by Ioana Ioana | Oct 25, 2021 | Lectie de engleza, Limbi Straine
Immense gorge cut by the Colorado River into the high plateaus of northwestern Arizona, U.S., noted for its fantastic shapes and coloration.The broad, intricately sculptured chasm of the Grand Canyon contains between its outer walls a multitude of imposing peaks,...
by Ioana Ioana | Oct 25, 2021 | Lectie de engleza, Limbi Straine
Charles Edouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, b. La Chaux-de-fonds, Switzerland, Oct. 6, 1887, d. 1965, was a Swiss-French architect who played a decisive role in the development of modern architecture. He first studied (1908-10) in Paris with August Perret, and...
by Ioana Ioana | Oct 25, 2021 | Lectie de engleza, Limbi Straine
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE In a virgin land the art form that developed most rapidly was the one for which the need was most pressing–architecture. The earliest extant buildings are the dwellings, meetinghouses, and churches that made up the nuclei of the first...
by Ioana Ioana | Oct 25, 2021 | Lectie de engleza, Limbi Straine
The beautiful and delicate porcelains of China and Japan were taken to Europe after the opening of trade with Asia. They created such an intense fashion for fine porcelain with the ruling classes that it was called a “china mania.” Kings vied with each...
by Ioana Ioana | Oct 25, 2021 | Lectie de engleza, Limbi Straine
In 1598, Francis Meres described Shakespeare as “the most excellent in both sides – comedy and tragedy”. His comedies are unsurpassed for the marvelous harmony they establish among so many apparently discordant elements. His tragedies, rightly...
by Ioana Ioana | Oct 25, 2021 | Lectie de engleza, Limbi Straine
Edgar Allan Poe was born at 33 Hollis Street, Boston, Mass., on January 19, 1809, the son of poverty stricken actors, David, and Elizabeth (born Arnold) Poe. His parents were then filling an engagement in a Boston theatre, and the appearances of both, together with...
