Essays about: "Amphitheatre"
Found 5 essays containing the word Amphitheatre.
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1. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AMPHITHEATRE TO THE ROMAN EMPIRE : A LITERATURE STUDY ON AMPHITHEATRES SIGNIFICANCE
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : Lämningar från mer än 230 romerska amfiteatrar har hittats sprida runt om i alla av det romerska imperiets provinser. Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att skapa en förståelse för amfiteatrarnas betydelse för det romerska riket, genom att studera var de är lokaliserade och det fynd som har gjorts i dem. READ MORE
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2. The Royal Climate Garden : a design proposal on how to adapt Kungsträdgården, Stockholm, to a warmer future climate
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to find strategies to mitigate the negative effects of an increased temperature and apply them in a design proposal to an urban space of social importance. The chosen site was Kungsträdgården, which is located in central Stockholm, Sweden. Climate change is a contested political debate and a global issue. READ MORE
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3. Fatal Aesthetics : A study on the theatrical representation of the public execution in the Islamic State's Palmyra execution video
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : Since the rise of the Islamic State the world has seen a proliferation of public executions in which spectacle and theatricality have come to play an important role. Their propaganda has adopted an aesthetic style in which violence is openly displayed, celebrated and glorified. READ MORE
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4. Public Entertainment Buildings: An Investigation of the Spatial Distribution of Theatres, Amphitheatres, and Circuses in the Area of the Western Roman Empire
University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällslivAbstract : This thesis has investigated the spatial distribution of entertainment buildings in the area of the Western Roman Empire. This was done by first collecting data on all known entertainment buildings and plotting it in ArcGIS. The spatial distribution was then described and a number of different approaches was used to analyze the data. READ MORE
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5. SUB URBAN : Resurrection of a non-place
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : The starting point of the project was threat that commercial forces pose to the identity of today’s suburban centers. The value of a square or a non-commercial space to meet seems somehow forgotten since shopping malls and internet are our new meeting spaces. READ MORE