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Dilay1985 Posted 14 years ago
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What does "as he made the vertical transition from the mosques’ square floors to their round ceilings" mean in the sentence below?
I visited over a dozen of his buildings in Istanbul, a city of nearly 3,000 mosques, to better understand how his experimentation with complex geometric compositions transformed thick stone walls into columns, arches and domes — and things called spandrels and squinches — as he made the vertical transition from the mosques’ square floors to their round ceilings.
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I'm trying to translate a text but I am having a difficulty understanding a sentence.
What does "as he made the vertical transition from the mosques’ square floors to their round ceilings" mean in the sentence below?
I visited over a dozen of his buildings in Istanbul, a city of nearly 3,000 mosques, to better understand how his experimentation with complex geometric compositions transformed thick stone walls into columns, arches and domes — and things called spandrels and squinches — as he made the vertical transition from the mosques’ square floors to their round ceilings.
Thank you!
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as he made the vertical transition from the mosques’ square floors to their round ceilings . = As he changed his overall design gradually from the square-type design of the floors to the round-type design of the ceilings. 'Vertically' refers to the design as it progresses up the walls and pillars of the mosques.
- as he made the vertical transition from the mosques’ square floors to their round ceilings .
- = As he changed his overall design gradually from the square-type design of the floors to the round-type design of the ceilings.
- 'Vertically' refers to the design as it progresses up the walls and pillars of the mosques.
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... as he made the vertical transition from the mosques’ square floors to their round ceilings. = As he changed his overall design gradually from the square-type design of the floors to the round-type design of the ceilings. 'Vertically' refers to the design as it progresses up the walls and pillars of the mosques.
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