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..
In painting and sculpture, the term representational art usually refers to images that are clearly recognizable for what they purport to be, such as a human figure, a banana, a tree, and so on.Such images need not be true to life.f course, they do 'interpret' what they see-hence no two painters will paint a scene in identical fashion-but their primary aim is to observe and reproduce the object(s) in front of them. Thus, for example, plein-air painting-an approach popularized by 19th century Impressionists-is almost always representational.