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Floorplan of First Floor.
Useful tool for investigating Federal style architectural elements. The interactive image of the Coleman House isolates architectural design elements. Don't miss the resources at the "in the classroom" link.
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Photo of Entry Hall.
Useful tool for investigating Federal style architectural elements. The interactive image of the Coleman House isolates architectural design elements. Don't miss the resources at the "in the classroom" link.
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Photo of Circular Staircase.
Useful tool for investigating Federal style architectural elements. The interactive image of the Coleman House isolates architectural design elements. Don't miss the resources at the "in the classroom" link.
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Unesco: Ukraine: Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans
The Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans represents a masterful synergy of architectural styles built by Czech architect Josef Hlavka from 1864 to 1882. The property, an outstanding example of 19th-century historicist...
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Unesco: India: Red Fort Complex
The Red Fort Complex was built as the palace fort of Shahjahanabad - the new capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan. Named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone, it is adjacent to an older fort, the...
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Unesco: Spain: Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
In the 9th century the flame of Christianity was kept alive in the Iberian peninsula in the tiny Kingdom of the Asturias. Here an innovative pre-Romanesque architectural style was created that was to play a significant role in the...
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Unesco: Austria: City of Graz Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg
The City of Graz - Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg bear witness to an exemplary model of the living heritage of a central European urban complex influenced by the secular presence of the Habsburgs and the cultural and artistic role...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Gaineswood
This Greek Revival mansion was designated a NHL because it is considered one of the most unusual examples of that architectural style in the United States. It was built over the course of eighteen years by amateur architect and planter...
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Unesco: India: Fatehpur Sikri
Built during the second half of the 16th century by the Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri (the City of Victory) was the capital of the Mughal Empire for only some 10 years. The complex of monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural...
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Unesco: China: Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages feature the Diaolou, multi-storeyed defensive village houses in Kaiping, which display a complex and flamboyant fusion of Chinese and Western structural and decorative forms. They reflect the significant role...
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Unesco: Sri Lanka: Old Town of Galle and Its Fortifications
Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, Galle reached the height of its development in the 18th century, before the arrival of the British. It is the best example of a fortified city built by Europeans in South and South-East...
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Unesco: Italy: Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568 774 a.d.)
The Longobards in Italy, Places of Power, 568 - 774 A.D. comprises seven groups of important buildings (including fortresses, churches, and monasteries) throughout the Italian Peninsula. They testify to the high achievement of the...
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Unesco: Hungary: Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma & Its Natural Env
The first Benedictine monks settled here in 996. They went on to convert the Hungarians, to found the country's first school and, in 1055, to write the first document in Hungarian. From the time of its founding, this monastic community...
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Eternal Egypt: Karnak Temple
The site of the Karnak Temples is an open natural museum of Ancient Egyptian history. It contains a mixture of the different architectural styles built by the kings who ruled the country from the Twelfth Dynasty until the Greco-Roman times.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Drayton Hall
Plantation house built in 1742 of Palladian architectural style.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: New York State Capitol
Built in two different architectural styles; one of ten U.S. state capitol buildings without a dome.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Indiana: Thomas Gaff House (Hillforest)
Located above the Ohio River, Hillforest was built in 1855 in the Italian Renaissance architectural style. Designed by Isaiah Rogers, its full-width frontal porch is reminiscent of a steamboat's deck.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Utah: Bryce Canyon Lodge and Deluxe Cabins
The Union Pacific Railroad built this national park lodge in 1924-1927. The architectural style was used by railroads for lodges across the American west with the encouragement of the National Park Service.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island: Wanton Lyman Hazard House
Built circa 1697, this is the oldest house in Newport, illustrating the transition from 17th to 18th-century architectural styles.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ny: Vanderbilt Mansion Natl Historic Site
Includes pleasure grounds with views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, formal gardens, natural woodlands, and numerous support structures as well as a 54 room mansion; completed in 1898; perfect example of the Beaux-Arts...
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Eternal Egypt: Temple of Sobek
The temple of Sobek is preceded by two lions and it consists of three gateways leading to the shrine of the god Pnepheros. The shrine is also divided into three parts, which still show remains of decorations in the Egyptian style.
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Beazley Archive: Frieze
Illustrated dictionary definition over the artistic style of Frieze. Describes the different styles of Frieze found in Greek architecture.
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Brussels: Horta Museum
This site describes a museum which contains Art Nouveau style architecture. In depth information on Art Nouveau is also found on this page.
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Khan Academy: Complexity and Vision: The Staff God at Chavin De Huantar & Beyond
The artistic style seen in stone sculpture and architectural decoration at the temple site of Chavin de Huantar, in the Andean highlands of Peru, is deliberately complex, confusing, and esoteric. View pictures and descriptions of the...