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    creating and inspiring people all around the world. Over time‚ some dance forms have evolved to mould society’s expectation and perspectives‚ while some have actually grown to question and scare it. Created in a time of change and cultural awakening‚ Post Modern Dance was seeded by performers in search of a new meaning to dance in a changing world. Since its beginning in the 60/70’s‚ the style has pushed the boundaries of dance and paved the way for Contemporary and Lyrical. Gideon Obarnazek‚ a postmodern

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    several devastating earthquakes. The huge losses of life and property in the earthquake-prone areas of the country have shown that the built-environment is extremely fragile‚ and country’s ability to respond to these events is extremely inadequate. Post earthquake damage survey revealed that 90% of casualties result directly from the collapse of buildings that had usually no earthquakeresistant features. Secondary events‚ such as landslides‚ fires‚ and tsunamis‚ account for the remaining 10% of

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    Tudor Architecture In the Elizabethan Age architecture and furniture were very beautiful and classic. The architectures had so many abstract styles. The church buildings had a lot of styles and different textures to it. Tudor architecture from the 1500’s was a timeless style and because of this it’s still used in today’s modern style of architecture. Architecture from the 1500’s had so many beautiful modern styles

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    French Architecture France is a country rich in architecture. You can spend all your days day walking through the streets of Paris‚ or any other region‚ visiting the museums‚ and taking pictures next to one of the many impressive monuments. France has many old monuments and some of them they are in well good condition like the Maison Carrée and the Pont du Gard near Nîmes. The Carolingian dynasty of Charlemagne was a period of innovative buildings‚ using the Romanesque architecture‚ which gave

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    Indian architecture encompasses a wide variety of geographically and historically spread structures‚ and was transformed by the history of the Indian subcontinent. The result is an evolving range of architectural production that‚ although it is difficult to identify a single representative style‚ nonetheless retains a certain amount of continuity across history. The diversity of Indian culture is represented in its architecture. It is a blend of ancient and varied native traditions‚ with building

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    American Art and Architecture Two opposite forces have coexisted in American art since the establishment of the first colonies. On the one hand‚ American artists have been aware of their European cultural heritage and of continuing innovation in Europe; on the other hand‚ they have had to adapt European forms to the exigencies of their native situation. This interaction between rival forces is hardly unique to American art--all art grows within a tradition--but what distinguishes the American

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    Postmodern Architecture

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    Postmodern architecture The essay examples we publish have been submitted to us by students. The essays are the students’ work and are not examples of our expert essay writers’ work. READ MORE Top of Form Bottom of Form Get a quote for your own custom essay here... Share/download essay: Tweet Print Download Email MEANING AND METAPHOR IN POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE IN REFRENCE TO THE CENTRE POMPIDOU An Analysis into the Aesthetics of the postmodern architecture is by nature; inspired and‚ intrinsically

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    Sustainable Architecture "Sustainable Architecture" - this phrase in recent years is mentioned a lot. The concept of "sustainable architecture" is associated‚ even identified with the concept of green architecture‚ ecological architecture‚ environmentally friendly‚ energy efficient ... to reach a stable value for the environment human life‚ reduce negative impacts on the environment in the present and future. However‚ although this interpretation is correct‚ but only one aspect‚ because that’s

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    As some critics contended‚ postmodernism represents a break with the modernist notion that architecture should be technologically rational‚ austere and functional‚ discuss the ways in which one postmodern architect has developed strategies which overcome these tendencies.  Juxtaposition is seen between the characteristics of early 20th century modern architecture and the artistic endeavours of postmodernism that followed.  To represent the ‘Less is More’ (R.Venturi‚ 1966‚ pg16) notion the modernist

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    Academic Reading sample task – Identifying writer’s views/claims Discovered in the early 1800s and named ‘nicotianine’‚ the oily essence now called nicotine is the main active ingredient of tobacco. Nicotine‚ however‚ is only a small component of cigarette smoke‚ which contains more than 4‚700 chemical compounds‚ including 43 cancer-causing substances. In recent times‚ scientific research has been providing evidence that years of cigarette smoking vastly increases the risk of developing fatal medical

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