The changing Earth's surface affects society through landslides, land subsidence, floods and other natural hazards.These disasters can be both deadly and costly to society: t he Thistle landslide was the most costly single landslide event in U.S. history with costs exceeding $400 million.he changing Earth's surface affects society through landslides, land subsidence, floods and other natural hazards.
In the early 1400's a new movement in art and literature began in Italy. This movement was known as the Renaissance. It spread all over Europe, and its influence has been felt to this day. The spirit of the Renaissance affected not just the arts but all phases of life. As a result, the name of this artistic movement has been given to the whole period of history of the 15th and 16th centuries. The Spirit of the Renaissance. The word renaissance means rebirth or revival..
Initiating a return to visual realism, Giotto almost single-handedly created the Renaissance style of painting. In the Lamentation he shows us how the scene may have really looked. The figures have mass, they are weighted to the ground, they are in proportion to each other, and in a natural setting. They express real human emotion - we empathize with them in their sorrow.