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Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops For Modernity, Barbara Miller Lane Sep 2010

Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops For Modernity, Barbara Miller Lane

Growth and Structure of Cities Faculty Research and Scholarship

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Approaches To The Study Of Personhood In The Early Mycenaean Era, James C. Wright Jun 2010

Approaches To The Study Of Personhood In The Early Mycenaean Era, James C. Wright

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

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Shaping Tokyo: Land Development And Planning Practice In The Early Modern Japanese Metropolis, Carola Hein Jan 2010

Shaping Tokyo: Land Development And Planning Practice In The Early Modern Japanese Metropolis, Carola Hein

Growth and Structure of Cities Faculty Research and Scholarship

From the mid-nineteenth century, Japanese elites experimented with foreign planning concepts and transformed their cities to respond to the demands of modernization. Even though they faced similar situations, knew about established European techniques, and had large open spaces available, they established planning practices that were different from those of their foreign counterparts, building on the country’s own urban history and form, particularities in landownership, development needs, urban planning techniques, and design preferences. This article highlights, first, key issues of landownership, urban form, and urban development in the Edo period (1603—1867) and provides an overview of the urban transformation of Tokyo …


Review Of Il Mosaico Absidale Di S. Clemente A Roma: "Exemplum" Della Chiesa Riformata, By Stefano Riccioni, Dale Kinney Jan 2010

Review Of Il Mosaico Absidale Di S. Clemente A Roma: "Exemplum" Della Chiesa Riformata, By Stefano Riccioni, Dale Kinney

History of Art Faculty Research and Scholarship

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Revisiting Indian Rouletted Ware And The Impact Of Indian Ocean Trade In Early Historic South Asia, Peter Magee Jan 2010

Revisiting Indian Rouletted Ware And The Impact Of Indian Ocean Trade In Early Historic South Asia, Peter Magee

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

Indian Rouletted Ware pottery is the iconic marker of the overseas reach of the subcontinent at the turn of the first millennium AD. In the mid twentieth century this was naturally seen as prompted by the contemporary Roman Empire, while the later post-colonial discourse has emphasised the independence and long life of Indian initiatives. In this new analysis the author demonstrates a more complex socio-economic situation. While Greyware is distributed long term over south India, Rouletted ware is made in at least two regional centres for coastal communities using a new ceramic language, one appropriate to an emerging international merchant …


The Porticello Bronzes Once Again, Brunilde S. Ridgway Jan 2010

The Porticello Bronzes Once Again, Brunilde S. Ridgway

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

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The Porticello Bronzes Once Again, Brunilde S. Ridgway Jan 2010

The Porticello Bronzes Once Again, Brunilde S. Ridgway

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Ecclesiastical Architecture In Rome And Central Italy, Ca. 350-650, Dale Kinney Jan 2010

Ecclesiastical Architecture In Rome And Central Italy, Ca. 350-650, Dale Kinney

History of Art Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.