Qubbat al-Sakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem); Jerusalem--Buildings, structures, etc.; Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Caliph, 642-705
This thesis provides a hypothesis as to why the Dome of the Rock
was built. I examine various scholarly theories concerning the
construction of the first notable work of Islamic architecture, which was
built in Jerusalem during the last decade of...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Domes; Stars;
Dome of Grawemeyer Hall seen from the inside of the building, looking up.The star in the top of the dome as well as the decorations on the sides are visible. Grawemeyer Hall was originally built as the Administration Building, and was dedicated in...
“The porch has sixteen Egyptian grey and red granite columns, each 40 Roman feet in height and weighing about 84 tons. […] The diameter and height of the rotunda are exactly the same, 43.2 metres [meters] (140 feet). […] The walls of the...
Large rock walls with a gap between. Title: Annetta's Dome at Mammoth Cave. Text on bottom: Views of Mammoth Cave and Vicinity. Text on top: 'These are pronounced the very best specimens of subterranean photography yet produced.' - Scientific...
Government facilities; Buildings; Rotundas; Paintings; Allegorical paintings
Large circle, painted in the center, with decorative elements forming a large border. It is the interior domed ceiling of the Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol. The fresco-style painting is called The Apotheosis of Washington. Descriptive information on...
Close-up view of pillars in the Mammoth Dome located in Mammoth Cave. Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system in the world and located within Mammoth Cave National Park in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
