featuring a central courtyard‚ was constructed on an acropolis. It was a place for rulers to reside‚ shrines for religious ceremonies to be worshipped‚ the industrial production of objects‚ and administrative duties. Ample hallways‚ stairways‚ chambers‚ and light wells supplemented the ambitiously built structure. There were plenty of columns to mark he four awe inspiring entrance passages. Four wings‚ oriented in a north-south direction‚ surrounded the central courtyard. The east wing featured
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anything from a fort‚ to an armory‚ to a storage center. The closer and closer you get‚ the more you realize its great size‚ and the intimidation factor sets in. Upon entrance‚ all the hidden secrets and true power of the fort is revealed. The square courtyard is surrounded by solid‚ windowless‚ concrete walls that tower 20 feet over you. Cannons line every side up top‚ ready to be wheeled into action against attacking forces. A small dome shaped tube is placed in a corner for a watchman to look out over
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to see the house‚ so she asked her mother for permission but was harshly scolded. One day she saw the girls passing by the house. As the family was upstairs‚ she invited them to see the house. They Kelveys could not believe but stepped into the courtyard‚ as they naturally wanted
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and fertility dolls. An Ashanti fertility doll‚ Akua ba was mostly found in people’s homes and given to the females of the village to bring them closer to the spirit of fertility gods. They lived in various houses or hut that are set up around a courtyard. The head of the household is the oldest brother who lived there and they were called father or house father‚ everyone would obey them. They ate things like fufu‚ (mixture of cooked cassava and plantains mashed together) yams‚ sweat potatoes‚ wheat
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as metropolis‚ since the notion of non-place to a third dimension‚ the last one that particularly interested the Surrealists. Atget devoted himself to take pictures not only of narrow streets that crossed the historic center of the city but also courtyards and stairways‚ shops and shop Windows‚ facades of buildings‚ street vendors‚ among other things. Yet the Atget’s Paris does not fall just within the limits of the city‚ on the contrary‚ beyond the understanding the gardens of Versailles and Saint
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AN OVERVIEW OF FLORAL AESTHETICS IN HOTELS Floral aesthetics is concerned with the perception through the human senses of the intrinsic beauty of plants as artistic objects. To consider an object ‘aesthetic’ is‚ most commonly‚ to deem it optically beautiful by virtue of its features of grace‚ harmony‚ symmetry‚ smoothness or colour. An aesthetic object invigorates a feeling of attraction or pleasure‚ whereas an unaesthetic object reviles or stimulates no response in the viewer. Therefore decorating
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Mohenjo-Daro Location of Mohenjo-Daro within the Pakistani province of Sindh. Mohenjo-Daro (IPA: [muˑənⁱ dʑoˑ d̪əɽoˑ]‚ Urdu: موئن جودڑو‚ Sindhi: موئن جو دڙو‚ lit. Mound of the Dead; English pronunciation: /moʊˌhɛn.dʒoʊ ˈdɑː.roʊ/)‚ is an archeological site in the province of Sindh‚ Pakistan. Built around 2600 BCE‚ it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization‚ and one of the world’s earliest major urban settlements‚ contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient
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Italo Perez ID: 4016758 Essay #1- Draft- How does the building perform socially? Giuseppe Terragni Casa del Fascio‚ Como‚ 1932-6 The design of Casa del Fascio (House of the Fascism) is a metaphorical representation of the authoritarian order of the Fascist party. It consists of a perfect grid organization with an orthogonal geometry. In fact‚ it is a compact structure‚ squared in plan‚ and rectangular in elevation. The main façade is composed by a grid of open squares of the same size linked to
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covered by a green tablecloth. However‚ traces of banking activity can be found even in ancient times. In fact‚ the word traces its origins back to the Ancient Roman Empire‚ where moneylenders would set up their stalls in the middle of enclosed courtyards called macella on a long bench called a bancu‚ from which the words banco and bank are derived. As a moneychanger‚ the merchant at the bancu did not so much invest money as merely convert the foreign currency into the only legal tender in Rome –
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lays London’s West End Theatre. London’s first playhouse was built in 1576 and not surprisingly carried the name of ‘The Theatre’ ("London’s Vibrant West End” 1). Before London had proper housing for these plays‚ many were conducted in homes or courtyards. In 1663‚ the first West End Theatre opened ("London’s Vibrant West End” 1). Unfortunately‚ this early theatre‚ home to some the earliest stars burnt down in 1672 ("London’s Vibrant West End” 1). Today‚ West End has climbed its way to the top of
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