Archive for the 'Design' Category
Ancient Greek coins for auction
Published December 13, 2012 Alexander the Great , Ancient Greece , Archeology , Art , Beauty , Design , Emblems , History , Symbols , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm 1 CommentTags: coins
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
Published September 6, 2012 Art , Classics , Culture , Design , Emblems , Engineering , Europe , History , Italy , Masterpiece , Military , Military History , Renaissance , Science , Symbols , Technology , Tradition , Warfare , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a CommentTags: Medici
Malmaison Virtual Tour
Published August 14, 2012 Art , Culture , Design , Emblems , Europe , France , History , Military History , Napoleon , Tradition , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a CommentTags: Malmaison
Roger Scruton – Why Beauty Matters
Published June 11, 2012 Art , Beauty , Culture , Design , Europe , Interesting , Music , Society , Technology , Tradition , United States , Unusual , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a CommentSeven Wonders of the Industrial World
Published October 20, 2011 American , Design , Engineering , Europe , Great Britain , History , Interesting , Technology , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a Comment
From the bbc.co.uk website:
The Industrial Revolution changed the world in countless ways – and produced many technical wonders in the process. Seven of the most notable are described here, each one proving that human creativity is as much alive in the modern world as it was in ancient times.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/seven_wonders_01.shtml
Car Design as High Style
Published March 24, 2010 Art , Beauty , Cars , Design , Engineering , Europe , Interesting , Technology , United States Leave a Comment
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Sacred Destinations
Published December 8, 2009 Art , Beauty , Culture , Design , Engineering , Europe , History , Interesting , Symbols , Tradition , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm 3 CommentsTags: Architecture, Art, Religious Iconography, Travel, Travel Guide
Text from sacred-destinations.com:
A richly illustrated guide to the world’s sacred places, sacred art, religious architecture and historic religious sites.
Explore sacred sites, ancient wonders and religious places of the world.
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Mini-Colosseum Excavated in Rome
Published October 6, 2009 Ancient Rome , anthropology , Archeology , Art , Design , Engineering , Europe , History , Interesting , Symbols , Tradition , Unusual , Western Civilization Leave a Comment
From the discovery.com article:
Beneath Rome’s Fiumicino airport lies a “mini-Colosseum” that may have played host to Roman emperors, according to British archaeologists.
The foundations of the amphitheater, which are oval-shaped like the much larger arena in the heart of Rome, have been unearthed at the site of Portus, a 2nd century A.D. harbor near Ostia’s port on the Tiber River.
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Newgrange
Published August 24, 2009 anthropology , Archeology , Art , Beauty , Design , Engineering , Europe , History , Interesting , Ireland , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm Leave a CommentVespasian’s Villa Found
Published August 11, 2009 Ancient Rome , anthropology , Archeology , Beauty , Culture , Design , Emblems , Europe , History , Interesting , Italy , Military History , Symbols , Western Civilization , Western Paradigm 1 Comment
From the discovery.com article:
The summer villa of Roman Emperor Vespasian has been found in the Sabine hill country northeast of Rome, Italian archaeologists announced today.
Titus Flavius Vespasianus is known for rebuilding the Roman Empire following the tumultuous reign of Emporer Nero. Vespasian changed the face of Rome by launching a major public works program, which included the construction of the Colosseum, the structure that arguably defines the glory of ancient Rome.
Dating back to the first century A.D., the massive villa, adorned with mosaic floors, baths and marbled halls, has emerged following four years of digs near the town of Cittareale, in the province of Rieti.
The villa not only is located near the place of Vespasian’s birth at Falacrinae (Vicus Phalacrinae), but also may be the site where he is said to have died.
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