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    Gothic Cathedrals

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    Gothic sculpture was closely tied to architecture since it was used primarily to decorate the exteriors of cathedrals. The earliest Gothic sculptures were figures of saints‚ and the Holy Family and were used to decorate the doorways‚ or portals‚ of cathedrals. At Rimes‚ the facade covers a large area and is one of the most opulent groupings of sculpture in any Gothic church is more relaxed and naturalistic appearing‚ a trend that culminated in the sculptural decorations of the Reims Cathedral. The

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    Gothic Cathedral

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    Gothic architecture was developed from a Christian perspective‚ and therefore attained its most meaningful expression in churches. Clerics began to demand taller churches with more windows than had been present in the dark‚ but sturdy Romanesque churches. This desire was derived from new intellectual and spiritual concepts that took a more rational view of God‚ and saw God encompassed many things‚ such as light‚ reason and proportion. The Gothic church displayed a visual attempt to leave behind the

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    The Cult of Domesticity

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    hr. 5 25/1/12 The Cult of Domesticity was a guideline that required women to be inferior and submissive compared to men. Many of Emily Dickinson’s poems were written in secret because of the treatment of women in her time period. “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin were written from their position of male dominance and domesticated women. Many of the ideals specifically submissiveness‚ domesticity and piety present in the Cult of Domesticity‚ are

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    Cult Of The Machine

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    The “cult of the machine‚” infatuated The Soviet Union during the 1920s. Super-urbanism and the corresponding belief that proletariat society could only exist within a culture of the machine and the factory effected policy greatly starting in the late 1920s.35 The Soviet Union believed that machines and modernization led the way to new civilization. “City planning and the design of future living space requires a mentality and an imagination of closely resembling the concoction of science fiction

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    Gothic Architecture

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    GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE Basilica churchearly Christian churchRomanesquegothic - Religion grew more population - complete opposite of classical architecture - called "barbaric"; gothic age is considered one of Europe’s outstanding artistic eras Features of gothic architecture: 1. Plans- arranged for convenience rather than for symmetry (utilitarian) 2. Walls- rubble masonry not laid in horizontal courses -materials were in small pieces -walls were no longer load-bearing which contributed

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    Virgin Galactic

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    Contents Table of Contents 2 I. History and Evaluation of Space Tourism 3 II. Introduction of Virgin Galactic 3 III. Mission and Vision 3 IV. Business Strategy 3 V. Market Research 4 VI. Technology Strategy 4 A. Porter’s Five Forces 4 B. SWOT Analysis 6 C. Ans-Off Matrix 7 D. BCG Matrix 7 VII. Technical Issues And Space Vehicle of Virgin Galactic 7 VIII. Future of Space Tourism 8 IX. Future of Virgin Galactic 8 X. References 9 I. History and Evaluation of Space Tourism Space tourism

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    Diocletian Cult

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    The largest dispersion of Jews was in the 8th century before the common era‚ however most of the Jews in Split came during the 3rd-4th century Romaniote immigration‚ along with the Syrian and Iranian exiles. This formed a strong Jewish presence on the East Adriatic Coast. The East Adriatic Coast was a smart place to settle because of its location for economic trade‚ not to mention its mild climate and beautiful geography. Salona‚ Dalmatia‚ and Split are all prime examples of the settlement of Jews

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    Gothic Architecture

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    December‚ 2013 Development of Gothic Architecture The 11th to 15th centuries observed a great increase in the presence of the Christian Church within Europe. The Crusades were a strong cause for this surge in the Christian religion. The growing population of the Church increased the demand for a Christian presence in architectural monuments during the Romanesque and Gothic periods‚ which lead to a great cathedral construction boom across Europe. The Gothic architectural styles were distinctive

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    The Cult of Tara

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    one of the most widespread of Tibetan cults‚ undifferentiated by sect‚ education‚ class‚ or position; from the highest to the lowest‚ the Tibetans find with his goddess a personal and enduring relationship unmatched by any other single deity‚ even among those of their gods more potent in appearance or more profound in symbolic association.”1 Tara is thought to protect her people from “the cradle to beyond the grave; and‚ as Stephanie Beyer‚ author of The Cult of Tara: Magic and Ritual in Tibet‚ profoundly

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    The Gothic Age

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    The Gothic Age Introduction The Gothic Age As the third year that followed the year on thousand grew near‚ there was to be seen over almost all the earth‚ but especially in Italy and in Gaul‚ a great renewal of church buildings; each Christian community was driven by a spirit of rivalry to have a more glorious church than the others. It was as if the world had shaken itself‚ and casting off its old garments‚ had dressed itself again in every part in a white robe of churches. Raoul Glaber‚ Historia

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