By looking at a dome from above or below, we see its radial symmetry, but by imagining the cross section of the dome, we get the shape of an arch- which was even more common throughout architecture new and old, and a predecessor to the dome.
Category: History
Black Woodstock! Remembering Harlem’s Forgotten Cultural Celebration
With the recent and traumatic excavation of the buried truth about cultural atrocity at Tulsa, Oklahoma in the rear-view mirror, … More
Supermodels in Black: The Women Who Rocked the Industry
Black international model of notoriety is New-Jersey born Helen Williams opened doors for models of color. Now, supermodel Naomi Campbell joins fashion insiders in an effort to publish VOGUE Africa.
A Better Dream
2021 has been such as been such an eventful year already. Who would have thought that Wednesdays could provide us … More
Maintaining Our Stories As We Fight Injustice
Every day is an opportunity to make history — and to study it. Human existence is cyclical, and it is … More
Highlighted Authors from Fierce: Essay by and about Dauntless Women
Hundreds of years after Deborah Sampson, a gender-bending Revolutionary War soldier, trod the earth, Jessie Serfilippi traverses Sampson’s exact footsteps … More
Stir the Masses: The Necessity of Art (Part VIII)
There is nothing like art to wake us. Art has the power to get under the skin, splinter nails and … More
The Uses of Visual Images as Envisioned by Douglass: The Necessity of Art (Part VII)
Art is a visionary’s tool (among others). For a long time artists have used the medium of photography to … More
Historical Repetitions: (Just Waiting to See What Will Be Considered Next) d
Charity begins at home. Sometimes Trump seems to be saying just that. Perhaps freedom from hunger is the freedom we … More
Historical Repetitions: (Considering the Things I’ve Not Seen But That Have Happened Before) c
There’s a lot of unhappiness even among the wealthy. It seems that money cannot buy everything, and what it … More
Karma Compass 