- Corbels Architecture And History - What Are They, And Where Did They Come From
by Hayden Branston. Across the globe there are thousands of interesting and appealing corbels. However, despite the appeal of these corbels, many people are unsure exactly what a "corbel" is. Essentially, a corbel is a piece of stone, or possibly timber, which juts out of a wall to carry incumbent weight. But, corbels do much more than just this decidedly unsexy work, they allure and provide one with a brief yet det... articles, news
- Postmodernism and Architecture
What is postmodernism? Are the postmodern characteristics still apparent in contemporary architectural design? According to scholars, "Postmodernism, by definition resists definition". If postmodernism is then difficult to be defined, on what principles can one judge if postmodernism in architecture is in still emerging? Postmodernism in its regional/vernacular forms reflects neighborhood culture... articles, news
- Does Postmodernism Exist Still in Architecture
What is architecture? What do we mean by Post-Modernism? Does Postmodernism still exist in architectural design? As Jameson suggests, "Postmodernism, by definition resists definition". If then postmodernism is difficult to be defined, on what principles can we judge if postmodernism in architecture is over?
Charles Jencks, among many architectural theorists, attempted to explain how postmoder... articles, news
- Distance Learning History Courses: Translating History into Vividly Experienced Memory!
by Jim Zorn. Distance learning history is more than a series of events recorded on a webpage! Distance Learning history courses are designed to make live a period in time! Pictures and video; words and descriptions all aim to recreate for the reader the capsule of time that held these great personages who created the past of the human race! History distance learning courses are a great way to learn. A number ... articles, news
- Interested In History? How About The History Of Yoga?
by Peter Crump. The history of Yoga is an interesting one indeed. It is not entirely clear in many respects, but much is well known about the history of Yoga.
It is thought that the word Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word yog meaning union or yoke. This is thought to refer to the ultimate aim of Yoga, which is a union. That union is supposed to be the union of body and mind, reaching a state of higher men... articles, news
- A Brief History of the Bow
by Jimmy Cox. Whenever archers get together there are always those among them who would have us believe because our ancestors shot a bow five thousand or fifty thousand years ago that we moderns can shoot a bow instinctively and all that we have to do to hit a mark or bag our buck is to take a deep breath, look at the target, draw the arrow back to the ear, and let fly.
Well, if you buy that line, you will no... articles, news
- A Brief History Of Everything
by Saleem Rana. I was wondering about how everything we know came together to be the way it is right now and what will happen to us as a species.
The story of everything started 15 billion years ago.
The universe, as we know it, was created by an enormous explosion of matter to create space-time. A fiery, dense universe started to inflate.
For three billion years, optically dense matter/energy decoupled... articles, news
- History of the Dog
by Daniel Millions. There is no incongruity in the idea that in the very earliest period of man's habitation of this world he made a friend and companion of some sort of aboriginal representative of our modern dog, and that in return for its aid in protecting him from wilder animals, and in guarding his sheep and goats, he gave it a share of his food, a corner in his dwelling, and grew to trust it and care for it.
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