Gothic Cathedrals The Significance of the Gothic Cathedral The High Middle Ages in Europe was a time of much prosperity and great flourishing civilizations. One of the symbols of this emerging world was the creation of massive Gothic Cathedrals built across Europe. Many of these magnificent cathedrals still stand today‚ remaining not only as places of worship and tourist attraction‚ but also as indications as to what life during the High Middle Ages was like. From merely a glance
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Vernacular architecture Ronald Brunskill defined it accurately in saying: “A building designed by an amateur without any training in design; the individual will have been guided by a series of conventions built up in his locality‚ paying little attention to what may be fashionable. The function of the building would be the dominant factor‚ aesthetic considerations‚ though present to some small degree‚ being quite minimal. Local materials would be used as a matter of course‚ other materials being
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the gothic? Jane Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey‚ is regarded by many as a light-hearted parody of the gothic genre. The term ’gothic’ is defined in the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary terms “as a story of terror‚ suspense usually set in a gloomy old castle or monastery [hence gothic‚ a term applied to medieval architecture and thus associated in the 18th century” (page 106). In addition the inclusion of comedic references attempts to challenge conventions and pokes fun of the gothic. Austen’s
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Allen) “A diagram architecture is not necessary an architecture produced through diagrams.... Instead‚ diagram architecture is an architecture that behaves like a diagram‚ indifferent to the specific means of its realization." (Par. 13) This paragraph points out the answer that beginners architecture students struggled to find. In the process of design‚ I try to find the potential through the translation from reality to the abstract diagram. While I wonder if the architecture should carefully be
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Geometry PJ Architecture and Geometry Architecture and geometry are perfect complements of each other they go hand to hand in so many ways let’s discuss some of these ways. Architecture has geometry written all over it if geometry never existed Architecture wouldn’t have existed either. First of all geometry is the reason that we can calculate and measure the sizes and shapes of certain structures for us to use. Geometry allows us pin point exactly how much more we may need or less ‚ without
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/ Istanbul | | Architecture as Symbol: Space in Wim Wenders’ Cinema | | | The relation between architecture and cinema began more than a century ago with the production of the very first films. There is architecture in almost every film. Consciously or not‚ architecture takes its position as an effective element in films; architectural space influences what is shot. If it is possible to argue that cinema is under the influence of architecture‚ then it should also be
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Computer Architecture 1. Describe Von Neumann architecture and explain why it is important. The Von Neumann architecture explains the architecture of an electronic computer. It is attributed to be root of every electronic computer that has ever been made. According to Von Neumann architecture an electronic computer has Control Unit‚ Arithmetic Logic Unit‚ Memory & Input / Output Devices. The following diagram shows this architecture:- Memory: - Memory holds both
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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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glass-you don’t see it‚ but somehow it does something.’’ Hans Magnus Enzensberger. American and French commercials are very different yet similar. The American commercials are very straight forward and succinct. On the other hand‚ the french commercials are very unique and modern. The Americans uses straight forward advertisements‚ when the french uses more poetic advertisments. The Americans and the French both use convincing strategies towards the audience. The American Nutella commercial had a
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“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe is a perfect example of the Gothic genre. In fact there may not be a more potent‚ and certainly not a more famous model of the Gothic Poetry in action. Edgar Allan Poe followed it up with an essay called “The Philosophy of Composition” in which he revealed how he wrote it. Gothic literature is defined as emphasising elements such as grotesqueness‚ mysteriousness and desolation; generally‚ it is a marriage between the Horror and Romance genres. The genre shows a dark
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