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"Dr. Glass-Case" by De Cervantes

Cervantes "rather formulaic" descriptions of Italian cities were "perfectly in tune with the rhetorical canons of the time" (Cerva...

Symbolism of Buddhist, Hindu Religious Architecture

example, include architectural features that are symbolic of the "holy mountain, the sacred cave and the cosmic axis" (Moffett, Fa...

The Psychology of Architecture

populations without increasing the crowding of individual dwellings. Another major advancement in residential architecture has b...

Various Renaissance Periods

Introduction In world history there have been times of great growth and change, often referred to as renaissance periods. While m...

Architecture and Interconnection of IT Systems in a Healthcare Environment

The writer presents a set of PowerPoint slides which may be used to explain the context and setup of an IT infrastructure in a hos...

Teotihuacan and Olmec Architecture

This research paper pertains to Teotihuacan and Olmec architecture, giving a brief summation and overview. Three pages in length, ...

Mayan Art and Architecture

This research paper discusses art and architecture in the ancient Mayan civilization. Three pages in length, two sources are cited...

Medieval Architecture

This research paper offers a brief discussion of the dominance of the Christian Church in regards to architecture during the the m...

Prairie Style of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright

In six pages Frank Lloyd Wright and his Prairie architecture style as represented in May House and Coonley House are examined. Si...

Sim Van der Ryn's Ecological Design

In ten pages the ecological architecture described by Van der Ryn in his text is examined. Eight sources are cited in the bibliog...

Harlem Renaissance Artists and the Influence Exerted by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

regrouping of the movement nine years later, in 1909, when it emerged as a much bigger and much more powerful movement known as th...

Renaissance Humanism and Michelangelo’s Sculpture of David

and soul. II. Explanation of the Philosophy ? Fundamental Philosophical Tenets Renaissance humanism began as an intellectual m...

2 African American Poets/Cullen & Hughes

and "Dont you fall now-" (line 17)(Hughes 1255). She concludes by emphasizing the point that she is still going, still climbing, ...

Spread of Christianity and Development of Trade/Capitalism as Two Significant Contributions of the Middle Ages ‘Gothic World’ to the Phenomenon of Civilization

and had to rely upon trade and barter to exchange goods, services, and currency. Trade was the only means by which poorer classes...

The Sacred Architecture of the Maya at Copán

"witnessed great political growth during the early years of the Late Classic period under the reigns of long-lived rulers" and the...

Time Travel and the Architecture of Ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt

Greek life was impacted in many ways by its art and architecture (Dickinson, 2008). Two of the most visible of these ways were th...

Implementing Collaborative Planning, Forecasting And Replenishment

This 14 page paper considers the way that CPFR may be implemented at a large company such as Saudi Aramco. The paper stars by defi...

Themes in the Gothic

the building becomes cumbersome and can collapse. The solutions were varied and brilliant: masons developed a "ribbed vault, in w...

Renaissance and Baroque

instrument and during the Renaissance period flutes and reed instruments were widely used. One author notes, "The basic reed instr...

Architecture and Affluence

II. What is an Affluent Society? The concept of the affluent society sounds positive. After all, affluence is something good, bu...

Harlem Renaissance

on the east and Convent Avenue on the west" ("Songs of the soul" SR1). During the 1920s, a "star-studded group of poet, writer, mu...

Literature of the Renaissance and the Works of Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon, and John Milton

social context, with various issues raised and moral judgments questioned by the readers and listeners (Aughterson 274). In Engla...

1920s’ Berlin, German Expressionism, and the Architecture and Lighting in Orson Welles’ Film The Trial

Expressionists were predicting an urban catastrophe even before the First World War, and within the ruins that still existed in th...

Roman and Modern Architecture

Roman architecture also used the arch extensively, as well as semicircular or oval structures, such as theaters and arenas ("Ancie...

Lute in Renaissance Music

woodworkers who practiced their craft in northern Italian cities crafted lutes that generally had "six courses and pear shaped bod...

Michelangelo and Bernini/Statues of David

writing that the primary motivation behind Michelangelos sculpture was "the expression of thought in stone" (Burns 412). Furthermo...

Mona Lisa and the Renaissance Humanistic School of Thought

drudgery, disease and misery of the Middle Ages. The Hundred Years War and the plague marked the end of this period, and as Europe...

Kingship and Architecture in Ancient Egypt

These are the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom time periods. THE OLD KINGDOM STRETCHED BETWEEN 2686 AND 2125 B...

Langston Hughes The Trumpet Player

golden tones he creates" (Davis 276). This "new Harlem" apparently changes more dramatically than we think; Schatt notes that the ...

Greeks and Washingtonians and the State Capitol

capital of the column has a "swelling, cushion-like echinus, and a block-shaped slab for an abacus" (Witcombe). The architrave (th...