With the distinct Victorian architecture in mind, architects designed extraordinary buildings such as the State Library, University of Melbourne and the Royal Exhibition Building. Many houses and buildings had wrought iron lacework to decorate the verandas. They also had even slated roof and several buildings had domes or spires to their rooftops. Any person walking through the street of Melbourne in the 1800s could see the amazing architecture the city had to offer. The clothing of Melbourne city was said to be the best and always in fashion.
Chihuly: Jerusalem project American Glass artist Dale Chihuly has been featured all over the world from the Louvre in Paris to the San Jose Museum of art right here in the Bay Area, but his most notable exhibition was his show called “In The Light of Jerusalem” at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem. The exhibition would take place in the year 2000 and was a tribute "to 4000 years of glass making here in the Holy Land- and more important- a tribute to a unique site in a unique city in a unique country and at the unique time.” Chihuly knew that the Citadel was already a heavily populated area that Jews, Muslims, Christians, and tourists visited every single day so he had to make sure to impact their visit in a way that would stay with
Not only was it the longest, but it was the very first steel-wire suspension bridge in America. John Augustus Roebling, who was well known for building bridges in Pennsylvania and Ohio, designed the Brooklyn Bridge. He dies shortly after drawing out the plans, but his wife, Emily Warren Roebling, saved his work of art and worked with engineers herself. She spent the next 11 years supervising the bridge’s construction. She and her husband are still valued today as the forerunners of our modern bridges.
The Medieval Cathedral in its Cultural Setting 1. How was the medieval cathedral related to its: a.) political b.) economic c.) social, and d.) religious setting? The cathedrals built during the medieval era were related to many aspects of medieval life due to the fact that the construction of a single cathedral was such a large production, let alone the construction of dozens upon dozens in Europe’s towns and cities.
Arabs have made major contribution to the world. For instance, Ibn Khaldoun was the founder of the social sciences, Ibn Haytham made major contributions in the field of optics, and recently in 1988, Naguib Mahfouz, a piece of Egyptian literature, has won the Nobel Prize in literature. Furthermore, Dubai has attracted the worldwide attention after the Emirates Airline was named the number one Airline of the Year in both 2001 and in 2002. Saudi Aramco, the oil company of Saudi Arabia, is the largest oil
The architect selected to build the new capitol was Frank Mills Andrews. Andrews was a very distinguished and award-winning architect using the Beaux- Arts Style and included many classical French interior designs in his design of Kentucky’s new capitol building. The new capitol building was to be built on the same site the previous two buildings, but concerns brought up by the legislature, and the size of the proposed building were too big for the old site so a new site was to be established. The building of the new capitol building took six years to complete, and on June 2, 1910 the formal dedication of the new capitol building took
The main portion of the wall as we know it was started by the Ming emperors starting in the 14th century CE. Using bricks and stone, the new wall was stronger than prior structures that were made of wood and packed dirt. (Rosenberg) Although numerous other civilizations had built walled cities, barriers and other fortifications, The Great Wall is easily the most recognizable and impressive example of a fortification. The massive structure snakes across the Chinese landscape, passing through nine cities and provinces. The construction of The Great Wall was one of the crowning achievements of the ancient Chinese.
Roman Architecture The creative and efficient design of roman architecture has influenced the features and theory behind many of our most admirable structures today. The Roman’s carry many successful buildings to their name as they greatly influenced the time in which they were introduced. Some of the Roman’s most recognized and appreciated innovations were the aqueduct, the roads, the dome and the invention of concrete. There are many reasons as to why the Roman building was so accepted, mostly because of their unique yet successful ideas and reliable materials. To start the Roman’s were a very advanced society.
Architectural Styles Project Neoclassical architecture is a style of architecture which is inspired by the classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome. If you look closely at a Neoclassical building, you will see many elements that you would see on the Parthenon in Athens or the Pantheon in Rome. Neoclassical buildings exhibit features of symmetrical shape, tall columns that span the full height of the building, triangular pediments, and domed roofs. Not all Neoclassical buildings have these features, but they are very common. It is called neoclassical architecture, because it is neo, or new age, buildings that use ideas and styles from the classics.
It was considered to be the tallest building in the world until the Eiffel Tower was built. Although they think it took almost eighty years to build the Great Pyramid at Giza, it is estimated that the smaller pyramids usually took around twenty years to build. The Great Pyramid at Giza was built by hand using over two million of blocks of stone. Each stone weighed around 2,500 pounds, which is about as much as a car weighs. It probably took thousands of very strong men to build each pyramid by rolling the stones up ramps using ropes, levers, and logs.