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    French Architecture France is a country rich in architecture. You can spend all your days day walking through the streets of Paris‚ or any other region‚ visiting the museums‚ and taking pictures next to one of the many impressive monuments. France has many old monuments and some of them they are in well good condition like the Maison Carrée and the Pont du Gard near Nîmes. The Carolingian dynasty of Charlemagne was a period of innovative buildings‚ using the Romanesque architecture‚ which gave

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    insists not to buy the villa. He uses all the means to prevent his wife buying it. He accuses his wife that she wants the villa for her parents and her tribes!. Then‚ he offers a very cheap price which means that he doesn’t want to buy it. But‚ when the chance came to him‚ he made use it in a clever and witty way. His wit cleverness and diplomatic way in speech were perfect in managing the situation. Moreover‚ his wit and his perfect controlling of the situation‚ made him win the villa in addition to one

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    The architecture of a country acts like a mirror for understanding the way of living and also the developments of the place that have led to the creation of the country as it looks today. The architecture of a country gives an insight into a country’s developments over the years. Many times architecture also helps us predict what type of traditions have been followed in the country over a large span of time. The thesis mainly deals with analyzing whether the direction of development of architecture

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    they’re the fathers of the modern Architecture. Alberti’s type of Architecture wasn’t in use and he’s only looked at as history. Modern Architecture is what we live in‚ what we breathe‚ what we see‚ it’s in our blood as Architects; it’s what people expect from us. I then went on to choose between Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. I know much about Frank‚ but then I knew little about Le Corbusier. During my college years‚ his name was familiar‚ very famous between architecture students; we knew he

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    Throughout history‚ there have been numerous factors that have influenced the development of western architecture. The most influential factor of classical architecture was humanism. The ideology of humanism is an attitude centered chiefly in the values‚ interests‚ and potential of human beings (Webster’s II New Riverside Dictionary 205). Humanism is what leads to the development of the Classical World as we know it. In the Classical World‚ that is ancient Greek and Rome‚ the ideology of humanism

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    practiced by majority of world’s population. Ever since its beginnings in the first century AD‚ it grew exponentially. Massive numbers of its followers have caused it to have considerable influence on the world culture. Since the majority of its followers were from what is considered the western world‚ the influence of Christianity on it was greater than elsewhere. The impact of Christian philosophy in the areas of politics‚ economy‚ business‚ law‚ education‚ science and human relations will be discussed

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    The influence of the internet on modern society. CSC 1015 By Ryan Foreman 091811594 Introduction This essay focuses on the impact that the interent has had on modern society. I will give a brief history of the internet‚ talking about its origins and the key developments that have occured up until now. Then look at how the internet has changed society so far‚ including how it has changed social interactions‚ e-commerce and jobs. Also discussing the advantages and disadvatages of the interent and

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    HELLENISTIC INFLUENCE ON BUDDHIST SCULPTURE The great Buddha statue at Bodhgaya in India stands 80 feet tall and is the first of its kind ever built in India. Its construction was completed in 1989 and was consecrated by the 14th Dalai Lama. Pilgrims come from all over the world to see the monument. It was constructed under the slogan “spread Buddha’s rays to the whole world.” What many visitors‚ pilgrims‚ and tourists alike probably do not realize is that “the Buddha” at Bodhgaya owes many of

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    NEW BELGRADE: THE CAPITAL OF NO-CITY’S-LAND Ljiljana Blagojević New Belgrade is a modern city‚ built in the second half of the twentieth century‚ on the marshy plain bordered by the rivers Sava and Danube‚ stretching between the historical cities of Zemun and Belgrade.[1] The terrain of this modern development‚ most dramatically beheld from the position of the ancient Belgrade fortress‚ served for centuries as a no-man’s-land between the borders of the two empires‚ the Ottoman and the Austrian/Austro-Hungarian

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    The problem that Silvetti presents at the beginning of his prologue to “The Getty Villa” is one that deserves the most attention to students preparing to leave school and enter the profession – the “problematic relationship with the building that one of us would be asked to resdesign.” Silvetti (and the other architects) were tasked with “designing” a building that already been designed and built – yet they were going through the modernistic throws of the late 20th century where it was believed to

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