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30 07, 2017

Half-timbered houses – medieval architecture

By |2019-08-02T00:06:41-07:00July 30th, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Half-timbered houses – medieval architecture

Medieval European houses Half-timbered houses in Toulouse, France In the Middle Ages, many people in northern Europe (northern France, Germany, and England) built their houses in this half-timbered way. This was [...]

5 06, 2017

Shang houses and altars – Shang Dynasty China

By |2018-04-18T09:53:25-07:00June 5th, 2017|Architecture, China|Comments Off on Shang houses and altars – Shang Dynasty China

The Shang Dynasty city wall around Zhengzhou (thanks to Gary Todd) There was a city wall of rammed earth around the Shang capital at An-yang, and around other cities like [...]

25 05, 2017

What is fresco painting? History of Art

By |2019-06-16T17:07:09-07:00May 25th, 2017|Art, History|Comments Off on What is fresco painting? History of Art

Fresco painting from Thera, Greece (about 1600 BC) Why are they called frescos? Fresco is the Italian word for "fresh", and that's because painters do fresco painting on fresh, wet plaster [...]

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