Terracotta

British Museum is one of the most popular museums in the world, and it provides free entry to all its visitors. It is full of rare artifacts dating back to thousands of years from different civilizations of the world. From Egyptian mummies to African terracotta arts, and Benin bronze artifacts, you can view everything for…

Several religious movements and social movements as well as the rise of Christianity in this era, had a major effect on the world including the areas of architecture and design. The occurrence of these movements had a big impact and influence on design; The Great Schism and Protestant Reformation were some of the big movements of the late fourteenth century. These movements led to big changes in the Church doctrine that led to a mass affection in Europe. The architects respond to the changes…

Mr. Joyfellow felt 73.674 years old exactly to the third decimal place. Although he sometimes hated this number to the nearest tenth, today he hated it down to the thousandth, and would have even if the thousandth's place were zero. Disgusted by the necessary cliché of waking, he shuffled off to the kitchen as his stomach requested of him (rather impolitely, he thought). He had once been a man of regularity to the point of eccentricity, but that was less a trait of himself than of the past, and…

of the greatest works of architecture due to its elliptical appearance, its capability to hold anywhere between 50,000- 80,000 spectators, and its use of a variety of materials to give it its unique style. Materials used for this included: Wood, terracotta…

The reign of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, in the third century BCE is known for its unprecedented unity of Chinese lands and for the establishment of the Chinese imperial system. While the 221 BCE unification of the Warring States into a single Chinese state may seem like the natural progression of events in hindsight, it and the subsequent unity in the Qin dynasty was not an inevitable outcome and required active effort to accomplish. Qin Shi Huangdi had to take many measures beyond…

In this proposal, we outline our goals for a new environmentally sustainable hotel in the Chianti area of the Tuscany region. The adventure began back in 2015 when we decided to revert back to the real values and experiences of nature and make an important change in our lifestyle. We moved from our city life environment in the Chianti Classico region and began the restoration of a rural farmhouse and garden with great enthusiasm. The idea of starting a Boutique Farm Hotel also gave us the…

The Stereotypical Infamy of Sexual Expression in Belly Dancing “Danse du ventre” translating specifically to belly dance, dates back to 25,000 B.C. In ancient Egypt and India, the paintings of pregnant women found on stone walls and terracotta statuettes of people in poses that portrayed dancing were the first archeological facts to be coined as connected to belly dancing. “Middle Eastern dance (aka belly dance) is an ancient and expressive form of movement, associated with feminine and…

The image of the bull, producing from various kinds of medium from terracotta figurines to stone seals to frescoes in relief to gold rings or even to ivory figurines, always exists within the Minoan world and its culture (“Knossos” 73). Minoan bull-leaping renders the viewers the significance of human power over the nature…

Ancient China has been one of the biggest civilizations in history. With the size, it had there were some great ideas. I will be talking about most things in ancient China so this is some background facts China’s government was a monarch. It was a monarch because it has kings and rulers. When the king of China dies his throne or positions goes to his oldest son. That royalty position gets passed down like that. One day the king could die and the next day the oldest son is the king of a big…

Diversity can have a lot of different meanings that are contingent upon context of surroundings. Diversity is put simply as a “range of different things”; it can also be defined more specifically in terms of “the inclusion of individuals representing more than one national origin, color, religion, socioeconomic stratum, sexual orientation, etc.” For this class I had to step outside of my comfort zone to edify myself as an educator. Through the experience of a summer music camp and Hindu temple I…