Wood carving

trade, and their history. Culturally the Phoenicians were very influenced by those around them. The Egyptians and everyone in Mesopotamia brought their ideas to the Phoenicians. They brought practices such as blacksmithing, glass blowing, and wood carving. The Phoenicians themselves made the most important contribution, although they were very influenced. They created the Phoenician alphabet. It was a 22-letter alphabet in which was later adapted into the English alphabet known today. It was…

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It’s disappointing to admit that racism continues to exist everyday all over the world. Racism stems countless conflicts and creates resentment towards others. Brent Staples writes about his experience of racism and stereotyping in his essay, “Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space.” Late at night, Brent took a stroll around his neighbourhood. Just ahead of him, there was a woman who was white skinned. The woman took a glance back at Brent and noticed he was a tall black male. She began…

Literature is powerful and influences people of all ages, backgrounds and life experiences. As an audience, we are placed in these stories, thinking and feeling with the characters and experiencing as they do. The novel The Secret River by Kate Grenville, James McAuley’s poem Because, and the 2011 film adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre, all present strong symbolism and imagery which exceed the test of time. Classic and canonical texts transcend time through the aesthetic qualities…

M.C Escher was more than just an artist. He created art using patterns of identical shapes, that fit together with no gaps, and did not overlap, also known as tessellations. He went through many stages throughout his art, but his most lasting legacy are the tessellations he made and the mathematical impact they had. By using mathematical reasoning he was able to create the tessellations, but he had to look beyond just mathematics to dig deep into his tessellated optical illusions. M.C Escher…

I found Brunelleschi's design of the dome for Florence's cathedral to be a fascinating topic on scientific discovery. I also chose this topic because several years ago I watched a documentary that showed the construction of a one-fifth scale model of Brunelleschi’s dome and the possible construction methods that he may have used. The story begins in Florence, Italy in the year 1296 when the fathers of the city had decided to build a church to “showcase the status of Florence as one of Europe’s…

transportation. Now the use of knives as they once were is seen as immature and rude to most people residing in the states, though knives are still used for carving and cutting almost all food types. Spoons are another matter altogether. While the very first spoons were, much like forks, one’s hands, over time spoons matured into items constructed of shells, horn, wood, and various metals. It was typical for there to be common spoons as well as personal spoons, the spoons would be used to give…

Henry befriends an old man called Mr. Levine, a Holocaust survivor recreating his hometown out of wood carvings. The boy’s vulnerability to having lost a family member is what helps strengthen his connection with Mr. Levine. He knows what it feels like to have lost someone very close to you pass away, so he relates to the old man in a special way. Additionally…

they built another set of benches above the lower ones so that the sleeping space was doubled. If you were a Viking, it was required of you to have a weapon on you at all times. Most Vikings used an axe because they could also use it for gathering wood. If you were a wealthy Viking you could afford a sword or a bow. When a Viking died in battle, they would often be buried with their weapon by their side so if they went to Valhalla they would be able to have the same weapon they had in…

1. Introduction Silicified wood is normally formed close to the surface due to the infiltration of buried wood with mineral-rich water and the associated deposition of minerals (Kim et al., 2009). Two typical geological environments have been reported, 1) trees transported by streams and rivers then buried in the fluvial sediments (e.g., Weibel, 1996; Fielding and Alexander, 2001; Parrish and Falcon-Lang, 2007; Hartmann et al., 2010), and 2) ash from volcanic eruptions buries trees while felled…