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Essays 331 - 360
mother and that their buildings were erected, despite their intended purposes, to pay homage to the Mother. He cites in this cases...
value but not a supreme one"(Frascina 71, see also Risatti). His belief, counter to others, was that modern art had driven itself ...
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...
Expressionists were predicting an urban catastrophe even before the First World War, and within the ruins that still existed in th...
"witnessed great political growth during the early years of the Late Classic period under the reigns of long-lived rulers" and the...
Greek life was impacted in many ways by its art and architecture (Dickinson, 2008). Two of the most visible of these ways were th...
capital of the column has a "swelling, cushion-like echinus, and a block-shaped slab for an abacus" (Witcombe). The architrave (th...
These are the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom time periods. THE OLD KINGDOM STRETCHED BETWEEN 2686 AND 2125 B...
technological landscape that gave rise to the World Wide Web, and along with it, 21st century communications. Computerized databas...
document. Accenture must decide how to develop an IT structure that meets its needs. There are several alternative approaches and ...
attacked poor drainage and low-lying areas particularly in or around Savannah, the Ocmulgee River, and the Toccoa Falls regions, w...
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...
Roman architecture also used the arch extensively, as well as semicircular or oval structures, such as theaters and arenas ("Ancie...
In ten pages the ecological architecture described by Van der Ryn in his text is examined. Eight sources are cited in the bibliog...
In six pages Frank Lloyd Wright and his Prairie architecture style as represented in May House and Coonley House are examined. Si...
different. With new design it is likely that the courtyard is considered completed and not reliant on change. In addition, alth...
reason. No one may be able to recall any specific reason, except perhaps that "things" have been done in a specific way for longe...
the past. Nonconformity now took over as the leading force, with cultural retrospection becoming all but obsolete (Berman PG). N...
with evident truths (39). It was clearly a break away from convention. No longer did rules dominate but rather, the eye of the art...
replaced by adobe and stone surface dwellings throughout the region by the end of the first millennium A.D." (Pueblo, 2003). More ...
capacity for developing "strong feelings about a design" (6). This pair of architects burst onto the international scene in 1977...
resides in one of Tokyos older areas - where tourists and locals alike imbibe in up until now would have been considered hedonisti...
of King Louis IX (1226-1270)(Martindale). Around the decade of 1220-1230, it became clear that medieval engineering expertise had ...
to have a grand view of the ocean. Yet, this concept is not new. the idea that location and climate were the utmost concerns emana...
and designs as well. Until they had developed concrete most of the architecture was constructed with traditional models that used ...
history, is that of the arch. "An arch, in construction, is a rigid span curving upward between two points of support. It appears ...
may appear unsuitable to the mix. I contend that Birmingham has no more "ugly" or "monstrous" buildings than the next city, and h...
The commission here was difficult, as the foundations of the former building and some of its elements had to be incorporated into ...
also a renown architect, and it was his influence that first spurred the imagination of his sons (Robert Adam, 2003)....