running water or toilets‚ which meant their occupants had to use public restrooms. Villas. * A villa was originally a Roman country house built for the upper class. * Two kinds of villas- Villa Urbana Villa Rustica * The Villa Urbana was a country seat (a country house generally a large house or mansion) that could easily be reached from Rome for a night or two. * The Villa Rustica was a farm-house estate permanently occupied by the servants who had charge generally
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"HD - Adidas Commercial - F50 Adizero - Lionel Messi‚ David Villa - HD " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwYjDYace60 This television ad for the Adidas F50 ’adizero’ football shoes makes connections between three different signifiers - the pro footballers (Messi and Villa) the product‚ a speeding car‚ and the product. What is signified is the fact that all these things‚ especially the product is "lighter and faster". Messi and Villa within the football culture are icons of speed‚ fleet-footedness
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Palais des Congrès‚ Strasbourg‚ 1964. | | | Palais des Congrès à Strasbourg Although the buildings possesses a large footprint‚ it manifests a shallow profile. The building is essentially a large box raised on pilotis‚ the same motif as the Villa Savoye and the Governor’s Palace. The building is greatly enhanced by two monumental ramps--the entrance ramp and an interior/exterior ramp that connects the main with the upper floor and ultimately with the roof garden. The ramps themselves are of
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As I rose up along traffic and over a view of LA‚ ascending up to the Getty Museum‚ which I had never been to - knew it was going to be exciting to discover an eclectic of different artworks and which one would compel me to pick and analyze for this assignment. When the doors of the Getty’s subway-like transportation opened there was a sign stating they had a Jackson Pollock exhibit. Feeling comfortable with Pollock’s work I took it as a metaphoric sign that I should definitely head over there early
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my attention most is Villa Savoye‚ pronounced as villa savua. This house is located in Poissy‚ a small commune outside of Paris. Le Corbusier established “The Five Points” of architecture. They are as follows‚ pilotis (slender columns)‚ flat roof terrace‚ open plan‚ ribbon windows and free façade (free of structural members). All these 5 points are found in the overall of Villa Savoye. Villa Savoye was built between 1928 and 1931. It was built using reinforced concrete. Villa Savoye was originally
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The history of Post colonial Mexico included many successful and influential leaders: Porfirio Diaz‚ Francisco Madero‚ Francisco (Pancho) Villa‚ and Emiliano Zapata. Disparities in classification of the revolution arise from the numerous factions and ideological assumptions advocated for the overthrow of Diaz’s rule‚ hence one can argue that it was a political‚ social‚ or economical revolution. A social revolution advocates a complete transformation of all characteristic aspects of society‚ encompassing
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Portfolio in Literature 1 Presented to: Instr. Jasmin T. Gadian Presented by: Gerlie Gonzales BEEd-2 Footnote to Youth by Jose Garcia Villa Footnote to Youth concentrates in the prospect of teenage marriage. This account focuses on the most common problem of the youth these days‚ Love and being in love encompasses a lot of things in life that we have to keep in mind. Being married at the young age is something that many people should consider because with everything that’s been happening
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the novel‚ especially for two of the main characters. It all begins when Harriet Winslow‚ an American schoolteacher‚ decides to come to Mexico in 1912 to teach English to the children of a wealthy landowner. What she finds is a general in Pancho Villa’s Revolutionary Army and an old American journalist‚ on a quest for adventure and death. The climax is reached at the death of the old gringo and the Mexican general. The story then ends with the return to the United States made by Harriet
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Vignola Italy. He became a major influencer to the Baroque architecture style. From 1541-1543 he worked at the court of Francis I at Fontainebleau in Paris‚ France. He returned to Italy and built the Palazzo Bocchi at Bologna. In 1551-1555 he built the Villa Giulia for Pope Julius III with Vasari and Ammannati; in 1555 he also did a great amount of work for the Farneses family. In 1572 he built the church of Sta. Anna dei Palafrenieri with an oval dome and ground plan. His development largely influenced
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The Mexican Revolution‚ which lasted from about 1910 to 1930‚ ended the dictatorship in Mexico and established a constitutional republic. Revolutionaries including Madero‚ Zapata and Villa led various groups that fought in a long and costly war. Although a constitution was drafted in 1917‚ periodic violence continued into the 1930’s. Political oppression led people‚ like Madero‚ to organize and revolt against an unjust government. The action of taking away native land from the natives was another
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