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2. Islamic ornament - Wikipedia

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   In his book,The Meditation on Ornament, Oleg Grabar departs from Gombrich's European-influenced position to show how ornament can be the subject of a design. He differentiates between filling a space with design, and transforming a space through design. Iran, Kharraqan, mausoleum, 1087, back. Grabar calls attention to the "iconophoric quality ...

3. Ornament and Crime - Wikipedia

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   Only in 1929 was the essay published in German in the Frankfurter Zeitung, as Ornament und Verbrechen. It was the architect Henry Kulka , who assisted Loos during a reprint of the essay in 1931 in Trotzdem , that altered the original year to 1908 after he consulted Loos, who either didn't remember well or wanted to assume primacy in the ...

4. Parthenon - Wikipedia

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   The Parthenon (/ ˈ p ɑːr θ ə ˌ n ɒ n,-n ən /; Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, romanized: Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, romanized: Parthenónas [parθeˈnonas]) is a former temple [6] [7] on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.

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6. Nobel Peace Prize - Wikipedia

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   The statutes of the Nobel Foundation specify categories of individuals who are eligible to make nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. [24] These nominators are: Members of national assemblies and governments and members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union; Members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the International Court of Justice at the ...

7. Great Pyramid of Giza - Wikipedia

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   The Great Pyramid of Giza [a] is the largest Egyptian pyramid.It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.Built c. 2600 BC, [3] over a period of about 27 years, [4] the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact.