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Oxford University Museum of Natural History
In the 1840's science was at a low ebb within the university. Thomas Acland the guiding light behind the building was determined to redress this deficiency within the great university. It was Acland a personal friend of John Ruskin that was primarily responsible for igniting Ruskin's enthusiasm for the project, which eventually reflected as much upon Ruskinian principals as it did upon Acland's initial vision.
The Museum next to University Parks and preceding Keble College (now opposite)1860 by Deane and Wooward fortuitously coincided with Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species". The building is remarkable as it records this period faithfully but reflects John Ruskin's influence upon the upon architecture and a meeting of artistic and scientific ideas in this seminal period. The museum also hosted the celebrated meeting of The British Association at which Thomas Henry Huxley defended Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection against Rt Revd. Samuel Wilberforce the then Bishop of Oxford.The building was built in a gothic style however its construction was in modern materials and was forward looking, although perhaps its iron and glass interior owes something to Paxton's Crystal Palace, though certainly not in its style which has been described as a Belgian wool hall rather than a Venetian Palace as favoured by Ruskin. The building does however reflect in a physical and artistic form the ideas and principles that shaped Ruskin's thought and life and is in stark contrast to almost any other secular building of the period,
The building both inside and out is covered in some of the finest stone-carving of the Victorian era to be found anywhere in Britain. Much of this was done under Ruskin's direction, see James O'Shea's work (window west front). Ruskin believed that much of the design and ornament should be left to the workers themselves once the main architectural principles had ben established. This was the first building where the O'Shea brothers of Ballhooly, Co Cork were employed.
This building's interior is like a forest of iron and glass, the spandrels are richly decorated and the capitals comprise of elaborate foliage. These were wrought by Francis Skidmore of Coventry.
SeeThe architects Journal 27 Sept 1989 in the seres "Masters of Building"
Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation (MSTUCA) is a leading institution of higher education in Russia which trains Civil Aviation specialists, a center of science and culture where training of specialists and fundamental scientific research in the field of science, technology, humanities and economics are considered. Located in Moscow, founded in 1971.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India July 19, 2009. [State Department photo]
University of Portsmouth student accommodation.
I usually photograph buildings making sure verticals are vertical etc.so thought try tilt camera at angle and look up to accentuate converging verticals, taken with wide angle lens.
Bit trial and error deciding where to crop.
Intent to make all b&w, but made some colour as top of building is yellow.
I like the clouds.
Intersection of University/Queen, Toronto. South African War Memorial (Boer War) erected 1910. Drive by shooting.
The University of Pheonix building in Rogers, AR during a really wild thunderstorm. This one was shot in the dark and the wind was really blowing with the storm moving through so there is a lot of movement in the trees.
A-Level Project: Top left-hand corner- research from my visit to The First Cut paper art exhibition in Manchester. Bottom of left-hand page and right hand page- my own laser-cut experimentation with artist research and secondary source images alongside, including the paper cuts of Noriko Ambe and Lucas Simoes and the paintings of Mark Posey.
Size: A2 Sketchbook
The University of Toronto.
Another view of University College at University of Toronto from College street with my telephoto. I googled to try and find out if there was a story to the missing spire, but couldn't find anything out. No one who commented on my post yesterday seemed to know either. One of my contacts said it has been like that for 50 years.
Two senior students received the Dr. Oliver S. Ikenberry Award.
Pictured (from left to right) are LaShawn Tolson of Washington, D.C., Ikenberry’s daughters Margaret Elizabeth (Betty) Wade ’58 and Dr. Jane Ikenberry-Dorrier ’65, and Thomas Jones, an environmental science major from Towson, Maryland.
M.A.C. football player
M.A.C. football player.
1910-1919
Repository Information:
Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, 101 Conrad Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, archives.msu.edu
Subjects:
Michigan State University -- Athletics -- Football-- 1910-1919 -- Team members
Resource Identifier: A000824.jpg
I saw this sign and had to grab a picture. On the one hand, I think it's cool that computer science gets its own mention. On the other hand, I dont know why it would... computer science is engineering, too. Why... just the other day someone introduced me and some coworkers and called us engineers. IT WAS AWESOME.
This is the University Club in Detroit. From what I could gather, it was formed in 1899, originally located at Woodward and Larned, the club was moved in 1931 to this site on East Jefferson. Members had to have graduated from a university or some other form of higher education. The first woman to be allowed to actually be a member was a stockbroker, Susan Reck in 1978. The club went into bankruptcy in 1992. It is now abandoned, but with only a few noticeable areas, it still looks pretty good....from the outside at least!
Night lights on University Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin with the state capitol illuminated in the background.
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Incoming medical students joined the ranks of their profession Sunday, July 28, as the Class of 2017 at the University of Louisville School of Medicine participated in the White Coat Ceremony. Held annually on the Sunday before orientation week, the White Coat Ceremony marks the first time students put on their white lab coats. It is the first taste of their professional careers and their first rite of passage into the health care community.
The Guelph set would be incomplete without some shots from University of Guelph. This is when I started 11 years ago when I came for school. It was nice to revisit some memories!
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