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Anasazi Culture Of American Southwest, 1999.
Examines this ancient people's architecture, roads, trade, culture and demise.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 50.95
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The Eleventh Century was the end of one millennium and the beginning of a new one. In many ways, it was a period in which humanity emerged from the Dark Ages that had prevailed throughout Europe through much of the first millennium A.D. even as the Roman Empire changed to the Byzantine empire and others.
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"The Eleventh Century was the end of one millennium and the beginning of a new one. In many ways, it was a period in which humanity emerged from the Dark Ages that had prevailed throughout Europe through much of the first millennium A.D. even as the Roman Empire changed to the Byzantine empire and others. We call this the Dark Ages today because its history is somewhat obscure and because much of classical learning was temporarily lost. In the Eleventh Century, certain changes came about showing a new relationship between government and governed after the Battle of Hastings and the creation of the Magna Carta in England. In other parts of the world, other civilizations were either winding down are beginning to flower, depending on history and circumstances. It is these other parts of the world where much of my own interest lies, given that we are only beginning to under ..."
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Art In Ancient Egypt, 1999.
Examines subjects, cultural and historical contexts, artistic and religious significance of reliefs, rock art and temples, in the years 3500-1300 B.C.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 76.95
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Examines subjects, cultural and historical contexts, artistic and religious significance of reliefs, rock art and temples, in the years 3500-1300 B.C
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"Artistic expression in any given age always develops from works, styles, and themes produced in earlier eras. The further back into history we go, the more difficult it may be to ascertain the source of a given culture and the art it produces. The wonders of Egypt have long fascinated archaeologists, historians, and art experts. This art did not develop out of whole cloth but instead had antecedents which can be discerned elsewhere on the continent of Africa, specifically the rock art of Africa which can be seen as a precursor of the Egyptian civilization that would develop to the north.
The earliest settlers in the Nile Valley reached the area some time around 4000 B.C., emerging from the neolithic culture of the Tasian villages of Upper Egypt and those of Merimdeh on the western edge of the Delta and on the shore of the lake in the ..."
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Roman and Christian Architecture, 1999.
Compares styles, themes, inspirations and cultural contexts, focusing on the Roman Parthenon and the Hagia Sophia of Christian/Byzantine influence.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 102.95
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"Greek architecture has long been identified with the creation of the three classic architectural orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, though actually the Corinthian is a variation of the Ionic.
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"Greek architecture has long been identified with the creation of the three classic architectural orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, though actually the Corinthian is a variation of the Ionic. Greek temples were not directly linked to the orders but show basic features that are much alike. order and cleanness of lines marks Greek temples and other monumental Greek architecture. Roman architecture reflects a way of public and private life, borrowing elements from the Greeks and the Etruscans. The Pantheon is a large, round temple in Rome which shows the ability of the Romans to create vast interior spaces, perhaps for the first time in the history of architecture. Many Roman works are a mixture of styles, such as the Hagia Sophia, a monumental piece of architecture that links us with the era of Justinian's reign in Constantinople and is an interesting example of a ..."
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Ise Shrines, 1999.
Discusses the history, religious and cultural significance, architecture and the rebuilding ritual of this center of Shinto worship in Japan.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 140.95
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"Every 20 years, for 1200 years, the fences and main buildings of the Ise Shrine have been completely rebuilt. The shrine, which is the center of Shinto worship in Japan, is of major importance in Japanese history. It represents the continuity and renewal of Shinto, of the authority of the imperial house, and of the traditions underlying Japanese architecture. In a tradition where wood, rather than stone, was always the principal building material, such a form of renewal is the only way that the shrine compound could have survived into the twentieth century. But the renewal means many things and the Ise shrine can only be understood when it is seen as the center of a complex interaction among power, religion, and aesthetics. It can only be fully appreciated, however, as an instance of a perfect blend of materials, forms, and site created as a tribute ..."
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Treasury Building Of Washington, D.C., 1999.
Analyzes setting, scale, structure, architectural technique and function of Robert Mills' 1836-1842 edifice.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 63.95
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"Robert Mills' (1781-1859) Treasury Building, in Washington, D. C., is a prime example of the neoclassical architecture that the politicians, planners, and architects of the nineteenth century felt was appropriate for the American capitol. The building is located on the west side of Fifteenth Street, between Pennsylvania and New York Avenues. It was constructed in the years 1836-42. An analysis of its setting, scale, technique, and function demonstrates how the rationality and grandeur of this style were used by Mills to give suitable form to official Washington.
President Andrew Jackson appointed Mills Surveyor of Public Buildings in 1836. Mills was also responsible for the Patent Office (1836-40, now the National Portrait Gallery), the Old Post Office (1839-42, now the International Trade Commission), and the ..."
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Colonial Essex County, Massachusetts, 1999.
Examines architectural development, land use and town planning, focusing on Fuller family houses in Middleton.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 13 sources, AU$ 127.95
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"The rapid, steady development of Essex County, Massachusetts led to the creation of an architectural landscape that, by the end of the colonial period, differed considerably from those of other rural regions of New England. The Fuller houses of Middleton demonstrate the type of house that predominated in Middleton and similar Essex communities. The history of the family displays a common pattern for the region as the economically advanced Fullers moved into an outlying area and, building on their advantage, became leading citizens of the township that grew up around them.
Recent scholarship has challenged some of the prevailing notions about the village settlement and architectural makeup of New England towns. Joseph Wood's studies of settlement patterns have demonstrated that the notion that the villages of New..."
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Romanesque and Gothic Architecture, 1999.
Examines medieval styles as expressed in churches, such as the theological aspects, materials, structures, impact on pilgrims, light, form and technology.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 127.95
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"Romanesque and Gothic, the great architectural styles of the Middle Ages, evolved in the context of church architecture. Out of the desire to create grander and more beautiful structures that spoke of the glory of God, the resources and skills of the age were heavily devoted to the design and building of these churches. The Romanesque style drew on many sources and reflected enormous advances in building technique. Stone vaulted ceilings, narrower piers, increased width of the naves, and new arrangements of interior space characterized the Romanesque effort. When these technological strands had come together the Gothic manner improved on them. Earlier advances in vaulting were used by the Gothic architects to create thinner piers and lighter walls that could be fitted with numerous windows, thereby producing a wholly new type of interior. Each style had its own..."
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The New York Yacht Club, 1999.
Analyzes lighting, windows, space, volume and the Baroque revival style of this building built in 1899-1900.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 76.95
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"The New York Yacht Club is located in Manhattan at 37 West 44th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It was built by architects Whitney Warren and Charles Wetmore in 1899-1900. Both the interior and the exterior of the building, as seen in photographs, feature many aspects of the Baroque revival style.
The Yacht Club does not have the bilaterally symmetrical arrangement of the fa?ade that characterizes many Baroque buildings. Instead, the limestone and marble fa?ade features three identical bays located to the left of the entrance, which occupies a bay of its own. The entrance bay is distinguished in several ways from the other three. The entry is at street-level, and the doorway is cut out of the limestone in fairly simple fashion. In this it echoes the windows, one for each bay, that make up the rest of the basement story. The windows at this..."
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Mshatta & Ukhaidir Palaces, 1999.
Architectural, historical, cultural & religious significance of two Islamic palaces in Jordan & Iraq.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 140.95
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"Palaces are the least common type of architectural survival among the major categories of Islamic architecture. Palaces were not often built to last, and the few exceptional buildings that have survived are either very recent or were abandoned long ago and have been excavated. Yet the desert palaces of Mshatta, in Jordan, and Ukhaidir, in Iraq, have not only survived, but also provide valuable information about the history of early Islamic architecture. The two structures, which were built under different dynasties, were probably constructed within a short time of each other and have a number of important similarities. But the Mshatta palace shows the end of one early era in Islamic architecture and the Ukhaidir palace shows the emergence of the next phase. Taken together they demonstrate the cultural shift from early western architectural influence to the primarily.."
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Ecole Militaire in Paris, 1999.
Examines architectural significance of 18th Cent. military school in urban development of Paris, focusing on its style, structure, purpose and design.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 89.95
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" The Ecole Militaire in Paris was designed by architect Jacques-Ange Gabriel for Louis XV, and the structure was inspired by secular principles and built on a monumental scale. This was in 1750, and the structure incorporated the latest trends in hygiene by providing single rooms instead of dormitories for its aristocratic pupils in order to avoid the spread of infection, such as had happened in other schools before this time. The Ecole Militaire was built in part in order to top the design of the nearby L'h?tel national des Invalides, built by Louis XIV as a military hospital with the latest advances and with a massive design encompassing several buildings in one. The Ecole Militaire and the L'h?tel national des Invalides face one another across what was once an expanse of open land, but urbanization has affected and surrounded both, as have modern roads and a.."
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Kaufman House of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1999.
Examines architectural features & significance of PA structure also known as Fallingwater.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 63.95
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"Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the visionary architects of this century, and he developed a number of homes with an organic relationship to the site where they were to be built. Wright had an organic vision of architecture and of its relation to the time in which it was practiced as well, as can be seen from a statement he made in 1940:
Architecture is beginning, always beginning. It was not made by the Greeks nor by the Romans. It wasn't even made in the Georgian Period. It is something that has to be made afresh all the time, as life, as growth changes.
One of the works that secured considerable attention was known as "Fallingwater."
Wright experienced many ups and does in his career. After.."
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Gothic Cathedral Movement, 1999.
Examines medieval style of church architecture. .
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 12 sources, AU$ 140.95
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Examines medieval style of church architecture. Looks at its symbolism, politics & economics. Discusses issues of theology and provides examples. Analyzes the connection to Scholasticism and the monarchy
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" The Gothic cathedral movement was a complex phenomenon but its relationship to the culture of the later Middle Ages has sometimes been idealized. In this view the churches were seen primarily as evidence of the selfless devotion of the populations of western Europe to the worship of God. The intricate symbolism of the buildings and their decoration, analogies between architecture and scholasticism, the allocation of vast resources to construction, and the impressive range of technical and stylistic innovation all demonstrate the extent to which the intellectual, economic, administrative, technical and artistic energies of the age were channeled into the creation of the cathedrals. And it cannot be denied that this era of pilgrimages and crusades was a time of intense religious feeling. But to view the cathedrals merely as a manifestation of popular.."
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Louis H Sullivan, 1999.
Examinint the career, theory and influences of late 19th Cent.-early 20th Cent. American modernist architect, focusing on Chicago World Transportation Building (1892-1893).
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 89.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the work of the pioneer American modernist architect Louis H. Sullivan with a view toward demonstrating the influence of European architecture on his work and how his work connected to both European architecture and the American way of living. The focus of the research in this connection will be on Sullivan's design for the Transportation Building at the World's Columbian Exposition held in 1892-93 in Chicago.
Louis H. Sullivan is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of American modernist architecture, which in no small part should be taken to mean a pioneer of a distinctively American style. This reputation is attributed to two factors. The first is his association with the so-called "Chicago School," which is the name given to the commercial-architecture style of buildings.."
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Parthenon, 1999.
Architectural, religious, political & cultural significance of ancient Greek temple.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 63.95
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"The Parthenon has been admired for centuries for its architectural purity. The structure appears visually perfect. The source of this perfection is the subtle structural refinements conceived by its architects. Contributing to the Parthenon's majesty is a wealth of sculptural detail. The combination of superior sculpture and pleasing proportion make the Parthenon the best-known of all Greek buildings.
The Parthenon is both a religious and political structure. The war between the Greek city-states and Persia interrupted almost all temple building for a generation while the Greeks concentrated on restoring their defensive walls, civic buildings, and the fleet. When the Persians were defeated in 479 BC, Athens emerged as the leader among Greek cities. Thus Athens controlled the war chest of the Delian League, a Panhellenic league. "
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Sculpture of the Parthenon, 1999.
Analyzes aesthetics, historical & cultural meaning of ancient Athenian temple's art.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 11 sources, AU$ 179.95
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"The Parthenon, built atop the Acropolis, was ancient Athens' greatest temple. It was dedicated to the worship of Athena Parthenos (the virgin), and the rich program of sculptural decoration was devoted to the glory of her city and her legend. The principal decorative aspects of the Parthenon are the following: the east and west pediments; the metopes, which are divided panels set below the roofline and pediments on all sides of the building; the frieze, which runs, uninterrupted, around the outside top of the cella, behind the peristyle; and the enormous statue of Athena Parthenos that was housed inside the cella. The statue disappeared long ago, and, since 1687, the Parthenon itself has been a ruin, with many of the surviving sculptural fragments dispersed around the world. But archaeologists and scholars have tried to reconstruct the.."
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Barcelona Pavilion, 1997.
Examines German architect Mies van der Rohe's 1929 edifice. Looking at his views on the spatial concept, lighting, commission, site, construction and materials.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 13 sources, AU$ 127.95
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"INTRODUCTION
Studies of Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion concentrate on the architect's innovative spatial concept. The fluid, continuous space and the carefully considered reduction of the interior-exterior distinction made the Pavilion a landmark in architectural history. Less attention has been paid to the vital role that natural illumination plays in Mies' concept. Working with very little electrical light and with reflections from water and the varied materials of the walls and windows, Mies created a refuge from the blistering Spanish sun that is, paradoxically, lit primarily by sunlight.
COMMISSION, SITE, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS
The German Pavilion at the Barcelona International Exposition of 1929 was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The.."
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