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    The Water Runs Through It Robert Harris? Pompeii is thoroughly researched‚ informative‚ and filled with suspense. Attilius‚ the Aquarius and of the Aqua Augusta‚ is the main character. Attilius overcomes many obstacles and survives several life and death situations. Through Attilius we learn the ineer workings‚ technical details‚ and pictorial descriptions of the Aqua Augusta. The novel begins on August 22‚ A.D 79 at 04:21 hours. The twilight overhead turns into blistering heat creating irritable

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    Research Paper-Outline TOPIC-Development of Greek Architecture: The Doric and Ionic Orders Intro: Hook‚ Thesis statement/explanation of topic Information/Background- -What was architecture like before this period? -What was is made out of? -Who influenced it? - What were some examples reflecting the old styles? -What happened to them? How were the ideas changing? -Who came up with new ideas? -What were the new ideas? -What influenced them? -How did they reflect the culture/society/worship

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    Criticism in architecture: does aesthetics matter in architecture? „Urgent questions which confront the architect are indeed philosophical questions‟ (Scruton 1979). In the letter of Goldberg (2003)‚ criticism in architecture is considered as an audience guide to appreciate good design: The purpose of architecture criticism in the general media is to create a better educated more critically aware‚ more visually literate constituency for architecture… In contrast‚ Baird mentioned: Today criticality

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    _Excellent paper‚ one of my best‚ I spent several hours researching Albrecht Durer This is the best paper in the class._ Albrecht Dürer Leonardo of the North Michael Wise Art 5 Frank Turduci Impressive though others may be‚ the great German artist of the Northern Renaissance is Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). We know his life better than the lives of other artists of his time. Dürer traveled‚ and found‚ he says‚ more appreciation abroad than at home. The Italian influence on his art was of a

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    Ancient Technologies During the growth of the ancient civilizations‚ ancient technology was the result from advances in engineering in ancient times. These advances in the history of technology stimulated societies to adopt new ways of living and governance. It was the growth of the ancient civilizations which produced the greatest advances in technology and engineering‚ advances which stimulated other societies to adopt new ways of living and governance. I will be discussing about the ancient

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    traditions because of the discovery‚ experimentation and exploitation of arches‚ concrete‚ and vaulting (a good example of this can be the Pantheon‚ c. 125 C.E.). In the field of Roman architects there are a lot of personalities‚ which can’t be deny. Vitruvius‚ Publius Aelius Hadrianus‚ Titus‚ Vespasian‚ Andrea Palladio‚ Michelangelo‚ Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ Donato Baramante‚ Raphael‚ Banister Fletcher‚ Giovanni Paolo Panini; this names are so considerable in the history of Roman architects. 10 Important

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    Human Dimension & Interior space A source book of design reference standards byJulius Panero and Martin Zelnik FOREWORD Over the past 30 years‚ physical anthropologists have been con­cerned with the documentation and description of human body size variability and its application to design. A significant problem con­tinues to exist‚ however‚ in the communication of such knowledge to the wide variety of potential users‚ the design community. The diversity of this group of users is broad‚ ranging

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    FOUR STYLES OF ROMAN WALL PAINTING The wall paintings evolved from around 2nd BC. Romans created these extravaganza works to emphasise their wealth. The evidence for the techniques used is described by Vitruvius ’ in _De Architectura._ He noted that wall paintings were interior wall designs as frescoes‚ which were executed using damp plaster (lime and sand mixed together). There must have been at least several layers of this plaster‚ where the top layers were burnished with marble powder to make

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    AP European History Period: E Interpretive Biography Leonardo Da Vinci is considered one of the greatest geniuses of all time. He was the epitome of the term "Renaissance Man"‚ which means a person with many talents. During the Italian Renaissance Da Vinci’s accomplishments ranged from many fields such as anatomy‚ engineering‚ mathematics‚ nature ‚philosophy‚ painting‚ sculpting and architecture. His achievements in these fields stem from an early age‚ Da Vinci was an illegitimate child born

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    International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 9‚ Number 4 (2014) pp. 483-493 © Research India Publications http://www.ripublication.com The Architectural Design Machine (AD_M): Integrating Architectural Knowledge Saleem M. Dahabreh‚ Ph.D Department of Architecture‚ Faculty of Engineering and Technology‚ University of Jordan‚ Amman 11942‚ Jordan Telephone: +96265669224 Fax: +96265669224 Email: saleem.dahabreh@ju.edu.jo Abstract This paper presents the

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