Architect Eero Saarinen TWA Terminal‚ JFK Airport‚ New York Architect Eero Saarinen(1910-1961)‚ classified as a Neo-Expressionist‚ brought a sculptor’s sensibility to his buildings. Neo-Expressionism architecture is modernist and abstract‚ but with romantic imagery and the intuitive shapes. Saarinen is best known for the TWA Terminal‚ JFK Airport‚ New York‚ where he captured the excitement of flight with giant wings of concrete. Other examples of the Neo-Expressionism style of architecture are
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France is a country of beauty‚ mystery‚ and intrigue. Paris has the most known tourist attractions in the world: The Eiffel Tower‚ L’arc de Triomphe‚ and the Louvre to name a few. Paris is called the "City of Light"; the lighting of monuments and buildings emphasizes the beauty of the architecture in the city. The Eiffel Tower is the symbol of Paris‚ if not the entire country. It is one of the most known monuments in the entire world‚ and definitely one of the most photographed. It began construction
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THE SEVEN WONDERS [pic] PYRAMIDS OF GIZA [pic] HANGING GARDENS [pic] TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS [pic] STATUE OF ZEUS [pic] COLOSSUS [pic] LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA [pic] THE MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS [pic] The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was the tomb of king Mausolus. Halicarnassus (Modern Bodrum‚ Turkey) was the capital of a small Mediterranean kingdom. In 377 B.C.‚ Hecatomnus of Mylasa‚ the ruler of this land‚ died and left control of the kingdom to his son‚ Mausolus. Mausolus’
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THE EIFFEL TOWER The Eiffel Tower a symbol of Paris and France was built in1889. It is affectionately known as "Iron Lady". It rises 324 meters above the city. It was designed and built by an engineer Gustave Eiffel. It weighs in excess of 10000 tonnes and is made up of 18000 individual metal sections assembled using 2500000 rivets. The tower had three levels for the visitors to climb either by using stairs or elevator . It has nearly 300 steps from ground to the first level. The First and Second
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci I visited the Louvre in Paris‚ France and the one thing that I knew for sure that I wanted to see was the Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece. I took the metro that led me into a mall where I walked down a very long hall of shops on each side. Finally‚ we reached the large inverted pyramid on the middle of a large room. If facing the pyramid with the long hall of the mall to your back‚ you can look forward and to the left and you will see an entrance to Comedie-Francaise
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The Impact of Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt is a civilization of wealth and structure that flourished along the Nile River in northeastern Africa from about 3300 B.C to 30 B.C. In over 3‚000 years‚ one of the most sophisticated and creative societies advanced where no other civilization did. 2‚000 years later‚ it would be hard to think about the world without the impact of ancient Egypt‚ because it seems to have significantly affected every field of our American culture. The Egyptians have heavily
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the small 5m x 5m naos. An account by the ancient writer Pausanias describes the statue as made of wood‚ holding a helmet in her left hand‚ and a pomegranate (symbol of fertility) in her right. Unlike the famous "Winged Victory of Samothrace" in the Louvre Museum‚ this Nike statue was wingless.
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In the past five years‚ a controversial phenomenon has swept the entire world. Published in 44 different languages‚ and with over 40 million copies in print as of March 2006‚ The Da Vinci Code written by Dan Brown has captivated everyone‚ and even turned many into conspiracy theorists. As thrilling as the novel may be many‚ many catholics have taken the novel too personally and have attempted to boycott‚ and even ban the book‚ and upcoming film from many counties. In fact it has been banned from
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Tahirih Osborne 11.16.11 HHIS 101 Jeff Bibbee Tutankhamen: Anatomy of an Excavation.Howard Carter’s diaries.The first excavation season in the tomb of Tutankhamen.Part 1: October 28 to December 31‚ 1922 © Griffith Institute‚ Oxford OX1 2LG Otter Box This document provides an in-depth description of Howard Carter’s initial discovery of the ante-chamber to King Tutankhamen’s tomb. November 26th describes the discovery of an unidentified room filled with artifacts‚ while November 27th describes
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MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE Name:Tan-awon‚ Johanna Marie R. Prof. Architect Gregoria Mercado Bs.Architecture/ AR 1-11ar-2 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Antoni Gaudí From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Antoni Gaudí | Biography Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈði]; 25 June 1852–10 June 1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí’s works reflect his highly individual
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