In Diocletian’s Palace‚ the sphinxes were most likely the keepers of the Emperor’s last resting ground. Just like the pharaons of Ancient Egypt‚ the Emperor was attributed with divine origin and power. The Emperor called himself the son of Jupiter and that is exactly why he wished to decorate his last resting place-mausoleum with divine symbols‚ made of the same precious materials that the pharaohs once favoured. Unlike other Roman provinces‚ Egypt was considered as the private property of the Emperor
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Catherine’s Palace is located just south of St. Petersburg‚ Russia; it shows the beauty‚ wealth‚ extravagance‚ and power of Imperial Russia. The palace is Russia’s own Versailles. The palace itself shows its uniqueness by the use of its many different colors‚ the gold accents‚ and its grand pillars which are scattered throughout the entire palace exterior. One of the most breathtaking views of the palace is standing in front of the entrance because it shows how close one is to royalty‚ but it makes
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[pic] WORLD’S TOP CRYSTAL BRANDS 2009 Lalique [pic]homeshopping - 3 years ago [pic] René Lalique became synonymous with French Art Nouveau decorative arts. René Lalique was born in 1860 and first began designing fine jewelry in Paris in 1881. Lalique pursued increasingly more innovative experimentation in glass commencing around 1883. Early works used the familiar "lost wax" technique by which the model is made in wax while a mold is formed around the model. Then‚ the wax is melted and molten glass
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Bangalore Palace SEPTEMBER 15‚ 2010 BY RAGGI MUDDE Bangalore Palace Main Entrance Chamarajendra Wadiyar bought the original property in 1873 from the principal of Bangalore Central High School‚ Reverend J Garret‚ from his personal funds. The main building spreads across 45‚000 sq feet with a mix of Tudor and Scottish Gothic architecture. It took 2 years to build the palace‚ at a cost of about Rs 198‚158. The Bangalore Palace was built by a Wodeyar King in 1887 on the 400 acre space. Inspired
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The Palatine Chapel was the remains of the earlier version of Charlemagne’s Palace of Aachen. This is now currently in Germany. The palace does not exist anymore‚ however the remains and the central part of the Palace was used to create the Chapel. This is considered the city’s landmark. The design was mainly used because the early churches that were built inspired them. The main design of the Chapel is octagonal and it was later enlarged. Charlemagne was the one who start building the Palatine Chapel
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kind of escape. Jean Monnier the product of a stock market crash and failed marriage was left with what seemed no other choice then to escape the misery through death. He finds the perfect means to in what seems to be the perfect place‚ Thanatos Palace Hotel in New Mexico. They promise him many things but most importantly to be rid of his present worry‚ forever. The whole idea of such a place could be considered not far from a retirement home or hospice‚ where the sick and elderly await their
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About 6 months ago I had the chance to visit The Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul‚ Turkey. And I was fascinated by the design of the place and the history that it carried. When we were asked to use a topic to write about‚ the only thing that came to my mind was the palace. When I first did some research about the topic I didn’t find much to write about and I found it difficult to link it to our course concepts but after getting some help from my classmates I was able to get a better picture of what
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Marriott Corporation Evaluating the cost of capital 1. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Marriott Corporation? 1 (a) What risk-free rate and risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? R (f)‚ or risk free rate used for calculating cost of equity was the Geometric Mean (GM) for LT US govt. bond returns (Exhibit 4). We used the overall GM of 1926-1987 of 4.27%. This is because this is the period that Marriott has been in operation and would be a good reflection
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The City of Palaces : Mysore Shobit Nair 9th - IGCSE Candidate no: 0033 Word count – 730 INFORMATIVE
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the message is more then what the words say. The idea of modularity gave rise to the letterpress technology and also influenced the shape of graphic design‚ establishing principles that were crucial to later industrialization. Beatrice Warde’s Crystal Goblet‚ through extraneous metaphors‚ proposes the idea the good typography is typography that is invisible‚ in that the type should adhere to the readers expectation so as not disrupt their immersion in the content. The basis of this idea is that
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