similar stores elsewhere‚ including Baghdad‚ Istanbul and Beirut. Some older Egyptians may still remember Orosdi-Back‚ that famous turn-of-the-century department store which early on added the Turkish-derived "Omar Effendi" to its name. The six-story rococo department store designed in 1905-6 by Raoul Brandon (1878-1941) stands at the corner of Abdelaziz and Rushdi Pasha Streets‚ a powerful architectural testimonial to Cairo till today. Orsodi Bak became Omar Effendi in 1920 when it was sold to new
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enlightenment‚ political issues‚ scientific discoveries and the reexamination of established ideas‚ including the existence of God. Many of these ideas and has got huge impact on the heavy Monumental baroque style and later developed with a more intimate rococo style‚ with its light colors‚ curved lines‚ and graceful ornaments‚ which greatly resembles the classical period. Shortly after the Classical period‚ the Romantic era appeared during the 1820-1900’s. At these times‚ non-musical developments such as
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What is hyperreality and what does it mean? Why is Las Vegas postulated to be ‘hyperreal’? Furthermore why is it that so many people in the world want to visit Las Vegas‚ and people return back to Las Vegas year after year‚ even though we all believe the city‚ and everything within it‚ is superficial and fake? Perhaps it is to do with nostalgia‚ or the fact that Las Vegas is very good at being a themed illusion which puts everyone into a trance and make them believe they are in fantasyland? Why
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Sport Obermeyer Sport Obermeyer‚ Ltd was created around 1947 by Klaus Obermeyer. While teaching at an Aspen Ski School‚ Klaus noticed a difference between the clothing that his students wore and the clothing skiers wore in his native Germany. Although Klaus started out by traveling to Germany to find high-performance skiwear that was suitable for his students‚ he designed his own line of skiwear and ski equipment products and that was how Sport Obermeyer‚ Ltd was introduced. Sport Obermeyer
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Design Influences 1920s The economic glory days of the 1920s is renowned for its luxury items and art movements but was this just for an elitist sect to the decade known as the golden era? The ’roaring twenties ’ was a period of striking change and social upheaval. The period was of dramatic technological advancements as the 1920s witnessed new discoveries and inventions that became the foundation of prosperous businesses in virtually every field. The Great War had hastened development
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History of Sculpture Prehistoric Periods Much surviving prehistoric art is small portable sculptures‚ with a small group of female Venus figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf (24‚000–22‚000 BC) found across central Europe; the 30 cm tall Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel of about 30‚000 BCE has hardly any pieces that can be related to it. The Swimming Reindeer of about 11‚000 BCE is one of the finest of a number of Magdalenian carvings in bone or antler of animals in the art of the Upper
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The Czech Republic boasts(se může pochlubit) some wonderful countryside crisscrossed with thousands of kilometres of marked hiking trails‚ an incredible number of historical sites‚ picturesque historical towns and world-famous spas where visitors come to be cured (lěčeni)‚ as well as to unwind(odpočinek). Visitors from around the world travel here for our culture‚ history and architecture. All of these places are easily accessible. Such a concentration of UNESCO sites cannot be found anywhere else
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1. It was discovered that nerve receptors in the face tell the heart to ________ down the instant we hit water‚ causing pulse rates to drop. • A. Slow • B. Race • C. Settle • D. Choke • E. Throttle 2. Among the dangers of free diving‚ the most ________ is the brain’s frightening tendency to shut down within 15 feet of the surface during the ascent. • A. Comforting • B. Perplexing • C. Predictable • D. Disconcerting • E. Unpredictable 3. Without
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of 3). Benjamin West was an American Neoclassical painter who turned art historical order upside down by not depicting a classical theme and used clothing of the time (Gehmacaher). The Neoclassical period of art was a reaction to the Baroque and Rococo style of art where a renewed interest for classical antiquity of the ancient Greek and Roman seeking the geometric harmony of the time (Kleiner 330). The Neoclassical period of art was during the Enlightenment period where critical thinking of the
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of Horatti and the Coronation of Napoleon. He also conquered enlightenment‚ so each subject matter to be of a moral‚ noble standing and conflict. David was born in Paris on August 30‚ 1748. His well to do parents sent him to school with the rococo manner‚ his eminent painter Francois Boucher‚ to whom David was apparently distantly related. Perhaps because of his own advancement David study under Joseph Vien‚ a painter who had been attracted by the new wave of interest in antiquity while study
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