St. Peters Basillica St. Peters Basilica in Rome is one of the most influential Christian sites found within contemporary society. This building‚ complete with an obelisk‚ an enclosed piazza‚ a central façade and a dome‚ is the work of several architects and programs throughout the Early Christian‚ Renaissance and Baroque periods. The importance of St. Peters Church is its foundation on a necropolis with the tomb of St. Peter‚ a Christian martyr and the first pope of Rome. When considering the plan
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The Great Mosque of Cordoba is a Roman Catholic cathedral and former mosque situated in the Andalusian city of Cordoba‚ Spain. Corboda was the largest‚ most prosperous city in Europe. Originally it was built as a church‚ after the Muslim conquest the building was confiscated for use as a mosque and greatly expanded until it became the second largest mosque in the world. The Great Mosque of Cordoba was considered a wonder of the medieval world by both Muslims and Christians. The Great Mosque symbolizes
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The work‚ Ancestors of the Passage: A Healing Journey through the Middle Passage by _______ treats the subject of slavery and its effects on women. | Imna Arroyo (p. 50-51) | _______ is(are) usually necessary for someone to be able to create art from the ideas in his/her imagination. | training & practice (p. 14) | Ideals of beauty are: | culturally influenced (p. 45) | Ludwig Hohlwein’s poster "Und Du?" is an example of: | propaganda (p. 37-38) | In the formalist approach the
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: The role of Art‚ Architecture‚ and Women in the Islamic World In many countries‚ Islamic women are educated‚ socially active‚ and pursue careers of their choosing‚ whereas other Muslim women are oppressed and denied not only basic human rights‚ but also the rights accorded to them by their faith and holy teachings. Islam came into being in a world where the most basic needs of women were consistently subjugated. Prior to the introduction of Islam‚ women were subordinate to men‚ in almost every
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with the rest of the world. The Romans have made bas-relief statues‚ mosaics‚ and frescoes which we use in the U.S. The Greeks have created many different types of art including the ideal body‚ theatre‚ carpetmaking‚ and water colours. Theatre becoming more popular proves the success of the Greeks influence on us. Most of Roman literature were different stories and legends with the talk of gods
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architecture. Inside the cold room were four spaces that contained cold pools for bathing. The tepidarium was smaller in terms of size and was circular in shape. Because of its circular shape‚ it was covered by a dome instead of cross-vaults. Two rectangular exedrae jut out from the dome‚ and is symmetrically arranged in the room. The caldarium was a rectangular hall‚ and similarly to the frigidarium it was covered by a triple cross-vault. It faced south to take advantage of the heat from the afternoon
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In the Hosios Loukas‚ Saint Irene (fig. 1) is shown in conjecture with other saints. The narthex at Hosios Lukas shows a collection of female saints in mosaic‚ who are arranged in groups of six and occupy space in the arched recess and lunette. These saints appear as both standing figures and as busts in roundels‚ arranged in two registers that are separated by red lines. The upper registers allow for standing
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EARTHQUAKE PERFORMANCE OF REINFOCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS: A CASE STUDY FROM MARMARA TURKEY Korkut Mirzai 08074260 Bachelor Science with Honors Degree in Construction Project Management. Oxford Brookes University. Department of the Built of Environment. March 2012 List of Abbreviations: RC: Reinforcement Concrete TR: Turkey UK: United Kingdom USA: United States of America EU: European Union MHI: Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure EQ: Earthquake Code EE: Earthquake Engineering TSE: Turkish
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Tanya Bastian Art 181: Ancient and Medieval Art Essay: Early Christian and Byzantine Art Chapter 8 & 9 The form and function of the Early Christian basilica By the beginning of the fourth century Christianity was growing in the Roman world. Greco-Roman style and culture influenced Christian art and ideology‚ but the main catalyst in the Christianity movement was Constantine. The Emperor Constantine defeated his rival‚ Maxentius‚ in battle and became the principal patron of Christianity
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served as a point of reference for builders (and for art historians) for the birth of the Arab plan. Mosaics from the riwaq (portico) of the Great Mosque of Damascus. Mosaics from the riwaq (portico) of the Great Mosque of Damascus. The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is indisputably one of the most important buildings in all of Islamic architecture‚ marked by a strong Byzantine influence (mosaic against a gold background‚ and a central plan that recalls that of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre)
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