illusion of qualities that we associate with success and value. A wrong set of values based on two very narrow subjects that do not involve any kind of higher-level thinking, on a multiple choice standardized tests. Basing a student's future on a single…

Patterned Haircut Designs : 50 Examples of Epic Hair Art Undercuts and fades are great looks for guys and have remained on trend for quite some time now. Haircut designs or undercut designs are creative ways of shaving the hair to form patterns and pictures. These are usually done around the head (from temple to temple), on the sides or at the back but they can also be used over the entire head. Hair engravings can range from simple linear lines and patterns up to complex hair portraits –…

The first incident involved a dispute over a 3D printed version of the Penrose Triangle, a famous optical illusion. The Dutch designer of the Triangle, Ulrich Schwanitz, uploaded a video of his physical rendering on YouTube and wanted to sell copies for $70 through Shapeways. Within a couple weeks, a former Shapeways intern managed to reverse engineer the…