MONUMENT HOMEWORK: ST. LOUIS ARCH Homework needs to clearly be organized. Use this as a guide for your research. Keep the bold headers but erase my comments when you hand in your homework! NAME OF MONUMENT: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial also Gateway Arch TYPE OF MONUMENT: Arch LOCATION: Saint Louis‚ MO DATES: 1. Idea- Eero Sarriaen & Haanskarl Bandel in 1947 2. Competition- 1947 challenging teams of architects 3. Construction- 1963- 1965 BACKGROUND ON
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THE WING HOUSE in Rancho Santa Fe‚ California Architectural Design and Interiors by WALLACE E. CUNNINGHAM * Cunningham was born in White Township‚ Pennsylvania. * commenced his formal architectural instruction at Hutchinson Central Technical High School in Buffalo‚ New York‚ and then the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts‚ where he was influenced by Marya Lilien‚ one of the first female apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright. 1978His first work‚ while still a student at Taliesin‚ was Wing House in Rancho
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Solutions Manual for Systems Architecture‚ Fourth Edition Stephen Burd Chapter 1 Systems Architecture: An Introduction Vocabulary Exercises 1. Students of computer science generally focus on system software‚ while students of information systems generally focus on application software. 2. Configuration of hardware and system software occurs during the systems implementation phase of the SDLC. 3. Professional organizations with which an information
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History and Theory of Architecture - an intoduction 1st Year 05.12. 2012 By J. W. Kamenju. UON History: (Merriam Webster) 1. a narrative (story) devoted to the exposition of the natural unfolding and interdependence of the events. 2. a systematic written account comprising a chronological record of events ... usually including a philosophical explanation of the cause and origin of such events. 3. finished or done for : one consigned or belonging to the past. – He is history Polemics:
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PARTHENON BUILDING The Parthenon is one of the many buildings on the Acropolis of Athens which symbolized the Athenians’ wealth and power. The original building on the site was built as an offering to honor the goddess Athena because the people of ancient Athens believed that she helped the Greeks conquer the Persian Empire in the Persian Wars as well as watched over them and the city. Therefore‚ the temple is dedicated to Athena Parthenos. Parthenon was built in the year 448 BC and was
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Architecture of the Parthenon. Because of this‚ there are many similarities‚ but also differences‚ between the Parthenon and the Lincoln Memorial. The architects of the Parthenon were Iktinos‚ Kallikrates‚ and Phidias. Although not much is known about Iktinos and Kallikrates‚ other than that they were partners in designing the Parthenon‚ Phidias was a very distinguished sculptor and architect at the time. While Iktinos and Kallikrates oversaw the structural aspect of the Parthenon‚ Phidias oversaw
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building is made from concrete and granite‚ though it was rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian in 126 AD. This structure is often compared to the Parthenon created by Iktinos and Kallikrates in Pericles’s Acropolis in Athens between 447-438 BC. The comparison is made because the Pantheon is heavily influenced by the Parthenon from the Greek Classical 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
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Wall Street’s Parthenon To anyone in New York City‚ Federal Hall Memorial and the Parthenon may not look anything alike. But you cannot try and compare the two buildings directly for the obvious reason that they were built for completely different reasons‚ time periods‚ and importance. On one hand‚ the Parthenon was originally constructed in 432 BC as an ancient Greek temple dedicated to the Goddess Athena‚ and on the other‚ Federal Hall Memorial built in 1842 as a memorial on the site of the
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information. Parthenon and Pantheon depicts the culture of two of the greatest civilization in the history of the world; Greece and Rome the cradle of civilization. I bring this essay to show you the importance of these building in the culture not only for these countries but the world‚ the styles and functions of the humanity wealth and similarities and differences between ancient Greece and Rome seen in these two buildings I hope you enjoy this paper. According to Wikipedia the Parthenon: Is a
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Constantine the Great - Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Constantine The reign of Constantine the Great forms a most important epoch in the history of the church. Both his father Constantius and his mother Helena were religiously inclined‚ and always favourable to the Christians. Some years of Constantine’s youth were spent at the court of Diocletian and Galerius in the character of a hostage. He witnessed the publication of the persecuting edict at Nicomedia in 303‚ and the horrors which followed
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