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Monumental Entrance to Gandharan Buddhist Architecture

open access: yesAnnali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale, 2021
The article presents a series of pieces excavated by the ISMEO Italian Archaeological Mission in two Buddhist sacred areas in Swat (Pakistan). The pieces are chosen for their connection to the theme of monumental entrances of cultic buildings.
Olivieri, Luca M., Iori, Elisa
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The earliest adobe monumental architecture in the Americas. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021
SignificanceThis study documents the previously unrecognized technological evolution of pre-Hispanic Andean adobe bricks, the central component of this region’s millennia-long earthen architectural tradition. Multidisciplinary geoarchaeological research in northern Peru shows that the earliest known standing adobe brick architecture in the Andes dates ...
Mauricio AC   +6 more
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The Modern Religious architecture and monumental painting: synthesis (on the example of Russia and the Republic of Mordovia)

open access: yesФинно-угорский мир, 2018
Currently in Russia the development of church architecture poses many problems associated with the revival of the national school of monumental religious painting.
Tatiana V. Klimkina
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Spanishness and Race in North American Monumental Architecture

open access: yesArts
The representation of Spain, and Spanishness in general, at sites of collective identity in the United States and Canada requires scholarly attention. Many monuments, which range from statues and museums to capitol buildings and national parks, continue ...
Lauren Beck
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Lime Production in the Late Chalcolithic Period: The Case of Arslantepe (Eastern Anatolia)

open access: yesHeritage, 2021
Plaster and mortar samples from Arslantepe (Turkey) hold potential to provide unique information about the lime production and adhibition during the Late Chalcolithic period (4th millennium BCE).
Silvano Mignardi   +7 more
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Medieval Islamic objects and the architecture of the mind [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Art Historiography, 2023
This review examines the monograph of Margaret Graves, Arts of Allusion, which offers a nuanced argument about visual representation in a disparate group of portable objects dating to between the ninth and thirteenth centuries and created in the ...
Matt Saba
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OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE

open access: yesArchitecture and Engineering, 2022
Introduction: Throughout the years, numerous factors have contributed to the formation of city identity, urban fabric, and architecture. These factors include inspirations from various civilizations and religious influences.
Tamara Kelly
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BAL – Beyond All Limits 2022

open access: yesDiségno, 2022
The evocative venue of the Monumental Complex Real Belvedere of San Leucio in Caserta hosted, from the 11th to the 13th of May, the international conference Beyond All Limits promoted by the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the ...
Alice Palmieri
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Islam and survivals of pre-islamic beliefs in the Gol­den Horde on the materials of architectural funeral structures

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение, 2023
The purpose of the study: To consider how monumental architecture, in particular memorial buildings, reflected the changes in society associated with the adoption of Islam in the Golden Horde and ties with other Muslim states.
Zilivinskaya E.D.
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Holy Trinity Cathedral in Ekaterinburg: The Temple Art Synthesis. Selected Murals [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Екатеринбургской духовной семинарии, 2022
The article is devoted to the problem of synthesis of architecture and monumental painting on the example of the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Ekaterinburg.
Natalia N. Vanchugova
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