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    Bieber‚ M. (1961)‚ A History of Greek and Roman Theatre‚ Oxford Univ.Press‚ London. Farnetani‚ A. Prodi‚ N. & Pompoli‚ R. (2006).Acoustical Measurements in Ancient Roman Theaters. ERATO project Symposium‚ 27-33‚ Istanbul‚ Turkey. Haddad‚ N. (2006 a). Vitruvius and Ancient Theatres: Analytical Study. ERATO project Symposium‚ 11-16‚ Istanbul‚ Turkey. Haddad‚ N. (2006 b). Ancient Theaters and Odea and Criteria for the Modern Use. ERATO project Symposium‚ 11-16‚ Istanbul‚ Turkey. Haddad‚ Naif‚ (2007). Criteria

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    Romans. The other one is the criteria of salubrity in an inhabitable area‚ as in Greece. In this respect‚ according to Rosen‚ G.‚ “ Romans were hardly more than imitators of the Greeks” (pp. 14). In fact‚ the studies on environmental factors by Vitruvius‚ in De Architectura were on many contents similar to Hippocratic’s book. However‚ the innovation lied in the extent of

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    of the universe." According to Leonardo’s preview in the accompanying text‚ written in mirror writing‚ it was made as a study of the proportions of the (male) human body as described in Vitruvius. The text is in two parts‚ above[a] and below[b] the image. The first paragraph of the upper part reports Vitruvius: "Vetruvio‚ architect‚ puts in his work on architecture that the measurements of man are in nature distributed in this manner‚ that is: a palm is four fingers a foot is four palms a cubit

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    reserved for the styles more consciously indebted to Greece and Rome.”1 In this essay I will discuss why the Examination Hall in Trinity College Dublin can be considered a classical building. In the first century BC‚ the Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius wrote his ten books of architecture. In these books‚ De Architectura‚ he detailed the Greek and Tuscan orders as a reference point for future architects. In 1563‚ Giacomo da Vignola wrote his treatise‚ The Five Orders of Architecture‚ which was

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    construction of the theatre started and then Scamozzi took charge of completing the project through leftover sketches of Palladio. IL Redentore Inspirations from history Palladio followed designs of Vitruvius. He also compiled a book titled ‘The Four Books on Architecture’ after the book of Vitruvius titled ‘The ten books on Architecture’. The purpose was to provide a concise information and indulge the thought of reading in the reader’s mind through a less but consolidated format. Palladio has set

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    classical sources‚ focusing on the human individual‚ and establishing idealistic beauty. One of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous works is the Vitruvian Man‚ an idealistic example of human perfection. The Vitruvian Man was inspired by Roman architect Vitruvius and depicts the ideal human

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    Research Question: Do we have the ideal proportion? The length of the outspread arms is equal to the height of a man The distance from the elbow to the tip of the hand is a quarter of the height of the man The maximum width of the shoulders is a quarter of the height of a man Data Collection: Raw Data: Table #1: Measure of the Outspread Arm‚ Height‚ from Elbow to the Tip of the Fingers‚ and Width of Shoulders (cm) (per person) Name Outspread arm /cm +/-1 Height /cm +/- 1 From the

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    The Lego Movie At the beginning of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s 21 Jump Street‚ their 2012 cop comedy that was a repurposing the television show that ran from 1987-1991‚ Deputy Chief Hardy (Nick Offerman)‚ explains to two young cops (Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill) that they’re being assigned to a unit in which they’ll be impersonating high school students to investigate drug crimes. “We’re reviving a canceled undercover police program from the ’80s and revamping it for modern times‚” Hardy

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    Identification The importance of various Roman figures and influences have defined its longevity and success of still remaining in people’s heart. Cicero was an excellent orator and his speeches remained famous for the skill in using the arguments and figures of speech. Even today they are considered wonderful pieces of classical Latin. The quality and ready accessibility of Ciceronian texts favored very wide distribution and inclusion in teaching curricula. This influence increased after the

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    measurement and scaling. The idea and principle of proportional system is derived from several different aspect of life such as nature‚ human body scale and even maths. Marcuse Vitruvius was one of the philosophers that put his focus on proportional system which are inspired from human body. As an architect and writer‚ Vitruvius accomplished his theory of human proportion by the invention of Vitruvian Man which was

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