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Architecture (2537 words) |
 | Architecture mirrors the material and aesthetic standards of a society. |
| But a significant architectural development of theis period was the invention of corbel brackets, called dougong in Chinese, which are inserted on column heads to support the projecting eaves. |
| Architectural art reached an advanced level in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) when more and more elegant flexible designs were created, featuring polygonal, multi-eaved roofs, intricate ceiling structures, finely carved doors, windows, colunms and brackets. |
| Log House Architecture in the Eighteenth-Century Virginia Piedmont (8216 words) |
| This paper therefore surveys architectural history research on log house construction methods and plans in the Virginia Piedmont and surrounding regions to ascertain whether the construction of this Loudoun Valley house can be associated with a particular ethnic group. |
| An extensive array of architectural history studies address the question of the sources of design and construction methods used in many forms of log house construction in the American colonial period. |
| Despite variations, the surviving buildings form a coherent group that is recognizably distinct from the contemporary house forms of the other ethnic groups in the region, and that is indicative of the separate nature of Germanic culture in eighteenth-century Virginia. |
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