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Representation, Rightness, and the Fringe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
So the central question here is phenomenological: What is the nature of the aesthetic zap? For it is this experience, or its promise, which gives art such a deep hold on human life. But the issue of representation, while secondary, is still pregnant with
Mangan, Dr. Bruce B.
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Anàlisi dinàmic de l'estructura del Qutb Minar a New Delhi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
La present tesina té com a objectiu la modelització i l’anàlisi del comportament dinàmic de l’estructura del Qutb Minar de New Delhi, un minaret del segle XIII de més de 75 metres d’alçada, que constitueix una de les estructures d’obra de fàbrica de ...
Borrell Ferreres, Enric
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Evolution of Persian traditional architecture through the history

open access: yesJournal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2015
The architecture of Iran is wholly based on the comprehensive use of knowledge of both metaphysical and physical sciences. Architecture and structural engineering in Iran involve a great range of buildings distributed over a vast area from the borders of
Mehrdad Hejazi, Bina Hejazi, Saba Hejazi
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Appropriating Orientalism ? Saber Sabri's Mamluk Revivals in late 19th c. Cairo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Since Pascal Coste's designs for the Citadel mosque (1823) and throughout the whole century, Cairene architecture, whether public, religious or domestic, experienced the development of Mamluk revivals.
Volait, Mercedes
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Learning and Using Taxonomies For Fast Visual Categorization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The computational complexity of current visual categorization algorithms scales linearly at best with the number of categories. The goal of classifying simultaneously N_(cat) = 10^4 - 10^5 visual categories requires sub-linear classification costs.
Griffin, Gregory, Perona, Pietro
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The Mezquita of Cordoba and Madinat Al-Zahra [PDF]

open access: yes, 1952
Traducción del texto en inglés, incluída en el ...
Torres Balbás, Leopoldo   +1 more
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Notes on the Ibadi religious architecture: A comparative study of the mosques in Mzab, Djerba, and Oman / Naima Benkari [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Ibadis, like other Muslim communities, developed a rich theological literature much of which was reflected in their lifestyle – and in their architecture.
Benkari, Naima
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The Architectural Christian Spolia in Early Medieval Iberia: Reflections between Material Reuse and Cultural Appropriation

open access: yesReligions
The reuse of construction materials has been a consistent practice throughout the history of architecture, especially prevalent during periods of transition when it was preferred for its ability to simplify installation and reduce construction costs ...
Enrique Daza-Pardo, Raúl Catalán-Ramos
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The Many Riches of Human Flourishing: On the Veiled Agent in Veil Narratives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper critiques what it calls the parochial conception of agency animating the narrative of the Malayalam writer Khadija Mumthas' novel Barsa (2007) that is anchored in the notion that acts of resistance to relations of domination exhaust the field
Kuzhiyan, Muneer Aram
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