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INFLUENCES OF ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE
PRE-HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE
A. STONE AGE
1. PALEOLITHIC 2. MESOLITHIC 3. NEOLITHIC >> atal Hyk , Anatolia. Largest and best preserved Neolithic site found to date.
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PRE-HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE
B. BRONZE AGE >> MINOAN ARCHITECTURE (CRETE) -Named after King Minos of Knossos >> HARAPPA (Indian Subcontinent) C. IRON AGE
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ANCIENT EGYPT
EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE
>> FLOURISHED IN NILE RIVER IN NORTHWEST AFRICA >> MASSIVE MASONRY OF TOMBS AND TEMPLES >> TRABEATED CONSTRUCTION, BATTERED WALLS
ABSENCE OF RAIN
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
MONARCHY
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
>> SIMPLICITY, MONUMENTALITY, MASSIVENESS >> COLUMNAR & TRABEATED; POST & LINTEL >> BATTERWALLS >> HIEROGLYPHICS
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TYPES OF STRUCTURES
A.TOMBS A. TOMBS 1. MASTABA 2. PYRAMIDS a. Step Pyramid b. Bent Pyramid c. Slope Pyramid 3. ROCKROCK-CUT TOMBS B. TEMPLES 1. MORTUARY 2. CULT TEMPLE
F. MOULDINGS
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STEP PYRAMID
BENT PYRAMID
PYRAMID OF SNEFRU
OBELISKS
SPHINX
ORNAMENTS
PRECOLUMBIAN ARCHITECTURE
>> ARCHITECTURE OF MESOAMERICAN > MAYAN ARCHITECTURE > INCA ARCHITECTURE > AZTEC ARCHITECTURE
MAYAN ARCHITECTURE
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INCA ARCHITECTURE MACCHU PICCHU Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows.
AZTEC ARCHITECTURE
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MESOPOTAMIAN ARCHITECTURE
GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE >> Twin Rivers Tigris & Euphrates >> Mesopotamia refers to Persia, Assyria & Babylon.
ARCHITECTURAL INFLUENCES
GEOGOLICAL INFLUENCE >> In Assyria and Babylon, CLAY to produce BRICKS due to floods and heavy rain. >> In PERSIA, TIMBER and COLORED LIMESTONE due to no rain. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE >> In Assyria & Babylonia, Ziggurat was created due to No Rain >> In Persia, have dry & hot climate c resulted in bldg.open type temples. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE >> Symbolism, believers of good and evil. SOCIAL & POLITICAL INFLUENCE >> Babylonians achieved highest degree of civilization. >> Assyrian and Persian believe in military superiority thus manifested in their bldgs. HISTORICAL INFLUENCE >> Babylonian Period >> Assyrian Period
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER >> MASSIVENESS >> MONUMENTALITY >> GRANDEUR CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES >> PERSIAN : Columnar and Trabeated with flat timber roof sometimes domed. >> ASSYRIAN & BABYLONIAN : Arch , Vault and Buttresses w/ glazed tile adornment.
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EXAMPLE OF STRUCTURES (BABYLON) A. ZIGGURATS or Holy Mountains 1. ARCHAIC ZIGGURAT 2. TWO OR MORE STAGES ZIGGURAT 3. SEVEN STAGES SQUARE BASE ZIGGURAT B. CITY OF BABYLON (ASSYRIA) >> PALACE OF SARGON (PERSIA) >> PALACE FLATFORM PERSOPOLIS > Palace of Darius >Hypostyle Hall of Xerxes > Palace of Xerxes > Halls of Hundreds columns > Propylaea
ZIGURRAT OF URNAMMU, UR
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PALACE OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR