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Comparative Study of the Structure and Decorations of the Kufic Script Inscription of Jame Mosque and Heydarieh Mosque in Qazvin [PDF]
Decorative Kufic is one of the most archaic scripts utilized in the architectural inscriptions of Islamic buildings. Elegance and beauty of the decorative Kufic script is well-documented in Persian inscriptions, esp.
Zahra Asgari, Abdolreza Chareie
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Gymnasia in Eastern Sicily of the Hellenistic and Roman Period [PDF]
Schriftquellen und Inschriften legen nahe, dass in Sizilien die Institution des Gymnasions vom 3. Jh. v. Chr. an florierte, im Reich Hierons II. wie auch in der spätrepublikanischen römischen Provinz.
Trümper, Monika
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« La mode française » : une histoire du stuc au château de Fontainebleau
The Château de Fontainebleau was the first royal residence in France to adopt the fashion for large-scale architectural decorations, with secular subjects combining both sculpture and painting.
Oriane Beaufils
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The Italian-Syrian joint Mission of the Università degli Studi of Milan at Palmyra (Pal.M.A.I.S. = Palmira. Missione Archeologica Italo-Siriana) is focus on the exploration of the south-west quarter of the ancient city.
Lilia Palmieri
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A Study on the Motifs of Stucco Carvings in Ali Qapu’s Music Room [PDF]
Architecture and decorations of buildings were among the most important arts during the Safavid Era. The buildings constructed in the Safavid Period in Iran are probably the most enticing and attractive constructions throughout Iranian architecture ...
E. Panjehbashi, nahid yahyaee anzahaee
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Etruscan rock-cut tombs with decorated façades. A 3D approach [PDF]
This paper reports an aspect of the on-going project of my dissertation thesis at the Institute for Classical Archaeology at Charles University in Prague and concerns the application of multi-image photogrammetry technique in the documentation of the ...
Votroubeková, T.
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ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Identifying the Semantic-oriented Functions of Stucco Decorations in Chelleh-Khaneh at Khanqah of Bayazid Bastami [PDF]
In Islamic Architecture, building decoration and ornamentation are considered as integrated elements of any buildings. Apparent presence of decorations such as line drawings, vegetative and geometrical designs, composes the secondary nature of Islamic ...
shabnam haghighnejad +2 more
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Archaeometric Characterization of Submerged Sasanian Stucco From Ghaleh Guri, Western Iran
ABSTRACT The Ghaleh Guri archaeological site, a late Sasanian site with a building complex dated to 591–628 ce, lies along an ancient road linking the western Zagros to Mesopotamia. Its architectural remains, adorned with stucco, faced annual river floods yet remained stable for centuries.
Atefeh Shekofteh +2 more
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La doble piel de la arquitectura Maya: el estuco y el color
Maya architecture was one of the most widely employed backdrops for the colour, and this application extended over a continuous period from the Mid-Preclassic period to the end of the Late Postclassic.
Mª Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual +1 more
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