From Chess to Hyecho

1. Chess

- two-player, 64 squares
- believed to have its origins from India
- many notations and strategies to record moves

Caption: 64 squares

2. Gupta Empire

- founded by Sri Gupta (Indian Empire)

- great cultural developments under Chandragupta II

- very into animals

3. Faxian

- a Chinese Buddhist monk

- traveled on foot to India from China

- had three brothers 

4. Hyecho

- studied esoteric Buddhism

- travelled the "five kingdoms of India"

- took four years to complete the journey

From Microprocessors to Java Virtual Machine

1. Microprocessor

- works with a computer's central processing unit
- register based, and has instructions in its memory
- has made other computer forms pretty much out of date

2. Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC)

- digital computer
- communicated with astronauts to control modules like the Lunar Module
- first integrated circuit computers

3. Opcode

- used in computer architecture to differentiate between instructions
- stands for operation code
- intended for software interpretation

4. Java Virtual Machine

- an abstract computing machine
- has a hierarchy for a process

Caption: JVM hierarchy

- an extremely abstract virtual computer

From Watercolor to Villanella

1: Watercolor painting

- referred to as scroll painting in East Asia
- originates in mainland China
- It spread as an artform during the 18th century
- Part of a well-rounded 18th century education
- Water color is something that Elaine, my good friend from China, and I have in common. I have been curious whether or not it was originally from her culture.

2: Society of Dilettanti

- Scholars encouraging study of Greek and Roman art (Art appreciators)
- Led by Francis Dashwood who drank more than he should have
- 60 members

3. Italian Opera
- originates in Italy (of course) in the 1600's
- Dafne by Jacopo Peri considered the earliest Italian opera

Caption: Jacopo Peri

- Monody is designed to express emotional content

4. Villanella

- light Italian vocal music from Italy (hence Italian opera)
- Rustic, comic, or a satire
- One of the most popular genre in mid-century Italy