Inventions of the Renaissance Clocks The first mechanical clock was invented in the early 1300’s. With this invention time began to be measured in hours (24 hours equaling a day). Galileo‚ an Italian scientist‚ discovered the pendulum in 1581. The pendulum greatly improved the constant movement of the hands or bell of a clock. The average error with the pendulum varied only by seconds each day. Before this the error was from 10 to 15 minutes a day. During the 1600’s the metallic gear‚ or toothed
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6.08 Revolutions Module Project Name: Avianna Walden Teacher: Ms. Cawanzia Hughes What to do? You explored many events in this module such as movements of independence and reform. The lessons included revolutions‚ new ways of thinking‚ and examples of imperialism. Use this knowledge to create an illustrated timeline that highlights five of these events. 1. Latin American Independence Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue‚ which
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society. Because African Americans did not have their own identity‚ the Harlem Renaissance Movement allowed their creative juices to flow and gave them an out to some the stressors of society during that time. During the Harlem Renaissance‚ African Americans would use art‚ music‚ stories‚ poems‚ etc. to express themselves. The Harlem Renaissance is a great movement in African American history. The Harlem Renaissance Movement got its name from the city in New York which kind of became the birth
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1. How is Corbet’s Burial at Ornans an assault on bourgeois values? -He painted a scene that would normally be reserved for something religious and was highly controversial during the time. He took a step that went against the bourgeois values by not caring about the class definitions that were socially acceptable. He painted something that he “shouldn’t” have‚ but it brought him instant fame. 2. How do Japanese prints influence the works of Degas? - Degas was influenced by Japanese prints in
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The Renaissance Moves North Around what time did the Renaissance begin to move north? We can say Renaissance began in the mid-1400s to 1450 in Italy‚ when a German printer named Johannes Gutenberg began a work on a project that would create a new way of printing books. He would develop a system of movable type that are individual letters and marks that could be arranged and rearranged quickly‚ and through this new machine the availability of books would change the way information and ideas traveled
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1. Italian Renaissance - earliest form of the general European Renaissance‚ a period of great cultural change and achievement that began in Italy. 2. Jacob Burkhart - historian of art and culture‚ and an influential figure in the historiography of each field 3. Oligarchies – small group that ruled a city and its surrounding countryside 4. Condotierri - the mercenary soldier leaders (warlords) of the professional‚ military free companies contracted by the Italian city-states and the Papacy from
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The Renaissance spanned across over two centuries‚ beginning in the opening years of the 15th century and extending through to the 16th century‚ into the early years of the 17th century.[1] The duchy of Burgundy was a center of “French culture and civilisation”[2] and cultivated music with much vigour. The immense wealth enabled dukes to maintain at Dijon one of the most magnificent courts in Europe. The influence of the Dukes of Burgundy was great during the Renaissance‚ ruling much of northern
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Foundation Course in Humanities and Social SciencesAssignment Code: BSHF-101/AST/TMA/2011-12 Answer any two questions in 500 words each. (DCQ) Q1. Compare and contrast the terms ’Industrial’ and ’Post - industrial’ societies. 20 Solution: In sociology‚ industrial society refers to a society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production‚ supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour. Such a structure developed in the west in the period of time following
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6. Paper and Printing Press: Europeans learned the technique printing from the Arabs. Around 1450‚ John Gutenburg invented a typing machine‚ which can be called as the forerunner of the modern press. Printing presses were used in Rome in 1466. Caxton setup a printing press in Britain in 1477. The printing press brought revolutionary changes in the growth of intellectual sphere. The invention of paper and printing device brought about revolutionary changes. The books were made available in large quantities
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WT + 15 = 20 WT = 5 6-6 Trapezoids and Kites Find each measure. 1. ANSWER: 5 COORDINATE GEOMETRY Quadrilateral ABCD has vertices A (–4‚ –1)‚ B(–2‚ 3)‚ C(3‚ 3)‚ and D(5‚ –1). 3. Verify that ABCD is a trapezoid. SOLUTION: First graph the points on a coordinate grid and draw the trapezoid. SOLUTION: The trapezoid ABCD is an isosceles trapezoid. So‚ each pair of base angles is congruent. Therefore‚ ANSWER: 101 2. WT‚ if ZX = 20 and TY = 15 SOLUTION: The trapezoid WXYZ is an isosceles trapezoid
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