This noun conveys the meaning of doing something great which is fitting or seemly to the circumstance. Magnificence is a philosophical, aesthetic, and...

Look up magnificence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Magnificence may refer to: Magnificence (history of ideas) Magnificence, one of Catherine de'...

Sarah Maclaren’s work focused on magnificence (history of ideas). In the volume Magnificenza e mondo classico (Magnificence and the Classical World 2003)...

artistic movements - List of Stuckist artists - Literary criticism - Liu Xie - Madeleine Doran - Magnificence (History of ideas) - Martin Foss - Martin...

philosophy) Idea Ideas and Action Ideas Have Consequences Idée reçue Idempotency of entailment Identity (philosophy) Identity formation Identity of indiscernibles...

passion of fear (especially the fear of death); the material cause is equally aspects of certain objects such as vastness, infinity, magnificence, etc.;...

increase in magnificence. Manchester cathedral (middle of 15th century) and Henry VII chapel in Westminster Abbey (early 16th) are good examples of the fashion...

Catherine (2001). Eastern Magnificence and European Ingenuity: Clocks of Late Imperial China. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-04721-1-208-1...

library of Urbino contains an older library with texts which mainly served to record the history of the Duke of Urbino's family and show his magnificence, and...

A similar opinion was held by Frank Hubbard, who wrote: "For sheer magnificence of tone no other instrument ever matched them ... The only reproach that...

Purnell, Frederick (1990). "Renaissance Ideas and the Idea of the Renaissance". Journal of the History of Ideas. 51 (4): 667–684. doi:10.2307/2709652....

the Catholic Church in Rome to convey its power and to emphasize the magnificence of God. The Baroque and its late variant the Rococo were the first truly...

gives his work a great magnificence and magnificence. His works abound in allegories and historical and mythological themes, full of gods and naked heroes...

Bukhara became one of the leading centers of learning, culture, and art in the Muslim world, its magnificence rivaling contemporaneous cultural centers...

civilizational bankruptcy. He argued that in order to recover its former magnificence, Islamic society had to become an environment in which individuals felt...

Dionysius was truly fortunate as a great man of power and authority without peer, surrounded by magnificence. In response, Dionysius offered to switch places...

taste for magnificence and opulence and to the introduction of Dutch and French artistic influences. These are evident in furniture in the use of floral...

Captivity of the Emperor Romanus Diogenes by Alp Arslan – Power and Magnificence of Malek Shah – Conquest of Asia Minor and Syria – State and Oppression of Jerusalem...

(PDF). Journal of the History of Ideas. 58 (3): 365–384 (370). doi:10.2307/3653905. JSTOR 3653905. Helen King (2004). The Disease of Virgins: Green Sickness...

expressed that they should be held, "in all the form and with the magnificence that the oaths of allegiance to the Kings have previously been read." But there...

Franklin described an air of "magnificence and negligence" when he visited, while royal architects warned of the dangerous condition of outbuildings like the...

anthropologists who have studied the practice. It is conducted with "magnificence and sumptuousness", with gifts including jewelry, saris, household appliances...

their innovative ideas. The science fair attracts young minds from different cities, who throng to witness the creativity and magnificence on display. Dr...

ecclesiastical power and with the magnificence and splendour of this cathedral he underlined this bold demand. The purpose of the building, already a strong...

impulsion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert's ambitious policy of ship building, the French Navy began to gain a magnificence matching the symbolism of the Louis...

the Art of Magnificence (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History) (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004) A summary of 40 years of research...

important aspects of court spectacles because the displays "inspired by means of fire, sudden noise, smoke and general magnificence the sentiments thought...

Lost Civilizations series: Ramses II: Magnificence on the Nile (1993)p. 56-57 Allen, Chapter 15 A Global History of Architecture, Francis D. K. Ching, Mark...

Island. It was notable for size, magnificence and commercial importance. The main span of 1,596' 6" was the longest span of any bridge in the world when it...

two ideas—even if those two ideas might be described by a reasoning human as a cause and an effect—perceptions of smoke, for example, and memories of fire...