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Picture Titles: How And Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names, Colleen Truax Yarger 2016 John Tyler Community College

Picture Titles: How And Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names, Colleen Truax Yarger

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Book review of Picture Titles: How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names, by Ruth Bernard Yeazell.


Mosque Location In The Arabic Islamic City. The Case Of Islamic Cairo, Husam Khalil 2016 The British University in Egypt

Mosque Location In The Arabic Islamic City. The Case Of Islamic Cairo, Husam Khalil

Architectural Engineering

Congregation mosque is among the most important historic city components, as it usually occupies a unique site in the city. This study aims to unveil the properties of mosque location in Islamic Cairo, being one of the most important Islamic cities. Space syntax techniques of spatial analysis were utilized in measuring locational properties, namely integration and choice values of street segments associated with a sample of mosque that represent major Islamic eras. Similarities and differences between different mosques and different eras were identified, and it was found that congregation mosque location is more significant than was initially thought, as it …


Iron In The Soul, Noel Brady 2016 Technological University Dublin

Iron In The Soul, Noel Brady

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This paper re-examines the iconic use of cruciform columns in the famous Barcelona Pavilion and the other ‘German’ projects of the architect Mies Van der Rohe. It extrapolates for the material itself to construct a theory about the meaning behind their design and iconography linking it to Shinkel and a coded national identify.


Self Made City, Noel Brady 2016 Technological University Dublin

Self Made City, Noel Brady

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A review of cohousing policy and projects in Berlin as published in "Self Made City” – Self Initiated Urban Living and Architectural Interventions


From Audubon To Warhol: The Art Of American Still Life, Stephanie Huber 2016 City University of New York

From Audubon To Warhol: The Art Of American Still Life, Stephanie Huber

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Drawing In Silver And Gold: Leonardo To Jasper Johns, Sophia Quach McCabe 2016 University of California, Santa Barbara

Drawing In Silver And Gold: Leonardo To Jasper Johns, Sophia Quach Mccabe

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David Maisel/Black Maps: American Landscape And The Apocalyptic Sublime, Kelly Wacker 2016 University of Montevallo

David Maisel/Black Maps: American Landscape And The Apocalyptic Sublime, Kelly Wacker

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Art Inquiries, Xvii:1, Full Issue, 2016 Virginia Commonwealth University

Art Inquiries, Xvii:1, Full Issue

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Gunther Gerzso: A Mexican Master, Carlos A. Colón 2016 Virginia Commonwealth University

Gunther Gerzso: A Mexican Master, Carlos A. Colón

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Francis Alÿs: A Story Of Negotiation, Kerr Houston 2016 Maryland Institute College of Art

Francis Alÿs: A Story Of Negotiation, Kerr Houston

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Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’S Eye, Peter L. Schmunk 2016 Wofford College

Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’S Eye, Peter L. Schmunk

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Memory Traces: Analyzing Sacred Space At Five Mesoamerican Sites, Yumi Park Huntington 2016 Jackson State University

Memory Traces: Analyzing Sacred Space At Five Mesoamerican Sites, Yumi Park Huntington

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Book review of Memory Traces: Analyzing Sacred Space at Five Mesoamerican Sites, edited by Cynthia Kristan-Graham and Laura M. Amrhein.


The Urbanism Of Frank Lloyd Wright, Michael Lewis 2016 Williams College

The Urbanism Of Frank Lloyd Wright, Michael Lewis

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Book review of The Urbanism of Frank Lloyd Wright, by Neil Levine.


The Plains Indians: Artists Of Earth And Sky, Mary D. Edwards 2016 Pratt Institute

The Plains Indians: Artists Of Earth And Sky, Mary D. Edwards

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Front Matter, 2016 Virginia Commonwealth University

Front Matter

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Looking Through The Parisian Window: Caillebotte, Zola, And The Post-Haussmann Interior, Jennifer S. Pride 2016 Southern New Hampshire University

Looking Through The Parisian Window: Caillebotte, Zola, And The Post-Haussmann Interior, Jennifer S. Pride

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“In The Middle Of Nowhere”: Robert Irwin’S Experiments With The Art And Technology Program At The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, 1968-1970, Amanda Dalla Villa Adams 2016 Virginia Commonwealth University

“In The Middle Of Nowhere”: Robert Irwin’S Experiments With The Art And Technology Program At The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, 1968-1970, Amanda Dalla Villa Adams

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God As Cult Initiate: Dionysos And The Eleusinian Mysteries In Greek Vase-Painting, Anthony F. Mangieri 2016 Salve Regina University

God As Cult Initiate: Dionysos And The Eleusinian Mysteries In Greek Vase-Painting, Anthony F. Mangieri

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Gee, He Has No Brushstroke: Gender Performance In Andy Warhol’S Oxidation Paintings, Anthony J. Morris 2016 Austin Peay State University

Gee, He Has No Brushstroke: Gender Performance In Andy Warhol’S Oxidation Paintings, Anthony J. Morris

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Divided Cyprus, Nicola Kyverniti 2015 Syracuse University

Divided Cyprus, Nicola Kyverniti

Architecture Thesis Prep

Creating urban interventions in the city at different scales and sites strategically chosen to attract the city population would have the potential to expose the state of the urban fabric. Nodes designed to alter the perspective of the occupant. Exposure created through the language of architecture. Revealling dividing elements emphasizes the need for a true symbol of dialogue and freedom of discussion between the separated communities. At a global scale, conflict is not something that can truly be resolved or diminished. The notion of conflict occurs in certain locations at different periods, following the evolution of political, social, economic, and …


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