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...pieces contain circular shapes. As Lichacz says, "The circle has a lot to do with my work. It has no beginning and no end." She associates this form with birth, spiritual regeneration and her own recycling of past artistic traditions. In "Notre Dame," one of the few paintings on display, a red form emanates from a larger, gray shape. Lichacz says she hoped the image would suggest the birth of Jesus--the blood of Christ originating from the Virgin...
...ancestors of the Chinese had begun farming along the Yellow River in the north as early as 7000 B.C. Excavations at Banpo and other sites show that by the Iceman's day, farmers of the Yangshao culture were living in semiunderground circular huts built of mud and timbers on terraces overlooking the water. Communities were divided into living areas; large kilns, which turned out distinctive painted pottery; and cemeteries. The Yangshao buried goods with their dead, indicating a belief in the afterlife, but the homogeneity of the buried objects suggests that social classes had not yet appeared. Like the other...
Pennypacker's central circular staircaseis a great place for congregating. And people do."The Pack's" bright landings are full of people atall hours, and a four-story beer funnel makes anappearance on its open stairwell once a year orso. Pennypacker's rooms are not massive, but theirquirky shapes offer a change of pace from thestandard Yard dorms...
Hurlbut residents--who call their dorm"the Butt"--live in "pods," huge circular commonrooms with singles branching off of them. Most ofHurlbut's oddly-shaped rooms are comfortable andin good repair. Unlike the other first-yearresidences, Greenough feels much like a"typical" college dorm. Long narrow hallways, tinyboxy rooms, and communal bathrooms are the normhere...
...bucolic Sussex countryside south of London, there's a farm where pheasants and peacocks roam wild. The yard is dotted with cows and chickens, horses and sheep, even reindeer. The owner designed the circular house himself. He built the chicken coops too. His wife is noted for her meatless lasagna and vegetarian burgers. They seem a nice couple, married 21 years, with four well-mannered kids...