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the past. Nonconformity now took over as the leading force, with cultural retrospection becoming all but obsolete (Berman PG). N...
is their "massiveness" as opposed to the much more slender monuments of the Gothic era which followed. An important structural dev...
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...
In five pages this architecture is analyzed in terms of construction, style, symmetry, materials, craftsmanship, and public percep...
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...
soaring faith. New techniques allowed the cathedral to be taller as man reached higher for contact with God. Inside the building...
This paper examines how geographical concepts can be applied to the development of landscape architecture in 5 pages. Three sourc...
Modern Design Famed architect Phillip Johnson tells students that modernism has debts to past styles, but architecture is changin...
In five pages 18th century English architecture is discussed in a consideration of Baroque and Georgian styles with various aspect...
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...
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, ...
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 human condition. That said, a student writing on this subject might construe those two points by the author as rather weak. T...
down to the first floor. The solid brass chandelier reaches twelve feet across as it hangs amidst the marbleized interior from wa...
their relationship to human development and a greater awareness evolved of the role and the importance of the individual rather th...
Russian constructivist forms and by Derridean deconstruction" (Ganim 364). Basically, the philosophy behind the concept of decons...
use of visual elements is what is responsible for keeping his legacy alive. The student will also want to discuss the fact that t...
in manipulating that world. It can also be contended, however, that each new technological development directly impacted the econ...
modern. It was a time, as mentioned, of great change, socially and politically. It was a time which followed what was assumed to b...
point that there was a strongly ritualistic and shamanic element to funeral rites: pictorial representations of funeral ceremonies...
Discusses the organizational architecture from a case study entitled Feel Better Pediatric Clinic. Also discussed is compensation ...
pervaded Western architecture for more than two millennia. The Greek temple emerged as the archetypal shrine of all time. Unlike ...
In ten pages this paper discusses the office architecture of the U.S. and Japan in terms of its design similarities. Seven source...
In twelve pages the ways in which the Chihuahua cathedral's history and architecture represents its community's cultural and spiri...
This 6 page paper gives an overview of the history of Chicago architecture especially the Auditorium Building. This paper includes...
This research paper discusses the career of Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), his buildings and his influence on architecture at t...