Essays 361 - 390
be judged according to its truth, but it can only provide a "true opinion" since it must be judged by external standards. It is th...
as well (Lev, 2004). This evident blending of past and present very much expressed the Federal era values of retaining the rich cu...
and its aftermath. In Europe, architecture was characterized as the desire to get buildings rebuild as quickly as possible in as e...
architecture include a number of architects that could be said to included modernists, post-modernists and deconstructionists such...
only when the heart is wakened in this picture that buildings are destroyed and the human element is reintroduced. A later film ...
mother and that their buildings were erected, despite their intended purposes, to pay homage to the Mother. He cites in this cases...
property and outside of that a berm of round river stones. Roundness is the theme that catches the eye on approach to The Roth Hou...
be found in a variety of locations, ranging from coffee houses, and even campgrounds (Asbrand, 2004). Wi-Fis rely on Ether...
of another direction, only to be broken apart and redeveloped by way of postmodernistic composition. Technology, as such, represe...
are works of art, and this is not a matter of the difference between good and bad art: in fact, he asserts specifically that most ...
as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, India, Persia and China(Devareaux, 1992). HIJRAH: "The word hijrah means to leav...
of Egypt during the second dynasty, the third dynasty of the Egyptian kings was quite powerful and the second king of that dynasty...
cities and castles to defend lands against invasion, and they created bridges and hostelries to facilitate communication. But it ...
world of mankind as much as a concern for the hereafter (which was the sole concern of medieval man). This new way of thinking is ...
finished and beautiful look to the landscape. The versatile usefulness of paving stones can be seen in the fact that they can b...
are opposed by the church. In comparing this time period--the old world system of the early Italian Renaissance--with a new world ...
of metallurgy was that of Achaean colonization, which brought forth the cultural and linguistic components of Hellenism., which "g...
"National Style" got its start - and finally ended during the latter part of the 19th century - in Philadelphia (Pollock, 2002)....
influences as well as reflects the society in which it manifests. Here we may see a post-modern attitude. The influence of many ot...
down to the first floor. The solid brass chandelier reaches twelve feet across as it hangs amidst the marbleized interior from wa...
independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...
the Kimono Designs of Issey Miyake Issey Miyake was born in Hiroshima in 1938 and studied design in Tokyo before working in Paris...
a new technocratic order" (Le Corbusier: Kenneth Frampton, 2002). According to one particular author we find that, perhaps, "On...
of Greek culture to glean hints as to how a woman interacted in this male-dominated world....
light. Our eyes were created to see the forms in light; light and shadow reveal the forms. Cubes, cones, balls, cylinders and pyra...
The influences are cited as being form the musical, with Libeskind seeing that the visual and audible as being inseparable, hence...
Roman architecture influenced by apostolic succession - was limited only as far as ones imagination would go. After all, what a p...
building, the dome itself may have drawn its inspiration from the Romans. The statue that stands on the pinnacle is surrou...
inspiration and people tried their hands at columns, pilasters, and laurel wreaths as well as a system of ornamentation that had ...
can tell that ornamentation is a large part of this model. The Irish often added spirals and curves. One might look at these as co...