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porch
porch. 1. Covered place of entrance and exit attached to a building and projecting in front of its main mass, such as the south porch of a medieval church, often with a room over it. 2. Interior volume serving as a vestibule. 3. Transept or side-chapel in a church. 4. Cloister, colonnade, Galilee,... Read more |
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Ethan Allen Interiors Inc
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. Ethan Allen DriveP.O. Box 1966Danbury, Connecticut 06813-1966U.S.A.Telephone: (203) 743-8000Fax: (203) 743-8298Web site: http://www.ethanallen.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1932 as Baumritter Corp.Employees: 8,090Sales: $856.2 million (2000)Stock Exchanges: New... Read more |
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interior decoration
interior decoration adornment of the interior of a building, public or domestic, comprising interior architecture, finishing, and furnishings. Asian and classical cultures used the decorative arts to create elaborate interiors, and they originated forms extensively copied in later times. In Europe... Read more |
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Wilhelm Karl Severing
Wilhelm Karl Severing , 1875-1952, German statesman. A Social Democrat, he served (1907-33) in the Reichstag, was German minister of the interior (1928-30), and was Prussian minister of the interior during most of the period from 1920 to 1932. He supported the Weimar Republic.... Read more |
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Giralda
Giralda , the famous tower adjoining the Cathedral of Seville, Spain. It was built (1163-84) to serve as minaret to the main mosque of Seville, on the site of which the cathedral now stands. In 1568 it was converted into a bell tower by the addition of an ornate Renaissance superstructure on the... Read more |
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nook
nook. 1. Corner of a room, i.e. interior angle formed by the meeting of two walls.2. Piece taken out of an angle, e.g. where a reveal meets the exterior face of a wall and a reentrant angle is formed, giving two arrises instead of one.3. Part of the corner of a room beside a fireplace, often with... Read more |
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Vilhelm Hammershoi
Hammershøi, Vilhelm (1864–1916). Danish painter, active mainly in his native Copenhagen. He painted portraits, architectural subjects (including two murals for Copenhagen Town Hall), and landscapes, but he is best known for his quiet interior scenes. Often featuring a single standing or... Read more |
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Monreale
Monreale , town (1991 pop. 26,256), NW Sicily, Italy, near Palermo. An agricultural market and tourist center, it commands a magnificent view of the fertile Conca d'Oro plain. A famous cathedral, one of the masterpieces of Norman-Sicilian architecture, was begun there (1174) by William II of Sicily.... Read more |
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John Webb
Webb, John (1611–72). English architect. A pupil and relative (by marriage) of Inigo Jones, he assisted the latter when working on St Paul's Cathedral, London, in the 1630s. He made many drawings for the unrealized Whitehall Palace, and rebuilt (1648–50) the interior (notably the... Read more |
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