Essays 421 - 450
inspiration and people tried their hands at columns, pilasters, and laurel wreaths as well as a system of ornamentation that had ...
companies who were once complex become simple and then fail (Miller, 1993). It is that excessive simplicity that eventually causes...
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...
of the "longitudinal, three-aisled basilica" (Church of San Spirito) that would come to be the foundation of Western church form. ...
wiring, plumbing, etc...have to be changed out every few decades or so. Space and stuff are the last to s layers in Brands book....
building, the dome itself may have drawn its inspiration from the Romans. The statue that stands on the pinnacle is surrou...
called herself the Goddess (1989). In ancient Egypt it seemed as if dynastic power had passed through females even when the Pharao...
as Josiah Conder notes in his classic study of the subject, "the clipping and carving of trees and bushes into shapes such as moun...
In a five page paper the ancient Mayan city of Palenque is examined in terms of its religious and historical influences and how th...
The original castles prior to reflecting architectural influence lacked much style or finesse; in fact, they were relatively munda...
to be saying that the term, bigger is better has applied for years where buildings were concerned. Whether he takes this to task, ...
Russian constructivist forms and by Derridean deconstruction" (Ganim 364). Basically, the philosophy behind the concept of decons...
point that there was a strongly ritualistic and shamanic element to funeral rites: pictorial representations of funeral ceremonies...
modern. It was a time, as mentioned, of great change, socially and politically. It was a time which followed what was assumed to b...
use of visual elements is what is responsible for keeping his legacy alive. The student will also want to discuss the fact that t...
This paper examines how geographical concepts can be applied to the development of landscape architecture in 5 pages. Three sourc...
There is a limit to how much can be done in miniaturizing transistors to increase the speed and capacity of a microprocessor chip....
In five pages this architecture is analyzed in terms of construction, style, symmetry, materials, craftsmanship, and public percep...
Modern Design Famed architect Phillip Johnson tells students that modernism has debts to past styles, but architecture is changin...
In eight pages this paper examines the creative imagination of Charles and Ray Eames' architecture and their uses of form, space, ...
In eight pages Islamic architecture and art are examined in a comparative analysis of these mosaics. Seven sources are cited in t...
In six pages the life and architectural style of Marcel Breuer are examined with a discussion of his Lincoln, Massachusetts home a...
pervaded Western architecture for more than two millennia. The Greek temple emerged as the archetypal shrine of all time. Unlike ...
In fifteen pages this paper examines how Michelangelo represented the Renaissance times in which he lived and that his art and arc...
In five pages this papers the differences between these approaches as they manifest themselves in architecture, literature, music,...
architecture, as well as the visual arts were rejecting the emotionless nature of the International Style. In succeeding at separ...
In five pages this paper examines the writings and architecture of Sir John Vanbrugh. Three sources are cited in the bibliography...
Design Modern Expressionist Construction The Sydney Opera House complex is made up of two main buildings, principally of reinfor...
In 5 pages this paper examines hardware and operating systems in terms of their relationship with software architecture with its ...
a reconstruction of the Acropolis as it appeared in the 5th century BCE During the Classical period of the 5th...