The Terrace

Songs from the Jade Terrace. The term "Jade Terrace" has often been confused on its origin, but it is now agreed by scholars to refer to the luxurious living quarters of the palace in which upper-class women spent most of their time during the day. It is also argued that New Songs from the Jade Terrace was probably created by male poets in order to appease the palace women and give them reading material to keep them occupied during the day. All in all, New Songs from a Jade Terrace have a number…

There are many animals in the world, but my favorite animal is the red fox. Red foxes have a small regular sized bushy tail with long fur, pointed ears, and narrow snouts (Lariviere, 2015). Red foxes are part of Kingdom Animalia, which means it is an animal that is multicellular, heterotrophic, eukaryotic, and mobile. In the Classification hierarchy of the red fox, Phylum Chordata comes after Kingdom Animalia. Chordata means that the organism has a backbone. After Phylum is Class Mammalia,…

Objective: Judy and John DeRight is interested in real estate and would like to seek financial advice from their family financial advisor Angus Cartwright. Judy DeRight as the president and sole stockholder of a small-sized chemical company is at the peak of her career and would like to invest part of the 45 million dollars which she accumulated from equity and fixed income security over the years into real estate as an attempt to diversify her portfolio. Earning a steady cash flow of 2.1…

gatherings with a raised platform. In the Menka site, this differs by the presence of terraces and columned stones (Beardsley, F., 2014). A distinct use of the earthwork structure in Palau is the crown area of the complexes being too small for a large gathering, but could hold a small structure or a residence for the higher elites in society (Liston, J., 2009). Alternatively, these crowns at the top of these terrace structures could be used as elite burial grounds indicating their high status…

A nation’s capability to adapt to its terrain and to utilize its natural resources is often critical in determining the ability people to survive in its land. This was evident in numerous successful ancient civilizations like the Egyptian civilization, organized around the Nile River, which ruled from 3200-1640 BCE. To the south, and a few millennia later, the Aksum Empire adapted to its mountainous terrain and long seacoast to dominate trade and agriculture from 100-750 CE. Just before the…

Astronomy, architecture, blood sacrifice. Ancient Mayan civilization is something that I’ve held in particular fascination ever since I visited Chichen Itza, one of the seven wonders of the world. For me, thinking about the technological advancement of ancient structures like Chichen Itza is a void that is easy to be drawn into, and is a pastime I have to actively avoid on weeknights for the sake of productivity. Even now, clutched in the depths of sleep deprivation and rigorous studies, the…

materials, combining the existing techniques with the creative designs and taking out a new set of architectural buildings that were in response to the practical needs of the Roman society, such as the basilica, the Arc de Triomphe, the water channels, terraces and residential buildings. These facilities were supported by the authorities that financed, organized and disseminated them all over the Roman world, paying great attention to…

Linearity and Organic Architecture Modernisms - AR548 Jed Cracknell Word Count: • Introduction o Nature in modern architecture o Leading to organic architecture Linearity is a theme seen throughout architecture from the modernist era. It is present in many different styles such as Frank Lloyd Wrights Prairie School Style of architecture seen around the 1890’s to 1920’s. Following this Frank Lloyd Wright’s Textile style of architecture is seen to have strong links to…

For example, the site of Machu Picchu in Peru was constructed by the Incas and its “city buildings and terraces… are of the best quality”, and they are still in existence today. This shows that the Incas were a very sophisticated society who solved their agricultural situations and provided shelter for their people. This also shows that they were able to live…

just as amazing. The Philbrook was built in 1972 with the architecture of the Italian Renaissance revival style. The Philbrook as 72 rooms with beautiful formal gardens that can be admired from the terrace on each floor of the house, however the best view in my opinion is off the second floor terrace. The Philbrook was donated to Tulsa in 1938 to be used as an art museum. One of my favorite things was the ceilings and pillars. To imagine the craftsmanship that went into creating this house is…