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    All Quiet on the Western Front vs. Postmodernism There are many novels that recollect various periods throughout the decades. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front is one of these. The Author Erich Maria Remarque uses a fictional character named Paul Baumer to install feeling‚ thoughts‚ and actions that the German soldiers went through during World War I specifically battling on the Western front. This novel gives a historical outlook on how the war affected these soldiers during and after the

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    opposite Sultan Abdul Samad and city gallery. Nowadays‚ it became one of the beautiful heritage building and famous landmarks around Kuala Lumpur. This historic‚ attractive‚ and elegant building which was the mixed of Mughal and Islamic style architecture. This elegant building was designed by British architect‚ Arthur Benison Hubback (A.B. Hubback) who was the same architect designed The Old General post office. This two building and Sultan Abdul Samad Building which designed by A.C.Norman was

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    Tabitha Forms in Literature September 27‚ 2004 Period 11 All Quiet on the Western Front Essay A lost generation‚ emotional destruction‚ the reality of war‚ these are all ideas displayed in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front that prove the validity of the statement in the preface. These ideas and more expressed by the author‚ Erich Maria Remarque‚ present the reader with the war novel of a lifetime. A war novel that is different from any other because of these ideas

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    Entante. Then Europe was divided into hostile camps. During this time nationalism had caused a glorified view of the war. These views showed how inexperienced the people of Europe were in warfare. In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ we can

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    Tadao Ando GA Architecture 12 VOL.2 1988-1993 This book talks about Tadao Ando’s projects in a chronological order‚ the publication mainly works with photographs and overview drawings‚ but they have a lack of detail drawings and some landscape sketches. His designs have this very specific style that is unique in a different sense than his western colleagues‚ his raw usage of concrete in the 90is a very clear architectural language that was only beginning to develop with other practices. He has

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    Ekistics

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    human settlements" which promoted a scientific method for architectural design and planning. It had an immense impact on many fields of architecture and planning worldwide‚ especially during the sixties. With the theoretical shifts in subsequent decades‚ Ekistics was displaced as obsolete and its aspirations remained unexplored‚ while scientific methods in architecture are often dismissed in their entirety. This thesis explores the epistemological premises of Ekistics through a critical overview of its

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    INTRODUCTION The Architecture of Geoffrey Bawa has influenced not only Sri Lanka but also the south Asian countries. His works have been described as regional‚ traditional‚ culturally rich and often though with some qualification‚ modern. His projects are a synthesis of Modernist vocabulary and distinct contextual elements‚ rooted in regional identity and lifestyle of users. Bawa is very much a man of the end of the era - especially when seen in the context of modern movement in the west - because

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    Architecture in Pre-Historic Time and Ancient Egypt Architecture‚ over time has grown both in complexity and purpose‚ however it all started with the basic need for protection from environmental disturbances‚ wild animals and other human population. It does not just stop there. Superficial beliefs and other unnatural reasons were also the reasons for the creation of stone circles‚ monoliths and other monuments that demonstrated/represented a form of symbol. In order to understand the complex changes

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    secondary textual sources. At the center of this paper will be one of three different “object” types: an original work of art in the Oriental Institute Museum‚ an ancient-inspired architectural work in Chicago‚ or the ancient-inspired art and architecture of a movie (more on these below). All papers must include a description of the “object’s” formal elements (such as line‚ color‚ texture‚ spatial qualities‚ and composition) and medium and how they contribute to the function of the “object” and

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    (Remarque Preface). All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ tells a story of a young soldier‚ as he and his friends fight for the German army during World War I. The novel is narrated from the point of view of Paul Bäumer. He is nineteen years old and‚ like many of his classmates‚ he joins the German army. The story follows as they fight through the horrid experiences of trench warfare. Unlike many other war novels‚ All Quiet on the Western Front does not attempt to romanticize

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