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Essays 361 - 390
is their "massiveness" as opposed to the much more slender monuments of the Gothic era which followed. An important structural dev...
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 commission here was difficult, as the foundations of the former building and some of its elements had to be incorporated into ...
may appear unsuitable to the mix. I contend that Birmingham has no more "ugly" or "monstrous" buildings than the next city, and h...
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" ...
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 ...
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...
history, is that of the arch. "An arch, in construction, is a rigid span curving upward between two points of support. It appears ...
with evident truths (39). It was clearly a break away from convention. No longer did rules dominate but rather, the eye of the art...
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 ...
replaced by adobe and stone surface dwellings throughout the region by the end of the first millennium A.D." (Pueblo, 2003). More ...
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....
light. Our eyes were created to see the forms in light; light and shadow reveal the forms. Cubes, cones, balls, cylinders and pyra...
The influences are cited as being form the musical, with Libeskind seeing that the visual and audible as being inseparable, hence...
Indeed, Muhammad prescribed a life full of "lofty ethical ideals and peaceful coexistence" (Bruning 56) that non-believers of Isla...
address the problems of individualism in our contemporary society. While Wests "Race Matters" makes a frontal attack on these pro...
ordered men and to where the Manchu clothing rather than the clothing style, during the Ming Dynasty (Minnesota State University)....
Contemporary society is characterized by a common agreement that our society is in an upheaval. Opinions as to the cause...
in an economic position to support a family. The PPA adopts a pragmatic outlook, in that it leaves matters of religious beliefs re...
its weakness as well. In this day of consolidation, mergers and acquisitions, the financial institutions with the most resources c...
generation, perceiving life and important family relationships very differently. They do not come from the same position, in terms...
basis for the set up of the Imperial Diet, a governing system central to the reform underway and based in the will of the people (...
8:20 she was dead. She committed a mistake, even if it was against her will," says Sirhan. "Anyway, its better to have one person ...
and was replaced by Claudius (41-54), the emperor whose forces conquered Britain. Nero followed him and when he was overthrown, Ro...
began to write what came to be called "confessional poetry," which is defined as "an undisguised exposure of painful personal even...