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After much deliberation, it was decided that the landings would take place on the long, sloping beaches of Normandy. There, the Allies would have the element of surprise. The German high command expected the attack to come in the Pas de Calais region, north of the river Seine where the English Channel is narrowest. It was here that Adolf Hitler had put the bulk of his panzer divisions after being tipped off by Allied undercover agents posing as German sympathizers that the invasion would take place in the Pas de Calais.
Baroque architects took the basic elements of Renaissance architecture, including domes and colonnades, and made them higher, grander, more decorated, and more dramatic. The interior effects were often achieved with the use of quadratura, or trompe-l'œil painting combined with sculpture; the eye is drawn upward, giving the illusion that one is looking into the heavens. Clusters of sculpted angels and painted figures crowd the ceiling. Light was also used for dramatic effect; it streamed down from Cupolas, and was reflected from an abundance of gilding. Twisted columns were also often used, to give an illusion of upwards motion, and cartouches and other decorative elements occupied every available space. In Baroque palaces, grand stairways became a central element.[4]
Astronomers have made detailed studies of the synthesis of elements in the Milky Way2 and in some relatively nearby galaxies3. But little was known about the production of elements, and the associated history of star formation, in the most distant galaxies that formed early in the history of the Universe. On page 57 of this issue, Prochaska et al.4 report observations of the abundance of elements in a galaxy far away and less than 2.5 billion years old. Their work opens a new window on the early formation of elements and stars in the Universe.
It is significant that this 'galaxy at redshift z = 2.626' (its only designated name so far) is the first distant galaxy to be found that, because of its substantial number of sufficiently abundant elements, is suitable for additional, detailed abundance studies. Prochaska et al. followed up their initial discovery with high-resolution studies of the galaxy's radiation spectrum using the HIRES spectrograph of the Keck I telescope in Hawaii. In contrast to many earlier studies that were limited only to intergalactic gas clouds and only a few elements, these authors observed approximately 25 elements in the galaxy at z = 2.626, including a number of heavy elements such as zinc and germanium.
Abundance determinations in objects as far away as the galaxy at z = 2.626 are complicated by the effects of dust. Some elements might be incorporated in dust particles, depleting their observed abundance in the galactic gas. Nevertheless, based on our knowledge of this problem in our own Galaxy, it is possible to obtain total elemental abundances. Remarkably, the total abundance pattern found by Prochaska et al. is consistent with a scaled version of the abundance pattern for the Solar System. Because the galaxy at z = 2.626 was formed early in the Universe's history and is so much older than the Solar System (which is only 4.5 billion years old), this consistency of elemental abundances suggests that there are some cosmic universalities or similarities in the synthesis history of all elements.
It should be noted, however, that only upper limits, not absolute values, were measured for the abundances of the chemically interesting heaviest elements, tin and lead, in this distant galaxy. A number of puzzles also remain in interpreting and understanding the abundance distribution. Much germanium, for example, is produced in the Solar System by a process of slow neutron-capture (known as the s-process). This nucleosynthetic process is thought to occur in low-mass stars that take billions of years to live and die6, and hence it could not be a means of producing germanium as early in the history of the Universe as the observations of the galaxy at z = 2.626 would suggest. It may be that germanium production is tied to the overall metal abundance of galactic gas, as seems to be the case in some stars in the Milky Way7. Also not yet quantified is the role of the other neutron-capture process (rapid or r-process), which may well be contributing to the abundances of some of these heavier elements. Further abundance studies, particularly for elements such as lead, will be needed to help untangle the history of element formation in this galaxy.
LOve your recipes.....and the cookbook! I was rather surprised not to find fresh herbs used for the homemade Italian seasoning, is there a particular reason for this?
I try to grow a slection of herbs, at least during the summer, and chop and use when possible, leaving the dried herbs available for winter etc.
Perhaps it's because they wouldn't keep?
Would the taste of either one be better do you think, my sense of taste is sadly not as good as I'd like.
Cheers, and thankyou again for all th cooking inspiration you encourage.
Chris
The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep color, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to the rest of Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, and Poland. By the 1730s, it had evolved into an even more flamboyant style, called rocaille or Rococo, which appeared in France and Central Europe until the mid to late 18th century. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires including the Iberian Peninsula it continued, together with new styles, until the first decade of the 19th century.
In the decorative arts, the style employs plentiful and intricate ornamentation. The departure from Renaissance classicism has its own ways in each country. But a general feature is that everywhere the starting point is the ornamental elements introduced by the Renaissance. The classical repertoire is crowded, dense, overlapping, loaded, in order to provoke shock effects. New motifs introduced by Baroque are: the cartouche, trophies and weapons, baskets of fruit or flowers, and others, made in marquetry, stucco, or carved.[4]
In the Portuguese colonies of India (Goa, Daman and Diu) an architectural style of Baroque forms mixed with Hindu elements flourished, such as the Goa Cathedral and the Basilica of Bom Jesus of Goa, which houses the tomb of St. Francis Xavier. The set of churches and convents of Goa was declared a World Heritage Site in 1986.
Before and after the fall of the Byzantine Empire, all the art of Wallachia and Moldavia was primarily influenced by the one of Constantinople. Until the end of the 16th century, with little modifications, the plans of churches and monasteries, the murals, and the ornaments carved in stone remain the same as before. From a period starting with the reigns of Matei Basarab (1632-1654) and Vasile Lupu (1634-1653), which coincides with the popularization of Italian Baroque, new ornaments are added, and the style of religious furniture changes. This is not random at all. Decorative elements and principles are brought from Italy, through Venice, or through the Dalmatian regions, and they are adopted by architects and craftsmen from the east. The window and door frames, the pisanie with dedication, the tombstones, the columns and railings, and a part of the bronze, silver or wooden furniture, receive a more important role than the one they had before. They existed before too, inspired by the Byzantine tradition, but they have a more realist look, showing delicate floral motifs. The relief that existed before too, becomes more accentuated, having volume and consistency now. Before this period, reliefs from Wallachia and Moldavia, like the ones from the East, had only two levels, at a small distance one from the other, one at the surface and the other in depth. Big flowers, maybe roses, peonies or thistles, thick leaves, of acanthus or another similar plant, are twisting on columns, or surround door and windows. A place where the Baroque had a strong influence are columns and the railings. Capitals are more decorated than before with foliage. Columns have often twisting shafts, a local reinterpretation of the Solomonic column. Maximalist railings are placed between these columns, decorated with rinceaux. Some of the ones from the Mogoșoaia Palace are also decorated with dolphins. Cartouches are also used sometimes, mostly on tombstones, like on the one of Constantin Brâncoveanu. This movement, is known as the Brâncovenesc style, after Constantin Brâncoveanu, a ruler of Wallachia whose reign (1654-1714) is highly associated with this kind of architecture and design. The style is also present during the 18th century, and in a part of the 19th. Many of the churches and residences erected by boyards and voivodes of these periods are Brâncovenesc. Although Baroque influences can be clearly seen, the Brâncovenesc style takes much more inspiration from the local tradition.
As the 18th century passes, with the Phanariot (members of prominent Greek families in Phanar, Istanbul) reigns in Wallachia and Moldavia, Baroque influences come from Istanbul too. They came before too, during the 17th century, but with the Phanariots, more Western Baroque motifs that arrived to the Ottoman Empire have their final destination in present-day Romania. In Moldavia, Baroque elements come from Russia too, where the influence of Italian art was strong.[102]
The main motifs used are: horns of plenty, festoons, baby angels, lion heads holding a metal ring in their mouths, female faces surrounded by garlands, oval cartouches, acanthus leaves, classical columns, caryatids, pediments, and other elements of Classical architecture sculpted on some parts of pieces of furniture,[128] baskets with fruits or flowers, shells, armour and trophies, heads of Apollo or Bacchus, and C-shaped volutes.[129]
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