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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How to choose your surfboard? From another point of view the surfboards are tools‚ in school we have a variety of surfboards for different levels and surfers. It’s like choosing shoes‚ first you look for size and if you want to run fast looking for a light and tight sports‚ if you want to go for hard surfaces like mud you want a thick boots and grip. There are boards of all kinds and forms because‚ quite possibly beyond surfers of all kinds. ///The choice of a surfboard is directly related to
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MEDIEVAL EUROPE: FROM THE FALL OF ROME TO THE RENAISSANCE A BACKGROUND READING LINKING CLASSICAL TO MODERN TIMES (Reprinted with permission from George Roswell‚ Rancho Buena Vista High School‚ Vista‚ CA. May 2010) From approximately 200 B.C. to 476 A.D.‚ the "civilized" areas of Europe and the Near East were dominated‚ ruled‚ and imprinted with a lasting influence from the Roman Empire. At its greatest extent‚ the Roman Empire stretched east to include Greece‚ Turkey‚ Syria‚ Mesopotamia and
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Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452 in Vinci‚ Tuscany. At the age of 14‚ he was apprenticed to Andrea di Cione. He learned not only artistic skills but also technical skills like mechanics and chemistry. As he became older he qualified as a master of his guild‚ art and medicine. He worked in Milan as an artist and then Venice as a military architect and engineer. Both of these places were areas that were greatly influenced by the renaissance
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ULN Number ITK0159 City and Guilds 6503 LEVEL 3 ASSIGNMENTS A‚B‚C‚ REF 1.1 A THE TEACHER TRAINING CYCLE ROLLS AND RESPONSABILITYS IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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discovered earlier in the Muslim world‚ but were not utilize to be used in manufacturing. For the Ottoman Empire‚ this was in part due to the fact that they already had a surplus amount of labor‚ and also the society’s economy was based on the guild system. Each guild system was actually specialized in one type of craft‚ and destroying this system would have very bad consequences on the social structure of the Ottoman Empire‚ an example would be if the labor force was replaced with machines this would
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recognized Florentine painter Verrocchio at the age of fourteen. For years that went by‚ Leonardo continued to improve his drawing and sculpting knowledge. When he turned twenty‚ he was qualified as a master artist and attended in the Guild of Saint Luke‚ a painter’s guild‚ and built his own workshop. The beginning of Leonardo’s professional life is somewhat unrecorded and remains as a slight mystery. He left Verrocchio’s workplace and did not live in his father’s house any longer. However‚ it was noted
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The Impact of Participation in Massively Multiplayer Roleplaying Games Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) are vastly time consuming and are designed to immerse the player in a virtual world. The most popular game in this genre is World of Warcraft (also known as "WoW") and boasts a record breaking player base of nine million paid subscribers ("World of Warcraft Surpasses Nine Million Worldwide"). Given that it is only a single game amongst many that are similar‚ it
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The role of women varied between dynasties and continents. Most women back then were restricted from doing real jobs‚ like becoming a merchant or soldier in the military. The women of the Tokugawa Shogunate had about one role in their community‚ as well as the women in Europe’s High Middle Ages. These women from both the Tokugawa Shogunate and the High Middle Ages had some similarities and differences between each other. With their husbands in combat almost continuously‚ the 16th century women
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MEDIVAL DRAMA ESSAY With the decline of the Roman Empire so went Greek and Roman Dramatic Theatre. Minstrels and Troubadours Beginning in the 5th or 6th century traveling performers named Minstrels and Troubadour’s began to travel castle to castle and town to town. Their performances were often vulgar and flamboyant; using colorful costumes and many times using musical instruments in their performances. Although their content tended to be crass and vulgar it did lend itself to themes of the day
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