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Paleolithic prehistoric example

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“Hall of the Bulls”

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Neolithic period example (New Stone Age)

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Stonehenge

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Ziggurat

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Built to worship gods of nature, sky, moon and vegetation.

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Ziggurat example

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White Temple

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Stone marker commemorating miltary exploits of Sargon of Akkad

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“Victory Stele of Naram Sin”

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Babylonian code of laws

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“Stele of Hammurabi”

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Persian relief scultpure with Egyptian influence

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Processional frieze from the royal audience hall

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Egyptian cosmetic palette

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Narmer Palette

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Narmer Palette represents

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Unification of upper and lower Egypt

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Old Kingdom landmark

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Great Pyramids of Gizeh

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Middle Kingdom landmark

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Rock-cut tomb

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Rock-cut tomb feature

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Columned porticos

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Rock-cut tomb example

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Beni Hasan

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New Kingdom landmark

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Mortuary Temple

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Mortuary Temple example (creator)

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Queen Hatshepsut

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Armana period example

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Bust of Queen Nefertiti

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Queen’s bedroom of Knossis style

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Pictographs (Linear A); rosettes; Fresco; Columns

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Mycenaen examples

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Golden funerary masks; Lion Gate

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Greek Geometric period example

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“Dipylon Vase” (geometric krater)

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Archaic period example

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“Francois Vase” (volute krater)

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“Francois Vase” artist

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Kleitas and Ergotimos

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Krater definition

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Cermonial grave marker; vessel for mixing wine and water

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Black-figure painting phases

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  1. Oxidizing
  2. Reducing
  3. Reoxidizing.
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Common column style

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Doric

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Other column styles

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Ionic and Corinthian

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Archaic period example

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“Kouros” and “Kore” figures

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Myron example

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“Discus Thrower” (an Olympian athlete)

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Athena temple creators

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Built: Ictinous and Callicrates.
Direction: Pericles.

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Weight-shift principle example

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  1. “Doryphoros” (Spear Bearer) by Polykleitos

2. “Argonaut Krater” by Niobid Painter

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30
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Late Classical period scultping style

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S-curve

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31
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Last Greek period

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Hellenistic

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Hellenistic period examples

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  1. “The Dying Gaul”

2. “Aphrodite of Melos” (Venus de Milo)

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Roman Republic society classes

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  1. Patricians (ruling)

2. Plebeian (common)

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34
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Unique Roman sculpture style

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Equestrian portrait

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Unique Roman architecture style

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Arch and concrete, leading to domed buildings

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Landmark built for a god, then a Christian church

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Pantheon

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37
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Light source for a dome

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Oculus

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Arena landmark

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Colosseum

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Constantine change

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Religious tolerance, conversion to Christianity

40
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Where Christians met during Period of Persecution

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Private homes and catacombs

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Byzantine apse mosaic example

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“Justinian and Attendants”

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Romanesque style example

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St. Sernin Cathedral

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High Gothic style example

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Chartres Cathedral

44
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Exteriod device that supports walls of Notre Dame

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Flying nuttresses

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International style

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In illuminations in prayer books used by nobility

46
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Flemish painting

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Everday life; Post-Reformation style; by Flemish artists

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Italian Renaissance artists (teacher and student)

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Cimabue and Giotto

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Florence, Italy contest of gilt bronze doors

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Brunelleschi and Ghiberti.

Winner: Ghiberti.

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“Last Supper” and “Mona Lisa” artist

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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“School of Athens” artist

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Raphael

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Sistine Chapel alterpiece/ceiling artist

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Michelangelo

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“David” artists

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Donatello.
Andrea Del Verrocchio.
Gianlorenzo Bernini.
Michelangelo.

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Bernini works

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Baldacchino.
“Ecstasy of St. Theresa”.
“David”

54
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Describe “David”

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Presents David in a marble statue as strong adult, in motion as if it to attack or to take on the role of king.

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Describe “Baldacchino”

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Colossal bronze canopy that covered the main altar at St. Peter’s.

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Describe “Ecstasy of St. Theresa”

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Sculpture depicting the stabbing of a nun by an angel of god wielding a fire-tipped arrow.

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“The Conversion of St. Paul” artist

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Caravaggio

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“The Conversion of St. Paul” description

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Shows Paul, after persecuting Christians, being thrown from his horse and blinded by a bright light. He then spoke with Jesus who instructed him on how to ragain his sight.

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“Judith and Holofernes” artist

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Caravaggio

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“Judith and Holofernes” description

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Depicts Judith rescuing her oppressed people by decapitating the Assyrian general. Judith commits the act calmly as if she hesitated.

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“Judith decapitating Holofernes” artist

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Artemisia Gentileschi

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“Judith decapitating Holofernes” description

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Depicts Judith rescuing her oppressed people by decapitating the Assyrian general. Judith commits the act aggresively with hatred.

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“Susannah and the Elders” artist

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  1. Jacopo Tintoretto.

2. Artemisia Gentileschi.

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“Susannah and the Elders” description

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  1. Tintoretto: Depicts Sussannah admiring her own beauty with the Elders spying on her.
  2. Gentileschi: Depicts Sussannah desperately trying to fend off the sexual advances of the Elders.
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“Syndics of the Drapers Guild” artist

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Rembrandt

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“Syndics of the Drapers Guild” description

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Depicts Dutch business men reacting to the entry of an unseen person.

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“Girl with the Pearl Earring” artist

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Vermeer

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“Girl with the Pearl Earring” description

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Depicts a woman looking over her shoulder towards the viewer with a pearl earring on.

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Neoclassical artist

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Jacques-Louis David

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Romantic artists

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Theodore Gericault; Francisco Goya.

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Realistic artists

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Honore Daumier; Gustave Courbet; Edouard Manet; Rosa Bonheur

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Impressionistic artists

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Claude Monet; Pierre-Auguste Renoir; Berthe Morisot; Edgar Degas

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Postimpressionistic artists

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George Seurat; Paul Cezanne; Vincent van Gogh; Paul Gauguin; Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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Expressionistic artists

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Edvard Munch; Kathe Kollwitz

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American Expatriate artists

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Mary Cassatt; James Abbott McNeill Whistler

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Americans in America artists

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Thomas Eakins; Thomas Cole

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Art Nouveau artists

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Victor Horta; Antoni Gaudi

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Sculpture definition

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Art work made of carving, casting, modeling, or assembling materials into three-dimensional figures or forms

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Relief Sculpture definition

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Sculpture that is carved to ornament architecture or furniture, as opposed to freestanding sculpture

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Freestanding Sculpture definition

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Sculpture that is carved or cast in the round, unconnected to a wall, and thereby capable of being viewed in its entirety by walking around it. Freestanding sculpture can also be designed for a niche, which limits the visible portion of the sculpture.

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Bas-Relief Sculpture definition

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Sculpture that projects only slightly from its background (from bas, French for “low”).

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Basic sculptural processes

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Relief sculpture; Free-standing sculpture

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Mobile creator (American)

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Alexander Calder

84
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Site specific sculptures in Utah

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Spiral Jetty in the Salt Lake; Sun Tunnels in the Utah Desert.

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Ephemeral example

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“Transient Rainbow” by Cai Guo Qiang

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Public Art example

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“Angel of the Waters” by Emma Stebbins

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Stone architecture examples

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Native American cliff dwellings; post-and-lintel (next question)

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Post and Lintel architecture examples

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Stonehenge; Amen-Re; Pantheon

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Arch examples

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Gateway Arch; Pont du Gard

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Dome examples

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Buddhist temple of Sanchi; Pantheon of Rome; Hagi Sophia

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Cast Iron structure examples

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Crystal Palace; Eiffel Tower

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Steel Cage examples

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Wainwright Building; Lever House

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Reinforced Concrete building examples

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Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut; Habitat

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Naturalistic Style examples

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Faillingwater

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Steel Cable examples

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Brooklyn Bridge; Golden Gate Bridge; George Washington Bridge; Verrazano Narrows Bridge

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