Essays on Epochs

Describe which general fossil primate groups appear and radiate during the following geological epochs: Eocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene. For each of the geological epochs, identify the general primate group that first appears and radiates during that epoch. In addition, give the time range in millions of years for each epoch and provide at least one example of a specific primate genus and/ or species that is representative of each general primate group. 2. List and briefly describe at least five elements of the post-cranial anatomy found in humans, but not in apes, that facilitate efficient bipedal locomotion. Provide specific ...

Museum of Fine Arts Houston; compare and contrast an Italian Renaissance painting with Greek vase painting.

In this work, I will analyze two works from the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, from different epochs and of different styles. Even the means involved are different. It may seem that these artworks can only be contrasted; however, it is an interesting challenge to compare them. “Black-Figure Amphora Depicting two scenes: - Theseus slaying the Minotaur - Gods in array departing for Olympus”. Date 530-510 BC. Attributed to the Antimenes Painter, Greek  Greek ceramics is the most common finding in the archaeological studies of ancient Greece; you can find it all over the areal settlement of the ancient ...

Geology of Mars

Similar to Earth, all of the planets, including Mars, are defined by geologic processes. Of course, these geologic processes and conditions differ among the planets depending on various factors, such as the relative distance to the sun, composition of the planet, vulnerability to impacts and collisions, etc. Of all the planets, Mars is the closest to Earth-like conditions (Head 1). On the surface of Mars, as well as all of the telluric planets, the most abundant minerals are silicates. On Mars, the origins of most of the silicates are of basaltic to andesitic basaltic. On its surface, the main ...

There were many issues about equality between people, in the history of human civilisation. The sexual and gender equalities were the most difficult to identify. It was also difficult to achieve gender equality. In this regard, various philosophers and critical thinkers had diverse approaches and ways of their ideas realisation. The main relevance of exploring diversity in ideas on sexuality, gender equality and relationship between sexes is in an opportunity to achieve a systematic exploration of the subject. It can also help in finding new ways of problems resolution. The historical exploration of ideas development also provides an opportunity to ...

Humans. We have six feelings and we use all of them. We can hear, smell, sense with out skin Sometimes we need to hear and smell something for out own pleasure and not to survive. Art. This is what we call things that exist for our pleasure. Music to hear, pictures to watch, sculptures to touch. There are different kinds of arts. We have theatres to present please to our ears and eyes at the same time. We have operas and ballets to please ears, eyes and the feelings of beauty. Art can be classified according to different ...

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to see how paintings techniques and world description changed through epochs concentrating on a single theme of female body. the three chosen works for analysis are Caravaggio's Death of the Virgin (1604-1606) for Baroque, Jacques-Louis David's Madame Recamier (1800) for Neoclassicism as part of the Enlightenment and Francisco Goya's The Nude Maya (1800) as an example of Romanticism. Key words: Baroque, Enlightenment, Romanticism, female body, paintings, light.

Caravaggio's Death of the Virgin (1604-1606)

Jacques-Louis David's Madame Recamier (1800) Francisco Goya's The Nude Maya (1800) Looking on the background of all studied materials, the three chosen works for ...

Abstract

There has been the introduction of architectures that are mutlicore in nature and for that reason; there has been the emergence of applications which are multi-threaded which are commonly susceptible to bugs of synchronization like data races. The development and use of software that are able to detect data races are known to incur a lot of costs due to increase in overhead costs. The use of hardware for the detection of the data race is a solution that can be used and is better and cheaper than that of software use. All the hardware solutions that have been proposed for ...

Information Technologies

Every stage of human development is characterised by new technologies and their direct impact on further stages of that development. Once, iron was viewed as technology and melting pots contributed to people winning wars and changing the whole epochs. Nowadays, in the information age, technology is more about information transference and little gadgets in our every-day life. Just as in previous epochs new technologies had their positive and negative impact on human development so doe contemporary equivalents. In this context the main aim of the present essay is to investigate the impact of modern technology has on society, it ...

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art offers about 100,000 objects to its visitors. The museum can boast of vast collections dedicated to different epochs starting from ancient times up to the modern contemporary artworks. Undoubtedly, it is one of the biggest museums of the United States. It is located in seven different buildings representing different epochs and countries. Definitely, it is one of the places, which should be visited by everyone, who is interested in history and wants to feel amazed by creations of ancient authors and the fantasy of the modern artists. The Bacchic Sarcophagus ...

In Search of Henrietta

There are certain events in human life that might change the course of one’s life. There are also some human lives that might change the course of history and evolution of human civilization in general. Speaking of such people, some might imagine famous warlords, rulers of Ancient kingdoms; other would think about inventors, scientists and geniuses who were shaping their epochs and forthcoming generations; some might think of political leaders who lead their countries to prosperity and victory in global wars. In most cases, no one would have thought of an ordinary Afro-American woman in her thirties, who ...