After being largely forgotten for a few centuries, Gothic was eventually appreciated again. In fact, people began to once again build in a Gothic-inspired style called Gothic Revival . By Alexandra Kiely, author of online course Gothic Architecture The Gothic …
Gothic Cathedrals main attributes are the verticality, the lightness and the weightlessness. Gothic architecture seems to be light as a feather. The vaults almost appear to stay up by magic. How was this possible? Alexandra Kiely (author of the online course …
Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist. He is known for his discovery in November 1922 of the tomb of Tutankhamun. This was one of the most important archaeological descoveries in Ancient Egypt because …
Egypt Pyramids | Evolution of the funerary construction During the Ancient Monarchy, the Egyptians created the mastaba, the first type of funeral construction of Ancient Egypt. From this construction the Egypt Pyramids assume all kind of forms. From the online …
Paris of the boulevards, squares and bois | the great urban reform of Haussmann During the second half of the 19th century, the city of Paris was subject to a radical urban reform project, launched by the Emperor Napoleon III …
Pisa Tower | Belfry of the complex of the Cathedral of Pisa The Pisa Tower was started 100 years after the cathedral. In a golden age, and after the naval victory in 1063 of the Pisans, on the defeated Saracens …
Known as the world’s greatest love story, the Taj Mahal tells the thrilling story of an everlasting passion. Familiar from many photographs and emblem of India, the Taj Mahal in Agra, is worth a detour on the journey of those …
The Parthenon An unfinished building on the Acropolis of Athens, started around 520 BC, under the rule of Peisistratos and his sons,Hippias and Hipparchus, was crushed by the Persian King Xerxes in the Persian wars in the 5th century BC. When …