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..
Surrealism was the first artistic movement to experiment with cinema in part because it offered more opportunity than theatre to create the bizarre or the unreal. The first film characterized as Surrealist was the 1924 Entr'acte, a 22-minute, silent film, written by Rene Clair and Francis Picabia, and directed by Clair.eret Oppenheim. Meret Oppenheim was a Swiss artist best-known for her work in Surrealism. A decade into the start of this movement, Oppenheim was invited to join the surrealist exhibition, Salon des Surindependants by Hans Arp and Alberto Giacometti, who were impressed by her work after visiting her studio.