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  Denmark - Culture - Architecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Although the architectural creations of the age were thus mainly concentrated in private building undertakings in Copenhagen, for instance Niels Juels Palæ near Kongens Nytorv (1696), building work was still going on in other parts of the country.
Greek Antique architecture was the object of considerable interest at this time, and it left its traces for instance in Harsdorff's colonnade (1794) between two of the Amalienborg palaces.
Architecturally speaking, Tinggården was built in a varied and informal mould, in which the elements of concrete were hidden behind unpretentious and familiar native materials such as wooden cladding and facing walls.
www.um.dk /Publikationer/UM/English/Denmark/kap4/4-2.asp   (5802 words)

  
 Search Results for "1570s"
...and, with its colonial architecture, a tourist attraction.
Heredia was founded in the 1570s and is the seat of the National Univ....
It was founded in the 1570s and today is a commercial and industrial center in a rich mining area....
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 Re: [Assam] FAIA, Editor-in-chief - Architectural Wonders of India
Robert Ivy is the editor of Architectural Record, a commercial magazine that caters to American architecture, and is the sole surviving effort in the field.
Architectural Record has been a generous supporter of the effort by providing publicity for the event and printing entry forms free of charge for most of the life of the contest.
Close your eyes from the heights at Fatehpur Sikri, a town constructed in the 1570s to become the Mughal capital from 1571-1584, and you could be at VÈzÈlay, in France, were it not for the calls from the mosque.
www.mail-archive.com /assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu/msg10977.html   (1886 words)

  
 Architecture Church House Medieval Parson
Medieval architecture was often not quite symmetrical, and interestingly, the front door of the Parson Capen house is...
Domestic architecture in the first quarter of the 18th century is represented by the McPhedris-Warner House...
of noble specimens of architecture, and of the humble dwellings...
housechurches.flopchurches.com /architecturechurchhousemedievalparson   (829 words)

  
 KINGSTON ARCHITECTURE
Compare the contents of volume one of Buildings of Architectural and Historic Significance, written in 1971 and containing only buildings that predate 1865, with volume six, written in 1985 and containing many later buildings running into the 1920s.
A new enthusiasm in Britain and the United States was developed for Greek art and architecture in the 1830s but had limited appeal in the Kingston region.
At first glance, this frame building seems to lack a “style” but the controlled placement of openings and general proportions were influenced by the rational qualities of classicism.
www.mckendry.net /STYLE/style.htm   (1388 words)

  
 Graham Foundation @GF
The buildings of the complex are organized around a courtyard, and include a school at the western entry and a hostel for scholars at the back of the courtyard, while a fountain at the center of courtyard is used for ritual cleansing.
The mosque's interior layout is unusual for Ottoman architecture: built along a sextagonal base, as opposed to the more traditional octagonal form, the unity of the interior spaces is emphasized and centered on the dome of the mosque.
In counterbalance to the austere exterior of the complex, the interior of the mosque is exuberantly ornamented with tiles bearing geometric patterns in reds, greens, and blues.
www.grahamfoundation.org /messagePopup.asp?msgID=39   (948 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for 1570s
On the central plateau, it is a center of the coffee and cattle industries and, with its colonial architecture, a tourist attraction.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "1570s" at HighBeam.
The PR problems of Canada's 'other' seal hunt: The Inuit, who depend on seals for food, seek a market for the skins.(World)
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Architectural history: In terms of formal analysis, the Renaissance in architecture marks a return to the vocabulary and (in part) the compositional principles of classical architecture, and hence a return to the foundations of western art.
All architecture throughout history had been constrained by local conditions: local building materials, local workmen and their traditions, local taste, specifics of the local climate (hot or cold, dusty or damp, daytime and nighttime), local architectural iconography.
Architecture in the early twentieth century was marked by problems (and opportunities) created by new technology, new kinds of urban planning, and social and environmental issues.
www.pitt.edu /~tokerism/0040/sourcebook.html   (17516 words)

  
 Ockham's Razor - 1/08/99: Australia's First Ship And The Science Of Naval Architecture
They invented their own economical way of changing from overlapping planks without abandoning the plank-first tradition in which their ships were conceived and shaped by eye.
The potential for the development of naval architecture as a science was there.
It was not until the 18th century that the representation of irregular shapes by lines like contours on modern topographic maps was invented, and it was then that naval architecture was liberated to really experiment with hull shapes.
www.abc.net.au /rn/science/ockham/stories/s40144.htm   (1965 words)

  
 Topics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Consider Bramante's architecture as 'humanist' and its relation to ancient Roman architecture.
These two figures dominated architecture in Venice in the 16th century.
Be sure to consider aspects of architectural theory in your study.
ic.ucsc.edu /~langdale/arth168/topics.htm   (1539 words)

  
 Indian Architecture: Red Fort, Agra, India
Mughal palace architecture reached its peak with the construction of the Red Fort at Agra.
Built over many centuries under different regimes, it is the product of many different architects who each worked on only a small portion of the whole.
The Jehangir palace was also built by Akbar, for his favorite son.
www.orientalarchitecture.com /agra/AGRAREDFORT.htm   (414 words)

  
 Ron Heisler - John Dee and the Secret Societies
There is nothing to indicate that he was, yet he seems to have been keenly interested in matters architectural, an area in which England was singularly deficient even by the mid-16th century, going by the paucity of published works available in the vernacular.
We know that Sidney and Daniel Rogers were strongly influenced by eirenist impulses in the 1570s, which were not completely erased by the St. Bartholomew massacre of Huguenots in Paris in 1572.
This ultra-radical work, which was greatly expanded in subsequent editions, betrays a line of thought more consistent with the revolutionaries of 1789 than with the Huguenot aristocrats and their pet theologians of the 1570s.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/1896/johndee.html   (3732 words)

  
 Architecture of the Renaissance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The tombstone of the first Habsburgs on the Czech throne is not only one of the most important sculpture commissions in this country in the 1560s and 1570s, but is related to many lines of power in Czech political history.
It is interesting that even Ferdinand I, although his headquarters was Vienna, chose St Vitus's Cathedral as the final resting place for himself and his wife Anne.
Rudolf himself rests in the crypt in a large tin coffin from 1612: ten small winged heads bear the tomb, divided by pilasters into fields with symbols of the ancestral lands; little angel figures on the lid hold a victory palm.
old.hrad.cz /castle/architektura/renesance011_uk.html   (410 words)

  
 Architecture_timeline info here at en.21-of-100.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Apple MacPro and 10.5 Leopard previews Apple is claiming that the new architecture is up to twice as fast as the quad G5 systems.
This is a timeline of architecture, indexing the individual year in architecture pages.
Notable events in architecture and related disciplines including structural engineering, landscape architecture and city planning.
en.21-of-100.info /hotel-in-columbus/Architecture_timeline   (3649 words)

  
 Huatlatlauca, Puebla. Mexican architecture.
Located in the arid, stony Atlixco valley of southern Puebla state, this ancient community, whose name means "Place of the Red Eagle", is the site of a little known but fascinating 16th century monastery, noted for its rich tequitqui carving.
Founded around 1550 by the Franciscan Order, who began work on the church, the monastery was later ceded to the Augustinians, who added the convento, with its colorful murals, in the 1570s.
The church is flanked on the left by the great archway of the open chapel, currently blocked up, and on the right, the convento is fronted by a long, low arcade.
www.colonial-mexico.com /PueblaTlaxcala/huatlatl.html   (411 words)

  
 Architecture timeline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Palace of Assembly at Chandigarh, India, is finished, completing largely the design for the civic structures for the new city deisgned by Le Corbusier.
The 1937 World's Fair in Paris showcases Nazi and Soviet architecture and Art Deco.
William Le Baron Jenney opens his architectural practice in Chicago.
zdnet.co.za /a/r/c/Architecture_timeline.html   (2450 words)

  
 Amy Schmisseur: Reading Summaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In Chapter Nine of Morris’s “Urban USA” the main focus was placed upon grids, and their prominence in American architecture from the 1570s to the middle of the nineteenth century.
The Textile Engineering Building, the old Architecture building, the west wing of the Library, and the Wesley foundation were all built by P.M. Hefferman between 1944 and 1960.
She also spoke of architecture as the delicate practice of balancing art and science; that though an architect’s work can and should be artistic, it must also have a purpose.
herring.cc.gatech.edu /coolcat/569   (8165 words)

  
 Architecture
As the architecture suggests, it is a center of Tibetan Buddhism and culture.
In the cut-stone courtyard of Medersa ben Youssef garden, in Marrakesh, Morocco, a dark rectangle of still water reflects the intricate architecture.[=]
In serene isolation, a dzong, or monastic fortress, in central Bhutan reflects the spirit of this Himalayan kingdom, thrust into the glare of modern times after centuries of solitude.[=]
www.jessanderson.org /wmthemes/doc/architecture.html   (1113 words)

  
 Articles on Unique Travel - From Iceland to Zimbabwe
The cobble stone streets and the architecture are reminders of its simple fishing village roots.
Morelia is the capital of the state of Michoacán and the city is a jewel of Mexican colonial architecture.
In the centuries before the Panama Canal was built the Rio Charges was a very important river because it was the starting point from which pirates like Drake or Morgan would cross the Isthmus of Panama from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
www.escapeartist.com /Articles/Articles_18.html   (15213 words)

  
 Renaissance Architecture on Almondnet
We have a large selection of books for you to choose from.
Find renaissance architecture and more at Lycos Search.
Read about renaissance architecture in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
www.soundgardenonline.co.uk /music/renaissance_architecture.html   (223 words)

  
 The Triumph of the Baroque : Architecture in Europe, 1600-1750 by Henry A. Millon (Editor), Reale Palazzina Di Caccia ...
The Triumph of the Baroque : Architecture in Europe, 1600-1750 by Henry A. Millon (Editor), Reale Palazzina Di Caccia Di Stupinigi - 0847822192
This catalog, which was published in 2000 to coincide with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, traces the evolution of baroque architecture in Europe.
Subjects : ARCHITECTURE : History : Architecture, Baroque
www.allbookstores.com /book/0847822192   (115 words)

  
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The aim is to illustrate the architecture of the buildings using photographs supported by architectural descriptions.
All photos are taken by the website owner, whilst the information provided by the annotations has been obtained from various sources in print and on the web.
Full size 3megapixel originals are available for approved purposes.
www.astoft.co.uk /denmark   (198 words)

  
 A Historic Tour of Scottish Architecture - CRAIGIEVAR CASTLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A Historic Tour of Scottish Architecture - CRAIGIEVAR CASTLE
CRAIGIEVAR CASTLE (late 16th century; enlarged after 1610)
In 1610 it was taken over by a Protestant merchant, William Forbes, who made it taller and more showy with a jutting, turreted superstructure, and re-did the interior with lavish plasterwork.
www.scottisharchitecture.com /be-content/resources/archhistory/04.htm   (406 words)

  
 Image Copyrights and Credits | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Adobe Mosque Architecture: Photograph by Alisa LaGamma, July 2002
Architectural ornament: Courtesy of the Aukland War Memorial Museum
Southern Europe, 2000–1000 B.C. Knossos, Crete, view of the South Propyleia of the Minoan Palace, including Arthur Evan's architectural reconstruction.
www.metmuseum.org /toah/intro/atr/photo.htm   (10980 words)

  
 1500-1599 : 1570s books, find the lowest prices
1500-1599 : 1570s books, find the lowest prices
Fatal Majesty : A Novel of Mary, Queen of Scots
The Triumph of the Baroque : Architecture in Europe, 1600-1750
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 Istanbul , Turkey , Suleymaniye mosque built in 1570s by Sinan - Nowitz Photography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Istanbul, Turkey, Suleymaniye mosque built in 1570s by Sinan - Nowitz Photography
Istanbul, Turkey, Suleymaniye mosque built in 1570s by Sinan
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