Gothic Nightmares Fuseli‚ Blake and the Romantic Imagination at Tate Britain 15th February- 1st May 2006 The exhibition is divided amongst eight rooms‚ a number of artists‚ work‚ such as Henry Fuseli‚ James Barry‚ Joseph Wright of Derby‚ Catherine Blake‚ Philippe Jaques de Loutherbourg display their work collectivly. This collective exhibition including many great artists is an interesting way of showing their work‚ acting like a whole installation. The main focus of the
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Departamentul de istoria & teoria arhitecturii şi conservarea patrimoniului LIMBAJ ARHITECTURAL 1 AN I / semestrul 2 – 2009-2010 TEMA 1 DE SEMINAR ANALIZA DE OBIECT ARHITECTURAL DUPĂ CRITERIUL ATRIBUTELOR VITRUVIENE Analizaţi (conform fişei de analiză de mai jos) 3 exemple de locuinţe individuale (legate de tema de atelier în desfăşurare)‚ din punctul de vedere al răspunsului la comandamentele vitruviene şi al expresiei arhitecturale pe care o generează‚ urmărind punctele propuse (unde este
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Ancient Egyptian Civilization Ancient Egyptian Civilization is one of the oldest in the world. It grew up in the fertile lands along the River Nile over 5000 years ago. Egypt is known as “the gift of the Nile‚” because the river’s annual flood deposits rich black soil on the flat land. The Egyptians called the fruitful river valley Kemet‚ “the black land”. The Nile is flanked by deserts and the Egyptians called these barren lands deshret‚ “the red land.” Religion: Priests- The pharaoh was the high
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tell their stories. Egyptian Literature Egypt is one of the oldest civilizations and it is not surprising that many of its literature were lost. Majority of Egypt’s literature are about royal romances‚ ghost stories‚ fables‚ and ancient version of the story of Cinderella. “Ancient Egyptian literature is characterized by a wide diversity of types and subject matter; it dates from the Old Kingdom (c. 2755-2255 BC) into the Greco-Roman period (after 332 BC). Egyptian literature traces its beginnings
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Gothic Cathedrals The Significance of the Gothic Cathedral The High Middle Ages in Europe was a time of much prosperity and great flourishing civilizations. One of the symbols of this emerging world was the creation of massive Gothic Cathedrals built across Europe. Many of these magnificent cathedrals still stand today‚ remaining not only as places of worship and tourist attraction‚ but also as indications as to what life during the High Middle Ages was like. From merely a glance
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Taras Malsky MT.1102 AB Dr.S.Washburn Egyptian Math The use of organized mathematics in Egypt has been dated back to the third millennium BC. Egyptian mathematics was dominated by arithmetic‚ with an emphasis on measurement and calculation in geometry. With their vast knowledge of geometry‚ they were able to correctly calculate the areas of triangles‚ rectangles‚ and trapezoids and the volumes of figures such as bricks‚ cylinders‚ and pyramids. They were also able to build the Great Pyramid
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MODERN ARCHITECTURE De Stijl Architecture De Stijl architecture was formed by a group of young artists who created the new movement in 1917; calling both the movement and the magazine they published De Stijl. The group promoted utopian ideals and group members believed in the birth of new age in the wake of WWI. They felt it was a time of balance between individual and universal values. The work was completely abstract as well. The goal was total integration of art and life. GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD
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Egyptians contribution Egyptians had a lot of contributions to the development of pottery. Communities around the central Nile Valley made use of the quality clay that existed along the river First of all‚ pottery was produced by the ancient Egyptians for basic use like we use containers or plastic. Today‚ they are finding more evidence of Egypt’s influence in the region by pot shards. The pottery of Egypt was of a fine quality compare to others. The pieces who where created were very lustrous
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Gothic novels often were set in Gothic-style castles and churches. Gothic fiction‚ which reached the height of its popularity in the late 18th to mid-19th centuries‚ was a genre of fiction that focused on the darker‚ irrational and more terrifying aspects of life. The Gothic novel was a reaction against the Enlightenment‚ which saw the world and humans as ordered and logical. Gothic conventions have remained popular and are still found in novels‚ music and film. 1. Conventions of Setting o "Gothic"
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Ellen Moers defines female gothic as the “work that women writers have done in the literary mode that‚ since the eighteenth century” (317). Gothic writings are fake fear; fear to stimulate what you might feel if this were actually to happen. But‚ gothic is not tragedy‚ tragedy is more terror and horror. Ellen Moers’ essay is about the evolution of different gothic writings and writers. As she states in her essay‚ “For Frankenstein is a birth myth‚ and one that was lodged in the novelist’s imagination
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