Romanesque architecture

The theme of our tour to India centers on the golden age of architecture of the Mughal Empire in Agra India. The Mughal Empire was founded in 1526 by Babur, a descendant of Mongol warlords. It was the most powerful Islamic state to rule in India, most prosperously during the 17th century. Under Mughal emperors, roads were built, trade prospered, and the arts flourished. The Mughals governed northern India, and over time, their rule extended from Afghanistan in the west to Bengal in the east.…

scale, concentrating on agile processes. o Centralize interoperability and decentralize implementation, concentrating on decreased many-sided quality through partitioning, and quicker iteration through agility. Ways to deal with enterprise architecture in view of partitioned iteration have various preferences over those in light of recursion. These include: a. Better utilization of technology to take care of pressing business issues. b. Dramatic decreases in the cost of building complex…

A year later, the iPhone 3G was released with a few improvements such as a longer lasting battery and the ability to use 3G networks. There was no change in the CPU speed or cores, GPU, Bluetooth or WiFi capability, or storage except for the discontinuation of the four gigabyte iPhone model (“List of iPhones”, n.d.). More significant changes came with the iPhone 3GS in June 2009. It supported GSM and HSPA or 3G networks and had an upgraded 600 MhZ Cortex-A8 processor with a PowerVR SGX535 GPU…

Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” both depict how choices have a major impact on life. Both poems are about a person traveling in the woods who are forced to choose a path in life. The speaker in both poems goes through two different decision-making processes due to age and principles. In the “Road Not Taken” the poet chooses a path of individualism due to his young age and lack of responsibility to anyone, while the speaker in the “Stopping by Woods…

Technology has been rapidly developing in the past decades. Compared to half a decade ago, technology has grown at a faster rate. Humans use technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to make tasks easier and aid humans; but, can artificial intelligence do more than aid humans? Can humans use artificial intelligence for something less mechanical and more organic, such as visual arts? Yes, at the rate technology is advancing, artificial intelligence will be able to create fine arts as skillfully…

Compared with normal two-tier client-server architecture, the three-tier client-server architecture has the following two important advantages: Better transparency. The servers within the application tier of the three-tier architecture allow an application to detach user interface from back-end resources and therefore provide better location and migration transparency. That is, the location…

part of the Alhambra was destroyed but it was later restored, parts of which was done as late as the nineteenth century. Today it is one of Spain's major tourist attractions, exhibiting the country's most significant and well known Islamic architecture, together with sixteenth century and later Christian building and garden interventions. The plateau where the Alhambra sits measures about 740 metres (2,430 feet) in length by 205 metres (670 feet) at its greatest width. The Royal complex is…

Lawrence Halprin Lawrence Halprin was an influential landscape architect. His projects have many values to become benchmarks in the development of modern landscape architecture. For example, the most his favorite design is the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington D.C which set a new standard for the public’s involvement. The plazas and grand fountains in Portland, Oregon are a joyful participation in public open spaces. Moreover, he also wrote many lectures and books, such as the Sea…

eyes of Jesus Christ. Over the years, because this structure is a part of the neighborhood panorama, the beauty of the structure promotes a sense of the purity and sacredness of relationship we are designed to have with God. The original Byzantine-Romanesque design was changed to a French Gothic design after the large central dome made of Guastavino tile was completed in 1909. The stone-on-stone construction, using modern…

impermanent materials, have disappeared but by the end of the 16th cent. more durable monumental architecture had been achieved. In the late 1960s much of the cathedral was damaged by fire and had to undergo restoration. Most of the artist in Central America were indigenous people who only made religious art…