A room is any distinguishable space within a structure. Usually, a room is separated from other spaces or passageways by interior walls; moreover, it is separated from outdoor areas by an exterior wall, sometimes with a door. Historically the use of rooms dates at least to early Minoan cultures about 2200 BC, where excavations on Santorini, Greece at Akrotiri reveal clearly defined rooms within certain structures.
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... engineers discovered a previously unknown room ... The ground-floor room, about 1000 sq ... tried to search the first floor area (that forms the ceiling of the room) for a trap door, but found nothing ...
... They go to a hotel where she reserved a room, make love and go to see the speed metal band Powermad ... Later, back in the room, after making love again, Sailor and Lula finally decide to run away to California, breaking Sailor's parole ... Bobby Peru (Willem Dafoe) in a feed store robbery, Lula waits for him in the hotel room, being sick and pining for better times ...
... Ottomans can be used in other rooms besides the living room, different designs can be used in the bedroom, gaming room, family room and guest room ...
... Unlike the present arrangement, the rooms of the McKay villa for entertaining, sleeping, and service were dispersed throughout the two floors of the structure, with the main parlour ... Along the south front were a library, a dining room, and a boudoir, all with French doors opening onto a narrow balcony the dining room was served by three of these doors ... the boudoir is today the window of the Pauline Vanier Room ...
... The interaction between the loudspeakers and the room (room acoustics) plays an important part in sound quality ... floor and ceiling, and are affected by the contents of the room ... Room dimensions can create standing waves at particular (usually low) frequencies ...
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“There are two kinds of fathers in traditional households: the fathers of sons and the fathers of daughters. These two kinds of fathers sometimes co-exist in one and the same man. For instance, Daughter’s Father kisses his little girl goodnight, strokes her hair, hugs her warmly, then goes into the next room where he becomes Son’s Father, who says in a hearty voice, perhaps with a light punch on the boy’s shoulder: “Goodnight, Son, see ya in the morning.””
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)
“Parents who want a fresh point of view on their furniture are advised to drop down on all fours and accompany the nine or ten month old on his rounds. It is probably many years since you last studied the underside of a dining room chair. The ten month old will study this marvel with as much concentration and reverence as a tourist in the Cathedral of Chartres.”
—Selma H. Fraiberg (20th century)
“Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, acknowledges art as a means of knowing the world, then art is relegated to a kind of rumpus room of the mind and the irresponsibility of the artist and the irrelevance of art to actual living becomes part and parcel of the practice of art.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)