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Essays 271 - 300
in manipulating that world. It can also be contended, however, that each new technological development directly impacted the econ...
cities and castles to defend lands against invasion, and they created bridges and hostelries to facilitate communication. But it ...
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....
Roman architecture influenced by apostolic succession - was limited only as far as ones imagination would go. After all, what a p...
the Kimono Designs of Issey Miyake Issey Miyake was born in Hiroshima in 1938 and studied design in Tokyo before working in Paris...
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....
inspiration and people tried their hands at columns, pilasters, and laurel wreaths as well as a system of ornamentation that had ...
building, the dome itself may have drawn its inspiration from the Romans. The statue that stands on the pinnacle is surrou...
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)....
of Europes architectural and artistic achievements were created. Elements of Gothic Architecture Gothic architecture is not known...
independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...
influences as well as reflects the society in which it manifests. Here we may see a post-modern attitude. The influence of many ot...
are opposed by the church. In comparing this time period--the old world system of the early Italian Renaissance--with a new world ...
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...
as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, India, Persia and China(Devareaux, 1992). HIJRAH: "The word hijrah means to leav...
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 ...
of another direction, only to be broken apart and redeveloped by way of postmodernistic composition. Technology, as such, represe...
of Egypt during the second dynasty, the third dynasty of the Egyptian kings was quite powerful and the second king of that dynasty...
as dated, as indicated by Robin who states that "The free joyful, light, elegant and unbuildable concept of the fifties became a s...
(2000). The Vietnam Memorial Wall is in an urban park setting ("Vietnam," 2003). Its construction system is "cut stone masonry" ...
may appear unsuitable to the mix. I contend that Birmingham has no more "ugly" or "monstrous" buildings than the next city, and h...
the attention of the fashion-setting upper class. Free-standing obelisks were constructed around England, the first, which is stil...
also a renown architect, and it was his influence that first spurred the imagination of his sons (Robert Adam, 2003)....
later the Franks arrived. and "established a strong military presence in what became known as the Spanish Mark, the front line of ...