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One of the most waited for events, in an architectural sense, was the completion of Paul Rudolph’s Yale Art and Architecture building in 1963 a postwar American Architectural event. Also known as the A&A it was considered Rudolph’s master piece as it promised to be the solution to solving modernism’s major unsolved problems. As New York Times critic Ada Louise Huxtable said, “it asks and answers some of the major questions facing the art of architecture today, at a time of crisis and transition…

THAWAN DUCHANEE (wikipedia) BOW JIRATCHAYA PATTARATHUMRONG 625 ARCHITECTURE STUDENT the word in blue = it can be linked to another wikipedia page introduction Thawan Duchanee (September 27, 1939 – September 3, 2014) is a contemporary artist with an international reputation.In 2001,this notable artist also was given precious price by the Office of the National Culture Commission of Thailand as a national thai artist in fine art and visual art. Thawan was raised in chiangmai, thailand and…

David before he was anointed by Samuel as the future king of Israel and start his reign, he was a shepherd boy. He grew up strong and brave, not afraid of the wild beasts which prowled around and tried to carry away his sheep. More than once he fought with lions, and bears, and killed them, when they seized the lambs of his flock. And David, alone all day, practiced throwing stones in a sling, until he could strike exactly the place for which he aimed. When he swung his sling, he knew that the…

Predatory stalkers are one of the more sinister types as their stalking has the duel purpose of gaining power and control over the victim but can be seen also as a precursor to more insidious actions such as rape or sexual assault. While this stalker can target either people they are familiar with or complete strangers their motivations are always sexual gratification, with many victims reported instances of being watched by the stalker, receiving explicit phone calls, exhibitionism, fetishism,…

Carlos Cruz Diez, born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1923, is considered to be one of Venezuela’s modernist master. He lived in Paris since 1960 studying and understanding concepts of Kinetic and Optical art. Holland Cotter, a writer for the Ney York Times explains, "he turned his attention to new strains of geometric abstraction, including Op art, and to kinetic art." All of his works and his research established him as one of the 20th-century thinkers in the means of color. Jessica Leigh Lebos, a…

The mongols(barbarians) were known for their brutality and they would do some of the most horrible things.The mongols had great techniques that helped them win and that they were known for brutality.And it helped them conquered many places in Asia. Temujin (Genghis khan) was a very well known mongol leader he had conquered so many land with his mongol army,when he was born he had been holding blood in his right hand(meaning he was going to be a great warrior).And at a young age he killed his…

Alexander the Great was born on July 20, 356 B.C. in Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia. He was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and Queen Olympia, the daughter of Neoptolemus I. As a child, Alexander hardly ever saw his father due to the fact that he spent most of his time engaging in some sort of military actions. Philip had arranged for this son to receive a Greek education so he hired Aristotle to be his son’s tutor. Over the course of three years, Aristotle taught Alexander…

Alfred Wegener is the man that introduced us to the Continental Drift Theory. He spent many years looking for clues from the past to support his idea of drifting continents. Alfred discovered many plants and fossils in many different Continents that where supposedly all together, at one time when they were together it was called Pangaea (Pangaea is the name for what included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart during the Jurassic…

In the short of “The Myth of Prometheus” by an unknown author, Prometheus is the Archetypal Hero of the myth. He shows these characteristics by being the protagonist, answering the challenge, and sacrificing himself. Prometheus first shows he is a hero by being the protagonist of the myth when he tricks Zeus into taking the pile of offerings that is filled with fat and bone, instead of the better pile. This shows Prometheus as the protagonist because he tricks Zeus to advocate the cause of man.…

Invented in the late 1700s, the guillotine was a gruesome, yet humane method of execution. As you can imagine, designing a guillotine, which would work effectively on all ages, heights, and weights was difficult at first. Originally, beheadings were done with an axe. Some early forms of guillotines were created using an axe. However, those designs never caught on. Finally, a perfected guillotine was created, and took its place “ahead” of the competition. Measuring in at about 4 meters tall…