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Essays 271 - 300
Russian constructivist forms and by Derridean deconstruction" (Ganim 364). Basically, the philosophy behind the concept of decons...
point that there was a strongly ritualistic and shamanic element to funeral rites: pictorial representations of funeral ceremonies...
the human condition. That said, a student writing on this subject might construe those two points by the author as rather weak. T...
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...
independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...
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...
to be saying that the term, bigger is better has applied for years where buildings were concerned. Whether he takes this to task, ...
as Josiah Conder notes in his classic study of the subject, "the clipping and carving of trees and bushes into shapes such as moun...
In a five page paper the ancient Mayan city of Palenque is examined in terms of its religious and historical influences and how th...
There is a limit to how much can be done in miniaturizing transistors to increase the speed and capacity of a microprocessor chip....
This paper examines how geographical concepts can be applied to the development of landscape architecture in 5 pages. Three sourc...
In five pages 18th century English architecture is discussed in a consideration of Baroque and Georgian styles with various aspect...
In eight pages this paper examines the creative imagination of Charles and Ray Eames' architecture and their uses of form, space, ...
called herself the Goddess (1989). In ancient Egypt it seemed as if dynastic power had passed through females even when the Pharao...
Architectural fetishism came of age during the Renaissance. Classified as a magically empowered inanimate object, a fetish may ta...
some homes and buildings seem to be unique. In fact, many artists design buildings as such. When delving back into time, is it fai...
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...
materials, may not work in the Northwest where the weather is far more wet and thus requiring different materials, than in the Sou...
inquiry, which they saw as the "key to success," and believing this they sought to discover the laws governing such things as the ...
replaced by adobe and stone surface dwellings throughout the region by the end of the first millennium A.D." (Pueblo, 2003). More ...
of King Louis IX (1226-1270)(Martindale). Around the decade of 1220-1230, it became clear that medieval engineering expertise had ...
was "shattered" by the urban scale of Renaissance Rome, which was achieved under the reign of Pope Sixtus V (75). Selecting from...
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...
unique nature of the buildings at the time. Architectural students are taught a great deal about deconstruction, something that ir...