Research work Art Nouveau in Riga Architecture Riga 2009 Contents 1. Art Nouveau……………………………………………………………….....3 2. Art Nouveau in Riga..………………………………………………………...3 3. Art Nouveau in other areas..……………………………………….….……...4 4. Elizabetes street 10b..……………………………………………….………..4 5. Assessment…………………………………………………...……..………..7 6. References……………………………………………………………………8 1. Art Nouveau Art Nouveau is an international movement and style of art‚ architecture and applied
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Years’ War 1336-1565) England had a dilemma. They could not grow grapes to manufacture the wine that many of the English now wanted. So‚ they had to import it. A triangular trade took place. In this trade‚ English fleece was exchanged for Flemish cloth. The Flemish cloth was traded with southern France and exchanged for wine. The wine was then shipped into England and Ireland (Allmand 40) The French attempted to get back control of the region in order to manage its riches. The English could not allow
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In The Mérode Altarpiece by Robert Campin‚ the announcement to Mary that she will give birth to the Son of God is shown on Flemish domestic interior. The artwork is separated into sections‚ focusing mainly on the central panel. To Mary’s left‚ Gabriel‚ the Archangel‚ approaches her‚ blocking the view of the couple in the left-hand panel. This couple is dressed in clothing from the fifteenth century. Gabriel is dressed in a white robe with a blue belt tied around him. In the upper-left hand corner
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1. Nayip Puente-N 2. Art History II‚ 1304‚ 12-Week Session 3. Essay #1 Section 1: DESCRIPTION Part 1 of The Videotape #3 entitled The Early Renaissance Italy; depicts the Masaccio’s Holy Trinity (1425-1427). This work of art is painted in fresco in the Dominican Church of Santa Maria Novella‚ in Florence‚ Italy. This is one of the first paintings to depict deep space‚ uses one-point linear perspective to create a “tromp l’oeil” (French for "deceive the eye" ) or an effect that fools the
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After the horror of the drowning that happened at the Otjikoto Lake‚ Painter decided to remain in the base camp. He does not apply for any further leave owed to him. His work shifts are based on a twelve hour work-shift and then a twenty-four hour recovery period. It works out that he labours through the night and then has a day and a night off. The cycle of shifts changing daily‚ Painter would then have a night and a day off and labour through the day. This arrangement suited him well. On the days
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reasons. Victorian Era Architecture Victorian architecture has many gorgeous features that make this style of architecture very distinctive. One feature of Victorian architecture is the patterned bricks. Victorian homes often used what was known as Flemish brick bond‚ which consisted of alternating stretchers and headers along each course with the headers centered on the stretchers above and below. Houses were also built in terraces as more and more people moved to urban areas. Rooflines were decorated
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Brussels is a very high population city with 1.1 million citizens. At 1995 the population stopped declining and flattened out‚ and since 2000 it has been growing fast‚ gaining 150‚000 people in the past 16 years. It is predicted that the population will reach 1.3 million by 2050. It is also predicted that life expectancy will rise to 87 years by 2060. Brussels experiences a temperature ocean climate so it has cool‚ wet summers‚ and rainy winters and average temperature of 50° F year round. Brussels
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power. Uvin does not give directed clues to how the genocide was planned‚ it can be argued that after being oppressed by a minority not native to the land‚ the Hutu political elites would try to regain their rightful political control. in Belgium flemish catholic party support president hab yari mana’s regime aim to gain back their absolute governing right that was taken ways (Uvin‚ 77). Peter uvin’s journal gives one of the main points when figuring out the details of the genocide by using social
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Thesis Statement “The Summoning of Everyman” is cautionary tale that deals with the fundamental truths concerning life and death. The characters symbolize the carnal desires and principals of Everyman which falls short to include things of a spiritual nature. Everyman is confronted with the finality of death and is found unprepared to answer. Everyman‚ still functioning in his own fleshly desires‚ resorts to coercion in hopes to manipulate the outcome to no avail. "The Summoning of Everyman
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pressed.”(260-263) Beside the clergy‚ I find that some of the middle class dress delicately and gorgeously. The bourgeoisie‚ earning fortune or educated well‚ enjoy the rising class status. For example‚ the Merchant‚ “[dressed] in a motley‚” wears a “Flemish beaver hat…and boots most elegantly wrought.” (273-275) On the other hand‚ the costumes of those who are educated are plainer and simpler. For example‚ the Sergeant of the law “wore a simple multicolored coat/ Girt by a striped silk belt.” Also‚ the
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