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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7395087, member: 110226"]Ah yes, the connections that we make from one thing to another, a uniquely human process, and a necessary one when viewing the development of civilization, down to our interconnected technological world.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the first episode of James Burke's pioneering series, Connections. This episode is called "The Trigger Effect", covering the New York City blackout of 1977, and one of the roots of civilization, ancient Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]XetplHcM7aQ[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Just last night, or was it early morning, I was thinking about a tetradrachm that I recently posted:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286642[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The engraver or engravers must have had a profound understanding of the anatomy and dynamics of horses. They had a grasp of motion and how the relationship of the horses' legs and muscles must work in relationship to each other when at a gallop.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then I was thinking of Michelangelo's studies of horses:</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1286659[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286660[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>When Europe awoke, in the 15th century, with the Renaissance in Italy, the works of ancient Roman and Greek civilization provided much of the basis for breaking the yoke of medieval thought. The Roman and Greek works helped to spur breakthroughs in art that we have through the present.</p><p><br /></p><p>Were ancient Greek and Roman coins part of this "rediscovery"? I have little doubt that they were.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7395087, member: 110226"]Ah yes, the connections that we make from one thing to another, a uniquely human process, and a necessary one when viewing the development of civilization, down to our interconnected technological world. Here's the first episode of James Burke's pioneering series, Connections. This episode is called "The Trigger Effect", covering the New York City blackout of 1977, and one of the roots of civilization, ancient Egypt. [MEDIA=youtube]XetplHcM7aQ[/MEDIA] Just last night, or was it early morning, I was thinking about a tetradrachm that I recently posted: [ATTACH=full]1286642[/ATTACH] The engraver or engravers must have had a profound understanding of the anatomy and dynamics of horses. They had a grasp of motion and how the relationship of the horses' legs and muscles must work in relationship to each other when at a gallop. And then I was thinking of Michelangelo's studies of horses: [ATTACH=full]1286659[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1286660[/ATTACH] When Europe awoke, in the 15th century, with the Renaissance in Italy, the works of ancient Roman and Greek civilization provided much of the basis for breaking the yoke of medieval thought. The Roman and Greek works helped to spur breakthroughs in art that we have through the present. Were ancient Greek and Roman coins part of this "rediscovery"? I have little doubt that they were.[/QUOTE]
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