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- image:AachenerDomDecke.jpg|Ceiling of the Palatine Chapel image:Aachen Cathedral Octagon1.jpg|Mosaics image:Aachen Cathedral from north.jpg|View ...13 KB (1,948 words) - 07:09, 13 June 2023
- hanged himself from the heating pipes on the ceiling of his room in the Hotel Anglettere, dying at the age of 30. Some believe that the suicide was ...12 KB (1,781 words) - 10:01, 26 January 2023
- well as finely carved sculpture and richly etched ceiling panels. Many small Buddhist cave shrines appear nearby. Art and Archaeology, [http://www ...16 KB (2,321 words) - 22:03, 4 February 2023
- Act. This number, known as the "refugee ceiling," is the target of annual lobbying by both refugee advocacy groups seeking to raise it ...14 KB (2,186 words) - 00:16, 12 April 2023
- thus reaching his or her career's ceiling in an organization. One way that organizations attempt to avoid this effect is to refrain from ...14 KB (2,060 words) - 17:51, 25 October 2022
- so jumped for joy that I nearly smashed the ceiling with my old head!" Soon after their reunion, Herzen died, and a large fund from his personal ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 10:02, 26 January 2023
- was lower at the floor than that on the ceiling "One of my assistants ... concern that "convection from the ceiling" would join "air ...34 KB (4,898 words) - 20:11, 17 November 2023
- is through the portico on the east front. The ceiling of this portico incorporates a dial connected to a weather vane, showing the direction of ...14 KB (2,117 words) - 21:15, 9 November 2022
- thumb|300px|Michelangelo's Jeremiah on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.]] Like other biblical prophets, Jeremiah strongly condemned idolatry ...14 KB (2,273 words) - 19:59, 27 June 2023
- of the Russians than anything else. The first ceiling-high, five-leveled Russian iconostasis was designed for the Cathedral of the Annunciation ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- views, in breaking the "marble ceiling" as the first woman ... today, we have broken the marble ceiling. For our daughters and our ...46 KB (6,718 words) - 20:14, 3 January 2023
- built an antechamber in front of it, the ceiling of which was supported by ... by two pillars, is oval shaped and its ceiling decorated with stars, symbolizing ...45 KB (7,145 words) - 14:03, 14 January 2024
- nothing. From the elaborate hand-painted ceiling to "the finest toilet ... and wooden lattice work arches across the ceiling to create a courtyard effect. ...25 KB (3,760 words) - 14:43, 3 May 2023
- room of the old Library) features a cathedral ceiling painted with geometric Renaissance patterns and tall, lead-paned windows, which flood the space ...14 KB (2,073 words) - 16:50, 22 November 2023
- | Ceiling Zero || || |- |rowspan="8"| 1935 || Frisco Kid || || |- | Mutiny on the Bounty || (uncredited as extra) || |- | A Midsummer ...15 KB (2,233 words) - 22:37, 22 June 2022
- half-filled with water is suspended from the ceiling. This painting is attributed to Jacopo de' Barbari, 1495.www.ritrattopacioli.it, [http://www ...14 KB (2,158 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
- the top to form a snow vault in which the arched ceiling is self-supporting. An outstanding example of human ingenuity and adaptability to the environment ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:41, 4 February 2023
- who unified Japan. This tearoom had walls, ceiling, pillars, and even tea utensils ... featuring a hand-carved and hand-painted ceiling, tables, stools, columns ...29 KB (4,641 words) - 04:37, 27 February 2023
- pieces of colored mirror cover the walls and ceiling. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan constructed the Sheesh Mahal in 1631. The palace of the Agra ...15 KB (2,177 words) - 06:36, 1 April 2024
- Latillas, peeled sticks used as a traditional ceiling material, are often placed in an angled pattern above the vigas. Pueblo revival style may ...16 KB (2,339 words) - 23:24, 14 December 2023
- usually made of clay or stone, and has a low ceiling. The temazcal structure is usually shared by an extended family unit. Unlike European sauna culture ...15 KB (2,539 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- at night, you are awoken by creaking sounds in the ceiling. You infer from these sounds that your neighbor upstairs is having another bout of insomnia ...20 KB (3,113 words) - 22:38, 5 February 2023
- with a flame always burning and hanging from the ceiling was made by local craftsmen who have a special tradition of making wrought iron. ...14 KB (2,268 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- The ceiling of the burial chamber is decorated with stars, and the walls are lined with passages from the Pyramid texts. An empty black sarcophagus ...17 KB (2,687 words) - 00:23, 8 November 2023
- by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602), ceiling painting in the Sala di Constantino, Vatican Palace. Images like this one celebrate the destruction of ...17 KB (2,782 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- sound problems caused by the hall's high ceiling.]] The four significant changes to the design after Utzon left were: # Cladding ...15 KB (2,320 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- of the four central pillars and the central ceiling. Those pillars may have been hand churned while the others had been lathe turned.Kamath, 117 ...18 KB (2,563 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- kilograms which is suspended from the ceiling of the Cathedral of Santiago ... incense, which are either hung from the ceiling or on special stands. Worshipers ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- plain bases to the high-pointed arches of the ceiling, directing the eye to the massive clerestory windows in the apse. Everywhere vivid color ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 00:43, 5 December 2023
- of the poor but for the rich and powerful, the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel created by Michelangelo for Pope Julius II. === Mosaic === ...33 KB (5,258 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- * Ceiling of the Garnier Opera, 1964 * Exodus, 1952–1966 * War, 1964–1966, Kunsthaus Zürich * Mosaic murals in the lobby of the Metropolitan ...14 KB (2,115 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- falling from the stucco that decorated her bedroom ceiling, and was forced to resign in 1956. Luce maintained her association with the conservative ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- of a single room or prayer hall with a vaulted ceiling. The Madrasah, or school, was a simple building within the courtyard. The houses were simple ...17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- late fifth century. Mural painting, eastern ceiling of main burial chamber, Jangcheon-ri Tomb No.1, Jian, Jilin province, China.]] ...17 KB (2,180 words) - 20:50, 3 April 2024
- of Noah by Michelangelo Buonarroti, from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo shows Noah drunk before his sons, and simultaneously, in ...17 KB (2,732 words) - 18:11, 11 November 2023
- that there are seven days in a week, that the ceiling is up and the floor is down; things which he already knew, but which suddenly struck him as ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 04:19, 23 March 2024
- side (these days often clad in scaffolding). The ceiling was painted blue and decorated with stars and a spectacular statue of the goddess, clad in ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- *In Italy, it was customary to scatter rose petals from the ceiling of the churches to recall the miracle of the fiery tongues; hence in Sicily ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- columns carried the weight of the vast and heavy ceiling. The tops of the columns were made from animal sculptures such as two headed bulls, lions and ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 17:58, 26 March 2023
- it off. There was usually a small hole in the ceiling from which the smoke from the fire escaped.Peter Nabokov and Robert Easton, Native American Architecture ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- them down in a notebook. I saw shapes on the ceiling..." Janis Mink, Miró, (Los Angeles: Taschen, 2003 ISBN 9783822896099), 43. ...18 KB (2,655 words) - 02:03, 9 February 2023
- Small fires began breaking out on the walls and ceiling, igniting the curtains in each room, and engulfing a bed. Fire investigators found no flammable ...20 KB (2,844 words) - 00:18, 12 April 2023
- the majesty of the Emperor. Set into the ceiling at the center of the hall ... architecture and interior decoration. The ceiling of the auditorium features ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- multi-levels, with a domed or sky-reaching ceiling, they were sometimes decorated with murals, mosaic paintings, sculptures, and inscriptions ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- the Prophet as depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo.]] One of the most critically debated issues in Isaiah is the proposition ...20 KB (3,308 words) - 00:11, 19 November 2023
- modern times, just as Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling is essential to understanding the tenor of the sixteenth century."Licht, 167. This painting ...18 KB (2,863 words) - 04:54, 9 April 2024
- jpg|thumb|400px|Detail of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.]] The Vatican City is itself of great cultural significance. Buildings such as St. Peter ...21 KB (3,351 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- He beautified Westminster Hall with a new ceiling and was a keen and cultured patron of the arts, architecture and literature. His detractors ...19 KB (3,042 words) - 21:42, 8 December 2022
- out. 'He must have been walking on the ceiling!', one remarked. Although these anecdotes may typify Monk's behavior in his later ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- [[File:Moorish ceiling at the Sala de los Reyes, Alhambra.jpg|thumb|400px|Moorish ceiling at the Sala de los Reyes, Alhambra]] In 1212 C.E., a ...36 KB (5,672 words) - 21:18, 9 November 2022
