Colonial Revival architecture

Miracles, Branner’s Bourges: Reflections on “Gothic Architecture” as Medieval Modernism”, Gesta, 39.2 (2000)m 183-205. In his article, Marvin Trachtenberg aims to redefine our understanding of words like “modern” and “historicism” in regards to Gothic architecture. To prove his point, he uses Suger’s St. Denis along with Bourges Cathedral as examples, but he begins with a lengthy investigation into the language we use to describe Gothic architecture, including the word itself. Trachtenberg…

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Modernism, the architectural ideal of bringing the outside in, was largely born in the early 1900s by architectural pioneers such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Joseph Leopold Eichler. His works of art inspired many young architects, including Eichler. Eichler took the style of Wright and expanded and modified it, helping bring modern style to the masses and shaping it into what we know today. Eichler was originally inspired by a Frank Lloyd Wright home he lived in for a brief period. While staying…

brutal years, from 1791-1804, and it resulted in 62,000 dead Frenchmen and over 100,000 Haitians deaths. In the end, the Haitians reigned victorious and gained their independence. The sheer length, number of casualties, and overthrow of the French colonial government certainly satisfy the first requirement. The next requirement, fundamental change in the political institution was also attained. After Haiti attained independence, the Haitians assumed control of their own government, set up an…

Question 1 The invasion of the Americas was a long drawn out process. It took many years for a successful attempt was made at colonizing the Americas. Starting with the Spanish and Cortes, in 1519, an attempt was made by the Spanish conquistadors to take over Tenochtitlan. The conquistadors were primarily around to steal money and goods and split it with the Spanish government. Cortes took along with him, eleven ships, five hundred men, and thirteen horses to the Yucatan try and conquer the…

After the fall of Faisal I in 1920, the French colonized the region through military force. The formation of the Syrian National Congress was conducted by French colonial control, which led to the fierce military resistance of Sultan al-Atrash to reunite the French states that were created in order to control political resistance. Al-Atrash was a major figure in the nationalist movement to take back Syria from the…

Everyone knows that football players enjoy playing football, but what most people do not know is the reasons why. A football team is like a family you have when you are away from your family. When you need someone to lean on there is a coach, a player or even an academic advisor around to help you through your hard times. For my essay I will talk about my family, the James Madison Football team as well as our values and beliefs that shapes the culture of this organization .The football team here…

slavery: in a word, Frenchmen who groan under the yoke of oppression”. The free people of color wanted protection for their land, end of discrimination against their class of people, liberty, and representation. So, when the idea's of French reached the colonial, it not only started to sink deep into the minds of the slaves but also the free colored men of Saint-Domingue. In Dubois and Garrigus book it stated: “The slaves were not the only people who were eager to participate in the…

World had a significant growth in architecture, knowledge and also ideas for each master peace. New methods are new tools for creation that humans are capable of between human and psychological ramification, architect as well as the building still hold all originality but with a touch of creation, made by heart and soul therefore Mies Va der Rohe had created a simple along with cross future design, called Farnsworth house. It is considered as a cross future design at that time a big shock…

I rarely enjoy reading the introduction when I read a book. Most of time I find them dull and full of, well, introductory but when I started reading the introduction of Nudge, I was instantly hooked with the analogy that the authors provided, what will Carolyne do? Which of the 5 possible options presented in the book will she choose? Simply, I was caught up in the story, and who doesn’t like a good story! Regardless of the fact that this is book is all about economics and economical behavior, I…