the power of height. the power of height everyone fears time, but time fears the pyramids arab...
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- The Power of Height
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- The power of height
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- Everyone fears time, but time fears the pyramids Arab saying
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- Luxor temple
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- In Egypt obelisks were paired to flank and entrance
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- Paired obelisks at a graveyard in Toulouse
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- In the West single Obelisks were placed at the center of plazas, intersections etc.
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- Piazza del Popolo
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- Moving the St Peters obelisk
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- Fontanas winning design
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- The Prague Obelisk erected in 1928
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- Breughels The tower of Babel the Google Street view of 1535
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- Zoomable view, very detailed, of Breughels painting: http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/the-tower-of- babel/bAGKOdJfvfAhYQ?projectId=art-project
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- One hour discussion of the painting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ _AhDt9TA_Q
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- Dantes hell vs Babels tower
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- Exhaustive overview of Gothic churches: http://mappinggothic.org/ http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset- viewer/tgG0_zhHpmwFAA?exhibitId=KQJSwU8knBq2IA&userGallery&projectId=historic- moments
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- link
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- Cast iron development
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- Stone vs cast iron
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- Reform Act Tower 1832 proposal Cast Iron
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- Centennial Tower London 1874
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- One of the designs for the Paris 1889 exhibition won by Gustave Eiffel
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- Original design of the Eiffel Tower
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- file:///C:/Philo-2014/tower- lecture/The%20Project%20Gutenberg%20eBook%20of%20Elevator%20Syst ems%20of%20the%20Eiffel%20Tower,%201889,%20by%20Robert%20M.%2 0Vogel.htm
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- http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/collection/tour- eiffel?projectId=historic-moments
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- Chicago Competition 1890
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- London Competition entries 1890
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- Eiffel-Shukhov comparison
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- Haeckel vs. Tower designs
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- The Singer Tower Highrise
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- Up up and away..
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