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27
Sep
2008
Faith against symmetry in ancient Greek architecture

104 days ago by Ellopos Blog

The Greek, in his own way, was a very religious man. In his temple, he was doing his utmost to set forth the majesty of his God, and if it was necessary for this purpose he was even prepared to sacrifice his principles as an artist, to ignore the scale of his interior and the [...]

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02
Sep
2008
Victorian Architecture

128 days ago by Allen

In Eureka, California sits one of the most beautiful examples of Victorian Architecture. The Carson Mansion, with its 18 rooms and excess of 16,200 square feet was constructed between 1884 and 1886. The cost of this structure was an incredible $80,000. It is a mix of every major style of Victorian A ...

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Greco-Roman Architecture

128 days ago by Allen

Ancient Greece may have spawned the beginning of sculpture and architecture, not only in ancient times, but also until present day. Until the 7th century, Greece was without architecture. Since the pre 7th century Greek buildings were made mostly of wood or mud-brick, there is nothing remaining of t ...

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Prairie Style Architecture

128 days ago by Allen

If you are looking for an interesting, and beautiful style of architecture for a house or smaller sized commercial building, then you may want to look towards the prairie style architecture. The prairie style architecture was drafted originally in the loft room of the Steinway Piano Company building ...

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Gothic Architecture

128 days ago by Allen

Visiting most European cathedrals, abbeys and parish churches that were built between the 12th century and the 16th century, you will notice the intricate, almost gaudy structure with its peaks and spires and flying buttresses. These architectural feats are commonplace for Gothic architecture. Used ...

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Bauhaus Architecture

128 days ago by Allen

From 1919 to 1933, Germany gave to the world the Bauhaus school of architecture. Founded by Walter Gropius, the name Bauhaus comes from the German words for -to build- and -house-. Very basic in its meaning, the Bauhaus architecture is just that. Basic shapes, geometric designs and little frill and ...

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11
Aug
2008
Acropolis, Stephen Fry and friends

150 days ago by E-Blog

I like Stephen Fry; he is a good actor, in comedy or not, and his art is not absent from this BBC production I just discovered. Here is a part wherefrom you will learn something about Acropolis and the Parthenon, if you don’t already know; it is one of the first things I learned about Acropolis, [.. ...

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13
Jun
2008
Exedra

209 days ago by artslice

Stoa of Attalos, Athens, 150 B.C. This photo depicts the style of a Hellenistic civic building. (from Greek ex, 'out' plus hedra, 'seat') A seat with a high back, curved in a semicircle; also a semicircular roofed recess in a building with seats or a curved bench. (Leland M. Roth) Unfortunately, I d ...

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09
Jun
2008
Roger Scruton: Modernist buildings exclude dialogue

213 days ago by E-Blog

Scruton presents Krier’s architectural proposal as an antidote to modernist architectures, trying also to “extract” from this the general principles of a healthy architecture, as we used to practice it in Europe. These principles I give you here in select excerpts from Scruton’s, Cities for Living ( ...

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05
Jun
2008
Virtual Parthenon presentation by Paul Debevec

218 days ago by E-Blog

This movie presents the Parthenon as it would look with the marbles that are in England. It is very short, only 2 and a half minutes, impressive, but leaving us with a desire for much more. » Grab the Link: ELLOPOS BLOG Related (automatic selection) : Vote for the Return of Parthenon Sculptures to t ...

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