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soaring faith. New techniques allowed the cathedral to be taller as man reached higher for contact with God. Inside the building...

In six pages the life and architectural style of Marcel Breuer are examined with a discussion of his Lincoln, Massachusetts home a...

their relationship to human development and a greater awareness evolved of the role and the importance of the individual rather 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...

independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...

as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, India, Persia and China(Devareaux, 1992). HIJRAH: "The word hijrah means to leav...

of Europes architectural and artistic achievements were created. Elements of Gothic Architecture Gothic architecture is not known...

influences as well as reflects the society in which it manifests. Here we may see a post-modern attitude. The influence of many ot...

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)....

called herself the Goddess (1989). In ancient Egypt it seemed as if dynastic power had passed through females even when the Pharao...

In five pages 18th century English architecture is discussed in a consideration of Baroque and Georgian styles with various aspect...

The original castles prior to reflecting architectural influence lacked much style or finesse; in fact, they were relatively munda...

as Josiah Conder notes in his classic study of the subject, "the clipping and carving of trees and bushes into shapes such as moun...

to be saying that the term, bigger is better has applied for years where buildings were concerned. Whether he takes this to task, ...

point that there was a strongly ritualistic and shamanic element to funeral rites: pictorial representations of funeral ceremonies...

Russian constructivist forms and by Derridean deconstruction" (Ganim 364). Basically, the philosophy behind the concept of decons...

In a five page paper the ancient Mayan city of Palenque is examined in terms of its religious and historical influences and how th...

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...

in manipulating that world. It can also be contended, however, that each new technological development directly impacted the econ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

cities and castles to defend lands against invasion, and they created bridges and hostelries to facilitate communication. But it ...