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  2. Theatres designed by Frank Matcham - Wikipedia

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    The theatre today is much modified and altered, not covered by the buildings listing. The entrance is all that remains from Matcham's original design. [68] II [68] 1904 [70] 45 and 46, Chandos Place City of Westminster: Terraced offices, possibly by Matcham as part of the Coliseum theatre development. [70] II [70] 1905 [71] 15,16 and 17 ...

  3. Cantilever - Wikipedia

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    A cantilever in a traditionally timber framed building is called a jetty or forebay. In the southern United States, a historic barn type is the cantilever barn of log construction. Temporary cantilevers are often used in construction. The partially constructed structure creates a cantilever, but the completed structure does not act as a cantilever.

  4. List of art movements - Wikipedia

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    See Art periods for a chronological list. This is a list of art movements in alphabetical order. These terms, helpful for curricula or anthologies, evolved over time to group artists who are often loosely related. Some of these movements were defined by the members themselves, while other terms emerged decades or centuries after the periods in ...

  5. Purism - Wikipedia

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    Le Corbusier, 1922, Nature morte verticale (Vertical Still Life), oil on canvas, 146.3 cm × 89.3 cm (57.6 by 35.2 inches), Kunstmuseum Basel. Purism, referring to the arts, was a movement that took place between 1918 and 1925 that influenced French painting and architecture.

  6. Modern architecture - Wikipedia

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    Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, was an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements. Modern architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction (particularly the use of glass, steel, and concrete); the ...

  7. Modernism - Wikipedia

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    Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and subjective experience. [1] Philosophy, politics, architecture, and social issues were all aspects of this movement.

  8. Campbell's Soup Cans - Wikipedia

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    In 1952, he had his first art gallery show at the Bodley Gallery with a display of Truman Capote–inspired works. [12] By 1955, with the hired assistance of Nathan Gluck, Warhol was tracing photographs borrowed from the New York Public Library 's photo collection and reproducing them with a process he had developed earlier as a collegian at ...

  9. Antonio Canova - Wikipedia

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    Canova designed, financed, and partly built the structure himself. [5] The structure was to be a testament to Canova's piety. [20] The building's design was inspired by combining the Parthenon and the Pantheon together. [5] [7] On 11 July 1819, Canova laid the foundation stone dressed in red Papal uniform and decorated with all his medals. [20]