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Finite elements, Roman-style
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A very professional corps of ancient engineers made a lasting contribution to Western civilization. By Robert O. Woods
AT FIRST GLANCE, the most striking feature of a Roman aqueduct is the mathematical precision of the arches. These structures are beautiful, and the Romans have written about their beauty, but aesthetics were only secondary. Aqueducts were built for a utilitarian purpose. They supplied the water that is the lifeblood of any civilization.
Without an abundant source, Rome, which in its prime in antiquity was a city of somewhere between a half-million and a million, could not ...
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Art in the pulpit: Helen Geddes welcomes a handsomely illustrated account of the three pulpits by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano that are among the great masterpieces of medieval sculpture.(Nicola and Giovanni Pisano: The Pulpits: Pious Deviation, Pious Diversion)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...1250s and 1311, the sculptor Nicola Pisano and his son Giovanni created four...the Pisa Baptistery pulpit by Nicola Pisano when creating his magnificent...about 200 years after the death of Nicola Pisano. It is certainly the case that...
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Nicola Pisano's Arca di San Domenico and Its Legacy.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly
; ...commissioned by the Dominican Order from Nicola Pisano around 1264 and completed by 1267...too often been consigned, where Nicola Pisano's role as designer is virtually...patronage. Although reconstruction of Nicola Pisano's design, which took the form...
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Nicola & Giovanni Pisano; the pulpits: Pious devotion--pious diversion.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; 1872501494 Nicola & Giovanni Pisano; the pulpits: Pious devotion...of the marble pulpits carved by the Pisano father and son in the late 13th and...in this era, the creation of the Pisano pulpits, their iconography, and...
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Pisa: The tale of a tilted tower ... and more
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...most famous landmarks: Nicola Pisano's circular Bapistry...bapistry designed in part by Nicola Pisano. Situated at the west...Pisa's Roman past, Pisano is credited for jump...gorgeous pulpit, this one by Nicola's son, Giovanni. It...
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Jones Day's San Diego Office Adds New IP Partner.
Business Wire
; Nicola Pisano, Former Chair of San Diego Firm IP Group, and Dr. Lin Yu Strengthen...announced the addition of two lateral hires from other local firms, with Nicola Pisano joining Jones Day as a partner and Lin Yu, Ph.D., joining the firm...
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The first rebirth of Roman culture
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...ancient skills in general, and particularly by Nicola Pisano, his son Giovanni, Nicola's pupil Arnolfo di Cambio, and their artistic...to the human figure also left their mark on Nicola Pisano and his fellow Italian artists. This north...
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Under Frederick II, the first rebirth of Roman culture
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...ancient skills in general, and particularly by Nicola Pisano, his son Giovanni, Nicola's pupil Arnolfo di Cambio, and their artistic...to the human figure also left their mark on Nicola Pisano and his fellow Italian artists.
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Italian Gothic Sculpture: c. 1250-c. 1400. (Reviews).
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly
; ...being firstly, on Andrea and Nino Pisano and, secondly, on the Arca di San...of the northern Gothic begins with Nicola Pisano (26), is largely furthered by...the Trecento by the likes of Nino Pisano. Professor Moskowitz decided not...
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Jones Day.(LAW)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal
; ...two new hires from local firms. Nicola Pisano joined Jones Day as a partner, having...Before working for Luce Forward, Pisano was a partner at Fish & Neave. A registered engineer, Pisano previously worked as an engineer...
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A Scholarly Light In Bologna's Past
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...Byzantine conventions, by Giunta Pisano and the anonymous Master of the Blue...the highlights of the exhibition. Nicola Pisano, whose application of lessons learned...itself, since been much modified. Pisano's sarcophagus once stood on a set...
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