wooden front door that had never been locked‚ and go into the front porch. In the front porch you would find‚ an old set of bull horns hanging proudly over the doorway‚ an old picture of the farm‚ and various pairs of cowboys boots and work boots. Along with the work boots and cowboy boots there was always a pair of moccasin slippers that belonged to my grandpa. He used to wear them around the house or onto the front porch to wave goodbye people towhen they were leaving. Although the front porch
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Era. Both the Parthenon and the Pantheon came from two different cultures and two different time periods‚ but yet share many similarities in their overall symbolism and meaning. Greek influences in the Pantheon appear in its façade with its columnar porch‚ pediment‚ and frieze. However‚ one can tell that the Pantheon is strictly Roman by the design of the dome‚ the attention to interior detail‚ the use of concrete versus white marble‚ and the idea of using the temple for many gods. After the Greeks
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Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra‚ India are a Buddhist monastery complex of twenty-nine rock-cut cave monuments containing paintings and sculpture considered to be masterpieces of both "Buddhist religious art"[1] and "universal pictorial art"[2] The caves are located just outside the village of Ajinṭhā in Aurangabad District in the Indian state of Maharashtra (N. lat. 20 deg. 30 ’ by E. long. 75 deg. 40 ’). Since 1983‚ the Ajanta Caves have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Excavation of the caves began
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Greek & Etruscan Architecture Greek and Etruscan architecture began to take shape during the Archaic and Early Classical periods. There were similarities between the early Greek and Etruscan architectural styles‚ but there were far more differences. One of the most obvious similarities between the Greek and Etruscan styles was the use of a gabled roof. A gabled roof resembles a triangle in that it has a peak in the middle‚ and then has two straight slopes from the peak to each side wall.
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Hardware Design with VHDL Design Example: VGA ECE 443 VGA (Video Graphics Array) Here we consider an 8 color 640-480 pixel resolution interface for the CRT Vertical deflection coil Horizontal deflection coil Electron gun mono hsync vsync Horizontal osc and amp Vertical osc and amp Phosphor coated screen Electron beam The electron gun generates a focused electron beam that strikes the phosphor screen The intensity of the electron beam and the brightness of the dot are
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Rome. The first building was erected in 27 B.C.E. by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa‚ the faithful advisor of Augustus. In Trojan’s time‚ the temple was completely rebuilt by Hadrian between 118 and 128‚ in the form we still see today. When approaching the front of the Pantheon one can see the inscription above still reads in Latin the original dedication by Marcus Agrippa. “The inscription reads: "MAGRIPPALFCOSTERTIUMFECIT” “Marcus Agrippa son of Lucius‚ having been consul three times made it”.” (ROME) Despite
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including the three central shrine rooms and two porches. The west end of the Erechtheion‚ one with a porch of columns on the north and one with a porch of Karyatids on the south‚ makes the building unusual‚ with its two side porches‚ enclosed front and elevated colonnade (Jeppesen). Although the Erechtheion is known for both its complexity and for the exquisite perfection to its details‚ its distinctive porch‚ supported by caryatid figures‚ is what makes the building stand out more than any other. The
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start a pot of coffee. There is no hurry here. As the coffee brews‚ I open the blinds and throw open the doors. I check the temperature on the thermometer just outside the front door. When the coffee has finished brewing I pour myself a cup and head for either the front porch or the back deck. If I sit on the front porch‚ in my old oak rocking chair‚ I can see the trees waving in the early morning breeze. I love this when there is a slight frost and the air is crisp. Yes‚ it’s a bit chilly
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it’s memories of when I was a cub scout and proudly wore my dark blue uniform with the yellow bandana for a tie. I remember eating slices of bright red watermelon sprinkled with shiny black seeds; and mother and I lazily swinging in the cool of a front porch swing‚ sipping a glass of iced lemonade with lemon wedges that looked like floating yellow sail boats on top; and those adventurous and fun summer days spent playing in the big forest I thought would never come to an end‚ when I was a blond and
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side. This room opened up into a porch (portico) that had four columns in the front. After there were no more kings these megarons turned into temples. The fire pit‚ which turned into some type of altar or a place to show a sacrifice for that god‚ was now outside in front of the temple. The altar was now outside so people could see you make these sacrifices to their gods. The first Greek temples were made out of wood and were long rectangular buildings with a porch all the way around which was supported
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