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  2. Roman brick - Wikipedia

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    Roman bricks in the Jewry Wall, Leicester. The 20th-century bracing arch in the background utilises modern bricks. Roman brick is a type of brick used in ancient Roman architecture and spread by the Romans to the lands they conquered, or a modern adaptation inspired by the ancient prototypes. Both types are characteristically longer and flatter ...

  3. Opus spicatum - Wikipedia

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    Opus spicatum. Opus spicatum paving in Trajan's Market, Rome. Wall in opus spicatum. Opus spicatum, literally "spiked work," is a type of masonry construction used in Roman and medieval times. It consists of bricks, tiles or cut stone laid in a herringbone pattern.

  4. Glass brick - Wikipedia

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    Glass brick, also known as glass block, is an architectural element made from glass. The appearance of glass blocks can vary in color, size, texture and form. Glass bricks provide visual obscuration while admitting light. The modern glass block was developed from pre-existing prism lighting principles in the early 1900s to provide natural light ...

  5. Carl Andre - Wikipedia

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    Carl Andre (September 16, 1935 – January 24, 2024) was an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks (such as Stone Field Sculpture, 1977, in Hartford, Connecticut, [1] and Lament for the Children, 1976, [2] in Long Island City, New York), to large interior works exhibited on the floor (such as 144 ...

  6. Robie House - Wikipedia

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    The projecting cantilevered roof eaves, continuous bands of art-glass windows, and the use of Roman brick emphasize the horizontal, which had rich associations for Wright. The horizontal line reminded him of the American prairie and was a line of repose and shelter, appropriate for a house.

  7. Harappan architecture - Wikipedia

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    Harappan architecture. Harappan architecture is the architecture of the Bronze Age [ 1] Indus Valley civilization, an ancient society of people who lived during c. 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE in the Indus Valley of modern-day Pakistan and India . The civilization's cities were noted for their urban planning, baked brick houses, elaborate drainage ...

  8. Equivalent VIII - Wikipedia

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    Equivalent VIII. Equivalent VIII, 1966, 120 Firebricks, 5 by 27 by 901⁄4 inches (130 mm × 690 mm × 2,290 mm), occasionally referred to as The Bricks, is the last of a series of minimalist sculptures by Carl Andre. The sculpture consists of 120 fire bricks, arranged in two layers, in a six-by-ten rectangle. [ 1]

  9. Thai temple art and architecture - Wikipedia

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    Thai temple art and architecture is the art and architecture of Buddhist temples in Thailand. Temples are known as wat s, from the Pāḷi vāṭa, meaning "enclosure". A temple has an enclosing wall that divides it from the secular world. Temples served as a stabilizing center in these communities because their sacred teachings became a basis ...

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