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Andrea Palladio (/ p ə ˈ l ɑː d i oʊ / pə-LAH-dee-oh; Italian: [anˈdrɛːa palˈlaːdjo]; Venetian: Andrea Paładio; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic.
Although Caryn James found the period photos and film footage valuable, she thought that The Architecture of Doom was "simplistic" and "dangerously facile." [1] Washington Post reviewer Benjamin Forgey wrote that the film-maker "marshals his arguments and his evidence masterfully," [3] and in a separate review Desson Howe said that the film was a "dryly effective documentary."
Daniel Grudge fought in World War I D 1969 UK Doctor Who "The War Games" (1969 episode) David Maloney: The Doctor and his companions end up in World War I 1986 UK Biggles: John Hough: A 20th-century salesman time-travels back to 1917 and meets pilot Biggles: A N 1986 US The Twilight Zone "The Convict's Piano" (1986 episode) Thomas J. Wright
The emphatically classical church façade of Santa Maria Nova, Vicenza (1578–90) was designed by the influential Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio.. During the Italian Renaissance and with the demise of Gothic style, major efforts were made by architects such as Leon Battista Alberti, Sebastiano Serlio and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola to revive the language of architecture of first and ...
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (pronounced [ˈhuːɡo ˈɑlʋɑr ˈhenrik ˈɑːlto]; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. [1] His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings.
Architectural history studies the evolution and history of architecture — across the world through a consideration of socio-cultural, political, economic and technological influences. The main article for this category is History of architecture .
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The mounting criticism of the historical styles gained substantial cultural credibility after World War I, a disaster widely seen as a failure of the old world order of imperial leadership of Europe. The aristocratic classical revival styles were particularly reviled by many as the architectural symbol of a now-discredited and outmoded social ...