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Narrative poetry tells stories through verse. Like a novel or a short story, a narrative poem has...

Frank Lloyd Wright buildings can still be seen from coast to coast, across the United States. From...

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Hamlet is one of the most quoted (and most parodied) plays by William Shakespeare. The play is...

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When did Western architecture begin? Long before the magnificent structures of ancient Greece and...

Victorian architecture in America is not just one style, but a collective of many designs, each...

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Surrealism defies logic. Dreams and the workings of the subconscious mind inspire art filled with...

The Villages of Loreto Bay is an eco-friendly, New Urbanist community built on the rocky eastern...