... Suleymaniye Mosque, like the other imperial mosques in Istanbul, is located on its west side. The courtyard at the Suleymaniye is of exceptional grandeur with a colonnaded peristyle with columns of marble, granite and porphyry. (zgr Ediz and Michael J. Ostwald) There are two levels of windows around the forecourt, providing a glimpse of the domes and the four minarets that surround the four ... niche in the back southern wall that indicates the direction of prayer, toward the Kaba. The marble-paved courtyard surrounded by an arched colonnade is a standard feature of Ottoman imperial mos...

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... wide and 5,000 ft. long runway which was standing up in front of me like a enormous and immense Cyclops, with its mandatory white marble marks showing me the way back home. Looking out through my windshield the deep crystal blue reflection of the ocean above me, suggested to ... my central nervous system and then to my senses, the exquisiteness smooth, sweet and delicious smell of success and fuel; few white cotton flakes faded into a scale of grays stayed neutral, while I was braking up through a sleepy and sedately blow of heaven that was surrounding ... square, rectangular, and tria...

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... its action, swiftness and intensivety. In the beginning of the fifteenth chapter in the description of a cafe, the analogy of the War's battles can easily be recognized: "The marble-topped tables and the white wicker chairs were gone. They were replaced by cast-iron tables and severe folding chairs. The cafe' was like a battleship stripped for action» (Hemingway, 1954: 153) The ... author does not forget to mention that on the next day after the end of the Fiesta people in the cafe again sat in "wicker chairs at marble tables" (Hemingway ... ...

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... architecture based on Roman prototypes, was developed. Resident in Sicily were the Arabs who Paladino 2 introduced styles of oriental magnificence such as Palarmo's Palantine Chapel. According to John White in Art and Architecture in Italy 1250-1400, impressive central plans, lavish materials, sumptuous color, mysterious lighting, and stylized representation describe such works as Ravenna's San Vitale and ... concentrated in Lombardy, Tuscany, and Southern Italy. The Lombard architecture was known for large vaulted churches made of elaborate exterior brick. In Tuscany, Pisan architectur...

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... and the Arkansas Gazette, reminded us that there were those who were still stuck in their prejudiced ways. Admonitions such as the one expounded in the Daily News (Bloodstains On White Marble Steps,) not only inspires fear in those who favored the decision, but also reflects the ire of the "good ole boys" who were determined to make certain that the southern ... calm and reasonable tone, the Arkansas Gazette's editorial is one of both historic recollection and determination. It uses the advantage of citing cooperation amongst a prominent Negro figure (Booker T. Washington) and white sou...

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... , and through Sergei Eisenstein's Strike and his use of the infamous montage, one can see that his films are no different from the artwork of many masters of paint or marble. Sergei Eisenstein, a Russian film director, screenwriter, editor, and theoretician who was educated in engineering but took a turn to film production, produced many powerful films in his lifetime. In Strike, Eisenstein ... 's attention is redirected sharply to the huge contrast between the two environments and the colossal difference between the frantic filled first scene and the calm and composed atmosphere of the w...

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