die hard
1. To take a long time in passing out of existence: racial prejudices that die hard.
2. To resist against overwhelming, hopeless odds: radicalism that dies hard.
3. Die Hard
When a dozen international terrorists take over a Los Angeles highrise, a tough New York cop (Bruce Willis) saves the day. 1988.
Die
- the body of a pedestal, between the base and the cornice. Also refers to the squared end of a turned baluster but is now most commonly used to describe the block ending a parapet or balustrade or forming a structural division within it.
Die
On a pedestal, the die is a rectangular block that separates cap from the base.
Doric Order ...
M. al-Khalaf, 'Die abbasidische Stadtmauer von ar-Raqqa/ ar Rafiqa', Damaszener Mitteilungen 2: 122-31, 1985.
J. Warren, The date of the Baghdad Gate at Raqqa', Art and Archaeology Research Papers XIII: 22-3, 1978.
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Front page of 'Die Aktion' from 1914 with illustration by Egon Schiele
Paul Scheerbart publishes Glasarchitecktur
Cologne Werkbund exhibition demonstrates ideological split between: ...
Here Life wishes to die under a greater covenant.
Also in the same [window], where the Lion and the Lamb unseal the Book:
He Who is the great God, the Lion and the Lamb unseals the Book.
The movement was originated by the painters Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, who in 1905 organized a group in Dresden called Die Brücke (German for "The Bridge").
Extrusion A form produced by forcing material through a die.
Fenestration An architectural term referring to the arrangement of windows & doors in the wall. From the Latin word, "Fenestra", meaning window.
Fixed Non-venting or non-operable.
Extrusion: A form produced by forcing metal or vinyl through a die. Window and door frames are often clad with extrusions.
Fenestration: The arrangement, proportioning and design of windows and doors in a building.
PODIUM (Gr. 7roocov, diminutive of ir-ous, foot), the name in architecture for a continuous pedestal, or low wall on which columns are carried, consisting of a cornice or capping, a dado or die, and a moulded plinth.
Dado - In classical architecture, the portion of a plinth or pedestal between the base and cornice; also called a die.
Dentil - A small square block used in series in Ionic, Corinthian, Composite, and more rarely Doric Cornices.
Parallels the Garden of Eden where the first sin was committed. In Gethsemane Jesus accepts that he will die for the sins of mankind.
Depictions: Sleeping apostles / Jesus kneeling
Stained glass: ...
A crucifix is an image of Christ on the cross. Crucifixion was a cruel method of execution used by the Romans, which involved a person being tied to a wooden cross and left to die of hunger, thirst and exposure to the elements.
Crypt - ...
DiaperRepetitive surface decoration of lozenges or squares flat or in relief. Achieved in brickwork with bricks of two colours.DieThe upright part of a pedestal, i.e. between base and cornice.Diocletian window ...
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