Sentences with phrase «architectural ruins in»

In January 2013, beneath layers of architectural ruins in Rome's Palatine Hill, Jansen examined something of a treasure among toilets: a chamber likely to be the loo that slaves in Nero's palace would have frequented 2,000 years ago.

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Siem Reap offers the magnificent Temples of Angkor, ancient ruins that are a display of architectural complexity and grandeur unlike anything else in the world.

All the architectural sites are looking pretty good for their age and would delight anyone who loves messing about in ruins.

History enthusiasts will discover an equally varied architectural landscape in Croatia, from Roman ruins to Venetian villages, from Byzantine churches to Austro - Hungarian Baroque masterpieces.

In Arrival of the Ram King - Paradise Lost II zebra centaurs cavort within architectural ruins beneath a sunset of dazzling intensity.

Combining elements of the found, the photographic, the cinematic, the architectural, and the social, Gaillard provokes visual or associative connections between ancient ruins and neglected contemporary spaces, attempting to recuperate the past in the name of a devalued present.

These imagined ruins, restored memory and archaeological (re) creation are made of various materials, from bas - reliefs, to monumental architectural sculptures evoking the doors and structures of the subterranean, here constructed in polystyrene, polished aluminium, plaster and cement.

The Primitives Series, first seen at the Venice Architectural Biennial in 2010, draw on the facade of ruined landscapes; with rocks piling up and falling apart to create a series of unique yet similar chairs and tables.

The hotel in question, a neighbor to the ruins of the Mayan city Palenque, becomes a subject of jargon - filled architectural dissection: a contemporary ruin transported to the University of Utah via slide projection and Smithson's voice.

Vermont - based Sage Lewis painstakingly constructs architectural models and then crushes them, photographing the ruins from various vantage points in order to show divergent views of the same structure.

Her exhibit, «The Alien's Guide to the Ruins of Washington, D.C.,» at the Corcoran Gallery of Art offers a glimpse into a version of the future where the human race has long been extinct, the Earth is populated only by ruins, and aliens interested in the «architectural legacy of the Earth's former inhabitants» can take a tour of what was once the capital of the United States.

In a sort of private system of reconstruction, Peris juxtaposes found stones, debris, ruins of architectural structures — both ancient and modern — in order to construct his poetical megaliths (Dolmen), with their graceful levity compensating the gravity and weight of their material of origiIn a sort of private system of reconstruction, Peris juxtaposes found stones, debris, ruins of architectural structures — both ancient and modern — in order to construct his poetical megaliths (Dolmen), with their graceful levity compensating the gravity and weight of their material of origiin order to construct his poetical megaliths (Dolmen), with their graceful levity compensating the gravity and weight of their material of origin.

Following her architectural projects she continued working on a large scale, creating dramatic displays in the midst of ancient ruins.