Old And Sold Antiques AucitonThousands of articles from the past.Value And The Consumer- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Suppose the consumer cannot sell.In this chapter we shall consider the important subject of value entirely from the consumer's point of view.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/economics-7.shtml Consumption Of Wealth- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Consumption is the end of all human effort. It is the goal toward which are directed the energies of all producers.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/economics-6.shtml Architecture - The Alhambra- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Of all their buildings, the Alhambra is universally considered to be the masterpiece of Spanish-Moslem art.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-19.shtml The Great Pyramids- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The most ancient monuments of the world, the Pyramids, were built as burial places for the kings. They consist of masses of stone and brick raised up around the chamber where the body of the king was to lie.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-2.shtml Architecture - The Renaissance- June 29, 2008 We now come to one of the greatest periods of the world's history called the Renaissance. This period, beginning about the year 1500, produced a new style of architecture which gradually displaced the Gothic.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-32.shtml Cologne Cathedral- (Found June 29, 2008 ) One of the great monuments of the world is the Cathedral of Cologne. Some have called it the grandest in the world.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-31.shtml Anecdotes Of Arnalfo Del Cambio- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Arnalfo was born in 1232 and died in 1300. Vasari says that by his labors architecture made equal progress with that of painting under the influence of Cimabue.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-30.shtml Egyptian Temples- (Found June 29, 2008 ) We spoke of the temples as the greatest work of the Egyptians, but we shall only be able to look at them briefly.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-3.shtml Architecture - Giotto's Tower- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The bell tower of the Florence Cathedral was designed and mostly built by Giotto and was known as Giotto's tower.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-29.shtml Architecture - English Gothic- (Found June 29, 2008 ) English Gothic succeeded the Norman style in England and some of the earliest pure Gothic buildings in the world are in England.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-28.shtml |