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History Of Architecture Study Guide

Architecturestudyguides Contextual questions to keep in mind for architecture: What is the function? In which era or period was it built? Who was the patron? What type of plan? What is the structure or engineering system? What is the aesthetic?

(ornamentation, style, vocabulary) How is the building sited? (reason for orientation, cardinal pts, direction, relationship to other structures, etc.) How did one enter the building? Describe special features of the interior space. How does one move through the building? Complete the chart to use as a study guide for architecture in all content areas: Content Area Building Era/ Period/ Architect Location Dates Function Patron Orientation Plan type Structure type and material Entry & Movement through building Special features/ aesthetics 1 8. Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe Salsbury Plain, England c.

2500–1600 B.C.E. Solar calendar/ worship -x -Towards the East central Post & lintel trilithons cromlech Summer solstice Sun rises over heel-stone 2 12.

White Temple and its ziggurat. Sumerian Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq) c. 3500–3000 B.C.E. Temple on top of solid structural base solid mound of mud brick. Bent axis approach 2 17.

Great Pyramids (Menkaure, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx. Old Kingdom Egyptian, Giza, Egypt c. 2550–2490 B.C.E.

Fourth Dynasty. Tomb Menkaure, Khafre, Khufu pyramids aligned with the cardinal points Cut limestone 2 20. Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall. New Kingdom Egyptian Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt Temple: c. Temple 18th and 19th Dynasties Hypostyle Hall. Cut sandstone and mud brick.

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. New Kingdom Egyptian Near Luxor, Egypt. 18th Dynasty. C.1473–1458 B.C.E.

Mortuary temple and Rock-cut tomb Hatshepsut Sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite. Athenian agora.

Archaic through Hellenistic Greek. 600 B.C.E.–150 C.E. Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran c. 520–465 B.C.E. Audience Hall Darius and Xerxes Hypostyle Hall Limestone.

Acropolis, including the Parthenon Iktinos and Kallikrates Athens, Greece. 447–410 B.C.E.

Classical Greece Temples Marble. Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Hellenistic Greek.

Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Altar Marble (architecture and sculpture). Colosseum Imperial Roman Rome, Italy 70–80 C.E. Flavian Amphitheater Flavius Amphitheater Stone and concrete. Forum of Trajan. Apollodorus of Damascus Rome, Italy. Forum and markets: 106–112 C.E.; column completed 113 C.E.

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Forum, markets, and commemorative column Brick and concrete (architecture); marble (column). Pantheon Imperial Roman Rome, Italy. Temple to all gods Concrete with stone facing. Dome with oculus 3 48. Catacomb of Priscilla Late Antique Europe Rome, Italy c. Tomb Catacomb Excavated tufa and fresco.

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Santa Sabina Late Antique Europe Rome, Italy c. Christian Church basilica plan Brick and stone, wooden roof. San Vitale Early Byzantine Europe Ravenna, Italy. Christian Church Justinian central plan Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic. Bent axis 3 52.

Hagia Sophia Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus Constantinople (Istanbul) 532–537 C.E. Christian Church Justinian central plan combined with basilica plan Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer. Don't stop here! Use Word or Google docs and add more rows. The complete chart, up to the 20th century, will be due in April.