The Enlightenment a Brief Summary: Question

Ben Howson
World History per. 3
11/19/14


What is the Enlightenment?

Due to the reading that we read, the Enlightenment is a period of time, that took place after the Renaissance (1685-1815). During this time, a whole new way of thinking came to life. British, French, and other Europeans thinkers started to question, and over rule the churches beliefs, and replace them with their own new ways of life. Mathematics, and Science truly came to life in this time, things such as chemistry, calculus, geometry, scientific method, and more were invented. Inventions of technology started to come into the Enlightenment, such as the microscope. People started to understand the true formation of the planets, such as the Earth not being in the center of the galaxy. In the Enlightenment, the American and French Revolution accord, and the reason why this happened, was because there were just so many ideas floating around. So really, the Enlightenment is a period of time, in which new ideas were made, math innovations, science innovations, people questioned things, looking for answers, and new places were made. 

        

10 page Book Post #2

Ben Howson
World History per. 3
11/17/14


In the next 10 pages, in the book, For All The Tea in China, pick up at a different topic then what we left off with. It starts off by talking about the East India Company, who they are, what they do, and basically the process of them taking the tea, packing it up, and then distributers buying the tea from them, and distributing it into England. It also goes in to talk about the wages of the workers, and how they were not taxed, and it was a pretty good life long job to have back then. It then starts to talk about the United Company Of Merchants of England to The East Indies (John Company), and how they had a really great company, that had maintained manly 300 profitable years in trade with the East. It goes on to talk about Queen Elizabeth, and that she granted her royal charter to the East India Company in 1600, and how for the first 100 years of its existence it largely bought spices and fabrics and sold them in London. The company sold shares, and the stockholders received a dividend on profits, but this operation ended up being extremely successful for England. During this, the John Company became the de facto government of many of the lands in which it did business: It could acquire territory, mint money, command armies, sign treaties, make war and peace, and even develop its own judicial and taxation systems. This ended up making the stockholder of the John Company extremely rich and powerful, even to the point of a government. Very like today the businesses would and did anything that they could to get ahead of the game, meaning that all of the tea companies were very competitive between one another. For example the East India Company, had its stamp on every single case that was shipped to England. Eventually Parliament started to recognize, this, so they passed many laws, including the law agains monopolies. Even though they passed these laws, at the time, people didn't really understand why this was, and that it was really quite a silly rule, and became very mad that such a rule was passed. They thought that it was really unfair, because they had to work so hard to get where they were. Not only that, but the government was going to start collecting taxes. The tea companies were so enraged that they decided to ignore these laws, but this didn't go well for them, because the Parliament released new laws that ended up effecting the tea companies even more. While the other tea companies were struggling, a new tea company arrived, and had a great idea, that would put them ahead of every one. Since all the laws were put on China, they realized that the Himalayas had even better tea growing conditions, and the worst tea there was the best tea in China. It goes on to talk more about them bring in tea from the Himalayas, and Bring it into England. At this point the 10 pages end.

Here is a picture of tea picking in the Himalayas.

           

Renaissance Final Assentiment: Sculpting, to 3-D printing

Ben Howson
World History per. 3
11/14/14

In the beginning of the Renaissance a revolutionary type of sculpture was born, and this sculpture technique is called called physical realism or also known as classical composition. Through out the Renaissance this technique slowly evolved into basically every type of art that was ever made in the Renaissance. There is no true inventor of this remarkable technique, but there definitely were people who made it great, and were the first to do this. In the early Renaissance (1400), Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, and Donatello really guided this art technique, showing everyone this new revolutionary idea, they essentially guided, and opened a new path that no one had ever explored. Then, through out the rest of the Renaissance (1400-1600), Michelangelo, Giumbologna, and many other great artists, developed, and truly finalized physical realism. But today we are taking the technique of physical realism, and we are truly, once again revolutionizing the art of sculpture, and making it so much more, than it was back then. In the early 1980's, in America, a man by the name of Chuck Hull created the worlds first 3D, and from the 1980's to now, we have really made the path for which this incredible technique will go down. The problem that we have today in our world is, many people have lost their creativity, and really, their minds of art, unlike the people in the Renaissance. Instead, today we are more devoted to technology, and in some ways, technology has replaced art, but also at the same time, art and technology have come together. This is what has happened with physical realism, and the 3D printer, they have come together, and are revolutionizing the world once again. In fact we have taken the art of physical realism, and have used it as a base to build on, for 3D printing. We are able to create any object, any angle, from so many materials, and this is just changing the world. Today this technology is used for chemistry, rapid prototyping, apparel, automobiles, construction, electric motors and generators, firearms, medical field, communication, education, environmental use, and of course art! This technology is rapidly growing, and changing, it allows ordinary people to do, and create incredible things, at the push of a button. Today you could even buy a house hold 3D printer, so that you could make things in your home. The most incredible thing about 3D printing, is what we are going to be able to accomplish in the future, and the future is just around the corner. Medical scientists are talking about being able to create organs, and other tissues from 3D printing, so that you no longer have to get them from other people, and so that they will be without any flaws. Houses being made in days, robotic limbs, and so much more. In the Renaissance they would use physical realism sculptures for art, and art only, and that isn't a bad thing, because their are was amazing, and they specifically build these sculptures to amaze people. But 3D printing doesn't just have one purpose, art, is only one little thing that 3D printing can do. The 3D printer is faster, more precise, cheaper, and most of all easier. The 3D printer is the answer to so many of our problems, and it once again revolutionizes the art of sculpture. 

              The pictures that I have consist of things the from the Renaissance, things that we have today in terms of 3D printing, and what I think to be really cool, the future of 3D printing.

             

The Drinks that Built America: video

Research Book - Post #1 - Beginnings

Ben Howson
World History per. 3

The first ten pages of, For All the Tea in China, tells you lots of facts but in a story format. The book starts off talking about Robert Fortune, who is one of the World's greatest plant hunters, and how he managed to survive and be the person to introduce spices from China to Briton. But before the book really dives in to that, it goes on to tell you about the back ground information between Briton and China, and how in the beginning they really were not very fond of each other. The reasons for the hatred between the two, was because China didn't want Briton sending people to China to take their resources, but Briton would sneak people in to China to try and take some of their resources. But you have to remember that Briton and many other countries didn't know a lot about China, they believed it to be very mystical full with magic, making the brits really wanting to try and get in. Eventually China gave in and allowed some of the brits to enter in to their country. This is where Robert Fortune comes back in to the picture, and when they start talking about all the things that he did over in China. Robert Fortune was the first person given leave by the Foreign Office, to travel to China, and They made him kind of a test, because he wasn't important, he was in a way a nobody, but he ended up being just the right man that they needed to send to China. Whilst Fortune was over in China he found many great things that they didn't have in Briton, and he would take note of them, and samples in his diary. Not only did he write about the spices, but he also wrote about the people there, and their culture. The book then goes on to talk about him being over in China for three years, and it also talks about how when Fortune was gone, he basically became a celebrity, he was talked about in the news paper, and just by word. The book then goes on to talk about his return, and when they were just sailing off in their little boat filled with some samples that he had taken in China over the last three years, they encountered tons and tons of pirates. But with his brains and a little luck he and his crew just managed to fend off the pirate army, and in winning they made it back to Briton. The book then ends on Fortune returning to China his next expedition, and that expedition being to change the fate of nations.   

This is a picture of Robert Fortune 

Early Renaissance Art Essay

Ben Howson
World History Per.3
Renaissance Art Essay

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Lorenzo Ghiberti is one of the most influential artists of the modern renaissance. He worked with bronze to create sculptures, and he was also a painter in his later life. Lorenzo most famous work, and the sculpture that he is manly known for, is the set of bronze doors (North Doors) that he created, for the Florence Baptistery. In completing the North Doors, Lorenzo became extremely popular, a master of art. He became a master of art, for creating the North Doors, which were just remarkable, and everyone loved them. Lorenzo made art a lot more popular, because of the doors, and putting them on show for everyone to see. People would just be drawn to them, looking at every little bit of detail. He created something that no one had ever seen before, and it was just breathtaking. He created a new type of art, that was revolutionary, and gave a new look to art. But Lorenzo wouldn't have been able to do this just be him self, because he needed funding. So in order to get the funding to create the doors, the Florence Baptistery had to fund him, and in return the doors would be put into the Florence Baptistery. But this would actually be good for Lorenzo, because it would be putting his work on display for all of florence to see. Lorenzo's art work really changed art and what it is today. He made his art bigger better, and more lively than anyone else. He changed the renaissance with his work.               

Thoughts and Reflections on: Martin Luther-The Freedom of a Christian Questions

Ben Howson
World History per.3
Thoughts and Reflections


Luther believes that the meaning of freedom is freedom from the church, the world, and your self. He talks about the church having rules, and naturally people will want to break, and will break these rules. To try and stop our selfs from doing such things, we fill our life's hole with lots of stuff, to try and fill it with our needs. There for trying to be free of our needs and wants.

The spirit of the Christian faith, is God taking care of you. But not taking faith in God, but instead taking faith in the bible and in the scriptures. The spirit comes from the bible and reading it. Luther is a bible reader, so he tells people about it, reads it, and interprets it. Luther believes that the spirit of the Christian faith is reading the bible and the scriptures.

Luther means that, as long as you are pure, and believe that you are doing the right thing, and living the life that you are meant to live, devoting your life to God. Your body being in good condition means nothing, it is all about your soul. You should only take what you need to survive, living on as little as possible, not taking what you want. It is all about your soul, and as long as your soul is good, then you are too.

  Luther thinks that spiritual power, is the more Christian you are, the more pain and suffering you will be able to endure. Basically, being able to survive really nothing but just enough food, water and other things, but mainly living on the Christian power. To me, I believe in the same thing that Martin luther does.