The doorbell rang as I hung up the phone, and then heard my father's deep, imposing voice fill our entryway.I stood walked slowly into unlit hallway unnoticed wife, Allison, hugged father took his coat bag. Though she'd only met him once, at mom's funeral, wanted her to share dislike for man. From what I'd told her, Allison knew enough about warrant a little enmity, or so thought, but she cheer...

The Arg-e Bam is a remarkable example of earthen architecture and construction that was heavily damaged in the Bam, Iran earthquake of 26 December 2003. This paper presents the hypothesis that the collapse of the walls was caused largely by a combination of the effects of (1) the additive changes made to the walls, particularly in recent restorations resulting in variations in the density and r...

this article examines the cultural and artistic context of one of the most famous roman frescoes, the Odyssey landscapes. it argues that the painting’s fictive portico frame would have evoked in the roman viewer the experience of the ambulatio, the act of walking for leisure and contemplation that came to be an essential element of a properly hellenized otium. the painted portico thus puts the ...