undoubtedly its architecture‚ which extends to a great deal more than the Taj Mahal or the temple complexes of Khajuraho and Vijayanagara. The beginnings of Indian architecture are more properly to be dated to the start of Buddhism in India‚ in the reign of Ashoka and the construction of Buddhist monasteries and stupas. Buddhist architecture was predominant for several centuries‚ and there are few remains of Hindu temples from even late antiquity. Some of the best Buddhist arts and architecture are the
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Submitted by Williams‚Sierra on 8/26/2014 3:19:29 PM Points Awarded 8.00 Points Missed 22.00 Percentage 26.7% 1. This writing outlines an ideal society based on justice and reason‚ but not on democracy. The ideal state was authoritarian. A) The Republic B) The Oresteia C) The Allegory of the Cave D) The Apology E) None of the above. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): A 2. The Song of Roland was inspired by A) the Vikings
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Different Architecture of Romanesque and Gothic Inspired Buildings There have been numerous pilgrimages made across France and Spain‚ each one just as unique as the one before it. Along these routes there are an immeasurable number of magnificent churches and temples each with their own history‚ architecture and art work‚ making them very distinctive. Time and place are important influences of the design of these churches and temples when they were built; this means that we have encountered scores
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it is a form of art‚ they are paid more but not by much‚ and it is easier to conceptualize your ideas into a game than it is by making a building. There has seemingly always been this debate between the broad topic of Art and Architecture. What defines Art? Is Architecture a form of Art? Is there a line drawn between them? Some would speculate the problem with this debate is that it assumes that if something is beautiful‚ it is automatically defined as “Art”. In other words‚ a building might be abstractful
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Shaping Time After many long-lasting years in the history of our world‚ it is difficult to pick a time frame and place from where the modern world originated. Although there are many important and dramatic events in history‚ the birth of the modern world happened in Europe from 1500-1600 AD because of the incredible renaissance‚ the defying reformation and the courageous age of exploration. All these critical moments in time shaped the world into what it is today. Merchants trading‚ Italian
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Luis Barragan states‚ “Architecture is an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well-being.” This statement is more vividly conveyed through a cross-cultural analysis of two of the most well-known architectural structures of their era‚ Old Saint Peter’s Basilica‚ located in Rome‚ Italy‚ ca. 319‚ and Hagia Sophia‚ located in Constantinople‚ Turkey (Istanbul)‚ 532-537. The architectural style of Old St. Peter’s and Hagia
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Research Paper On Modern English Submit To: Muhammad Zakaria (ZM) Lecturer‚ Department of English East West University Sub: Eng-205 Sec: 1 Submitted By: Tanay Kundu Bappa ID: 2011-2-40-149
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at maintaining their public image and have not resolved multiple other major pressing issues. Thus‚ some government research funding ought to be directed towards analyzing the causes and effects of these pressing issues of modern policing. The first and most important modern policing issue is that some police officers have had trouble respecting the fundamental
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Person who has influenced me most of all Most people writing about people who have influenced them will choose someone they admire‚ a mentor or other important person who has been a role model for them over the course of their lives. My description‚ on the contrary‚ will aim to describe someone who influenced me in a totally opposite way: by being an anti-role model‚ someone I would not like to resemble‚ if only for some minor points. He is not in any way an extreme villain or anybody with strongly
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Architecture of the New Capitalist Society INTRODUCTORY THEME Daniel Libeskind ’s winning design for the new World Trade Center takes a sentimental and metaphorical approach. He claims that the completed WTC would become the representation of America ’s belief in humanity‚ its need for individual dignity‚ and its beliefs in the cooperation of human. Libeskind ’s original design focused on restoring the spiritual peak to the New York City and creating an icon that speaks of America ’s vitality
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