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Egyptian Building History

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In July 19, 1936 Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Sunday magazine and book review section published the picture above depicting what’s the history of the Egyptian building medical college of Virginia: Egyptian building, Medical college of Virginia . The Egyptian Buildings lies on 1223 E. Marshall Street, built in 1844. The building was originally built for the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College which in 1854 became an independent entity; the Medical College of Virginia (MCV).It was famously designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas S. Stewart (1806-1889) which still is considered one of the finest extant samples of the rare “Egyptian Revival” style, marking itself as a landmark in Richmond. In 1938-39, the Richmond architectural firm of …show more content…

Thomas S. Stewart also incorporated the building’s enclosure such as granite obelisks for gateposts and a cast-iron railing running between herm figures, often mistaken for mummies. The Egyptian Building is now still used by many students, faculty, and staff on the MCV campus of VCU. The Egyptian building was known as the first permanent home of the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College and later the Medical College of Virginia. Considered as the finest example of Egyptian revival architecture was an addition to the national register of historic places in 1969.Originally the building housed medical lecture rooms, a dissecting room, an infirmary and hospital beds for medical and surgical cases. The buildings foundation varied from brick, stucco and cast iron. The most significant architectural features of the building are: • It’s battered walls-thinner at the top than at the bottom to give an impression of solidarity and height. •The diamond panned windows incorporated without a style break. •the columns of reeds bunched together with palm leaf

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The architects for this extravagant Florida home are Marion Sims Wyeth and later Joseph Urban, with construction lasting only three years, from 1924 - 1927. Jefferson’s Monticello has an interesting history behind it. Jefferson was rather unimpressed with our nation’s architecture, as we see he vocalized often, putting down the architecture of Williamsburg as well as the structures across Virginia. They were not elegant, and often times copied that of England.

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One characteristic which typifies Jefferson 's architecture is the use of the octagon and octagonal forms in his designs. Palladio never used octagons, but Jefferson employed them as a design motif—halving them, elongating them, and employing them in whole as with the dome of Monticello, or the entire house at Poplar Forest. The Roman Classical Revival style and later the Greek Revival style emulated the form of classical Roman and Greek temples. The Greek Revival style has much in common with the Roman Classical Revival style in its reliance on the temple form, front pediment, and classical order columns. A typical Roman Classical Revival style building in Pennsylvania would have a front facade dominated by a full height columned portico topped

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Yet, what I find interesting is that both of these architectural styles still contains some aspect of neoclassical architecture (mostly having vertical columns, and having an elevated base building). There are many buildings in American that this building could have drawn inspiration from, one in particular possibly being the Alexander Hamilton Custom House in New York City. Other famous buildings in America have similar traits to the William Brennan Courthouse, but there were few that I could find that had a lot of its similarities. Common traits included the elevated base, vertical columns, stone brick-like pattern, and squared/rectangular shape. If any ancient architectural structure were to resemble this courthouse, it would be the Flavian Amphitheatre in Pozzuoli, Italy.

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French Chateau architecture was popularized in America between 1880 and 1910 by Richard Morris Hunt who was inspired by the style of the 16th century castles and mansions of France when he studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His architecture, inspired by the 15th and 17th century country estates of French nobility and royalty, is rare and found predominantly in the Northeast, having been commissioned by the extremely wealthy. The Biltmore Estate, a 178,000 square foot private residence with 250 rooms, is the largest home in America and the most recognizable and beloved example of Chateauesque architecture. Commissioned by George Washington Vanderbilt in 1895, the Biltmore is still family owned, and was recently voted one of America’s

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This building was designed by Thomas Jefferson himself and is often called an “architectural masterpiece”. He started construction in 1769 with only the knowledge he had learned through books, but was inspired by Renaissance and Neoclassical works of architecture during his time as American Commissioner to France. Jefferson used his architectural prowess and his inventive mind to create this building and fill it with his inventions like hideaway beds, dumbwaiters,and swivel chairs("Monticello"). These two creations serve as examples that Thomas Jefferson

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Creating The Contemporary Classic Author: Jon Krakauer “Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt.” Jon Krakauer stated this inspiring motto in his most famous book, Into The wild. Not only does Jon Krakauer demonstrate this principle in his books, but also in his everyday life. Jon Krakauer (born April 12,1954) is an American author and mountaineer. He is a well-known author of the Contemporary literature .

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Annually, millions of people travel to northern France to view the grand and pompous Baroque style of the Palace of Versailles’s Hall of Mirrors. Built in 1698 during the reign of Louis XIV, the Palace of Versailles stood for over 100 years as “the primary residence of the kings of France and the seat of the government,” and in 1979, the Palace of Versailles and its gardens were decreed a World Heritage site by the UNESCO. An examination of the Palace’s Hall of Mirrors will reveal a dramatic use of light, symmetry, large-scale frescoes, a shell for painting, sculpture, and stucco, and an opulent use of rich color and accessories common to a French Baroque-style interior. Louis XII (r. 1610 - 1643) used the initial residence as a hunting lodge and retreat for his family, and in 1624, he commissioned Jacques Lemercier to build a chateau on the site, which remains as “the exterior façade overlooking the Marble Court.” From 1661 to 1710, Louis XIV oversaw the residential transformation of the majestic complex surrounded by gardens.

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After doing that for a while, Wolfe decided in 1905 on becoming a professional decorator (Munhall, 1999). Soon enough Wolfe came in contact with architect Stanford White who got Wolfe the commission to do the decoration in the city’s first only women’s club called “The Colony Club” located on Madison and 31st Street. When the Colony opened in 1907, what really got people talking about Wolfe style was the indoor garden pavilion. Wolfe introduced a casual, feminine style with an abundance of glazed chintz, tiled floors, light draperies, pale walls, wicker chairs, clever vanity tables, and the first of her many trellised rooms (Munhall, 1999). Over the next six years, Wolfe designed interiors for many esteemed private homes, clubs and businesses on the East and West coasts.

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In ancient egypt pharaohs ruled over places that they commanded. They were able to do this since they believed they were living gods, but with a human body. So they were able to command people. And as they reigned their city, they came up with the idea to build massive stone piles for them when they died, but they were not ordinary piles of rocks, no, they wanted limestone blocks to be placed in a pyramid shape with their possessions and themselves inside of the pyramid. They also had “traps” built into the pyramid itself, in the great pyramid 3 massive stone doors sat in front of the tomb, as well as fake tombs with nothing in them, and even before entering the whole pyramid looked like a solid structure with no entrance.

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In their colonial stay of fewer than 100 years in old Saigon, the French left behind a rich architectural heritage reflecting shifting trends from the Second Empire and Third Republic to, even later, art deco and Le Corbusier. With high ceilings and fans, louvered doors and windows, the colonial buildings were ideally suited to Vietnam’s muggy climate. By the 1930s, the French had developed a unique Indo-Chinese architecture, fusing Western and Asian elements, a style reflected in the Vietnam History Museum and the botanical gardens. They also created broad, tree-lined boulevards and dense, walkable side

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The Lincoln Memorial has the same structure in the front as the Parthenon The architect, Henry Bacon, modeled the Lincoln Memorial to represent the Parthenon. He did this because President Lincoln defended democracy. So Henry Bacon built the structure to represent the birth place of democracy. The two buildings both have Corinthian columns. This type of column is from the Doric Order.

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The Great Pyramid of Giza took about twenty years to build and the pyramid was completed in approximately 2560 B.C. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for the fourth Pharaoh of the Dynasty period, Khufu (or Cheops). It is part of a cluster of three large pyramids in the Giza Necropolis located in modern Cairo, Egypt. The Great pyramid is also part of a smaller cluster of pyramids containing Khufu’s wives, however the Great Pyramid is the largest out of those.

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Did you know that Pyramid of Giza is the LARGEST Pyramid out of all of them. Well, in Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Khufu helps build the Pyramid he directed the workers and told them to “do this like this or like ,you yeah, great, job” Pharaoh Khufu gave the workers a shower once a week and bathe for ten min, and let them eat bread with their fingers. Great achievers are not worth great injustices because the Pharaoh never gave them $$Money$$ or coins for building the Pyramid of Pharaoh Khufu the workers, worked for years to build the Pyramids and they never got anything back having to work everyday without taking any break and in pain. But the workers still got to eat and drank beer.

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The Pyramids Of Giza Remember those triangle things you saw on tv once, well, those things are called pyramids, and a few of them are found in Egypt like the pyramids of Giza. It all started off i]on August 23, 2470, BC, the exact day they started building the first pyramid at Giza. Not only is there just one pyramid at Giza, but there are three pyramids all with their own special features. Also, if you remember seeing a big cat close to these pyramids, don’t worry, nothing happened to your brain, that thing is just called a sphinx. Fun fact: If you jump off the top of the Great Pyramid, you would die, so don’t do it.

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