Crystal Palace

(noun)

A cast-iron and plate-glass building erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. More than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in the Palace's 990,000 square feet (92,000 m2) of exhibition space to display examples of the latest technology developed in the Industrial Revolution. Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building was 1,851 feet (564 m) long, with an interior height of 128 feet (39 m).

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Examples of Crystal Palace in the following topics:

  • Changes in Technology

    • This kind of austere industrial architecture utterly transformed the landscape of northern Britain, leading the poet William Blake to describe places like Manchester and parts of West Yorkshire as "Dark satanic mills. " The Crystal Palace, designed by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851 , was an early example of iron and glass construction.
    • The Crystal Palace, 1851, was one of the first buildings to have vast amounts of glass supported by structural metal, foreshadowing trends in Modernist architecture.

  • Cast-Iron Architecture

    • Cast iron also became the standard support structure in the construction of greenhouses, and this type of design led to the monumental Crystal Palace built in London in 1851 .
    • The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.

  • Modern Architecture

    • The Crystal Palace, 1851, was one of the first buildings to have vast amounts of glass supported by structural metal, foreshadowing trends in Modernist architecture.

  • Minoan Architecture

    • The largest and oldest palace centers are at Knossos, Malia, Phaistos, and Kato Zakro.
    • The palace was rebuilt toward the end of the Late Bronze Age.
    • The first palace was built about 2000 BCE.
    • The palace appears to have been unused thereafter.
    • The Old Palace was built in the Protopalatial Period.

  • Diocletian's Palace

    • Diocletian then retired to his boyhood palace in Dalmatia.
    • The northern half of the palace, divided in two parts by the cardo leading from the northern gate to the Peristyle is not as well preserved that the rest of the palace.
    • Diocletian's Palace.
    • Diocletian's Palace.
    • Evaluate the significance of Diocletian's Palace and its contribution to Roman architecture.

  • Minoan Sculpture

    • Its head consists of a semiprecious green stone called serpentine with rock crystal eyes.

  • French Architecture in the Baroque Period: Versailles

    • The Palace of Versailles was built during King Louis XIV's reign and contains 700 rooms, extensive gardens, and lavish decoration.
    • The Palace of Versailles is an opulent palace built by Louis XIV that contains 700 rooms, extensive gardens, and lavish decoration.
    • Charles Le Brun was the interior decorator for the Palace of Versailles, as well as first painter to the king.
    • The Hall of Mirrors is the central gallery of the Palace of Versailles and is one of the most famous rooms in the world.
    • The landscape design at the Palace of Versailles is one of the most extravagant in history.

  • Dur Sharrukin

    • A walled terrace contained temples and the royal palace .
    • The palace was adorned with sculptures and wall reliefs, with its gates flanked by winged-bull shedu statues weighing up to 40 tons .
    • Work was led by Edward Chiera and concentrated on the palace area.

  • Architecture in Assyria

    • Lamassu figures abounded throughout the Assyrian Empire, featuring in the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 883-859 BCE) at Nimrud.
    • Reconstructions show that they adorned the gateways of the palace, including an entrance marked by a round arch.
    • According to contemporaneous inscriptions, the palace consisted of wood from a diverse number of tree species, alabaster, limestone, and a variety of precious metals.
    • As with Dur-Sharrukin, the palace of Ashurnasirpal II was surrounded by fortified load-bearing walls.
    • Image shows the typical rectangular plan and massive fortified walls of Assyrian palace architecture.

  • The Minoans

    • Evans excavated the site of Knossos, where he discovered a "palace."
    • The many rooms of the "palace" at Knossos were so oddly shaped and disordered to Evans that they reminded him of the labyrinth of the Minotaur.
    • During this time major sites on the island were developed, including the palatial sites of Knossos, Phaistos, and Kato Zakros, which were the first "palaces" or administrative centers built on Crete.
    • The period ended with a cataclysmic event, perhaps an earthquake or an invasion, which destroyed the palace centers.
    • Following the destruction of the first palaces in approximately 1700 BCE, the Minoans rebuilt these centers into the palaces which were first excavated by Sir Arthur Evans.