accurately‚ Gothic Revival. This style was based on medieval architecture‚ particularly the Gothic churches of the late 13th and early 14th century. Many Gothic Revival buildings used stucco in place of medieval stone‚ and braced fanciful Gothic curves with hidden iron struts. The second‚ and more popular style of Regency architecture‚ was classical in nature. This meant that it used the philosophy and traditional designs of Greek and Roman architecture. The typical Regency upper or middle-class house was
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In the medieval period of Germany‚ a new form of architecture developed. Today it’s known as Gothic‚ although this was a name given after the fact when the style was considered barbaric. In the modern world it’s recognized for its beauty. Gothic architecture made cathedrals huge‚ open‚ and bright‚ during a period where taller buildings had to be small and dark to support their ceilings. Gothic architecture is partially characterized by clever support structures that allowed the skyline to grow
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the fall of Constantine and the Eastern Roman Empire to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 led to the exploration of the Americas in the late 1400s. The Eastern Roman Empire remained in power from their separation of the Western Empire in 300 AD‚ until it was defeated in 1453 by the Ottoman Empire. Despite Constantine’s countless efforts to stop the Ottoman soldiers‚ Constantinople soldiers‚ led by Giustiniani‚ were outnumbered. The Ottomans came into Constantinople through a straight by the Sea of Marmara
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Architecture Examples of Different Styles and Dynamics Gothic cathedrals are embraced for their elegance and beauty. Several famous gothic cathedrals are St. Denis Notre Dame Chartres Salisbury Durham Amiens. Gothic cathedrals point to the shifting ideologies of the time. Gothic architecture mirrors an aesthetic sensibility and dynamic mindset. Gothic cathedrals‚ with slight structural frames‚ flying buttresses‚ and pointed arches‚ display a more artistic sensibility and dynamism uncharacteristic
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The Ottoman Empire reached its top supremacy during the 16th century wherein its scope of power stretched to parts of Central and Southeastern Europe and to the desserts of the Middle East. The empire is known to have established a very strong‚ organized and effective form of government over its people with the Sultan holding the highest in power and was considered as the supreme ruler. The Sultan also ruled the lands and provinces of the empire and over its government officials and executed decisions
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The Ottoman‚ Safavid‚ and Mughals were all gunpowder empires. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the differences between all of these empires mentioned. Each fall into five different categories. Socially‚ the Ottoman Turks were each millet‚ or a nation‚ inside the empire and had separate social customs in accordance with the religion of the millet. Muslim women had harsh restrictions as with Islamic law‚ but the non-Muslim women were subject to separate laws. Even Muslim women
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HP ERSPECTIVES Am I Doing Architecture or Design Work? Roberto Rivera R ecently‚ as part of my work as the worldwide architect profession lead at HewlettPackard‚ I was (once again) engaged in an exchange dealing with the differences between architecture and design work for information systems. Architects obviously do architecture work‚ while technical consultants and engineers handle the detailed design required to accomplish project goals. This seems a reasonably simple definition
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purpose for the Tanzimat era was to reorganize the Ottoman Empire. The Tanzimat Era presented two fresh reform groups that were incorporated with the Ottoman Empire to rearrange the formation of its administration and culture. These tasks were shifted onto the administrative officials of the Ottoman Empire and they also intended for the people to follow Ottomanism so that there could be a sluggish drop amongst the ethnic faction that were in the Ottoman Empire. In the 19th century other reforms were
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determining the locations of teaching buildings‚ residence halls and so on. As a landscape architecture student‚ I am interested in this topic. I interviewed professor David Michael Barbarash‚ who is an assistant professor of landscape architecture in Purdue University. Prof. Barbarash earned a bachelor’s of landscape architecture from Virginia Tech and a master of science from the department of landscape architecture at State University of New York Environmental School of Forestry. Before he came to
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Tom Leader Lecture Cause and Effect During the lecture series‚ Tom Leader lectured on works that he has done throughout his career. One of the main points he mentioned was cause and effect in landscape architecture design. During his design process‚ he likes to let the surrounding area and cultures tell him what he can and cannot do. Every landscape is different and he seems to try to use this to his advantage in practice and discipline. One of the cause and effect projects that he talked
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