Gothic Revival architecture

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…

the study of design history. Unfortunately, at a time when incredible value is placed on novelty and individual creativity, the narratives of the past often fall on deaf ears, written off as mere nostalgia (Hunt 2014, 1). Focusing on landscape architecture, this essay will defend the presence of history in contemporary thought and promote an active and critical engagement with the antecedents of design. It will be argued that the study of design history provides valuable self-reflection and a…

significant extent due to Akbar the Great. The importance of education was valued in the Mughal Empire during Akbar’s reign. Lastly, the monumental architecture was very visible throughout the Mughal Dynasty. Akbar the Great was extremely useful because he created the Divine Faith, expanded Mughal Dynasty, better education and monumental architecture. The first useful action, Akbar’s…

Throughout the architectures history, these architecture have different designs and styles that depicts power and propaganda. This essay will cover three different architecture from different time period such as Baroque, Southeast Asian, and Japan. Comparing these architectures help us know the reason behind these buildings, their influences, their symbolism. The Baroque period of architecture began in late sixteenth century Italy, took the Roman terms of Renaissance architecture and used it in…

Let’s Go, The Taj Mahal is “Featured on signs of a million and one restaurants, T-shirts, and biscuit tins…” (176) The Taj Mahal is famous because of the builder, Shah Jahan’s, sad love story and the “unique beauty” (Bradnock & Bradnock 243) of the architecture. Built with white marble and different stones from across Central Asia, engraved with different floral designs and Arabic calligraphy, makes the Taj Mahal a must see structure. (Let’s Go 176) The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor…

Apple and Samsung are very similar in the way that they both sell smartphones and they both do the same functions. Providing the user with the same experience of cell phone calls and texts. These two companies are similar but have very different operating systems. They both have nearly the same apps and functions, such as music, internet, and web browsing. They are both smart phones, they are both at the top of the market, both are greatly desired by people overall, and they are great phones.…

In the same fashion, and of equal importance, the obtained information must be disseminated to stakeholders. The purpose of disseminating evidence is to increase the knowledge and incorporate the use of the evidence-based intervention (Agency for Health Care research and Quality [AHRQ], 2012). According to AHRQ (2012), one must consider how to disperse the information, increase the stakeholder’s motivation to incorporate the evidence, and enable the stakeholders to use and apply the evidence.…

It is no secret that the company Torstar has taking a hit this year reporting a loss of $53.3 million dollars in the first quarter of the 2016 fiscal year. Not only has the company been losing revenue and is its CEO retiring but the stock has underperformed the S&P TSX by 67.34%. The downfall of Torstar is mainly caused by brand perception, specifically the way customers view the company still as an old fashioned media print company and not a digital media company. You have asked me for…

“Marketing is food, not medicine.” (Archer). I came across this phrase while doing research on the term “marketing”. The phrase seems inconsequential, but it emphasizes the importance of marketing to a business; newly- established businesses might have the wrong perspective and think of marketing as a “medicine”- an ingredient which is only needed when the business is running low on customers. A great businessman will make constant use of marketing to ensure a standard level of customers of the…

Jacques-Louis David, a French painter during the neoclassical art period, began his art career painting a few mythology figures and narratives and then later on became an active supporter of the French Revolution therefore influenced the stories for which he depicted in his paintings. In this essay, I will analyze the formal qualities or elements of art such as color, implied motion, and space used as well to analyze the historical/religious context of one of his early paintings before the big…