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(Encyclopedia) CE5 Moldings molding, in architecture, furniture, and decorative objects, a surface or group of surfaces of projecting or receding contours. A molding may serve as a defining…Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig
(Encyclopedia) Mies van der Rohe, LudwigMies van der Rohe, Ludwigl&oomacr;tˈvĭkh mēˈĕs vän dĕr rōˈə [key], 1886–1969, German-American architect. A pioneer of modern architecture and one of its…Gothic revival
(Encyclopedia) Gothic revival, term designating a return to the building styles of the Middle Ages. Although the Gothic revival was practiced throughout Europe, it attained its greatest importance in…architecture
(Encyclopedia) architecture, the art of building in which human requirements and construction materials are related so as to furnish practical use as well as an aesthetic solution, thus differing…arch
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Arches arch, the spanning of a wall opening by means of separate units (such as bricks or stone blocks) assembled into an upward curve that maintains its shape and stability…Mexican art and architecture
(Encyclopedia) Mexican art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in the area that is now the country of Mexico. Such arts were already highly developed in the ancient civilizations…Le Corbusier
(Encyclopedia) Le CorbusierLe Corbusierlə kôrbüzyāˈ [key], pseud. of Charles Édouard JeanneretCharles Édouard Jeanneretshärl ādwärˈ zhänərāˈ [key], 1887–1965, French architect, b. La Chaux-de-Fonds,…dome
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Parts of a dome dome, a roof circular or (rarely) elliptical in plan and usually hemispherical in form, placed over a circular, square, oblong, or polygonal space. Domes have…Italian architecture
(Encyclopedia) Italian architecture, the several styles employed in Italy after the Roman period. Nineteenth-century Italian architecture, such as Giuseppe Sacconi's Victor Emmanuel monument, shows…Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil
(Encyclopedia) Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeirorēˈō də zhänāˈrō, Port. rēˈ&oobreve; ᵺĭ zhənĕēˈr&oobreve; [key] [Port.,=river of January], city (1990 pop. 5,533,011; 1995 metropolitan area est.…Trending
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