Old And Sold Antiques AucitonThousands of articles from the past.Natural Resources - Products of Land- (Found June 29, 2008 ) No matter where man lives, or how low or high his degree of civilization, he uses the natural resources of the earth to supply his three great needs - food, clothing, and shelter.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/industry-trade-2.shtml Lumber And Paper- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The European colonists who began our national history were forced to start the business of lumbering at once. They had to build themselves shelter and they were obliged to clear land for cultivation.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/industry-trade-20.shtml Leather And Rubber- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The leather industry in the American colonies began at an early date, and almost every village had its tannery.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/industry-trade-21.shtml Labor Adjustments- (Found June 29, 2008 ) In any new country the quantity of labor necessary to overcome the difficult pioneering conditions, so as to work on up to easier and more modern systems, is very great.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/industry-trade-32.shtml Architecture After The Renaissance- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Since the Renaissance there has been no new type of architecture. The Renaissance itself was a revival and making-over of classic style. So, modern times have given us revivals of Greek revivals, and Gothic revivals chiefly.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-50.shtml The Louvre- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The Louvre is the noblest monument of the French Renaissance. Compared with the fortress like palaces in Florence, the Louvre looks light and graceful, and yet there are many things to remind us that it was a development from the fortress type, or castle.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-43.shtml Some Noted Architects Of France- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Claude Perrault, who built the eastern side of the great court of the Louvre, having for its face the famous colonnade completed in 1674, was both a physician and an architect.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-44.shtml Renaissance Architecture In England- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Sir Christopher Wren, the designer of St. Paul's cathedral in London, did the most notable work in English Renaissance.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-45.shtml St. Paul's, London- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The largest and most modern of the English cathedrals, was erected under the supervision of one architect, one master mason, and one bishop, who lived to see it built, between 1675 and 1710.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-46.shtml The Parish Church- (Found June 29, 2008 ) In England many of the parish churches possess real architectural beauty. They are not rich and grand like the cathedrals but a small building may have a distinctive beauty of its own.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-47.shtml |