Great Pyramid of Giza The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. Based on a mark in an interior chamber naming the work gang and a reference to fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu,[1][2] Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built as a tomb over a 10 to 20-year period concluding around 2560 BC. Initially at 146.5 metres (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years. Originally, the Great Pyramid was covered by casing stones that formed a smooth outer surface; what is seen today is the underlying core structure. There are three known chambers inside the Great Pyramid. Transparent view of Khufu's pyramid from SE. History and description[edit] Materials[edit] Casing stones[edit] Casing stone
Greek Art: Hercules in the Zeus Temple in Olympia Klassische Griechische Kunst Also represented at Olympia are most of the Labours of Herakles. Above the doors of the temple is the hunt after the boar from Arcadia, and also Herakles’ exploits against Dionysos of Thrace and against Geryones in Erytheia; he is also shown as he is about to receive the burden from Atlas and against cleansing the earth of dung from the Eleans. .. Above the doors of the opisthodomos he is shown taking the Amazon’s girdle, and also represented there are his exploits against the stag, against the bull of Knossos, the birds at Stymphalos, the Hydra, and the lion in the territory of Argos. Pausanias The Zeus Temple in Olympia, (a section) inside with the Metopes with the labors of Hercules A Color Reconstruction of the temple according to Curtius and Adler Temple of Zeus, Olympia (ca. 468-456 BC), Metope with the 12 labors of Heracles (Hercules). Herakles is of as much importance at Olympia as Pelops. See the Pediment Sculptures
Lucy the Elephant Elephant hotel redirects here. For the National Historic Landmark located in Somers, New York, see Elephant Hotel. Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped example of novelty architecture, constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1881 by James V. Today, Lucy is a tourist attraction. 1800s[edit] In 1881, the U.S. Lafferty brought real estate customers up a narrow spiral staircase from within the elephant's body to the howdah, where he could point out real estate parcels available for sale.[5] Lucy's head shape identifies the building as an Asian Elephant, and its tusks as a male. The structure was sold to Anton Gertzen of Philadelphia in 1887 and remained in the Gertzen family until 1970. Lafferty built at least two more elephant-shaped buildings, though neither survives. 1900s[edit] Over the years, Lucy had served as a restaurant, business office, cottage, and tavern (the last closed by Prohibition). By the 1960s, Lucy had fallen into disrepair and was scheduled for demolition.
Tyrannoctones Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Les deux principales relations du meurtre sont celles de Thucydide (VI, 56-59) et de la Constitution d'Athènes (XVIII) attribuée à Aristote. L'assassinat[modifier | modifier le code] La légende[modifier | modifier le code] Le groupe des Tyrannoctones[modifier | modifier le code] Emportées par le roi perse Xerxès Ier lors du sac d'Athènes en 480 av. On identifie généralement deux statues du Musée national archéologique de Naples[14], trouvées à la villa Adriana, comme des copies du deuxième groupe. Autres honneurs[modifier | modifier le code] Les chants populaires athéniens attribuent également aux tyrannoctones une place dans les îles des Bienheureux, aux côtés d'Achille. Bibliographie[modifier | modifier le code] Burkhard Fehr, Les Tyrannoctones, peut-on élever un monument à la démocratie ? Notes[modifier | modifier le code] Liens externes[modifier | modifier le code]
Pan-American Highway The Pan American Highway from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina, with selected official and unofficial routes shown through the U.S.A. and Canada. The Pan-American Highway (Portuguese: Rodovia / Auto-estrada Pan-americana, Spanish: Autopista / Carretera / Ruta Panamericana) is a network of roads measuring about 48,000 kilometres (30,000 mi) in total length, except for a rainforest break of approximately 100 km (60 mi), called the Darién Gap, the road links almost all of the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system. According to Guinness World Records, the Pan-American Highway is the world's longest "motorable road". However, because of the Darién Gap, it is not possible to cross between South America and Central America by traditional motor vehicle. Jake Silverstein, writing in 2006, described the Pan-American Highway as "a system so vast, so incomplete, and so incomprehensible it is not so much a road as it is the idea of Pan-Americanism itself".[1]
La sculpture grecque – A la conquête du corps humain La Victoire de Samothrace et la Vénus de Milo figurent parmi les oeuvres les plus admirées du Louvre : elles incarnent " l'esprit grec " dans un rendu saisissant de la figure humaine. Ce parcours permet de suivre cette conquête du corps par des artistes qui marqueront à jamais l'art occidental. Essentiellement inspirés par la figure humaine, les artistes grecs vont créer un art à la mesure de l'homme et centré sur lui, contrastant avec les autres civilisations antiques qui l'ont précédé, toutes tournées vers un divin inaccessible. En Egypte, le dieu Thot est le créateur de l'écriture et, par là même, de toute représentation figurée, en conséquence magique et potentiellement vivante. Itinéraire jusqu'à la prochaine œuvre : Plusieurs salles du département des antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines étant actuellement fermées pour réaménagement, ce parcours n’est plus réalisable mais garde néanmoins son intérêt dans une approche thématique des collections.
the Tricorder project - Science Tricorder Mark 2 The Science Tricorder Mark 2 was a wonderful adventure of discovery to develop. It's my pleasure to be able to share it with you. To introduce you to the Tricorder project, I'd like to begin with a story from the development of the very first Tricorder that I built. More educational discoveries came quickly — from finding all the heat leaks from different building materials in my graduate student apartment in a century home, to how much humidity is exhaled in a breath. Again, it is my pleasure to be able to share this with you. Sensors The Science Tricorder Mark 2 prototype sensor board contains ten different sensing modalities, organized into three main categories: atmospheric sensors, electromagnetic sensors, and spatial sensors. The sensing modalities and specific sensors used on this device, as well as some approximate summary specifications, are as follows: Sensiron SHT11 Atmospheric Temperature and Humidity -40°C to +120°C, ± 0.5°C accuracy ± 0.1°C repeatability Hardware
Histoire des Arts en Khâgne » Blog Archive » La sculpture grecque antique Le terme sculpture recouvre reliefs et statues (terme grec glyphein : sculpter ≠ graphein = dessiner) Aborder la sculpture grecque antique comporte des difficultés : – l’étude doit être faite par l’archéologue (s’intéressant à tout vestige même minime et pas seulement aux chefs d’œuvre) ou en historien de l’art qui lui ne retient que les pièces les mieux conservées, voire en philologue ? Car l’essentiel de ce qu’on sait sur les sculptures grecques antiques vient des auteurs de l’Antiquité qui citent plusieurs œuvres et artistes : exemples d’Ekphrasis de Philostrate, de Callistrate (dont on ignore tout : IVe siècle ? – les œuvres sont sorties de leur contexte, offertes à la contemplation du public qui n’a rien à voir avec leur fonction première, avec les conditions de leur production et le contexte politique, culturel de leur époque. L’évolution de la grande statuaire. 1) Epoque archaïque : Korè et kouroi. p. ex. Vers 590 av. – Myron, 6.
Matryoshka doll Set of Matryoshka dolls in order of size Matryoshka doll taken apart A matryoshka doll (Russian: матрёшка, IPA: [mɐˈtrʲɵʂkə] ( ), matrëška), also known as Russian nesting/nested doll, refers to a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside the other. The first Russian nested doll set was carved in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin from a design by Sergey Malyutin, who was a folk crafts painter at Abramtsevo. Design[edit] Church-themed matryoshka A set of matryoshkas consist of a wooden figure which separates, top from bottom, to reveal a smaller figure of the same sort inside, which has, in turn, another figure inside of it, and so on. The word "matryoshka" (матрёшка), literally "little matron", is a diminutive form of the Russian female first name "Matryona" (Матрёна).[1] History[edit] Zvyozdochkin and Malyutin were inspired by a doll from Honshu, the main island of Japan. Themes[edit] During Perestroika, the leaders of the Soviet Union became a common theme depicted on matryoshkas.