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In the middle of Lima’s modern skyline, where high-rise buildings and bustling streets dominate the landscape, stands an unexpected archaeological treasure: Huaca Pucllana. This adobe pyramid, built over 1,500 years ago, serves as a fascinating testament to the pre-Columbian civilizations…
Artist : Pablo Picasso Title : Corner at the Cloister of Sant Pau del Camp Date : 1896 Medium: Oil on wood Dimensions: 15.5 cm x 10 cm Location: Museu Picasso de Barcelona, Gift of Pablo Picasso, 1970 In 1970,…
Villa Arianna at Stabiae: An Archaeological and Artistic Treasure Villa Arianna, an ancient Roman villa located in Stabiae (modern-day Castellammare di Stabia, Italy), stands as a testament to the opulence and artistic sophistication of the Roman elite. Overlooking the Bay…
These 11 small streets of terraced houses are laid out like potato beds running between the old ramparts of Østre Anlæg park and Sortedam Lake. After some of the lakes were dammed up in the 1700s, potatoes were grown here…
Perhaps no one better understood how to positively exploit the potential of technology and engineering than van der Rohe, a founding father of Modernist architecture who was central to the Great Age of the Skyscraper during the 1950s and 1960s—a…
Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur website Architecture NEW EXTENSION BUILDING OF ARCHITECTS BAROZZI/VEIGA In 2011, architects were invited to submit proposals for an international architectural design competition. It was won by the architecture firm Estudio Barozzi/Veiga from Barcelona. The clear-cut form of the impressive…
In the early 20th century, architect Walter Gropius aimed to harmonize art, technology, and craftsmanship—a vision that birthed the groundbreaking Bauhaus school in 1919. Gropius’s call to unite architecture, sculpture, and painting underpinned the school’s ethos. Rejecting tradition, the Bauhaus…
An Inner Sanctum & Intersection for Art, Spirituality and Social Justice, Rothko Chapel Aspires to the Highest Levels of Humanity And though Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was slain a few years prior to Rothko Chapel’s opening in 1971,…
How amazing is this architecture? Almost like an Escher drawing coming to life. Tadao Ando designed Awaji Yumebutai as a way to restore the injured landscape, celebrating nature and life after the tragedy of 1995 Awaji Island earthquake. It’s a…
An architectural masterpiece that remains a cherished family retreat In the late 1960s, a cosmopolitan New York couple with a passion for art was vacationing along the Côte d’Azur when a spontaneous house-hunting trip led them to a home unlike…
The Parthenon (Athens)sculptor Ictinos (5th century BC)sculptor Phidias (c. 490 BC-c. 432 BC) Parthenon, temple that dominates the hill of the Acropolis at Athens. It was built in the mid-5th century bce and dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena Parthenos (“Athena the Virgin”). The temple…