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Abstract art is art which is not representational, it could be based on a subject or may have no source at all in the external world. If we were to track the start of abstraction, we could consider that it started in prehistoric time in cave paintings were geometrical symbols were the central depiction of “art”. It’s not until the late nineteenth century where artists began to progress in the opposite direction, from the naturalistic to the abstract. Art during this movement was about the creation

Nobody really knows how rubies were formed. There are some speculations that they were made by the earth’s plates colliding together and through the heat and pressure, rubies were made. However because the rubies appear in blotches and not in any order or over large amounts of areas, it leads to more questions. Rubies are part of a group called transparent corundum. A very rare mineral that is one of the four most expensive stones in jewelry stones and also one of the hardest materials. Its twin

We filled you in with the first set of 90 fascinating facts that every gamer should know about Minecraft in parts one through 10, and now we have finally returned with part 11! This computer-based digital fantasy world has been reaching record levels of popularity since its release in only 2011, and we are here to give you the full scoop on everything there is to know! Read on to discover our next set of nine facts! Stay tuned for our final coming article, part 12, where we reveal the final remaining

Problem: In the city of Des Moines, there are several small homegrown coffee shops that offer a unique experience. Java Joes, Zanzibar’s Coffee Adventure, Mars Café and Smokey Row, just to name a few have made contributions to the Des Moines coffee scene over the years. Whether it is being covered in local art like Zanzibar’s is. Offering live music performances and poetry readings from time to time like Mars and Java Joes. Or being the one stop shop and giving an oh-so-cozy atmosphere as Smokey

The structure of the book Blink is broken down into six chapters plus an introduction and a conclusion. Each section begins with an introduction story that introduces the theme of that particular section, then there are vignettes that further explain the theme or provide some research to the topic being discussed. Throughout the book they will reference a research story from an earlier part of the book as an example to a new topic being discussed. The most repeated topic discussed in Blink was

De Beers advertising and pricing DeBeers is considered one of the most powerful mining in the world and not because of their top quality products but because monopolistic values. The DeBeers corporation has been called ‘The most unethical corporation in the world’ by the St Antoninus Institute because of all the unethical issues that have been linked to DeBeers. DeBeers defies all standards of business standards conduct on a grand scale, in particular to the pricing of their diamonds and use of their

This ratio 1:1.61,occurs over and over again in nature. It is found in everything from the shape of our universe, the structure of clouds, and the even the proportions of the human body. People have put it into everything from mathematics, to artwork, and music, fractal dimensions have been calculated to be used frequently for Frank Lloyd Wright's and Le Corbusier's buildings. It can be found that both architects use the method of increasingly smaller rectangular grids. Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings

How has Roman architecture affected us today in terms of modern architecture?   Table of content: Table of Contents Introduction: 3 Review of Literature: 4 Methodology and Presentation of Findings: 11 Processing of Findings: 13 Conclusion: 15 Bibliography: 16 Appendix: 17   Introduction: The purpose of this ORTO is to illustrate the extend to which Roman architecture, from the late 2nd centaury BC to the 4th century AD, had an influence and effect of modern western architecture. Therefore the

Diamond Mines in South Africa TEAM D Eugene Patton, James Pruitt, John Morawa, Kenneth Miller, Nicholas Nauroth, and Shemika McWilliams DeVry University Online April 13, 2011 Diamond Mines in South Africa South Africa’s Culture, Government, Economy, and religion of South Africa (Shemika McWilliams) Diamond mining in South Africa is the main force behind the country’s economy but this has not always been the case. South Africa’s large diamond mining industry started with the discovery of

This study will analyze three central characters in the film: Blood Diamond (2006) by director Edward Zwick. By understanding the moral and ethical dilemma of illegal “conflict diamonds” being stolen and smuggled by Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) there is an unethical and immoral business dilemma he must deal with through other characters he encounters during the Sierra Leone Civil War of 1999. Another character, Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), is a native of the region that has been captured and