Plinythe Elder and Vitruvius described and recorded processes to create fabric dyes. Blues and purples were known as vat dyes. Indingo and woad (a European flowering herb of the mustard family) were used to make blue dyes. These plants required lengthy absorption in an alkaline solution of ash, lime, or urine, which turned them into a water-soluble salt. The fabric was left to air dry and the oxidation made the blue color fast. Tyrian, or royal, purple came from the mucous gland of the murex, a mollusk
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784 Word Count April 1st, 2012 The artist that I chose to critique was Joe Bonamassa (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar), and the album I chose to work with was his album “Had to cry today”. The genre of the album is Rock/Blues with a release date of August 24th, 2004. In this album were a few other artists that joined him such as Jon Paris (harmonica), Benny Harrison (hammond b-3 organ), Eric Czar (Bass guitar), and Kenny Kramme (drums, percussions). Joe was raised in New York where his
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Rock Midterm Review 12 true or false 38 multiple choice 1. What is a rock style beat? 4 beat feel w/backbeat 2. What is the most commonly used rock song form? 3. ü What is syncopation? Accenting rhythms other than the regular rhythm 4. ü What is a riff and how are they used in rock music? Short, memorable and easily retained melody 5. ü What are the core vs. optional instruments in rock music? Vocals + guitar+bass+drums vs. piano+keyboards+synthesizers 6. ü What
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the statistics – I know better than to buy a red sports car). By this time it is getting late in the year and the 2003 models were coming out. We went in to a showroom to look at the new Celica colors and they had one in the show room in this light blue that looked almost purple on the edges in the lights. It was like one of those moments in the movies when a spotlight shines down on exactly what you have been looking for. My husband took one look at it and was like “Maybe you are right. Maybe
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and with some problems children may still intuitively answer. For example if you showed a child in this stage 2 yellow and 4 blue flowers, and asked if there were more blue or yellow flowers, they may respond by saying more blue. Yet if you asked them if there were more blue flowers than flowers they would respond by saying more blue again. The child would see the color blue but not count all of the flowers as a whole because they are different. If children in this age group played a board game
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artists, specifically in the arena of rock and roll. It is widely accepted that rock music has its roots in the american blues. The history of the blues dates all the way back to slave plantations. This genre comes specifically from African-American folk music. Julio Finn the author of The Bluesman stated that: [White blues performers] can never be bluespeople...because the blues is not something they live but something they do- which makes all the difference in the world. What distinguishes the
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statistics – I know better than to buy a red sports car). By this time it is getting late in the year and the 2003 models were coming out. We went in to a showroom to look at the new Celica colors and they had one in the show room in this light blue that looked almost purple on the edges in the lights. It was like one of those moments in the movies when a spotlight shines down on exactly what you have been looking for. My husband took one look at it and was like “Maybe you are right. Maybe
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the late 1940’s. Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, and Elvis Pressley introduced this Genre. Classic Rock evolved in the United States and stemmed from a combination of various music genres. Those music genres that Rock stemmed from were blues, African-American genres, jump blues, jazz, and gospel music. Elvis Pressley who is an inspiring rock artist added his own twist to rock music by adding a fast paced upbeat sound and gave rock music life. Hip Hop was formed in the early 1970’s. Artists such as James
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Started with 2 slants of nutrient agar and 2 slants of nutrient broth. 1 agar Petri dish. # 11 We inoculated nutrient agar using the needle by one streak from bottom to top. Broth was inoculated as well. One slant and one broth incubated at 25 C and other slant and broth at 37 C. Purpose 1… To determine optimum temp for bacteria Purpose 2… To start collecting morphological characteristics of colonial growth of the bacteria. Color of bacteria in Petri dish is yellowish beige. There are numerous
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remember this moment. It was the only time I have ever felt that I had no worry in the world. The view itself would make you never want to leave. The sky blended perfectly from a fire tangerine orange to a soft baby blue. In between the loudest light of red and the quietest shade of blue, lay the deep purple of a night sky waiting for it’s time to take over the sky. The motion of the water drew you in closer to the shining sun just above the water with the moon shining directly above you like a spotlight
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